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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 80, Issue 14, Pages 4323-4330Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00588-14
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [Schu1080/9-1, Schu1080/15-1]
- HFSP [RGP0052/2012]
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Magnetotactic bacteria have emerged as excellent model systems to study bacterial cell biology, biomineralization, vesicle formation, and protein targeting because of their ability to synthesize single-domain magnetite crystals within unique organelles (magnetosomes). However, only few species are amenable to genetic manipulation, and the limited methods for site-specific mutagenesis are tedious and time-consuming. Here, we report the adaptation and application of a fast and convenient technique for markerless chromosomal manipulation of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense using a single antibiotic resistance cassette and galK-based counterselection for marker recycling. We demonstrate the potential of this technique by genomic excision of the phbCAB operon, encoding enzymes for polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthesis, followed by chromosomal fusion of magneto-some-associated proteins to fluorescent proteins. Because of the absence of interfering PHA particles, these engineered strains are particularly suitable for microscopic analyses of cell biology and magnetosome biosynthesis.
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