Since the early days of the genome era, the scientific community has relied on a single
'reference'genome for each species, which is used as the basis for a wide range of genetic …

Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic nosocomial pathogen and one of the six most
important multidrug resistant microorganisms in hospitals worldwide. This human pathogen …

Soft rot Enterobacteriaceae (SRE) are bacterial plant pathogens that cause blackleg, wilt
and soft rot diseases on a broad range of important crop and ornamental plants worldwide …

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

Three benchtop high-throughput sequencing instruments are now available. The 454 GS
Junior (Roche), MiSeq (Illumina) and Ion Torrent PGM (Life Technologies) are laser-printer …

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 …

With the rapid development of DNA sequencing technology, increasing bacteria genome
data enable the biologists to dig the evolutionary and genetic information of prokaryotic …

Bacterial genome sequencing has become so easy and accessible that the genomes of
multiple strains of more and more individual species have been and will be generated …

Comparative whole-genome analyses have demonstrated that horizontal gene transfer
(HGT) provides a significant contribution to prokaryotic genome innovation. The evolution of …

The field of palaeomicrobiology is dramatically expanding thanks to recent advances in high-
throughput biomolecular sequencing, which allows unprecedented access to the …