About the Authors

Shannon J. Williamson

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: swilliamson@jcvi.org

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

Douglas B. Rusch

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

Shibu Yooseph

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

Aaron L. Halpern

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

Karla B. Heidelberg

Affiliations J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

John I. Glass

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

Cynthia Andrews-Pfannkoch

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

Douglas Fadrosh

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

Christopher S. Miller

Affiliation Molecular Biology Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Granger Sutton

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

Marvin Frazier

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

J. Craig Venter

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JG MF JV SW CA. Performed the experiments: DF JV SW CA KH. Analyzed the data: JG SY AH DF GS SW DR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SY CM AH GS DR. Wrote the paper: JG SY CM AH MF JV SW DR KH.