Use of the lambda Red recombinase system to rapidly generate mutants in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Abstract

The lambda Red-based technique can be used efficiently to generate mutants in P. aeruginosa. The main advantage of this procedure is its rapidity as mutants can be easily obtained in less than a week if the 3-step PCR procedure is used, or in less than three days if the mutation needs to be transferred from one strain to another.