Evidence of horizontal gene transfer by transposase gene analyses in Fervidobacterium species.

Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) plays an important role in the physiology and evolution of microorganisms above all thermophilic prokaryotes. Some members of the Phylum Thermotogae (i.e., Thermotoga spp.) have been reported to present genomes constituted by a mosaic of genes from a variety of origins...

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Main Authors: Alba Cuecas, Wirojne Kanoksilapatham, Juan M Gonzalez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5398504?pdf=render