Extensive inter-domain lateral gene transfer in the evolution of the human commensal Methanosphaera stadtmanae

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2012, Pages

  Lurie Weinberger, Mor Nadia ^a   Peeri, Michael ^a   Tuller, Tamir ^a   Gophna, Uri ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Archaea; Archaeal genomics; Horizontal gene transfer; Human gut; Methanogens; Microbial evolution

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LANGAT VIRUS; METHANOSPHAERA STADTMANAE;

EID: 84876120112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00182     Document Type: Article

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