Johann Peter Gogarten

The paper analyzes the distribution and function of a dnaX intein in cyanobacteria, revealing its sporadic phylogenetic pattern and potential role as a selfish genetic element with an out-of-frame homing endonuclease.

This study evaluates four microbial phylogenomic methods on simulated and real data, finding that accounting for gene tree error improves species tree accuracy, though all methods face biases in complex datasets.

The paper updates a survey of inteins in Actinobacteriophages using a new algorithm, identifies new intein types, and explores their evolution and transfer mechanisms.

This study uses pan-genomics to identify 50 genomic islands in Halorubrum ezzemoulense, revealing rare accessory genes and homeocassettes that contribute to adaptability and speciation.

The paper introduces a new ANI metric combining genomic content and identity to improve phylogenetic inference and taxonomic classification using whole-genome data.

The paper investigates the distribution of restriction-modification system genes and orphan methyltransferases in Halobacteria, finding conserved methyltransferases and patchy RM system distribution due to horizontal gene transfer and loss.