Bacterial genome editing with CRISPR-Cas9: Taking clostridium beijerinckii as an example

Zhong Tian Zhang, Pablo Jiménez-Bonilla, Seung Oh Seo, Ting Lu, Yong Su Jin, Hans P. Blaschek, Yi Wang

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Abstract

CRISPR-Cas9 has been explored as a transformative genome engineering tool for many eukaryotic organisms. However, its utilization in bacteria remains limited and ineffective. This chapter, taking Clostridium beijerinckii as an example, describes the use of Streptococcus pyogenes CRISPR-Cas9 system guided by the single chimeric guide RNA (gRNA) for diverse genome-editing purposes, including chromosomal gene deletion, integration, single nucleotide modification, as well as “clean” mutant selection. The general principle is to use CRISPR-Cas9 as an efficient selection tool for the edited mutant (whose CRISPR-Cas9 target site has been disrupted through a homologous recombination event and thus can survive selection) against? the wild type background cells. This protocol is broadly applicable to other microorganisms for genome-editing purposes.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages297-325
Number of pages29
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume1772
ISSN (Print)1064-3745

Keywords

  • CRISPR-Cas9
  • Clostridium
  • Genome engineering
  • Homologous recombination
  • Single nucleotide modification (SNM)
  • Synthetic biology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

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