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A self-transmissible plasmid from a hyperthermophile that facilitates genetic modification of diverse Archaea

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Conjugative plasmids are self-transmissible mobile genetic elements that transfer DNA between host cells via type IV secretion systems (T4SS). While T4SS-mediated conjugation has been well-studied in bacteria, information is sparse in Archaea and known representatives exist only in the Sulfolobales order of Crenarchaeota. Here we present the first self-transmissible plasmid identified in a Euryarchaeon, Thermococcus sp. 33-3. The 103 kbp plasmid, pT33-3, is seen in CRISPR spacers throughout the Thermococcales order. We demonstrate that pT33-3 is a bona fide conjugative plasmid that requires cell-to-cell contact and is dependent on canonical, plasmid-encoded T4SS-like genes. Under laboratory conditions, pT33-3 transfers to various Thermococcales and transconjugants propagate at 100 °C. Using pT33-3, we developed a genetic toolkit that allows modification of phylogenetically diverse Archaeal genomes. We demonstrate pT33-3-mediated plasmid mobilization and subsequent targeted genome modification in p re vi ously u nt ransformable Thermococcales species, and extend this process to interphylum transfer to a Crenarchaeon.
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hal-04274679 , version 1 (06-12-2023)

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Ryan J Catchpole, Valérie Barbe, Ghislaine Magdelenat, Evelyne Marguet, Michael Terns, et al.. A self-transmissible plasmid from a hyperthermophile that facilitates genetic modification of diverse Archaea. Nature Microbiology, 2023, 8 (7), pp.1339 - 1347. ⟨10.1038/s41564-023-01387-x⟩. ⟨hal-04274679⟩
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