Et tu, Brute? Not Even Intracellular Mutualistic Symbionts Escape Horizontal Gene Transfer

Tremblaya phenacola PPER: an evolutionary beta-gammaproteobacterium collage

(2017) Rosario Gil et al.   ISME Journal

Prokaryote genome fluidity is dependent on effective population size

(2017) Nadia Andrea Andreani et al.   ISME Journal

Symbiont Acquisition and Replacement as a Source of Ecological Innovation

(2017) Sailendharan Sudakaran et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Horizontal Gene Transfer Contributes to the Evolution of Arthropod Herbivory

(2016) Nicky Wybouw et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Convergent patterns in the evolution of mealybug symbioses involving different intrabacterial symbionts

(2016) Gitta Szabó et al.   ISME Journal

Codon influence on protein expression in E. coli correlates with mRNA levels

(2016) Grégory Boël et al.   NATURE

Repeated replacement of an intrabacterial symbiont in the tripartite nested mealybug symbiosis

(2016) Filip Husnik et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Birth of a W sex chromosome by horizontal transfer ofWolbachiabacterial symbiont genome

(2016) Sébastien Leclercq et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transfer of DNA from Bacteria to Eukaryotes

(2016) Benoît Lacroix et al.   mBio

Lower Termite Associations with Microbes: Synergy, Protection, and Interplay

(2016) Brittany F. Peterson et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Chemosynthetic symbionts of marine invertebrate animals are capable of nitrogen fixation

(2016) Jillian M. Petersen et al.   Nature Microbiology

Identification of horizontally transferred genes in the genus Colletotrichum reveals a steady tempo of bacterial to fungal gene transfer

(2015) Vinicio D Armijos Jaramillo et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Endosymbiosis and Eukaryotic Cell Evolution

(2015) John M. Archibald   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Metabolic Coevolution in the Bacterial Symbiosis of Whiteflies and Related Plant Sap-Feeding Insects

(2015) Jun-Bo Luan et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Endosymbiotic origin and differential loss of eukaryotic genes

(2015) Chuan Ku et al.   NATURE

Horizontal gene transfer: building the web of life

(2015) Shannon M. Soucy et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Signatures of host/symbiont genome coevolution in insect nutritional endosymbioses

(2015) Alex C. C. Wilson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Recurrent Domestication by Lepidoptera of Genes from Their Parasites Mediated by Bracoviruses

(2015) Laila Gasmi et al.   PLoS Genetics

The link between independent acquisition of intracellular gamma-endosymbionts and concerted evolution in Tremblaya princeps

(2015) Sergio López-Madrigal et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Mechanism and structure of the bacterial type IV secretion systems

(2014) Peter J. Christie et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

A substrate ambiguous enzyme facilitates genome reduction in an intracellular symbiont

(2014) Daniel RG Price et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Aphid gene of bacterial origin encodes a protein transported to an obligate endosymbiont

(2014) Atsushi Nakabachi et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Versatile roles of the chaperonin GroEL in microorganism-insect interactions

(2014) Maria Kupper et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Parallel Histories of Horizontal Gene Transfer Facilitated Extreme Reduction of Endosymbiont Genomes in Sap-Feeding Insects

(2014) Daniel B. Sloan et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Evolutionary origin of insect-Wolbachia nutritional mutualism

(2014) N. Nikoh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Horizontal gene transfer in the acquisition of novel traits by metazoans

(2014) Luis Boto   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Correction: The Relationship among Gene Expression, the Evolution of Gene Dosage, and the Rate of Protein Evolution

(2014) Jean-François Gout et al.   PLoS Genetics

Molecular evidence for ongoing complementarity and horizontal gene transfer in endosymbiotic systems of mealybugs

(2014) Sergio López-Madrigal et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Comparison of the Genome Sequences of “Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum” Primary Endosymbionts of the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci B and Q Biotypes

(2013) Zi-Feng Jiang et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Horizontal gene acquisitions by eukaryotes as drivers of adaptive evolution

(2013) Gerald Schönknecht et al.   BIOESSAYS

Mealybugs nested endosymbiosis: going into the ‘matryoshka’ system in Planococcus citri in depth

(2013) Sergio López-Madrigal et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Horizontal Gene Transfer from Diverse Bacteria to an Insect Genome Enables a Tripartite Nested Mealybug Symbiosis

(2013) Filip Husnik et al.   CELL

Defensive Bacteriome Symbiont with a Drastically Reduced Genome

(2013) Atsushi Nakabachi et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Scanty microbes, the ‘symbionelle’ concept

(2013) Mariana Reyes-Prieto et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Small, Smaller, Smallest: The Origins and Evolution of Ancient Dual Symbioses in a Phloem-Feeding Insect

(2013) Gordon M. Bennett et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Genomic evidence for ameiotic evolution in the bdelloid rotifer Adineta vaga

(2013) Jean-François Flot et al.   NATURE

How Does Tremblaya princeps Get Essential Proteins from Its Nested Partner Moranella endobia in the Mealybug Planoccocus citri?

(2013) Sergio López-Madrigal et al.   PLoS One

Interdomain lateral gene transfer of an essential ferrochelatase gene in human parasitic nematodes

(2013) B. Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The genome of the mustard leaf beetle encodes two active xylanases originally acquired from bacteria through horizontal gene transfer

(2013) Y. Pauchet et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Gene Transfer from Bacteria and Archaea Facilitated Evolution of an Extremophilic Eukaryote

(2013) G. Schonknecht et al.   SCIENCE

Endosymbiotic bacteria as a source of carotenoids in whiteflies

(2012) D. B. Sloan et al.   Biology Letters

Genome characterisation of the genus Francisella reveals insight into similar evolutionary paths in pathogens of mammals and fish

(2012) Andreas Sjödin et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Prophage Excision Activates Listeria Competence Genes that Promote Phagosomal Escape and Virulence

(2012) Lev Rabinovich et al.   CELL

High Expression Hampers Horizontal Gene Transfer

(2012) Chungoo Park et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Complete Genome Sequence of “Candidatus Portiera aleyrodidarum” BT-QVLC, an Obligate Symbiont That Supplies Amino Acids and Carotenoids to Bemisia tabaci

(2012) Diego Santos-Garcia et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Evolutionary relationships of flavobacterial and enterobacterial endosymbionts with their scale insect hosts (Hemiptera: Coccoidea)

(2012) M. Rosenblueth et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Contribution of Lateral Gene Transfers to the Genome Composition and Parasitic Ability of Root-Knot Nematodes

(2012) Julien Paganini et al.   PLoS One

Adaptive horizontal transfer of a bacterial gene to an invasive insect pest of coffee

(2012) R. Acuna et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Widespread impact of horizontal gene transfer on plant colonization of land

(2012) Jipei Yue et al.   Nature Communications

Comparative Genomics Suggests an Independent Origin of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in Cardinium hertigii

(2012) Thomas Penz et al.   PLoS Genetics

Rational engineering of Escherichia coli strains for plasmid biopharmaceutical manufacturing

(2011) Geisa A. L. Gonçalves et al.   Biotechnology Journal

An Interdependent Metabolic Patchwork in the Nested Symbiosis of Mealybugs

(2011) John P. McCutcheon et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Bacterial symbionts as mediators of ecologically important traits of insect hosts

(2011) HEIKE FELDHAAR   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Directed networks reveal genomic barriers and DNA repair bypasses to lateral gene transfer among prokaryotes

(2011) O. Popa et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Rickettsia influences thermotolerance in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci B biotype

(2011) Marina Brumin et al.   Insect Science

A Rickettsia Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements Provides Insight into the Acquisition of Genes Characteristic of an Obligate Intracellular Lifestyle

(2011) J. J. Gillespie et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Complete Genome Sequence of "Candidatus Tremblaya princeps" Strain PCVAL, an Intriguing Translational Machine below the Living-Cell Status

(2011) S. Lopez-Madrigal et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Determinants of translation efficiency and accuracy

(2011) H. Gingold et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

Genome sequencing of environmental Escherichia coli expands understanding of the ecology and speciation of the model bacterial species

(2011) C. Luo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Diminishing Returns Epistasis Among Beneficial Mutations Decelerates Adaptation

(2011) H.-H. Chou et al.   SCIENCE

Comparative Genomics Yields Insights into Niche Adaptation of Plant Vascular Wilt Pathogens

(2011) Steven J. Klosterman et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Evolutionary Relationships among Primary Endosymbionts of the Mealybug Subfamily Phenacoccinae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae)

(2010) M. E. Gruwell et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Phloem sap intricacy and interplay with aphid feeding

(2010) Sylvie Dinant et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

Functional Convergence in Reduced Genomes of Bacterial Symbionts Spanning 200 My of Evolution

(2010) John P. McCutcheon et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Foreign genes and novel hydrophilic protein genes participate in the desiccation response of the bdelloid rotifer Adineta ricciae

(2010) C. Boschetti et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The Complexity Hypothesis Revisited: Connectivity Rather Than Function Constitutes a Barrier to Horizontal Gene Transfer

(2010) O. Cohen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The ecological coherence of high bacterial taxonomic ranks

(2010) Laurent Philippot et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Misfolded proteins impose a dosage-dependent fitness cost and trigger a cytosolic unfolded protein response in yeast

(2010) K. A. Geiler-Samerotte et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multiple lateral gene transfers and duplications have promoted plant parasitism ability in nematodes

(2010) Etienne G. J. Danchin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacterial Genes in the Aphid Genome: Absence of Functional Gene Transfer from Buchnera to Its Host

(2010) Naruo Nikoh et al.   PLoS Genetics

Immunity and other defenses in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2010) Nicole M Gerardo et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Aphids acquired symbiotic genes via lateral gene transfer

(2009) Naruo Nikoh et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Horizontal gene transfer between Wolbachia and the mosquito Aedes aegypti

(2009) Lisa Klasson et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Arsenophonus, an emerging clade of intracellular symbionts with a broad host distribution

(2009) Eva Nováková et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

The evolutionary history of symbiotic associations among bacteria and their animal hosts: a model

(2009) A. Moya et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Occurrence of phosphate acquisition genes inProchlorococcuscells from different ocean regions

(2009) Adam C. Martiny et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Convergent evolution of metabolic roles in bacterial co-symbionts of insects

(2009) J. P. McCutcheon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Wolbachia as a bacteriocyte-associated nutritional mutualist

(2009) T. Hosokawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Origin of an Alternative Genetic Code in the Extremely Small and GC–Rich Genome of a Bacterial Symbiont

(2009) John P. McCutcheon et al.   PLoS Genetics

The diversity of reproductive parasites among arthropods: Wolbachia do not walk alone

(2008) Olivier Duron et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

The impact of horizontal gene transfer in shaping operons and protein interaction networks – direct evidence of preferential attachment

(2008) Wagied Davids et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

How many species are infected with Wolbachia? – a statistical analysis of current data

(2008) Kirsten Hilgenboecker et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Neutrality of Foreign Complex Subunits in an Experimental Model of Lateral Gene Transfer

(2008) A. Wellner et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

An Ancient Horizontal Gene Transfer between Mosquito and the Endosymbiotic Bacterium Wolbachia pipientis

(2008) Megan Woolfit et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotic evolution

(2008) Patrick J. Keeling et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Learning how to live together: genomic insights into prokaryote–animal symbioses

(2008) Andrés Moya et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Symbiotic diversity in marine animals: the art of harnessing chemosynthesis

(2008) Nicole Dubilier et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Wolbachia: master manipulators of invertebrate biology

(2008) John H. Werren et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Structural features and the persistence of acquired proteins

(2008) Hema Prasad Narra et al.   PROTEOMICS

Protein material costs: single atoms can make an evolutionary difference

(2008) Jason G. Bragg et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Wolbachia genome integrated in an insect chromosome: Evolution and fate of laterally transferred endosymbiont genes

(2007) N. Nikoh et al.   GENOME RESEARCH