Secretion of endoxylanase A from Penicillium purpurogenum by Saccharomyces cerevisiae transformed with genomic fungal DNA.

abstract：:A collection of 45 epidemiologically unrelated Streptococcus agalactiae strains (group B Streptococcus, GBS), belonging to different serotypes, isolated from pregnant women in China and Russia was studied. Strains were characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) employing hybridization with nine genes pot...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Dmitriev A,Hu YY,Shen AD,Suvorov A,Yang YH

更新日期：2002-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus cereus strains involved in food poisoning cases of the diarrheal type may produce two different enterotoxin complexes. To facilitate the identification of hemolysin BL-enterotoxin complex (HBL) and/or the nonhemolytic enterotoxin (NHE) producing colonies a colony immunoblot procedure was developed, which allo...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Moravek M,Wegscheider M,Schulz A,Dietrich R,Bürk C,Märtlbauer E

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insertion sequence ISRm8 was identified by sequence analysis of the cryptic plasmid pRmeGR4b of Sinorhizobium meliloti GR4. ISRm8 is 1451 bp in length and carries 22/24-bp terminal imperfect inverted repeats with seven mismatches and a direct target site duplication of 3 bp. ISRm8 carries a unique open reading fra...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zekri S,Toro N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brief exposure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to a temperature of 10 degrees C or lower caused a significant leakage of the periplasmic beta-lactamase into the medium. The extent of leakage increased as the incubation temperature was lowered to 4 degrees C and reached a maximum at 0 degrees C. Cells grown in the presence o...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lei Y,Satake S,Ishii J,Nakae T

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella uses type III secretion systems (TTSS) to deliver pathogenic proteins into the host cells. These translocated effectors induce bacterial internalization and intracellular proliferation by targeting important cellular processes that are conserved among eukaryotes. Here, we assessed the feasibility of perform...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Alemán A,Fernández-Piñar P,Pérez-Núñez D,Rotger R,Martín H,Molina M

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) is an important diarrhoeal pathogen causing diseases in multiple epidemiological and clinical settings. In developing countries like India, diarrhoeal diseases are one of the major killers among paediatric population and oddly, few studies are available from Indian paediatric ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gupta D,Sharma M,Sarkar S,Thapa BR,Chakraborti A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E7 oncoprotein of human papillomavirus-16 (HPV-16) is constitutively produced in cervical cancer (CxCa) and is a good candidate for the design of therapeutic vaccines. In this work, the nisin-controlled expression system was used to display the E7 protein at the cell surface of the food-grade Gram-positive bacterium L...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cortes-Perez NG,Bermúdez-Humarán LG,Le Loir Y,Rodriguez-Padilla C,Gruss A,Saucedo-Cárdenas O,Langella P,Montes-de-Oca-Luna R

更新日期：2003-12-05 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：:We developed an improved HEp-2 cell assay method for the detection of Bacillus cereus toxin, which affects the proliferation of HEp-2 cells. The cytostatic toxin was stable upon exposure to heat, pH 2, pH 11 and trypsin, which suggests it is an emetic. Using the HEp-2 cell assay, we examined the distribution and conta...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mikami T,Horikawa T,Murakami T,Matsumoto T,Yamakawa A,Murayama S,Katagiri S,Shinagawa K,Suzuki M

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

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 formation of landomycin A or one of its derivatives (5,6-anhydrolandomycin A) in a heterologous strain has never been achieved. It has now been made possible by the coexpression of a cosmid containing all biosynthetic genes necessary to produce landomycin A together with a pathway-specific regulatory gene. As host...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： von Mulert U,Luzhetskyy A,Hofmann C,Mayer A,Bechthold A

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The cryopreservation of an anaerobic rumen fungus, Piromyces communis OTS1, was examined at -84 degrees C using dimethyl sulfoxide, propylene glycol or ethylene glycol as cryoprotectants. Ethylene glycol was the most effective agent, combining high survival and low toxicity, followed by dimethyl sulfoxide and propylen...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sakurada M,Tsuzuki Y,Morgavi DP,Tomita Y,Onodera R

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhamnolipids are biosurfactants produced by the soil bacterium P seudomonas aeruginosa. In addition to their high industrial potential as surface-active molecules, rhamnolipids also have antimicrobial properties. In densely populated habitats, such as the soil, production of antimicrobial compounds is important to inh...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wecke T,Bauer T,Harth H,Mäder U,Mascher T

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceramide mono (CMH) or dihexoside (CDH) fractions from Trypanosoma cruzi (Dm28c clone) were identified as glucosyl and lactosylceramides containing non-hydroxylated fatty acids. The di-glycosylated form was much more efficiently recognized by sera from T. cruzi-immunized rabbits, indicating that glycosylation influenc...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Villas-Boas MH,Wait R,Silva RB,Rodrigues ML,Barreto-Bergter E

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:We have studied the single rRNA gene cluster from the Archaeon, Pyrococcus furiosus. This isolate grows optimally at 100 degrees C and is thus a hyperthermophile. In P. furiosus, transcription of 16S rRNA is subject to regulation over a 7.5-fold range in response to a 20-fold increase in growth rate. The single cluste...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： DiRuggiero J,Achenbach LA,Brown SH,Kelly RM,Robb FT

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterobacter cloacae CHE, a clinical strain with overproduced cephalosporinase was found to be highly resistant to the new cephalosporins, cefepime and cefpirome (MICs> or =128 microg ml(-1)). The strain was isolated from a child previously treated with cefepime. The catalytic efficiency of the purified enzyme with th...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Barnaud G,Labia R,Raskine L,Sanson-Le Pors MJ,Philippon A,Arlet G

更新日期：2001-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of oxidoreduction potential (Eh) combined with acetic acid, NaCl and temperature on the growth, acidification, and membrane properties of Lactobacillus plantarum were studied. The culture medium was set at pH 5, and two different Eh values were adjusted using nitrogen (Eh = +350 mV) or hydrogen (Eh = -300 ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ouvry A,Waché Y,Tourdot-Maréchal R,Diviès C,Cachon R

更新日期：2002-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Vf33 is a filamentous bacteriophage isolated from Vibrio parahaemolyticus. We performed Southern blot hybridization analysis to examine the distribution of Vf33-related genetic elements in the pandemic strains (O3:K6 strains isolated between 1995 and 1997, O4:K68 and O1:K untypeable strains isolated between 1997 and 1...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Chang B,Yoshida S,Miyamoto H,Ogawa M,Horikawa K,Ogata K,Nishibuchi M,Taniguchi H

更新日期：2000-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The halophilic actinomycete genus Streptomonospora, forming a distinct branch in the 16S rRNA gene phylogenetic tree adjacent to the genera Nocardiopsis and Thermobifida, was first proposed by Cui et al. to accommodate the species type Streptomonospora salina. During a biodiversity and taxonomic study on halophilic fi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zhi XY,Tang SK,Li WJ,Xu LH,Jiang CL

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FNR is an iron-binding transcriptional regulator of Escherichia coli which controls the expression of target genes in response to anaerobiosis. The mechanism used by FNR to sense and respond to anaerobiosis is unknown but it is thought to involve iron. In vitro transcription analyses have shown that iron-deficient FNR...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Green J,Guest JR

更新日期：1993-10-15 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 electron transfer pathway to Fe(III) reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducens has been hypothesized to consist of a series of c-type cytochromes. Previous genetic studies suggested that the inner membrane-associated, c-type cytochrome, MacA, was a component of the electron transfer chain leading to Fe(III) reduction ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kim BC,Lovley DR

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetotactic bacteria are microorganisms that respond to magnetic fields. We studied the surface ultrastructure of uncultured magnetotactic cocci collected from a marine environment by transmission electron microscopy using freeze-fracture and freeze-etching. All bacteria revealed a Gram-negative cell wall. Many bact...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Freitas F,Keim CN,Kachar B,Farina M,Lins U

更新日期：2003-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In sausage, Staphylococcus carnosus increases the levels of methyl ketones which could arise from incomplete beta-oxidation of fatty acids followed by a decarboxylation. The objective of this work was to characterize the beta-decarboxylase activities in cell-free extract. By using different substrates, at least two ki...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fadda S,Leroy-Sétrin S,Talon R

更新日期：2003-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncultured archaeal anaerobic methanotrophs (ANMEs) are known to operate the anaerobic oxidation of methane process, an important sink for the greenhouse gas methane in natural environments. In this study, we designed 16S rRNA gene-specific primers for each of the phylogenetic groups of ANMEs (ANME-1, Guaymas Basin hy...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Miyashita A,Mochimaru H,Kazama H,Ohashi A,Yamaguchi T,Nunoura T,Horikoshi K,Takai K,Imachi H

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) on bacterial cell adhesion onto solid surfaces was investigated using 27 heterotrophic bacterial strains isolated from a wastewater treatment reactor. Cell adhesion onto glass beads was carried out by the packed-bed method and the results were discussed in term...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tsuneda S,Aikawa H,Hayashi H,Yuasa A,Hirata A

更新日期：2003-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cDNAs encoding feedback inhibition-insensitive serine acetyltransferases of Arabidopsis thaliana were expressed in the chromosomal serine acetyltransferase-deficient and L-cysteine non-utilizing Escherichia coli strain JM39-8. The transformants produced 1600 to 1700 mg l(-1) of L-cysteine and L-cystine from glucos...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Takagi H,Awano N,Kobayashi S,Noji M,Saito K,Nakamori S

更新日期：1999-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:D-(-)-3-Hydroxybutyrate (3HB) oligomer hydrolase was purified from Paracoccus denitrificans. The enzyme was a monomeric protein with an approximate molecular mass of 31 kDa. The isoelectric point of the enzyme was 5.2. Optimum temperature and pH were 35-40 degrees C and 8.0, respectively. The enzyme activity was not a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ueda S,Sano K,Gao D,Tomihari N,Yamane T,Endo I

更新日期：2002-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Intact nuclei were isolated from the protoplasts of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans. The large amounts of protoplasts required for such nuclear preparations were produced from young mycelia grown in liquid culture. For final purification of the crude nuclear fraction, a Nycodenz density-gradient centrifuga...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Vágvölgyi C,Ferenczy L

更新日期：1991-08-15 00:00:00