Chlamydial contribution to anaerobic metabolism during eukaryotic evolution
Courtney W. Stairs, Jennah E. Dharamshi, Daniel Tamarit, Laura Eme, Steffen L. Jørgensen, Anja Spang, Thijs J. G. Ettema
Abstract
metabolism reveal that Anoxychlamydiales homologs are the closest relatives to eukaryotic sequences. We propose that an ancestor of the Anoxychlamydiales contributed these key genes during the evolution of eukaryotes, supporting a mosaic evolutionary origin of eukaryotic metabolism.
Topics & Concepts
ChlamydiaeBiologyArchaeaAlphaproteobacteriaGenePhylogeneticsPhylogenetic treeEvolutionary biologyEndosymbiosisGeneticsBacteriaPlastid16S ribosomal RNAChloroplastMethane Hydrates and Related PhenomenaGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology