A scalable genomic framework for programmable strain tagging in a diverse bacterial genus
Ezgi Mehmetoğlu Boz, Hugo R. Barajas, Tsung-Ta Yu, Mounika Thigulla, Naila Nazir, Kyle Austin Gervers, Sarfaraz Hussain, Lorena Carot Hernández, Derek S. Lundberg
The paper develops a scalable genomic framework for programmable strain tagging in Sphingomonas using CRISPR-associated transposons and introduces a novel transposon mapping method for strain tracking.
bioRxiv · Apr 6, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology