title: The genome of Thermosipho africanus TCF52B: lateral genetic connections to the Firmicutes and Archaea.
abstract: Lateral gene transfers (LGT) (also called horizontal gene transfers) have been a major force shaping the Thermosipho africanus TCF52B genome, whose sequence we describe here. Firmicutes emerge as the principal LGT partner. Twenty-six percent of phylogenetic trees suggest LGT with this group, while 13% of the open reading frames indicate LGT with Archaea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. nesbo@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Camilla L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Nesbø
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bapteste
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: Håkon
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dahle
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Macleod
authors.forename: Marlena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dlutek
authors.forename: Sharen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zhaxybayeva
authors.forename: Nils-Kåre
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Birkeland
authors.forename: W Ford
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Doolittle
mesh_terms: D001105:Archaea / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny