Jana M U'Ren1*
, James M Schupp1*
, Talima Pearson1
, Heidie Hornstra1
, Christine L Clark Friedman1
, Kimothy L Smith1
, Rebecca R Leadem Daugherty1
, Shane D Rhoton1
, Ben Leadem1
, Shalamar Georgia1
, Michelle Cardon1
, Lynn Y Huynh1
, David DeShazer2
, Steven P Harvey3
, Richard Robison4
, Daniel Gal5
, Mark J Mayo5
, David Wagner1
, Bart J Currie5
and Paul Keim1 
1
Northern Arizona University, Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Box 5640, Flagstaff Arizona, 86011 USA
2
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702-5011 USA
3
U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010-5454 USA
4
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602 USA
5
Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia