Functional interactions between coexisting toxin-antitoxin systems of the ccd family in Escherichia coli O157:H7.

abstract：:t is the holin gene for coliphage T4, encoding a 218-amino-acid (aa) protein essential for the inner membrane hole formation that initiates lysis and terminates the phage infection cycle. T is predicted to be an integral membrane protein that adopts an N(in)-C(out) topology with a single transmembrane domain (TMD). Th...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Moussa SH,Lawler JL,Young R

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chb operon of Escherichia coli is involved in the utilization of the β-glucosides chitobiose and cellobiose. The function of chbG (ydjC), the sixth open reading frame of the operon that codes for an evolutionarily conserved protein is unknown. We show that chbG encodes a monodeacetylase that is essential for growt...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Verma SC,Mahadevan S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmids for high-level expression of penicillin-binding protein 6 (PBP6) were constructed, giving rise to overproduction of PBP6 under the control of the lambda pR promoter in either the periplasmic or the cytoplasmic space. In contrast to penicillin-binding protein 5 (PBP5), the presence of high amounts of PBP6 in t...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： van der Linden MP,de Haan L,Hoyer MA,Keck W

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of the Escherichia coli colicin I receptor gene (cir) has been determined. The predicted mature protein consists of 599 amino acids and has a molecular weight of 67,169. Several previously noted characteristics of other E. coli outer membrane protein sequences were also identified in the sequen...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Nau CD,Konisky J

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic transformation mutant Rd(DB117)rec- has a pleiotropic phenotype that includes reduced levels of phage recombination. Physical mapping experiments showed that this strain has a 78.5-kbp insertion in the rec-2 gene. The rec-2 dependence of phage recombination was reexamined to determine whether the defective...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Kupfer DM,McCarthy D

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Salmonella typhimurium the two enzymes of proline catabolism, proline oxidase and Delta(1)-pyrroline-5-carboxylic acid dehydrogenase, are subject to catabolite repression when the cells are grown in the presence of glucose. Mutants partially relieved of catabolite repression (PutR) for the proline catabolic enzymes...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Newell SL,Brill WJ

更新日期：1972-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an oligonucleotide microarray, we searched for previously unrecognized transcription units in intergenic regions in the genome of Bacillus subtilis, with an emphasis on identifying small genes activated during spore formation. Nineteen transcription units were identified, 11 of which were shown to depend on one ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Schmalisch M,Maiques E,Nikolov L,Camp AH,Chevreux B,Muffler A,Rodriguez S,Perkins J,Losick R

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spore formation of Myxococcus xanthus can occur not only on agar plates during fruiting body formation, but also in a liquid culture by simply adding glycerol, dimethyl sulfoxide, or phenethyl alcohol to the culture. This chemically-induced spore formation occurs synchronously and much faster than that occurring durin...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Komano T,Inouye S,Inouye M

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SwmB is required for swimming motility in Synechococcus sp. strain WH8102. This highly repetitive 1.12-MDa polypeptide is associated with the cell surface, where it is arranged in a punctate manner. Inactivation of swmB does not affect the localization of SwmA, an S-layer protein also required for swimming. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： McCarren J,Brahamsha B

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photorhabdus is a genus of gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae that is pathogenic to insect larvae while also maintaining a mutualistic relationship with nematodes from the family Heterorhabditis, where the bacteria occupy the gut of the infective juvenile (IJ) stage of the nematode. In this study we describe the identif...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Bennett HP,Clarke DJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of transfer ribonucleic acids (tRNAs) specific for 14 amino acids were almost identical in dormant spores and in spores germinated from 6 to 75 min. Germinated spore tRNAs specific for all amino acids tested were between 63 and 93% charged, and there was no significant change in this value from 6 to 75 min ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Setlow P

更新日期：1974-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to the absolute Na(+) requirement for anaerobic growth of Aerobacter aerogenes on citrate as sole carbon source, aerobic growth of this microorganism did not require the presence of Na(+). However, Na(+) (optimal concentration, 10 mm) did increase the maximal amount of aerobic growth by 60%, even though it...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： O'Brien RW,Stern JR

更新日期：1969-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the Vibrio vulnificus metalloprotease gene, vvp, was turned up rapidly when bacterial growth reached the late log phase. A similar pattern of expression has been found in the metalloprotease gene of Vibrio cholerae, and this has been shown to be regulated by a Vibrio harveyi LuxR-like transcriptional act...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Shao CP,Hor LI

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequence (2,700 bp) between the aldH and pspF genes of Escherichia coli was determined. The pspF gene encodes a sigma54 transcriptional activator of the phage shock protein (psp) operon (pspA to pspE). Downstream of the pspF transcribed region are two open reading frames (ORFs), ordL and goaG, convergently oriente...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Jovanovic G,Model P

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In aquatic environments, Caulobacter spp. can be found at the boundary between liquid and air known as the neuston. I report an approach to study temporal features of Caulobacter crescentus colonization and pellicle biofilm development at the air-liquid interface and have defined the role of cell surface structures in...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Fiebig A

更新日期：2019-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:PsaA, the subunit of the fimbria originally referred to as the "pH 6 antigen," is required for full virulence of Yersinia pestis during bubonic plague. The expression of psaA is dependent upon specific environmental signals, and while the signals (high temperature and acidic pH) are defined, the mechanisms underlying ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Quinn JD,Weening EH,Miner TA,Miller VL

更新日期：2019-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro system of cell envelopes from Salmonella typhimurium with functional flagella was used to determine the minimal requirements for flagellar rotation. Rotation in the absence of cytoplasmic constituents could be driven either by respiration or by an artificially imposed chemical gradient of protons. No speci...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ravid S,Eisenbach M

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To carry out a genetic analysis of the degradation and utilization of chitin by Serratia marcescens 2170, various Tn5 insertion mutants with characteristic defects in chitinase production were isolated and partially characterized. Prior to the isolation of the mutants, proteins secreted into culture medium in the pres...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Watanabe T,Kimura K,Sumiya T,Nikaidou N,Suzuki K,Suzuki M,Taiyoji M,Ferrer S,Regue M

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OxyR is a DNA binding protein that differentially regulates a cell's response to hydrogen peroxide-mediated oxidative stress. We previously reported that the reduced form of OxyR is sufficient for repression of transcription of agn43 from unmethylated template DNA, which is essential for deoxyadenosine methylase (Dam)...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Wallecha A,Correnti J,Munster V,van der Woude M

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parnas, Józef (Academy of Medicine, Lublin, Poland). Differentiation of brucellae by the aid of phages. J. Bacteriol. 82:319-325. 1961.-There appears to be no absolute specificity of phages for the three species of the genus Brucella. The phage test is only supplementary to biochemical and serological methods for spec...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： PARNAS J

更新日期：1961-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study shows that sequential introduction of drug resistance mutations substantially increased enzyme production in Paenibacillus agaridevorans The triple mutant YT478 (rsmG Gln225→stop codon, rpsL K56R, and rpoB R485H), generated by screening for resistance to streptomycin and rifampin, expressed a 1,100-fold-lar...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Funane K,Tanaka Y,Hosaka T,Murakami K,Miyazaki T,Shiwa Y,Gibu S,Inaoka T,Kasahara K,Fujita N,Yoshikawa H,Hiraga Y,Ochi K

更新日期：2018-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Converse, John L. (U.S. Army Biological Laboratories, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Md.), Merida W. Castleberry, and Ernest M. Snyder. Experimental viable vaccine against pulmonary coccidioidomycosis in monkeys. J. Bacteriol. 86:1041-1051. 1963.-Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) vaccinated by subcutaneous injection in the forearm w...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： CONVERSE JL,CASTLEBERRY MW,SNYDER EM

更新日期：1963-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenic bacterium Bacillus anthracis has become the subject of intense study as a result of its use in a bioterrorism attack in the United States in September and October 2001. Previous studies suggested that B. anthracis Ames Ancestor, the original Ames fully virulent plasmid-containing isolate, was the ideal ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ravel J,Jiang L,Stanley ST,Wilson MR,Decker RS,Read TD,Worsham P,Keim PS,Salzberg SL,Fraser-Liggett CM,Rasko DA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pfs expression is required for several metabolic pathways and limits the production of autoinducer-2, a molecule proposed to play a central role in interspecies quorum sensing. The present study reveals physiological conditions and promoter DNA elements that regulate Escherichia coli pfs transcription. Pfs transcripti...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Kim Y,Lew CM,Gralla JD

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The marine bacterium and human pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus rapidly colonizes surfaces by using swarming motility and forming robust biofilms. Entering one of the two colonization programs, swarming motility or sessility, involves differential regulation of many genes, resulting in a dramatic shift in physiology a...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Kimbrough JH,Cribbs JT,McCarter LL

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The RNA polymerase (RNAP) binding protein A (RbpA) contributes to the formation of stable RNAP-promoter open complexes (RPo) and is essential for viability in mycobacteria. Four domains have been identified in the RbpA protein, i.e., an N-terminal tail (NTT) that interacts with RNAP β' and σ subunits, a core domain (C...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Prusa J,Jensen D,Santiago-Collazo G,Pope SS,Garner AL,Miller JJ,Ruiz Manzano A,Galburt EA,Stallings CL

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The stator of the sodium-driven flagellar motor of Vibrio alginolyticus is a membrane protein complex composed of four PomA and two PomB subunits. PomB has a peptidoglycan-binding motif in the C-terminal region. In this study, four kinds of PomB deletions in the C terminus were constructed. None of the deletion protei...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Yakushi T,Hattori N,Homma M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whiteley, H. R. (University of Washington, Seattle) and N. G. McCormick. Degradation of pyruvate by Micrococcus lactilyticus. III. Properties and cofactor requirements of the carbon dioxide-exchange reaction. J. Bacteriol. 85:382-393. 1963.-At an acid pH, extracts of Micrococcus lactilyticus (Veillonella alcalescens) ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： WHITELEY HR,McCORMICK NG

更新日期：1963-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Riemerella anatipestifer is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium associated with epizootic infections in poultry. R. anatipestifer strain RA-YM, belonging to the serotype 1 prevalent in China, is a clinically isolated strain with high-level virulence. Here, we report the first genome sequence of this species. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Zhou Z,Peng X,Xiao Y,Wang X,Guo Z,Zhu L,Liu M,Jin H,Bi D,Li Z,Sun M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unique lipids found in Azotobacter vinelandii cysts are derived primarily from beta-hydroxybutyrate used to induce encystment. Tracer studies with beta-[14C]hydroxybutyrate showed that the biosynthesis of these compounds during encystment began at 8 to 12 h after induction and reached maximal levels after 2 days, Seve...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Su CJ,Sadoff HL

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00