ENORMOUS EXTENT. “One of the most surprising findings of whole-genome sequencing is the enormous extent of LGT, indicating that gene swapping among organisms is not a laboratory oddity but a constitutive factor in diversification. On average, 2.6 prophages have been detected per free-living bacterial species, and a number of bacterial genomes contain between 3% and 10% prophage DNA.”
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00539.x/full
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022