Differences in lateral gene transfer in hypersaline versus thermal environments

Table 1 Top scoring LGT genes

Protein Function	Protein ID	Host	Donor	Percent Identical	Score
Thermoprotei
Hypothetical protein	296242776	Thermosphaera aggregans	Thermococcus sibiricus	75	1667
Cobaltochelatase	146304837	Metallosphaera sedula	Picrophilus torridus	53	1256
Cellobiose phosphorylase	305664199	Ignisphaera aggregans	Thermotoga maritima	61	1055
Carbon-monoxide dehydrogenase	229582559	Sulfolobus islandicus	Rhodothermus marinus	69	1095
Aldehyde dehydrogenase	118431783	Aeropyrum pernix	Thermomicrobium roseum	62	991
Halobacteria
Homocysteine methyltransferase	110668174	Haloquadratum walsbyi	Salinibacter ruber	76	1196
Molybdopterin oxidoreductase	284164928	Haloterrigena turkmenica	Hydrogenobacter thermophilus	46	1054
Hypothetical protein	222481310	Halorubrum lacusprofundi	Hyphomicrobium denitrificans	44	1029
Alpha amylase catalytic region	257386281	Halomicrobium mukohataei	Thermoanaerobacter mathranii	64	963
Glycosyltransferase	257052439	Halorhabdus utahensis	Ignisphaera aggregans	58	963
Dead Sea Fosmids
Acetophenone carboxylase	56476760		Azoarcus sp.	45	637
Cytosine Deaminase	221633818		Thermomicrobium roseum	47	395
Isopropylaminohydrolase	108803077		Rubrobacter xylanophilus	51	375
Alkaline phosphatase	262198659		Haliangium ochraceum	40	365
AMP-dependent synthetase	241661738		Ralstonia pickettii	39	335

Top five BLAST hits to genes identified as LGT events involving the Halobacteria, Thermoprotei, and a collection of Dead Sea fosmids.

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