Open AccessThe Genome of Thermosipho africanus TCF52B: Lateral Genetic Connections to the Firmicutes and Archaea
Author(s) -
Camilla Nesbø,
Éric Bapteste,
Bruce A. Curtis,
Håkon Dahle,
Philippe Lopez,
D. P. MacLeod,
Marlena Dlutek,
Sharen Bowman,
Olga Zhaxybayeva,
Nils-Kåre Birkeland,
W. Ford Doolittle
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.01448-08
Subject(s) - biology , archaea , firmicutes , phylogenetic tree , genetics , genome , evolutionary biology , gene , horizontal gene transfer , phylogenetics , 16s ribosomal rna
Lateral gene transfers (LGT) (also called horizontal gene transfers) have been a major force shaping theThermosipho 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 withArchaea .