Azospirillum Genomes Reveal Transition of Bacteria from Aquatic to Terrestrial Environments

Florence Wisniewski-Dyé; Kirill Borziak; Gurusahai Khalsa-Moyers; Gladys Alexandre; Leonid O. Sukharnikov; Kristin Wuichet; Gregory B. Hurst; W. Hayes McDonald; Jon S. Robertson; Valérie Barbe; Alexandra Calteau; Zoé Rouy; Sophie Mangenot; Claire Prigent-Combaret; Philippe Normand; Mickaël Boyer; Patricia Siguier; Yves Dessaux; Claudine Elmerich; Guy Condemine; Ganisan Krishnen; Ivan Kennedy; Andrew H. Paterson; Victor González; Patrick Mavingui; Igor B. Zhulin

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002430

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Azospirillum Genomes Reveal Transition of Bacteria from Aquatic to Terrestrial Environments

Florence Wisniewski-Dyé ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Florence Wisniewski-Dyé, Kirill Borziak

Affiliation CNRS, UMR 5557, Ecologie Microbienne, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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Kirill Borziak ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Florence Wisniewski-Dyé, Kirill Borziak

Affiliations BioEnergy Science Center, University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, Genome Science and Technology Program, University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
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Gurusahai Khalsa-Moyers,

Affiliation Genome Science and Technology Program, University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
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Gladys Alexandre,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Leonid O. Sukharnikov,

Affiliations BioEnergy Science Center, University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Kristin Wuichet,

Affiliations BioEnergy Science Center, University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Gregory B. Hurst,

Affiliation Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
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W. Hayes McDonald,

Current address: Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Affiliation Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
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Jon S. Robertson,

Affiliation Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Valérie Barbe,

Affiliation Institut de Génomique, CEA, Génoscope, Evry, France
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Alexandra Calteau,

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Analyse Bioinformatique en Génomique et Métabolisme CNRS UMR8030, CEA, Génoscope, Evry, France
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Zoé Rouy,

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Analyse Bioinformatique en Génomique et Métabolisme CNRS UMR8030, CEA, Génoscope, Evry, France
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Sophie Mangenot,

Affiliation Institut de Génomique, CEA, Génoscope, Evry, France
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Claire Prigent-Combaret,

Affiliation CNRS, UMR 5557, Ecologie Microbienne, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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Philippe Normand,

Affiliation CNRS, UMR 5557, Ecologie Microbienne, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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Mickaël Boyer,

Current address: Danone Research, Palaiseau, France

Affiliation CNRS, UMR 5557, Ecologie Microbienne, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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Patricia Siguier,

Affiliation UMR5100 Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS-Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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Yves Dessaux,

Affiliation Institut des Sciences du Végétal, UPR 2355, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Claudine Elmerich,

Affiliation Département de Microbiologie, BMGE, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Guy Condemine,

Affiliation CNRS, UMR5240, Microbiologie Adaptation et Pathogénie, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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Ganisan Krishnen,

Current address: Strategic Resources Research Centre, MARDI Head Quarters, Selangor, Malaysia

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Ivan Kennedy,

Affiliation Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Andrew H. Paterson,

Affiliation Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Victor González,

Affiliation Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, México
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Patrick Mavingui,

Affiliation CNRS, UMR 5557, Ecologie Microbienne, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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Igor B. Zhulin

* E-mail: joulineib@ornl.gov

Affiliations BioEnergy Science Center, University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, Genome Science and Technology Program, University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
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Azospirillum Genomes Reveal Transition of Bacteria from Aquatic to Terrestrial Environments

Florence Wisniewski-Dyé,
Kirill Borziak,
Gurusahai Khalsa-Moyers,
Gladys Alexandre,
Leonid O. Sukharnikov,
Kristin Wuichet,
Gregory B. Hurst,
W. Hayes McDonald,
Jon S. Robertson,
Valérie Barbe

Published: December 22, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002430

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Some interesting ideas/work here but I am skeptical of the method used for inferring gene transfer Posted by jeisen on 04 Mar 2012 at 10:51 GMT

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