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ArticleBMC genomics2019

The importance of genome sequence quality to microbial comparative genomics.

Theo H M Smits

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Article in BMC genomics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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1 author.

Theo H M SmitsEnvironmental Genomics and Systems Biology Research Group, Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR), Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW, Wädenswil, Switzerland. theo.smits@zhaw.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1237-235X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The quality of microbial genome sequences has been a concern ever since the emergence of genome sequencing. The quality of the genome assemblies is dependent on the sequencing technology used and the aims for which the sequence was generated. Novel sequencing and bioinformatics technologies are not intrinsically better than the older technologies, although they are generally more efficient. In this correspondence, the importance for comparative genomics of additional manual assembly efforts over autoassembly and careful annotation is emphasized.

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PMID31429698
PMCPMC6701015

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