About the Authors
- Jennifer M. Brulc
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Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, The Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- Carl J. Yeoman
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Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- Melissa K. Wilson
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Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- Margret E. Berg Miller
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Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, The Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- Patricio Jeraldo
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Affiliations The Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- Sadanari Jindou
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Affiliation Department of Culture Education, Faculty of Science, Meijo University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
- Nigel Goldenfeld
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Affiliations The Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- Harry J. Flint
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Affiliation Microbial Ecology Group, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Raphael Lamed
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Ilya Borovok
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Maša Vodovnik
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Affiliations Microbial Ecology Group, Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, Chair for Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Karen E. Nelson
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Affiliation The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Edward A. Bayer
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Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
- Bryan A. White
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* E-mail: bwhite44@illinois.edu
Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, The Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BAW EAB HJF RL KEN NG. Performed the experiments: JMB. Analyzed the data: CJY JMB MEBM PJ SJ IB MV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJY. Wrote the paper: CJY JMB EAB BAW MEBM HJF. Collected samples: JMB MKW MEBM.