Cloning and characterization of the gene encoding for OMP-PD porin: the major Photobacterium damsela outer membrane protein.

abstract：:Cyanide has been proved to be degraded by Klebsiella oxytoca. In order to examine the physiological responses of cyanide degradation by this bacterium, two-dimensional (2-DE) electrophoresis approach and MALDI-TOF-MS allow us to identify 106 proteins spots that were significantly altered in the presence of 1 mM cyanid...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Tang P,Hseu YC,Chou HH,Huang KY,Chen SC

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and twenty-nine Vibrio anguillarum serogroup O2 strains were compared by slide agglutination and Western blotting for their lipopolysaccharide (LPS) structure. The strains showed six different LPS profiles, four different reaction patterns in Western blotting, and four different kinds of reaction in slide ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Tiainen T,Pedersen K,Larsen JL

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus thermophilus (ST) chromosomal DNA fragments generated by partial Sau3A digestion were cloned into the unique BamHI site upstream from the promoterless chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (cat) gene of the Escherichia coli (EC)promoter-probe vector pKK520-3. Recombinant plasmids containing ST sequences with...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Solaiman DK,Somkuti GA

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the mechanism of development of cross-resistance in food pathogen Bacillus cereus against an antimicrobial peptide pediocin and antibiotic alamethicin, the present study was designed. Pediococcus pentosaceus was taken as a source of pediocin, and it was purified by ammonium sulphate precipitation followe...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Meena S,Mehla J,Kumar R,Sood SK

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ostricacin-1 and ostricacin-2 (Osp-1 and Osp-2) were beta-defensins antimicrobial peptides that were purified from ostrich leukocytes using a cation-exchange column and a semi-prep RP-HPLC column. Both ostricacins were subjected to increased concentrations of monovalent cations (K(+) and Na(+)) and divalent cations (C...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sugiarto H,Yu PL

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine structurally similar macrolide antibiotics were tested at a concentration of 0.5 microg/ml for their relative inhibitory effects on ribosome functions in Staphylococcus aureus cells. Eight of the compounds examined inhibited protein synthesis at this concentration. Seven of the nine compounds were also effective ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Champney WS,Tober CL,Burdine R

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although extensive information is available on the effect ultraviolet (UV) radiation has on Gram-negative marine bacteria, there is a scarcity of data concerning UV radiation and Gram-positive marine bacteria. The focus of this paper is on Microbacterium maritypicum, with the Gram-negative Vibrio natriegens being used...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Williams PD,Eichstadt SL,Kokjohn TA,Martin EL

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the genomic sequence and cDNA library screening, the cDNA sequence encoding an alpha-amylase was cloned from the filamentous white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium and designated as pcamy1. Alignment results showed that the predicted protein has up to 43% amino acid homology to the known alpha-amylases ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wu B,Hu GK,Feng H,Wu JM,Zhang YZ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel thermostable phytase gene was cloned from Aspergillus fumigatus WY-2. It was 1459 bp in size and encoded a polypeptide of 465 amino acids. The gene was expressed in Pichia pastoris GS115 as an extracellular enzyme. The expressed enzyme was purified to homogeneity and biochemically characterized. The purified e...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Gao X,Su Q,Wu W,An L

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The trag is a novel infection-related factor identified using in vivo-induced antigen technology (IVIAT) from SS2 expression libraries with swine convalescent sera. PCR-based studies of various S. suis strains collected from different sources revealed that the trag gene was present in all the virulent SS2 strains, but...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang H,Fan H,Lu C

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth-inhibitory effect of 23 carbohydrate monoesters synthesized by lipases and proteases were assayed to obtain antibacterial agents that suppress the cell growth of Streptococcus mutans. Among the carbohydrate esters synthesized, galactose and fructose laurates showed the highest growth-inhibitory effect, whil...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Watanabe T,Katayama S,Matsubara M,Honda Y,Kuwahara M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 102 lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were isolated from three different coffee farms in Taiwan. These isolates were classified and identified by the restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and sequencing of 16S ribosomal DNA. Heterofermentative Leuconostoc, and Weissella species were the most common LAB...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Leong KH,Chen YS,Pan SF,Chen JJ,Wu HC,Chang YC,Yanagida F

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium glutamicum, a Gram-positive soil bacterium belonging to the mycolic acids-containing actinomycetes, is able to use the lignin degradation products ferulate, vanillate, and protocatechuate as sole carbon sources. The gene cluster responsible for vanillate catabolism was identified and characterized. The...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Merkens H,Beckers G,Wirtz A,Burkovski A

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature and salinity fluctuations are two of the most important factors affecting the growth of polar bacteria. In an attempt to better understand the function of heat-shock proteins (HSPs) in the adaptive mechanisms of the Antarctic psychrotrophic bacterium Psychrobacter sp. G to such conditions, genes Hsp845, Hs...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Che S,Song W,Lin X

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bats can be divided into frugivory, nectarivory, insectivory, and sanguivory based on their diets, and are therefore ideal wild animal models to study the relationship between diets and intestinal microflora. Early studies of bat gut bacteria showed that the diversity and structure of intestinal bacterial communities ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Li J,Li L,Jiang H,Yuan L,Zhang L,Ma JE,Zhang X,Cheng M,Chen J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Betel vine is an edible creeper used in folk medicine to aid digestion since time immemorial. It is an ideal candidate deemed for the bioprospection of endophytic microorganisms with valuable attributes. This study aimed at the characterization of potential bacteria from fermented betel leaves. We report the presence ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Keerthana C,Narayanan RB

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three aerobic bacterial consortia, AC, BC, and DC, developed from pesticide-contaminated soils of Punjab were able to degrade chlorpyrifos after 21 days of incubation in basal medium by 54, 46, and 61% and chlorpyrifos (50 mg/L) in soil after 30 days by 50, 56, and 64%. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus cereus, Klebsie...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lakshmi CV,Kumar M,Khanna S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the eukaryotic bbc1 (breast basic conserved) gene (the bbc1 gene of the marine green alga Chlamydomonas sp. W-80 strain) enhanced the tolerance against salt-stress and freezing-stress in E. coli cells. The expression of the BBC1 protein in the E. coli cells carrying the algal bbc1 gene and that in th...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Tanaka S,Ikeda K,Miyasaka H

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast Candida glycerinogenes produces a high yield of glycerol only in response to a medium-osmotic stress, but little is known about the relationship between osmoadaptation and glycerol metabolism. The CgTPI gene encoding triose phosphate isomerase of C. glycerinogenes was cloned and sequenced, and its functional...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yongguang Z,Wei S,Zhiming R,Huiying F,Jian Z

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactic acid bacteria such as Lactobacillus helveticus, L. delbrueckii subsp. delbrueckii, L. delbrueckii subsp. lactis, L. delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus, L. acidophilus, and L. casei related taxa which are widely used as starter or probiotic cultures can be identified by amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (A...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Roy D,Sirois S,Vincent D

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections and difficult to treat due to acquired-resistance to multiple antibiotics. A pair of strains, M38100A and M38100B, previously identified from a single clinical isolate of P. aeruginosa was investigated to understand phenotypic and genotypic char...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Mahida K,Kwon DH

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteolytic activity and a subtilisin inhibitor (NSI) were detected in Natrialba magadii cells. The proteolytic activity was due to two different proteases: a approximately 90-kDa metallo protease (NMP) produced during exponential growth and a 246-kDa serine protease (NSP) detected in the stationary phase. Both protea...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Giménez MI,Sánchez JJ,De Castro RE

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 11.2-kb fragment containing the ectABC genes of the biosynthetic pathway of ectoine from the Gram-positive, moderately halophilic bacterium Halobacillus dabanensis D-8(T) was obtained by inverse polymerase chain reaction. Subsequently, the entire ectABC cluster was cloned and analyzed. It revealed that the intergeni...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhao B,Lu W,Yang L,Zhang B,Wang L,Yang SS

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodomyrtus tomentosa leaf has been traditionally used to treat many infections. This plant species has been documented to possess a wide spectrum of pharmacological effects. This study aimed to determine the effects of Rhodomyrtus tomentosa leaf extract and its potent purified compound, rhodomyrtone, on Streptococcus...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Mitsuwan W,Wintachai P,Voravuthikunchai SP

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus sp. TYF-LIM-B05, which is isolated from spoilage vinegar, is resistant to high temperature, high concentrated alcohol, acid, and salt, and can produce ethanol from mono-, di-, polysaccharide, and complex biomass as the sole carbon source. Thus, this strain is a potential candidate for consolidated bioprocessi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Fan L,Li M,Li Y,Fan X,Liu Y,Lv Y

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A NaCl(r) mutant of the diazotrophic cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis has been isolated by NTG mutagenesis and selection for NaCl resistance. The NaCl(r) strain has been characterized with respect to its mechanism of NaCl tolerance and regulation of Na(+) influx. NaCl(r) strain exhibits low Na(+) influx, accumulated...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Chauhan VS,Singh B,Singh S,Bisen PS

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aminopeptidases (APN) may play a role in host colonization of M. gallinarum. Characterization of endogenous APN activity suggests that the leucine APN (LAP) of M. gallinarum is a metallo-aminopeptidase activated by Mn2+ and is present in the cytosol and possibly associated with the inner leaflet of the membrane. A 1.3...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wan X,Branton SL,Hanson LA,Pharr GT

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comamonas thiooxidans (strain S23(T)) capable of oxidizing thiosulfate under a mixotrophic growth condition was isolated from a sulfur spring. DNA-DNA homology study showed 55% similarity with Comamonas testosteroni KCTC2990(T) and 52% with Comamonas composti LMG24008(T), the nearest phylogenetic relative (16S rRNA se...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Narayan KD,Pandey SK,Das SK

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrate assimilation-defective mutants SP7, SP9, and SP17 of the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 were isolated by use of transposon mutagenesis and screened on medium containing chlorate. SP7 and SP17 represented nitrate reductase-defective nature, while mutant SP9 appeared to be a regulatory mutant exhibiting pl...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Rai AK,Tiwari SP

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida galli strain PGO6 isolated from oil-contaminated water is the first isolated yeast strain which is capable to form vanillin and vanillic acid during isoeugenol biotransformation. The products were confirmed by thin-layer chromatography (TLC), changes in the UV absorption pattern and high-performance liquid chr...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ashengroph M,Nahvi I,Zarkesh-Esfahani H,Momenbeik F

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00