SfbII protein, a fibronectin binding surface protein of group A streptococci, is a serum opacity factor with high serotype-specific apolipoproteinase activity.

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori genomes contain about 30 hop genes that encode outer membrane proteins. Helicobacter pylori hopQ alleles exhibit a high level of genetic diversity, and two families of hopQ alleles have been described. Type I hopQ alleles are found more commonly in cag-positive H. pylori strains from patients with ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Loh JT,Torres VJ,Algood HM,McClain MS,Cover TL

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei, a Gram-negative bacterium is found in the soil and water, mainly in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. It is responsible for melioidosis in human and animals. The bacteria produce several potential virulent factors such as extracellular protease, hemolysin, lipase and lecithinase. The is...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lee MA,Liu Y

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 129 sRNA candidates were identified in Brucella abortus 2308 in our previous work, and one candidate with potential to regulate expression of hemH gene was further analyzed in this study. We found that the novel sRNA can inhibit the expression of hemH and called it BsrH (Brucella sRNA regulating HemH). The ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Peng X,Dong H,Wu Q

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene responsible for increased synthesis of hexaheme nitrite reductase (cytochrome c552) of Escherichia coli K-12 was cloned into pBR322 by the direct immunological screening method using antiserum against the purified enzyme. The cloned gene was mapped at 5 min on the chromosomal linkage map as the dni gene (relate...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kajie S,Ideta R,Yamato I,Anraku Y

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are a group of microorganisms that have the ability to synthesize intracellular magnetic crystals (magnetosomes). They prefer microaerobic or anaerobic aquatic sediments. Thus, there is growing interest in their ecological roles in various habitats. In this study we found co-occurrence of ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pan H,Dong Y,Teng Z,Li J,Zhang W,Xiao T,Wu LF

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spirochaete, Serpulina pilosicoli, is the agent of intestinal spirochaetosis, a diarrhoeal disease of humans and other species. By mechanisms as yet unknown, large numbers of these spirochaetes intimately attach to the colonic mucosa by one cell end. In some infected individuals, the spirochaetes may invade the la...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hartland EL,Mikosza AS,Robins-Browne RM,Hampson DJ

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are common bacterial colonizers of the human skin. They are often involved in nosocomial infections due to biofilm formation in indwelling medical devices. While biofilm formation has been extensively studied in Staphylococcus epidermidis, little is known regarding other CoNS sp...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Oliveira F,Lima CA,Brás S,França Â,Cerca N

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twitching motility is a form of bacterial translocation over solid or semi-solid surfaces mediated by the extension, tethering, and subsequent retraction of type IV pili. These pili are also known to be involved in virulence, biofilm formation, formation of fruiting bodies, horizontal gene transfer, and protein secret...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Coil DA,Anné J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A screening for hydrogen uptake (hup) genes in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae isolates from different locations within Spain identified no Hup+ strains, confirming the scarcity of the Hup trait in R. leguminosarum. However, five new Hup+ strains were isolated from Ni-rich soils from Italy and Germany. The hup gene...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fernández D,Toffanin A,Palacios JM,Ruiz-Argüeso T,Imperial J

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have been extensively studied in natural and agricultural ecosystems, but little is known about their diversity and community structure in highly petroleum-polluted soils. In this study, we described an unexpected diversity of AMF in a sedimentation basin of a former petrochemical pl...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： de la Providencia IE,Stefani FO,Labridy M,St-Arnaud M,Hijri M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bananas contain large quantities of neurochemicals. Extracts from the peel and pulp of bananas in increasing stages of ripening were prepared and evaluated for their ability to modulate the growth of non-pathogenic and pathogenic bacteria. Extracts from the peel, and to a much lesser degree the pulp, increased the gro...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lyte M

更新日期：1997-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mathematical modeling is an important tool in biological research, allowing for the synthesis of results from many studies into an understanding of a system. Despite this, the need for extensive subject matter knowledge and complex mathematics often leaves modeling as an esoteric subspecialty. A 2-fold approach can be...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lofgren ET

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hepA gene in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 is required for normal formation of the polysaccharide layer of the heterocyst envelope. A plasmid bearing hepA, interrupted by a neomycin-resistance cassette, was transferred by conjugation to wild type Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413, so that the interrupted hepA gene rep...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Leganés F

更新日期：1994-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Subtilin is an antimicrobial peptide of the lantibiotic family that is produced by Gram-positive Bacillus subtilis, and its biosynthesis involves expression of presubtilin which consists of a leader segment and a mature segment. The leader segment is unlike a typical sec-type general secretion signal, and its ability ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Paul LK,Izaguirre G,Hansen JN

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii rosR gene encodes a transcriptional regulator involved in the positive regulation of exopolysaccharide synthesis. Transcription of rosR is directed by two promoters, distal P1 and proximal P2, of different strengths. We demonstrated that rosR P1 functions as the main promoter and, ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Janczarek M,Skorupska A

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The asexual spore, or conidium, is critical in the life cycle of many fungi because it is the primary means for dispersion and serves as a 'safe house' for the fungal genome in adverse environmental conditions. This review discusses the physiological process of germination, conidial adhesion and initiation of protein ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Osherov N,May GS

更新日期：2001-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant clone Staphylococcus aureus USA300 is a major source of skin and soft tissue infections and involves strains with a diverse set of resistance genes. In this study, we report efficient transduction of penicillinase and tetracycline resistance plasmids by bacteriop...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Varga M,Kuntová L,Pantůček R,Mašlaňová I,Růžičková V,Doškař J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Society for Microbiology's curricular guidelines for Introductory Microbiology highlighted key laboratory skills in the isolation, visualization and identification of microorganisms as core learning objectives in the discipline. Since the publication of these guidelines in 2012, there has been a paucity o...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wang JTH,Huston WM,Johanesen P,Lloyd M,Waller KL

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sacB gene of Bacillus subtilis was successfully applied in various Arthrobacter, Brevibacterium, Corynebacterium and Rhodococcus strains for the isolation of transposable elements. Three different insertion sequence (IS) elements entrapped in sacB were isolated. The IS elements IS-Bl and IS-Cg isolated from Brevib...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jäger W,Schäfer A,Kalinowski J,Pühler A

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The precise molecular mechanism of Staphylococcus aureus beta-toxin inactivation by the serotype F triple-converting phage phi 42, phi A1 and phi A3 was investigated. Sequence analysis of the phi 42 (attP) and Staphylococcus aureus (attB) attachment sites and the left (attL) and right (attR) chromosomal/bacteriophage ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Carroll JD,Cafferkey MT,Coleman DC

更新日期：1993-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of an educational board game developed to teach the pharmacology of antimicrobial drugs to medical students was compared with the lecture-based seminar as a supplemental tool to improve short- and long-term knowledge retention and the perception of the learning method by students. A group of 124 stud...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Karbownik MS,Wiktorowska-Owczarek A,Kowalczyk E,Kwarta P,Mokros Ł,Pietras T

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on cultured cells and in infection models have shown that cell density-dependent quorum-sensing (QS) controls many of the known virulence factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. However, it is less clear what role QS plays in chronic human lung infections associated with cystic fibrosis (CF). The involvement of QS ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Winstanley C,Fothergill JL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed gel electrophoretic banding patterns of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) of 16 type strains of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS). S. epidermidis, S. haemolyticus, S. saprophyticus, S. hominis, S. xylosus, S. simulans, S. warneri, S. capitis, S. saccharolyticus, S. auricularis, S. caseolyticus, S. ga...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kanda K,Hiramatsu K,Yokota T

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-toxin gene from Clostridium perfringens type C was cloned and expressed as a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein in Escherichia coli. The DNA sequence was determined and compared to the type B sequence. Two nucleotide differences were found in the protein coding sequence, resulting in one amino acid diff...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Steinthorsdottir V,Fridriksdottir V,Gunnarsson E,Andrésson OS

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the complete nucleotide sequence of the 16341 bp plasmid pHH205 of the extremely halophilic archaeon Halobacterium salinarum J7. The plasmid has a G+C content of 61.1%. A number of direct and inverted repeat sequences were found in pHH205, while no insertion sequences were found. Thirty-eight large open ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ye X,Ou J,Ni L,Shi W,Shen P

更新日期：2003-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:New Delhi Metallo beta-lactamase (NDM) is of significant public health concern due to its enormous potential to hydrolyse all major beta-lactams including carbapenems. Amino acid substitutions outside the active site reportedly affect NDM beta-lactamase activities. Here, the effect of amino acid substitutions in the p...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kumar G,Issa B,Kar D,Biswal S,Ghosh AS

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen solvent-sensitive transposon mutants were generated from the solvent-tolerant Pseudomonas putida strain S12 by applying the TnMod-KmO mutagenesis system. These mutants were unable to grow in the presence of octanol and toluene. By cloning the region flanking the transposon insertion point a partial sequence o...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kieboom J,Bruinenberg R,Keizer-Gunnink I,de Bont JA

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbaspirillum seropedicae strains mutated in the nifX or orf1 genes showed 90% or 50% reduction in nitrogenase activity under low levels of iron or molybdenum respectively. Mutations in nifX or orf1 genes did not affect nif gene expression since a nifH::lacZ fusion was fully active in both mutants. nifX and the conti...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Klassen G,de Oliveira Pedrosa F,de Souza EM,Yates MG,Rigo LU

更新日期：2003-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the validation and application of a simple flask-based (14)C-respirometer system designed to assess mineralisation of (14)C-labelled substrates under defined conditions. Validation of this respirometer system indicated stoichiometric CO(2) trapping up to a maximum of 400 micromol of CO(2) (in a si...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Reid BJ,MacLeod CJ,Lee PH,Morriss AW,Stokes JD,Semple KT

更新日期：2001-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus suis NCTC10234 possesses five srtA homologs: srtA encodes sortase, which anchors surface proteins with an LPXTG motif to the cell wall, while the functions of the other four homologs (the srtBCD cluster and srtE) remain unknown. The genetic organization of the srtA region was found to be conserved in the...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Osaki M,Takamatsu D,Shimoji Y,Sekizaki T

更新日期：2003-02-28 00:00:00