Aerobic biodegradation of benzene and toluene under hypersaline conditions at the Great Salt Plains, Oklahoma.

abstract：:The phyCg gene encoding a new phytase from Citrobacter gillenii was optimized, synthesized, cloned and expressed in Pichia pastoris. Analysis of the amino acid sequence of the enzyme showed that it belongs to the histidine acid phosphatase family. The amino acid sequence of the PhyCg phytase has the highest homology (...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tkachenko AA,Kalinina AN,Borshchevskaya LN,Sineoky SP,Gordeeva TL

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms controlling expression of the long polar fimbriae 2 (Lpf2) of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 were evaluated. Primer extension was used to locate the lpfA2 transcriptional start site in EHEC strain EDL933 at 171 bp upstream of the lpfA2 start codon. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR d...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Arenas-Hernández MM,Rojas-López M,Medrano-López A,Nuñez-Reza KJ,Puente JL,Martínez-Laguna Y,Torres AG

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NH(2)-terminal amino acid sequence of L-threo-3-hydroxyaspartate dehydratase from Pseudomonas sp. T62 showed significant similarity to that of the SRY1 gene product of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (serine racemase in yeast). SRY1 was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli, and the gene product was purified and parti...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wada M,Nakamori S,Takagi H

更新日期：2003-08-29 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：:Synthetic oligonucleotide primers were used in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocol to target a specific sequence in the gene coding for the A subunit of Escherichia coli verotoxin (VTe-variant, VTev). This PCR protocol permits the VTe-variant target sequence to be distinguished from closely related sequences in...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Johnson WM,Tyler SD,Wang G,Lior H

更新日期：1991-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A newly isolated strain of Variovorax paradoxus could grow on homovanillate and several monohydroxylated phenylacetic acids. During growth on homovanillate, the organism formed separate NAD(P)H-dependent hydroxylases with activity towards 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillate. Homovanillate hydroxylase catalyse...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Allison N,Turner JE,Wait R

更新日期：1995-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-barrel outer membrane protease Pla from Yersinia pestis is an important virulence factor in plague and enables initiation of the bubonic plague. Pla is a multifunctional protease whose expression also enhances bacterial adherence to extracellular matrix. It has remained uncertain whether the increase in cellu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lobo LA

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Xanthomonas is composed of several species that cause severe crop losses around the world. In Latin America, one of the most relevant species is Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris, which is responsible for black rot in cruciferous plants. This pathogen causes yield losses in several cultures, including ca...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Andrade AE,Silva LP,Pereira JL,Noronha EF,Reis FB Jr,Bloch C Jr,dos Santos MF,Domont GB,Franco OL,Mehta A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that mycolyl glycolipids from Nocardia rubra such as glucose or trehalose mycolates induced granuloma formation in mice. The structure of the carbohydrate moiety of the mycolyl glycolipids influenced the granuloma forming activity profoundly. Here, we have examined the macrophage-chemotacti...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Matsunaga I,Oka S,Inoue T,Yano I

更新日期：1990-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A compound with siderophore activity was purified by successive column and thin layer chromatographic procedures from Dowex 1 x 8 extracts of culture supernatants of Vibrio parahaemolyticus AQ 3354. The strain synthesized the compound in culture media containing less than 2 microM added FeCl3. Hydrolysis of the compou...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yamamoto S,Fujita Y,Okujo N,Minami C,Matsuura S,Shinoda S

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a novel type-III staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) element carried by eight methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains from different wards and patients in an Indian hospital. Although the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern and spa types of eight strains were identical...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Arakere G,Nadig S,Ito T,Ma XX,Hiramatsu K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Bacillus subtilis, carbon catabolite control is mediated by the regulatory protein CcpA. In addition to loss of catabolite repression, ccpA mutants exhibit a severe growth defect. They are not able to grow with glucose and ammonium as single sources of carbon and nitrogen, respectively. Only ccpA mutant strains car...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ludwig H,Stülke J

更新日期：2001-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Correct identification of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolates to the species or subspecies level is a cumbersome but nevertheless important task for a routine diagnostic laboratory. The widely used biochemical tests might be often misleading while more sophisticated phenotypic or genotypic methods are...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Steinbrueckner B,Haerter G,Pelz K,Kist M

更新日期：1999-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the large number of techniques available for the transformation of bacteria, several species are still resistant to the introduction of foreign DNA. Oenococcus oeni are among the organisms that are particularly refractory to transformation. However, conjugal experiments from Lactococcus lactis to O. oeni with ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Beltramo C,Oraby M,Bourel G,Garmyn D,Guzzo J

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichoderma reesei is a filamentous fungus widely used as an efficient protein producer and known to secrete large quantities of biomass degrading enzymes. Much work has been done aimed at improving the secretion efficiency of this fungus. It is generally accepted that the major bottlenecks in secretion are protein fo...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Diener SE,Dunn-Coleman N,Foreman P,Houfek TD,Teunissen PJ,van Solingen P,Dankmeyer L,Mitchell TK,Ward M,Dean RA

更新日期：2004-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:It is common among intracellular bacterial pathogens to use eukaryotic-like proteins that mimic and manipulate host cellular processes to promote colonization and intracellular survival. Eukaryotic-like proteins are bacterial proteins with domains that are rare in bacteria, and known to function in the context of a eu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Frank AC

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) family of GTPases are highly conserved from yeast to human and regulate vesicle budding. Sec7 domain containing proteins stimulate the guanine nucleotide exchange on Arf proteins, while ARF-GTPase activating proteins stimulate the hydrolysis of GTP. Since vesicle trafficking is import...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Oscarsson T,Walther A,Lengeler KB,Wendland J

更新日期：2017-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A fingerprinting technique similar to repetitive extragenic palindromic PCR was developed to identify strains of Lactococcus lactis. The method distinguishes closely related strains and discriminates among some with identical ldh sequences. The fingerprinting primer LL-Rep1 complements a moderately repeated sequence f...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Urbach E,Schindler C,Giovannoni SJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aecA and aecB loci map at 250 and 290 degrees, respectively, on the Bacillus subtilis chromosomal genetic map. The aecB locus has been proposed as the structural gene for aspartokinase II. From DNA sequence analyses and comparisons to the sequence of the aspartokinase II gene, it can be concluded that the structur...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Petricek M,Rutberg L,Hederstedt L

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction, energy gain, effect on growth, and interaction of nitrate and nitrite reduction of Bradyrhizobium sp. (Lupinus) USDA 3045 were characterized. Both nitrate and nitrite were reduced in air, although nitrite reduction was insensitive to ammonium inhibition. Anaerobic reduction of both ions was shown to be link...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Polcyn W,Luciński R

更新日期：2003-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochemical staining and microscopy were used to study the trophic structures and cellular morphotypes that are produced during the colonization of oil-water interfaces by oil-degrading yeasts and bacteria. Among the microorganisms studied here, the yeasts (Schwanniomyces occidentalis, Torulopsis candida, Candida tro...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Dmitriev VV,Crowley D,Rogachevsky VV,Negri CM,Rusakova TG,Kolesnikova SA,Akhmetov LI

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multiple antibiotic resistance operon (marRAB) is a member of the multidrug resistance (mdr) systems. Similar to other mdr systems, this operon when induced encodes resistance to structurally and functionally unrelated antibiotics. marRAB has been shown to be conserved in the family Enterobacteriaceae, but within ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kunonga NI,Sobieski RJ,Crupper SS

更新日期：2000-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In artificial engineered systems, nitrification is a key reaction that accounts for the removal of biological nitrogen. Recently, a single microbe capable of oxidizing ammonia to nitrate, known as a complete ammonia oxidizer (comammox), has been discovered. Although the abundance and diversity of comammox Nitrospira i...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fujitani H,Nomachi M,Takahashi Y,Hasebe Y,Eguchi M,Tsuneda S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photoinduced bactericidal capacity of TiO(2) based films was evaluated, using as model organism Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Thin films were obtained by spray pyrolysis; they included undoped, Cu doped, and Al doped TiO(2). Scanning electron microscopy was used to observe the final effect of the irradiated films upon t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Amézaga-Madrid P,Nevárez-Moorillón GV,Orrantia-Borunda E,Miki-Yoshida M

更新日期：2002-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The virulence of Salmonella typhimurium for mice is dependent on a plasmid-borne gene cluster termed spv. We previously determined that both S. typhimurium and Escherichia coli bacteria grown in a rich medium preferentially express the spv genes during the stationary phase of growth. In this study we evaluated the rol...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Norel F,Robbe-Saule V,Popoff MY,Coynault C

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ralstonia eutropha H16 is a Gram-negative lithoautotrophic bacterium and is one of the best biopolymer-producing bacteria. It can grow to high cell densities either under lithoautotrophic or under heterotrophic conditions, which makes it suitable for a number of biotechnological applications. Also, R. eutropha H16 can...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Park JM,Jang YS,Kim TY,Lee SY

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coiled-coil protein DivIVA is a determinant of apical growth and hyphal branching in Streptomyces coelicolor. We have investigated the properties of this protein and the involvement of different domains in its essential function and subcellular targeting. In S. coelicolor cell extracts, DivIVA was present as large...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wang SB,Cantlay S,Nordberg N,Letek M,Gil JA,Flärdh K

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tolaasin is a peptide toxin produced by Pseudomonas tolaasii and causes brown blotch disease of the cultivated mushrooms. Two types of ion channels were identified by the incorporation of tolaasin into lipid bilayer. The slope conductance of type 1 channel measured in the buffer containing 100 mM KCl was 150 pS with a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cho KH,Kim YK

更新日期：2003-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the complete nucleotide sequence of the 16341 bp plasmid pHH205 of the extremely halophilic archaeon Halobacterium salinarum J7. The plasmid has a G+C content of 61.1%. A number of direct and inverted repeat sequences were found in pHH205, while no insertion sequences were found. Thirty-eight large open ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ye X,Ou J,Ni L,Shi W,Shen P

更新日期：2003-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is the causative agent for pseudomembranous colitis in humans. Toxic strains of C. difficile produce two toxins, toxin A and toxin B. A reliable and definitive method of typing the toxic strains of C. difficile is needed since nosocomial cross infection is a primary concern in hospitals and other...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： McMillin DE,Muldrow LL

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00