2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Investigating horizontal transferability of 16S ribosomal RNA gene
| Project/Area Number |
25830132
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Genome biology
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
KITAHARA Kei 大阪大学, 情報科学研究科, 研究員 (30567855)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 16S rRNA / メタゲノム / 大腸菌 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In general, many prokaryotic genes are amenable to be transferred between different species. Hence, phylogeny of prokaryotic species has been reduced by comparing each species' 16S rRNA sequence. The rationale for this is based on an assumption that the 16S rRNA gene is least unlikely to be transferred between species. This assumption called "complexity hypothesis" was experimentally tested in this study, by introducing 16S rRNA genes from metagenome into Escherichia coli.
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| Free Research Field |
ゲノム生物学
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