About the Authors
- Amber L. Hartman
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Affiliations Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, The Institute for Genomic Research (J. Craig Venter Institute), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, UC Davis Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Cédric Norais
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Affiliations Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Université Paris-Sud, Paris, France, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Jonathan H. Badger
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Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research (J. Craig Venter Institute), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Stéphane Delmas
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Affiliation Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Sam Haldenby
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Affiliation Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Ramana Madupu
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Current address: J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research (J. Craig Venter Institute), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Jeffrey Robinson
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Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research (J. Craig Venter Institute), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Hoda Khouri
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Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research (J. Craig Venter Institute), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Qinghu Ren
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Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research (J. Craig Venter Institute), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Todd M. Lowe
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Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
- Julie Maupin-Furlow
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
- Mecky Pohlschroder
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Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Charles Daniels
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Friedhelm Pfeiffer
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Affiliation Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
- Thorsten Allers
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Affiliation Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Jonathan A. Eisen
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* E-mail: jaeisen@ucdavis.edu
Affiliations The Institute for Genomic Research (J. Craig Venter Institute), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, UC Davis Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
Jonathan Eisen is Academic Editor in Chief of PLoS Biology. His brother, Michael Eisen, is one of the founders and a member of the Board of Directors of PLoS.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ALH CN HMK FP JAE. Performed the experiments: ALH CN RM JRR HMK FP JAE. Analyzed the data: ALH CN JHB SD SH RM QR TL JMF MP CD FP TA JAE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ALH JHB RM JAE. Wrote the paper: ALH CN JMF MP FP TA JAE. Designed and ran the APIS software: JHB. Coordinated initial annotation of the genome: RM. Performed genome finishing: JRR. Coordinated genome finishing: HMK. Analyzed transporter related functions: QR. Analyzed non coding RNAs: TL. Coordinated reannotation of the genome: FP.