Team:Bielefeld-CeBiTec/Results/Biosafety/Outlook

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The <i>E. coli</i> strains KRX <i>&Delta;alr</i> <i>&Delta;dadX</i> and DH5&alpha; <i>&Delta;alr</i> <i>&Delta;dadX</i> respectivly showed a strict dependance of D-alanine but as mentioned above the ratio of false-positive was slightly higher compared to the selection on the antibiotic selection using Chlormaphenicol and even on the negative plate some colony forming untis were obervable, while there were no on the LB plate containing 30 mg/L Chloramphenicol. This effect migth due to some revertants of the D-alanine auxotropy and the corresponding selection pressure.<br>
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Therefore the Revertants were analyzed by streking out an overnight culture of the strain DH5&alpha; <i>&Delta;alr</i> <i>&Delta;dadX</i> and DH5&alpha; <i>&Delta;alr</i> <i>kan:dadX</i> on normal LB and several dilution on LB medium containing 5 mM D-alanine. The same procedure was performed with the transformation approach.
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MetC
MetC
Reversion (<a href="#Kang2011">Kang&nbsp;<i>et&nbsp;al.</i>, 2011</a>)
Reversion (<a href="#Kang2011">Kang&nbsp;<i>et&nbsp;al.</i>, 2011</a>)

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Biosafety

Remaining Challenges

The E. coli strains KRX Δalr ΔdadX and DH5α Δalr ΔdadX respectivly showed a strict dependance of D-alanine but as mentioned above the ratio of false-positive was slightly higher compared to the selection on the antibiotic selection using Chlormaphenicol and even on the negative plate some colony forming untis were obervable, while there were no on the LB plate containing 30 mg/L Chloramphenicol. This effect migth due to some revertants of the D-alanine auxotropy and the corresponding selection pressure.
Therefore the Revertants were analyzed by streking out an overnight culture of the strain DH5α Δalr ΔdadX and DH5α Δalr kan:dadX on normal LB and several dilution on LB medium containing 5 mM D-alanine. The same procedure was performed with the transformation approach. MetC Reversion (Kang et al., 2011)

References

  • Kang L, Shaw AC, Xu D, Xia W, Zhang J, Deng J, Wöldike HF, Liu Y, Su J. (2011) Upregulation of MetC is essential for D-alanine-independent growth of an alr/dadX-deficient Escherichia coli strain. Journal of bacteriology, vol. 193, pp. 1098 - 1106.