Ancient lateral gene transfer in the evolution of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 64-69

  Gophna, Uri ^a   Charlebois, Robert L ^b   Doolittle, W Ford ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 31944449494     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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