How the social lives of bacteria affect their pangenome
Fiona Jane Whelan · 2026
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Fiona Whelan reviews how the social lives of bacteria shape their pangenome, in an article from 2026. The word names the full set of genes found across all strains of one species. Gains in sequencing and new care for mixed communities have shown a key point. One reference genome cannot hold the full spread of traits in a species.
Bacteria rarely live on their own. When they settle a new niche, they split fast into new strains. The genes they keep, gain, or lose hinge on the microbes they live next to in that niche. Whelan looks at how the acts of microbes on each other drive that spread. She also reviews the bioinformatic techniques used to find and gauge how the gene set shifts from strain to strain.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Fiona Jane Whelan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 24 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |