Biochemical and molecular characterization of a lipase produced by Rhizopus oryzae.

abstract：:The phylogenetic position of an acidophilic chemo-organotrophic menaquinone-containing bacterium, Acidobacterium capsulatum, was studied on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence information. A. capsulatum showed the highest level of sequence similarity to Heliobacterium chlorum, a member of the Gram-positive group, yet ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hiraishi A,Kishimoto N,Kosako Y,Wakao N,Tano T

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The benzimidazole fungicide thiophanate-methyl is commonly applied to control leaf mould of tomato caused by Cladosporium fulvum in China. In this study, 32 isolates of C. fulvum were examined for their sensitivities to thiophanate-methyl, and two benzimidazole-resistant (BenR) phenotypes BenR1 and BenR2 were identifi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yan L,Chen J,Zhang C,Ma Z

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of Mycobacterium microti was inhibited within J774A.1 macrophage cells activated with either interferon-gamma or tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Activation with interferon-gamma or tumor necrosis factor-alpha alone did not stimulate the production of nitrite in J774A.1 cells. Interferon-gamma but not tumor nec...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gupta R,Dogra N,Raje M,Majumder S

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated a fungal strain HS-1 utilizing either ethylene glycol dibenzoate or ethyl benzoate as sole source of carbon and energy, and identified it as Aspergillus nomius, based on morphological and rDNA analyses. An enzyme hydrolyzing the esters was purified from the culture supernatant of the strain to an electroph...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Uchida H,Kurakata Y,Sawamura H,Inamura N,Kotani T,Uwajima T

更新日期：2003-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogenobacter acidophilus strain 3H-1 is a thermoacidophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic, hydrogen-oxidizer isolated from a Japanese solfataric field. Strain 3H-1 requires elemental sulfur for growth. We used PCR to amplify the 16S rRNA gene of strain 3H-1, and sequenced the amplification product directly. Phy...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shima S,Yanagi M,Saiki H

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophages infecting Salmonella spp. were isolated from sewage using soft agar overlays containing three Salmonella serovars and assessed with regard to their potential to control food-borne salmonellae. Two distinct phages, as defined by plaque morphology, structure and host range, were obtained from a single sam...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Carey-Smith GV,Billington C,Cornelius AJ,Hudson JA,Heinemann JA

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was made of the antibacterial effects of three terpene alcohols on Staphylococcus aureus, focusing on the leakage of K+ ions and toxicity over time. The leakage of K+ ions was monitored continuously with a K+-electrode. Our results suggested that the terpene alcohols, namely, farnesol, nerolidol and plaunoto...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Inoue Y,Shiraishi A,Hada T,Hirose K,Hamashima H,Shimada J

更新日期：2004-08-15 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：:Mycoplasma fermentans has been reported to be pathogenic for man. All fourteen strains tested contain an insertion sequence-like element (ISLE) which may be present in multiple copies. To determine whether ISLE copies are similarly distributed in different strains of M. fermentans, restriction enzyme digest fragments ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pitcher D,Hilbocus J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phylogenetic interrelationships of the genera Pediococcus and Aerococcus were investigated using reverse transcriptase sequencing of 16S rRNA. The genus Pediococcus was found to be phylogenetically heterogeneous. The four species P. acidilactici, P. damnosus, P. parvulus and P. pentosaceus formed a phylogeneticall...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Collins MD,Williams AM,Wallbanks S

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, we isolated the spaA gene encoding the surface protective antigen A, SpaA, of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, and found that the N-terminal region of SpaA was responsible for protective immunity against erysipelas and that the C-terminal region contained eight repeat units consisting of 20 amino aci...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Makino SI,Yamamoto K,Asakura H,Shirahata T

更新日期：2000-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The denitrifying bacterium Thauera aromatica strain AR-1 grows anaerobically with protocatechuate (3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (DHB)) as sole energy and carbon source. This bacterium harbors two distinct pathways for degradation of aromatic compounds, the benzoyl-coenzyme A (CoA) pathway for benzoate degradation and the hyd...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Philipp B,Kemmler D,Hellstern J,Gorny N,Caballero A,Schink B

更新日期：2002-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichomonas vaginalis is a protozoan that parasitizes the human urogenital tract causing trichomoniasis, the most common non-viral sexually transmitted disease. The parasite has unique genomic characteristics such as a large genome size and expanded gene families. Ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase (E-NTPD...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Frasson AP,Dos Santos O,Meirelles LC,Macedo AJ,Tasca T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The significance of the chronicled role of the yeast transcription factor Adr1p in regulating ETR1 was examined in wild type and isogenic adr1Delta mutant cells. An ETR1-lacZ reporter construct was used to verify Adr1p-dependent gene expression. On solid glycerol medium containing X-gal, wild-type cells expressing the...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gurvitz A

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：:We have devised a reliable procedure for the separation of three beta-lactamases of isoelectric focusing points (pI), 5.4, 6.5, and 7.9 by Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC System). All of these enzymes were transferable and originated from a ceftazidime and cefotaxime resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated i...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Payne DJ,Hood J,Marriott MS,Amyes SG

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-step enzymatic synthesis process of 4-hydroxyisoleucine is suggested. In the first step, the aldol condensation of acetaldehyde and alpha-ketobutyrate catalyzed by specific aldolase results in the formation of 4-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-keto-pentanoate (HMKP). In the second step, amination of HMKP by the branched-chai...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Smirnov SV,Samsonova NN,Novikova AE,Matrosov NG,Rushkevich NY,Kodera T,Ogawa J,Yamanaka H,Shimizu S

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the discriminatory power of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for detecting subtle differences in isogenic isolates, we tested isogenic strains of Staphylococcus aureus differing in their expression of resistance to methicillin or teicoplanin. More i...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Majcherczyk PA,McKenna T,Moreillon P,Vaudaux P

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus parasiticus (255), a non-toxigenic isolate showed the presence of secondary metabolites-aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2) when grown in yeast extract sucrose media but not in basal media, thus demonstrating its toxigenic potential. Native PAGE of the crude protein isolated at different growth periods of A. paras...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shashidhar J,Sashidhar RB,Deshpande V

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In microbial corrinoid-dependent methyltransferase systems, adventitious Co(I)-corrinoid oxidation halts catalysis and necessitates repair by ATP-dependent reductive activases. RamA, an activase with a C-terminal ferredoxin domain with two [4Fe-4S] clusters from methanogenic archaea, has been far less studied than the...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Huening KA,Jiang R,Krzycki JA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), rifampicin resistance is almost invariably due to mutations in the rpoB gene, whose function is critical for cell viability. Most of these mutations, at least initially, impair the fitness of the bacteria but confer a selective advantage when antibiotic pressure is exerted. Subsequ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bergval IL,Klatser PR,Schuitema AR,Oskam L,Anthony RM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Halobacillus trueperi accumulates glycine betaine under condition of high osmolarity. A fragment of the glycine betaine transporter betH gene was obtained from the genome of H. trueperi with degenerate primers. Through Southern blot hybridization and inverse PCR, a 5.1 kb EcoRI fragment containing the complete betH ge...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lu W,Zhao B,Feng D,Yang S

更新日期：2004-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncultured archaeal anaerobic methanotrophs (ANMEs) are known to operate the anaerobic oxidation of methane process, an important sink for the greenhouse gas methane in natural environments. In this study, we designed 16S rRNA gene-specific primers for each of the phylogenetic groups of ANMEs (ANME-1, Guaymas Basin hy...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Miyashita A,Mochimaru H,Kazama H,Ohashi A,Yamaguchi T,Nunoura T,Horikoshi K,Takai K,Imachi H

更新日期：2009-08-01 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 novel Toxoplasma gondii interspersed repeat element (TgIRE), present in most of the tachyzoite chromosomes, was characterised. Two regions on the TgIRE sequence showed high identity to two different T. gondii expressed sequence tag cDNAs of unknown function, which seems to be TgIRE pseudogenes. Two set of primers we...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Echeverria PC,Rojas PA,Martin V,Guarnera EA,Pszenny V,Angel SO

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:The flaA gene, which codes for the Spirochaeta aurantia flagellar filament outer layer polypeptide, FlaA, was cloned, sequenced and analysed. The gene appears to be transcribed into a monocistronic mRNA from a sigma 70-like promoter. The translational start is 31 base pairs after the start of the transcript, the open ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Parales J Jr,Greenberg EP

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella flexneri, which causes shigellosis in humans, evolved from Escherichia coli. The sequencing of Shigella genomes has revealed that a large number of insertion sequence (IS) elements (over 200 elements) reside in the genome. Although the presence of these elements has been noted previously and summarized, more ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zaghloul L,Tang C,Chin HY,Bek EJ,Lan R,Tanaka MM

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a multidrug-resistant opportunistic pathogen. S. maltophilia quorum-sensing system is mediated by the diffusible signal factor (DSF), which synthesis depends on rpfF. It has been reported that rpfF disruption in S. maltophilia K279a leads to a loss of DSF synthesis, reduced levels of ex...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Alcaraz E,García C,Friedman L,de Rossi BP

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodic evolution of H(2)S during aerobic chemostat culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae resulted in ultradian metabolic oscillation via periodic inhibition of respiratory activity. To understand the nature of periodic H(2)S evolution, we investigated whether oxidative stress is associated with H(2)S production. The c...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kwak WJ,Kwon GS,Jin I,Kuriyama H,Sohn HY

更新日期：2003-02-14 00:00:00