Pan-genome analysis and ancestral state reconstruction of class halobacteria: probability of a new super-order

Sci Rep. 2020 Dec 3;10(1):21205. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-77723-6.

Abstract

Halobacteria, a class of Euryarchaeota are extremely halophilic archaea that can adapt to a wide range of salt concentration generally from 10% NaCl to saturated salt concentration of 32% NaCl. It consists of the orders: Halobacteriales, Haloferaciales and Natriabales. Pan-genome analysis of class Halobacteria was done to explore the core (300) and variable components (Softcore: 998, Cloud:36531, Shell:11784). The core component revealed genes of replication, transcription, translation and repair, whereas the variable component had a major portion of environmental information processing. The pan-gene matrix was mapped onto the core-gene tree to find the ancestral (44.8%) and derived genes (55.1%) of the Last Common Ancestor of Halobacteria. A High percentage of derived genes along with presence of transformation and conjugation genes indicate the occurrence of horizontal gene transfer during the evolution of Halobacteria. A Core and pan-gene tree were also constructed to infer a phylogeny which implicated on the new super-order comprising of Natrialbales and Halobacteriales.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Datasets as Topic
  • Euryarchaeota / classification
  • Euryarchaeota / genetics*
  • Genome, Archaeal*
  • Phylogeny*
  • Probability
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics

Substances

  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S