With developments in synthetic biology, “engineering biology” has emerged through standardization and platformization
based on hierarchical, orthogonal, and modularized biological systems. Genome engineering is necessary to manufacture
and design synthetic cells with desired functions by using bioparts obtained from sequence databases. Among various tools,
the CRISPR-Cas system is modularly composed of guide RNA and Cas nuclease; therefore, it is convenient for editing
the genome freely. Recently, various strategies have been developed to accurately edit the genome at a single nucleotide
level. Furthermore, CRISPR-Cas technology has been extended to molecular diagnostics for nucleic acids and detection of
pathogens, including disease-causing viruses. Moreover, CRISPR technology, which can precisely control the expression
of specific genes in cells, is evolving to find the target of metabolic biotechnology. In this review, we summarize the status
of various CRISPR technologies that can be applied to synthetic biology and discuss the development of synthetic biology
combined with CRISPR technology in microbiology.
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A Gram-stain-positive, rod-shaped, alkalitolerant, and halophilic
bacterium–designated as strain NKC3-5T–was isolated
from kimchi that was collected from the Geumsan area
in the Republic of Korea. Cells of isolated strain NKC3-5T
were 0.5–0.7μm wide and 1.4–2.8 μm long. The strain
NKC3-5T could grow at up to 20.0% (w/v) NaCl (optimum
10%), pH 6.5–10.0 (optimum pH 9.0), and 25–40°C (optimum
35°C). The cells were able to reduce nitrate under aerobic
conditions, which is the first report in the genus Salicibibacter.
The genome size and genomic G + C content of
strain NKC3-5T were 3,754,174 bp and 45.9 mol%, respectively;
it contained 3,630 coding sequences, 16S rRNA genes
(six 16S, five 5S, and five 23S), and 59 tRNA genes. Phylogenetic
analysis based on 16S rRNA showed that strain NKC-
3-5T clustered with bacterium Salicibibacter kimchii NKC1-1T,
with a similarity of 96.2–97.6%, but formed a distinct branch
with other published species of the family Bacillaceae. In addition,
OrthoANI value between strain NKC3-5T and Salicibibacter
kimchii NKC1-1T was far lower than the species demarcation
threshold. Using functional genome annotation,
the result found that carbohydrate, amino acid, and vitamin
metabolism related genes were highly distributed in the genome
of strain NKC3-5T. Comparative genomic analysis revealed
that strain NKC3-5T had 716 pan-genome orthologous
groups (POGs), dominated with carbohydrate metabolism.
Phylogenomic analysis based on the concatenated core
POGs revealed that strain NKC3-5T was closely related to
Salicibibacter kimchii. The predominant polar lipids were
phosphatidylglycerol and two unidentified lipids. Anteiso-
C15:0, iso-C17:0, anteiso-C17:0, and iso-C15:0 were the major cellular
fatty acids, and menaquinone-7 was the major isoprenoid
quinone present in strain NKC3-5T. Cell wall peptidoglycan
analysis of strain NKC3-5T showed that meso-diaminopimelic
acid was the diagnostic diamino acid. The phenotypic,
genomic, phylogenetic, and chemotaxonomic properties
reveal that the strain represents a novel species of
the genus Salicibibacter, for which the name Salicibibacter
halophilus sp. nov. is proposed, with the type strain NKC3-5T
(= KACC 21230T = JCM 33437T).
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