Activity of the enzymes involved in the synthesis of exopolysaccharide precursors in an overproducing mutant ropy strain of Streptococcus thermophilus.

abstract：:The outer membrane protein (OMP) profiles of four different strains of Bacteroides fragilis, as determined by Coomassie blue stained polyacrylamide gels, were compared after growth in broth culture and in the mouse peritoneal cavity. There was no induction of the expression of large quantities of novel OMP after growt...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Patrick S,Lutton DA

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of exogenously added L-phenylalanine (L-Phe) on the activities of L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) and 3, 4-dimethoxybenzyl alcohol (veratryl alcohol, VA) biosynthesis in ligninolytic cultures of Phanerochaete chrysosporium were investigated. Increasing PAL activity was detected in low nitrogen (LN) cul...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hattori T,Nishiyama A,Shimada M

更新日期：1999-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Falcipain-2A, the cysteine protease of Plasmodium falciparum has been proposed as a good drug target. This study evaluated the suitability of Plasmodium berghei as the animal model and reports the first functional expression and characterization of the falcipain-2A orthologue, berghepain-2. Comparative studies reveale...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Chan C,Goh LL,Sim TS

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodic evolution of H(2)S during aerobic chemostat culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae resulted in ultradian metabolic oscillation via periodic inhibition of respiratory activity. To understand the nature of periodic H(2)S evolution, we investigated whether oxidative stress is associated with H(2)S production. The c...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kwak WJ,Kwon GS,Jin I,Kuriyama H,Sohn HY

更新日期：2003-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:While there is an extensive database of genes encoding ammonia monooxygenase (amo) found in the ammonia-oxidizing beta-proteobacteria, few amo sequences are available representing the gamma-proteobacteria. We sequenced the complete amo operon (amoCAB) for Nitrosococcus oceani (ATCC 19707), a marine, autotrophic, ammon...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Alzerreca JJ,Norton JM,Klotz MG

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil isolate Pseudomonas sp. strain AKN5 degrades atrazine as the sole source of nitrogen. The strain showed expeditious growth on medium containing citrate as the carbon source and ammonium chloride as the nitrogen source as compared to citrate plus atrazine or cyanuric acid. Biochemical and nitrogen-source-dependent...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sharma A,Kalyani P,Trivedi VD,Kapley A,Phale PS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:micF RNA, whose sequence is highly complementary to a 5'-portion of ompF mRNA, has been implicated in the osmoregulation and thermoregulation of the ompF porin gene in Escherichia coli. To define and characterize cis-acting regulatory regions upstream of the micF promoter, a series of deletions of the micF promoter fu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Takayanagi K,Maeda S,Mizuno T

更新日期：1991-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The twin-arginine translocation (Tat) system serves to translocate folded and often cofactor-containing proteins across biological membranes. The mechanistic limits of the Tat system can be explored by addressing the transport of specifically designed Tat substrates. It thus could be recently shown that unstructured p...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lindenstrauss U,Brüser T

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research devoted to uncovering the mechanisms of adherence of Candida albicans to human tissue is reviewed. The physical aspects of adherence of the fungus to host cells and the biochemical and molecular features, as far as they are known, are discussed. Relevant pre- and post-adherence events in the pathogenesis of d...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pendrak ML,Klotz SA

更新日期：1995-06-15 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：:Attachment of soil bacteria to plant cells is supposedly the very early step required in plant-microbe interactions. Attachment also is an initial step for the formation of microbial biofilms on plant roots. For the rhizobia-legume symbiosis, various mechanisms and diverse surface molecules of both partners have been ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Rodríguez-Navarro DN,Dardanelli MS,Ruíz-Saínz JE

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study characterizes the glucomannan utilization operon (gmuBACDREFG, formerly ydhMNOPQRST) of Bacillus subtilis. Transcription of the operon is induced by konjac glucomannan and requires the last mannanase gene (gmuG). Cellobiose and mannobiose, possible degradation products of glucomannan by GmuG, are strong ind...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sadaie Y,Nakadate H,Fukui R,Yee LM,Asai K

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：:Photorhabdus (Enterobacteriaceae) bacteria are pathogenic to insects and mutualistic with entomopathogenic Heterorhabditis nematodes. Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. akhurstii LN2, associated with Heterorhabditis indica LN2, shows nematicidal activity against H. bacteriophora H06 infective juveniles (IJs). In the pres...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Qiu X,Wu C,Cao L,Ehlers RU,Han R

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：:Poultry is one of the most consumed meats worldwide and there are many different types of poultry products available on the market for consumers. Many poultry producers provide a variety of labeled meats based on rearing system such as organic, free-range and antibiotic-free. However, these labels often can be mislead...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lee SI,Choi J,Daeschel DZ,Park SH

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hopanoid fingerprints allowed to differentiate bacteria formerly connected to the genus Pseudomonas. Whereas all strains related to Pseudomonas and Ralstonia were devoid of any detectable hopanoid, these pentacyclic triterpenoids were found in the Burkholderia species and in related soil isolates, which contained as m...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cvejic JH,Putra SR,El-Beltagy A,Hattori R,Hattori T,Rohmer M

更新日期：2000-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A lysC-lac'Z fusion plasmid was constructed to study the regulatory region of the lysC gene. Analysis by deletion mutations confirmed the existence of an alternative promoter, P2, located upstream of the previously identified promoter, P1. The transcription start site of promoter P2 was located 85 base pairs upstream ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Liao HH,Hseu TH

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of microorganisms in natural environments are difficult to cultivate, but their genes can be studied via metagenome libraries. To enhance the chances that these genes become expressed we here report the construction of a broad-host-range plasmid vector (pRS44) for fosmid and bacterial artificial chromosom...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Aakvik T,Degnes KF,Dahlsrud R,Schmidt F,Dam R,Yu L,Völker U,Ellingsen TE,Valla S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the establishment of a diagnostic tool for mycobacterial species, a part of the dnaA gene was amplified and sequenced from clinically relevant 27 mycobacterial species as well as 49 clinical isolates. Sequence variability in the amplified segment of the dnaA gene allowed the differentiation of all species except f...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mukai T,Miyamoto Y,Yamazaki T,Makino M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23 is a biocontrol agent that, in addition to producing antifungal compounds, synthesizes polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) polymers as a carbon and energy sink. Quorum sensing (QS) and the anaerobic regulator (ANR) are required for PA23-mediated fungal suppression; however, the role of these regul...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mohanan N,Gislason A,Sharma PK,Ghergab A,Plouffe J,Levin DB,de Kievit T

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dark septate endophytes (DSEs) are widely distributed worldwide and can promote plant growth. Therefore, they are considered potentially important plant allies, especially in stressful environments. Previous studies have reported that DSEs cohabit roots with other microorganisms such as ectomycorrhizal (ECM), endophyt...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Berthelot C,Leyval C,Chalot M,Blaudez D

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phlebia tremellosa decolourised eight synthetic textile dyes (200 mg l(-1)) by greater than 96% within 14 days under stationary incubation conditions. High performance liquid chromatography analysis of culture supernatants indicated that Remazol Black B was degraded by the fungus, however, complete mineralisation did ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kirby N,Marchant R,McMullan G

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two type B15 P1.16 strains of Neisseria meningitidis were examined by immunogold electron microscopy for accessibility of two outer membrane protein (OMPs) to monoclonal antibodies. Both strains exhibited cell-to-cell variation of one epitope of the Class 3 OMP (P3.15) and one of the Class 1 OMPs (P1.16) when grown in...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wall RA,Davies HA,Borriello SP

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteus mirabilis strain MAG1, a clinical isolate that is resistant to broad-spectrum penicillins and co-amoxiclav, produces inhibitor-resistant TEM (IRT)-21, a novel mutant of TEM beta-lactamase. This enzyme has a pI of 5.2 and is derived from the bla(TEM-1a) gene ancestor. It contains two major amino acid substituti...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mammeri H,Gilly L,Laurans G,Vedel G,Eb F,Paul G

更新日期：2001-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetracycline resistance in Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum has been associated with the tetM determinant and has recently been increasing in incidence. We report here a rapid method for detection of the tetM determinant based on the use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify a 397-bp DNA fragm...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Blanchard A,Crabb DM,Dybvig K,Duffy LB,Cassell GH

更新日期：1992-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated the abc1 gene from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Sequence analysis suggests that the Abc1 protein is a member of the ABC superfamily of transporters and is composed of two structurally homologous halves, each consisting of a hydrophobic region of six transmembrane domains and a hydrophi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Christensen PU,Davis K,Nielsen O,Davey J

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The virulence of Salmonella typhimurium for mice is dependent on a plasmid-borne gene cluster termed spv. We previously determined that both S. typhimurium and Escherichia coli bacteria grown in a rich medium preferentially express the spv genes during the stationary phase of growth. In this study we evaluated the rol...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Norel F,Robbe-Saule V,Popoff MY,Coynault C

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A real-time nucleic acid sequence-based amplification assay, targeting tmRNA, was designed for the rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus. The selectivity of the assay was confirmed against a panel of 76 Staphylococcus strains and species and 22 other bacterial species. A detection limit of 1 cell equivalent wa...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： O'Grady J,Lacey K,Glynn B,Smith TJ,Barry T,Maher M

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The small noncoding RNA RyhB is a regulator of iron homeostasis in Escherichia coli. During iron limitation, it downregulates the expression of a number of iron-containing proteins, including enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid cycle and the respiratory chain. Because this infers a potential for RyhB to limit energy met...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bollinger CJ,Kallio PT

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00