Chapter Outline: Phylogenomic Networks of Microbial Genome Evolution

Chapter Outline:  Phylogenomic Networks of Microbial Genome Evolution

 

Author(s): Tal Dagan (PhD),* Ovidiu Popa (Dipl), Thorsten Klösges (Dipl), Giddy Landan

(PhD)

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*Genomic Microbiology Group, Institute of Microbiology

Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel

ZMB, Am Botanischen Garten 11

24118 Kiel, Germany

Tel: +49 431 880 5712

Fax: +49 431 880 5747

e-mail: tdagan@ifam.uni-kiel.de

Proposed topics

1. Microbial Evolution by Lateral Gene Transfer

1.1 Transformation

1.2 Conjugation

1.3 Cytoplasmic bridges and nanotubes

1.4 Transduction

1.5 Gene transfer agents (GTA)

1.6 Outer membrane vesicles

2 Microbial Phylogenomics

2.1 Networks

2.2 Phylogenetic networks

2.3 Phylogenomic networks of shared genes

2.4 Phylogenomic LGT networks from shared genes

2.5 Phylogenomic LGT networks from trees

2.6 Structural properties of phylogenomic networks

Chapter Highlights

The following concepts will be conveyed in this chapter:

1. Mechanisms for lateral gene transfer during microbial evolution

2. Microbial phylogeny

3. Phylogenetic networks

4. Constructing and analyzing phylogenomic networks