Microbiome engineering: synthetic biology of plant-associated microbiomes in sustainable agriculture

J Ke, B Wang, Y Yoshikuni - Trends in Biotechnology, 2021 - cell.com
To support an ever-increasing population, modern agriculture faces numerous challenges
that pose major threats to global food and energy security. Plant-associated microbes, with …

Industrial biotechnology of Pseudomonas putida: advances and prospects

A Weimer, M Kohlstedt, DC Volke, PI Nikel… - Applied Microbiology …, 2020 - Springer
Pseudomonas putida is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that can be encountered in
diverse ecological habitats. This ubiquity is traced to its remarkably versatile metabolism …

Inhibition of CRISPR-Cas9 with bacteriophage proteins

BJ Rauch, MR Silvis, JF Hultquist, CS Waters… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Bacterial CRISPR-Cas systems utilize sequence-specific RNA-guided nucleases to defend
against bacteriophage infection. As a countermeasure, numerous phages are known that …

A compact Cascade–Cas3 system for targeted genome engineering

B Csörgő, LM León, IJ Chau-Ly, A Vasquez-Rifo… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
CRISPR–Cas technologies have enabled programmable gene editing in eukaryotes and
prokaryotes. However, the leading Cas9 and Cas12a enzymes are limited in their ability to …

A periplasmic phospholipase that maintains outer membrane lipid asymmetry in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

RL Guest, MJ Lee, W Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria is unique in both structure and function. The
surface-exposed outer leaflet is composed of lipopolysaccharide, while the inner leaflet is …

Precision-engineering the Pseudomonas aeruginosa genome with two-step allelic exchange

LR Hmelo, BR Borlee, H Almblad, ME Love… - Nature protocols, 2015 - nature.com
Allelic exchange is an efficient method of bacterial genome engineering. This protocol
describes the use of this technique to make gene knockouts and knock-ins, as well as single …

The Standard European Vector Architecture (SEVA): a coherent platform for the analysis and deployment of complex prokaryotic phenotypes

R Silva-Rocha, E Martínez-García, B Calles… - Nucleic acids …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The 'Standard European Vector Architecture'database (SEVA-DB, http://seva. cnb.
csic. es) was conceived as a user-friendly, web-based resource and a material clone …

Enabling genetic analysis of diverse bacteria with Mobile-CRISPRi

JM Peters, BM Koo, R Patino, GE Heussler… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The vast majority of bacteria, including human pathogens and microbiome species, lack
genetic tools needed to systematically associate genes with phenotypes. This is the major …

Biofilm development and enhanced stress resistance of a model, mixed-species community biofilm

KWK Lee, S Periasamy, M Mukherjee, C Xie… - The ISME …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Most studies of biofilm biology have taken a reductionist approach, where single-species
biofilms have been extensively investigated. However, biofilms in nature mostly comprise …

A 10-min method for preparation of highly electrocompetent Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells: application for DNA fragment transfer between chromosomes and …

KH Choi, A Kumar, HP Schweizer - Journal of microbiological methods, 2006 - Elsevier
A rapid microcentrifuge-based method is described for preparation of Pseudomonas
aeruginosa electrocompetent cells with up to 10,000-fold increased transformation …