It is seven years since the first bacterial genome was completely sequenced, and more than 60 others have now been determined. What has been the impact of these projects on pure science and public welfare?
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Doolittle, R. Microbial genomes multiply. Nature 416, 697–700 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/416697a
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