Purification and characterization of a membrane-associated ATPase from Natronococcus occultus, a haloalkaliphilic archaeon.

abstract：:In this study, the biodiversity of 154 strains of lactic acid bacteria, including 112 dairy product isolates presumptively identified as obligately heterofermentative lactobacilli (OHL) by classical microbiological tests, as well as 23 OHL-type strains, was investigated by PCR-based methods and gene sequencing. Using ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Coton M,Berthier F,Coton E

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of 16S rDNA was developed to identify spirochaetes recovered from cases of intestinal spirochaetosis in humans and pigs; these bacteria belong to a distinct genetic group of spirochaetes, with the proposed name 'Anguillina coli'. The PCR incorporated a universal eubacter...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Park NY,Chung CY,McLaren AJ,Atyeo RF,Hampson DJ

更新日期：1995-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An isolation procedure was developed to provide within one day microcystin-LR, a cyclic heptapeptide toxin from Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806. After ODS (octadecylsilyl) solid phase extraction, the crude toxin fraction was chromatographed using a strong anion exchange column. The toxin was eluted with 0.02 M ammoniu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Martin C,Sivonen K,Matern U,Dierstein R,Weckesser J

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis requires an integrated analysis of strain lineages, mutations and gene expression. Previously, we reported the differential expression of esxG, esxH, infA, groES, rpmI, rpsA and lipF genes in a sensitive M. tuberculosis strain and in a multidrug-resistant cli...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： González-Escalante L,Peñuelas-Urquides K,Said-Fernández S,Silva-Ramírez B,Bermúdez de León M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the commercial strains of Flammulina velutipes was analyzed for the presence of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) elements to examine the underlying mechanism of strain degeneration. As a result, two dsRNA elements sized 1.9 and 1.8 kb were detected in mycelium derived from spontaneously brown-colored fruit body. The...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Magae Y,Hayashi N

更新日期：1999-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Haloarchaea thrive under saline and hypersaline conditions and often dominate microbial communities in saltmarshes, salted lakes/soils and some oceanic areas. Some of the predominant species show denitrifying capabilities, although it remains unclear whether they are complete or partial denitrifiers. As complete denit...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Torregrosa-Crespo J,Bergaust L,Pire C,Martínez-Espinosa RM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the Streptococcus bovis group are frequent colonizers of the intestinal tract, which can also cause endocarditis. However, their ability to adhere to and colonize host tissues and the factors associated with pathogenicity are largely unknown. Here, we assessed 17 endocarditis-derived human isolates [identif...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sillanpää J,Nallapareddy SR,Singh KV,Ferraro MJ,Murray BE

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The miniplasmid profiles of 18 Bacillus thuringiensis strains belonging to 8 different serotypes were determined using an alkaline hydrolysis method for isolation of low molecular mass plasmids. Nearly all the strains contained covalently closed circular (CCC) DNA species ranging from 2 to 5 species per strain and fro...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Marin R,Tanguay RM,Valéro J,Letarte R,Bellemare G

更新日期：1992-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes Vibrio seventh pandemic island II (VSP-II) and three novel variants revealed by comparative genomics of 23 Vibrio cholerae strains and their presence among a large and diverse collection of V. cholerae isolates. Three VSP-II variants were reported previously and our results demonstrate the presen...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Taviani E,Grim CJ,Choi J,Chun J,Haley B,Hasan NA,Huq A,Colwell RR

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. ATCC 29132 was shown to contain two sequence-specific endonucleases. Nsp(29132) I was an isoschizomer of AsuII, and Nsp(29132) II was an isoschizomer of BamHI. Nsp(29132) II was shown to generate ends that could be ligated to those generated by BamHI. ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Muro-Pastor AM,Herrero A,Flores E

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occurrence of tetracycline resistance genes encoding ribosomal protection proteins was examined in 151 tetracycline-resistant bacterial isolates from fish and seawater at coastal aquaculture sites in Japan and Korea. The tet(M) gene was detected in 34 Japanese and Korean isolates, which included Vibrio sp., Lactococcu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kim SR,Nonaka L,Suzuki S

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A selection of influential FEMS publications to celebrate the 40th anniversary of FEMS. ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Prosser JI,Cole JA,Nielsen J,Bavoil PM,Häggblom MM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three tri-substituted spermidines, di-p-coumaroyl-caffeoylspermidine, tri-caffeoylspermidine and tri-p-coumaroylspermidine, isolated from pollen of Quercus alba, were examined for antifungal activity. Both di-p-coumaroyl-caffeoylspermidine and tri-p-coumaroylspermidine reduced mycelial growth of the oat leaf stripe pa...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Walters D,Meurer-Grimes B,Rovira I

更新日期：2001-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A different mutation (SMR1B) to SMR1-410 (ilv2), which determines resistance to sulfometuron methyl in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, was cloned by PCR. Sequence analysis indicated a C to T change at position 575 of the ILV2 coding sequence, which results in a proline transition to leucine at position 192. Similarly to SMR...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Xie Q,Jiménez A

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A synthetic version of the ligA gene encoding the NAD-dependent DNA ligase from the Arctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis was substituted for its homolog in the chromosome of Mycobacterium smegmatis. The resulting recombinant strain grew identically to the parent strain at permissive temperatures but failed ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pinto CT,Nano FE

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple restriction fragments, homologous to the previously described Mycoplasma bovis vspA gene, were identified in the chromosome of Mycoplasma agalactiae. The vspA, a representative variable surface lipoprotein gene of the vsp gene family, and four synthetic oligonucleotides, representing sequences complementary t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Flitman-Tene R,Levisohn S,Rosenbusch R,Rapoport E,Yogev D

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flaA gene, which codes for the Spirochaeta aurantia flagellar filament outer layer polypeptide, FlaA, was cloned, sequenced and analysed. The gene appears to be transcribed into a monocistronic mRNA from a sigma 70-like promoter. The translational start is 31 base pairs after the start of the transcript, the open ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Parales J Jr,Greenberg EP

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli heat stable enterotoxin (STa) binds to isolated rat intestinal epithelial cells and triggers a cascade reaction including increase of intracellular calcium levels ([Ca(2+)](i)) and membrane bound protein kinase C (PKC) activity. In response to STa, the cytosolic PKC activity falls from 110 to 35 nmol ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ganguly U,Chaudhury AG,Basu A,Sen PC

更新日期：2001-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We have established an improved large deletion method in Escherichia coli genome using a combination of two different recombination systems, lambda Red and Cre/loxP. The loxP site could be rapidly and efficiently integrated in the genome by lambda Red and large deletions of both 117- and 165-kbp regions could be gener...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fukiya S,Mizoguchi H,Mori H

更新日期：2004-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to characterize the metabolites produced in vivo by biphenyl-2,3-dioxygenase and biphenyl-2,3-dihydrodiol-2,3-dehydrogenase, the first two enzymes of the (polychloro)biphenyl catabolic pathway encoded by the bph locus of Pseudomonas sp. LB400, recombinant E. coli strains expressing the respective genes were c...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Seeger M,Timmis KN,Hofer B

更新日期：1995-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) dominated discussions of online learning and higher education in the news media and in universities between 2012 and 2015. However, fashions pass, needs change and technology evolves. This Commentary looks back, pauses on the present, and then looks forward. Whilst MOOCs are a signi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Daniel J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in gene expression play a critical role in enhancing the ability of cyanobacteria to survive under cold conditions. In the present study, Spirulina platensis cultures were grown at the optimal growth temperature, in the light, before being transferred to dark conditions at 22 degrees C. Two dimensional-differe...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jeamton W,Mungpakdee S,Sirijuntarut M,Prommeenate P,Cheevadhanarak S,Tanticharoen M,Hongsthong A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endophytic fungi colonize plants without causing symptoms of disease and can enhance the resistance of their host to pathogens. We cultivated 53 fungal strains from wild lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus) and investigated their effects on pathogens using in vitro assays and experiments in planta. Most strains were annotate...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Adame-Álvarez RM,Mendiola-Soto J,Heil M

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Tn5 transposon mutant was isolated of the alkylphenol degrader Pseudomonas sp. KL28 that showed increased growth at higher levels of m-cresol on solid and in liquid cultures. The transposon was inserted at the 5'-terminus of rpoS, which encodes a stationary-phase sigma factor. When grown on agar plates, the rpoS mut...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yun JI,Cho KM,Kim JK,Lee SO,Cho K,Lee K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen is a key nutrient for land plants and phytoplankton in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The model alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii can grow efficiently on several inorganic nitrogen sources (e.g. ammonium, nitrate, nitrite) as well as many amino acids. In this study, we show that Chlamydomonas is unable to u...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Calatrava V,Hom EFY,Llamas Á,Fernández E,Galván A

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:A derivative of Staphylococcus simulans biovar staphylolyticus cured of all five plasmids present in the wild-type organism was developed, and the characteristics of extracellular protein production by this plasmidless strain were compared to those of the wild type. Although staphylolytic endopeptidase (lysostaphin) a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Nitterauer JD,Heath HE,Heath LS,LeBlanc PA,Sloan GL

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was initiated to establish whether inhibition of growth of yeasts by medium-chain fatty acids resembled that caused by weak-acid preservatives or uncouplers. Unlike sorbic acid and 2,4-dinitrophenol, decanoic acid caused rapid cell death at its inhibitory concentration. This suggested a mode of action by me...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Stratford M,Anslow PA

更新日期：1996-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the intraperoxisomal location of catalase in peroxisomes of methanol-grown Hansenula polymorpha by (immuno)cytochemical means. In completely crystalline peroxisomes, in which the crystalline matrix is composed of octameric alcohol oxidase (AO) molecules, most of the catalase protein is located in a nar...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Keizer I,Roggenkamp R,Harder W,Veenhuis M

更新日期：1992-05-15 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