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When the first microbial genome sequences were published just 20 years ago, our understanding regarding the microbial world changed dramatically. The genomes of the first pathogenic vibrios sequenced, including Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, and Vibrio vulnificus revealed a functional and phylogenetic diversity previously unimagined as well as a genome structure indelibly shaped by horizontal gene transfer. The initial glimpses into these organisms also revealed a genomic plasticity that allowed these bacteria to thrive in challenging and varied aquatic and marine environments, but critically also a suite of pathogenicity attributes. In this review we outline how our understanding of vibrios has changed over the last two decades with the advent of genomics and advances in bioinformatic and data analysis techniques, it has become possible to provide a more cohesive understanding regarding these bacteria: how these pathogens have evolved and emerged from environmental sources, their evolutionary routes through time and space, how they interact with other bacteria and the human host, as well as initiate disease. We outline novel approaches to the use of whole genome sequencing for this important group of bacteria and how new sequencing technologies may be applied to study these organisms in future studies.
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Lau, D.Y.L., Aguirre Sánchez, J.R., Baker-Austin, C., Martinez-Urtaza, J. (2023). What Whole Genome Sequencing Has Told Us About Pathogenic Vibrios. In: Almagro-Moreno, S., Pukatzki, S. (eds) Vibrio spp. Infections. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1404. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22997-8_16
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