Abstract:
:Standard methods of phylogenetic reconstruction are based on models that assume homogeneity of nucleotide composition among taxa. However, this assumption is often violated in biological data sets. In this study, we examine possible effects of nucleotide heterogeneity among lineages on the phylogenetic reconstruction of a bacterial group that spans a wide range of genomic nucleotide contents: obligately endosymbiotic bacteria and free-living or commensal species in the gamma-Proteobacteria. We focus on AT-rich primary endosymbionts to better understand the origins of obligately intracellular lifestyles. Previous phylogenetic analyses of this bacterial group point to the importance of accounting for base compositional variation in estimating relationships, particularly between endosymbiotic and free-living taxa. Here, we develop an approach to compare susceptibility of various phylogenetic reconstruction methods to the effects of nucleotide heterogeneity. First, we identify candidate trees of gamma-Proteobacteria groEL and 16S rRNA using approaches that assume homogeneous and stationary base composition, including Bayesian, maximum likelihood, parsimony, and distance methods. We then create permutations of the resulting candidate trees by varying the placement of the AT-rich endosymbiont Buchnera. These permutations are evaluated under the nonhomogeneous and nonstationary maximum likelihood model of Galtier and Gouy, which allows equilibrium base content to vary among examined lineages. Our results show that commonly used phylogenetic methods produce incongruent trees of the Enterobacteriales, and that the placement of Buchnera is especially unstable. However, under a nonhomogeneous model, various groEL and 16S rRNA phylogenies that separate Buchnera from other AT-rich endosymbionts (Blochmannia and Wigglesworthia) have consistently and significantly higher likelihood scores. Blochmannia and Wigglesworthia appear to have evolved from secondary endosymbionts, and represent an origin of primary endosymbiosis that is independent from Buchnera. This application of a nonhomogeneous model offers a computationally feasible way to test specific phylogenetic hypotheses for taxa with heterogeneous and nonstationary base composition.
journal_name
Mol Biol Evoljournal_title
Molecular biology and evolutionauthors
Herbeck JT,Degnan PH,Wernegreen JJdoi
10.1093/molbev/msi036subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2005-03-01 00:00:00pages
520-32issue
3eissn
0737-4038issn
1537-1719pii
msi036journal_volume
22pub_type
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