… of acquired bacterial genes than otherarchaeal species, … bacterial species. Along thesame
line, the difference in the number of acquired genes between two closebacterial species, …

… many different speciation scenarios are possible for bacteria, … Vibrio and other frequently
recombining bacteria, where populations … (horizontal gene transfer) would be straightforward. …

… of a bacterial species population is formed by genetic reduction and genetic expansion
over … Interestingly, horizontal gene transfer (HGT) not only caused changes related to …

… that prokaryotes (bacteria and archaea) are more likely to transfer genetic material with their
… acquired by a species through HGT. We also discuss the role of biased gene transfer in the …

… number of species considered in the species phylogeny is … species, the overwhelming
majority of gene transfers involve … of bacteria and archaea, where the number of species that …

… from which the bacteria were isolated. We propose a two-stage model for how adaptation to
different selective regimes can drive bacterial speciation. Initially, gene acquisitions catalyze …

… Examining bacterial species under the specter of gene transfer and exchange. Proceedings
of the National academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102, 6595–6599. …

… of horizontal gene transfer. Irrespective of the mechanism, our observation that distinct
Mesorhizobium species have characteristic core genomes, with genes from the core genome of 1 …

… The scope and impact of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in Bacteria and Archaea has grown
… groups, then bacterial taxonomy reflects both history (the patterns of speciation events) as …

… archaeal and bacterial species seem to share many genes; … responsible for inter-domain
gene transfer, and there is little … well-known characteristic of many bacterial species. The closest …