Metabolism of phenylbenzoate by Pseudomonas sp. strain TR3.

abstract：:The development of natural antibodies to Lactococcus lactis in three inbred strains of mice and the effect of inoculating L. lactis into these mice has been investigated. All animals developed detectable levels of natural (systemic and secretory) anti-lactococcal antibodies. Systemic anti-lactococcal antibodies were p...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Norton PM,Brown HW,Le Page RW

更新日期：1994-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The FIS protein (factor for inversion stimulation) is known to activate the transcription of rRNA and tRNA operons in Escherichia coli. In this report the growth behaviour of a fis bacterium was studied under steady-state conditions and in competition experiments with a wild-type bacterium in a chemostat. The growth r...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Nilsson L,Verbeek H,Hoffmann U,Haupt M,Bosch L

更新日期：1992-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) and mung bean (Vigna radiata) are important legume crops yet their rhizobia have not been well characterized. In the present study, 62 rhizobial strains isolated from the root nodules of these plants grown in the subtropical region of China were analyzed via a polyphasic approach. The result...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zhang YF,Wang ET,Tian CF,Wang FQ,Han LL,Chen WF,Chen WX

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrary to its effect on rich medium, D-cycloserine showed no bactericidal effect on Zymomonas mobilis cells cultured on mineral medium. Addition of a mixture of glycine and glutamic acid to the mineral medium restored its bactericidal action. However, mutant enrichments run in these conditions were biased, with most...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pencreac'h G,Aït-Abdelkader N,Joset F,Baratti JC

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the enhanced bactericidal activity of ofloxacin in drug-containing Eudragit E100(®) dispersions (EuCl-OFX) against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the effect of the cationic polymer on bacterial membrane. Organisms treated with EuCl-OFX showed changes in cell morphology, altered outer membrane (OM) and cytoplasm...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Romero VL,Pons P,Bocco JL,Manzo RH,Alovero FL

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a DNA microarray for identification of Bacillus anthracis and other phylogenetic groupings within the "Bacillus cereus group". Nucleotide sequences of 16S-23S ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacers containing genes for tRNA(Ile) from 52 B. anthracis strains were found to be identical to sequences from...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Nübel U,Schmidt PM,Reiss E,Bier F,Beyer W,Naumann D

更新日期：2004-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We present draft genome sequences of three Holospora species, hosted by the ciliate Paramecium caudatum; that is, the macronucleus-specific H. obtusa and the micronucleus-specific H. undulata and H. elegans. We investigate functions of orthologous core genes conserved across the three Holospora species, which may be e...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Dohra H,Tanaka K,Suzuki T,Fujishima M,Suzuki H

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of synthetic sex pheromone on pheromone-inducible conjugation between the isogenic Enterococcus faecalis strains OG1RF and OG1SS was investigated in (i) Todd-Hewitt broth medium and (ii) intestinal mucus isolated from germ-free rats. In broth, the presence of synthetic pheromone cCF10 had no detectable effe...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Licht TR,Hammerum AM,Jensen LB,Jacobsen BL

更新日期：2001-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify antigens that would improve the accuracy of serological diagnosis of active tuberculosis, we cloned the genes encoding nine potentially immunogenic secreted or surface-associated proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Recombinant proteins were reacted with sera from HIV-negative individuals with extrapulm...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Moran AJ,Treit JD,Whitney JL,Abomoelak B,Houghton R,Skeiky YA,Sampaio DP,Badaró R,Nano FE

更新日期：2001-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the development and characterization of 151 sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) markers for the seven Eimeria species that infect the domestic fowl. From this set, 84 markers are species-specific and 67 present partial specificity. The complete nucleotide sequence was derived for all mark...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fernandez S,Katsuyama AM,Kashiwabara AY,Madeira AM,Durham AM,Gruber A

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus represents the most prevalent cause of food-borne intoxications worldwide. While being repressed by competing bacteria in most matrices, this pathogen exhibits crucial competitive advantages during growth at high salt concentrations or low pH, conditions frequently encountered in food production ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sihto HM,Tasara T,Stephan R,Johler S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of 14 Lactobacillus strains, isolated from fermented dry sausages, to transfer tetracycline resistance encoded by tet(M) through conjugation was examined using filter mating experiments. Seven out of 14 tetracycline-resistant Lactobacillus isolates were able to transfer in vitro this resistance to Enteroco...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gevers D,Huys G,Swings J

更新日期：2003-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A DNA segment located immediately upstream of the eaeA gene of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain HA1 was cloned and sequenced. This segment contained an open reading frame encoding a predicted protein of 156 amino acids. A database search identified similar open reading frames upstream of the eaeA gene...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zhao S,Mitchell SE,Meng J,Doyle MP,Kresovich S

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum opacity factor (SOF) is produced by group A streptococci belonging to certain M types. SOF cleaves the apolipoprotein component of the high density lipoprotein fraction of serum rendering it insoluble which in turn leads to serum opacity. SfbII protein, a fibronectin binding surface protein cloned from group A s...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kreikemeyer B,Martin DR,Chhatwal GS

更新日期：1999-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The photoinduced bactericidal capacity of TiO(2) based films was evaluated, using as model organism Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Thin films were obtained by spray pyrolysis; they included undoped, Cu doped, and Al doped TiO(2). Scanning electron microscopy was used to observe the final effect of the irradiated films upon t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Amézaga-Madrid P,Nevárez-Moorillón GV,Orrantia-Borunda E,Miki-Yoshida M

更新日期：2002-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The devR-devS two-component system of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was identified earlier and partially characterized in our laboratory. A devR::kan mutant of M. tuberculosis was constructed by allelic exchange. The devR mutant strain showed reduced cell-to-cell adherence in comparison to the parental strain in laborato...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Malhotra V,Sharma D,Ramanathan VD,Shakila H,Saini DK,Chakravorty S,Das TK,Li Q,Silver RF,Narayanan PR,Tyagi JS

更新日期：2004-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique was used to develop DNA probes for the identification of ectomycorrhizal fungi belonging to the genus Tuber. RAPD fingerprinting revealed a high degree of interspecific variability and a low degree of intraspecific variability. One band (approximately 1.5 kb), cons...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lanfranco L,Wyss P,Marzachí C,Bonfante P

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase) gene of Brevibacillus brevis CD162 was cloned into Escherichia coli using pUC19 as a vector. Determination of the nucleotide sequence showed the presence of an open reading frame of 2079 bp encoding a polypeptide of 693 amino acid residues, composed of a 20-amino acid signal...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kim MH,Sohn CB,Oh TK

更新日期：1998-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The P39 antigen is a specific, highly conserved, and immunogenic protein of Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. The nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding this protein was determined and found to be the first of two tandemly arranged open reading frames located on the spirochete's chromosome. ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Simpson WJ,Cieplak W,Schrumpf ME,Barbour AG,Schwan TG

更新日期：1994-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The denitrifying bacterium Thauera aromatica strain AR-1 grows anaerobically with protocatechuate (3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (DHB)) as sole energy and carbon source. This bacterium harbors two distinct pathways for degradation of aromatic compounds, the benzoyl-coenzyme A (CoA) pathway for benzoate degradation and the hyd...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Philipp B,Kemmler D,Hellstern J,Gorny N,Caballero A,Schink B

更新日期：2002-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:There are two major pathways for methionine biosynthesis: the enterobacterial type transsulfuration pathway and the sulfhydrylation pathway as previously identified in the spirochete Leptospira meyeri. Sequence analysis of the L. meyeri metYX locus allows the identification of a third gene, called metW, which encodes ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Picardeau M,Bauby H,Saint Girons I

更新日期：2003-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:High voltage electroporation has been investigated as a method for rapid recovery of plasmid and chromosomal DNA from the cyanobacteria Nostoc PCC 7121, Synechococcus PCC 7002, and Anabaena PCC 7120. Pulses of 18 kV/cm and higher applied to concentrated Nostoc cells carrying a shuttle plasmid (pRL25) resulted in copio...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Moser D,Zarka D,Hedman C,Kallas T

更新日期：1995-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, interest in phage science is on the rise again as this subject remains largely unexplored, and its potential diversity mainly untapped. Here, we present phage vB_BsuP-Goe1, a new isolate that infects Bacillus subtilis The phage forms round plaques with a matt outline on agar plates containing a B. subtilis ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Willms IM,Hertel R

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1.5-kb XbaI-SacII fragment containing the upstream region of the Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase I gene (cbh1) has been sequenced. The 1.5-kb fragment contains eight 6-bp sites having an identical or similar sequence to the consensus sequence for binding a catabolite repressor, Aspergillus nidulans CreA. Result...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Takashima S,Iikura H,Nakamura A,Masaki H,Uozumi T

更新日期：1996-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in composition of the principal low molecular mass thiols of Leishmania donovani were monitored during the transformation of promastigotes, first to stationary phase metacyclic forms and then to amastigotes. No consistent variation in the thiol composition of the parasite which could account for the known incr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Weldrick DP,Chodacka B,Vogt R,Steenkamp DJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strain Ec2173, causing post weaning diarrhoea in swine, harbours six plasmids ranging from 13 to 200 kb in size. The heat stable toxin genes sta, stb and a tetracycline resistance gene were located on a self conjugative 120-kb plasmid, called pTC. In the cloned ColE1 type or...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Olasz F,Fekete PZ,Blum-Oehler G,Boldogkoi Z,Nagy B

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The phyCg gene encoding a new phytase from Citrobacter gillenii was optimized, synthesized, cloned and expressed in Pichia pastoris. Analysis of the amino acid sequence of the enzyme showed that it belongs to the histidine acid phosphatase family. The amino acid sequence of the PhyCg phytase has the highest homology (...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tkachenko AA,Kalinina AN,Borshchevskaya LN,Sineoky SP,Gordeeva TL

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracoccus pantotrophus grown anaerobically under denitrifying conditions expressed similar levels of the periplasmic nitrate reductase (NAP) when cultured in molybdate- or tungstate-containing media. A native PAGE gel stained for nitrate reductase activity revealed that only NapA from molybdate-grown cells displayed ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gates AJ,Hughes RO,Sharp SR,Millington PD,Nilavongse A,Cole JA,Leach ER,Jepson B,Richardson DJ,Butler CS

更新日期：2003-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Chondroitin 6-sulfate depolymerizing activity was examined in the culture supernatant of Streptococcus intermedius ATCC 27335. 2-Acetamido-2-deoxy-3-O-(beta-D-gluco-4-enepyranosyluronic acid)-6-O-sulfo-D-galactose was split from the substrate. The enzyme(s) was not active upon chondroitin 4-sulfate or dermatan sulfate...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hibi E,Osano E,Fujii Y,Moriyama T

更新日期：1989-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to find reasons for the absence of fire blight in most countries of the Southern hemisphere, bark samples from apple and pear trees in orchards of the Western Cape region in South Africa were extracted for bacteria which could be antagonistic to Erwinia amylovora. Screening was done in the late growth season ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jock S,Völksch B,Mansvelt L,Geider K

更新日期：2002-06-04 00:00:00