Horizontal Gene Transfer : Genomes in Flux - Gogarten, Maria Boekels; Gogarten, J. Peter; Olendzenski, Lorraine; SpringerLink (Online service) (Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2009)
Gene Transfer: Who Benefits? -- Definitions, Philosophy, and Implications of HGT -- Defining the Mobilome -- The Interplay of Homologous Recombination and Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bacterial Speciation -- Epistemological Impacts of Horizontal Gene Transfer on Classification in Microbiology -- Persistence Mechanisms of Conjugative Plasmids -- The Integron/Gene Cassette System: An Active Player in Bacterial Adaptation -- Ancient Gene Transfer as a Tool in Phylogenetic Reconstruction -- The Tree of Life Viewed Through the Contents of Genomes -- Horizontal Gene Transfer and the Evolution of Methanogenic Pathways -- Genome Acquisition in Horizontal Gene Transfer: Symbiogenesis and Macromolecular Sequence Analysis -- Methods -- Detection and Quantitative Assessment of Horizontal Gene Transfer -- Composition-Based Methods to Identify Horizontal Gene Transfer -- Testing Phylogenetic Methods to Identify Horizontal Gene Transfer -- Untangling Hybrid Phylogenetic Signals: Horizontal Gene Transfer and Artifacts of Phylogenetic Reconstruction -- Construction and Use of Flow Cytometry Optimized Plasmid-Sensor Strains -- Experimental Evolution of an Essential Bacillus Gene in an E. coli Host -- Mass Action Models Describing Extant Horizontal Transfer of Plasmids: Inferences and Parameter Sensitivities -- Case Studies -- Interdomain Transfers of Sugar Transporters Overcome Barriers to Gene Expression -- The Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Photosynthesis, Oxygen Production, and Oxygen Tolerance -- Horizontal Gene Transfer in Cyanobacterial Signature Genes -- Population Genomics and the Bacterial Species Concept -- A Critique of Prokaryotic Species Concepts -- What Antimicrobial Resistance Has Taught Us About Horizontal Gene Transfer -- Potential for Horizontal Gene Transfer in Microbial Communities of the Terrestrial Subsurface -- Horizontal Gene Transfer and Mobile Genetic Elements in Marine Systems -- Horizontal Gene Transfer in Metal and Radionuclide Contaminated Soils -- Horizontal Gene Transfer Between Microbial Eukaryotes -- Horizontal Gene Transfer in Eukaryotic Parasites: A Case Study of Entamoeba histolytica and Trichomonas vaginalis -- Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Evolution of Photosynthetic Eukaryotes and Their Plastids -- Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Evolution of Plant Parasitism Among Nematodes.
Keywords: Microbiology; Microbial genetics; Microbial genomics; Evolutionary biology; Microbiology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Evolutionary Biology