Comparative Metagenomics Reveals Host Specific Metavirulomes and Horizontal Gene Transfer Elements in the Chicken Cecum Microbiome

• Ani Qu,

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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• Jennifer M. Brulc,

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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• Melissa K. Wilson,

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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• Bibiana F. Law,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• James R. Theoret,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Lynn A. Joens,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Michael E. Konkel,

  Affiliation School of Molecular Biosciences, Center for Biotechnology, Washington State University, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Florent Angly,

  Affiliations Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Computational Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Elizabeth A. Dinsdale,

  Affiliations Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

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• Robert A. Edwards,

  Affiliations Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Center for Microbial Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Computer Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Karen E. Nelson,

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

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• Bryan A. White

  * 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

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