Publications

A chromosome-scale reference genome for Spironucleus salmonicida

Xu, Feifei; Jimenez-Gonzalez, Alejandro; Kurt, Zeynep; Ástvaldsson, Ásgeir et al.

Part of Scientific Data, 2022.

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Metabolic reconstruction elucidates the lifestyle of the last Diplomonadida common ancestor

Jimenez-Gonzalez, Alejandro; Andersson, Jan O.

Part of mSystems, 2020.

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The compact genome of Giardia muris reveals important steps in the evolution of intestinal protozoan parasites

Xu, Feifei; Jimenez-Gonzalez, Alejandro; Einarsson, Elin; Ástvaldsson, Ásgeir et al.

Part of Microbial Genomics, 2020.

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Lateral Acquisitions Repeatedly Remodel the Oxygen Detoxification Pathway in Diplomonads and Relatives

Jimenez-Gonzalez, Alejandro; Xu, Feifei; Andersson, Jan O.

Part of Genome Biology and Evolution, p. 2542-2556, 2019.

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Organelles that illuminate the origins of Trichomonas hydrogenosomes and Giardia mitosomes

Leger, Michelle M.; Kolisko, Martin; Kamikawa, Ryoma; Stairs, Courtney W. et al.

Part of NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 2017.

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Comparative cell biology and evolution of Annexins in Diplomonads

Einarsson, Elin; Ástvaldsson, Ásgeir; Hultenby, Kjell; Andersson, Jan O. et al.

Part of mSphere, 2016.

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On the reversibility of parasitism: adaptation to a free-living lifestyle via gene acquisitions in the diplomonad Trepomonas sp PC1

Xu, Feifei; Jerlström-Hultqvist, Jon; Kolisko, Martin; Simpson, Alastair G. B. et al.

Part of BMC Biology, 2016.

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Comparative genomic analyses of freshly isolated Giardia intestinalis assemblage A isolates

Ankarklev, Johan; Franzen, Oscar; Peirasmaki, Dimitra; Jerlstrom-Hultqvist, Jon et al.

Part of BMC Genomics, 2015.

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The genome of Spironucleus salmonicida highlights a fish pathogen adapted to fluctuating environments

Xu, Feifei; Jerlström-Hultqvist, Jon; Einarsson, Elin; Astvaldsson, Asgeir et al.

Part of PLOS Genetics, p. e1004053-, 2014.

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Gene Transfer and the Chimeric Nature of Eukaryotic Genomes

Andersson, Jan O

Part of Lateral Gene Transfer in Evolution, p. 181-197, 2013.

Hydrogenosomes in the diplomonad Spironucleus salmonicida

Jerlström-Hultqvist, Jon; Einarsson, Elin; Xu, Feifei; Hjort, Karin et al.

Part of Nature Communications, p. 2493-, 2013.

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Common Coinfections of Giardia intestinalis and Helicobacter pylori in Non-Symptomatic Ugandan Children

Ankarklev, Johan; Hestvik, Elin; Lebbad, Marianne; Lindh, Johan et al.

Part of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, p. e1780-, 2012.

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Double peaks reveal rare diplomonad sex

Andersson, Jan O

Part of Trends in Parasitology, p. 46-52, 2012.

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Genome-Wide Analyses of Recombination Suggest That Giardia intestinalis Assemblages Represent Different Species

Xu, Feifei; Jerlström-Hultqvist, Jon; Andersson, Jan O

Part of Molecular biology and evolution, p. 2895-2898, 2012.

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Phylogenomic approaches underestimate eukaryotic gene transfer

Andersson, Jan O

Part of Mobile Genetic Elements, p. 59-62, 2012.

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Evolution of Patchily Distributed Proteins Shared between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes: Dictyostelium as a Case Study

Andersson, Jan O

Part of Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, p. 83-95, 2011.

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Multilocus Genotyping of Human Giardia Isolates Suggests Limited Zoonotic Transmission and Association between Assemblage B and Flatulence in Children

Lebbad, Marianne; Petersson, Ingvor; Karlsson, Lillemor; Botero-Kleiven, Silvia et al.

Part of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, p. e1262-, 2011.

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The New Foundations of Evolution: On the Tree of Life

Andersson, Jan O.

Part of Systematic Biology, p. 114-115, 2011.

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From mouse to moose: multilocus genotyping of Giardia isolates from various animal species.

Lebbad, Marianne; Mattsson, Jens G; Christensson, Bodil; Ljungström, Bitte et al.

Part of Veterinary parasitology, p. 231-239, 2010.

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Genome analysis and comparative genomics of a Giardia intestinalis assemblage E isolate.

Jerlström-Hultqvist, Jon; Franzen, Oscar; Ankarklev, Johan; Xu, Feifei et al.

Part of BMC Genomics, p. 543-, 2010.

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Large genomic differences between the morphologically indistinguishable diplomonads Spironucleus barkhanus and Spironucleus salmonicida.

Roxström-Lindquist, Katarina; Jerlström-Hultqvist, Jon; Jörgensen, Anders; Troell, Karin et al.

Part of BMC Genomics, p. 258-, 2010.

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The genome of Giardia and other diplomonads

Andersson, Jan O.; Jerlström-Hultqvist, Jon; Svärd, Staffan G.

Part of Anaerobic Parasitic Protozoa: Genomics and Molecular Biology, p. 23-44, 2010.

Draft genome sequencing of Giardia intestinalis assemblage B isolate GS: is human giardiasis caused by two different species?

Franzen, Oscar; Jerlström-Hultqvist, Jon; Castro, Elsie; Sherwood, Ellen et al.

Part of PLoS Pathogens, p. e1000560-, 2009.

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Gene Transfer and Diversification of Microbial Eukaryotes

Andersson, Jan O.

Part of Annual Review of Microbiology, p. 177-193, 2009.

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Horizontal gene transfer between microbial eukaryotes.

Andersson, Jan O.

Part of Methods in Molecular Biology, p. 473-487, 2009.

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Dominance of Giardia assemblage B in León, Nicaragua.

Lebbad, Marianne; Ankarklev, Johan; Tellez, Aleyda; Leiva, Byron et al.

Part of Acta Tropica, p. 44-53, 2008.

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Eukaryotic gene transfer: adaptation and replacements

Andersson, Jan O.

Part of Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Evolution of Pathogenesis, p. 293-316, 2008.

Evolution of the cutinase gene family: Evidence for lateral gene transfer of a candidate Phytophthora virulence factor

Belbahri, Lassaad; Calmin, Gautier; Mauch, Felix; Andersson, Jan O

Part of Gene, p. 1-8, 2008.

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Synchronisation of Giardia lamblia: identification of cell cycle stage-specific genes and a differentiation restriction point

Reiner, David S.; Ankarklev, Johan; Troell, Karin; Palm, Daniel et al.

Part of International Journal of Parasitology, p. 935-944, 2008.

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A genomic survey of the fish parasite Spironucleus salmonicida indicates genomic plasticity among diplomonads and significant lateral gene transfer in eukaryote genome evolution

Andersson, Jan O.; Sjögren, Åsa M.; Horner, David S.; Murphy, Colleen A. et al.

Part of BMC Genomics, p. 51-, 2007.

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A review of "Microbial Phylogeny and Evolution: Concepts and Controversies"

Andersson, Jan O

Part of Systematic Biology, p. 359-361, 2006.

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Convergent evolution: gene sharing by eukaryotic plant pathogens.

Andersson, Jan O

Part of Curr Biol, p. R804-6, 2006.

Evolution of four gene families with patchy phylogenetic distributions: influx of genes into protist genomes

Andersson, Jan O.; Hirt, Robert P.; Foster, Peter G.; Roger, Andrew J.

Part of BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2006.

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Genome evolution of anaerobic protists: metabolic adaptation via gene acquisition.

Andersson, Jan O

Part of Genomics and Evolution of Microbial Eukaryotes, p. 109-122, 2006.

Gene transfers from nanoarchaeota to an ancestor of diplomonads and parabasalids.

Andersson, Jan O; Sarchfield, Stewart W; Roger, Andrew J

Part of Mol Biol Evol, p. 85-90, 2005.

Lateral gene transfer in eukaryotes.

Andersson, Jan O

Part of Cell Mol Life Sci, p. 1182-97, 2005.

Bacterial DNA in the human genome

Andersson, Jan O

Part of Encyclopedia of the Human Genome, 2003.

Evidence for cryptic Golgi in putatively ‘Golgi-lacking’ lineages

Dacks, JB; Davis, LAM; Sjögren, ÅM; Andersson, Jan O. et al.

Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, p. S168-71, 2003.

Evolution of glutamate dehydrogenase genes: evidence for lateral gene transfer within and between prokaryotes and eukaryotes

Andersson, Jan O.; Roger, Andrew J.

Part of BMC Evolutionary Biology, p. 14-, 2003.

How big is the iceberg of which organellar genes in nuclear genomes are but the tip?

Doolittle, W F; Boucher, Y; Nesbø, C L; Douady, C J et al.

Part of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, p. 39-58; discussion 57, 2003.

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Phylogenetic analyses of diplomonad genes reveal frequent lateral gene transfers affecting eukaryotes

Andersson, Jan O; Sjögren, Åsa M; Davis, Lesley A M; Embley, T Martin et al.

Part of Current Biology, p. 94-104, 2003.

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A cyanobacterial gene in nonphotosynthetic protists: an early chloroplast acquisition in eukaryotes?

Andersson, Jan O; Roger, Andrew J

Part of Current Biology, p. 115-119, 2002.

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Evolutionary analyses of the small subunit of glutamate synthase: gene order conservation, gene fusions, and prokaryote-to-eukaryote lateral gene transfers

Andersson, Jan O; Roger, Andrew J

Part of Eukaryotic Cell, p. 304-310, 2002.

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Genomics. Are there bugs in our genome?

Andersson, Jan O; Doolittle, W Ford; Nesbø, Camilla L

Part of Science, p. 1848-1850, 2001.

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Pseudogenes, junk DNA, and the dynamics of Rickettsia genomes

Andersson, Jan O; Andersson, Siv GE

Part of Molecular biology and evolution, p. 829-839, 2001.

A century of typhus, lice and Rickettsia

Andersson, Jan O; Andersson, Siv GE

Part of Research in Microbiology, p. 143-150, 2000.

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Evolutionary genomics: is Buchnera a bacterium or an organelle?

Andersson, Jan O

Part of Current Biology, p. R866-R868, 2000.

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Genome degradation is an ongoing process in Rickettsia

Andersson, Jan O; Andersson, Siv GE

Part of Molecular biology and evolution, p. 1178-1191, 1999.

Insights into the evolutionary process of genome degradation

Andersson, Jan O; Andersson, Siv GE

Part of Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, p. 664-671, 1999.

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Molecular evolutionary studies of genome degradation in bacteria

Andersson, Jan O.

1999.

The genome sequence of Rickettsia prowazekii and the origin of mitochondria

Andersson, Siv GE; Zomorodipour, A; Andersson, Jan O; Sicheritz-Ponten, T et al.

Part of Nature, p. 133-140, 1998.

Genomic rearrangements during evolution of the obligate intracellular parasite Rickettsia prowazekii as inferred from an analysis of 52015 bp nucleotide sequence

Andersson, Jan O; Andersson, Siv GE

Part of Microbiology, p. 2783-2795, 1997.