Bacillus subtilis YabA is involved in determining the timing and synchrony of replication initiation.

abstract：:A physical and functional map of Aspergillus tubingensis mtDNA type 2b was constructed and compared to Aspergillus niger typeI a mtDNA. The gene content and order, as well as the patterns of restriction sites, were similar. Two unidentified ORFs and several repeat elements were found in the region between the ndhl and...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Juhász A,Láday M,Gácser A,Kucsera J,Pfeiffer I,Kevei F,Hamari Z

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequences from the ribosomal DNA ITS regions have shown that there is limited variation among the species in the Trichoderma viride/atroviride/koningii species complex also known as Hypocrea rufa complex, and that infraspecies variation sometimes is larger than interspecies variation. Strains belonging to T. viride, T...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lübeck M,Bulat S,Alekhina I,Lieckfeldt E

更新日期：2004-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic relationships between Tuber pseudoexcavatum and other Tuber species were investigated by studying the sequences of four genes: 5.8S-ITS2, beta-tubulin, protein kinase C and elongation factor 1alpha. The four phylogenetic trees allowed to differentiate the black truffle clade, composed of two subclades, on...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wang Y,Tan ZM,Zhang DC,Murat C,Jeandroz S,Le Tacon F

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic therapies are known to disrupt gastrointestinal (GI) bacterial communities. HIV and pathogenic simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infections have also been associated with disrupted GI bacterial communities. We administered a combination antibiotic therapy to six SIV-infected rhesus macaques and collected ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zevin AS,Hensley-McBain T,Miller C,Smith E,Langevin S,Klatt NR

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequences of the epidermolytic toxins and V8 serine proteinase share about 25% identity, including the catalytic triad at the proteinase active centre. Here we have altered the putative ETA active-site serine-195 to glycine by site-directed mutagenesis. No epidermolytic activity was detected when up to 100-fold gr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Redpath MB,Foster TJ,Bailey CJ

更新日期：1991-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In Azotobacter chroococcum the hydrogenase structural genes (hupSL) cover about 2.8 kb of a 15-kb region associated with hydrogen-uptake (Hup) activity. Two other genes in this region, hupD and hupE, were located 8.9 kb downstream of hupL and were shown to be essential for hydrogenase activity by insertion mutagenesis...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Du L,Stejskal F,Tibelius KH

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate uptake in the Gram-positive Corynebacterium glutamicum is mediated via a binding protein-dependent transport system, which is encoded by the gluABCD gene cluster. Cloning of these genes in an expression vector and subsequent transformation of the resulting plasmid allows different strains of the Gram-negativ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Burkovski A,Krämer R

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the production of astaxanthin in the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum, which has adequate precursor pools and storage capabilities for heterologous carotenoid production. Chemical mutagenesis was carried out using ethylmethane sulfonate to produce mutants with a modified carotenoid ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mukoyama D,Takeyama H,Kondo Y,Matsunaga T

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of AT-rich genes from microorganisms such as archaea is often inefficient in Escherichia coli. The trpA and trpB genes encoding the tryptophan synthase subunits were cloned from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus. No apparent difference in codon bias was found between the genes. However, usi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ishida M,Oshima T,Yutani K

更新日期：2002-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma agalactiae is a worldwide ruminant pathogen that causes significant economic losses by inflicting contagious agalactia in sheep and goats. The development of efficient control strategies requires a better understanding of the mycoplasma factors that promote successful infection. However, lack of genetic too...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Chopra-Dewasthaly R,Marenda M,Rosengarten R,Jechlinger W,Citti C

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the nisZ gene sequence, a non-radioactive digoxigenin-labeled DNA probe, was tested for detection of nisin-producing strains using polymerase chain reaction amplification. The digoxigenin-labeled DNA probe clearly discriminated between nisin-producing and non-producing strains with a high degree of sensitivity an...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Meghrous J,Fliss I,Bouksaim M,Lacroix C

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A characteristic feature of fungal hypha is the presence of large number of nuclei in a common cytoplasmic environment. Where it has been examined, the coenocytic mycelium is commonly heterokaryotic. The nuclei cooperate, compete or combat. It is proposed that in addition to their classical role in heredity, supernume...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Maheshwari R

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate, the key intermediate of the Entner-Doudoroff pathway, has long been thought to inhibit growth of bacteria, but careful measurements of 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate accumulation by growing cells and the correlation of intracellular 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluc...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fuhrman LK,Wanken A,Nickerson KW,Conway T

更新日期：1998-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery that all hyperthermophiles that have been evaluated have the capacity to reduce Fe(III) has raised the question of whether mechanisms for dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction have been conserved throughout microbial evolution. Many studies have suggested that c-type cytochromes are integral components in elec...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Childers SE,Lovley DR

更新日期：2001-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichothecenes are an important family of mycotoxins produced by several species of the genus Fusarium. These fungi cause serious disease on infected plants and postharvest storage of crops, and the toxins can cause health problems for humans and animals. Unfortunately, there are few methods for controlling mycotoxin ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ismail Y,McCormick S,Hijri M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila, the aetiologic agent of legionnaires' disease, contains a single, monopolar flagellum which is composed of one major subunit, the FlaA protein. Expression studies using a reporter gene fusion of the flaA promoter with the luxAB gene revealed that the flaA expression is not only temperature regu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Heuner K,Brand BC,Hacker J

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The asexual spore, or conidium, is critical in the life cycle of many fungi because it is the primary means for dispersion and serves as a 'safe house' for the fungal genome in adverse environmental conditions. This review discusses the physiological process of germination, conidial adhesion and initiation of protein ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Osherov N,May GS

更新日期：2001-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The mating response of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is mediated by mating pheromones, M-factor and P-factor, produced by h- and h+ cells, respectively. When the M-factor receptor (Map3) was ectopically expressed in h- cells lacking the P-factor receptor (Mam2), they acquired mating competence in respons...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kitamura K,Nakamura T,Miki F,Shimoda C

更新日期：1996-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface antigen one (Sao) is a newly identified protein from the major zoonotic pathogen, Streptococcus suis. In search of functional proteins related to the pathogenesis of Chinese S. suis 2 (SS2), unexpectedly, a variant of Sao protein was obtained. To test its prevalence in S. suis, PCR assay was adopted to address...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Feng Y,Zheng F,Pan X,Sun W,Wang C,Dong Y,Ju AP,Ge J,Liu D,Liu C,Yan J,Tang J,Gao GF

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plasmid-based food-grade vector system was developed for Lactococcus lactis by exploiting the genes for lactose metabolism. L. lactis MG5267 is a plasmid-free strain containing the entire lactose operon as a chromosomal insertion. The lacF gene was deleted from this strain by a double cross-over homologous recombina...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： MacCormick CA,Griffin HG,Gasson MJ

更新日期：1995-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 401 enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 isolates from two experimentally infected calves were analyzed using molecular biological methods. Genetic differences detected by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis were observed between the inoculated and recovered strains as early as 1 day post inoculat...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Akiba M,Sameshima T,Nakazawa M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amanita exitialis Zhu L. Yang and T.H. Li is a lethal mushroom species recently isolated in Guangdong Province, China. In this report, a pure culture of this species was obtained for the first time. To confirm the identity of the pure culture, the internal transcribed spacer regions of the nuclear ribosomal DNA of the...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zhang P,Chen Z,Hu J,Wei B,Zhang Z,Hu W

更新日期：2005-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Dissimilatory metal-reducing bacteria (DMRB), such as Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, are of great interest for their importance in the biogeochemical cycling of metals and utility in biotechnological processes, such as bioremediation and microbial fuel cells. To identify genes necessary for metal reduction, this study co...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kouzuma A,Hashimoto K,Watanabe K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed gel electrophoretic banding patterns of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) of 16 type strains of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS). S. epidermidis, S. haemolyticus, S. saprophyticus, S. hominis, S. xylosus, S. simulans, S. warneri, S. capitis, S. saccharolyticus, S. auricularis, S. caseolyticus, S. ga...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kanda K,Hiramatsu K,Yokota T

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila is a pathogenic bacterium found in freshwater environments that is responsible for pneumonia. People become infected through inhalation of contaminated droplets from water devices, such as cooling towers and showers. It is important to find new treatments that decrease the development of Legione...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Héchard Y,Ferraz S,Bruneteau E,Steinert M,Berjeaud JM

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (aEPEC) is comprised of a large heterogeneous group of strains and serotypes that carry the intimin gene (eae) but no other EPEC virulence factors. In a previous study, we examined a few aEPEC strains of O157:H16 serotype from the U.S. and France and found these to be nearly ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Feng PC,Keys C,Lacher DW,Beutin L,Bentancor A,Heuvelink A,Afset JE,Rumi V,Monday S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chrysene-degrading bacterium Pseudoxanthomonas sp. PNK-04 was isolated from a coal sample. Three novel metabolites, hydroxyphenanthroic acid, 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid and salicylic acid, were identified by TLC, HPLC and MS. Key enzyme activities, namely 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoate hydroxylase, 1,2-dihydroxynaphthalen...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Nayak AS,Sanjeev Kumar S,Santosh Kumar M,Anjaneya O,Karegoudar TB

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbohydrate-binding components were shown to be present at the surface of Listeria monocytogenes by means of a panel of neoglycoproteins using direct agglutination. These lectin-like components bind on neoglycoproteins bearing D-glucosamine, L-fucosylamine, or para-amino-phenyl-alpha-D-mannopyrannoside residues. The ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cottin J,Loiseau O,Robert R,Mahaza C,Carbonnelle B,Senet JM

更新日期：1990-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus carnosus 833, inoculated into sausage meat, increased the level of methyl ketones, which contributed to the cured aroma. These ketones can arise from incomplete beta-oxidation followed by two enzymatic activities: a thioesterase and a decarboxylase. In this study we identified the beta-oxidative pathway...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Engelvin G,Feron G,Perrin C,Mollé D,Talon R

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify antigens that would improve the accuracy of serological diagnosis of active tuberculosis, we cloned the genes encoding nine potentially immunogenic secreted or surface-associated proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Recombinant proteins were reacted with sera from HIV-negative individuals with extrapulm...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Moran AJ,Treit JD,Whitney JL,Abomoelak B,Houghton R,Skeiky YA,Sampaio DP,Badaró R,Nano FE

更新日期：2001-04-20 00:00:00