The fate of laterally transferred genes: Life in the fast lane to adaptation or death

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Figure 1.

Bayesian tree obtained for the concatenated sequence of gmk, glpF, and pycA genes. The abbreviations are (Ba1) Bacillus anthracis Ames; (Ba2) Bacillus anthracis “Ames Ancestor”; (Ba3) Bacillus anthracis Sterne; (Bt) Bacillus thuringiensis; (Bc1) Bacillus cereus ZK; (Bc2) Bacillus cereus ATCC 10,987; (Bc3) Bacillus cereus ATCC 14,579; (Gk) Geobacillus kaustophilus; (Bl) Bacillus licheniformis; (Bs) Bacillus subtilis; (Bk) Bacillus clausii; (Bh) Bacillus halodurans; and (Oi) Oceanobacillus iheyensis.

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  1. Genome Res. 16: 636-643

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