Preface ....................................................... vii
Acknowledgments ................................................ IX
Contributors ................................................... XV
Color Plates .................................................. XIX
Part I. Introduction
1 Gene Transfer: Who Benefits?
Lorraine Olendzenski and Johann Peter Gogarten ............... 3
Part II. Definitions, Philosophy, and Implications of HGT
2 Defining the Mobilome
Janet L. Siefert ............................................ 13
3 The Interplay of Homologous Recombination and Horizontal
Gene Transfer in Bacterial Speciation
Jeffrey G. Lawrence and Adam C. Retchless ................... 29
4 Epistemological Impacts of Horizontal Gene Transfer on
Classification in Microbiology
Eric Bapteste and Yan Boucher ............................... 55
5 Persistence Mechanisms of Conjugative Plasmids
Martin Iain Bahl, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen, and Søren J.
Sørensen .................................................... 73
6 The Integron/Gene Cassette System: An Active Player
in Bacterial Adaptation
Maurizio Labbate, Rebecca Josephine Case, and Hatch
W. Stokes .................................................. 103
7 Ancient Gene Transfer as a Tool in Phylogenetic
Reconstruction
Jinling Huang and Johann Peter Gogarten .................... 127
8 The Tree of Life Viewed Through the Contents of Genomes
Christopher H. House ....................................... 141
9 Horizontal Gene Transfer and the Evolution of Methanogenic
Pathways
Greg Fournier .............................................. 163
10 Genome Acquisition in Horizontal Gene Transfer:
Symbiogenesis and Macromolecular Sequence Analysis
Lynn Margulis .............................................. 181
Part III. Methods
11 Detection and Quantitative Assessment of Horizontal Gene
Transfer
Olga Zhaxybayeva ........................................... 195
12 Composition-Based Methods to Identify Horizontal Gene
Transfer
Diego Cortez, Luis Delaye, Antonio Lazcano, and Arturo
Becerra .................................................... 215
13 Testing Phylogenetic Methods to Identify Horizontal Gene
Transfer
Maria Poptsova ............................................. 227
14 Untangling Hybrid Phylogenetic Signals: Horizontal Gene
Transfer and Artifacts of Phylogenetic Reconstruction
Robert G. Beiko and Mark A. Ragan .......................... 241
15 Construction and Use of Flow Cytometry Optimized Plasmid-
Sensor Strains
Martin Iain Bahl, Gunnar Oregaard, Søren J. Sørensen, and
Lars Hestbjerg Hansen ...................................... 257
16 Experimental Evolution of an Essential Bacillus Gene in
an E. coli Host
Maia Larios-Sanz and Michael Travisano ..................... 269
17 Mass Action Models Describing Extant Horizontal Transfer
of Plasmids: Inferences and Parameter Sensitivities
Barth F. Smets and Laurent Lardon .......................... 289
Part IV. Case Studies
18 Interdomain Transfers of Sugar Transporters Overcome
Barriers to Gene Expression
Kenneth M. Noll and Kamolwan Thirangoon .................... 309
19 The Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Photosynthesis,
Oxygen Production, and Oxygen Tolerance
Jason Raymond .............................................. 323
20 Horizontal Gene Transfer in Cyanobacterial Signature
Genes
Shailaja Yerrapragada, Janet L. Siefert, and George
E. Fox ..................................................... 339
21 Population Genomics and the Bacterial Species Concept
Margaret A. Riley and Michelle Lizotte-Waniewski ........... 367
22 A Critique of Prokaryotic Species Concepts
R. Thane Papke ............................................. 379
23 What Antimicrobial Resistance Has Taught Us About
Horizontal Gene Transfer
Miriam Barlow .............................................. 397
24 Potential for Horizontal Gene Transfer in Microbial
Communities of the Terrestrial Subsurface
Jonna M. Coombs ............................................ 413
25 Horizontal Gene Transfer and Mobile Genetic Elements
in Marine Systems
Patricia A. Sobecky and Tracy H. Hazen ..................... 435
26 Horizontal Gene Transfer in Metal and Radionuclide
Contaminated Soils
Patricia A. Sobecky and Jonna M. Coombs .................... 455
27 Horizontal Gene Transfer Between Microbial Eukaryotes
Jan O. Andersson ........................................... 473
28 Horizontal Gene Transfer in Eukaryotic Parasites: A Case
Study of Entamoeba histolytica and Trichomonas vaginalis
U. Cecilia Alsmark, Thomas Sicheritz-Ponten, Peter G.
Foster, Robert P. Hirt, and T. Martin Embley ............... 489
29 Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Evolution of
Photosynthetic Eukaryotes and Their Plastids
Patrick J. Keeling ......................................... 501
30 Role of Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Evolution of
Plant Parasitism Among Nematodes
Makedonka Mitreva, Geert Smant, and Johannes Helder ........ 517
Index ......................................................... 537
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