Extensive genome rearrangements and multiple horizontal gene transfers in a population of pyrococcus isolates from Vulcano Island, Italy.
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.
White
James R
JR
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. jdiruggiero@jhu.edu
Escobar-Paramo
Patricia
P
Mongodin
Emmanuel F
EF
Nelson
Karen E
KE
DiRuggiero
Jocelyne
J
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
D019641:DNA, Archaeal