Phase Genomics has commercialized a genomic toolset that uses the “Hi-C1” approach to create reference quality genomes (a complete genome) from low cost, short (or longer) read sequencing generated by Illumina, Pacific Biosciences, and Oxford Nanopore. Phase’s approach quickly and cost effectively unlocks the information that is key to accelerating the development of microbiome approaches to fertilizing, protecting, preserving, and managing pests in agriculture, and is in development for use in other clinical applications.