Escherichia coli has two homologous glutamate decarboxylase genes that map to distinct loci.

abstract：:The current work by Jain et al. (S. Jain, A. M. Chang, M. Singh, J. S. McLean, et al., J Bacteriol 201:e00683-18, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00683-18) reports the cloning of the lipid A deacylase gene of Porphyromonas gingivalis and the phenotypic characterization of the enzyme. Attempts to clone the gene and th...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Progulske-Fox A

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of polypeptides in the crystalline delta-endotoxins from different Bacillus thuringiensis strains revealed two antigenically similar forms of the P2 protein which differed in molecular mass, peptide profile, and amino acid sequence. Purified preparations of the two forms displayed the characteristic dual toxi...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Nicholls CN,Ahmad W,Ellar DJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The level of the vitamin B12 transport protein BtuB in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli is strongly reduced by growth in the presence of cobalamins. Previous analyses of regulatory mutants and of btuB-lacZ fusions indicated that the primary site of btuB gene regulation was at the translational level, and this re...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Nou X,Kadner RJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphotransacetylase and acetate kinase catalyze the activation of acetate to acetyl coenzyme A in the first step of methanogenesis from acetate in Methanosarcina thermophila. The genes encoding these enzymes (pta and ack) have been cloned and sequenced. They are arranged on the chromosome with pta upstream of ack (M...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Singh-Wissmann K,Ferry JG

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sbarra, Anthony J. (St. Margaret's Hospital, Boston, Mass.), William Shirley, and John S. Baumstark. Effect of osmolarity on phagocytosis. J. Bacteriol. 85:306-313. 1963.-The effect of a number of different compounds on phagocytosis was studied. Phagocytosis was monitored by morphological and biochemical means. It was...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： SBARRA AJ,SHIRLEY W,BAUMSTARK JS

更新日期：1963-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyridine-2,6-bis(thiocarboxylate) (PDTC), produced by certain pseudomonads, is a sulfur-containing siderophore that binds iron, as well as a wide range of transition metals, and it affects the net hydrolysis of the environmental contaminant carbon tetrachloride. The pathway of PDTC biosynthesis has not been defined. H...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Lewis TA,Glassing A,Harper J,Franklin MJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni 81-176 lipooligosaccharide (LOS) is composed of two covalently linked domains: lipid A, a hydrophobic anchor, and a nonrepeating core oligosaccharide, consisting of an inner and outer core region. We report the isolation and characterization of the deepest rough C. jejuni 81-176 mutant by insertio...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Kanipes MI,Papp-Szabo E,Guerry P,Monteiro MA

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Particular combinations of fungal strains and transformation vectors allow for fungal rearrangement of normally integrative plasmids, resulting in the creation of linear self-replicating plasmids in Fusarium oxysporum. The rearrangement results in the addition of fungal DNA, including telomere consensus sequences, to ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Powell WA,Kistler HC

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, the effects of three point mutations (at amino acid positions 31, 84, and 194) in the gene coding for a sulfonamide-resistant dihydropteroate synthase of Neisseria meningitidis were analyzed by site-directed mutagenesis. Changes at positions 31 and 194 abolished the phenotypic expression of sulfonamide res...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Fermér C,Swedberg G

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huston, Charles K. (U.S. Army Biological Laboratories, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Md.), and Phillip W. Albro. Lipids of Sarcina lutea. I. Fatty acid composition of the extractable lipids. J. Bacteriol. 88:425-432. 1964.-The extractable lipids of Sarcina lutea were separated into several fractions by a combination of col...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： HUSTON CK,ALBRO PW

更新日期：1964-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding the outer membrane phosphate-selective porin protein P from Pseudomonas aeruginosa was cloned into Escherichia coli. The protein product was expressed and transported to the outer membrane of an E. coli phoE mutant and assembled into functional trimers. Expression of a product of the correct molecula...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Siehnel RJ,Worobec EA,Hancock RE

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wild-type strains of Escherichia coli K-12 are resistant to acriflavine. Gene acrA(+) which determines resistance to acriflavine is located near the lac region of the chromosome. This gene determines not only resistance to basic dyes but also resistance to phenethyl alcohol. Acriflavine resistance was transmitted, tog...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Nakamura H

更新日期：1968-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rod-shaped bacteria, certain proteins are specifically localized to the cell poles. The nature of the positional information that leads to the proper localization of these proteins is unclear. In a screen for factors required for the localization of the Shigella sp. actin assembly protein IcsA to the bacterial pole...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Nilsen T,Yan AW,Gale G,Goldberg MB

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transposon Tn917 mutagenesis of Bacillus subtilis BD99 followed by selection for protonophore resistance led to the isolation of strain MS119, which contained a single Tn917 insertion in an open reading frame whose deduced amino acid sequence was 56.6% identical to that of the Escherichia coli rho gene product. The in...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Quirk PG,Dunkley EA Jr,Lee P,Krulwich TA

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigenic specificity of Listeria monocytogenes types I, II, III, IVa, and IVb was studied by immunochemical techniques. Immunologically active carbohydrates of the various types were extracted from cell walls and were chemically analyzed. Types I and II contained predominantly glucosamine and rhamnose; type III, ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ullmann WW,Cameron JA

更新日期：1969-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Double mutants which carry mutations in genes (rodA, pbpA) required for cell elongation (i.e., maintenance of rod shape) in combination with mutations in genes (ftsA, ftsI, ftsQ, or ftsZ) required for septation were constructed. Such mutants were able to grow for about two mass doublings at a normal rate at the restri...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Begg KJ,Donachie WD

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three genes were shown to provide functions specific for ferric enterobactin transport in Escherichia coli: fepA encoded the outer membrane receptor, fepB produced a periplasmic protein, and the fepC product was presumably a component of a cytoplasmic membrane permease system for this siderophore. A 10.6-kilobase-pair...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ozenberger BA,Nahlik MS,McIntosh MA

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Bacillus subtilis, UVSSP-42-1, which produces ultraviolet (UV)-sensitive spores and vegetative cells, was found to possess germinated spores 25 times more UV resistant than the resting spores. This relative resistance achieved upon germination was associated with the transition of the heat-resistant refrac...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Munakata N

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In studies of Pseudomonas putida IH-2000, a toluene-tolerant microorganism, membrane vesicles (MVs) were found to be released from the outer membrane when toluene was added to the culture. These MVs were found to be composed of phospholipids, lipopolysaccharides (LPS), and very low amounts of outer membrane proteins. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Kobayashi H,Uematsu K,Hirayama H,Horikoshi K

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation of a new thermophilic bacterium, Thermus aquaticus gen. n. and sp. n., is described. Successful enrichment requires incubation at 70 to 75 C, and the use of nutrient media relatively dilute with respect to the organic components. Strains of T. aquaticus have been isolated from a variety of thermal spring...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Brock TD,Freeze H

更新日期：1969-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of different metal ions to promote transformation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by deoxyribonucleic acid of the plasmid RP1 was examined. CaCl2, MgCl2, and MnCl2 were found to promote such transformation, although at different frequencies and with the optimum response at different concentrations. Only MgCl2 pr...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Mercer AA,Loutit JS

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The P(styA) promoter of Pseudomonas sp. strain Y2 controls expression of the styABCD genes, which are required for the conversion of styrene to phenylacetate, which is further catabolized by the products of two paa gene clusters. Two PaaX repressor proteins (PaaX1 and PaaX2) regulate transcription of the paa gene clus...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： del Peso-Santos T,Bartolomé-Martín D,Fernández C,Alonso S,García JL,Díaz E,Shingler V,Perera J

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of transcription of the rplKAJLrpoBC gene cluster of Escherichia coli appears to be complex. At least four different promoters and a transcriptional attenuator have been identified. To compare the relative effect of each of the putative promoters and the attenuator on transcription of these genes, we fused...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ralling G,Linn T

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a glycerol auxotroph of Staphylococcus aureus, the deprivation of glycerol affected the formation of certain membrane components. (i) There was synthesis of fatty acids at the predeprivation rate even though the fatty acids synthesized accumulated as free fatty acids rather than as esterified fatty acids; (ii) ther...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ray PH,Lillich TT,White DC

更新日期：1972-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dehalogenases play key roles in the detoxification of halogenated aromatics. Interestingly, only one hydrolytic dehalogenase for halogenated aromatics, 4-chlorobenzoyl-coenzyme A (CoA) dehalogenase, has been reported. Here, we characterize another novel hydrolytic dehalogenase for a halogenated aromatic compound from ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Wang G,Li R,Li S,Jiang J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough, a sulfate-reducing bacterium classified as an obligate anaerobe, swam to a preferred oxygen concentration of 0.02 to 0.04% (0.24 to 0.48 microM), a level which also supported growth. Oxygen concentrations of 0.08% and higher arrested growth. We propose that in zones of transition ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Johnson MS,Zhulin IB,Gapuzan ME,Taylor BL

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A low level of recombination between homologous regions of plasmids and the host chromosome occurred during cell growth. The plasmids contained antibiotic resistance markers on the homologous regions which were only expressed when they were integrated into the chromosome. Such recombination took place in Rec+ rec-2 mu...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Balganesh M,Arrigoni L,Setlow JK

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of chlorobenzene-degrading transconjugants of Pseudomonas putida F1 which had acquired the genes for chlorocatechol degradation (clc) from Pseudomonas sp. strain B13 revealed that the clc gene cluster was present on a 105-kb amplifiable genetic element (named the clc element). In one such transconjugant, P. p...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ravatn R,Studer S,Springael D,Zehnder AJ,van der Meer JR

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major sheath protein-encoding gene (mspA) of the oral spirochete Treponema maltophilum ATCC 51939(T) was cloned by screening a genomic library with an anti-outer membrane fraction antibody. The mspA gene encodes a precursor protein of 575 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 62.3 kDa, including a signal ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Heuner K,Choi BK,Schade R,Moter A,Otto A,Göbel UB

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermococcus sp. strain 4557 is a hyperthermophilic anaerobic archaeon isolated from the deep-sea hydrothermal vent Guaymas Basin site in the Gulf of California at a depth of 2,000 m. Here, we present the complete genome sequence of Thermococcus sp. 4557, which consists of a single circular chromosome of 2,011,320 bp ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Wang X,Gao Z,Xu X,Ruan L

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00