Acquisition of 1,000 eubacterial genes physiologically transformed a methanogen at the origin of Haloarchaea

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 50, 2012, Pages 20537-20542

  Nelson Sathi, Shijulal ^a   Dagan, Tal ^b   Landan, Giddy ^a,b   Janssen, Arnold ^c   Steel, Mike ^d   McInerney, James O ^e   Deppenmeier, Uwe ^f   Martin, William F ^a  

^a Institute of Molecular Medicine   (Germany)

^b Institute of Genomic Microbiology   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; CARBON; DIPHYTANYL ISOPRENE ETHER LIPID; ETHER LIPID; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; MENAQUINONE; METHANE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHOGLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE MUTASE; PROTEIN DNAJ; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX E1; PYRUVATE KINASE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAMMOX ARCHAEON; ARCHAEAL GENE; ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARCHAEOGLOBALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPH; CRENARCHAEOTA; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOMICROBIUM MUKOHATAEI; HALOQUADRATUM WALSBYI; HALORHABDUS UTAHENSIS; HALORUBRUM LACUSPROFUNDI; HALOTERRIGENA; HALOTERRIGENA TURKMENICA; HETEROTROPHY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; KORARCHAEOTA; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; METHANOCELLALES; METHANOCOCCALES; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; METHANOMICROBIALES; METHANOPYRALES; METHANOSARCINALES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NANOARCHAEOTA; NATRIALBA MAGADII; NATRONOMONAS PHARAONIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; THAUMARCHAEOTA; THERMOCOCCALES; THERMOPLASMATALES; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; EURYARCHAEOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84874400864     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1209119109     Document Type: Article

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