Genome Watch in 2012

This month's Genome Watch describes the advantages of using whole-genome sequencing data for infectious-disease surveillance and infection control.

This month's Genome Watch highlights new insights into the use of bacteria in industrial processes such as electricity generation and bioremediation.

This month's Genome Watch describes how sequencing technology is providing insight into the geographical relationships and global travel of bacterial pathogens.

This month's Genome Watch describes two recent studies that used metagenomic data to characterize the role of the human gut microbiota in disease.

This month's Genome Watch highlightsin natura cases showing the role of recombination in bacterial evolution, and in vitrostudies that focus on the mechanisms of recombination.

This month's Genome Watch describes how knowledge of the malaria parasite genome can be used to better understand and mitigate the emergence of drug resistance.

This month's Genome Watch highlights some of the technical challenges that need to be overcome to gain further insight into microbial metatranscriptomes.

This month's Genome Watch reviews a recent paper that used a metagenomics approach to characterize the plasmid content of bovine rumen samples.

This month's Genome Watch describes how analysis of a basal member of the Plantae can inform us about the evolution of photosynthetic eukaryotes.

This month's Genome Watch highlights the power of palaeomicrobiology in extracting detailed information about the genomes of ancient microorganisms.

This month's Genome Watch highlights new insights into the impact of food production on the evolution of microorganisms.

This month's Genome Watch highlights how a population study, in conjunction with a reference genome, can identify the evolutionary features that contribute to drug resistance in a protozoan parasite.