Extensive inter-domain lateral gene transfer in the evolution of the human commensal Methanosphaera stadtmanae

Methanosphaera stadtmanae is a commensal methanogenic archaeon found in the human gut. As most of its niche-neighbors are bacteria, it is expected that lateral gene transfer (LGT) from bacteria might have contributed to the evolutionary history of this organism. We performed a phylogenomic survey of...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Genetics
Main Authors:	Mor Nadia Lurie-Weinberger, Michael ePeeri, Tamir eTuller, Uri eGophna
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-09-01
Subjects:	Archaea Methanogens microbial evolution horizontal gene transfer archaeal genomics human gut
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2012.00182/full