Genome Watch in 2023

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.

This Genome Watch explores how metagenomics aids in profiling plant-derived microorganisms and molecules that could have an impact on the composition and function of the human gut microbiome.