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Horiontal Gene Transfer: Geomes in Flux/ edited by Maria Boekels Gogarten, Johann Peter Gogarten and Lorraine Olendzenski.

Contributor(s): edited by Gogarten, Maria Boekels | Gogarten, Johann Peter | Olendzenski, LorraineMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: USA: Humana Press, 2009Edition: 1st edDescription: xix, 551p.: ill.; 26 cmISBN: 9781603278522Subject(s): Genetic Transformatoin | Trangenic Organisms | GentransferDDC classification: 572.86

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. Testing Composition-Based Methods to Identify Horizontal Gene Transfer 13. Testing Phylogenetic Methods to Identify Horizontal GeneTransfer 14. Untangling Hybrid Phylogenetic Signals: Horizontal Gene Transfer and Artifacts of Phylogenetic Reconstruction 15. Construction and Use of Flow Cytometry Optimized Plasmid-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. Intradomain 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

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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. Testing Composition-Based Methods to Identify Horizontal Gene Transfer
13. Testing Phylogenetic Methods to Identify Horizontal GeneTransfer
14. Untangling Hybrid Phylogenetic Signals: Horizontal Gene Transfer and Artifacts of Phylogenetic Reconstruction
15. Construction and Use of Flow Cytometry Optimized Plasmid-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. Intradomain 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

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