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ArticleMicrobial cell factories2016

Mob/oriT, a mobilizable site-specific recombination system for unmarked genetic manipulation in Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus cereus.

Pengxia Wang, Yiguang Zhu, Yuyang Zhang, Chunyi Zhang, Jianyi Xu, Yun Deng, Donghai Peng, Lifang Ruan, Ming Sun

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Pengxia WangState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Yiguang ZhuState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Yuyang ZhangState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Chunyi ZhangState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Jianyi XuState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Yun DengState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Donghai PengState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Lifang RuanState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Ming SunState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China. m98sun@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
Huazhong Agricultural University · CN

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Abstract

backgroundBacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus cereus are two important species in B. cereus group. The intensive study of these strains at the molecular level and construction of genetically modified bacteria requires the development of efficient genetic tools. To insert genes into or delete genes from bacterial chromosomes, marker-less manipulation methods were employed.

resultsWe present a novel genetic manipulation method for B. thuringiensis and B. cereus strains that does not leave selection markers. Our approach takes advantage of the relaxase Mob02281 encoded by plasmid pBMB0228 from Bacillus thuringiensis. In addition to its mobilization function, this Mob protein can mediate recombination between oriT sites. The Mob02281 mobilization module was associated with a spectinomycin-resistance gene to form a Mob-Spc cassette, which was flanked by the core 24-bp oriT sequences from pBMB0228. A strain in which the wild-type chromosome was replaced with the modified copy containing the Mob-Spc cassette at the target locus was obtained via homologous recombination. Thus, the spectinomycin-resistance gene can be used to screen for Mob-Spc cassette integration mutants. Recombination between the two oriT sequences mediated by Mob02281, encoded by the Mob-Spc cassette, resulted in the excision of the Mob-Spc cassette, producing the desired chromosomal alteration without introducing unwanted selection markers. We used this system to generate an in-frame deletion of a target gene in B. thuringiensis as well as a gene located in an operon of B. cereus. Moreover, we demonstrated that this system can be used to introduce a single gene or an expression cassette of interest in B. thuringiensis.

conclusionThe Mob/oriT recombination system provides an efficient method for unmarked genetic manipulation and for constructing genetically modified bacteria of B. thuringiensis and B. cereus. Our method extends the available genetic tools for B. thuringiensis and B. cereus strains.

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Adenylyl CyclasesAmylasesBacillus cereusBacillus thuringiensisBacillus thuringiensis ToxinsBacterial ProteinsChromatography, High Pressure LiquidEndodeoxyribonucleasesEndotoxinsGenetic VectorsHemolysin ProteinsMass SpectrometryPeptidesRecombination, GeneticAdenylyl CyclasesAmylasesBacillus thuringiensis ToxinsBacterial ProteinsEndodeoxyribonucleasesEndotoxinsHemolysin Proteinsinsecticidal crystal protein, Bacillus ThuringiensisMobM protein, bacteriaPeptideszwittermicin ABacillus cereusBacillus thuringiensisConjugationMob proteinRelaxaseSite-specific recombination

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