Molecular biology of Bacillus subtilis cytochromes.

abstract：:The fungal inhibitory effects of strain Lactobacillus plantarum MiLAB 393, producing broad-spectrum antifungal compounds, were evaluated. A co-cultivation method was set up to monitor effects on fungal growth and protein expression of growing Aspergillus nidulans with L. plantarum MiLAB 393. The effects of inhibitory ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ström K,Schnürer J,Melin P

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we have investigated the ability of nonencapsulated, nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae, NT477 to survive in the J774 mouse macrophage-like cell line. Viable, intracellular nontypeable H. influenzae could still be recovered from macrophages 72 h after phagocytosis. In contrast, H. influenzae strain Rd, a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Craig JE,Cliffe A,Garnett K,High NJ

更新日期：2001-09-11 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

abstract：:Using primers corresponding to conserved regions of the bacterial regulatory gene fur, a homologue of this gene from the genome of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae, the nitrogen-fixing symbiont of peas, was isolated and sequenced. The fur gene is normally expressed constitutively, independent of the presence of F...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： de Luca NG,Wexler M,Pereira MJ,Yeoman KH,Johnston AW

更新日期：1998-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual isolates of Escherichia coli synthesize one of more than 70 chemically distinct polysaccharides which form the capsule. In this article we review the genetics of capsule production in E. coli and highlight what this is beginning to reveal in terms of the genetic basis of the structural diversity of polysacc...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Boulnois G,Drake R,Pearce R,Roberts I

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogenobacter acidophilus strain 3H-1 is a thermoacidophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic, hydrogen-oxidizer isolated from a Japanese solfataric field. Strain 3H-1 requires elemental sulfur for growth. We used PCR to amplify the 16S rRNA gene of strain 3H-1, and sequenced the amplification product directly. Phy...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shima S,Yanagi M,Saiki H

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TBF-1 is an 11.9-kDa fruiting body specific protein of the Ascomycetes hypogeous fungus Tuber borchii Vittad. found in aqueous extract and the hyphal cell wall. The tbf-1 gene codes a 12-amino acid N-terminal stretch not present in mature protein. This sequence does not match with any homologous signal sequences s...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Palma F,Cerigini E,Stocchi V

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ruminococcus albus is a Gram-positive bacterium that degrades plant cell walls in the rumen of herbivores. It was described to synthesize two major glycoside-hydrolases (Cel9B and Cel48A), which are exported and anchored at the cell surface. In bacteria, proteins destined to cross the cytoplasmic membrane are synthesi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Esbelin J,Martin C,Forano E,Mosoni P

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of nitrogen assimilation was investigated in the Gram-positive actinomycete Corynebacterium glutamicum. Biochemical studies and site-directed mutagenesis revealed that glutamine synthetase activity is regulated via adenylylation in this organism. The genes encoding the central signal transduction protei...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jakoby M,Krämer R,Burkovski A

更新日期：1999-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:ZnO-Nanoparticle-Chitosan (ZnO-NP-CH) composite has potential biomedical and food applications due to its better antimicrobial activity. However, the presence of nano-metal-oxide in the composite makes the material unsuitable for any food applications. Moreover, the cost involved in the preparation of Zinc Oxide-Nano-...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Visnuvinayagam S,Murthy LN,Parvathy U,Jeyakumari A,Sivaraman GK,Karthikeyan D

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella strains are human pathogens and their identification is usually based on their O-antigens. The O-antigen gene cluster of Shigella boydii O11 was sequenced. All the expected genes for the synthesis of the O-antigen were identified on the basis of homology and genes for the biosynthesis of dTDP-l-Rhamnose, gene...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tao J,Feng L,Guo H,Li Y,Wang L

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila is known as a facultative intracellular parasite of free-living soil and freshwater amoebae, of which several species have been shown to support the growth of the pathogenic bacteria. We report for the first time the behaviour of two strains (c2c and Z503) of the amoeba Willaertia magna towards ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Dey R,Bodennec J,Mameri MO,Pernin P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Listeria monocytogenes prfA, encoding positive regulatory factor A, is transcribed from three promoters (prfAP1, prfAP2, and PplcA). The prfAP2 promoter was previously proposed to be sigma B (sigma(B))-dependent. This hypothesis was tested by creating prfA promoter-gus transcriptional fusions in both L. monocytogenes ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Schwab U,Bowen B,Nadon C,Wiedmann M,Boor KJ

更新日期：2005-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Group B streptococci (GBS) represent a very important group of human pathogens. So far little is known about the mechanisms by which these bacteria can cause disease and the bacterial factors involved. One putative virulence factor is the beta antigen of the C protein complex (Bac), which can bind to the Fc region of ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kreikemeyer B,Jerlström PG

更新日期：1999-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Methanogenic archaea conserve energy for growth by reducing some one- and two-carbon compounds to methane and concomitantly generating an ion motive force. Growth of Methanosarcina acetivorans on carbon monoxide (CO) is peculiar as it involves formation of, besides methane, formate, acetate and methylated thiols. It h...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Oelgeschläger E,Rother M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Riemerella anatipestifer is the causative agent of polyserositis of ducks and geese. We have previously reported that a 3.9-kb plasmid, pCFC1, carries protein genes (vapD1 and vapD2) that are similar to virulence-associated genes of other bacteria. In the present study, we report the complete sequence of a second plas...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Weng S,Lin W,Chang Y,Chang C

更新日期：1999-10-01 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：:A peptide from human parotid secretion which inhibited hemagglutination of Bacteroides gingivalis 381 was purified by ultrafiltration followed by DEAE-Sephadex A-25 column chromatography and by gel filtration on Sephadex G-25, and then by reversed-phase HPLC. The complete amino acid sequence of the peptide, determined...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Murakami Y,Amano A,Takagaki M,Shizukuishi S,Tsunemitsu A,Aimoto S

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An Escherichia coli mutant defective in high-affinity D-ribose transport is able to utilize the sugar as a sole carbon source, suggesting that other transport systems for D-ribose exist. In order to search for such transporters, transposon mutagenesis was carried out in an rbsB-negative strain containing ribokinase (r...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Song S,Park C

更新日期：1998-06-15 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：:The protein-D2 porin of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is lacking in carbapenem or fluoroquinolone-resistant strains and hence was thought to facilitate the diffusion of these antibiotics. We examined the effect of several antibiotics on the single channel conductivity of protein-D2 in planar lipid bilayers and found that flu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ishii J,Nakae T

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on second generation sequencing (MiSeq platform, Illumina), we determined the genetic diversity of T4-like bacteriophages of the family Myoviridae by analysing fragments of the major capsid protein gene g23 in the plankton of Lake Baikal. The sampling depth in our study was significantly higher than in those obt...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Potapov S,Belykh O,Krasnopeev A,Gladkikh A,Kabilov M,Tupikin A,Butina T

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High quality Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra were acquired from living Micrasterias hardyi cells maintained in an IR transparent flow-through cell using a FTIR microscope coupled to a synchrotron light source. Spectral maps of living, nutrient-replete cells showed band intensities consistent with the known l...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Heraud P,Wood BR,Tobin MJ,Beardall J,McNaughton D

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Crithidia oncopelti, Crithidia deanei and Crithidia desouzai are flagellates of the Trypanosomatidae family that present bacterium-like endosymbionts in their cytoplasm. Gelatin-SDS-PAGE analysis was used to characterize cell-associated and extracellular proteinases in these organisms. Our survey indicates that the pr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： d'Avila-Levy CM,Melo AC,Vermelho AB,Branquinha MH

更新日期：2001-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The enteric microogranisms Salmonella, Escherichia coli and Shigella flexneri prefer to grow in neutral pH environments. They nevertheless experience dramatic pH fluctuations in nature and during pathogenesis. In response to environmental encounters with acid, these organisms have evolved complex, inducible acid survi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bearson S,Bearson B,Foster JW

更新日期：1997-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoglucanase of Aspergillus niger AS-101 was partially purified by ammonium sulphate fractionation and molecular sieving on Sephadex G-200. The enzyme was found to be unstable on storage, however, it received some protection on the addition of BSA, glycerol or sodium azide. Glycerol also protected the enzyme from ina...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Singh A,Agrawal AK,Abidi AB,Darmwal NS

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High voltage electroporation has been investigated as a method for rapid recovery of plasmid and chromosomal DNA from the cyanobacteria Nostoc PCC 7121, Synechococcus PCC 7002, and Anabaena PCC 7120. Pulses of 18 kV/cm and higher applied to concentrated Nostoc cells carrying a shuttle plasmid (pRL25) resulted in copio...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Moser D,Zarka D,Hedman C,Kallas T

更新日期：1995-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacteria belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex have the ability to invade and replicate in non-phagocytic cells, an event that requires the presence of bacterial surface components capable of triggering a cell response and the subsequent internalization of the microorganism. In this study, we report ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Flesselles B,Anand NN,Remani J,Loosmore SM,Klein MH

更新日期：1999-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence and dissemination of colistin resistance among Gram-negative bacteria is a global problem. We initiated a surveillance of colistin-resistant and -susceptible Escherichia coli in raw meats from chicken in Nepal. A total of 180 meat samples were collected; from these, 60 E. coli strains were isolated (33.3...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Joshi PR,Thummeepak R,Leungtongkam U,Pooarlai R,Paudel S,Acharya M,Dhital S,Sitthisak S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endophytic fungi from Paeonia lactiflora Pallas, which is mainly distributed in China, were characterized and screened to identify those capable of producing paeoniflorin. A total of 101 isolates obtained from the roots, stems and leaves of P. lactiflora were grouped into 16 fungal taxa based on morphological traits a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cheng X,Wei Z,Pu S,Xiang M,Yan A,Zhang Y,Wang X

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00