| DNA sequence of both chromosomes of the cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae JF Heidelberg, JA Eisen, WC Nelson, RA Clayton, ML Gwinn, RJ Dodson, ... Nature 406 (6795), 477, 2000 | 1771 | 2000 |
| Complete genome sequence of a virulent isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae H Tettelin, KE Nelson, IT Paulsen, JA Eisen, TD Read, S Peterson, ... Science 293 (5529), 498-506, 2001 | 1386 | 2001 |
| The genome sequence of Bacillus anthracis Ames and comparison to closely related bacteria TD Read, SN Peterson, N Tourasse, LW Baillie, IT Paulsen, KE Nelson, ... Nature 423 (6935), 81, 2003 | 883 | 2003 |
| Role of mobile DNA in the evolution of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis IT Paulsen, L Banerjei, GSA Myers, KE Nelson, R Seshadri, TD Read, ... Science 299 (5615), 2071-2074, 2003 | 878 | 2003 |
| Genome sequences of Chlamydia trachomatis MoPn and Chlamydia pneumoniae AR39 TD Read, RC Brunham, C Shen, SR Gill, JF Heidelberg, O White, ... Nucleic acids research 28 (6), 1397-1406, 2000 | 862 | 2000 |
| Genome sequence of the dissimilatory metal ion–reducing bacterium Shewanella oneidensis JF Heidelberg, IT Paulsen, KE Nelson, EJ Gaidos, WC Nelson, TD Read, ... Nature biotechnology 20 (11), 1118, 2002 | 801 | 2002 |
| The Brucella suis genome reveals fundamental similarities between animal and plant pathogens and symbionts IT Paulsen, R Seshadri, KE Nelson, JA Eisen, JF Heidelberg, TD Read, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99 (20), 13148-13153, 2002 | 540 | 2002 |
| Complete genome sequence of the Q-fever pathogen Coxiella burnetii R Seshadri, IT Paulsen, JA Eisen, TD Read, KE Nelson, WC Nelson, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100 (9), 5455-5460, 2003 | 531 | 2003 |
| Complete genome sequence and comparative genomic analysis of an emerging human pathogen, serotype V Streptococcus agalactiae H Tettelin, V Masignani, MJ Cieslewicz, JA Eisen, S Peterson, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99 (19), 12391-12396, 2002 | 499 | 2002 |
| Comparative genome sequencing for discovery of novel polymorphisms in Bacillus anthracis TD Read, SL Salzberg, M Pop, M Shumway, L Umayam, L Jiang, ... Science 296 (5575), 2028-2033, 2002 | 492 | 2002 |
| Identification of anthrax toxin genes in a Bacillus cereus associated with an illness resembling inhalation anthrax AR Hoffmaster, J Ravel, DA Rasko, GD Chapman, MD Chute, CK Marston, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (22), 8449-8454, 2004 | 461 | 2004 |
| Direct comparisons of Illumina vs. Roche 454 sequencing technologies on the same microbial community DNA sample C Luo, D Tsementzi, N Kyrpides, T Read, KT Konstantinidis PloS one 7 (2), e30087, 2012 | 457 | 2012 |
| Genome project standards in a new era of sequencing PSG Chain, DV Grafham, RS Fulton, MG Fitzgerald, J Hostetler, D Muzny, ... Science 326 (5950), 236-237, 2009 | 402 | 2009 |
| Genome sequence of Chlamydophila caviae (Chlamydia psittaci GPIC): examining the role of niche‐specific genes in the evolution of the Chlamydiaceae TD Read, GSA Myers, RC Brunham, WC Nelson, IT Paulsen, ... Nucleic acids research 31 (8), 2134-2147, 2003 | 329 | 2003 |
| The genome sequence of Bacillus cereus ATCC 10987 reveals metabolic adaptations and a large plasmid related to Bacillus anthracis pXO1 DA Rasko, J Ravel, OA Økstad, E Helgason, RZ Cer, L Jiang, KA Shores, ... Nucleic acids research 32 (3), 977-988, 2004 | 327 | 2004 |
| Phylogenetic discovery bias in Bacillus anthracis using single-nucleotide polymorphisms from whole-genome sequencing T Pearson, JD Busch, J Ravel, TD Read, SD Rhoton, JM U'ren, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (37), 13536-13541, 2004 | 267 | 2004 |
| Formation and composition of the Bacillus anthracis endospore H Liu, NH Bergman, B Thomason, S Shallom, A Hazen, J Crossno, ... Journal of bacteriology 186 (1), 164-178, 2004 | 234 | 2004 |
| Unity in Variety—The Pan-Genome of the Chlamydiae A Collingro, P Tischler, T Weinmaier, T Penz, E Heinz, RC Brunham, ... Molecular biology and evolution 28 (12), 3253-3270, 2011 | 158 | 2011 |
| Bacillus anthracis comparative genome analysis in support of the Amerithrax investigation DA Rasko, PL Worsham, TG Abshire, ST Stanley, JD Bannan, MR Wilson, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (12), 5027-5032, 2011 | 145 | 2011 |
| Predicting the virulence of MRSA from its genome sequence M Laabei, M Recker, JK Rudkin, M Aldeljawi, Z Gulay, TJ Sloan, ... Genome research 24 (5), 839-849, 2014 | 129 | 2014 |
