The revolution of genome sequencing is continuing after the successful second-generation
sequencing (SGS) technology. The third-generation sequencing (TGS) technology, led by …

Ten years ago next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies appeared on the market.
During the past decade, tremendous progress has been made in terms of speed, read …

The Illumina DNA sequencing platform generates accurate but short reads, which can be
used to produce accurate but fragmented genome assemblies. Pacific Biosciences and …

Motivation: Recent advances in single molecule real-time (SMRT) and nanopore
sequencing technologies have enabled high-quality assemblies from long and inaccurate …

Abstract The Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) MinION is a new sequencing technology
that potentially offers read lengths of tens of kilobases (kb) limited only by the length of DNA …

Coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CoNS) are skin commensal bacteria. Besides their role
in maintaining homeostasis, CoNS have emerged as major pathogens in nosocomial …

Background Microbial inhabitants of soils are important to ecosystem and planetary
functions, yet there are large gaps in our knowledge of their diversity and ecology. The …

Background The miniaturised and portable DNA sequencer MinION™ has been released to
the scientific community within the framework of an early access programme to evaluate its …

Biological features can be inferred, based on genomic data, for many microbial lineages that
remain uncultured. However, cultivation is important for characterizing an organism's …

Phthalate ester (PAE) pollution is an increasing problem globally. Paracoccus kondratievae
BJQ0001 was isolated from the fermentation starter of Baijiu and showed an efficient …