title: The animal gut as a melting pot for horizontal gene transfer.
abstract: In this minireview, we examine horizontal gene transfer (HGT) events in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract and their role in the evolutionary adaptation of microorganisms to the gut environment. We explore the notion of the mammalian gut as a melting pot of genetic exchange, resulting in the large extent of HGT occurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ruminant Sciences, Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization, P.O. Box 6, Bet-Dagan 50250, Israel.|Department of Ruminant Sciences, Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization, P.O. Box 6, Bet-Dagan 50250, Israel.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shterzer
authors.affiliation: Department of Ruminant Sciences, Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization, P.O. Box 6, Bet-Dagan 50250, Israel.|Department of Ruminant Sciences, Institute of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Organization, P.O. Box 6, Bet-Dagan 50250, Israel.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mizrahi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology*; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D006801:Humans
keywords: conjugaison; conjugation; gut microbiome; horizontal gene transfer; microbiome intestinal; phages; plasmides; plasmids; transfert horizontal de gènes