Illumina Microbial Amplicon Prep (iMAP) is an amplicon-based library preparation kit built on the same chemistry as COVIDSeq. Library preparation is fast and simple, with libraries compatible with nearly all Illumina sequencing systems. It can be used for various infectious disease, public health surveillance, and microbial research applications, including viral whole-genome sequencing, antimicrobial resistance marker analysis, bacterial and fungal identification, and more.