Open AccessA First Look at the Essential Genes of Pseudomonas protegens
Author(s) -
Bradley E. Poulsen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.00698-20
Subject(s) - biology , transposable element , bacteriology , gene , genetics , insertion sequence , pseudomonas , computational biology , bacteria , mutant
Transposon insertion sequencing is a useful tool to identify the genes that are essential for a bacterial species to grow and divide effectively. In this issue of Journal of Bacteriology , Fabian et al. present the first set of transposon insertion sequencing data highlighting the genes essential to the plant-commensal species Pseudomonas protegens strain Pf-5 and describe comparative analyses with other pseudomonads (B. K. Fabian, C. Foster, A. J. Asher, L. D. Elbourne, et al., J Bacteriol 203:e00432-20, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00432-20).