The genome of Thermosipho africanus TCF52B: lateral genetic connections to the Firmicutes and Archaea.
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.
Nesbø
Camilla L
CL
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. nesbo@ualberta.ca
Bapteste
Eric
E
Curtis
Bruce
B
Dahle
Håkon
H
Lopez
Philippe
P
Macleod
Dave
D
Dlutek
Marlena
M
Bowman
Sharen
S
Zhaxybayeva
Olga
O
Birkeland
Nils-Kåre
NK
Doolittle
W Ford
WF
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