Benchmarking Illumina and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) sequencing platforms for whole genome sequencing of bacterial genomes and use in clinical microbiology.

BACKGROUND: In microbial diagnostics, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is used to address key questions such as species identification, presence of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs), virulence genes, and outbreak detection. The choice of sequencing…

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