Phylogenetic analyses and diterpenoid production by marine bacteria of the genus Saprospira.

abstract：:In the present study, probiotic, safety and functional characteristics of eight indigenous bifidobacterial isolates were compared to identify suitable strains for functional food application. Among the isolates, six strains of Bifidobacterium longum and one each of Bifidobacterium breve and Bifidobacterium bifidum wer...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Achi SC,Halami PM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is responsible for nosocomial and community-acquired infections. Hence, rapid and accurate laboratory diagnosis of MRSA is a vital constituent of control measures. The present study evaluated five different methods for the identification of MRSA. A to...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Al-Talib H,Yean CY,Al-khateeb A,Singh KK,Hasan H,Al-Jashamy K,Ravichandran M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria acquire new DNA in a process known as horizontal gene transfer (HGT). To investigate the evolutionary impact of this transfer of DNA, various methods have been developed to detect past HGT events. For example, codon usage-based methods detect the presence of transferred genes by identifying atypical patterns ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Friedman R,Ely B

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:A Gram positive, thermophilic, and filamentous bacterium, designated strain GIESS004(T), was isolated from a sludge compost from Guangzhou, China. Growth occurred at 45-55 °C (optimum 50-53 °C) and pH 6.0-10.0 (optimum pH 7.0-7.5). The organism formed cream-yellow colonies with radial wrinkles. Aerial mycelium was not...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yu Z,Wu C,Yang GQ,Zhou SG

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus causes a wide range of suppurative infections in humans and animals. Due to its high virulence, ability to adopt various environmental conditions, and acquired multiple drug resistance, treatment of such infections has become difficult. Therefore, there is an immense need to develop alternate dru...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Gupta R,Prasad Y

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:His(354) and His(358), two highly conserved histidines in Xenopus laevis (6-4) photolyase [equivalent to His(401) and His(405), in Dunaliella salina (6-4) photolyase], are critical for photoreactivation. They act as a base and an acid, respectively. However, the remaining high repair activity when the pH value is high...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang F,Xu H,Cao Y,Wen T,Lin J,Ma G,Qiao D,Cao Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, Aspergillus fumigatus is described as a higher producer of hydrolytic enzymes secreted in response to the presence of the Callosobruchus maculatus bruchid pest. This fungus was able to grow over cowpea weevil shells as a unique carbon source, secreting alkaline proteolytic and chitinolytic enzymes...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Pereira JL,Franco OL,Noronha EF

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyclonal antibodies against Escherichia coli and fluorescent, secondary, antibodies were immobilized on borosilicate glass fibers pre-treated with 3-glycidyloxypropyl trimethoxysilane (GPS). Light with an average wavelength of 627 nm, emitted by a diode placed at one end of the glass fiber, was detected by an ultras...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Maas MB,Maybery GHC,Perold WJ,Neveling DP,Dicks LMT

更新日期：2018-02-01 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

abstract：:Four cell lysis methods (NaOH-SDS solubilization, French press treatment, sonication, mutanolysin treatment) and three methods of protein assays (Lowry, Bradford, Pierce) were studied for their applicability to determination of cell volume in Clostridium perfringens NCTC 8798 cell suspensions. Protein contents were hi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Guerlava P,Izac V,Tholozan JL

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catastrophic global accumulation of non-biodegradable plastic has led to efforts for production of alternative eco-friendly biopolymer. Here, we attempted to produce a biodegradable, cytocompatible and eco-friendly polyhydroxy-butyrate (PHB) from a pigmented Bacillus sp. C1 (2013) (KF626477) through submerged (SmF) an...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Pati S,Maity S,Dash A,Jema S,Mohapatra S,Das S,Samantaray DP

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyamines are well-conserved, multifunctional polycations that contribute to a number of processes in the cells such as cell cycle, apoptosis, stress response, and gene expression. Therefore, polyamine levels should be kept under strict regulation by specific polyamine transporters and polyamine synthases. In this st...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Gevrekci AÖ

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DDT (1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane) is one of the pesticides that are hazardous for the environment and human health. Effective environmental-friendly treatment using co-cultures of fungi and bacteria is needed. In this study, the bacteria Bacillus subtilis at various volumes of 1, 3, 5, 7, and 10 mL (...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sariwati A,Purnomo AS,Kamei I

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Favre and coworkers (Favre et al., Biochimie 73:235-244, 1991) previously reported that the Bordetella pertussis recA gene present at high copy number could promote a low frequency of recombination, but not bacteriophage induction in Escherichia coli RecA- mutants. Reexamination of these phenotypes demonstrated that, ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kuhl SA

更新日期：1996-03-01 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：:Biofilm-forming ability is well established as an important virulence factor. However, there are no studies available regarding biofilm formation of Salmonella Typhimurium 1,4,[5],12:i:-, the new pandemic serovar in Europe. To address this problem, biofilm expression by Salmonella 1,4,[5],12:i:- was evaluated using 13...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Seixas R,Machado J,Bernardo F,Vilela C,Oliveira M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-positive bacterium, designated strain XY18(T), was isolated from a cured vanilla bean in Hainan province, China. Cells were rod-shaped, endospore producing, and peritrichous flagella. Strain XY18(T) grew at salinities of 0-8 % (w/v) NaCl (optimally 1-4 %), pH 4.0-8.0 (optimally 5.0-7.0 %) and temperature range ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Chen YG,Gu FL,Li JH,Xu F,He SZ,Fang YM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vegetative insecticidal protein (Vip3) from Bacillus thuringiensis shows high activity against lepidopteran insects. Cytolytic δ-endotoxin (Cyt) also has high toxicity to dipteran larvae and synergism with other crystal proteins (Cry), but synergism between Cyt and Vip3 proteins has not been tested. We analyzed for sy...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yu X,Liu T,Sun Z,Guan P,Zhu J,Wang S,Li S,Deng Q,Wang L,Zheng A,Li P

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raw vine-trimming wastes or the solid residues obtained after different fractionation treatments were evaluated for their suitability as Amycolatopsis sp. immobilization carriers during the bioconversion of ferulic acid into valuable phenolic compounds such as vanillin, vanillyl alcohol, and vanillic acid, the main fl...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Castañón-Rodríguez JF,Pérez-Rodríguez N,de Souza Oliveira RP,Aguilar-Uscanga MG,Domínguez JM

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:All major insecticidal genes of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) are controlled by the sporulation-specific sigma factor Sigma E (sigE), while sigE is negatively regulated by Sigma K (sigK). Therefore, knocking out sigK plays an important role in regulating the expression of insecticidal genes in Bti. A s...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Xu L,Han G,Fan X,Lv J,Zhang X,Peng Q,Zhang J,Xu J,Song F

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pasteurella haemolytica was isolated from three of 18 grass samples and four of 18 water samples collected from two grazing fields occupied by sheep. This microorganism was also isolated from three of nine straw bedding samples collected from a pen housing ewes affected by mastitis caused by P. haemolytica. The same e...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Burriel AR

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In eukaryotes, loss of cytoplasmic ribosomal proteins (RPs) results in a reduced growth rate and other phenotypic defects. The ability to transition from a unicellular budding yeast to a filamentous form is very important for biofilm formation and virulence in Candida albicans. Our recent study found that loss of the ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lu H,Xiong J,Shang Q,Jiang Y,Cao Y

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The duodenal ulcer promoting gene (dupA), located in the plasticity region of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), is predicted to form a type IV secretory system (T4SS) with vir genes around dupA. In the study, we investigated the association between the dupA cluster status and the virulence of H. pylori in a littoral re...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wang MY,Shao C,Li J,Yang YC,Wang SB,Hao JL,Wu CM,Gao XZ,Shao SH

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenic capability of the tangerine pathotype of Alternaria alternata relies on the production of host-selective ACT toxin. Inoculation of A. alternata in leaves of the citrus quickly induced rapid lipid peroxidation, accumulation of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), and cell death, indicative of host defensive res...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lin CH,Yang SL,Chung KR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two strains of a novel basidiomycetous yeast species were isolated from the gut of wood-boring larvae collected in the Baotianman Nature Reserve, the central China. Sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit (LSU) rRNA gene and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions showed that these yeasts belong ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Hui FL,Niu QH,Ke T,Li YX

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：: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：:Fungal communities in decaying sapwood and heartwood of K. evelyniana were demonstrated through construction of four 18 S rRNA gene libraries. The 210 sequenced clones were clustered into 11 subgroups, belonging to Basidiomycota (71.9%) and to Ascomycota (22.4%) and unclassified (1 subgroup; 5.7%). The heartwood displ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang HB,Yang MX,Tu R,Gao L,Zhao ZW

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00