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Genome editing using engineered nucleases has rapidly transformed from a niche technology to a mainstream method used in various host cells. Its widespread adoption has been largely developed by the emergence of the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) system, which uses an easily customizable specificity RNA-guided DNA endonuclease, such as Cas9. Recently, CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome engineering has been widely applied to model organisms, including Bacillus subtilis, enabling facile, rapid high-fidelity modification of endogenous native genes. Here, we reviewed the recent progress in B. subtilis gene editing using CRISPR/Cas9 based tools, and highlighted state-of-the-art strategies for design of CRISPR/Cas9 system. Finally, future perspectives on the use of CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering for sequence-specific genome editing in B. subtilis are provided.
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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. NSFC-21576200, NSFC-21776209, and NSFC-21621004).
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Hong, KQ., Liu, DY., Chen, T. et al. Recent advances in CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome editing in Bacillus subtilis. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 34, 153 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-018-2537-1
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