About the Authors

Andrew P. Liguori

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Stephanie D. Warrington

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Jennifer L. Ginther

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Talima Pearson

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Jolene Bowers

Affiliation Division of Pathogen Genomics, The Translational Genomics Research Institute North, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Mindy B. Glass

Affiliation Bacterial Zoonoses Branch, Division of Foodborne, Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Mark Mayo

Affiliation Charles Darwin University, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Vanaporn Wuthiekanun

Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

David Engelthaler

Affiliation Division of Pathogen Genomics, The Translational Genomics Research Institute North, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Sharon J. Peacock

Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Bart J. Currie

Affiliation Charles Darwin University, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

David M. Wagner

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Paul Keim

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Apichai Tuanyok

apichai.tuanyok@nau.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AT. Performed the experiments: APL SDW JLG JB MM DE. Analyzed the data: APL TP DMW AT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MBG VW SJP. Wrote the paper: APL AT BJC DMW SJP PK.