The animal gut as a melting pot for horizontal gene transfer

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 603-605

  Shterzer, N ^a   Mizrahi, I ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Gut microbiome; Horizontal gene transfer; Phages; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER; HORIZONTAL TRANSMISSION; MAMMAL; MELTING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTEROIDALES; CLOSTRIDIALES; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTESTINE FLORA; MELTING POINT; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84944630501     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2015-0049     Document Type: Article

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