title: Extensive genome rearrangements and multiple horizontal gene transfers in a population of pyrococcus isolates from Vulcano Island, Italy.
abstract: The extent of chromosome rearrangements in Pyrococcus isolates from marine hydrothermal vents in Vulcano Island, Italy, was evaluated by high-throughput genomic methods. The results illustrate the dynamic nature of the genomes of the genus Pyrococcus and raise the possibility of a connection between rapidly changing environmental conditions and adaptive genomic properties.
authors: University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. jdiruggiero@jhu.edu
authors: James R
authors: JR
authors: White
authors: Patricia
authors: P
authors: Escobar-Paramo
authors: Emmanuel F
authors: EF
authors: Mongodin
authors: Karen E
authors: KE
authors: Nelson
authors: Jocelyne
authors: J
authors: DiRuggiero
mesh_terms: D000220:Adaptation, Biological; D019847:Chromosomes, Archaeal; D019641:DNA, Archaeal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D020745:Genome, Archaeal; D045482:Hot Springs / Q000382:microbiology*; D007558:Italy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019711:Pyrococcus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D019641:DNA, Archaeal