Thermophilin 110: a bacteriocin of Streptococcus thermophilus ST110.

abstract：:A Gram-negative, motile, aerobic and coccoid rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain YIM132180T, was isolated from a Lepraria sp. lichen collected from Pu'er, Yunnan Province, China. The strain grew at 15-35 °C (optimum, 25-28 °C), at 0-2% (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0-1%) and at pH 6.0-9.0 (optimum, pH 7.0). The 16S rRNA ge...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang K,Jiang LQ,Wang LS,An DF,Lang L,Li GD,Wang XY,Shi SB,Li QY,Jiang CL,Jiang Y

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors would like to correct the errors in the publication of the original article. ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Neveling DP,Ahire JJ,Laubscher W,Rautenbach M,Dicks LMT

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli causes diarrhea by producing several virulence factors including heat-labile enterotoxin (LT). LT is maximally expressed at 37 degrees C. The histone-like nucleoid structuring protein (H-NS) appears to inhibit LT expression by binding to a downstream regulatory element (DRE) at low tem...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Trachman JD,Yasmin M

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：:Rhodomyrtus tomentosa leaf has been traditionally used to treat many infections. This plant species has been documented to possess a wide spectrum of pharmacological effects. This study aimed to determine the effects of Rhodomyrtus tomentosa leaf extract and its potent purified compound, rhodomyrtone, on Streptococcus...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Mitsuwan W,Wintachai P,Voravuthikunchai SP

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mutation of Agrobacterium radiobacter cells exposed to chrysotile asbestos was examined by the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) method. Approximately 1.4 kbp of DNA in A. radiobacter, which was not amplified strongly in the cells that were not exposed to asbestos, was amplified in the cells that were expose...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yoshida N,Naka T,Sengoku T,Ogawa K

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is to investigate and characterize the microbiota composition on eggshells from 3 different areas of Shaanxi province (Yulin, Hanzhong and Xi'an). The eggs were stored at 25 °C for 56 days and bacterial samples were collected from eggshells on day 0, 14, 28, 42 and 56. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Shi Y,Wu S,Li W,Liu D,Ma G,Zhang Z,Yuan L,Li H,Zhang S,Mushtaq N,Xu J

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leclercia sp. W6 and W17, which belong to the Enterobacteriaceae, were isolated from a stomach sample from a 78-year-old female gastric cancer patient, and genomic sequencing and analysis were performed. The genome of Leclercia sp. W6 consists of one chromosome with a size of 4,945,486 bp, while that of Leclercia sp. ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Xu YY,Huang CJ,Xu L,Jiang XW,Xu XW,Xu XW

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：: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：:An in vitro study was conducted to examine the metabolism of histidine (His) by mixed rumen bacteria (B), mixed rumen protozoa (P), and a combination of the two (BP). Rumen microorganisms were collected from fistulated goats fed with lucerne cubes (Medicago sativa) and a concentrate mixture twice a day. Microbial susp...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wadud S,Onodera R,Or-Rashid MM,Oshiro S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ostricacin-1 and ostricacin-2 (Osp-1 and Osp-2) were beta-defensins antimicrobial peptides that were purified from ostrich leukocytes using a cation-exchange column and a semi-prep RP-HPLC column. Both ostricacins were subjected to increased concentrations of monovalent cations (K(+) and Na(+)) and divalent cations (C...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sugiarto H,Yu PL

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychrotrophic bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila 7966 was subjected to cold shocks from 30 degrees C to 20 degrees C, 15 degrees C, 10 degrees C, or 5 degrees C, or were incubated at low temperature to determine its adaptative response. The cell protein patterns analyzed by two-dimensional electrophoresis revealed th...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Imbert M,Gancel F

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae represent a global public health concern. K. pneumoniae strains isolated during 2010 and 2014-2016 within a single hospital of Molise Region, Central Italy, were analyzed testing antimicrobial susceptibility, clonality by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and random ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ripabelli G,Tamburro M,Guerrizio G,Fanelli I,Flocco R,Scutellà M,Sammarco ML

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional (2-D) gel electrophoresis was employed to display the expression profiles of proteins of Halobacillus dabanensis D-8(T) under 1%, 10%, and 20% salinities. Approximately 700 protein spots could be detected in the 2-D gels by Imagemastertrade mark 2D Platinum software. The molecular masses of the majorit...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Feng DQ,Yang LF,Lu WD,Yang SS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between Bacillus anthracis (B. anthracis) and host cells are of particular interest given the implications of anthrax as a biological weapon. Inhaled B. anthracis endospores encounter alveolar macrophages as the first line of defense in the innate immune response. Yet, the consequences of this interaction...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Porasuphatana S,Cao GL,Tsai P,Tavakkoli F,Huwar T,Baillie L,Cross AS,Shapiro P,Rosen GM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cluster of genes encoding components of the progenitor botulinum neurotoxin complex has been mapped and cloned in Clostridium botulinum type G strain ATCC 27322. Determination of the nucleotide sequence of the region has revealed open reading frames encoding nontoxic components of the complex, upstream of the gene...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Bhandari M,Campbell KD,Collins MD,East AK

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coral mucus-degrading bacteria were isolated by an enrichment culture procedure. The isolates were able to grow as pure cultures on 10% sterilized mucus in seawater, yielding 10(8) CFU/ml. The isolates, mostly Vibrio strains, were classified by classical and molecular methods. When carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus com...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sharon G,Rosenberg E

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The taxonomic position of bacterial strain, designated 15J9-4T, recovered from a beach soil sample on Jeju Island, South Korea, was established using a polyphasic approach. Strain 15J9-4T was assigned to phylum Bacteroidetes within the family Cytophagaceae based on 16S rRNA gene similarities. The closest phylogenetic ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ten LN,Okiria J,Lee JJ,Lee SY,Park S,Lee DS,Kang IK,Kim MK,Jung HY

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms used by Campylobacter jejuni to colonize the (chicken) intestinal tract have not been defined. In this study, we obtained evidence that in the presence of chicken serum and mucus, C. jejuni secreted proteins that may play a role in the colonization of chicken gut (Campylobacter invasion antigen = Cia). ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Biswas D,Fernando UM,Reiman CD,Willson PJ,Townsend HG,Potter AA,Allan BJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immobilized cells of Enterobacter agglomerans, able to reduce azo dyes enzymatically, were used as a biocatalyst for the decolorization of synthetic medium containing the toxic azo dye methyl red (MR). This bacterial strain exhibits high ability to completely decolorize 100 mg/L of MR after only 6 h of incubation unde...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Moutaouakkil A,Zeroual Y,Dzayri FZ,Talbi M,Lee K,Blaghen M

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：:Biofouling and microbiologically influenced corrosion are processes of material deterioration that originate from the attachment of microorganisms as quickly as the material is immersed in a nonsterile environment. Stainless steels, despite their wide use in different industries and as appliances and implant materials...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Baena MI,Márquez MC,Matres V,Botella J,Ventosa A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Probiotics are well known for their wide range of beneficial activities. However, recent use of probiotic Bifidobacterium, Enterococcus, and Lactobacillus spp. has been plagued by certain disadvantages such as complex growth requirements, high maintenance cost, susceptibility to the gastrointestinal environment, patho...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Priyodip P,Balaji S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysozyme is an important and widespread component of the innate immune response that constitutes the first line of defense against bacterial pathogens. The bactericidal effect of this enzyme relies on its capacity to hydrolyze the bacterial cell wall and also on a nonenzymatic mechanism involving its cationic antimicr...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Hébert L,Bidaud P,Goux D,Benachour A,Laugier C,Petry S

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:A moderately psychrophilic bacterium Corynebacterium paurometabolum MTCC 6841 (gram positive, short rod type) producing extracellular alkaline lipase was isolated from Lake Naukuchiatal, Uttaranchal, India. The bacterium was able to grow within a broad range of pH (5-10). Soyabean oil and olive oil served as the best ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Joshi GK,Kumar S,Tripathi BN,Sharma V

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human growth hormone (hGH) is the major and important hormone component of human being. At present, hGH for clinical uses is mostly produced in Escherichia coli, which requires costly denaturation and refolding to recover functionality. To obtain long-term bioactive hormone, we used hGH as a foreign gene and construct...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lian C,Zhou Y,Feng F,Chen L,Tang Q,Yao Q,Chen K

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：:To understand the mechanism of development of cross-resistance in food pathogen Bacillus cereus against an antimicrobial peptide pediocin and antibiotic alamethicin, the present study was designed. Pediococcus pentosaceus was taken as a source of pediocin, and it was purified by ammonium sulphate precipitation followe...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Meena S,Mehla J,Kumar R,Sood SK

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00