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Origins of major archaeal clades correspond to gene acquisitions from bacteria

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  • Shijulal Nelson-Sathi

    (Institute of Molecular Evolution, Heinrich-Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany)

  • Filipa L. Sousa

    (Institute of Molecular Evolution, Heinrich-Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany)

  • Mayo Roettger

    (Institute of Molecular Evolution, Heinrich-Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany)

  • Nabor Lozada-Chávez

    (Institute of Molecular Evolution, Heinrich-Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany)

  • Thorsten Thiergart

    (Institute of Molecular Evolution, Heinrich-Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany)

  • Arnold Janssen

    (Mathematisches Institut, Heinrich-Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany)

  • David Bryant

    (University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand)

  • Giddy Landan

    (Genomic Microbiology Group, Institute of Microbiology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany)

  • Peter Schönheit

    (Institut für Allgemeine Mikrobiologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany)

  • Bettina Siebers

    (Faculty of Chemistry, Biofilm Centre, Molecular Enzyme Technology and Biochemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany)

  • James O. McInerney

    (National University of Ireland, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland)

  • William F. Martin

    (Institute of Molecular Evolution, Heinrich-Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
    Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal)

Abstract

A comparison of protein-coding genes from 134 archaeal genomes with their homologues in 1,847 bacterial genomes reveals that, during evolution, genes are transferred more often from bacteria to archaea than vice versa, and that gene influxes from bacteria can bring about the origin of major archaeal groups.

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  • Shijulal Nelson-Sathi & Filipa L. Sousa & Mayo Roettger & Nabor Lozada-Chávez & Thorsten Thiergart & Arnold Janssen & David Bryant & Giddy Landan & Peter Schönheit & Bettina Siebers & James O. McInern, 2015. "Origins of major archaeal clades correspond to gene acquisitions from bacteria," Nature, Nature, vol. 517(7532), pages 77-80, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:517:y:2015:i:7532:d:10.1038_nature13805
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13805
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