Inactivation of Lgt allows systematic characterization of lipoproteins from Listeria monocytogenes.

abstract：:Clinical isolates of the porcine pathogen Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae often form adherent colonies on agar plates due to expression of an operon, pgaABCD, encoding a poly-beta-1,6-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (PGA) extracellular matrix. The adherent colony phenotype, which correlates with the ability to form biofilms on...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Bossé JT,Sinha S,Li MS,O'Dwyer CA,Nash JH,Rycroft AN,Kroll JS,Langford PR

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptidoglycan hydrolase, LytF (CwlE), was determined to be identical to YhdD (deduced cell wall binding protein) by zymography after insertional inactivation of the yhdD gene. YhdD exhibits high sequence similarity with CwlF (PapQ, LytE) and p60 of Listeria monocytogenes. The N-terminal region of YhdD has a signal seq...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ohnishi R,Ishikawa S,Sekiguchi J

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma virus L2 is subject to host-specific restriction and modification in Acholeplasma laidlawii strains JA1 and K2. We have examined the DNAs from both host cells and viruses propagated on these strains with respect to susceptibility to cleavage by restriction endonucleases and for DNA base modifications. We sh...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Dybvig K,Swinton D,Maniloff J,Hattman S

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacitracin is a peptide antibiotic nonribosomally produced by Bacillus licheniformis. The bcrABC genes which confer bacitracin resistance to the bacitracin producer encode ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter proteins, which are hypothesized to pump out bacitracin from the cells. Bacillus subtilis 168, which has no ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ohki R,Tateno K,Okada Y,Okajima H,Asai K,Sadaie Y,Murata M,Aiso T

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diaminobenzidine oxidation product occurred in peroxisomes and in the intracristate spaces of mitochondria. The reaction was inhibited only in peroxisomes when 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole was present, but cyanide and azide inhibited deposition in both kinds of organelles. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Hoffmann HP,Szabo A,Avers CJ

更新日期：1970-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the cloning and characterization of the rfb gene cluster of the O75 lipopolysaccharide from a urinary tract isolate of Escherichia coli. Deletion cloning defined the minimum region of DNA that expressed the O75 antigen in E. coli host strains to be on a 12.4-kb insert. However, the E. coli strain expressi...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Batchelor RA,Haraguchi GE,Hull RA,Hull SI

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlled acetolysis of yeast mannans yields mixtures of oligosaccharides with (1-->2) and (1-->3) linkages between the mannose units, whereas the less stable (1-->6) linkages of the polysaccharide backbone are cleaved. The "fingerprints," obtained by gel filtration of the oligosaccharide mixtures, can be used to dis...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Kocourek J,Ballou CE

更新日期：1969-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio alginolyticus contained two adjacent genes, ktrA and ktrB, which encode a new type of bacterial K(+)-uptake system. KtrA and KtrB are peripheral and integral membrane proteins, respectively. Six of the nine sequenced bacterial genomes contain homologs to both ktrA and ktrB, suggesting that KtrAB is widespread. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Nakamura T,Yuda R,Unemoto T,Bakker EP

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella virulence requires the initial invasion of host cells, followed by modulation of the intracellular environment for survival and replication. In an effort to characterize the role of small RNAs in Salmonella pathogenesis, we inadvertently identified a 5-kDa protein named YshB that is involved in the intracel...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Bomjan R,Zhang M,Zhou D

更新日期：2019-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:As a result of serial exposures to a mutagenic agent, N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine, the yield of enterotoxin A produced by the last mutant in the series was increased nearly 20-fold over the amount produced by the parent Staphylococcus aureus 100. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Friedman ME,Howard MB

更新日期：1971-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ragland, T. E. (Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass.), T. Kawasaki, and J. M. Lowenstein. Comparative aspects of some bacterial dehydrogenases and transhydrogenases. J. Bacteriol. 91:236-244. 1966.-Twenty-eight diverse bacterial species were surveyed for the activities and coenzyme specificities of four enzymes: isocit...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ragland TE,Kawasaki T,Lowenstein JM

更新日期：1966-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:top mutations (formerly supX) eliminate DNA topoisomerase I activity and suppress the leu-500 promoter mutation in Salmonella typhimurium (K. M. Overbye, S. K. Basu, and P. Margolin, Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 47:785-791, 1983). Sublethal doses of coumermycin which reduce intracellular levels of supercoilin...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Pruss GJ,Drlica K

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elongation factor P (EF-P) facilitates the translation of certain peptide motifs, including those with multiple proline residues. EF-P must be posttranslationally modified for full functionality; in enterobacteria, this is accomplished by two enzymes, namely, EpmA and EpmB, which catalyze the β-lysylation of EF-P at a...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Klee SM,Sinn JP,Holmes AC,Lehman BL,Krawczyk T,Peter KA,McNellis TW

更新日期：2019-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for the transformation of Bacteroides fragilis with plasmid DNA was developed by using the clindamycin resistance plasmid pBFTM10 as the source of transforming DNA. The method was technically simple to perform and resulted in an average of 4.2 X 10(3) transformants per microgram of pBFTM10 added. A method for...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Smith CJ

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble c-type cytochromes are central to metabolism of C1 compounds in methylotrophic bacteria. In order to characterize the role of c-type cytochromes in methane-utilizing bacteria (methanotrophs), we have purified four different cytochromes, cytochromes c-554, c-553, c-552, and c-551, from the marine methanotroph M...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： DiSpirito AA,Lipscomb JD,Lidstrom ME

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The double-stranded DNA bacteriophage PRD1 uses an IncP plasmid-encoded conjugal transfer complex as a receptor. Plasmid functions in the PRD1 life cycle are restricted to phage adsorption and DNA entry. A single phage structural protein, P2, located at the fivefold capsid vertices, is responsible for PRD1 attachment ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Grahn AM,Caldentey J,Bamford JK,Bamford DH

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly efficient promoters of coliphage T5 were identified by selecting for functional properties. Eleven such promoters belonging to all three expression classes of the phage were analyzed. Their average AT content was 75% and reached 83% in subregions of the sequences. Besides the well-known conserved sequences arou...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Gentz R,Bujard H

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis is a human bacterial pathogen that multiplies only within an intracellular membrane-bound vacuole, the inclusion. C. trachomatis includes ocular and urogenital strains, usually causing infections restricted to epithelial cells of the conjunctiva and genital mucosa, respectively, and lymphogranulo...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Almeida F,Borges V,Ferreira R,Borrego MJ,Gomes JP,Mota LJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lazaroff, Norman (British Columbia Research Council, Vancouver, B.C., Canada). Sulfate requirement for iron oxidation by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. J. Bacteriol. 85:78-83. 1963.-The growth of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans is initially inhibited in media containing ferrous chloride in place of ferrous sulfate. This inhibit...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Lazaroff N

更新日期：1963-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycerol is a primary energy source for heterotrophic haloarchaea and a major component of "salty" biodiesel waste. Glycerol is catabolized solely by glycerol kinase (encoded by glpK) to glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P) in Haloferax volcanii. Here we characterized the next critical step of this metabolic pathway: the conver...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Rawls KS,Martin JH,Maupin-Furlow JA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated five new temperature-sensitive alleles of the essential cell division gene ftsZ in Escherichia coli, using P1-mediated, localized mutagenesis. The five resulting single amino acid changes (Gly109-->Ser109 for ftsZ6460, Ala129-->Thr129 for ftsZ972, Val157-->Met157 for ftsZ2066, Pro203-->Leu203 for ftsZ9124,...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Addinall SG,Small E,Whitaker D,Sturrock S,Donachie WD,Khattar MM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the mechanism of osmotic stress adaptation (osmoregulation) in Agrobacterium tumefaciens biotype I (salt-tolerant) and biotype II (salt-sensitive) strains. Using natural-abundance 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, we identified all organic solutes that accumulated to significant levels ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Smith LT,Smith GM,Madkour MA

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoplaquing has been observed in Myxococcus strains freshly isolated from soil. Initial observations suggest that this phenomenon is not induced by elevated temperature or visible light; we suggest that it may be the result of a derangement in the developmental autolytic mechanism within the cell. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Breyen SA,Dworkin M

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mutant (designated mec(-)) of Escherichia coli F(+) 100 endo I(-)su(+) r(K) (-)m(K) (+) has been isolated which is defective in cytosine-specific deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) methylase activity. The DNA of this mutant, as well as the DNA of phages lambda and fd propagated in it, is virtually devoid of 5-methyl-cytosi...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Hattman S,Schlagman S,Cousens L

更新日期：1973-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supercoiled double-stranded DNA molecules (plasmids) were isolated from plants infected with three laboratory strains of western aster yellows mycoplasma-like organism (AY-MLO) by using cesium chloride-ethidium bromide density gradients. Southern blot analysis, using plasmids from the severe strain of AY-MLO (SAY-MLO)...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Kuske CR,Kirkpatrick BC

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The model of pneumonia produced by intranasal inoculation of Mycoplasma pulmonis in gnotobiotic mice provided the opportunity to study the localization and identification of the infecting organisms in the tissues by immunofluorescence techniques. Frozen sections of pneumonic mouse lung were fixed in acetone, layered w...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Organick AB,Lutsky II

更新日期：1968-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first enzyme in the biosynthesis of leucine in yeast, alpha-isopropylmalate synthetase, is inhibited by l-leucine. In a mutant resistant to the analogue 5',5',5'-trifluoroleucine, the enzyme is markedly resistant to inhibition by l-leucine. Growth ing the presence of exogenous l-leucine results in repression of th...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Satyanarayana T,Umbarger HE,Lindegren G

更新日期：1968-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 6th American Society for Microbiology Conference on Cell-Cell Communication in Bacteria convened from 16 to 19 October 2017 in Athens, GA. In this minireview, we highlight some of the research presented at that meeting that addresses central questions emerging in the field, including the following questions. How a...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Brown SP,Blackwell HE,Hammer BK

更新日期：2018-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of laboratories are now engaged in the genetic analysis of Candida albicans. This diploid yeast, the major fungal pathogen of humans, is imperfect. Parasexual techniques have been devised for complementation and recombination analysis in this organism. This paper attempts to address the question of the extent...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Poulter R,Hanrahan V

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cell permeabilization procedure is described that reduces viability less than 10% and does not significantly reduce the rates of ribonucleic acid and protein synthesis when appropriately supplemented. Permeabilization abolishes the normal stringent coupling of protein and ribonucleic acid synthesis. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Atherly AG

更新日期：1974-06-01 00:00:00