How the social lives of bacteria affect their pangenome.

Abstract excerpt

Although the study of microbes started with type strains and reference genomes, advances in sequencing technology and new interest in mixed microbial communities have made us aware that a single genome cannot and does not reflect the diversity of a given bacterial species. Bacteria rarely occupy an environmental or host niche alone and quickly diversify into strains upon colonization of a new niche. The genetic...

Topics

• Bacteria
• Genome, Bacterial
• Microbiota
• Genetic Variation
• Phylogeny
• Metagenomics
• Computational Biology