White JR, Escobar-Paramo P, Mongodin EF, Nelson KE, DiRuggiero J. Extensive genome rearrangements and multiple horizontal gene transfers in a population of pyrococcus isolates from Vulcano Island, Italy.
Appl Environ Microbiol 2008;
74:6447-51. [PMID:
18723649 PMCID:
PMC2570278 DOI:
10.1128/aem.01024-08]
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Abstract
The extent of chromosome rearrangements in Pyrococcus isolates from marine hydrothermal vents in Vulcano Island, Italy, was evaluated by high-throughput genomic methods. The results illustrate the dynamic nature of the genomes of the genus Pyrococcus and raise the possibility of a connection between rapidly changing environmental conditions and adaptive genomic properties.
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