The first complete bacterial genome was decoded in 1995 using whole-genome sequencing. Once very expensive and time-consuming, costs for whole-genome sequencing have dropped dramatically since, and nowadays a bacterial genome can be sequenced within a few hours. Especially the latest generation of whole-genome sequencing technology, long-read sequencing (LRS), is making all the difference in revealing […] The post #FEMSmicroBlog: Long-read sequencing for new insights into the World of Plasmids appeared first on FEMS .