Evidence for lateral gene transfer between Archaea and Bacteria from genome sequence of Thermotoga maritima

Karen E. Nelson, Rebecca A. Clayton, Steven R. Gill, Michelle L. Gwinn, Robert J. Dodson, Daniel H. Haft, Erin K. Hickey, Jeremy D. Peterson, William C. Nelson, Karen A. Ketchum, Lisa McDonald, Teresa R. Utterback, Joel A. Malek, Katja D. Linher, Mina M. Garrett, Ashley M. Stewart, Matthew D. Cotton, Matthew S. Pratt, Cheryl A. Phillips, Delwood Richardson, John Heidelberg, Granger G. Sutton, Robert D. Fleischmann, Jonathan A. Eisen, Owen White, Steven L. Salzberg, Hamilton O. Smith, J. Craig Venter and Claire M. Fraser ()
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Rebecca A. Clayton: the Institute for Genomic Research
Steven R. Gill: the Institute for Genomic Research
Michelle L. Gwinn: the Institute for Genomic Research
Robert J. Dodson: the Institute for Genomic Research
Daniel H. Haft: the Institute for Genomic Research
Erin K. Hickey: the Institute for Genomic Research
Jeremy D. Peterson: the Institute for Genomic Research
William C. Nelson: the Institute for Genomic Research
Karen A. Ketchum: the Institute for Genomic Research
Lisa McDonald: the Institute for Genomic Research
Teresa R. Utterback: the Institute for Genomic Research
Joel A. Malek: the Institute for Genomic Research
Katja D. Linher: the Institute for Genomic Research
Mina M. Garrett: the Institute for Genomic Research
Ashley M. Stewart: the Institute for Genomic Research
Matthew D. Cotton: the Institute for Genomic Research
Matthew S. Pratt: the Institute for Genomic Research
Cheryl A. Phillips: the Institute for Genomic Research
Delwood Richardson: the Institute for Genomic Research
John Heidelberg: the Institute for Genomic Research
Granger G. Sutton: the Institute for Genomic Research
Robert D. Fleischmann: the Institute for Genomic Research
Jonathan A. Eisen: the Institute for Genomic Research
Owen White: the Institute for Genomic Research
Steven L. Salzberg: the Institute for Genomic Research
Hamilton O. Smith: the Institute for Genomic Research
J. Craig Venter: the Institute for Genomic Research
Claire M. Fraser: the Institute for Genomic Research

Nature, 1999, vol. 399, issue 6734, 323-329

Abstract: Abstract The 1,860,725-base-pair genome of Thermotoga maritima MSB8 contains 1,877 predicted coding regions, 1,014 (54%) of which have functional assignments and 863 (46%) of which are of unknown function. Genome analysis reveals numerous pathways involved in degradation of sugars and plant polysaccharides, and 108 genes that have orthologues only in the genomes of other thermophilic Eubacteria and Archaea. Of the Eubacteria sequenced to date, T.maritima has the highest percentage (24%) of genes that are most similar to archaeal genes. Eighty-one archaeal-like genes are clustered in 15 regions of the T. maritima genome that range in size from 4 to 20 kilobases. Conservation of gene order between T. maritima and Archaea in many of the clustered regions suggests that lateral gene transfer may have occurred between thermophilic Eubacteria and Archaea.

Date: 1999
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