Neutral storage lipids of Histoplasma capsulatum: effect of culture age.

abstract：:The process ofBeggiatoa trichome division was elucidated through phase-contrast microscopy and transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Trichome breakage and dispersion is accomplished by the formation of sacrificial cells (necridia) at various points within the trichome. Upon dying, the sacrificial cells lyse, ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Strohl WR,Larkin JM

更新日期：1978-01-01 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：:Pseudomonas sp. OX1, an aromatic compound-degrading bacterium that was tentatively identified by conventional biochemical methods as P. stutzeri, has now been investigated at the molecular level to clarify its taxonomic position. Amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis and multiple enzyme restriction fragment len...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Radice F,Orlandi V,Massa V,Cavalca L,Demarta A,Wood TK,Barbieri P

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7/H- (O157) strains were serially cultured three times on LB agar plates. After each sub-culture, five colonies were picked for DNA isolation and whole genome sequence (WGS) analysis. After exclusion of possible recombination-related SNPs, 11, 9, and 34 single-nucleoti...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yokoyama E,Hirai S,Ishige T,Murakami S

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni is a major food-borne pathogen that causes human gastroenteritis in many developed countries. In our study, we applied multilocus sequence typing (MLST) technology to 167 C. jejuni isolates from diverse sources in Eastern China to examine their genetic diversity. MLST defined 94 sequence types (ST...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang G,Zhang X,Hu Y,Jiao XA,Huang J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain-designated YsT was isolated as a filterable bacterial strain from Lake Sanaru, a brackish water lake in Hamamatsu Japan. YsT is aerobic, Gram-negative, and slender rod shaped. YsT grew optimally at 30 °C, pH 7.0-8.0 and without the addition of NaCl. MK-7 was the sole isoprenoid quinone. The main cellular pola...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Maejima Y,Iino T,Muraguchi Y,Fukuda K,Ohkuma M,Suzuki T,Moriuchi R,Dohra H,Kimbara K,Shintani M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanide has been proved to be degraded by Klebsiella oxytoca. In order to examine the physiological responses of cyanide degradation by this bacterium, two-dimensional (2-DE) electrophoresis approach and MALDI-TOF-MS allow us to identify 106 proteins spots that were significantly altered in the presence of 1 mM cyanid...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Tang P,Hseu YC,Chou HH,Huang KY,Chen SC

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the genomic sequence and cDNA library screening, the cDNA sequence encoding an alpha-amylase was cloned from the filamentous white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium and designated as pcamy1. Alignment results showed that the predicted protein has up to 43% amino acid homology to the known alpha-amylases ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wu B,Hu GK,Feng H,Wu JM,Zhang YZ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genetic fingerprinting analysis of Caribbean isolates of M. avium complex (MAC) from AIDS patients by a Southern blotting technique after Pstl digestion with nonradioactive DNA probes coding for single-copy sequences DT1 and DT6 was performed. In parallel, a selective amplification of a 187-bp fragment within the DT...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sola C,Devallois A,Goh KS,Legrand E,Rastogi N

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ansamitocins are extraordinarily potent antitumor agents. Ansamitocin P-3 (AP-3), which is produced by Actinosynnema pretiosum, has been developed as a cytotoxic drug for breast cancer. Despite its importance, AP-3 is of limited applicability because of the low production yield. A. pretiosum strain X47 was developed f...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhong C,Zong G,Qian S,Liu M,Fu J,Zhang P,Li J,Cao G

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AVPDS (Animal Viruses Probe dataset) is a dataset of virus-specific and conserve oligonucleotides for identification and diagnosis of viruses infecting animals. The current dataset contain 20,619 virus specific probes for 833 viruses and their subtypes and 3,988 conserved probes for 146 viral genera. Dataset of virus ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yadav BS,Pokhriyal M,Vasishtha DP,Sharma B

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magainin 2 is pore-forming antimicrobial peptide on lipid matrix of bacterial membrane, secreted from the skin of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis. The aim of this study was to investigate a new concept for antibacterial mechanisms called bacterial apoptosis-like cell death. We examined the morphological changes...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lee W,Lee DG

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enumeration of Archaea in deep-sea sediment samples is still limited, although different methodological procedures have been applied. Among these, catalysed reporter deposition-fluorescence in situ hybridisation (CARD-FISH) technique is a promising tool for estimation of archaeal abundance in deep-sea sediment sam...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Molari M,Manini E

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-crystal preparations from strains HD-1 and HD-133, activated Cry1Ab and Cry1C toxins as well as Cry1Aa, Cry1Ac, Cry1D, and Cry2Aa protoxins were tested for toxicity to 2nd-instar larvae of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella. Mortality data recorded after 2 and 5 days provided different results that were r...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Monnerat R,Masson L,Brousseau R,Pusztai-Carey M,Bordat D,Frutos R

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：:His(354) and His(358), two highly conserved histidines in Xenopus laevis (6-4) photolyase [equivalent to His(401) and His(405), in Dunaliella salina (6-4) photolyase], are critical for photoreactivation. They act as a base and an acid, respectively. However, the remaining high repair activity when the pH value is high...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang F,Xu H,Cao Y,Wen T,Lin J,Ma G,Qiao D,Cao Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (SE) infection in humans is often associated with the consumption of contaminated poultry products. Binding of the bacterium to the intestinal mucosa is a major pathogenic mechanism of Salmonella in poultry. Transposon mutagenesis identified flgC as a potential binding mutant of...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Shippy DC,Eakley NM,Mikheil DM,Fadl AA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GABA accumulation and glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) activity, the principal enzyme involved in GABA formation, was investigated in cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 wild-type (WT) and gad knockout mutant strains grown in medium containing different nitrogenous compounds. Nitrate was the best nitrogen source fo...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kanwal S,Khetkorn W,Incharoensakdi A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus causes a wide range of suppurative infections in humans and animals. Due to its high virulence, ability to adopt various environmental conditions, and acquired multiple drug resistance, treatment of such infections has become difficult. Therefore, there is an immense need to develop alternate dru...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Gupta R,Prasad Y

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma penetrans invades HeLa cells and survives within them for prolonged periods of time. The intracellular distribution of M. penetrans within HeLa cells was studied utilizing the acidotropic dye LysoTracker (green), which permeates cell membranes and upon protonation remains trapped in acidic compartments. The...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Tarshis M,Yavlovich A,Katzenell A,Ginsburg I,Rottem S

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of soybean galactosaccharides (stachyose, raffinose, melibiose) as well as galactose and glucose on the synthesis and activity of alpha-galactosidase (alpha-gal) from Lactobacillus fermentum CRL 251 was studied. Stachyose was the most effective inducer, followed by melibiose, raffinose, and galactose; sc...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Garro MS,de Valdez GF,Oliver G,de Giori GS

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus produces levan from sucrose by a secreted levansucrase (LsdA). A levanase-encoding gene ( lsdB), starting 51 bp downstream of the lsdA gene, was cloned from strain SRT4. The lsdB gene (1605 bp) encodes a protein (calculated molecular mass 58.4 kDa) containing a putative 36-amino-acid s...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Menéndez C,Hernández L,Selman G,Mendoza MF,Hevia P,Sotolongo M,Arrieta JG

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bradysia difformis is one of the most damaging pests in mushroom production in China. In this study, eight Bacillus thuringiensis strains were analyzed for insecticidal activity in B. difformis. The strain JW-1 showed the highest insecticidal activity against B. difformis larvae, but did not inhibit the mycelial growt...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wang FF,Qu SX,Lin JS,Li HP,Hou LJ,Jiang N,Luo X,Ma L

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene encoding the rice (Oryza sativa L.) 90-kDa heat shock protein (OsHsp90) was introduced into Escherichia coli using the pGEX-6p-3 expression vector with a glutathione-S-transferase (GST) tag to analyze the possible function of this protein under heat stress for the first time. We compared the survivability of E....

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Liu D,Lu Z,Mao Z,Liu S

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protease production by Streptomyces sp. 594 was obtained after submerged fermentation (SF) and solid-state fermentation (SSF) using feather meal (FM) and corn steep liquor (CSL) as sole sources of carbon and nitrogen. Enzyme productions were 13.4 U ml(-1) in SF and 21.5 U g(-1) in SSF; these values were approximately ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： De Azeredo LA,De Lima MB,Coelho RR,Freire DM

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake in the provided KEMB accession number. ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Cho S,Lee SS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With PCR products as probes, we have cloned two new cry-type genes from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. wuhanensis. The deduced amino acid sequence of the first clone is 77.3% identical to Cry1Ga1. The deduced protein sequence of the second clone is 69.8-78.7% identical to that of Cry1B group. The nomenclature assignmen...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kuo WS,Lin JH,Tzeng CC,Kao SS,Chak KF

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diseases triggered by microorganisms can be controlled by vaccines, which need neutralizing antigens. Hence, it is very crucial to identify extremely efficient immunogens for immune prevention. Botulism, a fatal neuroparalytic disease, is caused by botulinum neurotoxins produced by the anaerobic, Gram-positive spore-f...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sharma A,Ponmariappan S,Sarita R,Alam SI,Kamboj DV,Shukla S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of the nucleotide sequence of a 4.5-kb chromosomal DNA fragment of Bacillus stearothermophilus LV revealed two open reading frames (ORFs) of 121 and 727 amino acids (aa) that exhibit a high degree of similarity with the cadC and cadA cadmium resistance genes of a number of microorganisms. Transfer and ex...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Nerey Md Mdel C,Pichuantes SE,Saavedra CP,Araya MA,Tantaleán JC,Vásquez CC

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comamonas thiooxidans (strain S23(T)) capable of oxidizing thiosulfate under a mixotrophic growth condition was isolated from a sulfur spring. DNA-DNA homology study showed 55% similarity with Comamonas testosteroni KCTC2990(T) and 52% with Comamonas composti LMG24008(T), the nearest phylogenetic relative (16S rRNA se...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Narayan KD,Pandey SK,Das SK

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00