About the Authors

Wei-Qiao Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Wei-Qiao Liu, Ye Feng, Yan Wang

Affiliations Genomics Research Center, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Ye Feng

Contributed equally to this work with: Wei-Qiao Liu, Ye Feng, Yan Wang

Affiliations JD Watson Institute of Genome Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Yan Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Wei-Qiao Liu, Ye Feng, Yan Wang

Current address: Department of Microbiology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Affiliation Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Qing-Hua Zou

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China

Fang Chen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China

Ji-Tao Guo

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China

Yi-Hong Peng

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China

Yan Jin

Current address: Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Affiliation Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Yong-Guo Li

Affiliation Depatment of Infectious Diseases, First Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Song-Nian Hu

Affiliations JD Watson Institute of Genome Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Randal N. Johnston

Affiliation Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Gui-Rong Liu

grliu@ucalgary.ca (G-RL); slliu@ucalgary.ca (S-LL)

Affiliations Genomics Research Center, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Microbiology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China

Shu-Lin Liu

grliu@ucalgary.ca (G-RL); slliu@ucalgary.ca (S-LL)

Affiliations Genomics Research Center, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Microbiology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China, Depatment of Infectious Diseases, First Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLL. Performed the experiments: WQL YW QHZ FC JTG YHP YJ YGL SH GRL SLL. Analyzed the data: WQL YF SLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJ. Wrote the paper: YF SLL.