About the Authors
- Les Dethlefsen
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America , Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Sue Huse
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Affiliation Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Mitchell L Sogin
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Affiliation Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America
- David A Relman
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: relman@stanford.edu
Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America , Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America , Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
LD, MLS, and DAR conceived and designed the experiments. LD performed the experiments. LD, SMH, MLS, and DAR analyzed the data. LD, SMH, MLS, and DAR contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. LD and DAR wrote the paper.