About the Authors

Jeffrey S. McLean

jmclean@jcvi.org

Affiliation Microbial and Environmental Genomics, The J. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

Sarah J. Fansler

Affiliation Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Paul D. Majors

Affiliation Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Kathleen McAteer

Affiliation Washington State University Tri-Cities, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Lisa Z. Allen

Affiliation Microbial and Environmental Genomics, The J. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

Mark E. Shirtliff

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Renate Lux

Affiliation School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Wenyuan Shi

Affiliation School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSM SJF PDM. Performed the experiments: SJF PDM JSM. Analyzed the data: JSM PDM KM LZA RL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MES. Wrote the paper: JSM SJF LZ PDM SJF RL WS.