Identification of Burkholderia andropogonis with a repetitive sequence BOX element and PCR.

abstract：:A strain of Bacillus thuringiensis that showed significantly high toxicity to Plutella xylostella and Spodoptera exigua was isolated from a Korean soil sample and characterized. The isolate, named B. thuringiensis K1, was determined to belong to ssp. kurstaki (H3a3b3c) type by an H antisera agglutination test and prod...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Li MS,Je YH,Lee IH,Chang JH,Roh JY,Kim HS,Oh HW,Boo KS

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene organization and nucleotide sequence of the type A and B BoNT-gene clusters in Clostridium botulinum strain NCTC 2916 were studied. The aim was to clarify the organization of genes within C. botulinum type A strains possessing an unexpressed BoNT/B gene. The BoNT/A-gene cluster includes genes encoding BoNT, N...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Rodríguez Jovita M,Collins MD,East AK

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：:Ansamitocins are extraordinarily potent antitumor agents. Ansamitocin P-3 (AP-3), which is produced by Actinosynnema pretiosum, has been developed as a cytotoxic drug for breast cancer. Despite its importance, AP-3 is of limited applicability because of the low production yield. A. pretiosum strain X47 was developed f...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhong C,Zong G,Qian S,Liu M,Fu J,Zhang P,Li J,Cao G

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni is a major food-borne pathogen that causes human gastroenteritis in many developed countries. In our study, we applied multilocus sequence typing (MLST) technology to 167 C. jejuni isolates from diverse sources in Eastern China to examine their genetic diversity. MLST defined 94 sequence types (ST...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang G,Zhang X,Hu Y,Jiao XA,Huang J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) are environmental pollutants affecting both soil and water. The toxicity resulting from the exposure of Xanthomonas campestris, a soil bacterium and plant pathogen, to these metals was investigated. Pretreatment of X. campestris with sub-lethal concentrations of Cd induced adaptive protectio...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Banjerdkij P,Vattanaviboon P,Mongkolsuk S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flagella occur on many prokaryotes, which primarily propel cells to move from detrimental to favorable environments. A variety of species-specific flagellation patterns have been identified. Although it is presumed that for each of these flagellated microorganisms, an evolutionarily fixed flagellation pattern is favor...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yang RS,Chen YT

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current status of Helicobacter contamination of laboratory mice, rats, gerbils, and house musk shrews from 47, 10, 4, and 3 colonies, respectively, in Japan was studied. Helicobacter was detected by reverse transcription (RT)-nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with Helicobacter genus-specific primers by using ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Goto K,Ohashi H,Takakura A,Itoh T

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumatophores are aerial roots developing from the main roots of mangrove plants away from the gravity. The below ground pneumatophore-associated soil prokaryotic community of Avicennia marina was studied by amplicon pyrosequencing (39,378 reads) during monsoon and summer seasons. Apart from the most dominant phylum ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sanka Loganathachetti D,Sadaiappan B,Poosakkannu A,Muthuraman S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a lab-scale partial nitrifying sequencing batch reactor (SBR) was developed to investigate partial nitrification at ambient temperature (16-22 °C). Techniques of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), cloning, and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) were utilized simultaneously to study m...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zeng T,Li D,Zeng H,Zhang Z,Liu L,Zhang X,Zhang J

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：:In this study, the rumen was assessed for its potential to detoxify RDX using molecular microbial ecology as well as analytical chemistry techniques. Results indicated significant loss (P < 0.05) of RDX in <8-h post incubation, and qualitative LC-MS/MS analysis showed evidence for the formation of 1-NO-RDX (M-O + HCOO...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Perumbakkam S,Craig AM

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The citric acid-producing fungus Aspergillus niger WU-2223L possesses a cyanide-insensitive respiratory pathway catalyzed by alternative oxidase. The regulation of the alternative oxidase under the conditions of citric acid production was determined from the transcription level of the alternative oxidase gene (aox1). ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Hattori T,Kino K,Kirimura K

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents results from a study on the bacterial diversity of cigarette brands collected from military personnel during the U.S. Army's investigation of a series of cases of acute eosinophilic pneumonitis in military personnel deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Eight species of Bacillus, including five new...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Rooney AP,Swezey JL,Wicklow DT,McAtee MJ

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain-designated YsT was isolated as a filterable bacterial strain from Lake Sanaru, a brackish water lake in Hamamatsu Japan. YsT is aerobic, Gram-negative, and slender rod shaped. YsT grew optimally at 30 °C, pH 7.0-8.0 and without the addition of NaCl. MK-7 was the sole isoprenoid quinone. The main cellular pola...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Maejima Y,Iino T,Muraguchi Y,Fukuda K,Ohkuma M,Suzuki T,Moriuchi R,Dohra H,Kimbara K,Shintani M

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：:Quorum sensing is a system of stimuli and response correlated to population density and involves in pathogen infection, colonization, and pathogenesis. Quorum quenching enzymes as quorum sensing inhibitors have been identified in a number of bacteria and been used to control by triggering the pathogenic phenotype. The...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Pan Y,Wang Y,Yan X,Liu C,Wu B,He X,Liang Y

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chromosomal DNA of a variety of legionellae, including clinical, environmental, and plasmid-containing strains, was examined for evidence of Dam-like methylation. It was found that Dam-like methylation was present in all the strains examined regardless of their origin or plasmid content. ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lema MW,Brown A

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The commencement of intracellular protease synthesis was studied by gelatin zymography in Bacillus thuringiensis ( Btk) HD1, Btk HD73, and a protease-deficient mutant Btk-q derived from the former strain. By gelatin zymography, a 92-kDa protease was detected first at 3 h of sporulation, which continued until 48 h, whe...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Reddy YC,Venkateswerlu G

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glucose 1-phosphate uridylyltransferase (GalU) is absolutely required for the biosynthesis of capsular polysaccharide, the sine qua non virulence factor of Streptococcus pneumoniae. The pneumococcal GalU protein was overexpressed in Escherichia coli, and purified. GalU showed a pI of 4.23, and catalyzed the revers...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Bonofiglio L,García E,Mollerach M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a region exhibiting a similarity of amino acid sequence near the carboxyl-terminal segment of each FAD-containing oxidoreductase. In this region, four amino acid residues-Thr, Ala, Gly, and Asp-are highly conserved. To determine the involvement of the four amino acid residues (Thr-469, Ala-476, Gly-478, and A...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Shiraki M,Koyama N

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-negative, yellow pigmented bacterium designated strain CA5(T) that reduced selenite to elemental red selenium was isolated from soil. 16S rRNA gene sequence alignment identified the isolate as a novel Pseudomonas species with P. argentinensis, P. flavescens, and P. straminea as its closest relatives. Sequence a...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Hunter WJ,Manter DK

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contents of fed-batch composting (FBC) reactors often aggregate after prolonged operation. This process leads to irreversible breakdown of the decomposition reaction and possible alteration of the bacterial communities. We compared the structures of bacterial communities in reactors under aggregate and optimal con...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Watanabe K,Nagao N,Toda T,Kurosawa N

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we investigated the effect of exogenous calcium on improving viability of Debaryomyces hansenii and Pichia membranaefaciens under heat stress, and evaluated the role of calcium in reducing oxidant damage of proteins in the yeast cells. The results indicated that high concentration of exogenous calcium...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： An B,Li B,Qin G,Tian S

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiological alterations and regulation of heterocyst and nitrogenase formation have been studied in Het(-) Fix(-) mutant strain of diazotrophic cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis. Het(-) Fix(-) mutant strain of A. variabilis has been isolated by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N"-nitrosoguanidine (NTG) mutagenesis and was screene...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Singh B,Chauhan VS,Singh S,Bisen PS

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Native perennial legume Adesmia bicolor reveals characteristics that are key to securing persistence under grazing. Literature on the diversity and symbiotic effectiveness of indigenous rhizobia-nodulating A. bicolor in central Argentina is limited. The purpose of this study was therefore to determine phenotypic and g...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Bianco L,Angelini J,Fabra A,Malpassi R

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：:Fifty-one Bifidobacterium strains were isolated from the feces of healthy adults (30-40 years old) and seniors (older than 70 years of age). B. adolescentis, B. breve, B. infantis, and B. longum were isolated from the healthy adults and B. adolescentis and B. longum from elderly subjects. The tested bacteria bound, in...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： He F,Ouwehand AC,Isolauri E,Hosoda M,Benno Y,Salminen S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biocides play an important role in healthcare-associated infection control by either minimizing or preventing microorganism dissemination. This study evaluated the susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates to a quaternary ammonium (QAC) disinfectant and antibiotics, and verified the presence of qacEΔ1...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Romão C,Miranda CA,Silva J,Mandetta Clementino M,de Filippis I,Asensi M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rhizobacterium with high antifungal activity was isolated from a potato field at Inneruulalik, South Greenland. Phylogenetic analysis based on multi locus sequence typing showed that the bacterium was affiliated with strains of Pseudomonas fluorescens. The bacterium, denoted as Pseudomonas fluorescens In5, inhibited...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Michelsen CF,Stougaard P

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00