The Value of Complete Microbial Genome Sequencing (You Get What You Pay For)

Abstract
Since the publication of the complete Haemophilus influenzae genome sequence in July 1995 ([4][1]), the field of microbiology has been one of the largest beneficiaries of the breakthroughs in genomics and computational biology that made this accomplishment possible. When the 1.8-Mbp H. influenzae