Genome Watch in 2016

This month's Genome Watch describes how whole-genome sequencing used for surveillance purposes has enabled the identification of new drug resistance markers in the malaria parasite.

This month's Genome Watch describes how Mash can be used to tackle comparisons between large amounts of genomic and metagenomic sequence data for taxonomic applications.

This month's Genome Watch discusses how advances in genome editing have contributed to our understanding of apicomplexan parasite biology.

Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) can be used to track the transmission of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in different sexual networks.

This month's Genome Watch explores recent advances in the identification of species-level and strain-level diversity in microbiome studies, and highlights how these have provided insights into the tropism and persistence ofNeisseriaspp. in the human oral cavity.

How did a gorilla-infectingPlasmodiumspecies jump to a human host?

This month's Genome Watch discusses recent improvements to bacterial GWAS methods that have been inspired by techniques developed for human genetics.

Two recent studies have investigated the effects of antibiotic use on the intestinal microbiota of preterm infants and young children.

This month's Genome Watch looks at how genome sequence analysis aids our understanding of pathogen survival within hosts.

Genomics studies are prompting a re-evaluation of the diversity ofEscherichia colipathovars and how this diversity corresponds to virulence.

This month's Genome Watch discusses the analysis of aHelicobacter pylorigenome from the preserved Copper-Age mummy known as the Iceman and how ancient genomes shed light on the history of bacterial pathogens.