Large insights into microorganisms

Overview

Microorganisms are the most abundant and diverse forms of life, and genome sequences for approximately 490,000 microbial strains are now publicly available. However, due to the limitations of legacy short-read sequencing technologies, approximately 90% of bacterial genome assemblies are incomplete. This white paper discusses the advantages of nanopore reads with unrestricted length, which can be generated in real time to overcome these challenges to deliver affordable, reference-quality genome assemblies from microbial isolates and metagenomic samples.

In this white paper, you will:

• Learn the importance of complete microbial sequencing and its recent developments
• Discover the limitations of legacy sequencing technologies
• Find out how nanopore sequencing overcomes these limitations
• Read real-world case studies of how researchers are utilising nanopore sequencing to deliver new insights