Whole-genome sequencing to control antimicrobial resistance
•Owing to improvements in sequencing technologies, microbial whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has emerged as a central tool to control antibiotic resistance.•WGS has been used to develop novel antibiotics and diagnostic tests.•WGS has been key to surveillance and the study of the emergence of antibioti...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier Trends Journals
2014
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4156311/ |