Horizontal gene transfer : genomes in flux / edited by Maria Boekels Gogarten, Johann Peter Gogarten and Lorraine Olendzenski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gogarten, Maria Boekels, 1955-

Gogarten, J. Peter.

Olendzenski, Lorraine.

Series:

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) ; v. 532.

Methods in molecular biology, 1064-3745 ; 532

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gene Transfer, Horizontal.

Transgenic organisms.

Genetic transformation.

Medical Subjects:

Gene Transfer, Horizontal.

Physical Description:

xix, 551 pages, 1 unnumbered page of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Totowa, NJ : Humana, 2009.

Contents:

Gene transfer: who benefits? / L. Olendzenski and J.P. Gogarten

Defining the mobilome / J.L. Siefert

The interplay of homologous recombination and horizontal gene transfer in bacterial speciation / J.G. Lawrence and A.C. Retchless

Epistemological impacts of horizontal gene transfer on classification in microbiology / E. Bapteste and Y. Boucher

Persistence mechanisms of conjugative plasmids / M.I. Bahl, L.H. Hansen and S.J. Sorensen

The integron/gene cassette system: an active player in bacterial adaptation / M. Labbate, R.J. Case and H.W. Stokes

Ancient gene transfer as a tool in phylogenetic reconstruction / J. Huang and J.P. Gogarten

The tree of life viewed through the contents of genomes / C.H. House

Horizontal gene transfer and the evolution of methanogenic pathways / G. Fournier

Genome acquisition in horizontal gene transfer: symbiogenesis and macromolecular sequence analysis / L. Margulis

Detection and quantitative assessment of horizontal gene transfer / O. Zhaxybayeva

Composition-based methods to identify horizontal gene transfer / D. Cortez ... [et al.]

Testing phylogenetic methods to identify horizontal gene transfer / M. Poptsova

Untangling hybrid phylogenetic signals: horizontal gene transfer and artifacts of phylogenetic reconstruction / R.G. Beiko and M.A. Ragan

Construction and use of flow cytometry optimized plasmid-sensor strains / M.I. Bahl ... [et al.]

Experimental evolution of an essential Bacillus gene in an E. coli host / M. Larios-Sanz and M. Travisano

Mass action models describing extant horizontal transfer of plasmids: inferences and parameter sensitivities / B.F. Smets and L. Lardon

Interdomain transfers of sugar transporters overcome barriers to gene expression / K.M. Noll and K. Thirangoon

The role of horizontal gene transfer in photosynthesis, oxygen production, and oxygen tolerance / J. Raymond

Horizontal gene transfer in cyanobacterial signature genes / S. Yerrapragada, J.L. Siefert and G.E. Fox

Population genomics and the bacterial species concept / M.A. Riley and M. Lizotte-Waniewski

A critique of prokaryotic species concepts / R.T. Papke

What antimicrobial resistance has taught us about horizontal gene transfer / M. Barlow

Potential for horizontal gene transfer in microbial communities of the terrestrial subsurface / J.M. Coombs

Horizontal gene transfer and mobile genetic elements in marine systems / P.A. Sobecky and T.H. Hazen

Horizontal gene transfer in metal and radionuclide contaminated soils / P.A. Sobecky and J.M. Coombs

Horizontal gene transfer between microbial eukaryotes / J.O. Andersson

Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotic parasites: a case study of Entamoeba histolytica and Trichomonas vaginalis / U.C. Alsmark ... [et al.]

Role of horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of photosynthetic eukaryotes and their plastids / P.J. Keeling

Role of horizontal gene transfer in the evolution of plant parasitism among nematodes / M. Mitreva, G. Smant and J. Helder.

Notes:

"Springer protocols"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1603278524

9781603278522

9781603278539

1603278532

OCLC:

308158236