About the Authors
- William G. Miller
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bmiller@pw.usda.gov
Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, United States of America
- Craig T. Parker
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Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, United States of America
- Marc Rubenfield
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Affiliation Agencourt Bioscience Corporation, Beverly, Massachusetts, United States of America
- George L. Mendz
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Affiliation School of Medicine, Sydney, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Broadway, New South Wales, Australia
- Marc M. S. M. Wösten
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- David W. Ussery
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Affiliation Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
- John F. Stolz
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Tim T. Binnewies
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Affiliation Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
- Peter F. Hallin
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Affiliation Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
- Guilin Wang
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Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, United States of America
- Joel A. Malek
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Affiliation Agencourt Bioscience Corporation, Beverly, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Andrea Rogosin
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Affiliation Agencourt Bioscience Corporation, Beverly, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Larry H. Stanker
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Affiliation Foodborne Contaminants Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, United States of America
- Robert E. Mandrell
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Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: WM CP. Performed the experiments: WM CP MR GW JM AR. Analyzed the data: WM CP DU PH JS MR GM MW TB JM AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WM CP MR JM AR. Wrote the paper: WM CP JS GM MW. Other: Initiated the project, Final assembly and annotation, Comparative genomic analyses: WM. Construction of DNA microarray and DNA microarray analysis: CP. Shotgun sequencing and assembly: MR JM AR. Designed Figure 1 for the manuscript: DU TB PH. Gap closure sequencing: GW. Secured funds to support the study: LS RM.