About the Authors

J. Yvette Merga

ysloane@liv.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Nicola J. Williams

Affiliation Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

William G. Miller

Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, United States of America

Andrew J. H. Leatherbarrow

Affiliation Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Malcolm Bennett

Affiliation Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Neil Hall

Affiliation Advanced Genomics Facility, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Kevin E. Ashelford

Affiliation Advanced Genomics Facility, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Craig Winstanley

Affiliation Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Provided data for genome comparison: WGM. Conceived and designed the experiments: JYM NJW CW MB AJHL. Performed the experiments: JYM KEA NH. Analyzed the data: JYM CW. Wrote the paper: JYM.