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Table 5 Summary of electroporation-mediated transformation protocols for different fungal species

From: Methods for genetic transformation of filamentous fungi

Strain

Waveform

Instrument

Electroporation parameters

Raw material

Number of cell

Name and size of vectors

Amount of DNA

Selective markers

Transformation efficiency (per μg DNA)

References

Rhizopus oryzae AS 3.819

NA

Multiporator (Eppendorf)

12 kV/cm

Protoplasts

1 × 107

pBS-hygro-ldhA (8533 bp)

5 μg

hygB

10.2 transformants

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R. oryzae AS 3.819

NA

Multiporator (Eppendorf)

15 kV/cm

Germinated spores

1 × 107

pBS-hygro-ldhA (8533 bp)

5 μg

hygB

8.8 transformants

[36]

A. niger ATCC 20739

Exponential decay waveform

Electro Gene Transfer Unit

6 kV/cm and 3 ms time constant

Germinated spores

1 × 107/0.4 mL

pXbal92 (5.7 kb) and pBXba2 (6.0 kb)

1–10 μg

argB

1.2 transformants for integrative vector and 100 colonies for plasmid DNA.

[52]

Penicillium urticae NRRL 2159A

Exponential decay waveform

Gene Pulser (Bio-Rad) Multiporatr (Eppendorf)

12.5 kV/cm, 8.6 ms time constant and 25 μF

Germinated conidia

8 × 106

pCSN44(NA)

1–5 μg

hygB

1.8 × 103 transformants

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A. oryzae ATCC 14895

Exponential decay waveform

Gene Pulser (Bio-Rad) Multiporatr (Eppendorf)

11–12.5 kV/cm, 4.6–4.8 ms time constant and 25 μF

Germinated conidia

2.5 × 106

pBEN(NA)

1–5 μg

BenomylR

2.6 × 103 transformants

[64]

Leptosphaeria maculans “Virulent”

Exponential decay waveform

Gene Pulser (Bio-Rad) Multiporatr (Eppendorf)

12.5 kV/cm, 4.8 ms time constant and 25 μF

Germinated conidia

1.2 × 106

pCSN44(NA)

1-5 μg

hygB

1–6 × 102 transformants

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N. Crassa R-206A

Exponential decay waveform

Gene Pulser (Bio-Rad) Multiporatr (Eppendorf)

12.5 kV/cm, 5 ms time constant and 25 μF

Germinated conidia

3–6 × 106

Bsqa(NA)

1–5 μg

hygB

5.7 × 103 transformants

[64]