The environmental adaptation of acidophilic archaea: promotion of horizontal gene transfer by genomic islands

The environmental adaptation of acidophilic archaea: promotion of horizontal gene transfer by genomic islands

Abstract Acid mine drainage (AMD) is an extremely acidic leachate highly contaminated with metal ions, yet it harbors a significantly high abundance of archaea. Genomic islands (GIs), as one of the productions of horizontal gene transfer (HGT), play an important role in the environmental adaptation...

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Main Authors: Jingxuan Qiu, Huiling Tao, Hongyu Li, Xinyi Liu, Rui Liu, Muhammed Naveed Nawaz, Xingjie Wang, Liyuan Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-07-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
Genomic island
Horizontal gene transfer
Archaea
Acid mine drainage
Environmental adaptation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-11875-5
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