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Table 2 Inferred gene gains in Archaea

From: Updated clusters of orthologous genes for Archaea: a complex ancestor of the Archaea and the byways of horizontal gene transfer

No. of gains

Clade

1,725

LACA

1,642

Halobacteriales

737

Sulfolobales

705

Thermococcales

704

deep Euryarchaeota (Eury- without Thermococcales)

494

Thaumarchaeota

439

Methanomicrobia

431

TACK superphylum

420

Methanosarcina

416

Thermoplasmatales