The invention belongs to the technical field of
aquatic product pathogen gene editing, and particularly relates to a
target gene knockout method for
photobacterium damsela subsp. Piscicida (PDP), which is characterized in that the
target gene knockout method for the
photobacterium damsela subsp. Piscicida (PDP) is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining
a DNA fusion fragment with deletion of a target region fragment of a
target gene (MshL) by adopting overlapping PCR (
Polymerase Chain Reaction), constructing a recombinant vector by using the obtained
DNA fusion fragment, and obtaining the target
gene knocked-out
photobacterium damnieri
subspecies fish by taking
escherichia coli S17-1
lambda pir as a donor bacterium of a recombinant
plasmid and PDP as a recipient bacterium. Specific knockout of the PDP specific
gene is achieved for the first time, the knockout efficiency is high (the single-exchange positive rate is 29.2%, and the double-exchange positive rate is 30.8%), the cost is low, and the method is suitable for construction of a PDP specific gene deleted strain and functional research of the specific gene.