title: Biology wars: the eukaryotes strike back.
abstract: It is increasingly clear that eukaryotes have acquired bacterial DNA and function through horizontal gene transfer (HGT). In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Chou et al. (2014) and Metcalf et al. (2014) report multiple HGTs of bacterial tae and lysozyme genes, respectively, to diverse eukaryotic and archaeal hosts that may complement their response to bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Genome Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Electronic address: jdhotopp@som.umaryland.edu.
authors.forename: Julie C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dunning Hotopp
authors.affiliation: Institute for Genome Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
authors.forename: Anne M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Estes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics*; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D007113:Immunity, Innate
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins