Relationships between the anti-HIV V(3)-derived peptide SPC(3) and lymphocyte membrane properties involved in virus entry: SPC(3) interferes with CXCR(4).

abstract：:D-(-)-3-Hydroxybutyrate (3HB) oligomer hydrolase was purified from Paracoccus denitrificans. The enzyme was a monomeric protein with an approximate molecular mass of 31 kDa. The isoelectric point of the enzyme was 5.2. Optimum temperature and pH were 35-40 degrees C and 8.0, respectively. The enzyme activity was not a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ueda S,Sano K,Gao D,Tomihari N,Yamane T,Endo I

更新日期：2002-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene nfxB is one of the genes which affect the cell membrane permeability of quinolones in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO. Both wild-type nfxB and a mutant nfxB (nfx13E) were cloned and the DNA sequences were determined. The wild-type gene was dominant in PAO strains. The nfxB mutation was a point mutation (cytosine--...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Okazaki T,Hirai K

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stability of the membrane-bound and purified H+-translocating NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase, Complex I, was studied. The loss of the enzyme activity is strongly increased by alkaline pH and dilution of the sample. Complex I inactivation is prevented specifically by a low concentration of Ca2+ and/or an intracellular ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Belevich G,Belevich N,Knuuti J,Verkhovskaya M

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:It is often claimed that Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was secretive about his methods. However, closer examination of his letters suggests that this reputation was not always deserved. Some letters were not published in the Royal Society Proceedings, and others were edited. This paper describes the repetition of his experim...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Robertson LA

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus mutans and certain other oral lactic-acid bacteria were found to have the ability to carry out malolactic fermentation involving decarboxylation of L-malate to yield L-lactic acid and concomitant reduction in acidity. The activity was inducible by L-malate in S. mutans UA159 growing in suspensions or bio...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sheng J,Marquis RE

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are arguments against the conclusion drawn by Haselwandter and Ebner that fungal spores have survived for some 5300 years on hay padding in the leather boots of a frozen body discovered in the Austrian Alps. According to cryobiological experience, long-term survival of fungal spores is very unlikely at temperatu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gams W,Stalpers JA

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IS1(SB) and its two variants were identified as the major and minor IS1 elements in Shigella boydii. The nucleotide sequences of IS1(SB), IS1(O157:H7) from Escherichia coli O157:H7 and IS1F from E. coli K12 suggest that these IS1 elements had been horizontally transferred among S. boydii and E. coli O157:H7 and K12. T...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hsu WB,Chen JH

更新日期：2003-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In microbial corrinoid-dependent methyltransferase systems, adventitious Co(I)-corrinoid oxidation halts catalysis and necessitates repair by ATP-dependent reductive activases. RamA, an activase with a C-terminal ferredoxin domain with two [4Fe-4S] clusters from methanogenic archaea, has been far less studied than the...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Huening KA,Jiang R,Krzycki JA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genome size of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae was determined by pulsed field gel electrophoresis of AscI and ApaI digested chromosomal DNA. The genome size of the type strain 4074T (serotype 1) was determined to be 2404 +/- 40 kb. The chromosome sizes for the reference strains of the other serotypes range between...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Chevallier B,Dugourd D,Tarasiuk K,Harel J,Gottschalk M,Kobisch M,Frey J

更新日期：1998-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A purification scheme was devised for a 69-kDa outer membrane protein of Bordetella pertussis, a virulence-associated protein which may play a role in the pathogenesis of the organism. The protein was purified to apparent homogeneity by heating B. pertussis cells for 1 h at 60 degrees C followed by DEAE-Sepharose and ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gould-Kostka JL,Burns DL,Brennan MJ,Manclark CR

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent molecular approaches for the study of microbial communities such as PCR-cloning have enabled the detection and identification of as-yet-unculturable taxa. Cloning and sequencing of multiple samples is extremely laborious and expensive to perform thoroughly due to the large diversity involved. For this purpose, ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gafan GP,Spratt DA

更新日期：2005-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to identify pathogenic organisms rapidly provides significant benefits to clinicians; in particular, with respect to best prescription practices and tracking of recurrent infections. Conventional bioassays require 3-5 days before identification of an organism can be made, thus compromising the effectivenes...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jarvis RM,Goodacre R

更新日期：2004-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Homologs of the Escherichia coli oxyR gene were identified in several Erwinia species, using a combination of PCR and Southern hybridization analysis. The oxyR gene from Erwinia carotovora was isolated on a cosmid clone and characterized. The gene and deduced gene product shared high level sequence identity with their...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Calcutt MJ,Lewis MS,Eisenstark A

更新日期：1998-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA uptake in competent Streptococcus pneumoniae was strongly dependent on intracellular pH. Ionophore treatments that either acidified or alkalinized the cytoplasm reduced DNA transport. This indicates that the optimum pH for DNA uptake corresponds to the intracellular pH of competent bacteria which is 8.3 +/- 0.2. I...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Clavé C,Trombe MC

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of Mycobacterium microti was inhibited within J774A.1 macrophage cells activated with either interferon-gamma or tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Activation with interferon-gamma or tumor necrosis factor-alpha alone did not stimulate the production of nitrite in J774A.1 cells. Interferon-gamma but not tumor nec...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gupta R,Dogra N,Raje M,Majumder S

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：:Eight-day-old embryonated hen's eggs were used as a model to study Mycobacterium avium virulence. Strains isolated from human patients caused 20-90% mortality when eggs were infected by injection of bacterial suspensions into the amniotic sac. Virulence of examined strains subsequently decreased with passage through e...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Long EG,Ewing EP Jr,Bartlett JH,Horsburgh CR Jr,Birkness KA,Yakrus MA,Newman GW,Quinn FD

更新日期：2000-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA sequence analysis of the nadA gene of Ehrlichia chaffeensis revealed a 942 bp open reading frame with the capacity to encode 314 amino acids. The amino acid sequence of the E. chaffeensis quinolinate synthetase A (NAD/A) has 53.6% identity and 82% similarity to the NAD A of the cyanelle of Cyanophora paradoxa. Por...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yu XJ,Walker DH

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of nifA-, niH- and nifB-lacZ fusions was examined in different mutants of Azospirillum brasilense. Mutations in nifA, glnA and glnB severely impaired the expression of nifH- and nifB-lacZ fusions. By contrast, a nifA-lacZ fusion was not affected in a nifA or a glnB background and was only partially impa...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Liang YY,de Zamaroczy M,Arsène F,Paquelin A,Elmerich C

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A species of Dechlorospirillum was isolated from an Fe(II)-oxidizing, opposing-gradient-culture enrichment using an inoculum from a circumneutral, freshwater creek that showed copious amounts of Fe(III) (hydr)oxide precipitation. In gradient cultures amended with a redox indicator to visualize the depth of oxygen pene...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Picardal FW,Zaybak Z,Chakraborty A,Schieber J,Szewzyk U

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five independent collections, comprising a total of 34 clones encoding cellulases, hemicellulases and cell surface proteins of Clostridium thermocellum, were searched for overlapping or contiguous DNA fragments. The clones were hybridized to large genomic restriction fragments separated by pulse-field electrophoresis....

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Guglielmi G,Béguin P

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deferoxamine (DFO), an FDA-approved iron chelator used for treatment of iron poisoning, affects bacteria as iron availability is intimately connected with growth and several virulence determinants. However, little is known about the effect on oral pathogens. In this study, the effect of DFO on Porphyromonas gingivalis...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Moon JH,Herr Y,Kim SW,Lee JY

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cryptic plasmid from Arthrobacter rhombi PRH1, designated as pPRH, was sequenced and characterized. It was 5000 bp in length with a G+C content of 66 mol%. The plasmid pPRH was predicted to encode six putative open reading frames (ORFs), in which ORF2 and ORF3 formed the minimal replicon of plasmid pPRH and shared 5...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Stanislauskiene R,Gasparaviciute R,Vaitekunas J,Meskiene R,Rutkiene R,Casaite V,Meskys R

更新日期：2012-02-01 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 influence of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) on bacterial cell adhesion onto solid surfaces was investigated using 27 heterotrophic bacterial strains isolated from a wastewater treatment reactor. Cell adhesion onto glass beads was carried out by the packed-bed method and the results were discussed in term...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tsuneda S,Aikawa H,Hayashi H,Yuasa A,Hirata A

更新日期：2003-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Two actinomycete strains, CHR3 and CHR28, were isolated from metal-contaminated sediments from Baltimore Inner Harbor. The isolates were classified as Streptomyces spp. Agar diffusion assays showed both isolates to be resistant to mercuric chloride and phenylmercuric acetate. Hybridization experiments indicated that g...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ravel J,Amoroso MJ,Colwell RR,Hill RT

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori, a type 1 carcinogen, accounts for numerous gastric cancer-related deaths worldwide. Repurposing existing drugs or developing new ones for a combinatorial approach against increasing antimicrobial resistance is the need of the hour. This study highlights the efficacy of acriflavine hydrochloride (A...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tehlan A,Karmakar BC,Paul S,Kumar R,Kaur I,Ghosh A,Mukhopadhyay AK,Dhar SK

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In sausage, Staphylococcus carnosus increases the levels of methyl ketones which could arise from incomplete beta-oxidation of fatty acids followed by a decarboxylation. The objective of this work was to characterize the beta-decarboxylase activities in cell-free extract. By using different substrates, at least two ki...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fadda S,Leroy-Sétrin S,Talon R

更新日期：2003-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:MHYT, a new conserved protein domain with a likely signaling function, is described. This domain consists of six transmembrane segments, three of which contain conserved methionine, histidine, and tyrosine residues that are projected to lie near the outer face of the cytoplasmic membrane. In Synechocystis sp. PCC6803,...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Galperin MY,Gaidenko TA,Mulkidjanian AY,Nakano M,Price CW

更新日期：2001-11-27 00:00:00