An automated approach for the identification of horizontal gene transfers from complete genomes reveals the rhizome of Rickettsiales

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Le, Phuong Thi ^a   Ramulu, Hemalatha Golaconda ^a   Guijarro, Laurent ^a   Paganini, Julien ^a   Gouret, Philippe ^a   Chabrol, Olivier ^a   Raoult, Dider ^a   Pontarotti, Pierre ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Candidatus Pelagibacter ubique; Horizontal gene transfer; Rickettsiales; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PROKARYOTE; PROTEOMICS; RHIZOME; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANAPLASMA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS PELAGIBACTER UBIQUE; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIALES; WOLBACHIA;

PROTEOME; RNA 16S;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BAYES THEOREM; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOME; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870953041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-243     Document Type: Article

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