Whole-Genome Sequencing for Microbial Identification

Identifies and compares microbial isolates at genome-wide resolution, often enabling finer sub-species discrimination than marker-gene sequencing.

References

• Venter, J.C., Remington, K., Heidelberg, J.F., et al. "Environmental Genome Shotgun Sequencing." Science 304, no. 5667 (2004): 66–74.