It Didn't Sound Like You Read The Article
Your reference to a fragile chain of event did not seem to be consistant with the articles comment that this microbe branched off very long ago (implied by being close to trunk of tre of life and other comments). The only way I cold square your comment with the article is that you didn't read it or that you keyed in on the "borrowed genes". My title addresed one issue and the boy the other.
Regards,
Mark
