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Horizontal gene transfer : genomes in flux / edited by Maria Boekels Gogarten, Johann Peter Gogarten and Lorraine Olendzenski. — New York, NY : Humana, c2009. – (58.17/M592/v.532)

Contents

    Contents
    
    PART I. INTRODUCTION
    1 Gene Transfer: Who Benefits?
    PART II. DEFINITIONS, PHILOSOPHY, AND IMPLICATIONS OF HGT
    2 Defining the Mobilome
    3 The Interplay of Homologous Recombination and Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bacterial Speciation
    4 Epistemological Impacts of Horizontal Gene Transfer on Classification in Microbiology
    5 Persistence Mechanisms of Conjugative Plasmids
    6 The Integron/Gene Cassette System: An Active Player in Bacterial Adaptation
    7 Ancient Gene Transfer as a Tool in Phylogenetic Reconstruction
    8 The Tree of Life Viewed Through the Contents of Genomes
    9 Horizontal Gene Transfer and the Evolution of Methanogenic Pathways
    10 Genome Acquisition in Horizontal Gene Transfer: Symbiogenesis and Macromolecular Sequence Analysis
    PART III. METHODS
    11 Detection and Quantitative Assessment of Horizontal Gene Transfer
    12 Composition-Based Methods to Identify Horizontal Gene Transfer
    13 Testing Phylogenetic Methods to Identif2~ Horizontal Gene Transfer
    14 Untangling Hybrid Phylogenetic Signals: Horizontal Gene Transfer and Artifacts of Phylogenetic Reconstruction
    15 Construction and Use of Flow Cytometry Optimized Ptasmid-Sensor Strains
    16 Experimental Evolution of an Essential Bacillus Gene in an E. coli Host
    17 Mass Action Models Describing Extant Horizontal Transfer of Plasmids: Inferences and Parameter Sensitivities
    PART IV. CASE STUDIES
    18 Interdomain Transfers of Sugar Transporters Overcome Barriers to Gene Expression
    19 The Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Photosynthesis, Oxygen Production, and Oxygen Tolerance
    20 Horizontal Gene Transfer in Cyanobacterial Signature Genes
    21 Population Genomics and the Bacterial Species Concept
    22 A Critique of Prokaryotic Species Concepts
    23 What Antimicrobial Resistance Has Taught Us About Horizontal Gene Transfer
    24 Potential for Horizontal Gene Transfer in Microbial Communities of the Terrestrial Subsurface
    25 Horizontal Gene Transfer and Mobile Genetic Elements in Marine Systems
    26 Horizontal Gene Transfer in Metal and Radionuclide Contaminated Soils
    27 Horizontal Gene Transfer Between Microbial Eukaryotes
    28 Horizontal Gene Transfer in Eukaryotic Parasites: A Case Study of Entamoeba histolytica and Trichomonas vaginalis
    29 Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Evolution of Photosynthetic Eukaryotes and Their Plastids
    30 Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Evolution of Plant Parasitism Among Nematodes
    Index 537