Microbial Whole Genome Sequencing is a critical approach for sequencing the entire microbial genomes, as well as for comparing multiple reference genomes to mapped genomes of new organisms. Sequencing entire bacterial, viral, or other microbial genomes is important for the generation of accurate reference genomes, microbial identification, and other comparative genomic studies.
Compared with conventional approaches like PCR, Whole Genome Sequencing does not require labor-intensive cloning and mapping steps. Hence, it is time- and cost-effective. Moreover, this high-throughput sequencing approach allows the sequencing of numerous samples at the same time through the courtesy of multiplexing.
