Transposition of Tn4560 of Streptomyces fradiae in Mycobacterium smegmatis.

abstract：:A broad range of different chemical and pharmaceutical compounds have been produced in microbial cell factories. To compete with traditional crude oil based production processes, the use of complex alternative raw materials such as lignocellulosic biomass, waste streams and utilization of CO2 in gas fermentations has ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Novak K,Pflügl S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergence of races in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Fol) is caused by loss or mutation of at least one avirulence (AVR) gene. The product of AVR1 is a small protein (Avr1) secreted by Fol in tomato xylem sap during infection. This protein triggers Fol race 1 specific resistance (I) in tomato, indicating that ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kashiwa T,Suzuki T,Sato A,Akai K,Teraoka T,Komatsu K,Arie T

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduction of D-fructose to D-mannitol by whole-cell biotransformation with recombinant resting cells of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC13032 requires the coexpression of mdh and fdh, which encode mannitol and formate dehydrogenases, respectively. However, d-mannitol formation is limited by the uptake of d-fructose in ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bäumchen C,Krings E,Bringer S,Eggeling L,Sahm H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used error-prone PCR to generate mutations in a subtilisin protease-encoding gene, and screened for recombinants that expressed temperature-sensitive (TS) variants. From the dozens of mutations that we detected in the recombinant genes we found that those mutations that affected aspartate-75 had the most profound e...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Thompson VC,McGuire BE,Frier MS,Legg MSG,Dyer TW,Gudavicius G,Potter S,Nano FE

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms controlling expression of the long polar fimbriae 2 (Lpf2) of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 were evaluated. Primer extension was used to locate the lpfA2 transcriptional start site in EHEC strain EDL933 at 171 bp upstream of the lpfA2 start codon. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR d...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Arenas-Hernández MM,Rojas-López M,Medrano-López A,Nuñez-Reza KJ,Puente JL,Martínez-Laguna Y,Torres AG

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, we isolated the spaA gene encoding the surface protective antigen A, SpaA, of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, and found that the N-terminal region of SpaA was responsible for protective immunity against erysipelas and that the C-terminal region contained eight repeat units consisting of 20 amino aci...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Makino SI,Yamamoto K,Asakura H,Shirahata T

更新日期：2000-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The mercury (II) ion is toxic and is usually detoxified in Bacteria by reduction to elemental mercury, which is less toxic. This is catalysed by an NAD(P)H-dependent mercuric reductase (EC 1.16.1.1). Here, we present strong evidence that Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) - a methanotrophic member of the Gammaproteobacte...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Boden R,Murrell JC

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 52 Streptococcus suis isolates from pigs in southern China were divided into four known sequence types (STs) and six new STs, using multilocus sequence typing. Ten representative isolates were selected from 10 STs for the analysis of whole genome sequences. Virulence was assessed in 10 isolates, which w...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Peng L,Lin M,Huang Z,Guo S,Sun H,Yang X

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular proteases of Yarrowia lipolytica have been scarcely studied. These enzymes may play an important role in nitrogen metabolism, posttranslational processing, nutritional stress, dimorphism, etc.; biochemical and genetic control of these enzymes can help in obtaining high-level expression of recombinant pro...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hernández-Montañez Z,Araujo-Osorio J,Noriega-Reyes Y,Chávez-Camarillo G,Villa-Tanaca L

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDK) is a housekeeping enzyme localized in cellular organelles and distributed in various organs in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. In Neurospora crassa, NDK-1 is suggested to control catalases in response to heat, oxidative stress and light. In this study, we identified the presence of NDK-...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yoshida Y,Hasunuma K

更新日期：2006-08-01 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 polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based procedures of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and repetitive element (RE)-based PCR were used to amplify total DNA prepared from each of 62 clinical Serratia marcescens isolates. Three different random primers, designated 1060, 1254 and 1283, were used individually i...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Patton TG,Katz S,Sobieski RJ,Crupper SS

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus niger represents a promising host for the expression of recombinant proteins, but only a few expression systems are available for this organism. In this study, the inducible catalase promoter (PcatR) from A. niger was characterized. For this, constructs were developed and checked for the expression of the ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sharma R,Katoch M,Govindappa N,Srivastava PS,Sastry KN,Qazi GN

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microorganism which reduces Fe(III) during the fermentation of glucose was isolated from freshwater sediment. The Fe(III) was supplied to enrichment cultures as a soluble complex with the bidentate ligand maltol (3-hydroxy-2-methyl-4-pyrone). Advantages that were afforded by the use of Fe(III)(maltol)3 over previous...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Dobbin PS,Carter JP,Garcia-Salamanca San Juan C,von Hobe M,Powell AK,Richardson DJ

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now well established that physicochemical properties of exopolysaccharides (EPS) can vary between strains of a given species and according to growth conditions. The EPS production of four strains of Lactobacillus bulgaricus was monitored during growth in milk and in a chemically defined media. All strains, inclu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Petry S,Furlan S,Waghorne E,Saulnier L,Cerning dagger J,Maguin E

更新日期：2003-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A thorough understanding of the mechanisms of Rcs and EnvZ/OmpR phosphorelay systems that allow Yersinia enterocolitica to thrive in various environments is crucial to prevent and control Y. enterocolitica infections. In this study, we showed that RcsB and OmpR have the ability to function differently in modulating a ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Meng J,Bai J,Xu J,Huang C,Chen J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this multidisciplinary study, we combined morphological, physiological, and phylogenetic approaches to identify three dominant water bloom-forming Cyanobacteria in a tropical marine mangrove in Guadeloupe (French West Indies). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences place these marine Cyanobacteria i...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Guidi-Rontani C,Jean MR,Gonzalez-Rizzo S,Bolte-Kluge S,Gros O

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：:In the current studies, we used Lineweaver-Burke analysis to examine the role of 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HBT) in the oxidation of various compounds by laccase from Trametes versicolor. At low concentrations, HBT was a competitive inhibitor of the oxidation, but at high concentrations, it was a noncompetitive inhibitor...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hirai H,Shibata H,Kawai S,Nishida T

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel aerobic, Gram-negative bacterial strain, designated KU41E(T), which degrades p-n-nonylphenol, was isolated from seawater obtained from the coastal region of Ishigaki Island, Japan. Cells are motile, curved rods with a single polar flagellum. Strain KU41E(T) grew at 20-35 °C, pH 7.0-8.0, in the presence of 1.0-...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Iwaki H,Takada K,Hasegawa Y

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed 81 isolates of Mycoplasma agalactiae from four different regions of Italy between 1990 and 1995 in order to identify antigenic differences through SDS-PAGE and Western blotting and chromosomal DNA restriction endonuclease cleavage pattern differences. Antigenic variability in M. agalactiae isolates wa...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tola S,Idini G,Manunta D,Casciano I,Rocchigiani AM,Angioi A,Leori G

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twitching motility is a form of bacterial translocation over solid or semi-solid surfaces mediated by the extension, tethering, and subsequent retraction of type IV pili. These pili are also known to be involved in virulence, biofilm formation, formation of fruiting bodies, horizontal gene transfer, and protein secret...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Coil DA,Anné J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trinitrotoluene (TNT) is an explosive chemical generally used for military, civil and industrial purposes. Therefore, TNT residue can be found in soil and ground water as an environmental pollutant. The environmental control of TNT pollution has become a critical issue because of its potential toxicity and carcinogeni...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kao CM,Wei SF,Chen SC,Yao CL,Ma C,Chien CC

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:The effect of coumarin (1,2 benzopyrone) on glucose utilisation by the anaerobic rumen fungi Neocallimastix frontalis and N. patriciarum has been compared with the effect of p-coumaric acid. Both compounds largely inhibited glucose utilisation by N. patriciarum strain Cx when present in the medium at a concentration o...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cansunar E,Richardson AJ,Wallace G,Stewart CS

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chimeric plasmid pMY10 containing the origin of replication of pAL5000, the origin of replication of pBR322, the origin of transfer of pRK2 and a kanamycin resistance gene was constructed and successfully transferred by conjugation from Escherichia coli harbouring the helper plasmid pRK4.24 into Mycobacterium smeg...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lazraq R,Clavel-Sérès S,David HL,Roulland-Dussoix D

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual isolates of Escherichia coli synthesize one of more than 70 chemically distinct polysaccharides which form the capsule. In this article we review the genetics of capsule production in E. coli and highlight what this is beginning to reveal in terms of the genetic basis of the structural diversity of polysacc...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Boulnois G,Drake R,Pearce R,Roberts I

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial specific primers were used to amplify 23S rRNA genes from a representative strain from each of the 23 serogroups of the pathogenic Leptospira interrogans and 8 strains from 6 serogroups of the non-pathogenic Leptospira biflexa. Only regions of extreme variability, which had been identified on the basis of ho...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Woo TH,Smythe LD,Symonds ML,Norris MA,Dohnt MF,Patel BK

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a food-borne pathogen and a leading cause of gastroenteritis in humans. Recently, we sequenced a phage-type DT108 strain (L945) and found reads with high similarity to both Salmonella typhi strain CT18 plasmid pHCM2 and bacteriophage SSU5. In this study, we completely sequenc...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Octavia S,Sara J,Lan R

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymerase chain reaction was used to search for hepatitis B virus (HBV)-DNA sequences in the sera of HBsAg-negative Senegalese patients suffering from liver cirrhosis or liver cancer. Amplified HBV-DNA sequences were detected by hybridization with a digoxigenin-labelled HBV-DNA probe. HBV-DNA was detected in 17% ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Coursaget P,Le Cann P,Leboulleux D,Diop MT,Bao O,Coll AM

更新日期：1991-09-15 00:00:00