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Background    Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius  is a thermophilic, natural ethanol producer and a potential candidate for commercial bioethanol production. Previously,  G. thermoglucosidasius  has been genetically modified to create an industrially-relevant ethanol production strain. However, creating chromosomal integrations and deletions in  Geobacillus  spp. is laborious. Here we describe a new technique to create marker-less mutations in  Geobacillus  utilising a novel homologous recombination process.    Results  Our technique incorporates counter-selection using β-glucosidase and the synthetic substrate X-Glu, in combination with a two-step homologous recombination process where the first step is a selectable double-crossover event that deletes the target gene. We demonstrate how we have utilised this technique to delete two components of the proteinaceous shell of the  Geobacillus  propanediol-utilization microcompartment, and simultaneously introduce an oxygen-sensitive promoter in front of the remaining shell-component genes and confirm its functional incorporation.    Conclusion  The selectable deletion of the target gene in the first step of our process prevents re-creation of wild-type which can occur in most homologous recombination techniques, circumventing the need for PCR screening to identify mutants. Our new technique therefore offers a faster, more efficient method of creating mutants in  Geobacillus .

Development of an efficient technique for gene deletion and allelic exchange in Geobacillus spp.