International Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Mechanisms of Microbial Genomes 2012


Publishing date
10 Aug 2012
Status
Published
Submission deadline
10 Feb 2012

Lead Editor

1Agricultural Bioinformatics Research Unit, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan

2Laboratory for Cellular Systems Modeling, RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan

3Laboratory of Environmental Biochemistry, Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan

4Gene Expression and Regulation Program, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

5Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan


Evolutionary Mechanisms of Microbial Genomes 2012

Description

Sequencing of more than 1,600 microbial genomes has been complete, and rigorous studies are underway to reveal the mechanisms of evolution which gave rise to the great variety in combination of gene functions encoded on these genomes. Although comparative genomics based on orthologous genes has elucidated a great deal of the phylogenetic relationship among the sequenced genomes, the mechanisms which have shaped the current states of the microbial genomes remain elusive. Particularly, contribution of external forces such as horizontal gene transfer and pressure from environmental factors to genome evolution has yet to be investigated. This special issue is intended to spur efforts to elucidate mechanisms of evolutionary forces acting on microbial genomes. We invite investigators to contribute both research and review articles focusing on the evolutionary mechanisms of microbial genomes to this special issue. Both experimental and computational works, or their hybrid, will be considered. We are particularly interested in articles attempting novel approaches in comparative genomics. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Horizontal gene transfer between phylogenetically distant organisms
  • Orthologous gene comparison versus gene content comparison
  • Environmental factors and gene contents
  • Evolution of chromosomes and plasmids
  • Mobile genetic elements and genomes
  • Comparative studies of microbial epigenetic systems

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Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 872768
  • - Editorial

Evolutionary Mechanisms of Microbial Genomes 2012

Hiromi Nishida | Shinji Kondo | ... | Kenro Oshima
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 859264
  • - Research Article

Phylogenetic Position of Aquificales Based on the Whole Genome Sequences of Six Aquificales Species

Kenro Oshima | Yoko Chiba | ... | Masaharu Ishii
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 813015
  • - Research Article

Detection of Horizontal Gene Transfers from Phylogenetic Comparisons

Victor Satler Pylro | Luciano de Souza Vespoli | ... | Karla Suemy Clemente Yotoko
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 860797
  • - Research Article

Whole-Genome Profiling of a Novel Mutagenesis Technique Using Proofreading-Deficient DNA Polymerase

Yuh Shiwa | Sanae Fukushima-Tanaka | ... | Hirofumi Yoshikawa
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 457264
  • - Review Article

Comparative Pathogenomics of Bacteria Causing Infectious Diseases in Fish

Ponnerassery S. Sudheesh | Aliya Al-Ghabshi | ... | Saoud Al-Habsi
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 324549
  • - Research Article

Dispensabilities of Carbonic Anhydrase in Proteobacteria

Kenji Ueda | Hiromi Nishida | Teruhiko Beppu
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 745931
  • - Research Article

Evolution of Lysine Biosynthesis in the Phylum Deinococcus-Thermus

Hiromi Nishida | Makoto Nishiyama
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 874153
  • - Research Article

Vehicles, Replicators, and Intercellular Movement of Genetic Information: Evolutionary Dissection of a Bacterial Cell

Matti Jalasvuori
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 342482
  • - Research Article

Comparative Analyses of Base Compositions, DNA Sizes, and Dinucleotide Frequency Profiles in Archaeal and Bacterial Chromosomes and Plasmids

Hiromi Nishida
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2012
  • - Article ID 254941
  • - Research Article

Comparative Analyses of Homocitrate Synthase Genes of Ascomycetous Yeasts

Hiromi Nishida

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