Protocols
Protocols organised by category
Biochemistry
- GUS assay (β-Glucuronidase assay)
Microbiology
For a comprehensive guide to actinomycete characterisation see the Compendium of Actinobacteria from Prof. Joachim Wink at the German Collection of Microorganisms & Cell Cultures (DSMZ). This resouce provides protocols for characterising a wide range of features for new isolates, but may also be applicable more broadly for example for phenotyping experiments. The tests include colony morphology, melanin production, salt tolerance, carbon utlilisation and much more. To download the guide please see the link below.
DSMZ Compendium of Actinobacteria
Microscopy
Mutagenesis
Natural Products
Next Generation Sequencing
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05265-7/
Nucleic Acid Methods
Protein Methods
Alphabetical list of protocols
Characterisation of Actinomycetes
Cloning, Transformation and Expression of Gene Clusters
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing
Codon Optimising Sequences for Heterologous Expression in Streptomyces
General Growth and Maintenance of Streptomyces sp.
GUS assay (β-Glucuronidase assay)
Isolating Actinomycetes from the environment
Isolating extracellular protein from Streptomyces
Lambda-red mediated recombination (PCR-targeting system a.k.a. "Redirect")
Lambda-red mediated recombination using ssDNA
Meganuclease I-SceI based system for gene deletions
"Quikchange" site-directed mutagenesis
Random mutagenesis using a mutator strain
Random mutagenesis using error-prone PCR
RNA extraction from Actinobacteria
Salting Out Genomic DNA Extraction Method