A molecular marker diagnostic of a specific isolate of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, Gigaspora margarita.

abstract：:The essential oil of German chamomile showed specific inhibition toward aflatoxin G(1) (AFG(1)) production, and (E)- and (Z)-spiroethers were isolated as the active compounds from the oil. The (E)- and (Z)-spiroethers inhibited AFG(1) production of Aspergillus parasiticus with inhibitory concentration 50% (IC(50)) val...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yoshinari T,Yaguchi A,Takahashi-Ando N,Kimura M,Takahashi H,Nakajima T,Sugita-Konishi Y,Nagasawa H,Sakuda S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the flagellum and chemotactic motility of Vibrio anguillarum for phagocytosis by and intracellular survival in fish macrophages was determined using a wild-type strain, a mutant without the flagellum, a mutant with a truncated flagellum and a non-chemotactic mutant. For all strains, the numbers of intracel...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Larsen MH,Boesen HT

更新日期：2001-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Endopolygalacturonases (endoPGs) of some phytopathogens are virulent factors for dicots. To investigate the function of the endoPG of Magnaporthe oryzae, a disruption mutant of MGG_08938, the homolog of endoPG found in the genome database of this fungus, was generated. The pathogenicity, mycelial growth, and appressor...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mori T,Jung HY,Maejima K,Hirata H,Himeno M,Hamamoto H,Namba S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ascomycete Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a plant pathogen with a very broad host range. In order to identify and characterize genes involved in S. sclerotiorum infection of Brassica napus (canola), expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were examined from libraries prepared from three tissues: complex appressorium (infectio...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sexton AC,Cozijnsen AJ,Keniry A,Jewell E,Love CG,Batley J,Edwards D,Howlett BJ

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrating short DNA fragments at the correct leader-repeat junction is key to successful CRISPR-Cas memory formation. The Cas1-2 proteins are responsible to carry out this process. However, the CRISPR adaptation process additionally requires a DNA element adjacent to the CRISPR array, called leader, to facilitate ef...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kieper SN,Almendros C,Brouns SJJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine ammonia oxidising bacteria were enriched by incubation of sea water, amended with ammonium sulphate, and subsequent subculture in liquid inorganic medium. PCR primers were designed to be specific for rDNA sequences from ammonia oxidisers belonging to the beta-sub-group of the proteobacteria. These primers were ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： McCaig AE,Embley TM,Prosser JI

更新日期：1994-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Truffles are hypogeous Ascomycete fungi belonging to the genus Tuber and forming fruiting bodies highly prized for their taste and aroma. The identification of the genus Tuber and its species is important to investigate their ecology and avoid fraud in the food market. As genus-specific primers are not available, the ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zampieri E,Mello A,Bonfante P,Murat C

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the establishment of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection, its capacity to adhere to host intestinal epithelial cells is the critical first step in pathogenesis. It also has the capability to form biofilms, and because both are surface activities, we sought to gain insight into a potential linkage between biofilm...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Puttamreddy S,Minion FC

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present draft genome sequences of three Holospora species, hosted by the ciliate Paramecium caudatum; that is, the macronucleus-specific H. obtusa and the micronucleus-specific H. undulata and H. elegans. We investigate functions of orthologous core genes conserved across the three Holospora species, which may be e...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Dohra H,Tanaka K,Suzuki T,Fujishima M,Suzuki H

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An expressed sequence tag database of the freshwater fish parasite, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (Ciliophora) was analyzed to seek for proteases potentially involved in the invasion and degradation of host tissues during infection. The translation of the database revealed two cathepsin L cysteine proteases (Icp1 and I...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jousson O,Di Bello D,Donadio E,Felicioli A,Pretti C

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for improved rapid diagnostic tests for tuberculosis disease has prompted interest in the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria. We have investigated VOCs emitted by Mycobacterium bovis BCG grown on Lowenstein-Jensen media using selected ion flow tube mass sp...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： McNerney R,Mallard K,Okolo PI,Turner C

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcriptional repressor CcpN from Bacillus subtilis mediates the CcpA-independent catabolite repression of three genes, sr1, encoding a small regulatory RNA, and two gluconeogenesis genes, gapB and pckA. The intracellular concentration of CcpN was determined to be around 4000 molecules per cell. The B. subtilis ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Eckart RA,Brantl S,Licht A

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae is an important plant pathogen which causes bacterial blight of rice. To facilitate genome studies of this bacterium, we have constructed a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library of strain MAFF 311018. It consisted of 750 clones representing 16 genome equivalents, and had an insert...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ochiai H,Inoue Y,Hasebe A,Kaku H

更新日期：2001-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The restriction deficient mutant 8195 of Acholeplasma laidlawii strain JA1 was transformed by the promiscuous streptococcal plasmid vector pNZ18 at a frequency of 4 x 10(-4)/cfu. The plasmid was maintained without structural rearrangements but was lost in the absence of a selection pressure, i.e. kanamycin or neomycin...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sundström TK,Wieslander A

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant clone Staphylococcus aureus USA300 is a major source of skin and soft tissue infections and involves strains with a diverse set of resistance genes. In this study, we report efficient transduction of penicillinase and tetracycline resistance plasmids by bacteriop...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Varga M,Kuntová L,Pantůček R,Mašlaňová I,Růžičková V,Doškař J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of short chain S-methyl thioesters was investigated in Geotrichum candidum strain GcG. The results indicated the involvement of an enzymatic reaction in this microorganism that led to the synthesis of S-methyl thioacetate (MTA) when methanethiol and acetyl-CoA were used as substrates. MTA was generated f...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Helinck S,Spinnler HE,Parayre S,Dame-Cahagne M,Bonnarme P

更新日期：2000-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Small plasmids were found in two clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Spain (strains 671 and 678) and in one strain (SpR) isolated in Germany. All three strains contained one plasmid (2.75 to 3.1 kb) which is related to the only previously described pneumococcal plasmid, pDP1. Strains 678 and SpR carried...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sibold C,Markiewicz Z,Latorre C,Hakenbeck R

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:CheY, the response regulator of the chemotaxis system in Escherichia coli, can be regulated by two covalent modifications - phosphorylation and acetylation. Both covalent modifications are involved in chemotaxis, but the mechanism and role of the acetylation are still obscure. While acetylation was shown to repress th...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Li R,Chen P,Gu J,Deng JY

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium thermocellum, a Gram-positive, thermophilic anaerobe produces a highly active cellulase system. This system, termed the cellulosome, is a complex composed of at least 14-18 different types of components organized around a large, cellulose-binding protein. Combining recombinant DNA technology and protein bi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Béguin P,Millet J,Aubert JP

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Tagging of two cell wall mannoproteins, Cwp1p and Cwp2p, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae with the green fluorescent protein from Aequorea victoria resulted in incorporation of fluorescent fusion proteins into the cell wall. Both living cells and isolated cell walls became brightly labeled. Intriguingly, the incorporation ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ram AF,Van den Ende H,Klis FM

更新日期：1998-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of RNase P RNA from anammox bacteria 'Candidatus Brocadia anammoxidans' and 'Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis' with that from other Planctomycetes was investigated. Newly identified rnpB gene sequences were aligned against existing planctomycete RNase P RNA sequences and secondary structures deduce...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Butler MK,Op den Camp HJ,Harhangi HR,Lafi FF,Strous M,Fuerst JA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii strain A148, a clinical isolate resistant to imipenem (MIC = 32 mg l-1), synthesized two beta-lactamases with pIs 6.3 and > 9.2. The pI 6.3 enzyme hydrolyzed the penicillins, including isoxazoylpenicillins, first-, second- and, to a lesser extent, third-generation cephalosporins. It was inhibit...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hornstein M,Sautjeau-Rostoker C,Péduzzi J,Vessières A,Hong LT,Barthélémy M,Scavizzi M,Labia R

更新日期：1997-08-15 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：:Two Csp proteins (CspA and CspD) were fused to the green fluorescent protein GFP and expressed from their natural promoters or from an inducible promoter. Fluorescence microscopy and computerized image analysis indicate that in Escherichia coli growing at 37 degrees C CspD localizes in the nucleoid like the control H-...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Giangrossi M,Exley RM,Le Hegarat F,Pon CL

更新日期：2001-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemin (iron protoporphyrin IX) is an essential growth factor for the periodontal pathogen. Porphyromonas gingivalis. Iron protoporphyrin IX (IPP IX) binding to the avirulent P. gingivalis beige variant (W50/BE1) and the black-pigmenting parent wild-type strain W50 was quantified. W50/BE1 grown in a chemostat under ha...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Smalley JW,Birss AJ,McKee AS,Marsh PD

更新日期：1996-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of Prevotella ruminicola strains B(1)4 (subsp. brevis) and D31d (subsp. ruminicola), was inhibited by protamine, a polycationic, low molecular mass protein. Results showed that protamine has a bacteriocidal effect when present in concentrations exceeding 30 micrograms ml-1. Protamine exerted its toxic effects b...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Madeira HM,Morrison M

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glt operon of Escherichia coli comprises the structural genes for the glutamate synthase subunits (gltB and gltD) and gltF, whose product was previously suggested to have regulatory functions. The A/T-rich region between gltD and gltF contains a weak promoter and a translation initiation site for gltF. The GltF pr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Grassl G,Bufe B,Müller B,Rösel M,Kleiner D

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild alkaline solutions (beta-elimination), after removing the non-covalently bonded wall materials by hot SDS, released 13% and 26% of remaining wall proteins from mycelial and yeast cells of Candida albicans, respectively. When the beta-elimination was carried out after digestion of the walls with chitinase, four-fo...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mormeneo S,Marcilla A,Iranzo M,Sentandreu R

更新日期：1994-10-15 00:00:00