Typing of toxic strains of Clostridium difficile using DNA fingerprints generated with arbitrary polymerase chain reaction primers.

abstract：:Cytoplasmic precursors of the peptidoglycan biosynthetic pathway were purified from vancomycin-treated, glycopeptide-sensitive and -resistant strains of Enterococcus faecium. Resistance was due to production of a modified precursor, UDP-MurNAc-L-Ala-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-lactate, where lactate was identified on the basi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Messer J,Reynolds PE

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enteric microogranisms Salmonella, Escherichia coli and Shigella flexneri prefer to grow in neutral pH environments. They nevertheless experience dramatic pH fluctuations in nature and during pathogenesis. In response to environmental encounters with acid, these organisms have evolved complex, inducible acid survi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bearson S,Bearson B,Foster JW

更新日期：1997-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of virulence markers related to cytolethal distending toxin-V (CDT-V), subtilase cytotoxin (SubAB), the enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli factor for adherence (Efa1), the adhesin similar to IrgA (Iha), the long polar fimbriae (LpfO113), the autoagglutinating adhesin (Saa), and the protein required fo...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cergole-Novella MC,Nishimura LS,Dos Santos LF,Irino K,Vaz TM,Bergamini AM,Guth BE

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As shown by both bioassay and high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analysis, penicillin G production by Aspergillus nidulans is subject to regulation by the pH of the growth medium. Penicillin titres were highest at alkaline pH and in strains carrying mutations in the regulatory gene pacC which mimics the ef...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shah AJ,Tilburn J,Adlard MW,Arst HN Jr

更新日期：1991-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactic acid bacteria were screened for methional production from 4-methylthio-2-ketobutanoate. Only Lactococcus lactis IFPL730 produced high amounts of methional. It was demonstrated that production of this compound was an exclusively enzymatic reaction. The present work describes for the first time that L. lactis can...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Amárita F,Fernández-Esplá D,Requena T,Pelaez C

更新日期：2001-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) belong to phylum Glomeromycota, an early divergent fungal lineage forming symbiosis with plant roots. Many reports have documented that bacteria are intimately associated with AMF mycelia in the soil. However, the role of these bacteria remains unclear and their diversity within intr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Iffis B,St-Arnaud M,Hijri M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Volvariella volvacea, strain V14, produces multiple forms of extracellular laccase when grown in submerged culture in a defined medium with glucose as sole carbon source, and on cotton waste 'compost' representative of the conditions used for industrial-scale mushroom cultivation. In liquid culture, enzyme synthesis i...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Chen S,Ma D,Ge W,Buswell JA

更新日期：2003-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronological analysis of 125 Vibrio cholerae O139 strains isolated during 1993-2005 in Kolkata revealed the prevalence of two new genotypes of cholera toxin (CT) and novel combinations of ctxB and rstR alleles resulting in variant CTX prophages. One of the new genotypes of ctxB, which first appeared in 1996 with the ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Raychoudhuri A,Mukherjee P,Ramamurthy T,Nandy RK,Takeda Y,Nair GB,Mukhopadhyay AK

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum is the causative agent of both the cutaneous and visceral forms of leishmaniasis in southwest Europe; the dog is the main reservoir. In order to identify the L. (L.) infantum zymodemes present in Spain, a total number of 85 Leishmania stocks isolated from dogs (31), HIV-positive patien...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jiménez M,Ferrer-Dufol M,Cañavate C,Gutiérrez-Solar B,Molina R,Laguna F,López-Vélez R,Cercenado E,Daudén E,Blázquez J

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most Moraxella catarrhalis isolates express a highly-conserved outer membrane protein of 453 residues designated OMPCD, which has been previously shown to mediate binding to A549 human lung cells. Here, it is reported that two distinct domains of the M. catarrhalis strain O35E OMPCD protein specify adherence. Truncate...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Akimana C,Lafontaine ER

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-allo-Threonine aldolase (L-allo-threonine acetaldehyde-lyase), which exhibited specificity for L-allo-threonine but not for L-threonine, was purified from a cell-free extract of Aeromonas jandaei DK-39. The purified enzyme catalyzed the aldol cleavage reaction of L-allo-threonine (K(m) = 1.45 mM, Vmax = 45.2 mumol m...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kataoka M,Wada M,Nishi K,Yamada H,Shimizu S

更新日期：1997-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1.5-kb XbaI-SacII fragment containing the upstream region of the Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase I gene (cbh1) has been sequenced. The 1.5-kb fragment contains eight 6-bp sites having an identical or similar sequence to the consensus sequence for binding a catabolite repressor, Aspergillus nidulans CreA. Result...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Takashima S,Iikura H,Nakamura A,Masaki H,Uozumi T

更新日期：1996-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergence of races in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (Fol) is caused by loss or mutation of at least one avirulence (AVR) gene. The product of AVR1 is a small protein (Avr1) secreted by Fol in tomato xylem sap during infection. This protein triggers Fol race 1 specific resistance (I) in tomato, indicating that ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kashiwa T,Suzuki T,Sato A,Akai K,Teraoka T,Komatsu K,Arie T

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the iron-dependent regulation of the psbA gene, encoding the enzyme L-ornithine N(5)-oxygenase in the rhizobacterium Pseudomonas B10. We have cloned and characterized a Pseudomonas B10 gene, designated psbS, required for psbA expression. PsbS is endowed with structural and functional features of e...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Leoni L,Ambrosi C,Petrucca A,Visca P

更新日期：2002-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The new thermophilic Bacillus thermoleovorans strain A2 degrades phenol and cresols via the meta cleavage pathway. The first two enzymes involved in this process, the phenol hydroxylase and catechol 2,3-dioxygenase, encoded by the pheA and pheB genes respectively, were cloned and sequenced. The deduced amino acid sequ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Duffner FM,Müller R

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyze regulation of the vanadium-dependent nitrogenase of Azotobacter vinelandii, plasmids carrying vnfE-, vnfH-, or vnfD-lacZ fusions were transferred to Escherichia coli. These genes were expressed only if VnfA was present. Deletions of the vnfE upstream region were constructed and comparison of a region necess...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Woodley P,Buck M,Kennedy C

更新日期：1996-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:MHYT, a new conserved protein domain with a likely signaling function, is described. This domain consists of six transmembrane segments, three of which contain conserved methionine, histidine, and tyrosine residues that are projected to lie near the outer face of the cytoplasmic membrane. In Synechocystis sp. PCC6803,...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Galperin MY,Gaidenko TA,Mulkidjanian AY,Nakano M,Price CW

更新日期：2001-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A lipopolysaccharide mutant of Leptospira interrogans (LaiMut) was obtained by growth in the presence of an agglutinating monoclonal antibody (mAb) against lipopolysaccharide. Agglutination reactions with anti-lipopolysaccharide mAbs and polyclonal antibodies showed that LaiMut had lost some serogroup Icterohaemorrhag...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zapata S,Trueba G,Bulach DM,Boucher D,Adler B,Hartskeerl R

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical and molecular taxonomic studies were performed on a representative strain of some lactic acid bacteria of unknown taxonomic position isolated from salmonid fish. The results demonstrate that the fish bacterium represents a new species of the genus Lactococcus for which the name Lactococcus piscium sp. nov. is...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Williams AM,Fryer JL,Collins MD

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium leprae, an obligate intracellular pathogen, shows a unique tropism for Schwann cells (SC). This leads to the peripheral neuropathy disorder observed in leprosy. In this study, we investigated signal transduction events and the intracellular fate of M. leprae during the interaction of the microorganism wi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Alves L,de Mendonça Lima L,da Silva Maeda E,Carvalho L,Holy J,Sarno EN,Pessolani MC,Barker LP

更新日期：2004-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Xylose reductase catalyzes the NAD(P)H-dependent reduction of xylose to xylitol and is essential for growth on xylose by yeasts. To understand the nature of coenzyme binding to the Pichia stipitis xylose reductase, we investigated the role of the strictly conserved Lys270 in the putative IPKS coenzyme binding motif by...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kostrzynska M,Sopher CR,Lee H

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of spontaneous as well as induced reversions of auxotrophic mutations in Escherichia coli AB1157 and its DeltadnaK and DeltadnaKdnaJ derivatives was estimated. The obtained results demonstrate that both mutants tested are characterized by elevated frequency of spontaneous reversions compared to their AB1...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Grudniak AM,Kuć M,Wolska KI

更新日期：2005-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A synthetic version of the ligA gene encoding the NAD-dependent DNA ligase from the Arctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis was substituted for its homolog in the chromosome of Mycobacterium smegmatis. The resulting recombinant strain grew identically to the parent strain at permissive temperatures but failed ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pinto CT,Nano FE

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rainbow trout gastroenteritis has been related to the accumulation of segmented filamentous bacteria in the digestive tract of fish, which presents lethargy, reduced appetite and accumulation of mucoid faeces. Some authors associate the comparison of illness with the presence of viable filaments, which produce and rel...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Manzano M,Giusto C,Iacumin L,Patthey C,Cecchini F,Fontanillas R,Comi G

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytosolic chitinase (20 kDa by SDS-PAGE) was partially purified from Neurospora crassa. Linear kinetics for enzyme activity were obtained using the substrate [3H]-labelled regenerated chitin, the preparation yielding an apparent Km of 0.965 mg ml-1 and a Vmax of 3.83 micrograms GlcNAc min-1 (mg protein)-1. The enzym...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： McNab R,Glover LA

更新日期：1991-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient type-III secretion depends on cytosolic molecular chaperones, which bind specifically to the translocators and effectors. In the past there has been a tendency to shoe-horn all type-III-secretion chaperones into a single structural and functional class. However, we have shown that the LcrH/SycD-like chaperon...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pallen MJ,Francis MS,Fütterer K

更新日期：2003-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolates of anaerobic fungi obtained from the rumen, duodenum and faeces of sheep were identified as Piromyces mae based on their morphological characteristics observed using light microscopy. There was no significant morphological variation among the isolates of P. mae from the rumen, duodenum and faeces. Isozymes of...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wong MV,Ho YW,Tan SG,Abdullah N,Jalaludin S

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Picrophilus torridus has been shown to degrade glucose via a nonphosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff (ED) pathway. Here we report the characterization of a key enzyme of this pathway, glycerate kinase (2-phosphoglycerate forming). The enzyme was purified 5,100-fold to homogeneity. The 95 kDa homodimeric protein catalyzed ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Reher M,Bott M,Schönheit P

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anr gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa encodes a transcriptional regulator of anaerobic gene expression, homologous to the Fnr protein of Escherichia coli. We report here that Anr has a role in regulating the activity of the aerobic respiratory chain of P. aeruginosa. Strains with internal deletions in their anr gene ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ray A,Williams HD

更新日期：1997-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:While there is strong evidence showing that many food-borne probiotics regulate cholesterol metabolism, few studies have examined how probiotics of human origin affect cholesterol metabolism. Because people living in so-called 'longevity villages' are unlikely to have hypercholesterolemia, we hypothesized that probiot...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jiang J,Feng N,Zhang C,Liu F,Zhao J,Zhang H,Zhai Q,Chen W

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00