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We report here a counter-selectable marker system for genetic transformation of the yeast Schwanniomyces alluvius, based on the complementation of uracil auxotrophs defective in either orotidine-5′-phosphate decarboxylase (URA3) or orotidine-5′-pyrophosphatase (URA5). Uracil auxotrophs of S. alluvius were obtained by ethyl methanesulphonate mutagenesis and complemented using the ura3 gene from S. cerevisiae. A␣transformation frequency of approximately 104/μg DNA was obtained, which is tenfold higher than results described in earlier reports. Transformants were analysed by Southern blot hybridisation and were found to be mitotically stable. The extrachromosomal nature of the transforming DNA was confirmed by Southern hybridisation and plasmid rescue. The rescued plasmid DNA had a restriction pattern identical to that of the parent plasmid.
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Received: 19 August 1996 / Received last revision: 30 April 1997 / Accepted: 4 May 1997
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Dave, M., Chattoo, B. A counter-selectable marker for genetic transformation of the yeast Schwanniomyces alluvius . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 48, 204–207 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002530051039
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002530051039