Genome Watch

This Genome Watch highlights how the revived interest in phages that target plasmid-carrying bacteria is expanding our knowledge of viral diversity, ecology and evolution, which is fundamental for developing safe biotherapeutics.

This Genome Watch highlights recent metagenomic surveys that have revealed the extensive prevalence and diversity of plasmids in the human gut microbiome and discusses the challenges in accurately reporting plasmid genomes identified from metagenomic data.

This Genome Watch highlights the advances made in bacterial single-cell RNA sequencing, specifically in the context of host–microorganism interaction studies.

This month’s Genome Watch highlights the use of genetic barcoding towards a better understanding of plant–microorganism interactions and colonization dynamics.

This Genome Watch article discusses the application of sequencing methods for monitoring the rise of infectious diseases associated with climate change.

This Genome Watch article highlights the recent use of large-scale monitoring of natural microbiomes to examine feedback between environmental change and microbial adaptation.

Wastewater genomic surveillance can transform global viral disease monitoring. This Genome Watch article explores the techniques, analytical pipelines and implications for public health.

This month’s Genome Watch discusses the application of spatial transcriptomics to investigate the arrangements of microbial communities and their effects on the host.

This Genome Watch article highlights how studying pathogens in the context of their phylogenetic neighbours can provide insights into their evolution.

This month’s Genome Watch highlights the recent use of machine learning to uncover functional ‘dark matter’ in the microbial protein universe.

This Genome Watch highlights how a tailor-made search through bacterial genomes revealed the widespread presence of a new class of bacterial signalling peptides that lack conventional characteristics.

This Genome Watch highlights different tools and strategies used to enhance the quality of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) generated in microbiome studies.

This month’s Genome Watch highlights the use of high-depth genome-centric approaches to further our understanding of the human gut microbiome within the context of industrialized and non-industrialized lifestyles.

This Genome Watch highlights how the integration of genomic surveillance with epidemiological or clinical data can help understand pathogen transmission and improve public health interventions for infectious disease control.

This Genome Watch highlights new computational approaches aimed at circumventing contamination in low-biomass microbiome studies.

This Genome Watch highlights the recent developments of prokaryotic nomenclature leading to the coexistence of two parallel prokaryotic nomenclatural codes.

This Genome Watch highlights how combining next-generation sequencing and imaging technologies sheds light on the diverse and intricate symbiotic relationships of uncultivated archaea and bacteria.

This Genome Watch highlights recent metagenomics studies in fish that reveal unique microbiomes with low functional diversity, which could help to improve our understanding of host–microorganism dynamics in non-mammalian species.

This Genome Watch explores how large-scale microbiome studies are facilitating discoveries in bacteriophage biology and functional capabilities that are prime for translation towards advances in biotechnology and biotherapeutics.

This month’s Genome Watch explores how synonymous mutations may have wider implications for protein function than previously acknowledged.