Gene duplication drives genome expansion in a major lineage of Thaumarchaeota

Paul O. Sheridan; Sebastien Raguideau; Christopher Quince; Jennifer Holden; Lihong Zhang; Thames Consortium; Tom A. Williams; Cécile Gubry-Rangin

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19132-x

Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Gene duplication drives genome expansion in a major lineage of Thaumarchaeota

Paul O. Sheridan,
Sebastien Raguideau,
Christopher Quince,
Jennifer Holden,
Lihong Zhang,
Thames Consortium,
Tom A. Williams,
Cécile Gubry-Rangin

Affiliations

Paul O. Sheridan: School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen
Sebastien Raguideau: Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
Christopher Quince: Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick
Jennifer Holden: School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick
Lihong Zhang: European Centre for Environment and Human Health, Medical School, University of Exeter
Thames Consortium
Tom A. Williams: School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
Cécile Gubry-Rangin: School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19132-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Ammonia-oxidising archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota are important organisms in the nitrogen cycle. Using 12 new genomes, this study finds evidence that Nitrososphaerales evolution was marked by lateral gene transfer followed by gene duplication.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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