Sammanfattning

Conclusions: The accessory gene pool shapes species-specific traits. It is also influenced by reductive genome evolution and horizontal gene transfer. Gene-transfer events can cross both species and genus boundaries and bacteriophages appear to play an important role in this process. A mechanism for horizontal gene transfer appears to be gene translocations leading to remodeling of bacteriophages in combination with broad tropism.

Nyckelord

Brachyspira intermedia; genome comparison; bacteriophages; horizontal gene transfer; AT/GC-skew

Publicerad i

BMC Genomics
2011, Volym: 12, artikelnummer: 395
Utgivare: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD

SLU författare

• Jansson, Désirée

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Genetik
Mikrobiologi


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-12-395

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