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ArticlePeerJ2018

Linking pangenomes and metagenomes: the

Tom O Delmont, A Murat Eren

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Article in PeerJ, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 246 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Tom O DelmontDepartment of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America.
A Murat ErenDepartment of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America.

Funding

ULTRASTRUCTURE AND CYTOMORPHOLOGY COREP30DK042086 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI LIU, CAMBRIAN YANGSHAO · 1990 to 2025
$29.8M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK042086
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pangenomes offer detailed characterizations of core and accessory genes found in a set of closely related microbial genomes, generally by clustering genes based on sequence homology. In comparison, metagenomes facilitate highly resolved investigations of the relative distribution of microbial genomes and individual genes across environments through read recruitment analyses. Combining these complementary approaches can yield unique insights into the functional basis of microbial niche partitioning and fitness, however, advanced software solutions are lacking. Here we present an integrated analysis and visualization strategy that provides an interactive and reproducible framework to generate pangenomes and to study them in conjunction with metagenomes. To investigate its utility, we applied this strategy to a

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anvi’oComparative genomicsHypervariable genomic islandsMetagenomicsMetapangenomicsMicrobial ecologyPangenomicsSugar metabolismTARA Oceans

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PMCPMC5804319

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