Abstract:
:Methanobacterium barkeri was found to catalyze the reductive dehalogenation of trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11), also known as FREON 11. Products detected were CHFCl2, CH2FCl, CO and fluoride.
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FEMS Microbiol Lettjournal_title
FEMS microbiology lettersauthors
Krone UE,Thauer RKdoi
10.1016/0378-1097(92)90629-3keywords:
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1992-01-01 00:00:00pages
201-4issue
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0378-1097issn
1574-6968journal_volume
69pub_type
杂志文章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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1999.tb13569.x
更新日期:1999-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::mlrA is the only microcystin-degrading gene detected in Sphingomonas sp. MJ-PV. The gene has an extremely rare nucleotide sequence and homologous genes have not yet been discovered in the DNA database. We discovered the existence of a gene homologous to mlrA in new microcystin-degrading bacteria, MD-1 and Y2. These st...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00847-4
更新日期:2003-12-12 00:00:00
abstract::To determine the existence of an acid stress response in Helicobacter pylori the global changes in the proteins synthesized by the bacterium when subjected to an acid stress were studied. H. pylori ATCC43504 previously adapted to pH 7 did not show an acid stress response as detected by the two-dimensional electrophore...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11287.x
更新日期:2002-07-16 00:00:00
abstract::Autotrophic fixation of carbon dioxide into cellular carbon occurs via several pathways but quantitatively, the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle is the most important. CbbR regulates the expression of the cbb genes involved in CO2 fixation via the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle in a number of autotrophic bacteria. A gene pote...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/femsle/fnv108
更新日期:2015-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The flagellins of Methanospirillum hungatei strains JF1 and GP1, Methanococcus deltae, and Methanothermus fervidus are glycosylated. Isolated flagellar filaments from these organisms are dissociated by low concentrations (0.5% (v/v)) of Triton X-100. Flagellar filaments from other methanogens (Methanococcus voltae, Me...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0378-1097(92)90616-v
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A continuous culture technique utilising a variant of Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4 containing transcriptional gene fusions was used to investigate the relationships between cell density (OD(600)), steady-state specific growth rate (mu) and expression of both agr (accessory gene regulator) and tst (toxic shock syndrome...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01193-X
更新日期:2003-01-28 00:00:00
abstract::Brucella melitensis possesses an operon with two components: the response regulator OtpR and a putative cAMP-dependent protein kinase regulatory subunit encoded by the BMEI0067 gene. In the previous study, the function of OtpR has been studied, while little is known about the function of the BMEI0067 gene. Using a bio...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1574-6968.12472
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Herbaspirillum seropedicae strains mutated in the nifX or orf1 genes showed 90% or 50% reduction in nitrogenase activity under low levels of iron or molybdenum respectively. Mutations in nifX or orf1 genes did not affect nif gene expression since a nifH::lacZ fusion was fully active in both mutants. nifX and the conti...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00453-1
更新日期:2003-07-29 00:00:00
abstract::Because probiotic effects are strain dependent, genomic explanations of these differences will contribute to understanding their mechanisms of action. The genomic sequence of the Bifidobacterium longum probiotic strain NCC2705 was determined, but little is known about the genetic diversity between strains of this spec...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.01037.x
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The mosquitocidal crystal protein, Cry19Aa, from Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. jegathesan, has high toxicity to Anopheles stephensi and Culex pipiens but is less toxic to Aedes aegypti. To study the functional role of putative domain II and surface residues in mosquito toxicity, 16 alanine substitution mutations were in...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01583.x
更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Macrolide is inactivated with ATP plus crude extract of Escherichia coli producing macrolide 2'-phosphotransferase (MPH(2')), but not by living cells. Therefore, a convenient method for detection of MPH(2') using intact cells is needed. In this report, we determine that the modified lysozyme-DNase-RNase (LDR) method (...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13227.x
更新日期:1998-10-15 00:00:00
abstract::In the present study, strains of 17 reference Acinetobacter genospecies were investigated by using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We used primers to amplify spacer regions between the 16S and 23S genes in the prokaryotic rRNA genetic loci. When the spacer amplification products were resolved by electrophoresis, ...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1995.tb07414.x
更新日期:1995-02-15 00:00:00
abstract::pSA1.1 is a 9.1-kb multicopy plasmid originally isolated from Streptomyces cyaneus (formerly S. azureus) ATCC 14921. This plasmid accumulates single-stranded DNA in S. lividans and is therefore considered to replicate by a rolling-circle replication. In the present work, the rep gene encoding the replication initiator...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13305.x
更新日期:1998-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The gene encoding the alpha-subunit of methanol dehydrogenase (mxaF) and its flanking region was isolated from a methylotrophic bacterium, Hyphomicrobium methylovorum GM2. The deduced amino acid sequence of MxaF showed 80, 80, 74 and 66% identity with those of Methylobacterium extorquens AM1, M. organophilum XX, Parac...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb12673.x
更新日期:1997-09-15 00:00:00
abstract::Acinetobacter baumannii is an important nosocomial pathogen that displays high antibiotic resistance. It causes a variety of infections including pneumonias and sepsis which may result in disseminated intravascular coagulation. In this work, we identify and characterize a novel secreted, zinc-dependent, metallo-endope...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/1574-6968.12496
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Enterococcal surface protein (Esp) is a cell wall-associated protein of Enterococcus faecalis that has been identified as a potential virulence factor. We used a mouse model to examine whether Esp facilitates intestinal colonization or translocation of E. faecalis to mesenteric lymph nodes. After clindamycin treatment...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.femsle.2004.11.006
更新日期:2005-01-15 00:00:00
abstract::Two monoclonal antibodies (G6 and 7B), generated against a 63-kDa stress protein (GSP63) from Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain VP1, were used to investigate the antigenic heterogeneity of GSP63 among the Neisseriaceae and its antigenic relationship with the Hsp60 heat-shock protein family. Immunoblotting experiments demon...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0378-1097(92)90282-s
更新日期:1992-11-15 00:00:00
abstract::The cea-kil operon of the ColE1 plasmid is negatively regulated by the LexA-repressor and therefore, it is under the control of SOS regulation. We constructed a gene fusion between the cea and lacZ genes. Expression of the translational fusion can be easily detected by monitoring the levels of beta-galactosidase. Sinc...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0378-1097(91)90232-y
更新日期:1991-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::This report describes Vibrio seventh pandemic island II (VSP-II) and three novel variants revealed by comparative genomics of 23 Vibrio cholerae strains and their presence among a large and diverse collection of V. cholerae isolates. Three VSP-II variants were reported previously and our results demonstrate the presen...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02008.x
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The enzymic interconversion of Escherichia coli isocitrate dehydrogenase (ICDH) between the catalytically active and inactive forms is mediated through the activities of ICDH-kinase/phosphatase in response to changes in the metabolic environment. In this study, the use of mutant strains devoid of isocitrate lyase (ace...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13909.x
更新日期:1998-09-15 00:00:00
abstract::To determine whether the luxA-luxB reporter system is suitable as a sensitive reporter for rapid real-time measurements of alpha-toxin gene (cpa) expression in Clostridium perfringens, and to widen the range of alpha-toxin-producing C. perfringens strains examined with respect to cpa expression during growth, the repo...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2000.tb09164.x
更新日期:2000-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Isolates of anaerobic fungi obtained from the rumen, duodenum and faeces of sheep were identified as Piromyces mae based on their morphological characteristics observed using light microscopy. There was no significant morphological variation among the isolates of P. mae from the rumen, duodenum and faeces. Isozymes of...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1995.tb07906.x
更新日期:1995-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::In this study, 29 strains of Kluyveromyces marxianus with peculiar genetic and phenotypic traits previously isolated from a fermented goat milk of Yaghnob valley were investigated for chromosome length polymorphism (CLP) by PFGE, adhesion properties and carbon usage by Biolog analysis. Obtained data showed that strain...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1093/femsle/fny028
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Xylose reductase catalyzes the NAD(P)H-dependent reduction of xylose to xylitol and is essential for growth on xylose by yeasts. To understand the nature of coenzyme binding to the Pichia stipitis xylose reductase, we investigated the role of the strictly conserved Lys270 in the putative IPKS coenzyme binding motif by...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb12848.x
更新日期:1998-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The majority of microorganisms in natural environments are difficult to cultivate, but their genes can be studied via metagenome libraries. To enhance the chances that these genes become expressed we here report the construction of a broad-host-range plasmid vector (pRS44) for fosmid and bacterial artificial chromosom...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01639.x
更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The signal peptidase (SPase) SipS of Bacillus subtilis is responsible for the processing of precursors of secreted proteins. It differs from the SPases of Gram-negative bacteria in structure and specificity. To assay the activity of SipS in vitro, two efficient transcription-translation systems for the synthesis of ra...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1993.tb06575.x
更新日期:1993-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have investigated the specificity of six different lysozymes for peptidoglycan substrates obtained by extraction of a number of gram-negative bacteria and Micrococcus lysodeikticus with chloroform/Tris-HCl buffer (chloroform/buffer). The lysozymes included two that are commercially available (hen egg white lysozyme...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00240.x
更新日期:2006-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The gene nfxB is one of the genes which affect the cell membrane permeability of quinolones in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO. Both wild-type nfxB and a mutant nfxB (nfx13E) were cloned and the DNA sequences were determined. The wild-type gene was dominant in PAO strains. The nfxB mutation was a point mutation (cytosine--...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0378-1097(92)90386-3
更新日期:1992-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effectiveness of maintaining prokaryotic RNA in Synechococcus and Pseudomonas cells, fixed in 96% ethanol, 4% paraformaldehyde, or suspended in RNAlater, and held in cold storage for 3 months was compared. Fluorometric determination of the RNA extracted from Synechococcus and Pseudomonas cells indicated that the c...
journal_title:FEMS microbiology letters
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2001.tb10745.x
更新日期:2001-07-24 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1995.tb07591.x
更新日期:1995-06-15 00:00:00