Lateral Transfers of Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase (glyA) and UDP-N-Acetylglucosamine Enolpyruvyl Transferase (murA) Genes from Free-living Actinobacteria to the Parasitic Chlamydiae

The chlamydiae are important human and animal pathogens which form a phylogentically distinct lineage within the Bacteria. There is evidence that some genes in these obligate intracellular parasites have undergone lateral exchange with other free-living organisms. In the present work, we describe two interesting cases of lateral gene transfer between chlamydiae and actinobacteria, which have been identified based on the shared presence of …