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Author(s):  
Benjamin E. Rubin ◽  
Spencer Diamond ◽  
Brady F. Cress ◽  
Alexander Crits-Christoph ◽  
Christine He ◽  
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Knowledge of microbial gene functions comes from manipulating the DNA of individual species in isolation from their natural communities. While this approach to microbial genetics has been foundational, its requirement for culturable microorganisms has left the majority of microbes and their interactions genetically unexplored. Here we describe a generalizable methodology for editing the genomes of specific organisms within a complex microbial community. First, we identified genetically tractable bacteria within a community using a new approach, Environmental Transformation Sequencing (ET-Seq), in which non-targeted transposon integrations were mapped and quantified following community delivery. ET-Seq was repeated with multiple delivery strategies for both a nine-member synthetic bacterial community and a ~200-member microbial bioremediation community. We achieved insertions in 10 species not previously isolated and identified natural competence for foreign DNA integration that depends on the presence of the community. Second, we developed and used DNA-editing All-in-one RNA-guided CRISPR-Cas Transposase (DART) systems for targeted DNA insertion into organisms identified as tractable by ET-Seq, enabling organism- and locus-specific genetic manipulation within the community context. These results demonstrate a strategy for targeted genome editing of specific organisms within microbial communities, establishing a new paradigm for microbial manipulation relevant to research and applications in human, environmental, and industrial microbiomes.


2006 ◽  
Vol 945 (1) ◽  
pp. 276-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
WALTER DOERFLER ◽  
URTE HOHLWEG ◽  
KNUT MÜLLER ◽  
RALPH REMUS ◽  
HILDE HELLER ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Vol 102 (50) ◽  
pp. 18075-18080 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.-H. Lee ◽  
M. Oshige ◽  
S. T. Durant ◽  
K. K. Rasila ◽  
E. A. Williamson ◽  
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