title: Recent genetic transfer between Lactococcus lactis and enterobacteria.
abstract: The genome sequence of Lactococcus lactis revealed that the ycdB gene was recently exchanged between lactococci and enterobacteria. The present study of ycdB orthologs suggests that L. lactis was probably the gene donor and reveals three instances of gene transfer to enterobacteria. Analysis of ycdB gene transfer between two L. lactis subspecies, L. lactis subsp. lactis and L. lactis subsp. cremoris, indicates that the gene can be mobilized, possibly by conjugation.
authors.affiliation: Génétique Microbienne, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy en Josas, France. bolotine@jouy.inra.fr
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bolotin
authors.forename: Benoit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Quinquis
authors.forename: Alexei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sorokin
authors.forename: Dusko S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Ehrlich
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D013294:Lactococcus lactis / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny