Horizontal transfer in bacterial Methionyl tRNA synthetase is very common shown by Genus and phyla level phylogenetic analysis.
Prabhakar B. Ghorpade, Avinash D. Pange, Bhaskar Sharma
The paper identifies 24 horizontal gene transfer events in Methionyl tRNA synthetase (MetG) across bacterial genera and 11 within phyla, suggesting common horizontal gene transfer in this conserved gene.
bioRxiv · Mar 6, 2016 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology