Some bacteria can transfer to new host species, and this poses a risk to human health.
Indeed, an estimated 60% of all human pathogens have originated from other animal …

Highlights•We describe three long-read sequencing technologies and their
characteristics.•We describe available algorithms for long-read assembly and their …

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have become indispensable in human medicine
and genomics, but very few have been carried out on bacteria. Here we introduce Scoary …

Host specificity is observed in gut symbionts of diverse animal lineages. But how hosts
maintain symbionts while rejecting their close relatives remains elusive. We use eusocial …

Although the impact of host genetics on gut microbial diversity and the abundance of specific
taxa is well established,,,,–, little is known about how host genetics regulates the genetic …

Twenty years ago, the publication of the first bacterial genome sequence, from Haemophilus
influenzae, shook the world of bacteriology. In this Timeline, we review the first two decades …

The reduced costs of sequencing have led to whole-genome sequences for a large number
of microorganisms, enabling the application of microbial genome-wide association studies …

Campylobacter is among the four main causes of gastroenteritis worldwide and has
increased in both developed and developing countries over the last 10 years. The vast …

Chickens are the most common birds on Earth and colibacillosis is among the most common
diseases affecting them. This major threat to animal welfare and safe sustainable food …

Bacteria pose unique challenges for genome-wide association studies because of strong
structuring into distinct strains and substantial linkage disequilibrium across the genome 1 …