A new pullulan and a branched (1-->3)-, (1-->6)-linked beta-glucan from the lichenised ascomycete Teloschistes flavicans.

abstract：:Surface antigen one (Sao) is a newly identified protein from the major zoonotic pathogen, Streptococcus suis. In search of functional proteins related to the pathogenesis of Chinese S. suis 2 (SS2), unexpectedly, a variant of Sao protein was obtained. To test its prevalence in S. suis, PCR assay was adopted to address...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Feng Y,Zheng F,Pan X,Sun W,Wang C,Dong Y,Ju AP,Ge J,Liu D,Liu C,Yan J,Tang J,Gao GF

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NadR is the repressor protein that controls the expression of genes for NAD synthesis. It is also believed to be involved in nucleotide transport. Point mutations conferring different phenotypes were localized to six different regions within the nadR gene. That mutations affecting repression and transport all mapped w...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Foster JW,Penfound T

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outer membrane proteins of several prominent bacterial pathogens demonstrate substantial variation in their surface antigenic epitopes. To determine if this was also true for Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane protein OprF, gene sequencing of a serotype 5 isolate was performed to permit comparison with the publ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Martin NL,Rawling EG,Wong RS,Rosok M,Hancock RE

更新日期：1993-11-01 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：:Herein, we report a high-quality draft genome sequence of an uncultivated aromatic compound-degrading bacterium, obtained by the stable isotope probing method from a sulfate-reducing microcosm from an oil-contaminated tidal flat. The obtained genome was closely related with that of Desulfobacula toluolica Tol2. Abunda...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kim SJ,Park SJ,Jung MY,Kim JG,Min UG,Hong HJ,Rhee SK

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The applicability of different PCR-based techniques, random amplified polymorphic DNA, cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence and SSRs (simple sequence repeats) to genetically identify, typify and discriminate among Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains, was investigated. The analysis and comparison of the genetic profiles...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pérez MA,Gallego FJ,Hidalgo P

更新日期：2001-12-18 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：:Atypical psychrophilic Aeromonas salmonicida isolates were obtained from farmed and wild fish in Northeastern North America. These bacteria were isolated between 1992 and 2001 and carried tetracycline resistance (Tc(r)) plasmids of approximately 58 kb. The nine isolates had plasmids which could be divided into four gr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Casas C,Anderson EC,Ojo KK,Keith I,Whelan D,Rainnie D,Roberts MC

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-negative sporulating thermophilic anaerobe, designated AB11Ad, was isolated from the heated waters of the Great Artesian Basin of Australia. It grew on a variety of carbohydrates including glucose, starch, and dextran and produced a thermostable and thermoactive extracellular endo-dextranase. The enzyme was pro...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wynter C,Patel BK,Bain P,de Jersey J,Hamilton S,Inkerman PA

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present evidence that glycine betaine (betaine) which was synthesized from choline was excreted and reaccumulated in osmoregulating cells of Escherichia coli. Choline which was accumulated in bet mutants defective in betaine synthesis was shown to be excreted in response to betaine uptake. Our data suggest that E. ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lamark T,Styrvold OB,Strøm AR

更新日期：1992-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Improving the ability of plants and plant-associated organisms to fix and assimilate atmospheric nitrogen has inspired plant biotechnologists for decades, not only to alleviate negative effects on nature from increased use and availability of reactive nitrogen, but also because of apparent economic benefits and opport...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Burén S,Rubio LM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans yeasts adhered avidly to extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, type IV collagen, laminin, and fibronectin immobilized on plastic. Type IV collagen showed an increase of adherence of 400% above control values; laminin, 300%; and fibronectin, 150%. In addition, all three (in quantities of 0.02-200 microg...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Klotz SA

更新日期：1990-03-15 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：:The emergence and dissemination of colistin resistance among Gram-negative bacteria is a global problem. We initiated a surveillance of colistin-resistant and -susceptible Escherichia coli in raw meats from chicken in Nepal. A total of 180 meat samples were collected; from these, 60 E. coli strains were isolated (33.3...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Joshi PR,Thummeepak R,Leungtongkam U,Pooarlai R,Paudel S,Acharya M,Dhital S,Sitthisak S

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:Transcription of the sigA and sigB genes of Brevibacterium lactofermentum, encoding the principal sigma factors of RNA polymerase, has been investigated by Northern blot and primer extension analysis. Northern hybridizations revealed that sigA is transcribed as a monocistronic mRNA of 1.7 kb and sigB gives two transcr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Oguiza JA,Marcos AT,Martín JF

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus parasuis, the etiological agent of Glässer's disease in pigs, possesses iron acquisition pathways mediated by a surface receptor that specifically bind porcine transferrin. This receptor is composed of transferrin-binding protein A (TbpA) and TbpB. As it has been reported for other gram-negative organisms,...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Martínez S,Frandoloso R,Rodríguez-Ferri EF,González-Zorn B,Gutiérrez-Martín CB

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most Moraxella catarrhalis isolates express a highly-conserved outer membrane protein of 453 residues designated OMPCD, which has been previously shown to mediate binding to A549 human lung cells. Here, it is reported that two distinct domains of the M. catarrhalis strain O35E OMPCD protein specify adherence. Truncate...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Akimana C,Lafontaine ER

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Chaetomium globosum strain F0142, which was isolated from barnyard grass, showed potent disease control efficacy against rice blast (Magnaporthe grisea) and wheat leaf rust (Puccinia recondita). Two antifungal substances were purified from broth from this organism and identified as chaetoviridins A and B. Chaetovi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Park JH,Choi GJ,Jang KS,Lim HK,Kim HT,Cho KY,Kim JC

更新日期：2005-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of diatoms in victim's internal organs has been regarded as a gold biological evidence of drowning. The idea becomes true at the advent of DNA metabarcoding. Unfortunately, the DNA barcode of diatoms are far from being applicable due to neither consensus on the barcode and nor reliable reference library.I...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Liu M,Zhao Y,Sun Y,Wu P,Zhou S,Ren L

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polyhydroxyalkanoic acid (PHA) synthase gene (phaCAc) of a species of Acinetobacter isolated from an activated sludge treatment plant was cloned by heterologous complementation in a poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) negative mutant of Alcaligenes eutrophus. Nucleotide sequence analysis of phaCAc revealed an open rea...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Schembri MA,Bayly RC,Davies JK

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High voltage electroporation has been investigated as a method for rapid recovery of plasmid and chromosomal DNA from the cyanobacteria Nostoc PCC 7121, Synechococcus PCC 7002, and Anabaena PCC 7120. Pulses of 18 kV/cm and higher applied to concentrated Nostoc cells carrying a shuttle plasmid (pRL25) resulted in copio...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Moser D,Zarka D,Hedman C,Kallas T

更新日期：1995-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Airborne bacteria isolated from a tannery air environment were screened for the property of solubilization of insoluble zinc oxide and zinc phosphate. Out of 10 strains tested, a strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CMG 823) showed the best solubilization and solubilized both zinc oxide and zinc phosphate. Colonies of th...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fasim F,Ahmed N,Parsons R,Gadd GM

更新日期：2002-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Acylated homoserine lactone (AHL)-based quorum sensing (QS) has been reported to be present only in Gram-negative microorganisms. Isolation of a novel Gram-positive microorganism from sea water, capable of producing AHL, is reported here. The isolate (GenBank: JF915892, designated as MPO) belonging to the Exiguobacter...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Biswa P,Doble M

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:FlgM inhibits the flagella-specific sigma factor FliA and is involved in the mouse-virulence of Salmonella typhimurium. In recent experiments, we observed that: (i) a flgM gene that could function to negatively regulate flagella synthesis was present in a variety of salmonellae; and (ii) the flgM gene derived from Sal...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Schmitt CK,Darnell SC,O'Brien AD

更新日期：1996-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a methodology to identify the origin of fecal pollution is important both for assessing the degree of risk posed to public health and for developing strategies to mitigate the environmental loading of pathogens associated with waterborne disease transmission. Five rep-PCR genomic fingerprinting meth...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mohapatra BR,Broersma K,Mazumder A

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：:Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000, a plant pathogenic gram-negative bacterium, employs the type III secretion system (T3SS) to cause disease in tomato and Arabidopsis and to induce the hypersensitive response in nonhost plants. The expression of T3SS is regulated by the HrpL extracytoplasmic sigma factor. Express...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jovanovic M,Lawton E,Schumacher J,Buck M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rod-shaped Alphaproteobacteria possessing long prosthecae-like appendages have been detected abundantly in biofilms attaching onto anode graphite of cellulose-fed microbial fuel cells (MFCs). To identify their ecological roles, the present study isolated a corresponding bacterium (strain Mfc52) by direct plating of a ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kodama Y,Watanabe K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00