Pythium glomeratum, a new species isolated from agricultural soil taken in north-eastern France, its ITS region and its comparison with related species.

abstract：:The scrA gene coding for sucrose EnzymeII of the phosphoenolpyruvate dependent phosphotransferase system previously isolated from Streptococcus mutans was fused in vitro to the promoterless lacZ' gene to monitor the expression of the scrA gene. The scrA::lacZ gene fusion was introduced back into S. mutans GS-5IS3 by t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sato Y,Yamamoto Y,Suzuki R,Kizaki H,Kuramitsu HK

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Carboxymethyl-2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde (CHMS) dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli C and Klebsiella pneumoniae M5a1 have been purified and some of their properties studied. The apparent Km values for NAD and CHMS were 11.7 +/- 1.5 microM and 5.2 +/- 1.9 microM, respectively, for the K. pneumoniae enzyme, and 19....

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fawcett T,Garrido-Pertierra A,Cooper RA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma fermentans has been reported to be pathogenic for man. All fourteen strains tested contain an insertion sequence-like element (ISLE) which may be present in multiple copies. To determine whether ISLE copies are similarly distributed in different strains of M. fermentans, restriction enzyme digest fragments ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pitcher D,Hilbocus J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bananas contain large quantities of neurochemicals. Extracts from the peel and pulp of bananas in increasing stages of ripening were prepared and evaluated for their ability to modulate the growth of non-pathogenic and pathogenic bacteria. Extracts from the peel, and to a much lesser degree the pulp, increased the gro...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lyte M

更新日期：1997-09-15 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：:A genomic bank was constructed in Escherichia coli HB101, consisting of DNA fragments from Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron strain 489 inserted within the vector pBR322. By screening on complex medium containing blue dextran, 10 stable dextranase-positive (Dex+) clones were isolated. Seven groups of Dex+ inserts were iden...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Joncquiert JC,Béchet M,Tierny Y,Courtois J,Dubourguier HC,Guillaume JB

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae non-O1 strain N037 produced a hemolysin (NO37-Hly) which was antigenically similar to E1 Tor hemolysin (E1 Tor-Hly) but different in molecular size, hemolytic activity, and glucose binding capacity. In the gene encoding NO37-Hly, a 4-bp insertion into the structural gene for E1 Tor-Hly (hlyA) was found...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Honma Y,Yamamoto K,Iwanaga M

更新日期：1995-11-01 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：:When bacterial cells are subjected to stress, cellular and population characteristics can change significantly. Rapid acquisition of these properties of cells in their native physiological state is necessary in order to precisely interpret their survival modes. The multiparametric analytical capability of flow cytomet...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sachidanandham R,Gin KY

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcaligenes sp. strain PPH degrades phenanthrene via 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid (1-H2NA), 1,2-dihydroxynaphthalene (1,2-DHN), salicylic acid and catechol. Enzyme activity versus growth profile and heat stability studies suggested the presence of two distinct hydroxylases, namely 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid hydroxylase ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Deveryshetty J,Phale PS

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：:Levan fructotransferase (LFTase) from Arthrobacter ureafaciens K2032 was expressed with N-terminal fusion of a LacZ-derived secretion motif (TMITNSSSVP) using the lac promoter system in recombinant Escherichia coli JM109 [pUDF-A81]. In flask cultures, recombinant enzyme activity was detected in culture media, and sequ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lee J,Saraswat V,Koh I,Song KB,Park YH,Rhee SK

更新日期：2001-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium sp. PYR-1 was previously isolated in our laboratory and was shown to be able to mineralize high molecular mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) [Heitkamp and Cerniglia, (1988) Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 54, 1612-1614]. In this research, the 16S rRNA gene (rDNA) of this strain was amplified by polym...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wang RF,Cao WW,Cerniglia CE

更新日期：1995-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Desulfovibrio fructosovorans possesses two periplasmic hydrogenases (a nickel-iron and an iron hydrogenase) and a cytoplasmic NADP-dependent hydrogenase. The hydAB genes encoding the periplasmic iron hydrogenase were replaced, in the wild-type strain as well as in single mutants depleted of one of the other two hydrog...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Casalot L,Valette O,De Luca G,Dermoun Z,Rousset M,de Philip P

更新日期：2002-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Two clones, obtained by polymerase chain reaction from macronuclear DNA of the unicellular ciliated protist Blepharisma japonicum, were isolated and sequenced. They correspond to fragments of two different putative H4 histone genes. The existence of multiple H4 histone genes was also suggested by Southern blot hybridi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Salvini M,Bini E,Santucci A,Batistoni R

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbaspirillum seropedicae strains mutated in the nifX or orf1 genes showed 90% or 50% reduction in nitrogenase activity under low levels of iron or molybdenum respectively. Mutations in nifX or orf1 genes did not affect nif gene expression since a nifH::lacZ fusion was fully active in both mutants. nifX and the conti...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Klassen G,de Oliveira Pedrosa F,de Souza EM,Yates MG,Rigo LU

更新日期：2003-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbial adhesion to hydrocarbons (MATH) test is one of the most common method to determine the hydrophobicity of cell surfaces. Despite its prevalence, no standard test parameters are used in literature, making a direct comparison of data almost impossible. Criticism also focuses on test parameters that may mask...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Nachtigall C,Weber C,Rothenburger S,Jaros D,Rohm H

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In artificial engineered systems, nitrification is a key reaction that accounts for the removal of biological nitrogen. Recently, a single microbe capable of oxidizing ammonia to nitrate, known as a complete ammonia oxidizer (comammox), has been discovered. Although the abundance and diversity of comammox Nitrospira i...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fujitani H,Nomachi M,Takahashi Y,Hasebe Y,Eguchi M,Tsuneda S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defects in the acd gene (which may be allelic to ubiH) result in the inactivation of the coenzyme A-linked acetaldehyde dehydrogenase activity of the multifunctional AdhE protein of Escherichia coli. This activity is restored by addition of ubiquinone-0 to cell extracts. However, the alcohol dehydrogenase activity of ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gupta S,Mat-Jan F,Latifi M,Clark DP

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research devoted to uncovering the mechanisms of adherence of Candida albicans to human tissue is reviewed. The physical aspects of adherence of the fungus to host cells and the biochemical and molecular features, as far as they are known, are discussed. Relevant pre- and post-adherence events in the pathogenesis of d...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pendrak ML,Klotz SA

更新日期：1995-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A phage typing system using a group of 11 closely related phage (as judged by Southern analysis and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis) was able to distinguish at least six phage types in Salmonella heidelberg of human and animal origin. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis using cosmid pro...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Harvey D,Harrington C,Heuzenroeder MW,Murray C

更新日期：1993-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:pSA1.1 is a 9.1-kb multicopy plasmid originally isolated from Streptomyces cyaneus (formerly S. azureus) ATCC 14921. This plasmid accumulates single-stranded DNA in S. lividans and is therefore considered to replicate by a rolling-circle replication. In the present work, the rep gene encoding the replication initiator...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yokoyama E,Matsuzaki Y,Doi K,Ogata S

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1.8-kb cryptic plasmid pFR18 was isolated from Leuconostoc mesenteroides ssp. mesenteroides FR52 and characterized. The identification of single-stranded DNA intermediate (ssDNA) in Leuconostoc demonstrated that the replication of pFR18 is directed by a rolling-circle mechanism (RCR). Sequence analysis revealed a si...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Biet F,Cenatiempo Y,Fremaux C

更新日期：1999-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Salicylate was found to uniquely induce a 27-kDa protein in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms but not in Mycobacterium smegmatis or Escherichia coli. The structural analogue antitubercular para-amino-salicylate also induced the 27-kDa protein but to a somewhat lower level than salicylate. Other structural a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sun Z,Cheng SJ,Zhang H,Zhang Y

更新日期：2001-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Serratia entomophila and Serratia proteamaculans cause amber disease of the grass grub Costelytra zealandica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Three genes required for virulence, sepABC, are located on a large plasmid, pADAP. The translated products of the sep genes are members of the toxin complex (Tc) family of insecticid...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hurst MR,Jones SM,Tan B,Jackson TA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the mechanisms used by Trichomonas vaginalis to damage cellular membranes, using human erythrocytes as target cells. Haemolysis is a contact- and temperature-dependent phenomenon, and is inhibited in 4 mM EGTA. Osmotic protection experiments using carbohydrates with different molecular diameters a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fiori PL,Rappelli P,Rocchigiani AM,Cappuccinelli P

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on acyclic terpene alcohols (citronellol) and on other methyl-branched compounds such as leucine or isovalerate requires a functional leucine/isovalerate utilization (Liu) pathway. In this study, we investigated the liuABCDE gene cluster by insertion mutant analysis, heterologous expre...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Förster-Fromme K,Jendrossek D

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are a key soil functional group, with an important potential to increase crop productivity and sustainable agriculture including food security. However, there is clear evidence that land uses, crop rotations and soil features affect the AMF diversity and their community functioning i...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ontivero RE,Voyron S,Allione LVR,Bianco P,Bianciotto V,Iriarte HJ,Lugo MA,Lumini E

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a large-scale gene disruption screen of Magnaporthe oryzae, a gene MoST1 encoding a protein belonging to the hexose transporter family was identified as a gene required for conidiation and culture pigmentation. The gene MoST1 located on chromosome V of the M. oryzae genome was predicted to be 1892 bp in length with...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Saitoh H,Hirabuchi A,Fujisawa S,Mitsuoka C,Terauchi R,Takano Y

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a method to directly characterize the yeast diversity present in wine fermentations by employing denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-amplified 26S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes. PCR-DGGE of a portion of the 26S rRNA gene was shown to distinguish most yeast genera a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cocolin L,Bisson LF,Mills DA

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00