Table A1.
Selected examples of organisms in which horizontal gene transfer was found.
| Gene Donor | Recipient of Gene | References |
|---|---|---|
| Bacteria: | Plant: | [108] |
| Agrobacterium rhizogenes | Nicotiana | |
| Plant: | Plant: | [109] |
| Oryza | Zea mays | |
| Plant: | Plant: | [110] |
| Flowering plant: | Gnetum | |
| Asterid | ||
| Plant: | Plant: | [58] |
| Monocot | Aktinidia | |
| Eudicot | Amborella | |
| Unknown | Betulaceae | |
| Ranunculales | Caprifoliaceae | |
| Monocot | Sanguinaria | |
| Bacteria: | Fern: | [111] |
| Nostoc azollae | genus Azolla | |
| Plant: | Plant: | [112] |
| Multiple grass lineages | Alloteropsis semialata | |
| Cyanobacteria: | [113] | |
| Calothrix | Alga: | |
| Alga: | Euglena myxocylindracea | |
| Porphyra purpurea | ||
| Bacteria: | Yeast: | [114] |
| Lactococcus sp. | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | |
| Plant: | Plant: | [115] |
| Flowering plants | Amborella trichopoda | |
| Mosses | ||
| Plant: | Plant: | [82] |
| Eudicot | Phaseolus vulgaris | |
| Plant: | Plant: | [116] |
| Fabales | Apodanthaceae | |
| Plant: | Plant: | [117] |
| Orobanchaceae | Plantago | |
| Bacteria: | Yeast: | [118] |
| Pseudomonas spp. | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | |
| Plant: | Plant: | [119] |
| Flowering plant: | Fern: | |
| Santalales | Botrychium virginianum | |
| Plant: | Plant: | [120] |
| Ericaceae | Ternstroemia | |
| Cyrillaceae | ||
| Plant: | Plant: | [121] |
| Flowering plant: | Flowering plant: | |
| Populus | Populus | |
| Cyanobacteria: | Alga: | [122] |
| Crocosphaera watsonii | Heterocapsa triquetra | |
| Trichodesmium erythraeum | Karlodinium micrum | |
| Oxyrrhis marina | ||
| Plant: | Plant: | [123] |
| Poa palustris | Festuca ovina | |
| Plant: | Plant: | [124] |
| Orobanche | Phelipanche | |
| Fungus: | Plant: | [125] |
| Physcomitrella patens | Oryza sativa | |
| Coprinopsis cinerea | Arabidopsis thaliana | |
| Laccaria bicolor | ||
| Plant: | Plant: | [126] |
| Cuscuta | Plantago | |
| Dinoflagellate: | Dinoflagellate: | [127] |
| Prorocentrum minimum | Prorocentrum minimum nucleus | |
| Alga | Fern: | [128] |
| Bacteria | Mankyua chejuense Helminthostachys zeylanica Botrychium ternatum | |
| Bacteria | Alga: | [129] |
| Ochrophytes | ||
| Bacteria: | Nematode: | [130] |
| Wolbachia | Onchocerca volvulus | |
| Bacteria: | Animal: | [131] |
| Wolbachia | Insect: | |
| Callosobruchus | ||
| Bacteria: | Animal: | [132] |
| Wolbachia | Insect: | |
| Drosophila ananassae | ||
| Alga: | Animal: | [133] |
| Vaucheria litorea | Snail: | |
| Elysia chlorotica | ||
| Bacteria: | Animal: | [134] |
| Wolbachia | Insect: | |
| Aedes aegypti | ||
| Cyanobacteria: | Protozoan: | [135] |
| Synechococcus sp. Prochlo rococcus sp. | Amoeba: | |
| Paulinella chromatophora | ||
| Human: | Protozoan: | [136] |
| Homo sapiens | Malaria parasite: | |
| Plasmodium vivax |