Microbiology in the Post-genomic Era

Overview

Journal Nat Rev Microbiol

Specialties Infectious Diseases
Microbiology

Date 2008 May 14

PMID 18475305

Citations 131

Authors

Duccio Medini

Davide Serruto

Julian Parkhill

David A Relman

Claudio Donati

Richard Moxon

Stanley Falkow

Rino Rappuoli

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Abstract

Genomics has revolutionized every aspect of microbiology. Now, 13 years after the first bacterial genome was sequenced, it is important to pause and consider what has changed in microbiology research as a consequence of genomics. In this article, we review the evolving field of bacterial typing and the genomic technologies that enable comparative analysis of multiple genomes and the metagenomes of complex microbial environments, and address the implications of the genomic era for the future of microbiology.

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