Precise manipulation (in-frame deletions and substitutions) of the Clostridium difficile genome is possible through a two-stage process of single-crossover integration and subsequent isolation of double-crossover excision events using replication-defective plasmids that carry a counterselection marker. Use of a codA (cytosine deaminase) or pyrE (orotate phosphoribosyltransferase) as counter selection markers appears equally effective, but there is considerable merit in using a pyrE mutant as the host as, through the use of allelecoupled exchange (ACE) vectors, mutants created (by whatever means) can be rapidly complemented concomitant with restoration of the pyrE allele. This avoids the phenotypic effects frequently observed with high-copy-number plasmids and dispenses with the need to add antibiotic to ensure plasmid retention.
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Ehsaan, M., Kuehne, S. A., & Minton, N. P. (2016). Clostridium difficile genome editing using pyrE alleles. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 1476, pp. 35–52). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6361-4_4
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