Transposon mutagenesis and characterisation of the selenite reduction pathway in Methylosinus trichosporium
Journal: Sheffield Hallam University
Year: 2019

This study aimed to identify genes responsible for remediation of selenite pollution in the methane-oxidising bacterium Ms. trichosporium OB3b. It was proposed to achieve this by making a library of mutants inactivated in different genes and screening these mutants to see which were deficient in the remediation reactions and hence identify genes that are involved. The pSAM_Rl plasmid, which contains the mariner transposon and was developed for use in the Rhizobiaceae, was introduced into Ms. tri