%0 Journal Article %1 Schonknecht2013Gene %A Schönknecht, Gerald %A Chen, Wei-Hua %A Ternes, Chad M. %A Barbier, Guillaume G. %A Shrestha, Roshan P. %A Stanke, Mario %A Bräutigam, Andrea %A Baker, Brett J. %A Banfield, Jillian F. %A Garavito, R. Michael %A Carr, Kevin %A Wilkerson, Curtis %A Rensing, Stefan A. %A Gagneul, David %A Dickenson, Nicholas E. %A Oesterhelt, Christine %A Lercher, Martin J. %A Weber, Andreas P. M. %D 2013 %I American Association for the Advancement of Science %J Science %K evolution horizontal-gene-transfer %N 6124 %P 1207--1210 %R 10.1126/science.1231707 %T Gene Transfer from Bacteria and Archaea Facilitated Evolution of an Extremophilic Eukaryote %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1231707 %V 339 %X Unusually, the single-celled eukaryote red alga, Galdieria sulphuraria, can thrive in hot, acidic springs. This organism is endowed with extraordinary metabolic talents and can consume a variety of strange carbohydrates, as well as turn on photosynthesis when the food runs out. Schönknecht et al. (p. 1207; see the Perspective by Rocha) discerned from phylogenetic analysis of its genome that during its evolution, G. sulphuraria appears to have commandeered at least 75 bacterial and archaeal genes by horizontal gene transfer and then applied gene expansion to boost its metabolic repertoire.

@article{Schonknecht2013Gene, abstract = {Unusually, the single-celled eukaryote red alga, Galdieria sulphuraria, can thrive in hot, acidic springs. This organism is endowed with extraordinary metabolic talents and can consume a variety of strange carbohydrates, as well as turn on photosynthesis when the food runs out. Sch\"{o}nknecht et al. (p. 1207; see the Perspective by Rocha) discerned from phylogenetic analysis of its genome that during its evolution, G. sulphuraria appears to have commandeered at least 75 bacterial and archaeal genes by horizontal gene transfer and then applied gene expansion to boost its metabolic repertoire.}, added-at = {2018-12-02T16:09:07.000+0100}, author = {Sch\"{o}nknecht, Gerald and Chen, Wei-Hua and Ternes, Chad M. and Barbier, Guillaume G. and Shrestha, Roshan P. and Stanke, Mario and Br\"{a}utigam, Andrea and Baker, Brett J. and Banfield, Jillian F. and Garavito, R. Michael and Carr, Kevin and Wilkerson, Curtis and Rensing, Stefan A. and Gagneul, David and Dickenson, Nicholas E. and Oesterhelt, Christine and Lercher, Martin J. and Weber, Andreas P. M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2871a9d9ed8e290d7d189188ba24c4118/karthikraman}, citeulike-article-id = {12124354}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1231707}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6124/1207.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6124/1207.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/339/6124/1207}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23471408}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=23471408}, day = 08, doi = {10.1126/science.1231707}, interhash = {742af81add10fbf89dd4af7f69fcbc0b}, intrahash = {871a9d9ed8e290d7d189188ba24c4118}, issn = {1095-9203}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {evolution horizontal-gene-transfer}, month = mar, number = 6124, pages = {1207--1210}, pmid = {23471408}, posted-at = {2013-06-14 11:08:45}, priority = {2}, publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science}, timestamp = {2018-12-02T16:09:07.000+0100}, title = {Gene Transfer from Bacteria and Archaea Facilitated Evolution of an Extremophilic Eukaryote}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1231707}, volume = 339, year = 2013 }