Widespread Lateral Gene Transfer from Intracellular Bacteria to Multicellular Eukaryotes
New England Biolabs (United States) · J. Craig Venter Institute · +4 more institutions
Abstract
Although common among bacteria, lateral gene transfer-the movement of genes between distantly related organisms-is thought to occur only rarely between bacteria and multicellular eukaryotes. However, the presence of endosymbionts, such as Wolbachia pipientis, within some eukaryotic germlines may facilitate bacterial gene transfers to eukaryotic host genomes. We therefore examined host genomes for evidence of gene transfer events from Wolbachia bacteria to their hosts. We found and confirmed transfers into the genomes of four insect and four nematode species that range from nearly the entire Wolbachia genome (>1 megabase) to short (
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Authors
20- JCJulie C. Dunning HotoppCorresponding
New England Biolabs (United States), J. Craig Venter Institute, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Rochester, Clemson University
- MEMichael E. Clark
New England Biolabs (United States), J. Craig Venter Institute, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Rochester, Clemson University
- DCDeodoro C. S. G. Oliveira
New England Biolabs (United States), J. Craig Venter Institute, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Rochester, Clemson University
- JMJeremy M. Foster
New England Biolabs (United States), J. Craig Venter Institute, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Rochester, Clemson University
- PFPeter Fischer
New England Biolabs (United States), J. Craig Venter Institute, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Rochester, Clemson University
Topics & keywords
- Wolbachia
- Prokaryote
- Biology
- Horizontal gene transfer
- Genome
- Multicellular organism
- Gene
- Genetics
- Life in Land