About the Authors

Renee M. Tsolis

Affiliation Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Rekha Seshadri

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Renato L. Santos

Affiliations Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Escola de Veteranaria, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Felix J. Sangari

Affiliation Molecular Biology Department, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain

Juan M. García Lobo

Affiliation Molecular Biology Department, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain

Maarten F. de Jong

Affiliation Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Qinghu Ren

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Garry Myers

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Lauren M. Brinkac

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

William C. Nelson

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Robert T. DeBoy

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Samuel Angiuoli

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Hoda Khouri

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

George Dimitrov

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jeffrey R. Robinson

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Stephanie Mulligan

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Richard L. Walker

Affiliation California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, Davis, California, United States of America

Philip E. Elzer

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Karl A. Hassan

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Ian T. Paulsen

ipaulsen@cbms.mq.edu.au

Affiliations J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS ITP. Performed the experiments: RLS. Analyzed the data: RMT RS RLS FJS JMGL MFdJ QR GM LMB WCN RTD SA HK GD JRR SM KH ITP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMT RS RW PHE ITP. Wrote the paper: RMT RLS FJS JMGL ITP.