Protoplast transformation of recalcitrant alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. with methylated plasmid DNA and a developed hard agar regeneration medium.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Among the diverse alkaliphilic Bacillus strains, only a little have been reported to be genetically transformed. In this study, an efficient protoplast transformation procedure was developed for recalcitrant alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. N16-5. The procedure involved polyethylene glycol-induced DNA uptake by the protoplasts and subsequent protoplast regeneration with a developed hard agar regeneration medium. An in vivo methylation strategy was introduced to methylate the exogenous plasmid DNA for improving the transformation efficiency. The transformation efficiency reached to 1.1×10(5) transformants per µg plasmid DNA with methylated plasmid pHCMC04 and the developed hard agar regeneration medium. This procedure might also be applicable to the genetic transformation of other Bacillus strains.