Itaya M, Sato M, Watanabe S, Kataoka M. Effective plasmid delivery to a plasmid-free Bacillus natto strain by a conjugational transfer system.
J Biochem 2022;
172:313-319. [PMID:
36047835 DOI:
10.1093/jb/mvac069]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
In this study, a Bacillus natto strain named NEST141 was constructed. The strain carries no plasmids and is an authentic proline auxotroph-a feature that confers effective selection conditions for plasmids transferred from a donor, such as B. subtilis 168, via a pLS20-based conjugational transfer system. We have provided a standard effective protocol for the delivery of plasmids larger than 50 kilobase pairs. These results indicate that the B. natto NEST141 strain can become a standard model, like B. subtilis 168, for extensive genetic engineering with diverse applications.
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