About the Authors

Johannes Goll

Affiliation The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Mathangi Thiagarajan

Affiliation The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Sahar Abubucker

Affiliation The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Curtis Huttenhower

Affiliation Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Shibu Yooseph

Affiliation The J. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

Barbara A. Methé

bmethe@jcvi.org

Affiliation The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: JG BAM MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG CH SA. Wrote the paper: BAM JG CH MT SY.