Background Escherichia coli (E. coli) has been one of the most studied model organisms in
the history of life sciences. Initially thought just to be commensal bacteria, E. coli has shown …

Motivation Bacteria can usually acquire certain advantageous genes that enable the
bacteria to adapt to rapidly changing niches, thereby leading to a wide range of intraspecific …

Whole-genome sequencing has been skewed toward bacterial pathogens as a
consequence of the prioritization of medical and veterinary diseases. However, it is …

The pan-genome is defined as the combined set of all genes in the gene pool of a species.
Pan-genome analyses have been very useful in helping to understand different evolutionary …

The bacterial pangenome was introduced in 2005 and, in recent years, has been the subject
of many studies. Thanks to progress in next-generation sequencing methods, the …

Food safety is a global concern, with upward of 2.2 million deaths due to enteric disease
every year. Current whole-genome sequencing platforms allow routine sequencing of …

Background The pan-genome of a bacterial species consists of a core and an accessory
gene pool. The accessory genome is thought to be an important source of genetic variability …

The huge increase in the availability of bacterial genomes led us to a point in which we can
investigate and query pan-genomes, for example, the full set of genes of a given bacterial …

The pan-genome analysis of bacteria provides detailed insight into the diversity and
evolution of a bacterial population. However, the genomes involved in the pan-genome …

Escherichia coli ST1485 strains belong to the clinically important phylogroup F and have
disseminated worldwide in humans, animals, and the environment. Here, we elucidated the …