The periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis harnesses the chemistry of the mu-oxo bishaem of iron protoporphyrin IX to protect against hydrogen peroxide.

abstract：:The effects of exogenously added L-phenylalanine (L-Phe) on the activities of L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) and 3, 4-dimethoxybenzyl alcohol (veratryl alcohol, VA) biosynthesis in ligninolytic cultures of Phanerochaete chrysosporium were investigated. Increasing PAL activity was detected in low nitrogen (LN) cul...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hattori T,Nishiyama A,Shimada M

更新日期：1999-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A CO-reactive hemoprotein was purified from the mitochondrial membrane fraction of Tetrahymena pyriformis. It showed absorption peaks at 615 and 455 nm in the reduced form and an alpha peak at 565 nm in the pyridine ferrohemochrome spectrum. Although the spectral properties were apparently similar to those of 'cytochr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Inokuchi A,Fukumori Y

更新日期：1993-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The 181 251 bp accessory plasmid pSmeSM11b of Sinorhizobium meliloti strain SM11, belonging to a dominant indigenous S. meliloti subpopulation identified during a long-term field release experiment, was sequenced. This plasmid has 166 coding sequences (CDSs), 42% of which encode proteins with homology to proteins of k...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Stiens M,Schneiker S,Pühler A,Schlüter A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the dental caries pathogen Streptococcus mutans, an MarR-like transcriptional regulator (RcrR), two ABC efflux pumps (RcrPQ) and two effector peptides encoded in the rcrRPQ operon provide molecular connections between stress tolerance, (p)ppGpp metabolism and genetic competence. Here, we examined the role of RcrRPQ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shields RC,Burne RA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypA-E operon is involved in the maturation of all three NiFe hydrogenases in Escherichia coli. Two hyp promoters have been described; a sigma54-dependent promoter upstream of hypA, and a sigma70-dependent promoter (PhypA) within the hypA coding region. Here it is shown that the oxygen-responsive transcription fac...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Messenger SL,Green J

更新日期：2003-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile, a Gram-positive spore-forming anaerobe, causes infections in humans ranging from mild diarrhoeal to potentially life-threatening pseudomembranous colitis. The availability of genomic information for a range of C. difficile strains affords researchers the opportunity to better understand not only...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jain S,Graham RL,McMullan G,Ternan NG

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CotSA protein, encoded by cotSA (ytxN) of Bacillus subtilis, was detected from the cells at 5 h after the onset of sporulation (T5) and in the spore coat of wild-type cells, but not in cotE, cotS, gerE, or cotSA mutant spores. CotSA was also detected in the sporangium at T5 to T7 but not in the sporangium at T18 o...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Takamatsu H,Kodama T,Watabe K

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both ThyA and ThyX proteins catalyze the transfer of the methyl group from methylenetetrahydrofolate (CH(2) H(4) -folate) to dUMP, forming dTMP. To estimate the relative steady state expression levels of ThyA and ThyX, Western blot analysis was performed using ThyA or ThyX antiserum on total protein from the wild-type...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cho S,Yang S,Rhie H

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation was increased by addition of sucrose to Luria-Bertani medium, whereas addition of NaCl to a final similar osmolarity and use of maltose instead of sucrose, were ineffective. In a previous study, we showed that the extracytoplasmic sigma factor SigX is activated in the presence ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bouffartigues E,Duchesne R,Bazire A,Simon M,Maillot O,Dufour A,Feuilloley M,Orange N,Chevalier S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The twin-arginine translocation (Tat) system serves to translocate folded and often cofactor-containing proteins across biological membranes. The mechanistic limits of the Tat system can be explored by addressing the transport of specifically designed Tat substrates. It thus could be recently shown that unstructured p...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lindenstrauss U,Brüser T

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giardia lamblia is a binucleated, flagellated protozoan parasite that inhabits the upper small intestine of its vertebrate hosts. The entire life cycle, which can be completed in vitro, is simple with cycling between a vegetative trophozoite and a highly resistant cystic form. The parasite is one of the earliest diver...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Svärd SG,Hagblom P,Palm JE

更新日期：2003-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of pili on cells of Arthrobacter photogonimos is induced by photo-oxidative conditions. The nucleotide sequence was determined of a light-inducible gene (lipA) that encodes the precursor of a light-inducible pilin (designated LIP), a polypeptide of 212 amino acids. The N-terminal leader peptide includes a ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yang HS,Hoober JK

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique based on fluorescein-linked lectins used to determine the cell wall structure of anaerobic rumen fungi belonging to genera: Neocallimastix, Piromonas and Sphaeromonas, appears to be an interesting tool for distinguishing between strains. Furthermore this technique shows differences of cell wall compositi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Guillot J,Breton A,Damez M,Dusser M,Gaillard-Martinie B,Millet L

更新日期：1990-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia asteroides complex organisms derived from human specimens between 1979 and 1992 were identified to the species level. Of 117 N. asteroides complex organisms, 34 (29%) were N. farcinica, 28 (24%) were N. nova, and 55 (47%) were N. asteroides sensu stricto. An analysis of the specimen sites from which the organ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Desmond EP,Flores M

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed an improved HEp-2 cell assay method for the detection of Bacillus cereus toxin, which affects the proliferation of HEp-2 cells. The cytostatic toxin was stable upon exposure to heat, pH 2, pH 11 and trypsin, which suggests it is an emetic. Using the HEp-2 cell assay, we examined the distribution and conta...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mikami T,Horikawa T,Murakami T,Matsumoto T,Yamakawa A,Murayama S,Katagiri S,Shinagawa K,Suzuki M

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hopanoid fingerprints allowed to differentiate bacteria formerly connected to the genus Pseudomonas. Whereas all strains related to Pseudomonas and Ralstonia were devoid of any detectable hopanoid, these pentacyclic triterpenoids were found in the Burkholderia species and in related soil isolates, which contained as m...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cvejic JH,Putra SR,El-Beltagy A,Hattori R,Hattori T,Rohmer M

更新日期：2000-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhizobium sp. SIN-1, isolated in India from root nodules on the tropical legume Sesbania aculeata, also induces nitrogen-fixing nodules on roots of S. macrocarpa, S. speciosa, S. procumbens, S. punicea, S. rostrata, and Vigna unguiculata. Unlike Azorhizobium caulinodans, SIN-1 does not induce stem nodules on S. rostra...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Rana D,Krishnan HB

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prodrug activation system formed by the E. coli codA gene encoding cytosine deaminase (CD) and 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC) developed for selective cancer chemotherapy suffers from a sensitivity limitation in many tumour cells. In an attempt to improve the CD/5-FC suicide association, we combined the E. coli upp gene e...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tiraby M,Cazaux C,Baron M,Drocourt D,Reynes JP,Tiraby G

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The steady-state levels of the aminopeptidase Y (APY1) transcript and the level of assayable aminopeptidase Y activity were measured under a variety of nutritional conditions. Specific APY1 mRNA is less abundant in cells grown in minimal medium than in cells grown in rich medium, while active enzyme levels follow just...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Herrera-Camacho I,Suárez-Rendueles P

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we were interested in the association of attenuated mutants of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis with subpopulations of porcine white blood cells (WBC). The mutants included those with inactivated aroA, phoP, rfaL, rfaG, rfaC and fliC genes and a mutant with five major pathogenicity islands remove...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Stepanova H,Volf J,Malcova M,Matiasovic J,Faldyna M,Rychlik I

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Truffles are hypogeous Ascomycete fungi belonging to the genus Tuber and forming fruiting bodies highly prized for their taste and aroma. The identification of the genus Tuber and its species is important to investigate their ecology and avoid fraud in the food market. As genus-specific primers are not available, the ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zampieri E,Mello A,Bonfante P,Murat C

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthesis of cephalosporins involving a thiozolidine ring expansion is catalyzed by deacetoxycephalosporin C synthase (DAOCS). In this study, three DAOCS isozymes were cloned and expressed as active enzymes together with Streptomyces jumonjinensis DAOCS that was newly isolated and partially characterized. The e...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Chin HS,Sim J,Seah KI,Sim TS

更新日期：2003-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacilli occupy specific ecological niches, where they represent a major component of foods, human and animal microbial communities. Employing these bacteria in industrial fermentations or for human health benefits exposes them to certain life-threatening conditions where their ability to adapt plays a key role in...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hussain MA,Hosseini Nezhad M,Sheng Y,Amoafo O

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental plasmids often expand the metabolic repertoire of bacteria that carry them, but they also interfere with the biochemical and genetic network of the host. The pWW0 plasmid born by Pseudomonas putida mt-2 encodes the TOL pathway for degradation of toluene/m-xylene through production of intermediate compoun...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Silva-Rocha R,de Lorenzo V

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of meningitis-causing Escherichia coli K1 to human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMEC) contributes to traversal of the blood-brain barrier, which occurs in part by the mannose-sensitive binding of FimH. In this study, we showed that FimH also binds to HBMEC, independent of mannose, and identified ATP...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shin S,Kim KS

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：:The development of a methodology to identify the origin of fecal pollution is important both for assessing the degree of risk posed to public health and for developing strategies to mitigate the environmental loading of pathogens associated with waterborne disease transmission. Five rep-PCR genomic fingerprinting meth...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mohapatra BR,Broersma K,Mazumder A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of our research were to investigate the gene expression of the multidrug efflux transporter, CDR1 and the major drug facilitator superfamily transporter, MDR1 gene in azole drug-resistant Candida albicans and Candida glabrata clinical isolates recovered from vaginitis patients; and to identify hotspot mutatio...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Looi CY,D' Silva EC,Seow HF,Rosli R,Ng KP,Chong PP

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence and dissemination of colistin resistance among Gram-negative bacteria is a global problem. We initiated a surveillance of colistin-resistant and -susceptible Escherichia coli in raw meats from chicken in Nepal. A total of 180 meat samples were collected; from these, 60 E. coli strains were isolated (33.3...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Joshi PR,Thummeepak R,Leungtongkam U,Pooarlai R,Paudel S,Acharya M,Dhital S,Sitthisak S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review is devoted to the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in mollicutes (class Bacilli, subclass Mollicutes), the smallest self-replicating bacteria, that can cause diseases in plants, animals and humans, and also contaminate cell cultures and vaccine preparations. Research in this area has been mainly based o...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Chernov VM,Chernova OA,Mouzykantov AA,Medvedeva ES,Baranova NB,Malygina TY,Aminov RI,Trushin MV

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00