Complete genome sequences of important bacterial pathogens and industrial organisms hold significant …

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Genomic insights - lifestyles, adaptations and pathogenic mechanisms
• Why sequence multiple species and strains?
• Making sense of the genome piles
• PLoS ONE Prokaryotic Genomes Collection
• References

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