The most frequently used sequencing technologies and assembly methods in different time segments of the bacterial surveillance and RefSeq genome databases

B Segerman - Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Whole genome sequencing has become a powerful tool in modern microbiology. Especially
bacterial genomes are sequenced in high numbers. Whole genome sequencing is not only …

SKESA: strategic k-mer extension for scrupulous assemblies

A Souvorov, R Agarwala, DJ Lipman - Genome biology, 2018 - Springer
SKESA is a DeBruijn graph-based de-novo assembler designed for assembling reads of
microbial genomes sequenced using Illumina. Comparison with SPAdes and MegaHit …

Mutant phenotypes for thousands of bacterial genes of unknown function

MN Price, KM Wetmore, RJ Waters, M Callaghan… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
One-third of all protein-coding genes from bacterial genomes cannot be annotated with a
function. Here, to investigate the functions of these genes, we present genome-wide mutant …

Functional overlap of the Arabidopsis leaf and root microbiota

Y Bai, DB Müller, G Srinivas, R Garrido-Oter, E Potthoff… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Roots and leaves of healthy plants host taxonomically structured bacterial assemblies, and
members of these communities contribute to plant growth and health. We established …

Modular traits of the Rhizobiales root microbiota and their evolutionary relationship with symbiotic rhizobia

R Garrido-Oter, RT Nakano, N Dombrowski, KW Ma… - Cell host & …, 2018 - cell.com
Rhizobia are a paraphyletic group of soil-borne bacteria that induce nodule organogenesis
in legume roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen for plant growth. In non-leguminous plants …

A5-miseq: an updated pipeline to assemble microbial genomes from Illumina MiSeq data

D Coil, G Jospin, AE Darling - Bioinformatics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Motivation: Open-source bacterial genome assembly remains inaccessible to many
biologists because of its complexity. Few software solutions exist that are capable of …

Assembling single-cell genomes and mini-metagenomes from chimeric MDA products

S Nurk, A Bankevich, D Antipov… - Journal of …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Recent advances in single-cell genomics provide an alternative to largely gene-centric
metagenomics studies, enabling whole-genome sequencing of uncultivated bacteria …

Assembling genomes and mini-metagenomes from highly chimeric reads

S Nurk, A Bankevich, D Antipov, A Gurevich… - … Molecular Biology: 17th …, 2013 - Springer
Recent advances in single-cell genomics provide an alternative to gene-centric
metagenomics studies, enabling whole genome sequencing of uncultivated bacteria …

Host preference and invasiveness of commensal bacteria in the Lotus and Arabidopsis root microbiota

K Wippel, K Tao, Y Niu, R Zgadzaj, N Kiel, R Guan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Roots of different plant species are colonized by bacterial communities, that are distinct even
when hosts share the same habitat. It remains unclear to what extent the host actively …

Transposons passively and actively contribute to evolution of the two-speed genome of a fungal pathogen

L Faino, MF Seidl, X Shi-Kunne, M Pauper… - Genome …, 2016 - genome.cshlp.org
Genomic plasticity enables adaptation to changing environments, which is especially
relevant for pathogens that engage in “arms races” with their hosts. In many pathogens …