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Journal | Trends in microbiology |
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Date | Accepted/In press - 7 Sep 2016 |
Date | E-pub ahead of print - 24 Sep 2016 |
Date | Published (current) - Dec 2016 |
Issue number | 12 |
Volume | 24 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 931-932 |
Early online date | 24/09/16 |
Original language | English |
Bacterial core and accessory genome components are analogous to the operating system and applications of smartphones. The core genome provides stable taxonomy and species lists, but phenotypes reflect the mobile pool of accessory genes. This suggests changes to the ways we define bacterial species and describe bacterial communities.
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