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Sequencing the species pan-genome

Nature Reviews Microbiology volume 7, pages 258–259 (2009)Cite this article

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This month's Genome Watch discusses the recent advances in sequencing technology that have allowed microbiologists to determine the genome sequences not just of individual species but also of entire genera and have allowed a view of the entire pan-bacterial genome.

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Figure 1: The bacterial pan-genome.

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  1. Stephen Bentley is at the Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK. microbes@sanger.ac.uk,

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Bentley, S. Sequencing the species pan-genome. Nat Rev Microbiol 7, 258–259 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2123

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