Helicobacter pylori strain ATCC700392 encodes a methyl-accepting chemotaxis receptor protein (MCP) for arginine and sodium bicarbonate.

abstract：:A search of the complete genome sequence of the halophilic archaeon Halobacterium salinarum failed to identify a gene homologous to the thymidylate synthase (thyA) gene present in the closely related Haloferax volcanii. To understand the source of thymidine synthesis in Hbt. salinarum, a genomic library of Hbt. salina...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Giladi M,Bitan-Banin G,Mevarech M,Ortenberg R

更新日期：2002-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to screen two cheese starter cultures and cheese-borne microbial communities with the potential to produce biogenic amines in cheese during ripening. Bacteria of the genera Enterococcus and Lactobacillus and coliform bacteria were isolated from Dutch-type semi-hard cheese at the beginning of ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Burdychova R,Komprda T

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymatic activity of salivary amylase bound to the surface of several species of oral streptococci was determined by the production of acid from starch and by the degradation of maltotetraose to glucose in a coupled, spectrophotometric assay. Most strains able to bind amylase exhibited functional enzyme on their ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Douglas CW,Heath J,Gwynn JP

更新日期：1992-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cell lines are often infected by mycoplama strains. We have demonstrated that when infected by Mycoplasma fermentans, human B lymphoma cell proliferation increased strongly. These infected B cells expressed a p45 kDa protein which interacted with the intracellular domain of CD21, the EBV/C3d receptor. p45 analys...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Balbo M,Barel M,Lottin-Divoux S,Jean D,Frade R

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:IS1(SB) and its two variants were identified as the major and minor IS1 elements in Shigella boydii. The nucleotide sequences of IS1(SB), IS1(O157:H7) from Escherichia coli O157:H7 and IS1F from E. coli K12 suggest that these IS1 elements had been horizontally transferred among S. boydii and E. coli O157:H7 and K12. T...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hsu WB,Chen JH

更新日期：2003-05-28 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：:In microbial corrinoid-dependent methyltransferase systems, adventitious Co(I)-corrinoid oxidation halts catalysis and necessitates repair by ATP-dependent reductive activases. RamA, an activase with a C-terminal ferredoxin domain with two [4Fe-4S] clusters from methanogenic archaea, has been far less studied than the...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Huening KA,Jiang R,Krzycki JA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that efficient functioning of photosynthesis and respiration in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803 requires the presence of either cytochrome c6 or plastocyanin. In order to check whether the blue copper protein plastocyanin can act as electron donor to cytochrome c oxidase, we investigated th...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Paumann M,Bernroitner M,Lubura B,Peer M,Jakopitsch C,Furtmüller PG,Peschek GA,Obinger C

更新日期：2004-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we evaluated if recA species-specific PCR assays could be successfully applied to identify environmental isolates of the widespread Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) species. A total of 729 Bcc rhizosphere isolates collected in different samplings were assigned to the species B. cepacia genomovar I (61...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Dalmastri C,Pirone L,Tabacchioni S,Bevivino A,Chiarini L

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We cloned and characterized the Neisseria meningitidis rfaC gene which encodes an enzyme, alpha-1,5 heptosyltransferase I, involved in the synthesis of the deep-core of the lipooligosaccharide. The N. meningitidis rfaC mutant, obtained by an allelic exchange, produced lipooligosaccharide which migrated faster in sodiu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Stojiljkovic I,Hwa V,Larson J,Lin L,So M,Nassif X

更新日期：1997-06-01 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：: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：:We used error-prone PCR to generate mutations in a subtilisin protease-encoding gene, and screened for recombinants that expressed temperature-sensitive (TS) variants. From the dozens of mutations that we detected in the recombinant genes we found that those mutations that affected aspartate-75 had the most profound e...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Thompson VC,McGuire BE,Frier MS,Legg MSG,Dyer TW,Gudavicius G,Potter S,Nano FE

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular information suggests that there is a broad diversity of acetogens in the rumen, distinct from any currently isolated acetogens. We combined molecular analysis with enrichment culture techniques to investigate this diversity further. Methane-inhibited, hydrogenotrophic enrichment cultures produced acetate as ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gagen EJ,Padmanabha J,Denman SE,McSweeney CS

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingobacterium sp. RB, a novel bacterial strain isolated from a soil sample, was able to utilize para-nitrophenol (PNP) as sole source of carbon and energy at high concentrations (1.0-5.0 mM). The culture completely degraded 3.0 mM PNP within 36 h with proportionate increase in biomass. With 5.0 mM PNP (700 ppm), 70...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Samson R,Bodade R,Zinjarde S,Kutty R

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：:Three strains of Streptococcus uberis isolated from dairy cows with mastitis were co-cultured with a bovine mammary epithelial cell line (MAC-T) in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium without fetal bovine serum. Protein profiles from culture supernatants and bacterial pellets among different treatments were compared by...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fang W,Luther DA,Oliver SP

更新日期：1998-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of the two-component sensor-regulator pairs DctBD and NtrBC upon the expression of a dctA::phoA fusion from Rhizobium meliloti were determined under excess and limiting nitrogen concentrations in Escherichia coli. Results indicated that NtrBC affected transcription from the dctA promoter on a number of regulat...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Allaway D,Boesten B,O'Gara F

更新日期：1995-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rifampicin is a principal drug used to combat infections by mycobacteria and related organisms. Most strains of Mycobacterium are able to inactivate this antibiotic by ribosylation via an ADP-ribosylated intermediate. We found that this inactivation was inhibited by light at levels similar to those prevailing in labor...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Dabbs ER,Quan S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphatidylcholine (PC) content of Aspergillus nidulans choC was varied by growing the auxotroph in medium containing various concentrations of choline chloride. Direct linear correlations were observed between PC content and in vivo chitin synthase activity, between in vivo chitin synthase activity and mean hyph...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Binks PR,Robson GD,Goosey MW,Trinci AP

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription start point of the dnaK operon of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) has been determined by S1 mapping, using the EMBL automated fluorescent DNA sequencer. The -35 and -10 hexamers correspond to a sigma 70-type promoter. This promoter responds to heat shock and involves an inverted repeat different from t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Brans A,Loriaux A,Thamm I,Joris B,Dusart J

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the discriminatory power of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for detecting subtle differences in isogenic isolates, we tested isogenic strains of Staphylococcus aureus differing in their expression of resistance to methicillin or teicoplanin. More i...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Majcherczyk PA,McKenna T,Moreillon P,Vaudaux P

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously-developed PCR protocols specific for the 16S rRNA gene of the intestinal spirochaetes Brachyspira aalborgi and Brachyspira pilosicoli were adapted for the detection of these species in human faeces, following DNA extraction and purification using mini-prep columns. The limits of detection in seeded faeces f...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mikosza AS,La T,Margawani KR,Brooke CJ,Hampson DJ

更新日期：2001-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A critical step in the process of metagenome analysis is to screen for clones that contain specific genes among a large number of clones. To form one of the sequence-based screening tools of a metagenome library, we designed a format of microarray [metagenome microarray (MGA)] that is arrayed with fosmid library clone...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Park SJ,Kang CH,Chae JC,Rhee SK

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was initiated to establish whether inhibition of growth of yeasts by medium-chain fatty acids resembled that caused by weak-acid preservatives or uncouplers. Unlike sorbic acid and 2,4-dinitrophenol, decanoic acid caused rapid cell death at its inhibitory concentration. This suggested a mode of action by me...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Stratford M,Anslow PA

更新日期：1996-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoplasmic inclusions surrounded by a bilayer membrane were seen in thin sections. negatively stained and freeze-fractured preparations of Shewanella putrefaciens. Cells harvested from the late exponential and early stationary phase showed a higher number of these vesicles than bacteria isolated from early exponentia...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Krause B,Beveridge TJ,Remsen CC,Nealson KH

更新日期：1996-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococcus faecium, a major cause of nosocomial infections, is often isolated from conditions where biofilm is considered to be important in the establishment of infections. We investigated biofilm formation among E. faecium isolates from diverse sources and found that the occurrence and amount of biofilm formation ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Almohamad S,Somarajan SR,Singh KV,Nallapareddy SR,Murray BE

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：: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：: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