Extensive genome rearrangements and multiple horizontal gene transfers in a population of Pyrococcus isolates from Vulcano Island, Italy

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6447-6451

  White, James R ^a   Escobar Paramo, Patricia ^a   Mongodin, Emmanuel F ^b,d   Nelson, Karen E ^b   DiRuggiero, Jocelyne ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENTS; DYNAMIC NATURES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENOME REARRANGEMENTS; GENOMIC METHODS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFERS; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS;

HOT SPRINGS;

GENOMIC DNA;

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; ISLAND; POPULATION GENETICS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PYROCOCCUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VOLCANO;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CHROMOSOMES, ARCHAEAL; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; HOT SPRINGS; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PYROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIPARI ISLANDS; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VULCANO;

PYROCOCCUS;

EID: 54949117177     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01024-08     Document Type: Article

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