About the Authors

Joseph J. Gillespie

jgill@vbi.vt.edu

Affiliations Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Nicole C. Ammerman

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Sheila M. Dreher-Lesnick

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

M. Sayeedur Rahman

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Micah J. Worley

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Joao C. Setubal

Affiliations Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Bruno S. Sobral

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Abdu F. Azad

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJG NA SDL MSR MW JCS BWSS AA. Performed the experiments: JJG NA SDL. Analyzed the data: JJG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JJG JCS BWSS AA. Wrote the paper: JJG NA SDL MSR MW JCS BWSS AA.