The Potential for Horizontal Gene Transfer in Sea Ice

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Apr 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010lpico1538.5268c&link_type=abstract

Astrobiology Science Conference 2010: Evolution and Life: Surviving Catastrophes and Extremes on Earth and Beyond, held April 2

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Sea ice is a potential hotspot for horizontal gene transfer due to
physical concentration of bacteria, viruses, and extracellular DNA. An
ice-affiliated bacterium, "Colwellia psychrerythraea," has acquired
genes for compatible solute degradation via horizontal gene transfer.

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