The genealogic tree of mycobacteria reveals a long-standing sympatric life into free-living protozoa.

The genealogic tree of mycobacteria reveals a long-standing sympatric life into free-living protozoa.

Free-living protozoa allow horizontal gene transfer with and between the microorganisms that they host. They host mycobacteria for which the sources of transferred genes remain unknown. Using BLASTp, we searched within the genomes of 15 mycobacteria for homologous genes with 34 amoeba-resistant bact...

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Main Authors: Otmane Lamrabet, Vicky Merhej, Pierre Pontarotti, Didier Raoult, Michel Drancourt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3325273?pdf=render

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