Cloning of lipoxygenase genes from a cyanobacterium, Nostoc punctiforme, and its expression in Eschelichia coli.

abstract：:The glucose 1-phosphate uridylyltransferase (GalU) is absolutely required for the biosynthesis of capsular polysaccharide, the sine qua non virulence factor of Streptococcus pneumoniae. The pneumococcal GalU protein was overexpressed in Escherichia coli, and purified. GalU showed a pI of 4.23, and catalyzed the revers...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Bonofiglio L,García E,Mollerach M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brevibacterium halotolerans is currently classified as a member of the Brevibacterium genus, a genus that groups together many bacterial species of similar morphology but diverse biochemical and physiological features. Here we suggest, based on multiple gene sequencing and microbial and biochemical characterization of...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ben-Gad D,Gerchman Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite their ubiquity, relatively few bacteriophages have been characterized. Here, we set out to explore Caulobacter bacteriophages (caulophages) in the rhizosphere and characterized Kronos, the first caulophage isolated from the rhizosphere. Kronos is a member of the Siphoviridae family since it has a long flexible...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Berrios L,Ely B

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lake Elmenteita is one of the alkaline saline lakes within the Kenyan Rift valley. The lake is situated on the floor of the Kenyan Rift Valley at 1,776 m above sea level and has no direct outlet. The microbial diversity of the lake was investigated using a culture-independent approach. Five different sampling points w...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Mwirichia R,Cousin S,Muigai AW,Boga HI,Stackebrandt E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram positive, thermophilic, and filamentous bacterium, designated strain GIESS004(T), was isolated from a sludge compost from Guangzhou, China. Growth occurred at 45-55 °C (optimum 50-53 °C) and pH 6.0-10.0 (optimum pH 7.0-7.5). The organism formed cream-yellow colonies with radial wrinkles. Aerial mycelium was not...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yu Z,Wu C,Yang GQ,Zhou SG

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bats can be divided into frugivory, nectarivory, insectivory, and sanguivory based on their diets, and are therefore ideal wild animal models to study the relationship between diets and intestinal microflora. Early studies of bat gut bacteria showed that the diversity and structure of intestinal bacterial communities ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Li J,Li L,Jiang H,Yuan L,Zhang L,Ma JE,Zhang X,Cheng M,Chen J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio vulnificus, a highly virulent marine bacterium, is the causative agent of both serious wound infections and fatal septicemia in many areas of the word. A gene (hlyIII) encoding a hemolysin was cloned and sequenced from V. vulnificus. Nucleotide sequence analysis predicted an open reading frame of 642 bp encodin...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Chen YC,Chang MC,Chuang YC,Jeang CL

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas seleniipraecipitans grows in the presence of high levels of selenite and selenate and reduces both oxyanions to elemental selenium (Se(0)), a property that may make P. seleniipraecipitans useful as an inoculant for biobarriers designed to remove selenite or selenate from ground or surface waters. An earlie...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Hunter WJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The abundance and diversity of chemotactic heterotrophic bacteria associated with Arctic cyanobacteria was determined. The viable numbers ranged between 10(4) and 10(6) cell g(-1) cyanobacterial biomass. A total of 112 morphotypes, representing 22 phylotypes based on their 16S rRNA sequence similarity were isolated fr...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Prasad S,Pratibha MS,Manasa P,Buddhi S,Begum Z,Shivaji S

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Vegetative insecticidal protein (Vip3) from Bacillus thuringiensis shows high activity against lepidopteran insects. Cytolytic δ-endotoxin (Cyt) also has high toxicity to dipteran larvae and synergism with other crystal proteins (Cry), but synergism between Cyt and Vip3 proteins has not been tested. We analyzed for sy...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yu X,Liu T,Sun Z,Guan P,Zhu J,Wang S,Li S,Deng Q,Wang L,Zheng A,Li P

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gram-negative bacterium, designated FJY1(T), was isolated from a soil sample obtained from a university campus in South Korea. Examination showed that FJY1(T) was red-pigmented, aerobic, motile, and composed of nonspore-forming rods. This strain grew in a temperature range of 15-37 °C and a pH range of 7-9. Based on...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Jang JH,Lee D,Cha S,Lim S,Yang D,Seo T

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ansamycins is a group of type I polyketides characterized by the unique starter unit 3-amino-5-hydroxybenzoic acid. This family of secondary metabolites shows diverse biological activities, well-known members of which include rifamycin, geldanamycin, and maytansine. Previously, we isolated an AHBA synthase gene-positi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Xie C,Deng JJ,Wang HX

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six cyclohexylacetic acid-degrading strains were isolated from soil samples in Japan and identified as members of the genera Cupriavidus (strain KUA-1), Rhodococcus, and Dietzia by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. For the first time members of these genera were shown to be capable of degrading cyclohexylacetic acid. A...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Iwaki H,Nakai E,Nakamura S,Hasegawa Y

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the eukaryotic bbc1 (breast basic conserved) gene (the bbc1 gene of the marine green alga Chlamydomonas sp. W-80 strain) enhanced the tolerance against salt-stress and freezing-stress in E. coli cells. The expression of the BBC1 protein in the E. coli cells carrying the algal bbc1 gene and that in th...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Tanaka S,Ikeda K,Miyasaka H

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus bovis is commonly present in the rumen, but strains of S. bovis have also occasionally been isolated from human blood or fecal samples. Studies were undertaken with 16s rRNA gene sequences and DNA hybridizations to define the genetic relationships between these two groups of strains. Ruminal strains were...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Nelms LF,Odelson DA,Whitehead TR,Hespell RB

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potassium tellurite (K2TeO3) is an effective selective agent for O157:H7 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), whereas tellurite resistance in non-O157 STEC is variable with information on O45 minimal. High-level K2TeO3 resistance in STEC is attributable to the ter gene cluster with terD an indicator of the c...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lewis GL,Jorgensen QR,Loy JD,Moxley RA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new host specificity was discovered with the insecticidal protein encoded by the cryV gene. The cryV gene was cloned from the Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki INA-02 strain, which was selected among a number of B. thuringiensis isolates because of its high activity against Spodoptera litura. Analyses by polymerase ch...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sasaki J,Asano S,Iizuka T,Bando H,Lay BW,Hastowo S,Powell GK,Yamamoto T

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The trag is a novel infection-related factor identified using in vivo-induced antigen technology (IVIAT) from SS2 expression libraries with swine convalescent sera. PCR-based studies of various S. suis strains collected from different sources revealed that the trag gene was present in all the virulent SS2 strains, but...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang H,Fan H,Lu C

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibacterial effects of tea polyphenols (TPP) extracted from Korean green tea (Camellia sinensis) against clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were evaluated. Characterization of the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of oxacillin for 30 S. aureus strains isolated from patie...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Cho YS,Schiller NL,Oh KH

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the performance of a new most probable number test (Pseudalert/Quanti-Tray) for the enumeration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from swimming pool and spa pool waters by comparing it to the international and national membrane filtration-based culture methods for P. aeruginosa: ISO 16266:2006 and UK The M...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sartory DP,Brewer M,Beswick A,Steggles D

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions between the proteolytic X2L strain of Oenococcus oeni and the non-proteolytic 12p strain of Pediococcus pentosaceus were assayed. The characteristics of cell growth, protein degradation, and amino acid production of both strains were determined in pure and mixed cultures. O. oeni showed poor cell grow...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Fernández PA,de Nadra MC

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Burkholderia sp. VUN10013 to degrade anthracene in microcosms of two acidic Thai soils was studied. The addition of Burkholderia sp. VUN10013 (initial concentration of 10(5) cells g(-1) dry soil) to autoclaved soil collected from the Plew District, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand, supplemented with anthr...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Somtrakoon K,Suanjit S,Pokethitiyook P,Kruatrachue M,Lee H,Upatham S

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive candidiasis is associated with high mortality in immunocompromised and hospitalized patients. Candida albicans is the main pathological agent followed by Candida glabrata, Candida krusei, Candida parapsilosis, and Candida tropicalis. These pathogens colonize different host tissues in humans as they are able t...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Cuéllar-Cruz M,López-Romero E,Ruiz-Baca E,Zazueta-Sandoval R

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the fungus cultured by the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens, produces polysaccharidases that degrade leaf components by generating nutrients believed to be essential for ant nutrition. We evaluated pectinase, amylase, xylanase, and cellulase production by L. gongylophorus in laboratory cultur...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Silva A,Bacci M Jr,Pagnocca FC,Bueno OC,Hebling MJ

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chromosomal DNA of a variety of legionellae, including clinical, environmental, and plasmid-containing strains, was examined for evidence of Dam-like methylation. It was found that Dam-like methylation was present in all the strains examined regardless of their origin or plasmid content. ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lema MW,Brown A

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Probiotics are well known for their wide range of beneficial activities. However, recent use of probiotic Bifidobacterium, Enterococcus, and Lactobacillus spp. has been plagued by certain disadvantages such as complex growth requirements, high maintenance cost, susceptibility to the gastrointestinal environment, patho...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Priyodip P,Balaji S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the ability of the human colonic bacterium Bacteroides ovatus V975 to ferment fenugreek fiber (Fenufibers), psyllium husk (Metamucil), and wheat bran (Wheat Chex). Strain V975 was incubated in basal medium that contained 0.1 g of each fiber source for 0, 24, or 48 h. Little ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Al-Khaldi SF,Martin SA,Prakash L

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With human saliva as an inoculum, microcosm dental plaques were grown on dental amalgam in a constant-depth film fermentor (CDFF) in the presence (suc +ve) and absence (suc -ve) of sucrose. The biofilms were then exposed to 0.2% chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) for 1, 5, or 60 min and the survivors enumerated. Suc +ve bi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wilson M,Patel H,Noar JH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quorum sensing is a system of stimuli and response correlated to population density and involves in pathogen infection, colonization, and pathogenesis. Quorum quenching enzymes as quorum sensing inhibitors have been identified in a number of bacteria and been used to control by triggering the pathogenic phenotype. The...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Pan Y,Wang Y,Yan X,Liu C,Wu B,He X,Liang Y

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00