Horizontal Gene Transfer

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 theTerrestrial 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.