The invention discloses an unmarked
gene knock-out method of extremely acidophilic
thiobacillus ferrooxidans based on the principle of
homologous recombination. The method comprises the following steps of: constructing initial plasmids, suicide plasmids containing homologous fragments at upstream and downstream parts of target genes to be knocked out, and induction plasmids containing
yeast endonuclease I-SceI genes; jointing and transferring the suicide plasmids and the induction plasmids to acidophilic
thiobacillus ferrooxidans; and screening and identifying single commutators generating
homologous recombination for the first time and double-exchange
mutant strains generating
homologous recombination for the second time. The method disclosed by the invention realizes the unmarked
gene knock-out of acidophilic
thiobacillus ferrooxidans for the first time, can realize the purpose of quickly, stably and efficiently knocking out the genes of the
thiobacillus ferrooxidans, and can be used for researching the functional and metabolic mechanisms of the genes of the
thiobacillus ferrooxidans, improving the genetic characters and constructing efficient
bioleaching engineering bacteria; and moreover, the obtained
mutant strain does not carry any resistance
gene, thus the obtained
mutant strain not only can be used as an original strain to knock out and improve genes in subsequent different sites, but also can be safely used for large-scale industrial production.