Relating ecological diversity to genetic discontinuity across bacterial species.

Abstract excerpt

BACKGROUND: Genetic discontinuity represents abrupt breaks in genomic identity among species. Advances in genome sequencing have enhanced our ability to track and characterize genetic discontinuity in bacterial populations. However, exploring the degree to which bacterial diversity exists as a continuum or sorted into discrete and readily defined species remains a challenge in microbial ecology. Here, we aim to...

Topics

• Genome, Bacterial
• Bacteria
• Genetic Variation
• Phylogeny
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Biodiversity