Functional characterization of the competence protein DprA/Smf in Escherichia coli.

abstract：:Aceticlastic methanogens metabolize acetate to methane and carbon dioxide. The central metabolism and the electron transport chains of these organisms have already been investigated. However, no particular attention has been paid to the mechanism by which acetate enters the archaeal cell. In our study we investigated ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Welte C,Kröninger L,Deppenmeier U

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The halophilic actinomycete genus Streptomonospora, forming a distinct branch in the 16S rRNA gene phylogenetic tree adjacent to the genera Nocardiopsis and Thermobifida, was first proposed by Cui et al. to accommodate the species type Streptomonospora salina. During a biodiversity and taxonomic study on halophilic fi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zhi XY,Tang SK,Li WJ,Xu LH,Jiang CL

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular microbial ecology studies are heavily reliant on 'Universal' 16S rRNA gene primers for elucidating microbial community structure and composition, and yet primer design and optimization is often overlooked. Primers that exhibit minor biases due to primer-template mismatches can substantially alter the pool of...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Thomas MC,Thomas DK,Selinger LB,Inglis GD

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of maintaining prokaryotic RNA in Synechococcus and Pseudomonas cells, fixed in 96% ethanol, 4% paraformaldehyde, or suspended in RNAlater, and held in cold storage for 3 months was compared. Fluorometric determination of the RNA extracted from Synechococcus and Pseudomonas cells indicated that the c...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bachoon DS,Chen F,Hodson RE

更新日期：2001-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The DnaK chaperone system is involved in various cellular processes such as the control of the folded and oligomeric state of proteins under stress and non-stress conditions. In this study we functionally characterised the homologues of the DnaK system from Clostridium acetobutylicum DnaK, DnaJ, GrpE and OrfA were het...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Rüngeling E,Laufen T,Bahl H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis produces a trypsin-like enzyme, Protease I, which is thought to be an important virulence determinant of the organism in adult periodontal disease. Protease I is transiently inhibited by physiological inhibitors of human thrombin. The aim of the present work was to establish whether Protease I...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Curtis MA,Macey M,Slaney JM,Howells GL

更新日期：1993-06-15 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：:Neisseria meningitidis is able to chelate iron from human transferrin (HTF), the main sequestrator of extracellular iron in vivo. Previous workers have reported that a ca. 70 kilodalton (kDa) iron regulated outer membrane protein (FeRP-70) is a highly specific receptor for HTF. We have examined the interaction between...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ala'Aldeen DA,Davies HA,Wall RA,Borriello SP

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus anthracis lethal toxin (PALF) stimulated the proliferation of human peripheral blood T-cells in vitro. Activation of T-lymphocytes by PALF required the presence of monocytes and did not result from a collaborative effect between T-cells and B-cells. PALF acted directly on monocytes and independently of T-cell...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Guidi-Rontani C,Duflot E,Mock M

更新日期：1997-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA microarray technology was used to survey changes in gene expression in Pseudomonas fluorescens after mitomycin C treatment. As expected, genes associated with the SOS response were upregulated, such as those encoding the recombination protein RecA, DNA repair protein RecN, excinuclease ABC subunit A UvrA, and the ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jin H,Retallack DM,Stelman SJ,Hershberger CD,Ramseier T

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:A genomic bank was constructed in Escherichia coli HB101, consisting of DNA fragments from Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron strain 489 inserted within the vector pBR322. By screening on complex medium containing blue dextran, 10 stable dextranase-positive (Dex+) clones were isolated. Seven groups of Dex+ inserts were iden...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Joncquiert JC,Béchet M,Tierny Y,Courtois J,Dubourguier HC,Guillaume JB

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine ammonia oxidising bacteria were enriched by incubation of sea water, amended with ammonium sulphate, and subsequent subculture in liquid inorganic medium. PCR primers were designed to be specific for rDNA sequences from ammonia oxidisers belonging to the beta-sub-group of the proteobacteria. These primers were ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： McCaig AE,Embley TM,Prosser JI

更新日期：1994-07-15 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：:Enterococcus faecium has emerged as an important cause of nosocomial infections over the last two decades. We recently demonstrated collagen type I (CI) as a common adherence target for some E. faecium isolates and a significant correlation was found to exist between acm-mediated CI adherence and clinical origin. Here...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zhao M,Sillanpää J,Nallapareddy SR,Murray BE

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae 287-w carries three small narrow host range (NHR) plasmids (pIGMS31, pIGMS32, and pIGRK), which could be maintained in several closely related species of Gammaproteobacteria, but not in Alphaproteobacteria. The plasmids contain different mobilization systems (MOB), whose activity in Escherichia c...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Smorawinska M,Szuplewska M,Zaleski P,Wawrzyniak P,Maj A,Plucienniczak A,Bartosik D

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two conservative gene clusters, the S10 ribosomal protein region and one (of the two) set of rRNA genes, were split in a genome crossover rearrangement event in Mycoplasma gallisepticum. As a result of the rearrangement the major part of the S10 ribosomal protein cluster is located upstream of genes for 23S-5S rRNA (r...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Skamrov A,Feoktistova E,Goldman M,Beabealashvilli R

更新日期：2002-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains tolerant to osmotic stress are important for ethanol production during very high gravity (VHG) fermentation. We aimed to identify novel genes that confer enhanced tolerance to osmotic stress in S. cerevisiae. Two strains tolerant to up to 30% (w/v) glucose were isolated by screening a ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kim B,Kim HS

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori genomes contain about 30 hop genes that encode outer membrane proteins. Helicobacter pylori hopQ alleles exhibit a high level of genetic diversity, and two families of hopQ alleles have been described. Type I hopQ alleles are found more commonly in cag-positive H. pylori strains from patients with ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Loh JT,Torres VJ,Algood HM,McClain MS,Cover TL

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A range of Bacillus strains were examined for their ability to accumulate poly-D(-)-3-hydroxyalkanoates (poly-HAKs) which are naturally occurring materials that are optically active, biodegradable thermoplastics. The organisms could produce poly-D(-)-3-hydroxybutyrate (poly-HB) up to 50% of cell dry weight. The conten...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Chen GQ,König KH,Lafferty RM

更新日期：1991-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Methanobacterium barkeri was found to catalyze the reductive dehalogenation of trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11), also known as FREON 11. Products detected were CHFCl2, CH2FCl, CO and fluoride. ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Krone UE,Thauer RK

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among aerobic prokaryotes, many different terminal oxidase complexes have been described. Sequence comparison has revealed that the aa3-type cytochrome c oxidase and the bo3-type quinol oxidase are variations on the same theme: the heme-copper oxidase. A third member of this family has recently been recognized: the cb...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： van der Oost J,de Boer AP,de Gier JW,Zumft WG,Stouthamer AH,van Spanning RJ

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The choline-containing teichoic and lipoteichoic acids play an important part in cell wall metabolism of Streptococcus pneumoniae. We propose that a choline kinase enzyme has a role in the synthesis of these antigens. The presence of this enzyme was demonstrated in cell free extracts of S. pneumoniae by measuring the ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Whiting GC,Gillespie SH

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the generality of efficient double-strand break repair and damage-induced mutagenesis in hyperthermophilic archaea, we systematically measured the effects of five DNA-damaging agents on Sulfolobus acidocaldarius and compared the results to those obtained for Escherichia coli under corresponding conditio...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Reilly MS,Grogan DW

更新日期：2002-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The response regulator proteins of two-component systems mediate many adaptations of bacteria to their ever-changing environment. Most response regulators are transcription factors that alter the level of transcription of specific sets of genes. Activation of response regulators requires their phosphorylation on a con...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ladds JC,Muchová K,Blaskovic D,Lewis RJ,Brannigan JA,Wilkinson AJ,Barák I

更新日期：2003-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In the purple sulphur bacterium Allochromatium vinosum, the prosthetic group of dissimilatory sulphite reductase (DsrAB) was identified as siroamide, an amidated form of the classical sirohaem. The genes dsrAB are the first two of a large cluster of genes necessary for the oxidation of sulphur globules stored intracel...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lübbe YJ,Youn HS,Timkovich R,Dahl C

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The wine yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is central in the production of aroma compounds during fermentation. Some of the most important yeast-derived aroma compounds produced are esters. The esters ethyl acetate and isoamyl acetate are formed from alcohols and acetyl-CoA in a reaction catalysed by alcohol acetyltransf...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cordente AG,Swiegers JH,Hegardt FG,Pretorius IS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to develop a novel strategy for the isolation and identification of Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria from the home environment of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Water and soil samples were enriched in a broth containing 0.1% l-arabinose, 0.1% l-threonine, and a mixture of selective a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Vanlaere E,Coenye T,Samyn E,Van den Plas C,Govan J,De Baets F,De Boeck K,Knoop C,Vandamme P

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In Corynebacterium glutamicum the promoter of the araBAD Escherichia coli gene is positively regulated by both arabinose and the araC gene product, as it is the case in the natural host. If the L-arabinose inducer and an active araC gene are present, significant amounts of araBAD promoter expression take place in the ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ben-Samoun K,Leblon G,Reyes O

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tn10 transposon mutagenesis of Escherichia coli producing K99 fimbriae was carried out to identify host factors involved in regulation of biosynthesis of fimbriae. Two chromosomal mutants were obtained that showed a strongly reduced cell surface expression of K99 fimbriae upon colony blotting and ELISA. Analysis by in...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pilipcinec E,Huisman TT,Willemsen PT,Appelmelk BJ,de Graaf FK,Oudega B

更新日期：1994-10-15 00:00:00