Mycobacterium leprae infection of human Schwann cells depends on selective host kinases and pathogen-modulated endocytic pathways.

abstract：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis are exclusively human pathogens. A crucial property of the pathogenicity of neisserial infection is the ability to adhere to human epithelial cells. Pili mediate adherence of these bacteria to target cells and thereby promote colonization and infection of mucosal surfac...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jonsson AB

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial specific primers were used to amplify 23S rRNA genes from a representative strain from each of the 23 serogroups of the pathogenic Leptospira interrogans and 8 strains from 6 serogroups of the non-pathogenic Leptospira biflexa. Only regions of extreme variability, which had been identified on the basis of ho...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Woo TH,Smythe LD,Symonds ML,Norris MA,Dohnt MF,Patel BK

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chromosomal DNA fragment from Streptomyces antibioticus ATCC11891 was isolated by its ability to stimulate actinorhodin and undecylprodigiosin biosynthesis in Streptomyces lividans TK21. This fragment includes two open reading frames, whose deduced translated products resemble enzymes involved in sulfur metabolism (...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Scheu AK,Martínez E,Soliveri J,Malpartida F

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stimulatory effect of heme on growth of Bacteroides fragilis, an anaerobic human pathogen, was strongly inhibited by hemopexin, an avid (Kd<1 pM) heme-binding plasma protein. Both rabbit and human hemopexins were bacteriostatic for a limited period of time, suggesting an adaptation by B. fragilis to heme-limited g...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Rocha ER,Smith A,Smith CJ,Brock JH

更新日期：2001-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rod-shaped Alphaproteobacteria possessing long prosthecae-like appendages have been detected abundantly in biofilms attaching onto anode graphite of cellulose-fed microbial fuel cells (MFCs). To identify their ecological roles, the present study isolated a corresponding bacterium (strain Mfc52) by direct plating of a ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kodama Y,Watanabe K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of a Mycobacterium avium complex serotype 20 rough-colony variant in 1.0% Tween 80 resulted in a smooth-colony morphological conversion that was reversible upon removal of Tween and was not associated with the presence of serotype-specific glycopeptidolipid antigens. Electron microscopic examination suggested t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wright EL,Pourshafie M,Barrow WW

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovine footrot is a debilitating and highly infectious disease that is primarily caused by the Gram-negative, anaerobic bacterium Dichelobacter nodosus. The major antigens implicated in virulence are the type IV fimbriae and extracellular proteases. The fimbriae show sequence and structural similarity to other type IV ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Billington SJ,Johnston JL,Rood JI

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of specific inhibitors of glycoprotein trimming reactions on Junin virus (JV) replication were investigated. Bromoconduritol, an inhibitor of glucosidase II, significantly reduced infective virus production (DE50: 1.1 mM) and viral protein expression. Neither 1-deoxynojirimycin, an inhibitor of both glucos...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Silber AM,Candurra NA,Damonte EB

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of bacterial strains formerly known as CDC group M-5 are opportunistic pathogens to humans. In 1993, a name, Neisseria weaveri, was proposed by two independent studies to harbor CDC group M-5 strains, namely N. weaveri Holmes et al. 1993 and N. weaveri Andersen et al. 1993, with two different 'type' strains. H...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yi H,Cho YJ,Yoon SH,Park SC,Chun J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three tri-substituted spermidines, di-p-coumaroyl-caffeoylspermidine, tri-caffeoylspermidine and tri-p-coumaroylspermidine, isolated from pollen of Quercus alba, were examined for antifungal activity. Both di-p-coumaroyl-caffeoylspermidine and tri-p-coumaroylspermidine reduced mycelial growth of the oat leaf stripe pa...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Walters D,Meurer-Grimes B,Rovira I

更新日期：2001-07-24 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：:Endpolygalacturonase I from Stereum purpureum has been identified as a causative substance for the silver-leaf disease in apples. It possesses a unique pro-sequence in the C-terminal region that lacks endpolygalacturonases from any other origin. In this study, we analyzed and compared enzymatic characteristics between...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hamada S,Toda K,Ogawa S,Kubota K,Miyairi K

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CotSA protein, encoded by cotSA (ytxN) of Bacillus subtilis, was detected from the cells at 5 h after the onset of sporulation (T5) and in the spore coat of wild-type cells, but not in cotE, cotS, gerE, or cotSA mutant spores. CotSA was also detected in the sporangium at T5 to T7 but not in the sporangium at T18 o...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Takamatsu H,Kodama T,Watabe K

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stability of the membrane-bound and purified H+-translocating NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase, Complex I, was studied. The loss of the enzyme activity is strongly increased by alkaline pH and dilution of the sample. Complex I inactivation is prevented specifically by a low concentration of Ca2+ and/or an intracellular ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Belevich G,Belevich N,Knuuti J,Verkhovskaya M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been widely reported that pH mediates cadmium toxicity to bacteria. We used a tripartite approach to investigate mechanisms by which pH affects cadmium toxicity that included analyses of: (1) growth kinetics, (2) global gene expression, and (3) cadmium speciation. Cadmium extended the lag phase at pH 7, but not...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Worden CR,Kovac WK,Dorn LA,Sandrin TR

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The marine dinoflagellate genus Alexandrium includes a number of species that produce potent neurotoxins responsible for paralytic shellfish poisoning, which in humans may cause muscular paralysis, neurological symptoms and, in extreme cases, death. Because of the genetic diversity of different genera and species, mol...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wang L,Li L,Alam MJ,Geng Y,Li Z,Yamasaki S,Shi L

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Pseudomonas fluorescens strain ST the ability to utilize styrene as the sole carbon source is due to the presence of a plasmid, pEG. In the present report we show that pEG contains two inverted repeat sequences and we present evidence indicating that the catabolic genes are localized in these repeats. The regio...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ruzzi M,Zennaro E

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here improvements to the growth media and fermentation conditions which result in a substantial increase of Helicobacter pylori growth and in the enhanced production of vacuolating cytotoxin. Addition of glucose to the medium resulted in the increase of cell yield, cell viability and a significant improvemen...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Marchini A,Massari P,Manetti R,Olivieri R

更新日期：1994-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid composition and structure of the peptidoglycan from Heliobacillus mobilis was determined by one- and two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography of completely and partially hydrolysed cell wall preparations. The structure was found to be of the A3 gamma type, with L,L-diaminopimelate in position 3, D-alan...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pickett MW,Weiss N,Kelly DJ

更新日期：1994-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The benzimidazole fungicide thiophanate-methyl is commonly applied to control leaf mould of tomato caused by Cladosporium fulvum in China. In this study, 32 isolates of C. fulvum were examined for their sensitivities to thiophanate-methyl, and two benzimidazole-resistant (BenR) phenotypes BenR1 and BenR2 were identifi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yan L,Chen J,Zhang C,Ma Z

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the molecular mechanism by which the MexR repressor regulates expression of the MexAB-OprM efflux pump, we investigated MexR and the mexR-mexA intergenic DNA (mexOP) interaction, and transcription of the mexA-lacZ reporter gene containing different lengths of mexOP. Homogeneously purified MexR bound speci...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Saito K,Eda S,Maseda H,Nakae T

更新日期：2001-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The 0104 antigen (lipopolysaccharide, LPS) of Escherichia coli has an acidic O specific polysaccharide. From the aqueous phase of a phenol water extraction of E. coli O104: K-, a fraction was obtained by ultracentrifugation and Cetavlon precipitation of the supernatant, which was enriched in long-chain LPS. Compositio...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kogan G,Jann B,Jann K

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthase (PhaC(Da)) from Delftia acidovorans DS-17 (formerly Comamonas acidovorans) has a unique large insertion consisting of 40 amino acid residues in the alpha/beta hydrolase fold region. In order to examine whether this insertion is necessary for enzyme function, we generated a mutan...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tsuge T,Imazu S,Takase K,Taguchi S,Doi Y

更新日期：2004-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Five transposon mutants of Francisella novicida were isolated that are compromised in their ability to grow in mouse macrophages in vitro. Sequence analysis of the DNA flanking the transposon insertions identified the genes that were interrupted in these mutants. One of the inactivated loci corresponds to the Francise...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gray CG,Cowley SC,Cheung KK,Nano FE

更新日期：2002-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a novel type of a positive screen for the discovery of antibacterial compounds that target the Escherichia coli replication initiator protein DnaA. DnaA is an essential replication protein, conserved in (almost) all bacteria--including all human pathogens--and no existing antibiotics target the main ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fossum S,De Pascale G,Weigel C,Messer W,Donadio S,Skarstad K

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improving the ability of plants and plant-associated organisms to fix and assimilate atmospheric nitrogen has inspired plant biotechnologists for decades, not only to alleviate negative effects on nature from increased use and availability of reactive nitrogen, but also because of apparent economic benefits and opport...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Burén S,Rubio LM

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：:We have reported that the macrophage-like cell line J774.1, when infected with the periodontopathic bacterium Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, undergoes apoptosis. In this study, we examined whether stimulation of J774.1 cells with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) before the infection affects the subsequent apoptosis. Cy...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Muro M,Nakashima K,Tomioka J,Kato S,Nonaka K,Yoshida T,Inoue M,Nishihara T,Kowashi Y

更新日期：1999-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Viable counts and activities of sulfate-reducing bacteria were determined in the oral cavities of 12 healthy volunteers. Of these, 10 harboured viable sulfate-reducing bacteria populations. Six separate sites were sampled: the posterior tongue, anterior tongue, mid buccal mucosa, vestibular mucosa, supragingival plaqu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Willis CL,Gibson GR,Allison C,Macfarlane S,Holt JS

更新日期：1995-06-15 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