▪ Abstract Lateral gene transfer (LGT) is now known to be a major force in the evolution of
prokaryotic genomes. To date, most analyses have focused on either (a) verifying phylogenies …

Saturated thalassic brines are among the most physically demanding habitats on Earth: few
microbes survive in them. Salinibacter ruber is among these organisms and has been found …

As more and more complete bacterial and archaeal genome sequences become available,
the role of lateral gene transfer (LGT) in shaping them becomes more and more clear. Over …

Despite the resolving power of DNA markers, pelagic and migratory marine fish species
generally show very little geographical population structuring. In mackerel (Scomber scombrus L.…

The genome sequence of Thermotoga maritima revealed that 24% of its open reading frames
(ORFs) showed the highest similarity scores to archaeal genes in BLAST analyses. Here …

Organohalide respiring bacteria (OHRB) express reductive dehalogenases for energy
conservation and growth. Some of these enzymes catalyze the reductive dehalogenation of …

With recent improvements in DNA sequencing and sample extraction techniques, the quantity
and quality of metagenomic data are now growing exponentially. This abundance of richly …

We used the widely distributed freshwater fish, perch (Perca fluviatilis), to investigate the
postglacial colonization routes of freshwater fishes in Europe. Genetic variability within and …

Since publication of the first Thermotogales genome, Thermotoga maritima strain MSB8,
single- and multi-gene analyses have disagreed on the phylogenetic position of this order of …

Perch (Peru fluviatilis L.) in the Baltic sea region display three major reproductive behavioural
patterns; perch that live in the brackish environment but migrate to freshwater in the spring …