Biofilm formation and biocide susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium fortuitum and Mycobacterium marinum.

abstract：:Protease production by Streptomyces sp. 594 was obtained after submerged fermentation (SF) and solid-state fermentation (SSF) using feather meal (FM) and corn steep liquor (CSL) as sole sources of carbon and nitrogen. Enzyme productions were 13.4 U ml(-1) in SF and 21.5 U g(-1) in SSF; these values were approximately ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： De Azeredo LA,De Lima MB,Coelho RR,Freire DM

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mutation of Agrobacterium radiobacter cells exposed to chrysotile asbestos was examined by the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) method. Approximately 1.4 kbp of DNA in A. radiobacter, which was not amplified strongly in the cells that were not exposed to asbestos, was amplified in the cells that were expose...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yoshida N,Naka T,Sengoku T,Ogawa K

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and twenty-nine Vibrio anguillarum serogroup O2 strains were compared by slide agglutination and Western blotting for their lipopolysaccharide (LPS) structure. The strains showed six different LPS profiles, four different reaction patterns in Western blotting, and four different kinds of reaction in slide ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Tiainen T,Pedersen K,Larsen JL

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cluster of genes encoding components of the progenitor botulinum neurotoxin complex has been mapped and cloned in Clostridium botulinum type G strain ATCC 27322. Determination of the nucleotide sequence of the region has revealed open reading frames encoding nontoxic components of the complex, upstream of the gene...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Bhandari M,Campbell KD,Collins MD,East AK

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During periods of drainage, both water stress and oxygen can cause damage to indigenous methanogens. In the present study, we evaluated the tolerance of seven methanogenic strains (Methanobrevibacter arboriphilicus, Methanobacterium formicicum, Methanococcus vannielii, Methanospirillum hungatei, Methanoculleus olentan...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Liu CT,Miyaki T,Aono T,Oyaizu H

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osmotically sensitive mutants of Neurospora crassa are unable to grow on medium supplemented with 4% NaCl, have altered morphologies and cell-wall compositions, and are resistant to dicarboximide fungicides. Osmotic-1 (os-1) mutants have a unique characteristic of forming protoplasts that grow and divide in specialize...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Schumacher MM,Enderlin CS,Selitrennikoff CP

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Putative penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) were identified in the genome of the Burkholderia cenocepacia strain J2315 based on homology to E. coli PBPs. The three sequences identified as homologs of E. coli PBP1a, BCAL2021, BCAL0274, and BCAM2632, were cloned and expressed as His(6)-tagged fusion proteins in E. coli....

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Specht KM,Sheetz KH,Alexander CM,Lamech LT,O'Connor LH,Walker DM,Stevenson HP

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen clinical isolates of Pasteurella multocida from a variety of different animals and humans were examined for their ability to produce lipase. Lipase substrates used included Tween 20, Tween 40, Tween 80, and Tween 85. Lipase activity was detected in the filtrates of organisms grown to the exponential phase in ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Pratt J,Cooley JD,Purdy CW,Straus DC

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus equi ssp. zooepidemicus (SEZ) is responsible for a wide variety of infections in many species, including pigs, horses and humans. Biofilm formation is essential for pathogenesis, and the ability to resist antibiotic treatment results in difficult-to-treat and persistent infections. However, the ability o...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yi L,Wang Y,Ma Z,Zhang H,Li Y,Zheng JX,Yang YC,Fan HJ,Lu CP

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide synthase (NOS), the enzyme responsible for the production of endogenous nitric oxide from arginine, has been recently discovered in a number of Gram-positive bacteria. While bacterial NOS has been implicated in mediating nitrosative stress, much remains unknown about the functional role of endogenous nitr...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Treece E,Pinkham A,Kim T

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are capable of synthesizing nano-sized, intracellular membrane-bound magnetosomes. To learn more about the genetic factors involved in magnetosome formation, transposon mutagenesis was carried out by conjugation using a hyperactive mariner transposon to obtain nonmagnetic mutants of Magnet...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Bo T,Wang K,Ge X,Chen G,Liu W

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake in the provided KEMB accession number. ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Cho S,Lee SS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The facultative anaerobe Pantoea sp. strain A-13, isolated from ornithogenic soil of Dewart Island (Frazier Islands), Antarctica, produced glycolipid biosurfactants when grown on n-paraffins or kerosene as the sole source of carbon and energy. Hemolysis of erythrocytes, growth inhibition of Bacillus subtilis, and thin...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Vasileva-Tonkova E,Gesheva V

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous fungal infections are common and widespread. Antifungal agents used for the treatment of these infections often have undesirable side effects. Furthermore, increased resistance of the microorganisms to the antifungal drugs becomes the growing problem. Accordingly, the search for natural antifungal compounds ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lastauskienė E,Zinkevičienė A,Girkontaitė I,Kaunietis A,Kvedarienė V

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron-oxidizing Acidithiobacillus spp. are applied worldwide in biomining industry to extract metals from sulfide minerals. They derive energy for survival through Fe2+ oxidation and generate Fe3+ for the dissolution of sulfide minerals. However, molecular mechanisms of their iron oxidation still remain elusive. A nove...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ai C,Liang Y,Miao B,Chen M,Zeng W,Qiu G

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (APS) reductase is a key enzyme involved in the pathways of sulfate reduction and sulfide oxidation in the biological sulfur cycle. In this study, the gene of APS reductase from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli, the soluble protein was purified by ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zheng C,Zhang Y,Liu Y,Wu A,Xia L,Zeng J,Liu J,Qiu G

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two strains of Rhizobia isolated from nodules of Vicia faba var. major and one strain isolated from nodules of Cicer arietinum L. were characterized for salt resistance. The presence of 1 mM glycine betaine or choline in a minimal medium with added NaCl had a beneficial role on the growth of the three strains. Both mo...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Brhada F,Poggi MC,Le Rudulier D

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GABA accumulation and glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) activity, the principal enzyme involved in GABA formation, was investigated in cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 wild-type (WT) and gad knockout mutant strains grown in medium containing different nitrogenous compounds. Nitrate was the best nitrogen source fo...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kanwal S,Khetkorn W,Incharoensakdi A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro study was conducted to examine the metabolism of histidine (His) by mixed rumen bacteria (B), mixed rumen protozoa (P), and a combination of the two (BP). Rumen microorganisms were collected from fistulated goats fed with lucerne cubes (Medicago sativa) and a concentrate mixture twice a day. Microbial susp...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wadud S,Onodera R,Or-Rashid MM,Oshiro S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, probiotic, safety and functional characteristics of eight indigenous bifidobacterial isolates were compared to identify suitable strains for functional food application. Among the isolates, six strains of Bifidobacterium longum and one each of Bifidobacterium breve and Bifidobacterium bifidum wer...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Achi SC,Halami PM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to identify exopolysaccharide-producing bacteria gathered from 18 hypersaline habitats. Phenotypic studies performed with 134 isolates revealed the majority of them to be Gram-negative rods with respiratory metabolism, belonging to the genus Halomonas. A numerical analysis of the 114 phenotyp...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Martínez-Cánovas MJ,Quesada E,Martínez-Checa F,Béjar V

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper summarizes the serotyping scheme of the fish pathogenic bacterium Vibrio anguillarum and defines seven additional O-serogroups. Strains, collected in our laboratories that were nontypable with antisera against the previously defined 16 O-serotypes, were used for generating new antisera and were chara...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Pedersen K,Grisez L,van Houdt R,Tiainen T,Ollevier F,Larsen JL

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenic capability of the tangerine pathotype of Alternaria alternata relies on the production of host-selective ACT toxin. Inoculation of A. alternata in leaves of the citrus quickly induced rapid lipid peroxidation, accumulation of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), and cell death, indicative of host defensive res...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lin CH,Yang SL,Chung KR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cosubstrates fermentation is such an effective strategy for increasing subject metabolic products that it could be available and studied in propionic acid production, using glycerol and glucose as carbon resources. The effects of glycerol, glucose, and their mixtures on the propionic acid production by Propionibacteri...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Liu Y,Zhang YG,Zhang RB,Zhang F,Zhu J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine some properties of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains isolated from onsite wastewater technology in relation to biofilm formation, e.g., autoaggregation and motility. Additionally, biosurfactant production by the isolates was also evaluated. The ability of selected str...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Jałowiecki Ł,Żur J,Chojniak J,Ejhed H,Płaza G

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although extensive information is available on the effect ultraviolet (UV) radiation has on Gram-negative marine bacteria, there is a scarcity of data concerning UV radiation and Gram-positive marine bacteria. The focus of this paper is on Microbacterium maritypicum, with the Gram-negative Vibrio natriegens being used...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Williams PD,Eichstadt SL,Kokjohn TA,Martin EL

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni is a major food-borne pathogen that causes human gastroenteritis in many developed countries. In our study, we applied multilocus sequence typing (MLST) technology to 167 C. jejuni isolates from diverse sources in Eastern China to examine their genetic diversity. MLST defined 94 sequence types (ST...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang G,Zhang X,Hu Y,Jiao XA,Huang J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-negative, short-rod-shaped bacterial strain with gliding motility, designated as DG5A(T), was isolated from a rice field soil in South Korea. Phylogenic analysis using 16S rRNA gene sequence of the new isolate showed that strain DG5A(T) belong to the genus Spirosoma in the family Spirosomaceae, and the highest ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lee JJ,Srinivasan S,Lim S,Joe M,Im S,Bae SI,Park KR,Han JH,Park SH,Joo BM,Park SJ,Kim MK

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging opportunistic pathogen linked not only to bacteremia, sepsis, and pneumonia but also to severe chronic enteritis. Persons with the impaired immune system are prone to be infected by S. maltophilia since its pathogenicity seems to be more associated with the host immune syste...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Okuno NT,Freire IR,Segundo RTRS,Silva CR,Marin VA

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel leucine aminopeptidase was purified from a Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) culture. The purification stages included heating the concentrated supernatant to 65 degrees C for 90 min, anion-exchange chromatography by DEAE cellulose, and hydrophobic chromatography by phenyl Sepharose. The specific activi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Cahan R,Hetzroni E,Nisnevitch M,Nitzan Y

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00