Adaptive evolution of extreme acidophile Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans potentially driven by horizontal gene transfer and gene loss

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Zhang, Xian ^a   Liu, Xueduan ^a   Liang, Yili ^a   Guo, Xue ^a   Xiao, Yunhua ^a   Ma, Liyuan ^a   Miao, Bo ^a   Liu, Hongwei ^a   Peng, Deliang ^b   Huang, Wenkun ^b   Zhang, Yuguang ^c   Yin, Huaqun ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Genomic streamlining; Horizontal gene transfer; Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; BIOLOGY; COPPER MINES; GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; TAILINGS;

ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; COPPER MINE TAILINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENOMIC STREAMLINING; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; SULFOBACILLUS THERMOSULFIDOOXIDANS;

GENES;

ACIDOPHILY; ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; COPPER; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENETICS; SURVIVAL; TAILINGS; TAXONOMY; TOLERANCE;

ARCHAEA; SULFOBACILLUS; SULFOBACILLUS THERMOSULFIDOOXIDANS;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CLOSTRIDIALES; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

CLOSTRIDIALES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85015871760     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03098-16     Document Type: Article

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