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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
卷 28, 期 10, 页码 2723-2726出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr099
关键词
molecular phylogeny; incongruence; Pseudomonas; oprF; long-branch attraction; adaptive radiation
资金
- Belgian Science policy [C3-13/l]
- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek [3G005807]
A significant proportion of protein-encoding gene phylogenies in bacteria is inconsistent with the species phylogeny. It was usually argued that such inconsistencies resulted from lateral transfers. Here, by further studying the phylogeny of the oprF gene encoding the major surface protein in the bacterial Pseudomonas genus, we found that the incongruent tree topology observed results from a long-branch attraction (LBA) artifact and not from lateral transfers. LBA in the oprF phylogeny could be explained by the faster evolution in a lineage adapted to the rhizosphere, highlighting an unexpected adaptive radiation. We argue that analysis of such artifacts in other inconsistent bacterial phylogenies could be a valuable tool in molecular ecology to highlight cryptic adaptive radiations in microorganisms.
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