Efflux of choline and glycine betaine from osmoregulating cells of Escherichia coli.

abstract：:The diheme cytochromes c of the widespread TsdA family are bifunctional thiosulfate dehydrogenase/tetrathionate reductases. Here, biochemical information was collected about TsdA from the Epsilonproteobacterium Wolinella succinogenes (WsTsdA). The situation in W. succinogenes is unique since TsdA is closely associated...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kurth JM,Schuster A,Seel W,Herresthal S,Simon J,Dahl C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus represents the most prevalent cause of food-borne intoxications worldwide. While being repressed by competing bacteria in most matrices, this pathogen exhibits crucial competitive advantages during growth at high salt concentrations or low pH, conditions frequently encountered in food production ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sihto HM,Tasara T,Stephan R,Johler S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A compound with siderophore activity was purified by successive column and thin layer chromatographic procedures from Dowex 1 x 8 extracts of culture supernatants of Vibrio parahaemolyticus AQ 3354. The strain synthesized the compound in culture media containing less than 2 microM added FeCl3. Hydrolysis of the compou...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yamamoto S,Fujita Y,Okujo N,Minami C,Matsuura S,Shinoda S

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The agp gene encoding the ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase is involved in cyanobacterial glycogen synthesis and glucosylglycerol formation. By in vitro DNA recombination technology, a mutant with partial deletion of agp gene in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 was constructed. This mutant could not synthesiz...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Miao X,Wu Q,Wu G,Zhao N

更新日期：2003-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene library of Neisseria meningitidis B15 P1.16 DNA was established in lambda Zap II and clones containing DNA encoding transferrin binding protein 1 (TBP-1) identified following hybridisation with a 63-bp DNA probe based on the codon assignment for the first 21 N-terminal amino acids of TBP-1. Sequencing of the cl...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Palmer HM,Powell NB,Ala'Aldeen DA,Wilton J,Borriello SP

更新日期：1993-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Triclosan is the active ingredient in a multitude of health care and consumer products with germicidal properties, which have flooded the market in recent years in response to the public's fear of communicable bacteria. Although originally thought to kill bacteria by attacking multiple cellular targets, triclosan was ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Schweizer HP

更新日期：2001-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Phlebia tremellosa decolourised eight synthetic textile dyes (200 mg l(-1)) by greater than 96% within 14 days under stationary incubation conditions. High performance liquid chromatography analysis of culture supernatants indicated that Remazol Black B was degraded by the fungus, however, complete mineralisation did ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kirby N,Marchant R,McMullan G

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on the porcine respiratory tract pathogen Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae requires the availability of improved genetic tools. Therefore, using the sacB gene of Bacillus subtilis, we developed a sucrose-based counterselection system that allows rapid curing of an Escherichia coli-A. pleuropneumoniae shuttle v...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Oswald W,Tonpitak W,Ohrt G,Gerlach G

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CRISPR-Cas systems provide adaptive immunity against mobile genetic elements, but employment of this resistance mechanism is often reported with a fitness cost for the host. Whether or not CRISPR-Cas systems are important barriers for the horizontal spread of conjugative plasmids, which play a crucial role in the spre...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： van Sluijs L,van Houte S,van der Oost J,Brouns SJ,Buckling A,Westra ER

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

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：:From the nisZ gene sequence, a non-radioactive digoxigenin-labeled DNA probe, was tested for detection of nisin-producing strains using polymerase chain reaction amplification. The digoxigenin-labeled DNA probe clearly discriminated between nisin-producing and non-producing strains with a high degree of sensitivity an...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Meghrous J,Fliss I,Bouksaim M,Lacroix C

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular copper routing in Enterococcus hirae is accomplished by the CopZ copper chaperone. Under copper stress, CopZ donates Cu(+) to the CopY repressor, thereby releasing its bound zinc and abolishing repressor-DNA interaction. This in turn induces the expression of the cop operon, which encodes CopY and CopZ, ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Stoyanov JV,Mancini S,Lu ZH,Mourlane F,Poulsen KR,Wimmer R,Solioz M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we were interested in the association of attenuated mutants of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis with subpopulations of porcine white blood cells (WBC). The mutants included those with inactivated aroA, phoP, rfaL, rfaG, rfaC and fliC genes and a mutant with five major pathogenicity islands remove...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Stepanova H,Volf J,Malcova M,Matiasovic J,Faldyna M,Rychlik I

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoic acid is an essential cofactor for a variety of mitochondrial enzymes. We have characterised a gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae which appears to encode a protein involved in the attachment of lipoic acid groups to the pyruvate dehydrogenase and glycine decarboxylase complexes. The predicted protein product of ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Marvin ME,Williams PH,Cashmore AM

更新日期：2001-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein A from the Staphylococcus aureus strain V8 has a molecular mass about 8000 Da less than that of known proteins A. The corresponding gene was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Sequence analysis of this structurally new protein A revealed that it lacked an IgG-binding domain (58 amino acids), and that it...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Finck-Barbançon V,Prevost G,Mazurier I,Piemont Y

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel method for the identification of hepatitis B virus (HBV) variants was developed. The ligase chain reaction (LCR) distinguished the sequences of two isolates from the Gambia showing a change at nucleotide 421 within the region coding for the surface protein a antigenic determinant. One sequence was derived from...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Karthigesu VD,Mendy M,Fortuin M,Whittle HC,Howard CR,Allison LM

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many antibiotic-producing actinomycetes possess at least one ABC (ATP-binding cassette) transporter which forms part of the antibiotic biosynthetic pathway and in most cases confers resistance to the drug in an heterologous host. Three types of antibiotic ABC transporters have been so far described in producer organis...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Méndez C,Salas JA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei, a Gram-negative bacterium is found in the soil and water, mainly in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia. It is responsible for melioidosis in human and animals. The bacteria produce several potential virulent factors such as extracellular protease, hemolysin, lipase and lecithinase. The is...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lee MA,Liu Y

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of the alcohol dehydrogenase gene (adh) among different Archaea was investigated by Southern blot analysis revealing the potentiality of the adh gene as a specific marker for the genus Sulfolobus. Moreover, the in vivo expression of the adh gene from a new isolate of Sulfolobus solfataricus, G theta, ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cannio R,Fiorentino G,Rossi M,Bartolucci S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3.5-kb native plasmid (pND103) was identified in Streptococcus thermophilus ST2-1. Preliminary sequence analysis indicated that pND103 belongs to group I S. thermophilus plasmids. A region of approximately 2 kb appears to contain three components: a plus origin of replication (ori) typical of plasmids that replicate...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Su P,Jury K,Allison GE,Wong WY,Kim WS,Liu CQ,Vancov T,Dunn NW

更新日期：2002-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-three Salmonella isolates recovered from commercial foods and exotic animals in Colombia were studied. The serotypes, resistance profiles and where applicable the quinolone resistance genes were determined. Salmonella Anatum (n=14), Uganda (19), Braenderup (10) and Newport (10) were the most prevalent serovars,...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Karczmarczyk M,Martins M,McCusker M,Mattar S,Amaral L,Leonard N,Aarestrup FM,Fanning S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichothecenes are an important family of mycotoxins produced by several species of the genus Fusarium. These fungi cause serious disease on infected plants and postharvest storage of crops, and the toxins can cause health problems for humans and animals. Unfortunately, there are few methods for controlling mycotoxin ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ismail Y,McCormick S,Hijri M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genome of Helicobacter pylori 26695 has been sequenced and the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O sidechain of this strain has been shown to express both Lewis x and Lewis y units. To determine the role of HP0159 and HP1416, genes recognized as rfaJ homologs and implicated in LPS synthesis, isogenic mutants of H. pylori 2...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Moran AP,Shiberu B,Ferris JA,Knirel YA,Senchenkova SN,Perepelov AV,Jansson PE,Goldberg JB

更新日期：2004-12-01 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 physiology of the response in the methanotrophic bacterium Methylococcus capsulatus Bath towards thermal and solvent stress was studied. A systematic investigation of the toxic effects of organic compounds (chlorinated phenols and alkanols) on the growth of this bacterium was carried out. The sensitivity to the te...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Löffler C,Eberlein C,Mäusezahl I,Kappelmeyer U,Heipieper HJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia asteroides complex organisms derived from human specimens between 1979 and 1992 were identified to the species level. Of 117 N. asteroides complex organisms, 34 (29%) were N. farcinica, 28 (24%) were N. nova, and 55 (47%) were N. asteroides sensu stricto. An analysis of the specimen sites from which the organ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Desmond EP,Flores M

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene fusion between the Saccharomyces cerevisiae actin gene promoter and the cDNA of the Fusarium solani f. sp. pisi pelA gene has been constructed. This expression cassette has been introduced into the industrial wine yeast strain T73. The resulting recombinant strain is able to secrete active PELA enzyme into the ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： González-Candelas L,Cortell A,Ramon D

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plant antimicrobial peptide MiAMP1 from Macadamia integrifolia and the yeast killer toxin peptide WmKT from Williopsis mrakii are structural homologues. Comparative studies of yeast mutants were performed to test their sensitivity to these two antimicrobial peptides. No differences in susceptibility to MiAMP1 were...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Stephens C,Kazan K,Goulter KC,Maclean DJ,Manners JM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-stain-negative bacterial strain, JBTF-M27T, was isolated from a tidal flat from Yellow Sea, Republic of Korea. Neighbor-joining phylogenetic tree of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain JBTF-M27T fell within the clade comprising the type strains of Sulfitobacter species. Strain JBTF-M27T exhibited the hig...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Park S,Chen S,Lee JS,Kim W,Yoon JH

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The large intestine of dogs contains a complex microbial ecosystem with predominance of streptococci, bifidobacteria, lactobacilli, Bacteroides and Clostridium. Generally, this predominant microbiota in dogs is relatively stable in time but much less is known about its taxonomic composition. Moreover, almost no studie...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Vanhoutte T,Huys G,De Brandt E,Fahey GC Jr,Swings J

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00