Tetratricopeptide-like repeats in type-III-secretion chaperones and regulators.

abstract：:DNA hybridization using the Synechocystis PCC6803 glucose transporter gene, glcP, revealed a single homologous region in two facultative photoautotrophic strains out of three tested, and none in three obligate autotrophs. In one of the latter, Synechococcus PCC7942, integration of glcP into the chromosome resulted in ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zhang CC,Jeanjean R,Joset F

更新日期：1998-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Interest in endophytes as natural sources for new medicines was inspired by the discovery of paclitaxel-producing endophytic fungi. This study investigated the anti-cancer activity of extracts of endophytes isolated from two Australian plants, Eremophila longifolia (EL) and Eremophila maculata (EM). Endophytes were is...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zaferanloo B,Pepper SA,Coulthard SA,Redfern CPF,Palombo EA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus subtilis possesses two isogenes encoding glutamate racemases, the poly-gamma-glutamate synthesis-linking Glr enzyme and the YrpC isozyme, and produces abundant amounts of the Glr enzyme. The YrpC isozyme, but not the Glr enzyme, was found to influence the activity of DNA gyrase, as did the MurI-type glutamate...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ashiuchi M,Kuwana E,Komatsu K,Soda K,Misono H

更新日期：2003-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Autotrophic fixation of carbon dioxide into cellular carbon occurs via several pathways but quantitatively, the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle is the most important. CbbR regulates the expression of the cbb genes involved in CO2 fixation via the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle in a number of autotrophic bacteria. A gene pote...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Esparza M,Jedlicki E,Dopson M,Holmes DS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodococcus rhodochrous NCIMB13064 can dehalogenate and utilise a number of halogenated aliphatic compounds as sole carbon and energy source. Mutants of NCIMB13064 can be easily isolated with an enlarged range of 1-chloroalkane utilising ability. Dehalogenation of 1-chlorononane, 1-chlorodecane and short-chain 1-chlor...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kulakova AN,Reid KA,Larkin MJ,Allen CC,Kulakov LA

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astaxanthin possesses higher antioxidant activity than other carotenoids and, for this and other reasons, has great commercial potential for use in the aquaculture, pharmaceutical, and food industries. The basidiomycetous yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is one of the best natural producers of astaxanthin, but wild...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ukibe K,Katsuragi T,Tani Y,Takagi H

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified, cloned and characterized a formerly unknown protein from Streptomyces lividans spores. The deduced protein belongs to a novel member of the metallophosphatase superfamily and contains a phosphatase domain and predicted binding sites for divalent ions. Very close relatives are encoded in the genomic...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lamp J,Weber M,Cingöz G,Ortiz de Orué Lucana D,Schrempf H

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus equi ssp. equi is the causative agent of strangles, a highly contagious and serious disease in the upper respiratory tract of horses. The present study describes the characterization of IdeE, a homolog of the secreted IgG-specific protease IdeS/Mac of Streptococcus pyogenes. The activity of IdeE is compa...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lannergård J,Guss B

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bft gene encoding Bacteroides fragilis toxin (BFT) has been devided into two subtypes, bft-1 and bft-2. We found a novel subtype by sequencing a segment of the bft gene from 64 enterotoxigenic B. fragilis (ETBF) strains isolated in Japan. The 1548-bp nucleotide sequences of the new bft, the bft-1, and bft-2 genes ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kato N,Liu CX,Kato H,Watanabe K,Tanaka Y,Yamamoto T,Suzuki K,Ueno K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two conservative gene clusters, the S10 ribosomal protein region and one (of the two) set of rRNA genes, were split in a genome crossover rearrangement event in Mycoplasma gallisepticum. As a result of the rearrangement the major part of the S10 ribosomal protein cluster is located upstream of genes for 23S-5S rRNA (r...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Skamrov A,Feoktistova E,Goldman M,Beabealashvilli R

更新日期：2002-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:It is often taken for granted that all animals host and depend upon a microbiome, yet this has only been shown for a small proportion of species. We propose that animals span a continuum of reliance on microbial symbionts. At one end are the famously symbiont-dependent species such as aphids, humans, corals and cows, ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hammer TJ,Sanders JG,Fierer N

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungi of the genus Fusarium are important plant pathogens and contaminants of cereal grains producing different types of mycotoxins. Enniatins are a group of mycotoxins with ionophoric properties frequently detected in North European grains. Within the Fusarium complex responsible for grain infection, Fusarium avenace...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kulik T,Jestoi M,Okorski A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparison of sequence data is necessary in older to investigate virus origins, identify features common to virulent strains, and characterize genomic organization within virus families. A virulent caliciviral disease of rabbits recently emerged in China. We have sequenced 1100 bases from the 3' ends of two independen...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Milton ID,Vlasak R,Nowotny N,Rodak L,Carter MJ

更新日期：1992-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is the causative agent for pseudomembranous colitis in humans. Toxic strains of C. difficile produce two toxins, toxin A and toxin B. A reliable and definitive method of typing the toxic strains of C. difficile is needed since nosocomial cross infection is a primary concern in hospitals and other...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： McMillin DE,Muldrow LL

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the specificity of six different lysozymes for peptidoglycan substrates obtained by extraction of a number of gram-negative bacteria and Micrococcus lysodeikticus with chloroform/Tris-HCl buffer (chloroform/buffer). The lysozymes included two that are commercially available (hen egg white lysozyme...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Nakimbugwe D,Masschalck B,Deckers D,Callewaert L,Aertsen A,Michiels CW

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiplex-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay based on one-step amplification and detection of two different mycobacterial genomic fragments was designed for differentiation of Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The oligonucleotide primers were chosen from a 500-bp genomic fragment which is well c...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shah DH,Verma R,Bakshi CS,Singh RK

更新日期：2002-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:During our screening of amylolytic microorganisms from Brazilian fruits, we isolated a yeast strain classified as Cryptococcus flavus. When grown on starch-containing medium this strain exhibited the highest amylase production after 24 h of cultivation. The extracellular amylase from C. flavus was purified from the cu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wanderley KJ,Torres FA,Moraes LM,Ulhoa CJ

更新日期：2004-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the diversity and roles of Gram-positive and pigmented bacteria in Antarctic environments, especially those associated with marine macroorganisms. This work is the first study about the diversity and antimicrobial activity of culturable pigmented Gram-positive bacteria associated with marine Anta...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Leiva S,Alvarado P,Huang Y,Wang J,Garrido I

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:Two Pseudomonas aeruginosa genes, termed phaJ1(Pa) and phaJ2(Pa), homologous to the Aeromonas caviae (R)-specific enoyl-CoA hydratase gene (phaJ(Ac)) were cloned using a PCR technique to investigate the monomer-supplying ability for polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthesis from beta-oxidation cycle. Two expression plasmid...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tsuge T,Fukui T,Matsusaki H,Taguchi S,Kobayashi G,Ishizaki A,Doi Y

更新日期：2000-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An identification method by PCR, specific to the Carnobacterium genus, was optimised by testing it on 28 bacterial strains. Primers from the literature were tested to differentiate Carnobacterium strains present among various bacterial species. The DNA of Carnobacterium species (C. alterfunditum, C. divergens, C. fund...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cailliez-Grimal C,Miguindou-Mabiala R,Leseine M,Revol-Junelles AM,Millière JB

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we analysed the diversity and composition of double-stranded DNA viral and bacterial communities within the sample of surface coastal water of Southern Baikal through metagenomics and deep sequencing of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene, respectively. The 16S rRNA gene analysis has revealed 14 phyla and domina...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Butina TV,Bukin YS,Krasnopeev AS,Belykh OI,Tupikin AE,Kabilov MR,Sakirko МV,Belikov SI

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tat machinery catalyzes the transport of folded proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane in bacteria and the thylakoid membrane in plants. Transport occurs only in the presence of an electric field (Δψ) and/or a pH (ΔpH) gradient, and thus, Tat transport is considered to be dependent on the proton motive force (pm...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hamsanathan S,Musser SM

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria communicate with one another and with their host using chemical signalling molecules. This phenomenon is generally described as quorum sensing. A set of primers for PCR detection of Salmonella spp. has been designed using as target the sdiA gene which encodes a signal receptor of the LuxR family. The PCR prod...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Halatsi K,Oikonomou I,Lambiri M,Mandilara G,Vatopoulos A,Kyriacou A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MHYT, a new conserved protein domain with a likely signaling function, is described. This domain consists of six transmembrane segments, three of which contain conserved methionine, histidine, and tyrosine residues that are projected to lie near the outer face of the cytoplasmic membrane. In Synechocystis sp. PCC6803,...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Galperin MY,Gaidenko TA,Mulkidjanian AY,Nakano M,Price CW

更新日期：2001-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a multiplex PCR to detect the presence of methicillin- (mecA), cadmium/zinc-(czrC) and antiseptic-resistant (qacA/B) staphylococci and to identify Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive and -negative Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) from infected and healthy eyes. The ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Panda S,Kar S,Choudhury R,Sharma S,Singh DV

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this multidisciplinary study, we combined morphological, physiological, and phylogenetic approaches to identify three dominant water bloom-forming Cyanobacteria in a tropical marine mangrove in Guadeloupe (French West Indies). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences place these marine Cyanobacteria i...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Guidi-Rontani C,Jean MR,Gonzalez-Rizzo S,Bolte-Kluge S,Gros O

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pseudotrisaccharide allosamidin, a potent inhibitor of chitinases, retarded the fragmentation of hyphae but did not affect the fungal growth and cephalosporin-C production in Acremonium chrysogenum. In vitro inhibition of A. chrysogenum cell-bound chitinase(s) by allosamidin revealed that about 47% of the soluble ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sándor E,Pusztahelyi T,Karaffa L,Karányi Z,Pócsi I,Biró S,Szentirmai A,Pócsi I

更新日期：1998-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthesis of glyantrypine from radiolabelled amino acid precursors has been shown experimentally to involve anthranilic acid, tryptophan and glycine. Low values for percentage incorporation of radiolabel into glyantrypine were partly influenced by a complex array of other novel alkaloids shown by the radiolabel...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Penn J,Purcell M,Mantle PG

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some microorganisms found in the soil are able to produce substances which regulate plant growth. In this study, we show the presence of a substance associated with auxin activity, identified as indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), in Azospirillum brasilense UAP 154 growth medium. A. brasilense was grown and indolic compounds...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Martínez-Morales LJ,Soto-Urzúa L,Baca BE,Sánchez-Ahédo JA

更新日期：2003-11-21 00:00:00