Methods
Here you can find a list of methods for working with Bacillus subtilis:
Contents
- 1 Media
- 2 Analysis of protein-protein interactions
- 3 Analysis of membrane proteins
- 4 Protein expression
- 5 Strain construction
- 6 RNA analysis
- 7 Genetic work with non-standard strains
- 8 General procedures
- 9 Microscopic techniques
- 10 Transposon mutagenesis
- 11 Protein-DNA interactions
- 12 Genome engineering
- 13 Visual descriptions of methods for B. subtilis in the Journal of Visual Experimentation
- 14 Key references
Media
Analysis of protein-protein interactions
- Bacterial Two Hybrid: BACTH
- SPINE: A method to detect in vivo protein-protein interactions
- in vivo detection of protein-protein interactions using DivIVA and GFP PubMed
Analysis of membrane proteins
- application of a split green fluorescent protein reporter PubMed
Protein expression
- the LIKE system PubMed
Strain construction
- introduction of markerfree deletions: PubMed
- generation of markerfree mutations: PubMed
- an improved method for transformation: PubMed
RNA analysis
- Mechanical cell disruption and extraction of RNA from B. subtilis: Media:SOP-RNA.pdf
Genetic work with non-standard strains
- transformation of wild-type B. subtilis strains incl. NCIB3610: PubMed
- efficient electroporation of B. subtilis PubMed
- a novel transformation protocol for B. subtilis DB104 PubMed
General procedures
- Standard operation procedures (SOPs) of the SYSMO-BACELL consortium
Microscopic techniques
- Live cell imaging of B. subtilis cells using automated time-lapse microscopy PubMed
- Assay of gene expression dynamics using live cell imaging PubMed
- Visualization and quantification of gene expression heterogeneity in growing microbial cells PubMed
- GFP variants specifically optimizd for use in B. subtilis PubMed
Transposon mutagenesis
- mariner transposon mutagenesis for random inducible-expression insertions and transcriptional reporter fusion insertions PubMed
Protein-DNA interactions
- ChAP-chip: A modified ChIP-chip protocol for the in vivo identification of binding sites of DNA-binding proteins PubMed
Genome engineering
- generalized bacterial genome editing using mobile group II introns and Cre-lox PubMed
- A review on genome engineering:
Kevin M Esvelt, Harris H Wang
Genome-scale engineering for systems and synthetic biology.
Mol Syst Biol: 2013, 9;641
[PubMed:23340847]
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Visual descriptions of methods for B. subtilis in the Journal of Visual Experimentation
Key references
Ting Shi, Guanglu Wang, Zhiwen Wang, Jing Fu, Tao Chen, Xueming Zhao
Establishment of a markerless mutation delivery system in Bacillus subtilis stimulated by a double-strand break in the chromosome.
PLoS One: 2013, 8(11);e81370
[PubMed:24282588]
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Peter J Enyeart, Steven M Chirieleison, Mai N Dao, Jiri Perutka, Erik M Quandt, Jun Yao, Jacob T Whitt, Adrian T Keatinge-Clay, Alan M Lambowitz, Andrew D Ellington
Generalized bacterial genome editing using mobile group II introns and Cre-lox.
Mol Syst Biol: 2013, 9;685
[PubMed:24002656]
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Wout Overkamp, Katrin Beilharz, Ruud Detert Oude Weme, Ana Solopova, Harma Karsens, Ákos T Kovács, Jan Kok, Oscar P Kuipers, Jan-Willem Veening
Benchmarking various green fluorescent protein variants in Bacillus subtilis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Lactococcus lactis for live cell imaging.
Appl Environ Microbiol: 2013, 79(20);6481-90
[PubMed:23956387]
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Arturo Rodríguez-Banqueri, Lukasz Kowalczyk, Manuel Palacín, José Luis Vázquez-Ibar
Assessment of membrane protein expression and stability using a split green fluorescent protein reporter.
Anal Biochem: 2012, 423(1);7-14
[PubMed:22285978]
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Jonathan W Young, James C W Locke, Alphan Altinok, Nitzan Rosenfeld, Tigran Bacarian, Peter S Swain, Eric Mjolsness, Michael B Elowitz
Measuring single-cell gene expression dynamics in bacteria using fluorescence time-lapse microscopy.
Nat Protoc: 2011, 7(1);80-8
[PubMed:22179594]
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Eric R Pozsgai, Kris M Blair, Daniel B Kearns
Modified mariner transposons for random inducible-expression insertions and transcriptional reporter fusion insertions in Bacillus subtilis.
Appl Environ Microbiol: 2012, 78(3);778-85
[PubMed:22113911]
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Imke G de Jong, Katrin Beilharz, Oscar P Kuipers, Jan-Willem Veening
Live Cell Imaging of Bacillus subtilis and Streptococcus pneumoniae using Automated Time-lapse Microscopy.
J Vis Exp: 2011, (53);
[PubMed:21841760]
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Chong Zhang, Xiaohui Zhang, Zhengying Yao, Yaping Lu, Fengxia Lu, Zhaoxin Lu
A new method for multiple gene inactivations in Bacillus subtilis 168, producing a strain free of selectable markers.
Can J Microbiol: 2011, 57(5);427-36
[PubMed:21542786]
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Reindert Nijland, J Grant Burgess, Jeff Errington, Jan-Willem Veening
Transformation of environmental Bacillus subtilis isolates by transiently inducing genetic competence.
PLoS One: 2010, 5(3);e9724
[PubMed:20300532]
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Haojie Yu, Xin Yan, Weiliang Shen, Yujia Shen, Ji Zhang, Shunpeng Li
Efficient and precise construction of markerless manipulations in the Bacillus subtilis genome.
J Microbiol Biotechnol: 2010, 20(1);45-53
[PubMed:20134232]
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Takuya Morimoto, Katsutoshi Ara, Katsuya Ozaki, Naotake Ogasawara
A new simple method to introduce marker-free deletions in the Bacillus subtilis genome.
Genes Genet Syst: 2009, 84(4);315-8
[PubMed:20057169]
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A Nicole Edwards, Jason D Fowlkes, Elizabeth T Owens, Robert F Standaert, Dale A Pelletier, Gregory B Hurst, Mitchel J Doktycz, Jennifer L Morrell-Falvey
An in vivo imaging-based assay for detecting protein interactions over a wide range of binding affinities.
Anal Biochem: 2009, 395(2);166-77
[PubMed:19698693]
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Christina Herzberg, Lope Andrés Flórez Weidinger, Bastian Dörrbecker, Sebastian Hübner, Jörg Stülke, Fabian M Commichau
SPINE: a method for the rapid detection and analysis of protein-protein interactions in vivo.
Proteomics: 2007, 7(22);4032-5
[PubMed:17994626]
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Shu Ishikawa, Yoshitoshi Ogura, Mika Yoshimura, Hajime Okumura, Eunha Cho, Yoshikazu Kawai, Ken Kurokawa, Taku Oshima, Naotake Ogasawara
Distribution of stable DnaA-binding sites on the Bacillus subtilis genome detected using a modified ChIP-chip method.
DNA Res: 2007, 14(4);155-68
[PubMed:17932079]
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