Abstract
Genomes of the month
There have been six bacterial genomes published since the last Genome Update column was written. All of this month's new genomes, listed in Table 1, come from genera for which there are multiple sequenced genomes already present in the databases. Brucella abortus and Chlamydophila abortus can both cause abortion in animals, as their names imply, although via different mechanisms. Two more Staphylococcus genomes have been reported (Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis), as well as genomes of Salmonella enterica SCB67 (Chiu et al., 2005) and Wolbachia species TRS (Foster et al., 2005). From a broader perspective, it should be noted that there are many genera (indeed many bacterial phyla) which have no representative genomes sequenced and it is hoped that at least some of the future genomes being sequenced will be more reflective of the biological diversity in the environment.