CRISPR-Cas9 Shaped Viral Metagenomes Associated with Bacillus subtilis

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Phages are viruses of bacteria and have been known for over a century. They do not have a metabolism or protein synthesis machinery and rely on host cells for replication. The model organism Bacillus subtilis has served as a host strain for decades and enabled the isolation of many unique viral strains. However, many viral species representatives remained orphans as no, or only a few, related phages were ever re-isolated. The presented protocol describes how a CRISPR-Cas9 system with an artificial CRISPR-array can be set up and used to discriminate abundant and well-known B. subtilis phage from a host-based metagenome enrichment. The obtained viral suspension can be used for metagenome sequencing and isolating new viral strains.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMetagenomics : Methods and Protocols
EditorsWolfgang R. Streit, Rolf Daniel
Number of pages8
PublisherHumana Press
Publication date2023
Pages205-212
ISBN (Print)978-1-0716-2797-6
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-0716-2795-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
SeriesMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2555
ISSN1064-3745

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

    Research areas

  • Bacillus subtilis, Bacteriophage, CRISPR-Cas9, CutSPR, gRNA, Metagenome, Phage

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