Towards estimating the number of strains that make up a natural bacterial population
T. Viver, R. E. Conrad, L. M. Rodriguez-R, A. S. Ramirez, S. N. Venter, J. Rocha-Cardenas, M. L. Segura, R. Amann, K. T. Konstantinidis, R. Rossello-Mora
The paper estimates the number of strains in a natural bacterial population using genomic and metagenomic data, finding up to 5,500 to 11,000 genomovars in one pond.
bioRxiv · Feb 20, 2023Microbiology