Abstract
Essential genes are those that are indispensable for the survival of organism under specific growth conditions. Investigating essential genes in pathogenic bacteria not only helps to understand vital biological networks but also provides novel targets for drug development. Availability of genetic engineering tools and high-throughput sequencing methods has enabled essential genes identification in many pathogenic gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Bacteroides fragilis is one of the major bacteria specific of human gastrointestinal microbiota. When B. fragilis moves out of its niche, it turns into deadly pathogen. Here, we describe detailed method for the essential gene identification in B. fragilis. Generated transposon mutant pool can be used for other applications such as identification of genes responsible for drug resistance in B. fragilis.
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Veeranagouda, Y., Wexler, H.M. (2022). The Application of Transposon Insertion Sequencing in Identifying Essential Genes in B. fragilis. In: Zhang, R. (eds) Essential Genes and Genomes. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2377. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1720-5_16
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