A slow-motility phenotype caused by substitutions at residue Asp31 in the PomA channel component of a sodium-driven flagellar motor.

abstract：:The first common enzyme of isoleucine and valine biosynthesis, acetolactate synthase (ALS), is specifically inhibited by the herbicide sulfometuron methyl (SM). To further understand the physiological consequences of flux alterations at this point in metabolism, Escherichia coli genes whose expression was induced by p...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Van Dyk TK,Ayers BL,Morgan RW,Larossa RA

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The filamentous cyanobacterium Microcoleus vaginatusis found in arid land soils worldwide. The genome of M. vaginatus strain FGP-2 allows exploration of genes involved in photosynthesis, desiccation tolerance, alkane production, and other features contributing to this organism's ability to function as a major componen...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Starkenburg SR,Reitenga KG,Freitas T,Johnson S,Chain PS,Garcia-Pichel F,Kuske CR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:plsB mutants of Escherichia coli are sn-glycerol 3-phosphate auxotrophs which owe their requirement to a K(m) defect in sn-glycerol 3-phosphate acyltransferase, the first enzyme in the phospholipid biosynthetic pathway. We have located the plsB gene at minute 69 of the E. coli genetic map, far removed from the gene de...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Cronan JE Jr,Bell RM

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication-proficient (Rep+) revertants were isolated from mutants of IncFII plasmid NR1 that were replication defective (Rep-). The parental Rep- plasmids contained a mutation that inactivated promoter PE for transcription of RNA-E, a trans-acting repressor of translation of the essential RepA1 replication initiatio...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Wu R,Wang X,Womble DD,Rownd RH

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of cell cycle events in Caulobacter crescentus CB13 has been shown to be associated with regulation of carbohydrate utilization. Growth on lactose and galactose depends on induction of specific enzymes. Prior growth on glucose results in a delay in enzyme expression and cell cycle arrest at the nonmotil...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Kurn N,Shapiro L,Agabian N

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bacillus subtilis ResD-ResE two-component regulatory system activates genes involved in nitrate respiration in response to oxygen limitation or nitric oxide (NO). The sensor kinase ResE activates the response regulator ResD through phosphorylation, which then binds to the regulatory region of genes involved in ana...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Baruah A,Lindsey B,Zhu Y,Nakano MM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence flanking the bfpA locus on the enteroadherent factor plasmid of the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strain B171-8 (O111:NM) was obtained to identify genes that might be required for bundle-forming pilus (BFP) biosynthesis. Deletion experiments led to the identification of a contiguous cluster of at l...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Sohel I,Puente JL,Ramer SW,Bieber D,Wu CY,Schoolnik GK

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flagellar biogenesis and hence motility of Vibrio fischeri depends upon the presence of magnesium. In the absence of magnesium, cells contain few or no flagella and are poorly motile or nonmotile. To dissect the mechanism by which this regulation occurs, we screened transposon insertion mutants for those that could mi...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： O'Shea TM,Klein AH,Geszvain K,Wolfe AJ,Visick KL

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilization of heme as an iron source by Bradyrhizobium japonicum involves induction of the outer membrane heme receptor gene hmuR and other genes within the heme utilization locus. Here, we discovered the hmuP gene located upstream of hmuR and transcribed divergently from it along with hmuTUV. hmuP encodes a small pr...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Escamilla-Hernandez R,O'Brian MR

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fructose, galactose, L-arabinose, gluconate, and several organic acids support rapid growth and N2 fixation of Azospirillum brasiliense ATCC 29145 (strain Sp7) as a sole source of carbon and energy. Growth of Azospirillum lipoferum ATCC 29707 (strain Sp59b) is also supported by glucose, mannose, mannitol, and alpha-ke...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Martinez-Drets G,Del Gallo M,Burpee C,Burris RH

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Bacillus subtilis the deoxyribonucleic acid content and the extent of cell division during inhibition of chromosome replication increased as a function of the average cell mass, independent of the growth rate. At each growth rate, mass, deoxyribonucleic acid, and residual division varied in different cultures. The ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Holmes M,Rickert M,Pierucci O

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome bd oxidase operons from more than 50 species of bacteria contain a short gene encoding a small protein that ranges from ∼30 to 50 amino acids and is predicted to localize to the cell membrane. Although cytochrome bd oxidases have been studied for more than 70 years, little is known about the role of this sm...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： VanOrsdel CE,Bhatt S,Allen RJ,Brenner EP,Hobson JJ,Jamil A,Haynes BM,Genson AM,Hemm MR

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete Bacillus subtilis genome contains two genes with the potential to encode glutamate dehydrogenase (GlutDH) enzymes. Mutations in these genes were constructed and characterized. The rocG gene proved to encode a major GlutDH whose synthesis was induced in media containing arginine or ornithine or, to a lesse...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Belitsky BR,Sonenshein AL

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of chromosomal variation in the ST239 clonal group of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) revealed a novel genetic element, ICE6013. The element is 13,354 bp in length, excluding a 6,551-bp Tn552 insertion. ICE6013 is flanked by 3-bp direct repeats and is demarcated by 8-bp imperfect inverted r...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Smyth DS,Robinson DA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three spontaneous derivatives of Streptococcus faecium ATCC 9790, originally isolated as conditionally Triton X-100 detergent-resistant at 25 degrees C, displayed normal penicillin-induced rates of lysis at 37 degrees C but substantially reduced rates of lysis and killing at 25 degrees C. The addition of exogenous uns...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Pucci MJ,Daneo-Moore L

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequences of the major outer membrane protein (MOMP) gene (ompA) and the outer membrane complex B protein gene (omcB) from Chlamydia trachomatis, Chlamydia pneumoniae, and Chlamydia psittaci were analyzed for evidence of intragenic recombination and for linkage equilibrium. The Sawyer runs test, compatibility matrices...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Millman KL,Tavaré S,Dean D

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diploid cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae underwent meiosis and sporulation when placed in 1% potassium acetate sporulation medium. In unbuffered sporulation medium the pH rose very rapidly, reaching pH 8.4 after 2 h of sporulation. Under these conditions, the uptake of radioactive adenine and lysine was extremely lim...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： McCusker JH,Haber JE

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated a hybrid plasmid, pDB(mei2)2, containing a 7.4-kilobases (kb) DNA fragment from a Schizosaccharomyces pombe genomic library which is able to complement the mei2 mutation of S. pombe. Integration of the cloned DNA sequence at the mei2 site on chromosome I demonstrated that it contained the mei2 gene. T...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Shimoda C,Uehira M,Kishida M,Fujioka H,Iino Y,Watanabe Y,Yamamoto M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Globomycin is an antibiotic which inhibits the processing of the prolipoprotein. Eighty globomycin-resistant mutants were independently isolated from Escherichia coli K-12 which had a deletion mutation in chromosomal lipoprotein gene (lpp), but contained a plasmid carrying the wild-type lpp gene. Twenty-six of the mut...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Zwiebel LJ,Inukai M,Nakamura K,Inouye M

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fec region of the Escherichia coli chromosome determines a citrate-dependent iron(III) transport system. The nucleotide sequence of fec revealed five genes, fecABCDE, which are transcribed from fecA to fecE. The fecA gene encodes a previously described outer membrane receptor protein. The fecB gene product is form...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Staudenmaier H,Van Hove B,Yaraghi Z,Braun V

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two plasmids containing the penicillinase gene of alkalophilic Bacillus sp. strain 170, pEAP1 and pEAP2, were constructed. Most of the penicillinase produced by Escherichia coli, which carried these plasmids, was found in the culture medium. This excretion is caused by the cloned DNA fragment which contains some compo...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Kudo T,Kato C,Horikoshi K

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the further utilization of a genetic screen that identifies mutations defective in the assembly of proteins into the Escherichia coli cytoplasmic membrane. The screen yielded mutations in each of the known genes encoding components of the E. coli signal recognition particle pathway: ffh, ffs, and ftsY, whi...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Tian H,Beckwith J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli pur regulon repressor protein was overproduced in a phage T7 expression system. The overexpressed repressor constituted approximately 35% of the soluble cellular protein. Pur repressor was purified to near homogeneity by two chromatographic steps. Hypoxanthine or guanine was required for binding o...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Rolfes RJ,Zalkin H

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the major transmutations of donor deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) after uptake by competent Bacillus subtilis cells. Kinetic experiments confirm that after exposure to competent cells, donor DNA is converted to double-stranded fragments (DSF) which can be isolated as early as 30 s from the beginning o...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Davidoff-Abelson R,Dubnau D

更新日期：1973-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of catalase-deficient mutants of Escherichia coli which exhibit no assayable catalase activity were isolated. The only physiological difference between the catalase mutants and their parents was a 50- to 60-fold greater sensitivity to killing by hydrogen peroxide. For comparison, mutations in the xthA and rec...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Loewen PC

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubular and lamellate membrane structures were observed at the log phase of growth in the stable L-forms of Escherichia coli cultured in the absence of penicillin. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Eda T,Kanda Y,Kimura S

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes from Bacillus subtilis predicted to encode a phosphate-specific transport (Pst) system were shown by mutation to affect high-affinity Pi uptake but not arsenate resistance or phosphate (Pho) regulation. The transcription start of the promoter upstream of the pstS gene was defined by primer extension. The promote...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Qi Y,Kobayashi Y,Hulett FM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the isolation and characterization of a unique class of TolC mutants that, under steady-state growth conditions, secreted normal levels of largely inactive alpha-hemolysin. Unlike the reduced activity in the culture supernatants, the cell-associated hemolytic activity in these mutants was identica...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Vakharia H,German GJ,Misra R

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present experimental evidence for the existence of multiple activator-binding sites in the upstream sequence of the ompC promoter, the expression of which is activated by the positive regulator OmpR in response to the osmolarity of the medium. We also found that a single OmpR-binding site can activate the ompC prom...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Maeda S,Mizuno T

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in sulA (sfiA) block the filamentation and death of capR (lon) mutants that occur after treatments that either damage DNA or inhibit DNA replication and thereby induce the SOS response. Previous sulA-lacZ gene fusion studies showed that sulA is transcriptionally regulated by the SOS response system (lexA/rec...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Schoemaker JM,Gayda RC,Markovitz A

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00