Climate change is a threat to global food security due to the reduction of crop productivity
around the globe. Food security is a matter of concern for stakeholders and policymakers as …

Highlights•Wealth of genome data are making pan-genome analysis increasingly
possible.•Pan-genome analysis is an effective approach to understand pathogenic …

A description of the genetic makeup of a species based on a single genome is often
insufficient because it ignores the variability in gene repertoire among multiple strains. The …

The emergence of cyanobacterial species (speciation) is driven by mutation, selection, gene
flow, and geographical and ecological isolation. Population genomics explores the process …

With the advance of sequencing technologies, the landscape of genomic analysis has been
transformed, by moving from single strain to species (or even higher taxa)-wide genomic …

Motivation As pan-genome approaches are largely employed for bacterial comparative
genomics and evolution analyses, but still difficult to be carried out by non-bioinformatician …

Bacillus subtilis, a plant-beneficial bacterial species exhibiting good biocontrol capabilities,
has been widely used in agricultural production. The endophytic strain 9407 can efficiently …

An astronomical increase in microbial genome data in recent years has led to strong
demand for bioinformatic tools for pan-genome analysis within and across species. Here, we …

Due to their numerous well-established applications in the food industry, there have been
many studies regarding the adaptation and evolution of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in a wide …

The stunning ability of bacteria to evolve and adapt has contributed to the success of these
single cells, which have inhabited the Earth for billions of years and play vital roles in the …