A phylogenomic view of ecological specialization in the lachnospiraceae, a family of digestive tract-associated bacteria

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 703-713

  Meehan, Conor J ^a,b   Beiko, Robert G ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Butyric acid; Lateral gene transfer; Metagenomics; Microbial genomes; Phylogenomics; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL GENOMES; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; SPOROGENESIS;

BUTYRIC ACID; LATERAL GENE TRANSFER; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL GENOMES; PHYLOGENOMICS; SPORULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BUTYRIC ACID; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MAMMALS; METAGENOME; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84902986307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu050     Document Type: Article

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