Construction of a Staphylococcus aureus gene-deletion allelic-exchange plasmid by Gibson assembly and recovery in Escherichia coli

MS Zeden, CF Schuster… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2023 - cshprotocols.cshlp.org
We present a protocol for the generation of a gene-deletion allelic-exchange plasmid and its
recovery in Escherichia coli for the purpose of constructing an in-frame gene deletion in …

Small-scale illumina library preparation using the illumina Nextera XT DNA Library Preparation Kit

MS Zeden, A Gründling - Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2023 - cshprotocols.cshlp.org
Here, we describe a protocol for a scaled-down version of a genomic DNA (gDNA)-
fragmentation and tagmentation reaction using the Illumina Nextera XT DNA Library …

Selection of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains and identification of genomic alterations by whole-genome sequencing: using Staphylococcus aureus and oxacillin …

MS Zeden, A Gründling - Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2023 - cshprotocols.cshlp.org
Here, we discuss methods for the selection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the use of
high-throughput whole-genome sequencing for the identification of the underlying …

Introduction of a recombineering oligonucleotide and a CRISPR–Cas9 gene-targeting plasmid into Staphylococcus aureus for generating a gene-deletion strain

A Gründling, SJ Salipante - Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2024 - cshprotocols.cshlp.org
Gene deletions can be generated in Staphylococcus aureus using recombineering in
combination with a CRISPR–Cas9 counterselection approach. The method involves first …

Allelic-exchange procedure in Staphylococcus aureus

MS Zeden, CF Schuster… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2023 - cshprotocols.cshlp.org
This protocol continues a series of methods for the construction of an in-frame gene deletion
in Staphylococcus aureus strain RN4220. To this end, we describe in this protocol an allelic …

Agar plate–based method for the selection of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains

MS Zeden, A Gründling - Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2023 - cshprotocols.cshlp.org
Identifying the molecular mechanisms underlying antibiotic resistance is important, as it can
reveal key information on the mode of action of a drug and provide insights for the …

Introduction of a CRISPR–nCas9 Gene-Targeting Plasmid into Staphylococcus aureus for Gene Disruption

A Gründling, Q Ji - Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, 2024 - cshprotocols.cshlp.org
Methods for gene disruption are essential for functional genomics, and there are multiple
approaches for altering gene function in bacteria. One of these methods involves introducing …