"laterally transfer" is a correct and usable term in written English.
You can use it when you want to describe the act of transferring something from one person or group to another, or when you want to refer to the movement of an object from one side to another. For example, "We laterally transferred the video from one laptop to another."
It has been shown that staphylococcal species routinely laterally transfer genes [ 58], and it is therefore reasonable to consider that lateral gene transfer might complicate inference of phylogeny in this study.
It is well established that bacteria are able to laterally transfer DNA between species by a variety of methods [11], with some species of proteobacteria being able to import DNA directly from the environment (natural competence) [12,13].
In addition to the transfer of organelles, plasma membrane components such as lipid-anchored proteins can laterally transfer along the TNT-like bridge into the plasma membrane of connected cells.
Second, there are bioenergetic enzymes such as the Rieske/cyt b complexes that show only a few cases of lateral gene transfer indicating that in most cases, laterally transferred genes are lost rapidly.
Authors' response : In our analysis, we were particularly careful in eliminating false assignments of lateral transfer to eukaryotes and used several parameters to decide if the laterally transferred genes were indeed encoded by the eukaryotic species.
Phylogenetic analysis of the S. marinus arginine decarboxylase (not shown) does not indicate a clear case of lateral gene transfer, and this enzyme was not identified during the search for laterally transferred genes (see below).
Daubin, V. et al. The source of laterally transferred genes in bacterial genomes.
Eleven two-person teams laterally transferred a 75 kg dummy with each intervention between a bed and simulated stretcher.
Accordingly, the putative laterally transferred genes have little contribution to the distance calculation in our method.
This indicates that coa can be laterally transferred among different lineages.
If the node had decedents only from outside of Clostridium cluster IV the gene was marked as laterally transferred.
