About the Authors

Rembert Pieper

rpieper@jcvi.org

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Quanshun Zhang

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America

David J. Clark

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Shih-Ting Huang

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Moo-Jin Suh

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

John C. Braisted

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Samuel H. Payne

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Robert D. Fleischmann

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Scott N. Peterson

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Saul Tzipori

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RP QZ RDF SNP ST. Performed the experiments: RP QZ DJC MJS. Analyzed the data: RP STH JCB SHP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCB SHP. Wrote the paper: RP STH ST.