title: Thermotoga heats up lateral gene transfer.
abstract: The complete sequence of the bacterium Thermotoga maritima genome has revealed a large fraction of genes most closely related to those of archaeal species. This adds to the accumulating evidence that lateral gene transfer is a potent evolutionary force in prokaryotes, though questions of its magnitude remain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H7, Canada.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Logsdon
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Faguy
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D010802:Phylogeny; D020124:Thermotoga maritima / Q000235:genetics*