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APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 94, Issue 2, Pages 487-493Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-3987-2
Keywords
B. subtilis DB104; Directed evolution; Natural competence; Transformation protocol
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- German Government through the Bundesministerium fur Bildung and Forschung [FKZ0315250]
- Henkel AG Co. KGaA
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Bacillus subtilis strains are used for extracellular expression of enzymes (i.e., proteases, lipases, and cellulases) which are often engineered by directed evolution for industrial applications. B. subtilis DB104 represents an attractive directed evolution host since it has a low proteolytic activity and efficient secretion. B. subtilis DB104 is hampered like many other Bacillus strains by insufficient transformation efficiencies (a parts per thousand currency sign10(3) transformants/mu g DNA). After investigating five physical and chemical transformation protocols, a novel natural competent transformation protocol was established for B. subtilis DB104 by optimizing growth conditions and histidine concentration during competence development, implementing an additional incubation step in the competence development phase and a recovery step during the transformation procedure. In addition, the influence of the amount and size of the transformed plasmid DNA on transformation efficiency was investigated. The natural competence protocol is easy in handling and allows for the first time to generate large libraries (1.5 x 10(5) transformants/mu g plasmid DNA) in B. subtilis DB104 without requiring microgram amounts of DNA.
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