About the Authors

Catherine Paradis-Bleau

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

George Kritikos

Affiliation European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany

Katya Orlova

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Athanasios Typas

Affiliation European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Genome Biology Unit, Heidelberg, Germany

Thomas G. Bernhardt

thomas_bernhardt@hms.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CPB GK AT TGB. Performed the experiments: CPB GK KO AT TGB. Analyzed the data: CPB GK AT TGB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CPB GK AT TGB. Wrote the paper: CPB AT TGB. Designed the software used in analysis: GK.