Chromosomal analysis of group B streptococcal clinical strains; bac gene-positive strains are genetically homogenous.

abstract：:Rifampicin is a principal drug used to combat infections by mycobacteria and related organisms. Most strains of Mycobacterium are able to inactivate this antibiotic by ribosylation via an ADP-ribosylated intermediate. We found that this inactivation was inhibited by light at levels similar to those prevailing in labor...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Dabbs ER,Quan S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of synthetic sex pheromone on pheromone-inducible conjugation between the isogenic Enterococcus faecalis strains OG1RF and OG1SS was investigated in (i) Todd-Hewitt broth medium and (ii) intestinal mucus isolated from germ-free rats. In broth, the presence of synthetic pheromone cCF10 had no detectable effe...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Licht TR,Hammerum AM,Jensen LB,Jacobsen BL

更新日期：2001-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymatic activity of salivary amylase bound to the surface of several species of oral streptococci was determined by the production of acid from starch and by the degradation of maltotetraose to glucose in a coupled, spectrophotometric assay. Most strains able to bind amylase exhibited functional enzyme on their ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Douglas CW,Heath J,Gwynn JP

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Levan fructotransferase (LFTase) from Arthrobacter ureafaciens K2032 was expressed with N-terminal fusion of a LacZ-derived secretion motif (TMITNSSSVP) using the lac promoter system in recombinant Escherichia coli JM109 [pUDF-A81]. In flask cultures, recombinant enzyme activity was detected in culture media, and sequ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lee J,Saraswat V,Koh I,Song KB,Park YH,Rhee SK

更新日期：2001-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We have performed amplified-fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) fingerprinting on a collection of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar typhimurium strains with a restriction endonuclease combination (BglII and MfeI) that has previously been used successfully for typing Campylobacter jejuni isolates with high re...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lindstedt BA,Heir E,Vardund T,Kapperud G

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic resistance genes might be maintained by selection pressures different from those which are responsible for initially selecting resistant bacteria. This possibility was suggested from a comparison of oral commensal streptococci isolated from healthy people not taking antibiotics. Resistance frequencies were ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Díaz-Mejía JJ,Carbajal-Saucedo A,Amábile-Cuevas CF

更新日期：2002-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium leprae, an obligate intracellular pathogen, shows a unique tropism for Schwann cells (SC). This leads to the peripheral neuropathy disorder observed in leprosy. In this study, we investigated signal transduction events and the intracellular fate of M. leprae during the interaction of the microorganism wi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Alves L,de Mendonça Lima L,da Silva Maeda E,Carvalho L,Holy J,Sarno EN,Pessolani MC,Barker LP

更新日期：2004-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2.5-kb erythromycin resistance (EmR) plasmid pPV142 of Staphylococcus simulans 13044 was isolated and characterized. Sequence analysis identified ORF1 and ORF2 encoding a 158-residue replication protein (Rep142) and a 244-residue erythromycin resistance protein (Erm, rRNA adenine N-6-methyltransferase), respective...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Somkuti GA,Solaiman DK,Steinberg DH

更新日期：1998-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enteritidis isolated from poultry infections generated a convoluted colonial morphology after 48 h growth on colonisation factor antigen (CFA) agar at 25 degrees C. A mutant S. enteritidis defective for the elaboration of the SEF17 fimbrial antigen, in which the agf gene cluster was inactivated by insertion...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Allen-Vercoe E,Dibb-Fuller M,Thorns CJ,Woodward MJ

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The filamentous fungi Monascus spp., which have been used in traditional fermented food in Asia for centuries, are well-known producers of a group of bioactive metabolites that are widely used as food additives and nutraceutical supplements worldwide. However, its potential to produce the mycotoxin citrinin poses a th...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Li L,Shao Y,Li Q,Yang S,Chen F

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in composition of the principal low molecular mass thiols of Leishmania donovani were monitored during the transformation of promastigotes, first to stationary phase metacyclic forms and then to amastigotes. No consistent variation in the thiol composition of the parasite which could account for the known incr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Weldrick DP,Chodacka B,Vogt R,Steenkamp DJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods for in vivo monitoring of redox changes in different cellular compartments have been developed in recent years, and are mostly based on redox-sensitive variants of the green fluorescent protein (GFP). However, due to the thermodynamic stability of the introduced reactive disulfide bond, these sensors are limit...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Delic M,Mattanovich D,Gasser B

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequence of 1383 nucleotides of the DNA encoding 16S rDNA was determined for strains of human intestinal spirochaetes, comprising an unnamed isolate and "Brachyspira aalborgi" NCTC 11492. A phylogenetic tree was inferred from aligned sequence comparisons between the intestinal spirochaetes, representatives of the ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hookey JV,Barrett SP,Reed CS,Barber P

更新日期：1994-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiological role of mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALD5) was investigated by analysis of the ald5 mutant (AKD321) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. K(+)-activated ALDH activity of the ald5 mutant was about 80% of the wild-type in the mitochondrial fraction, while the respiratory activity of the ald5 mutant was...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kurita O,Nishida Y

更新日期：1999-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella Typhimurium harbors two Salmonella pathogenicity islands (SPIs), each encoding a type three secretion system for virulence proteins. Although there is increasing evidence of postinvasion roles for SPI-1, it has been generally accepted that SPI-1 genes are downregulated following the invasion process. Here, ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Giacomodonato MN,Sarnacki SH,Llana MN,Cerquetti MC

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraterrestrial life has been found at depths of several thousand metres in deep sub-sea floor sediments and in the basement crust beneath the sediments. It has also been found at up to 2800-m depth in continental sedimentary rocks, 5300-m depth in igneous rock aquifers and in fluid inclusions in ancient salt deposit...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pedersen K

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：:The Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophage phi11 endolysin has two peptidoglycan hydrolase domains (endopeptidase and amidase) and an SH3b cell wall-binding domain. In turbidity reduction assays, the purified protein can lyse untreated staphylococcal mastitis pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphy...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Donovan DM,Lardeo M,Foster-Frey J

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cloning cassette, carrying a modified amino-glycoside resistance gene (neo) from transposon Tn5 was constructed. Three restriction sites internal to the neo gene were eliminated by in vitro mutagenesis, allowing their use in designing new cloning vectors. The original, suboptimal transcription promoter was replaced ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Denis F,Brzezinski R

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Xanthomonas is composed of several species that cause severe crop losses around the world. In Latin America, one of the most relevant species is Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris, which is responsible for black rot in cruciferous plants. This pathogen causes yield losses in several cultures, including ca...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Andrade AE,Silva LP,Pereira JL,Noronha EF,Reis FB Jr,Bloch C Jr,dos Santos MF,Domont GB,Franco OL,Mehta A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The xylanase gene of Streptomyces flavogriseus was cloned in pUC8 plasmid and expressed in Escherichia coli lysogenic for lambda cI857. lambda-Induced lysis of E. coli at 42 degrees C allowed efficient release of cloned enzyme activity in extracellular environment. The xylanase gene was located in the 0.8-kb HindIII f...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Srivastava R,Ali SS,Srivastava BS

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How proteins reach their native conformation and location has been a major question of biology during the last 50 years. To counterbalance protein misfolding and the accumulation of aggregation products, a complex network of chaperones and proteases takes care of protein quality control in the cell. Such a chaperone n...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mas G,Hiller S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testosterone and 4-androstene-3,17-dione (androstenedione) binding proteins were found in the cytosol of Cochliobolus lunatus, a filamentous fungus. The maximal androgen binding occurred by 120 min at 0 degrees C. Androgen binding proteins were degraded by protease treatment and at high temperature. The mean Kd determ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kastelic-Suhadolc T,Lenasi H

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique was used to develop DNA probes for the identification of ectomycorrhizal fungi belonging to the genus Tuber. RAPD fingerprinting revealed a high degree of interspecific variability and a low degree of intraspecific variability. One band (approximately 1.5 kb), cons...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lanfranco L,Wyss P,Marzachí C,Bonfante P

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Biology education is undergoing a transformation toward a more student-centered, inquiry-driven classroom. Many educators have designed engaging assignments that are designed to help undergraduate students gain exposure to the scientific process and data analysis. One of these types of assignments is use of a grant pr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sparks-Thissen RL

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crithidia oncopelti, Crithidia deanei and Crithidia desouzai are flagellates of the Trypanosomatidae family that present bacterium-like endosymbionts in their cytoplasm. Gelatin-SDS-PAGE analysis was used to characterize cell-associated and extracellular proteinases in these organisms. Our survey indicates that the pr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： d'Avila-Levy CM,Melo AC,Vermelho AB,Branquinha MH

更新日期：2001-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization of genomic variation among different microbial species, or different strains of the same species, is a field of significant interest with a wide range of potential applications. We have investigated the genomic variation in mycorrhizal fungal genomes through genomic suppressive subtractive hybridizati...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Murat C,Zampieri E,Vallino M,Daghino S,Perotto S,Bonfante P

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alternative sigma factor sigmaH has been shown to play an important role in stress response and morphological differentiation in Streptomyces coelicolor. Its gene, sigH, is located in an operon with the gene encoding proposed anti-sigma factor UshX, and one of the promoters directing expression of the operon is de...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sevcikova B,Kormanec J

更新日期：2002-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodopirellula baltica (strain SH 1T) is a free-living marine representative of the phylogenetically independent and environmentally relevant phylum Planctomycetes. Little is known about the regulatory strategies of free-living bacteria with large (7.15 Mb) genomes. Therefore, a consistent, quantitative and qualitativ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lombardot T,Bauer M,Teeling H,Amann R,Glöckner FO

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) particles produced by recombinant yeast cells was examined using high-resolution negative staining, and ice embedding, electron microscopy. With negative staining, the HBsAg particles were spherical to slightly ovoid with a mean diameter of 27.5 nm and co...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yamaguchi M,Sugahara K,Shiosaki K,Mizokami H,Takeo K

更新日期：1998-08-15 00:00:00