Molecular cloning of novel cellulase genes cel9A and cel12A from Bacillus licheniformis GXN151 and synergism of their encoded polypeptides.

abstract：:Biofouling leads to water quality deterioration and higher maintenance cost for cleaning of membranes. The present study has demonstrated the application of a biomolecule (vanillin) in scrubbing and destabilizing biofilms of drinking water reverse osmosis (RO) membrane module in lab scale reactor set-up. Reverse osmos...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Pal S,Qureshi A,Purohit HJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonial aggregation of Microcystis plays a key role in bloom formation. Limited studies have been reported about effects of environmental factors on the aggregation of Microcystis. Calcium is an important chemical element in water system. In this study, we investigated the effects of a low- (0.015 g l⁻¹) and a high-c...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wang YW,Zhao J,Li JH,Li SS,Zhang LH,Wu M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magainin 2 is pore-forming antimicrobial peptide on lipid matrix of bacterial membrane, secreted from the skin of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis. The aim of this study was to investigate a new concept for antibacterial mechanisms called bacterial apoptosis-like cell death. We examined the morphological changes...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lee W,Lee DG

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：:PHA is one of the leading commercially important bio-polyesteric compounds piled up as an intracellular lipid-based energy storage compound by numerous microorganisms. An indigenous Gram-positive bacterium isolated from fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) has known to potentially accumulate PHA. Various nutritional elements...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Suguna PP,Saranya VV,Abirami PP,Shenbagarathai RR

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multi-drug resistance and transfer of mobile genetic elements among enteric pathogens is being reported to have increased rapidly. Commensal Escherichia coli was previously known to acquire mobile genetic elements from other genus/species. E. coli is also capable of disseminating these elements containing antimicrobia...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Devanga Ragupathi NK,Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP,Gajendran R,Anandan S,Walia K,Veeraraghavan B

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endophytes are beneficial microbes that reside intercellularly inside the plants. Interaction of endophytes with the host plants and their function within their host are important to address ecological relevance of endophyte. Four endophytic bacteria OS-9, OS-10, OS-11, and OS-12 were isolated from healthy leaves of O...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Tiwari R,Kalra A,Darokar MP,Chandra M,Aggarwal N,Singh AK,Khanuja SP

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:Seventy-eight bacterial isolates from human, animal, and plant hosts, representing eight species of the family Enterobacteriaceae, were screened for F-like plasmid sequences. Of the examined human Escherichia coli strains, 28% harbored one or two of the three F-like, RepFI replication regions, while 35% of the examine...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Mulec J,Starcic M,Zgur-Bertok D

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An alkaline phosphatase (phoA) gene from Zymomonas mobilis was isolated in Escherichia coli CC118 by use of the plasmid Bluescript KS+. The origin of the 6.4-kb DNA fragment in pZAP1 from the chromosome of Z. mobilis was confirmed by Southern blotting and hybridization studies. The Z. mobilis phoA gene was localized a...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Karunakaran T,Gunasekaran P

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:White pepper (Piper nigrum L.), a well-known spice, is the main pepper processing product in Hainan province, China. The solid-state method of fermentation can peel pepper in a highly efficient manner and yield high-quality white pepper. In the present study, we used next-generation sequencing to reveal the dynamic ch...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Hu Q,Zhang J,Xu C,Li C,Liu S

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bacterium capable of utilizing p-cresol as sole source of carbon and energy was isolated from soil and identified as a Bacillus species. The organism also utilized phenol, o-cresol, m-cresol, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, and gentisic acid as growth substrates. The organism degraded p-cresol to 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, which...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Tallur PN,Megadi VB,Kamanavalli CM,Ninnekar HZ

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, we provide biological evidences supporting the participation of NCW2 gene in the mechanism responsible for cell tolerance to polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB), an antifungal agent. The growth rate of yeast cells exposed to this agent was significantly reduced in ∆ncw2 strain and the mRNA levels o...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Elsztein C,de Lima RCP,de Barros Pita W,de Morais MA Jr

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NADPH-dependent aldose reductase activity induced by D-xylose or L-arabinose was detected in cell-free extracts of Candida guilliermondii, but only negligible activities were observed if D-glucose served as carbon source. The induction of aldose reductase activity on mixed sugars was investigated under resting cell co...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sugai JK,Delgenes JP

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether Bombyx mori immunized with Bacillus subtilis spore displaying GP64 escape from the B. mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) attack, a recombinant integrative plasmid named pJS700-GP64 was constructed, which carries a recombinant cotC-Gp64 gene under the control of the cotC promoter. In this study, p...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Li G,Tang Q,Chen H,Yao Q,Ning D,Chen K

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen forms of endopolygalacturonases were purified from the culture medium of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum with ion exchange chromatographies. Individual forms differ in their isoelectric point but exhibit similar molecular masses. On the basis of the cross-reactions to antibodies raised against a purified acidic endo...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Martel MB,Letoublon R,Fevre M

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gram-negative bacterium, designated FJY1(T), was isolated from a soil sample obtained from a university campus in South Korea. Examination showed that FJY1(T) was red-pigmented, aerobic, motile, and composed of nonspore-forming rods. This strain grew in a temperature range of 15-37 °C and a pH range of 7-9. Based on...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Jang JH,Lee D,Cha S,Lim S,Yang D,Seo T

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 168 Campylobacter strains (154 C. jejuni and 14 C. coli) isolated from human clinical samples and chicken meat were typed using Penner serotyping, randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) with four restriction enzymes (Sac II, Sal I, Sma I, Kpn I). The 168 strai...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ono K,Kurazono T,Niwa H,Itoh K

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moutai Jiuqu is a famous aromatic raw material of Maotai flavor liquor in China. It is brewed at high temperature and contains many kinds of bacteria, molds, and yeasts. There are many useful glycoside hydrolases in these microfloras, from which efficient glycoside hydrolases can be screened for biotransformation of n...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zuo SS,Wang YC,Zhu L,Zhao JY,Li MG,Han XL,Wen ML

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a novel bacterium, isolated during a screen for environmental isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis, that possesses a novel filamentous structure. Nucleotide sequence from the isolate's 16S rRNA gene places the bacterium unambiguously within the Bacillus thuringiensis/Bacillus cereus group. Phase-contrast an...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Rampersad J,Khan A,Ammons D

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a serious pathogen involved in nosocomial infections. Its pathogenicity is owed to rich production of virulence factors (VIFs) regulated by several complex hierarchical signal systems depending on environmental conditions, medium composition, and the presence of certain active compounds in it...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Katri N,Gilboa-Garber N

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The organization of the clusters of genes encoding proteins of the botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) progenitor complex was elucidated in a strain of Clostridium botulinum producing type B and F neurotoxins. With PCR and sequencing strategies, the type B BoNT-gene cluster was found to be composed of genes encoding BoNT/B, n...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Santos-Buelga JA,Collins MD,East AK

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bt cotton was the first genetically modified crop approved for use in India. However, only a few studies have been conducted to assess the feasibility of its commercial application. Bt cotton is genetically modified to express a proteinaceous endotoxin (Cry) encoded by cry gene of Bacillus thuringiensis that has speci...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kapur M,Bhatia R,Pandey G,Pandey J,Paul D,Jain RK

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haloarchaea are known for its adaptation in extreme saline environment. Halophilic archaea produces carotenoid pigments and proton pumps to protect them from extremes of salinity. Bacteriorhodopsin (bR) is a light-driven proton pump that resides in the membrane of haloarchaea Halobacterium salinarum. The photocycle of...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ashwini R,Vijayanand S,Hemapriya J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triterpenoid saponin derivatives oleanolic acid (OA) and ursolic acid (UA), but not betulinic acid (BA), were previously found to have strong antimicrobial activity against Streptococcus mutans. OA and UA inhibited the transcription of genes related to peptidoglycan biosynthesis, thereby preventing bacterial growth. H...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Park SN,Lim YK,Choi MH,Cho E,Bang IS,Kim JM,Ahn SJ,Kook JK

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel Gram-negative gamma-proteobacterium, non-sporulating motile, rod or coccus-shaped bacterium designated as strain PKS7T was isolated from a sediment sample collected from Chilika Lake, Odisha, India and characterized taxonomically using a polyphasic approach. The major quinone was Q8 and major cellular fatty ac...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Panda AN,Ray L,Mishra SR,Raina V

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-stain-negative bacterium, designated WF-2T, was isolated from bensulfuron-methyl contaminated watermelon soil in Weifang, Shandong province, China. Cells of strain WF-2T were strictly aerobic, non-motile and rod-shaped. Strain WF-2T grew optimally at 30 °C, pH 7.0. Strain WF-2T possessed ubiquinone-8 (Q-8) as t...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang H,Zhao HZ,Liu J,Qin W,Huang X

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：:Unicellular green algae, like Chlorella, offer a potentially useful system for the expression of heterologous proteins. However, the development of Chlorella as a bioreactor has been delayed owing to the lack of a stable transformation technique. Here we report on the use of micro-projectile bombardment to introduce t...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Dawson HN,Burlingame R,Cannons AC

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene, phoI, coding for a phosphatase from Enterobacter sp. 4 was cloned in Escherichia coli and sequenced. Analysis of the sequence revealed one open reading frame (ORF) that encodes a 269-amino acid protein with a calculated molecular mass of 29 kDa. PhoI belongs to family B acid phosphatase and exhibits 49.4% iden...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kang SH,Cho KK,Bok JD,Kim SC,Cho JS,Lee PC,Kang SK,Lee HG,Woo JH,Lee HJ,Lee SC,Choi YJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00