Research progress of CRISPR/Cas system in Campylobacter jejuni

Abstract:

CRISPR/Cas system is distributed in most bacteria, with immune defense mechanisms and showing polymorphisms among different species. Campylobacter jejuni is an important foodborne pathogen worldwide, and the disease caused by infection with it is also a typical self-limiting disease. Its pathogenic mechanism is complex, which has not been clearly clarified, and together with the polymorphisms of CRISPR/Cas system in C.jejuni, there exist many limitations in analyzing the relationship between CRISPR/Cas system and C.jejuni. In this paper, the structure, mechanism and technical application of CRISPR/Cas system in C.jejuni were reviewed, which provided new ideas for exploring the pathogenic mechanism of C.jejuni.