One-vector CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering of the industrial fungus Ashbya gossypii
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Author(s)
Jiménez, Alberto
Muñoz-Fernández, Gloria
Ledesma-Amaro, Rodrigo
Buey, Rubén M
Revuelta, José L
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The filamentous fungus Ashbya gossypii is currently used for the industrial production of vitamin B2. Furthermore, the ability of A. gossypii to grow using low-cost substrates together with the inexpensive downstream processing makes this fungus an attractive biotechnological chassis. Indeed, the production in A. gossypii of other high-added value compounds such as folic acid, nucleosides and biolipids has been described. Hence, the development of new methods to expand the molecular toolkit for A. gossypii genomic manipulation constitutes an important issue for the biotechnology of this fungus. In this work, we present a one-vector CRISPR/Cas9 system for genomic engineering of A. gossypii. We demonstrate the efficiency of the system as a marker-less approach for nucleotide deletions and substitutions both with visible and invisible phenotypes. Particularly, the system has been validated for three types of genomic editions: gene inactivation, the genomic erasure of loxP scars and the introduction of point mutations. We anticipate that the use of the CRISPR/Cas9 system for A. gossypii will largely contribute to facilitate the genomic manipulations of this industrial fungus in a marker-less manner.
Date Issued
2019-11
Date Acceptance
2019-04-24
Citation
Microbial Biotechnology, 2019, 12 (6), pp.1293-1301
ISSN
1751-7915
Publisher
Wiley
Start Page
1293
End Page
1301
Journal / Book Title
Microbial Biotechnology
Volume
12
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
© 2019 The Authors. Microbial Biotechnology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Society for Applied Microbiology.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ), which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ), which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31055883
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Microbiology
RIBOFLAVIN PRODUCTION
PATHWAY
STATE
TOOL
0605 Microbiology
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2019-05-05