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Journal of Bacteriology, January 2002, p. 278-289, Vol. 184, No. 1
0021-9193/01/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.1.278-289.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Phylogenetic Analysis Reveals Multiple Lateral Transfers of Adenosine-5'-Phosphosulfate Reductase Genes among Sulfate-Reducing Microorganisms

Michael W. Friedrich*

Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, D-35043 Marburg, Germany

Received 10 April 2001/ Accepted 2 October 2001

Lateral gene transfer affects the evolutionary path of key genes involved in ancient metabolic traits, such as sulfate respiration, even more than previously expected. In this study, the phylogeny of the adenosine-5'-phosphosulfate (APS) reductase was analyzed. APS reductase is a key enzyme in sulfate respiration present in all sulfate-respiring prokaryotes. A newly developed PCR assay was used to amplify and sequence a fragment (~900 bp) of the APS reductase gene, apsA, from a taxonomically wide range of sulfate-reducing prokaryotes (n = 60). Comparative phylogenetic analysis of all obtained and available ApsA sequences indicated a high degree of sequence conservation in the region analyzed. However, a comparison of ApsA- and 16S rRNA-based phylogenetic trees revealed topological incongruences affecting seven members of the Syntrophobacteraceae and three members of the Nitrospinaceae, which were clearly monophyletic with gram-positive sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB). In addition, Thermodesulfovibrio islandicus and Thermodesulfobacterium thermophilum, Thermodesulfobacterium commune, and Thermodesulfobacterium hveragerdense clearly branched off between the radiation of the {delta}-proteobacterial gram-negative SRB and the gram-positive SRB and not close to the root of the tree as expected from 16S rRNA phylogeny. The most parsimonious explanation for these discrepancies in tree topologies is lateral transfer of apsA genes across bacterial divisions. Similar patterns of insertions and deletions in ApsA sequences of donor and recipient lineages provide additional evidence for lateral gene transfer. From a subset of reference strains (n = 25), a fragment of the dissimilatory sulfite reductase genes (dsrAB), which have recently been proposed to have undergone multiple lateral gene transfers (M. Klein et al., J. Bacteriol. 183:6028–6035, 2001), was also amplified and sequenced. Phylogenetic comparison of DsrAB- and ApsA-based trees suggests a frequent involvement of gram-positive and thermophilic SRB in lateral gene transfer events among SRB.

* Mailing address: Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch Straße, D-35043 Marburg, Germany. Phone: 49-6421-178 830. Fax: 49-6421-178 809. E-mail: friedric{at}mailer.uni-marburg.de.

Journal of Bacteriology, January 2002, p. 278-289, Vol. 184, No. 1
0021-9193/01/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.1.278-289.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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