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- Transposon insertion site sequencing (TIS) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Hongbaek Cho
- J. Microbiol. 2021;59(12):1067-1074. Published online December 4, 2021
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-021-1565-y
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- Transposon insertion site sequencing (TIS) is a technique that determines the insertion profile of a transposon mutant library by massive parallel sequencing of transposon-genomic DNA junctions. Because the transposon insertion profile reflects the abundance of each mutant in the library, it provides information to assess the fitness contribution of each genetic locus of a bacterial genome in a specific growth condition or strain background. Although introduced only about a dozen years ago, TIS has become an important tool in bacterial genetics that provides clues to study biological functions and regulatory mechanisms. Here, I describe a protocol for generating high density transposon insertion mutant libraries and preparing Illumina sequencing samples for mapping the transposon junctions of the transposon mutant libraries using Pseudomonas aeruginosa as an example.
- Lactiplantibacillus plantarum LRCC5314 includes a gene for serotonin biosynthesis via the tryptophan metabolic pathway
- Jiseon Jeong , Yunjeong Lee , Seokmin Yoon , Jong-Hwa Kim , Wonyong Kim
- J. Microbiol. 2021;59(12):1092-1103. Published online December 4, 2021
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-021-1472-2
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- As the functions of probiotics within the same species may not be shared, it is important to analyze the genetic characteristics of strains to determine their safety and usefulness before industrial applications. Hence the present study was undertaken to determine functional genes, and beneficial activities of strain LRCC5314, a bacterial strain isolated from kimchi through comparative genomic analysis. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strain LRCC5314 was a member of the species L. plantarum. Whole genome size of strain LRCC5314 was sequence was 3.25 Mb long, with a G + C content of 44.5 mol% and 3,031 predicted genes. Strain LRCC5314 could metabolize hexoses through homofermentation, which produces only lactic acid from hexoses. According to gene annotation, strain LRCC- 5314 contained genes of EPS production and CRISPR. Moreover, the strain contained genes that could encode a complete biosynthetic pathway for the production of tryptophan, which can be used as a precursor of serotonin. Notably, the tryptophan and serotonin activities strain LRCC5314 were higher than those of reference strains, L. plantarum ATCC 14917T, DSM 20246, DSM 2601, and ATCC 8014, which reach tryptophan amount of 0.784 ± 0.045 μM/ml in MRS broth and serotonin concentration of 19.075 ± 0.295 ng/ml in HT-22 cells. These findings indicated that L. plantarum LRCC5314 could provide a source for serotonin production and could be used as a functional probiotic for stress regulation.
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