SOCfinder: a genomic tool for identifying social genes in bacteria.

"socfinder opens up a number of exciting directions for future research and is available to download from https://github com/lauriebelch/socfinder cooperation cooperative gene kin selection relatedness social gene openaccessembargo 0 all code and associated files are available at https://github com/lauriebelch/socfinder .; socfinder version 1 0 is available as an easy-to-use command line tool with tutorials r scripts and python scripts freely available at github com/lauriebelch/socfinder.; the full list of 321 cooperative ko terms is available at https://github com/lauriebelch/socfinder/ .; our list includes beta-lactamases and metallophores such as siderophores which allow bacteria to obtain iron and other metal ions from their hosts [ ] (available at https://github com/lauriebelch/socfinder/ )."

"Conflicts of interest The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest."

"Funding information This work was supported by the European Research Council (834164: LJB, AED and SAW; SESE: MG) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC Oxford Interdisciplinary Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership ZK)."