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===Pan genomics===
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Pan genomics is a concept introduced in 2005 by Tettelin and Medini. Pan genome is the complete gene repertoire of a particular [[monophyletic]] taxonomic group. Although initially applied to closely related strains of a species, it can be applied to a larger context like genus, phylum, etc. It is divided in two parts: the Core genome, a set of genes common to all the genomes under study (often housekeeping genes vital for survival), and the Dispensable/Flexible genome: a set of genes not present in all but one or some genomes under study. A bioinformatics tool BPGA can be used to characterize the Pan Genome of bacterial species.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Chaudhari NM, Gupta VK, Dutta C | title = BPGA- an ultra-fast pan-genome analysis pipeline | journal = Scientific Reports | volume = 6 | pages = 24373 | date = April 2016 | pmid = 27071527 | pmc = 4829868 | doi = 10.1038/srep24373 | bibcode = 2016NatSR...624373C }}</ref>