Ethanol effects on Pseudomonas aeruginosa lectin, protease, hemolysin, pyocyanin, autoinducer, and phosphatase levels depending on medium composition and choline presence.

abstract：:The Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, aerobic strain, designated YC1039T, was isolated from a seamount northern Mariana Trench in the tropical western Pacific. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strain YC1039T was related to the genus Mesoflavibacter and had highest 16S rRNA gene sequence...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wang DY,Wang Q,Liu J,Zhang DC

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-eight isolates resistant to at least two antibiotics were selected from 53 antibiotic-resistant enterococci from chicken and pig meat and faeces and analysed for specific resistance determinants. Of the 48 multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains, 31 were resistant to two antibiotics (29 to erythromycin and tetracyclin...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Vignaroli C,Zandri G,Aquilanti L,Pasquaroli S,Biavasco F

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erwinia amylovora causes fire blight of apple, pear, and other members of the Rosaceae family. The enzyme LuxS catalyzes the last step in the production of autoinducer-2 (AI-2), a molecule implicated with quorum sensing in many bacterial species. It is now well recognized that LuxS also plays a central role in sulfur ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Gao Y,Song J,Hu B,Zhang L,Liu Q,Liu F

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Chinese HCV cDNA clone, designated as Q379, 379 nucleotides in length, was selected by recombinant immunoscreening from a random-primed Chinese HCV lambda gt11 library. DNA sequencing demonstrated that Q379 situated from positions 7314 to 7695 at NS5 region corresponded with the American prototype HCV nucleotide seq...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Qi Z,Arima T

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen, which can cause severe urinary tract infections (UTIs). Because of the high intrinsic antibiotic resistance of P. aeruginosa and its ability to develop new resistances during antibiotic treatment, these infections are difficult to eradicate. The antibiotic sus...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Narten M,Rosin N,Schobert M,Tielen P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of heavy use of antimicrobials, antimicrobial resistance in bacteria has become of great concern. The effect of some widely used food additives such as sucralose on bacteria in the gut and the environment has also drawn increasing attention. In this study, we investigated the interaction between antimicrobials...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Qu Y,Li R,Jiang M,Wang X

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant affected in the last step of the biotin biosynthesis pathway was isolated by using a transposon mutagenesis method. The gene BIO2, encoding a biotin synthase, is shown to be interrupted in this mutant. Heterologous complementation experiment allowed the cloning and the characterizatio...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Phalip V,Lemoine Y,Jeltsch JM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rep22 is the replication region of the lactococcal theta replicating pUCL22 plasmid. The copy number of Rep22-based plasmids in Lactococcus was determined by using a chromosomal DNA fragment from Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis MMS368 as reference. Segregational behavior appeared to be linked to copy number and there...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Frère J,Herreman C,Boutibonnes P,Novel M,Novel G

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-negative, mobile, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacterium (strain 14-3(T)) was isolated from a temporary pond in Antarctica. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, strain 14-3(T) was shown to belong to the genus Pseudomonas sensu stricto. Physiological and biochemical tests supported the phylogeneti...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： López NI,Pettinari MJ,Stackebrandt E,Tribelli PM,Põtter M,Steinbüchel A,Méndez BS

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In eukaryotes, loss of cytoplasmic ribosomal proteins (RPs) results in a reduced growth rate and other phenotypic defects. The ability to transition from a unicellular budding yeast to a filamentous form is very important for biofilm formation and virulence in Candida albicans. Our recent study found that loss of the ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lu H,Xiong J,Shang Q,Jiang Y,Cao Y

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile and coccoid, ovoid or rod-shaped bacterial strain, OITF-57T, which was isolated from a tidal flat sediment in South Korea, was characterized taxonomically. Strain OITF-57T grew optimally at 25 °C, at pH 7.0-8.0 and in the presence of 2.0% (w/v) NaCl. Strain OITF-57T exhibited the high...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Park S,Choi J,Park JM,Yoon JH

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exopolysaccharide (EPS-I) having the molecular weight ~ 2.6 × 105 Da, was isolated from a Zinc resistant strain of Enterococcus faecalis from costal area. The exopolysaccharide consists of D-mannose, D-glucose, and L-fucose in molar ratio of 9:4:1. The monosaccharide units in the EPS-1 were determined through chemi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Choudhuri I,Khanra K,Pariya P,Maity GN,Mondal S,Pati BR,Bhattacharyya N

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the species of the yeast-like symbionts (YLS) in the brown planthoppers (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens, YLS were first isolated and purified by ultracentrifugation from the fat bodies of BPH, and then 18S rDNA and internal transcribed spacer (ITS)-5.8S rDNA sequences of YLS were amplified with the different ge...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Dong S,Pang K,Bai X,Yu X,Hao P

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium glutamicum, a Gram-positive soil bacterium belonging to the mycolic acids-containing actinomycetes, is able to use the lignin degradation products ferulate, vanillate, and protocatechuate as sole carbon sources. The gene cluster responsible for vanillate catabolism was identified and characterized. The...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Merkens H,Beckers G,Wirtz A,Burkovski A

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to evaluate how two new hydrolysates from poultry by-products act on ten lactobacilli growth kinetics when supplemented to the growth medium. These effects were compared with ones induced by two most common commercial hydrolysates, i.e., tryptone and peptone. Growth medium, supplemented with...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Meli F,Lazzi C,Neviani E,Gatti M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iturin A is a very important cyclic lipopeptide produced by several B. subtilis strains and has large commercial and therapeutic application potentials but its production on industrial scale has not been realized yet. In the present study, we have observed that the strain ET-1 of Bacillus subtilis, a producer of Ituri...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ambrico A,Trupo M,Magarelli RA

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two strains of a novel basidiomycetous yeast species were isolated from the gut of wood-boring larvae collected in the Baotianman Nature Reserve, the central China. Sequence analysis of the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit (LSU) rRNA gene and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions showed that these yeasts belong ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Hui FL,Niu QH,Ke T,Li YX

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria were isolated from rabbit faeces using equine caecal fluid as a growth medium. Two new isolates of the genus Streptococcus are described in terms of their biochemical properties. One of these has a 16S rRNA gene with 97.7%, and the other 98.5%, identity to Streptococcus thoraltensis. While S. thoraltensis has...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Borø S,McCartney CA,Snelling TJ,Worgan HJ,McEwan NR

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth-inhibitory effect of 23 carbohydrate monoesters synthesized by lipases and proteases were assayed to obtain antibacterial agents that suppress the cell growth of Streptococcus mutans. Among the carbohydrate esters synthesized, galactose and fructose laurates showed the highest growth-inhibitory effect, whil...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Watanabe T,Katayama S,Matsubara M,Honda Y,Kuwahara M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to identify exopolysaccharide-producing bacteria gathered from 18 hypersaline habitats. Phenotypic studies performed with 134 isolates revealed the majority of them to be Gram-negative rods with respiratory metabolism, belonging to the genus Halomonas. A numerical analysis of the 114 phenotyp...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Martínez-Cánovas MJ,Quesada E,Martínez-Checa F,Béjar V

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All major insecticidal genes of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) are controlled by the sporulation-specific sigma factor Sigma E (sigE), while sigE is negatively regulated by Sigma K (sigK). Therefore, knocking out sigK plays an important role in regulating the expression of insecticidal genes in Bti. A s...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Xu L,Han G,Fan X,Lv J,Zhang X,Peng Q,Zhang J,Xu J,Song F

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Broad variation among anoxygenic reaction centers makes it essential to consider a wide variety when considering the origins of photosynthesis. The photosynthetic core antenna domain in the gene pshA from Heliophilum fasciatum was sequenced doubling the number of core sequences available from heliobacteria. The sequen...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Mix LJ,Harmer TL,Cavanaugh CM

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Panax notoginseng has long been used as a Chinese herb with high medicinal value. The endophytic bacteria in this medicinal plant have multiple biological functions. High-throughput sequencing is a rapidly evolving technique that helps profile the endophytic bacterial community structure of medicinal plants. However, ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang C,Ma X,Zhu R,Liu Z,Gu M,Zhang J,Li Y,Xu Y,Zhu D

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have established that psyllids (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) contain primary endosymbionts, designated as Carsonella ruddii, which cospeciate with the psyllid host. This association appears to be the consequence of a single infection of a psyllid ancestor with a bacterium. Some psyllids may have additional ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Thao ML,Clark MA,Baumann L,Brennan EB,Moran NA,Baumann P

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria acquire new DNA in a process known as horizontal gene transfer (HGT). To investigate the evolutionary impact of this transfer of DNA, various methods have been developed to detect past HGT events. For example, codon usage-based methods detect the presence of transferred genes by identifying atypical patterns ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Friedman R,Ely B

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid direct-extraction method was used to obtain DNA from environmental soil samples. Heat, enzymes, and guanidine isothiocyanate were utilized to lyse cells. The DNA was purified by agarose gel electrophoresis, amplified with 16S rRNA-based primers by use of the polymerase chain reaction, and then digested with th...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Porteous LA,Armstrong JL,Seidler RJ,Watrud LS

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high-virulence clone (HVC) was proposed as causing much of the morbidity and mortality when a collection of group B Streptococcus (GBS) isolates was examined by multi-locus enzyme electrophoresis. HVC isolates could be further distinguished by their inability to grow at 40 degrees C, and a temperature-sensitive aldo...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Palacios GC,Timmons BC,Eskew EK,Solórzano F,Mattingly SJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The esterase-encoding gene, estA, was cloned from Acinetobacter lwoffii I6C-1 genomic DNA into Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) with plasmid vector pET-22b (pEM1). pEM1 has a 4.4-kb EcoRI insert that contained the complete estA gene. A 2.4-kb AvaI- SphI DNA fragment was subcloned (pEM3) and sequenced. estA gene encodes a pr...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kim HE,Lee IS,Kim JH,Hahn KW,Park UJ,Han HS,Park KR

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, Aspergillus fumigatus is described as a higher producer of hydrolytic enzymes secreted in response to the presence of the Callosobruchus maculatus bruchid pest. This fungus was able to grow over cowpea weevil shells as a unique carbon source, secreting alkaline proteolytic and chitinolytic enzymes...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Pereira JL,Franco OL,Noronha EF

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immobilized cells of Enterobacter agglomerans, able to reduce azo dyes enzymatically, were used as a biocatalyst for the decolorization of synthetic medium containing the toxic azo dye methyl red (MR). This bacterial strain exhibits high ability to completely decolorize 100 mg/L of MR after only 6 h of incubation unde...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Moutaouakkil A,Zeroual Y,Dzayri FZ,Talbi M,Lee K,Blaghen M

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00