Astaxanthin formation in the marine photosynthetic bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum expressing crtI, crtY, crtW and crtZ.

abstract：:The regulation of nitrogen assimilation was investigated in the Gram-positive actinomycete Corynebacterium glutamicum. Biochemical studies and site-directed mutagenesis revealed that glutamine synthetase activity is regulated via adenylylation in this organism. The genes encoding the central signal transduction protei...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jakoby M,Krämer R,Burkovski A

更新日期：1999-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Dimethylphthalate (DMP), one of the phthalate esters, is used in the manufacture of plasticizers, insect repellents, and synthetic fibers, and contributes to environmental pollution. In the present study, we report a novel bacterium belonging to the Bacillus sp., which has the ability to utilize DMP as the sole source...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Niazi JH,Prasad DT,Karegoudar TB

更新日期：2001-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation is a metabolic process of clostridia that produces bio-based solvents including butanol. It is enabled by an underlying metabolic reaction network and modulated by cellular gene regulation and environmental cues. Mathematical modeling has served as a valuable strategy to faci...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Liao C,Seo SO,Lu T

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the Streptococcus bovis group are frequent colonizers of the intestinal tract, which can also cause endocarditis. However, their ability to adhere to and colonize host tissues and the factors associated with pathogenicity are largely unknown. Here, we assessed 17 endocarditis-derived human isolates [identif...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sillanpää J,Nallapareddy SR,Singh KV,Ferraro MJ,Murray BE

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of a nested PCR system to detect Salmonella senftenberg in raw oysters. The specific primers of the PCR were derived from the invA gene sequence, essential for Salmonella invasiveness into epithelial cells. First, for the extraction of DNA, four methods (guanidine isot...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Vázquez-Novelle MD,Pazos AJ,Abad M,Sánchez JL,Pérez-Parallé ML

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes how bkaR, a highly conserved mycobacterial TetR-like transcriptional repressor, regulates a number of nearby genes that have associations with branched-chain keto-acid metabolism. bkaR (MSMEG_4718) was deleted from the nonpathogenic species Mycobacterium smegmatis, and changes in global gene expre...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Balhana RJ,Swanston SN,Coade S,Withers M,Sikder MH,Stoker NG,Kendall SL

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Carboxymethyl-2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde (CHMS) dehydrogenase from Escherichia coli C and Klebsiella pneumoniae M5a1 have been purified and some of their properties studied. The apparent Km values for NAD and CHMS were 11.7 +/- 1.5 microM and 5.2 +/- 1.9 microM, respectively, for the K. pneumoniae enzyme, and 19....

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fawcett T,Garrido-Pertierra A,Cooper RA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While there is an extensive database of genes encoding ammonia monooxygenase (amo) found in the ammonia-oxidizing beta-proteobacteria, few amo sequences are available representing the gamma-proteobacteria. We sequenced the complete amo operon (amoCAB) for Nitrosococcus oceani (ATCC 19707), a marine, autotrophic, ammon...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Alzerreca JJ,Norton JM,Klotz MG

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetracycline resistance in Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum has been associated with the tetM determinant and has recently been increasing in incidence. We report here a rapid method for detection of the tetM determinant based on the use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify a 397-bp DNA fragm...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Blanchard A,Crabb DM,Dybvig K,Duffy LB,Cassell GH

更新日期：1992-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Agona is an important zoonotic pathogen, causing serious human illness worldwide, but knowledge about its genetics and evolution, especially regarding the genomic events that might have contributed to the formation of S. Agona as an important pathogen, is lacking. As a first step toward und...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Chen F,Poppe C,Liu GR,Li YG,Peng YH,Sanderson KE,Johnston RN,Liu SL

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fingerprinting technique similar to repetitive extragenic palindromic PCR was developed to identify strains of Lactococcus lactis. The method distinguishes closely related strains and discriminates among some with identical ldh sequences. The fingerprinting primer LL-Rep1 complements a moderately repeated sequence f...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Urbach E,Schindler C,Giovannoni SJ

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae was transformed with a genomic library from Penicillium purpurogenum, and an endoxylanase-producing yeast clone (named 44A) that grows on xylose or xylan as sole carbon source was isolated. This yeast synthesizes xynA mRNA and secretes endoxylanase A to culture media when grown on xylan or xyl...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Chávez R,Navarro C,Calderón I,Peirano A,Bull P,Eyzaguirre J

更新日期：2002-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant protection via disease-suppressive bacteria in desert farming requires specific biological control agents (BCAs) adapted to the unique arid conditions. We performed an ecological study of below-ground communities in desert farm soil and untreated desert soil, and based on these findings, selected antagonists wer...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Köberl M,Ramadan EM,Adam M,Cardinale M,Hallmann J,Heuer H,Smalla K,Berg G

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The argH gene encoding argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) of Methanococcus maripaludis was cloned on a 4.7-kb HindIII genomic fragment. The gene is preceded by a short open reading frame (ORF149), which encodes a polypeptide with an unknown function. The two genes are co-transcribed. The ASL of M. maripaludis shares a high...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cohen-Kupiec R,Kupiec M,Sandbeck K,Leigh JA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three (0140J, C197C and EF20) out of four strains of Streptococcus uberis exhibited high levels of bound plasmin activity following growth in the presence of bovine plasminogen. The remaining strain (C197) bound considerably less plasmin following growth in the same medium. In contrast to the others, this strain was u...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Leigh JA,Lincoln RA

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leflunomide (LFM) is a novel anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive drug, and inhibits the growth of cytokine-stimulated lymphoid cells in vitro. The effect of LFM on haploid and diploid cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was investigated to elucidate the molecular mechanism of action of the drug. Using a halo assay, ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fujimura H

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fe(III) reductase activity was studied in the South African Fe(III)-reducing bacterium, Thermus scotoductus (SA-01). Fractionation studies revealed that the membrane as well as the soluble fraction contained NAD(P)H-dependent Fe(III) reductase activity. The membrane-associated enzyme was solubilized by KCl treatme...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Möller C,van Heerden E

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, interest in phage science is on the rise again as this subject remains largely unexplored, and its potential diversity mainly untapped. Here, we present phage vB_BsuP-Goe1, a new isolate that infects Bacillus subtilis The phage forms round plaques with a matt outline on agar plates containing a B. subtilis ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Willms IM,Hertel R

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we show that berberine chloride (BBR) has antimicrobial activities against all 43 tested strains of Staphylococcus aureus, an important human and animal pathogen. However, the response mechanisms of S. aureus to BBR are still poorly understood. Affymetrix GeneChips were used to determine the global tran...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wang D,Yu L,Xiang H,Fan J,He L,Guo N,Feng H,Deng X

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dissimilatory metal-reducing bacteria (DMRB), such as Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, are of great interest for their importance in the biogeochemical cycling of metals and utility in biotechnological processes, such as bioremediation and microbial fuel cells. To identify genes necessary for metal reduction, this study co...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kouzuma A,Hashimoto K,Watanabe K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymerase chain reaction was used to search for hepatitis B virus (HBV)-DNA sequences in the sera of HBsAg-negative Senegalese patients suffering from liver cirrhosis or liver cancer. Amplified HBV-DNA sequences were detected by hybridization with a digoxigenin-labelled HBV-DNA probe. HBV-DNA was detected in 17% ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Coursaget P,Le Cann P,Leboulleux D,Diop MT,Bao O,Coll AM

更新日期：1991-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans is an acidophile implicated in low-temperature biomining for the recovery of metals from sulfide minerals. Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans obtains its energy from the oxidation of inorganic sulfur compounds, and genes encoding several alternative pathways have been identified. Next-generati...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Christel S,Fridlund J,Buetti-Dinh A,Buck M,Watkin EL,Dopson M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria communicate with one another and with their host using chemical signalling molecules. This phenomenon is generally described as quorum sensing. A set of primers for PCR detection of Salmonella spp. has been designed using as target the sdiA gene which encodes a signal receptor of the LuxR family. The PCR prod...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Halatsi K,Oikonomou I,Lambiri M,Mandilara G,Vatopoulos A,Kyriacou A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was initiated to establish whether inhibition of growth of yeasts by medium-chain fatty acids resembled that caused by weak-acid preservatives or uncouplers. Unlike sorbic acid and 2,4-dinitrophenol, decanoic acid caused rapid cell death at its inhibitory concentration. This suggested a mode of action by me...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Stratford M,Anslow PA

更新日期：1996-08-15 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 restriction deficient mutant 8195 of Acholeplasma laidlawii strain JA1 was transformed by the promiscuous streptococcal plasmid vector pNZ18 at a frequency of 4 x 10(-4)/cfu. The plasmid was maintained without structural rearrangements but was lost in the absence of a selection pressure, i.e. kanamycin or neomycin...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sundström TK,Wieslander A

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Researchers studying both cellular and viral disease agents in the laboratory have become infected since the early days of microbiology 150 years ago. However, in the early 21st century, new concerns about bioweapons being used to generate terror and also with a series of newly emerging or newly understood disease-cau...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Silver S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The core metabolism of microorganisms has a major influence on the hydrogen isotopic composition of their fatty acids. Heterotrophic microorganisms produce fatty acids with a deuterium to hydrogen (D/H) ratio either slightly depleted or enriched in D compared to the growth water, while photo- and chemoautotrophic micr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Heinzelmann SM,Chivall D,M'Boule D,Sinke-Schoen D,Villanueva L,Damsté JS,Schouten S,van der Meer MT

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two Pseudomonas aeruginosa genes, termed phaJ1(Pa) and phaJ2(Pa), homologous to the Aeromonas caviae (R)-specific enoyl-CoA hydratase gene (phaJ(Ac)) were cloned using a PCR technique to investigate the monomer-supplying ability for polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthesis from beta-oxidation cycle. Two expression plasmid...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tsuge T,Fukui T,Matsusaki H,Taguchi S,Kobayashi G,Ishizaki A,Doi Y

更新日期：2000-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of daptomycin on exponential phase cells of Bacillus megaterium were investigated. Bacteriostasis was observed for concentrations between 1 and 3 micrograms/ml and maximal rate of cell lysis at 10 micrograms/ml. At sublytic concentrations (1.5-3 micrograms/ml), the variations of the pools of UDP-N-acetylgl...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mengin-Lecreulx D,Allen NE,Hobbs JN,van Heijenoort J

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00