Cheeseman_2014_Nat.Commun_5_2876

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Title : Multiple recent horizontal transfers of a large genomic region in cheese making fungi - Cheeseman_2014_Nat.Commun_5_2876
Author(s) : Cheeseman K , Ropars J , Renault P , Dupont J , Gouzy J , Branca A , Abraham AL , Ceppi M , Conseiller E , Debuchy R , Malagnac F , Goarin A , Silar P , Lacoste S , Sallet E , Bensimon A , Giraud T , Brygoo Y
Ref : Nat Commun , 5 :2876 , 2014
Abstract :

While the extent and impact of horizontal transfers in prokaryotes are widely acknowledged, their importance to the eukaryotic kingdom is unclear and thought by many to be anecdotal. Here we report multiple recent transfers of a huge genomic island between Penicillium spp. found in the food environment. Sequencing of the two leading filamentous fungi used in cheese making, P. roqueforti and P. camemberti, and comparison with the penicillin producer P. rubens reveals a 575 kb long genomic island in P. roqueforti--called Wallaby--present as identical fragments at non-homologous loci in P. camemberti and P. rubens. Wallaby is detected in Penicillium collections exclusively in strains from food environments. Wallaby encompasses about 250 predicted genes, some of which are probably involved in competition with microorganisms. The occurrence of multiple recent eukaryotic transfers in the food environment provides strong evidence for the importance of this understudied and probably underestimated phenomenon in eukaryotes.

PubMedSearch : Cheeseman_2014_Nat.Commun_5_2876
PubMedID: 24407037
Gene_locus related to this paper: penro-w6qq06 , penro-w6r6v3 , penro-w6qbc7 , penro-w6qjh8 , penro-w6q4a7 , penro-w6psr1 , penro-w6q2a7 , penro-w6r771 , penro-w6qrw5 , penro-w6pxb5 , penro-w6prv4 , penro-w6ps44 , penro-w6pzs8 , penro-w6puq1 , penro-w6q7r8 , penrf-w6pzt5 , penrf-w6qh41 , pend2-k9gep5 , penrf-mpah , penca-a0a0g4pxg3

Related information

Gene_locus penro-w6qq06    penro-w6r6v3    penro-w6qbc7    penro-w6qjh8    penro-w6q4a7    penro-w6psr1    penro-w6q2a7    penro-w6r771    penro-w6qrw5    penro-w6pxb5    penro-w6prv4    penro-w6ps44    penro-w6pzs8    penro-w6puq1    penro-w6q7r8    penrf-w6pzt5    penrf-w6qh41    pend2-k9gep5    penrf-mpah    penca-a0a0g4pxg3
Gene_locus_frgt penro-w6py20    penro-w6qf01    penro-w6qds1    penro-w6pwy7    penro-w6qfe0

Citations formats

Cheeseman K, Ropars J, Renault P, Dupont J, Gouzy J, Branca A, Abraham AL, Ceppi M, Conseiller E, Debuchy R, Malagnac F, Goarin A, Silar P, Lacoste S, Sallet E, Bensimon A, Giraud T, Brygoo Y (2014)
Multiple recent horizontal transfers of a large genomic region in cheese making fungi
Nat Commun 5 :2876

Cheeseman K, Ropars J, Renault P, Dupont J, Gouzy J, Branca A, Abraham AL, Ceppi M, Conseiller E, Debuchy R, Malagnac F, Goarin A, Silar P, Lacoste S, Sallet E, Bensimon A, Giraud T, Brygoo Y (2014)
Nat Commun 5 :2876