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Microbiology, Fifth Edition
Microbiology, 5/e
Lansing M Prescott, Augustana College
Donald A Klein, Colorado State University
John P Harley, Eastern Kentucky University

Microbial Genomics

Chapter Objectives

After reading this chapter you should be able to:
  • define genomics
  • compare and contrast structural genomics, functional genomics and comparative genomics
  • describe methods of sequencing DNA and the whole-genome shotgun method for sequencing a genome
  • discuss some of the insights gained thus far by the analysis of microbial genomes
  • describe the types of analyses done by functional genomics
  • discuss the future impact of genomics on the biological sciences