About the Authors

David P. Price

Affiliation The Molecular Biology Program, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Vijayaraj Nagarajan

Affiliation Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch (BCBB), OCICB/OSMO/OD/NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Alexander Churbanov

Affiliations Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America, The Roadrunner Sequencing Lab, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Peter Houde

Affiliations Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America, The Roadrunner Sequencing Lab, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Brook Milligan

Affiliations Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America, The Roadrunner Sequencing Lab, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Lisa L. Drake

Affiliation Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

John E. Gustafson

Affiliations Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America, The Molecular Biology Program, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Immo A. Hansen

immoh@nmsu.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America, The Institute of Applied Biosciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America, The Molecular Biology Program, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: DPP IAH LLD. Analyzed the data: DPP VN AC PH BM LLD JEG IAH. Wrote the paper: DPP IAH. Edited the manuscript: VN AC PH BM LLD JG.