Research Article

Establishing a Markerless Genetic Exchange System for Methanosarcina mazei Strain Gö1 for Constructing Chromosomal Mutants of Small RNA Genes

Table 1

Strains and plasmids used in this study.

Strain or plasmidGenotype or descriptionSource or reference

Strains

Methanosarcina mazei strain Gö1Wild typeDSM No. 3647
M. mazei Δ hptM. mazei, with hpt deletionThis study
M. mazei Δ sRNA154M. mazei, with sRNA154 deletionThis study
E. coli DH5αgeneral cloning strainStratagene, La Jolla, US
E. coli DH5α/λpirgeneral cloning strain[16]

Plasmids

pMCl210general cloning vector[17]
pBSK+general cloning vectorStratagene, La Jolla, US
pDRIVEgeneral cloning vectorQiagen, Hilden, Germany
pRS207pac-resistance cassette in pSL1180[8]
pRS269pmcr of M. voltae in pDRIVEThis study
pRS283M. mazei hpt deletion construct in pBSK+This study
pRS311pBSK+ plus M. mazei hpt geneThis study
pRS320pRS311 with pmcr upstream of hpt This study
pRS345pRS311 with pac-resistance cassetteThis study
pRS606pMCL210 with 930 bp of sRNA154 upstream regionThis study
pRS631pMCl210 plus sRNA154 deletion constructThis study
pRS632 Δ 154 construct (pRS631) inserted into the ApaI site of pRS345This study