The genetic integrity of bacterial species: the core genome and the accessory genome, two different stories.

Abstract excerpt

Strains within a bacterial species typically have a set of conserved core genes and a variable set of accessory genes. The accessory genes often appear to move laterally between strains, thereby forming new trait combinations. Sometimes, genetic material also moves laterally between species, thereby resulting in diffuse borders between them. The growing number of genome sequences offers new possibilities to study...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Evolution, Molecular
• Share to Gene Transfer, Horizontal
• Share to Genes, Bacterial