Microbial genomics: all that you can't leave behind.
Projects designed to scan entire microbial genomes for essential genes have revealed a remarkably compact and conserved, but not universal, set of genes whose functions are necessary for survival or reproduction.
Stephens
Craig M
CM
Biology Department, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053, USA. cstephens@scu.edu
Laub
Michael T
MT
D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics*; D020043:Genes, Essential / Q000235:genetics; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends