About the Authors

Damon W. Ellison

Affiliation Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Tina R. Clark

Affiliation Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Daniel E. Sturdevant

Affiliation Genomics Unit, Research Technology Section, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Kimmo Virtaneva

Affiliation Genomics Unit, Research Technology Section, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Ted Hackstadt

thackstadt@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DWE TH. Performed the experiments: DWE TRC KV. Analyzed the data: DWE DES KV TH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DWE TRC DES. Wrote the paper: DWE TH.