About the Authors

Daniel Rios Garza

Affiliation Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil

Cristiane C. Thompson

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Microorganisms, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Edvaldo Carlos Brito Loureiro

Affiliation Bacteriology Section of the Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil

Bas E. Dutilh

Affiliations Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Radboud University, Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Department of Computer Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Davi Toshio Inada

Affiliation Center for Technological Innovation, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil

Edivaldo Costa Sousa Junior

Affiliation Center for Technological Innovation, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil

Jedson Ferreira Cardoso

Affiliation Center for Technological Innovation, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil

Márcio Roberto T. Nunes

Affiliation Center for Technological Innovation, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil

Clayton Pereira Silva de Lima

Affiliation Center for Technological Innovation, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil

Rodrigo Vellasco Duarte Silvestre

Affiliation Center for Technological Innovation, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil

Keley Nascimento Barbosa Nunes

Affiliation Center for Technological Innovation, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil

Elisabeth C. O. Santos

Affiliation Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil

Robert A. Edwards

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, United States of America

Ana Carolina P. Vicente

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Microorganisms, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lena Lillian Canto de Sá Morais

lenasa@iec.pa.gov.br

Affiliation Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: The co-author Bas Dutilh is a PLoS One Editorial Board member. The authors confirm that this does not alter their adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DRG CCT ACPV LLCSM. Performed the experiments: DRG BED DTI ECSJ JFC MRTN CPS RVDS KNBN RAE. Analyzed the data: DRG LLCSM ACPV RAE BED JFC ECSJ MRTN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ECBL MRTN RAE BED LLCSM ECOS. Wrote the paper: DRG CCT BED RAE ACPV LLCSM.