Bridge recombinase enables versatile rewriting of bacterial genomes
Jaymin R. Patel, Sophia E. Swartz, Agnès Oromí-Bosch, Liana Yong, Zachary W. LaTurner, Jack Demaray, Angela Voelker, Ryuichi Ono, Patrick Vu, Preeti Rao, Hannah Luskin, Pia De Andrade, Michael L. Cui, Givi Mchedlishvili, Madeline M. Hayes, , Brady F. Cress
This paper introduces bridge recombinase for versatile genome editing in bacteria, achieving large insertions, inversions, and excisions across multiple phyla and gut communities.
bioRxiv · May 5, 2026 · PreprintSynthetic Biology