The genome of Thermosipho africanus TCF52B: lateral genetic connections to the Firmicutes and Archaea.
Nesboe C.L., Bapteste E., Curtis B., Dahle H., Lopez P., Macleod D., Dlutek M., Bowman S., Zhaxybayeva O., Birkeland N.-K., Doolittle W.F.
Lateral gene transfers (LGT) (also called horizontal gene transfers) have been a major force shaping the Thermosipho africanus TCF52B genome, whose sequence we describe here. Firmicutes emerge as the principal LGT partner. Twenty-six percent of phylogenetic trees suggest LGT with this group, while 13% of the open reading frames indicate LGT with Archaea.