Transcriptional regulation of pentose utilisation systems in the Bacillus/Clostridium group of bacteria.

abstract：:Interspecies bacterial communication is mediated by autoinducer-2, whose synthesis depends on luxS. Due to the apparent universality of luxS (present in more than 40 bacterial species), it may have an ancient origin; however, no direct evidence is currently available. We amplified luxS in bacteria isolated from 25- to...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Santiago-Rodriguez TM,Patrício AR,Rivera JI,Coradin M,Gonzalez A,Tirado G,Cano RJ,Toranzos GA

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:We have identified, cloned and characterized a formerly unknown protein from Streptomyces lividans spores. The deduced protein belongs to a novel member of the metallophosphatase superfamily and contains a phosphatase domain and predicted binding sites for divalent ions. Very close relatives are encoded in the genomic...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lamp J,Weber M,Cingöz G,Ortiz de Orué Lucana D,Schrempf H

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanobacterial natural products offer new possibilities for drugs and lead compounds but many factors can inhibit the production of sufficient yields for pharmaceutical processes. While Escherichia coli and Streptomyces sp. have been used as heterologous expression hosts to produce cyanobacterial natural products, the...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wells KN,Videau P,Nelson D,Eiting JE,Philmus B

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a method to directly characterize the yeast diversity present in wine fermentations by employing denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-amplified 26S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes. PCR-DGGE of a portion of the 26S rRNA gene was shown to distinguish most yeast genera a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cocolin L,Bisson LF,Mills DA

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that the secreted M. tuberculosis complex proteins CFP-10 and ESAT-6 form a tight, 1:1 complex, which may represent their functional form. In the work reported here a combination of yeast two-hybrid and biochemical analysis has been used to characterise complex formation between two other pair...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lightbody KL,Renshaw PS,Collins ML,Wright RL,Hunt DM,Gordon SV,Hewinson RG,Buxton RS,Williamson RA,Carr MD

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have constructed a DNA library from a virulent Salmonella typhimurium strain, in an avirulent strain. The process of selecting the components of interest from the library involved iterative growth in liquid culture. This resulted, after four cycles, in the culture becoming homogeneous for a single plasmid, which wa...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lodge JM,Robey M,Stephen J,Brown NL

更新日期：1999-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The 42- and 51-kDa protein genes of Bacillus sphaericus 1593 have been subcloned independently downstream from the cytA gene promoter of Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis and introduced into a non-mosquitocidal strain of Bacillus thuringiensis. Consequently, each protein was overproduced and accumulated as in...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Nicolas L,Nielsen-Leroux C,Charles JF,Delécluse A

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Bordetella pertussis virulence-associated genes, including adenylate cyclase toxin (Cya), are coordinately regulated in response to environmental signals by proteins coded by the bvg-locus. We have constructed cya-lac fusions in Escherichia coli and have shown that the cya operon is not expressed in E. coli, neithe...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Goyard S,Ullmann A

更新日期：1991-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are a key soil functional group, with an important potential to increase crop productivity and sustainable agriculture including food security. However, there is clear evidence that land uses, crop rotations and soil features affect the AMF diversity and their community functioning i...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ontivero RE,Voyron S,Allione LVR,Bianco P,Bianciotto V,Iriarte HJ,Lugo MA,Lumini E

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a novel type of a positive screen for the discovery of antibacterial compounds that target the Escherichia coli replication initiator protein DnaA. DnaA is an essential replication protein, conserved in (almost) all bacteria--including all human pathogens--and no existing antibiotics target the main ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fossum S,De Pascale G,Weigel C,Messer W,Donadio S,Skarstad K

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plasmid-based food-grade vector system was developed for Lactococcus lactis by exploiting the genes for lactose metabolism. L. lactis MG5267 is a plasmid-free strain containing the entire lactose operon as a chromosomal insertion. The lacF gene was deleted from this strain by a double cross-over homologous recombina...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： MacCormick CA,Griffin HG,Gasson MJ

更新日期：1995-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymic interconversion of Escherichia coli isocitrate dehydrogenase (ICDH) between the catalytically active and inactive forms is mediated through the activities of ICDH-kinase/phosphatase in response to changes in the metabolic environment. In this study, the use of mutant strains devoid of isocitrate lyase (ace...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： el-Mansi EM

更新日期：1998-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:SPC(3) is a multiple antigen peptide derived from the V(3) loop of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) envelope (Env). It exerts a potent anti-HIV activity whereas it alters neither Env expression nor binding to CD(4). Here, SPC(3) binding characteristics, its subsequent intracellular fate and the fact that it inhibite...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Barbouche R,Papandréou MJ,Miquelis R,Guieu R,Fenouillet E

更新日期：2000-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify antigens that would improve the accuracy of serological diagnosis of active tuberculosis, we cloned the genes encoding nine potentially immunogenic secreted or surface-associated proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Recombinant proteins were reacted with sera from HIV-negative individuals with extrapulm...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Moran AJ,Treit JD,Whitney JL,Abomoelak B,Houghton R,Skeiky YA,Sampaio DP,Badaró R,Nano FE

更新日期：2001-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus intermedius is well known to produce severe infections in various areas of the body. In this study, we evaluated the ability of S. intermedius to utilise human transferrin as a source of iron and investigated the mechanism by which iron can be obtained from this plasma protein. Adding either ferrous sulf...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Brochu V,Greinier D,Mayrand D

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparison of sequence data is necessary in older to investigate virus origins, identify features common to virulent strains, and characterize genomic organization within virus families. A virulent caliciviral disease of rabbits recently emerged in China. We have sequenced 1100 bases from the 3' ends of two independen...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Milton ID,Vlasak R,Nowotny N,Rodak L,Carter MJ

更新日期：1992-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholera epidemics caused by Vibrio cholerae 01 continue to represent a major public health concern in many developing countries. A rapid and simple test kit for the detection of V. cholerae 01 has been developed. The kit, CholeraScreen is a monoclonal antibody-based, co-agglutination test and is used directly with sto...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Colwell RR,Hasan JA,Huq A,Loomis L,Siebeling RJ,Torres M,Galvez S,Islam S,Tamplin MT,Bernstein D

更新日期：1992-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrary to its effect on rich medium, D-cycloserine showed no bactericidal effect on Zymomonas mobilis cells cultured on mineral medium. Addition of a mixture of glycine and glutamic acid to the mineral medium restored its bactericidal action. However, mutant enrichments run in these conditions were biased, with most...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pencreac'h G,Aït-Abdelkader N,Joset F,Baratti JC

更新日期：1996-09-01 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：:The microbial community structure of two biofilters used for the oxidation of methane and organic trace gases generated in landfills was analysed by phospholipid fatty acid composition. Community structure varied with biofilter depth, reflecting varying conditions of substrate supply as well as of organic carbon conte...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gebert J,Gröngröft A,Schloter M,Gattinger A

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newly isolated strain of Variovorax paradoxus could grow on homovanillate and several monohydroxylated phenylacetic acids. During growth on homovanillate, the organism formed separate NAD(P)H-dependent hydroxylases with activity towards 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillate. Homovanillate hydroxylase catalyse...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Allison N,Turner JE,Wait R

更新日期：1995-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:L-arginine has attracted a great deal of attention as an agent for refolding denatured proteins, and the mildness of its effects offer hope for a wide range of potential applications for this substance, including medicines with few side effects. We report that both L- and D-arginine inhibits Na+-driven flagellar motor...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Atsumi T,Yoshimura F,Sugiyama S

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have constructed a Thermus promoter probe vector pPP11 containing the promoterless heat-stable kanamycin resistance (Kmr) gene. Total DNA of T. thermophilus HB27 was randomly sheared into 100-200 bp fragments and inserted into the EcoRI site of pPP11. About 1000 clones which showed Kmr were obtained, and they were ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Maseda H,Hoshino T

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five transposon mutants of Francisella novicida were isolated that are compromised in their ability to grow in mouse macrophages in vitro. Sequence analysis of the DNA flanking the transposon insertions identified the genes that were interrupted in these mutants. One of the inactivated loci corresponds to the Francise...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gray CG,Cowley SC,Cheung KK,Nano FE

更新日期：2002-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The coiled-coil protein DivIVA is a determinant of apical growth and hyphal branching in Streptomyces coelicolor. We have investigated the properties of this protein and the involvement of different domains in its essential function and subcellular targeting. In S. coelicolor cell extracts, DivIVA was present as large...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wang SB,Cantlay S,Nordberg N,Letek M,Gil JA,Flärdh K

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：:In this study, we investigated the mechanisms of Sch9 regulating the localization and phosphorylation of Bcy1. Our research indicated that Sch9 regulated localization of Bcy1 via Zds1 for the following reasons: (1) deletions of SCH9 or ZDS1 both caused nuclear localization of Bcy1; (2) Sch9 and Zds1 interacted physica...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zhang A,Gao W

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii is known to inhibit apoptosis of its host cell. The molecular mechanisms of this interference are, however, not yet completely understood. We show here that viable parasites prominently inhibited the activation of caspase 3/7 induced by cytochrome c, dATP and dithiothreitol...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Keller P,Schaumburg F,Fischer SF,Häcker G,Gross U,Lüder CG

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae non-O1 strain N037 produced a hemolysin (NO37-Hly) which was antigenically similar to E1 Tor hemolysin (E1 Tor-Hly) but different in molecular size, hemolytic activity, and glucose binding capacity. In the gene encoding NO37-Hly, a 4-bp insertion into the structural gene for E1 Tor-Hly (hlyA) was found...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Honma Y,Yamamoto K,Iwanaga M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00