Global transcriptional profiles of Staphylococcus aureus treated with berberine chloride.

abstract：:Acylated homoserine lactone (AHL)-based quorum sensing (QS) has been reported to be present only in Gram-negative microorganisms. Isolation of a novel Gram-positive microorganism from sea water, capable of producing AHL, is reported here. The isolate (GenBank: JF915892, designated as MPO) belonging to the Exiguobacter...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Biswa P,Doble M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The steady-state levels of the aminopeptidase Y (APY1) transcript and the level of assayable aminopeptidase Y activity were measured under a variety of nutritional conditions. Specific APY1 mRNA is less abundant in cells grown in minimal medium than in cells grown in rich medium, while active enzyme levels follow just...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Herrera-Camacho I,Suárez-Rendueles P

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrophobin proteins originate from filamentous fungi, which are able to self-assemble at water-air interfaces. Hydrophobins have multiple functions in fungal growth and development. In this study, the function of the Trhfb3 gene encoding a class II hydrophobin was characterized in Trichoderma reesei. The null mutant ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： He R,Li C,Feng J,Zhang D

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated 247 Escherichia coli isolates collected from four cattle farms to characterize aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme (AME) genes, their plasmid replicons and transferability. Out of 247 isolates a high number of isolates (total 202; 81.78%) were found to be resistant to various antibiotics by disc di...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Belaynehe KM,Shin SW,Hong-Tae P,Yoo HS

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Salmonella typhimurium the metE and metR promoters overlap and are divergently transcribed. Three tandem repeats of an 8 bp sequence defined previously as the metE operator site for MetJ-mediated repression also overlap the -35 region of the metR promoter. Starting with a metE-lacZ.metR-galK double gene fusion, sit...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wu WF,Urbanowski ML,Stauffer GV

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in composition of the principal low molecular mass thiols of Leishmania donovani were monitored during the transformation of promastigotes, first to stationary phase metacyclic forms and then to amastigotes. No consistent variation in the thiol composition of the parasite which could account for the known incr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Weldrick DP,Chodacka B,Vogt R,Steenkamp DJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2.5-kb erythromycin resistance (EmR) plasmid pPV142 of Staphylococcus simulans 13044 was isolated and characterized. Sequence analysis identified ORF1 and ORF2 encoding a 158-residue replication protein (Rep142) and a 244-residue erythromycin resistance protein (Erm, rRNA adenine N-6-methyltransferase), respective...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Somkuti GA,Solaiman DK,Steinberg DH

更新日期：1998-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial competition for carbon sources is a primary determinant of rhizosphere ecology. We employed the PCR to examine the population fluctuations of a symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterium (Rhizobium etli) during the first 11 days following inoculation of Phaseolus vulgaris seedlings grown in the presence or absence ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Petersen DJ,Srinivasan M,Chanway CP

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A particular property of Clostridium difficile strain C34 is an insertion of approximately 2 kb in the tcdA-C34 gene that does not hinder expression of a fully active TcdA-C34 molecule. Intoxication with TcdA-C34 induced an arborized appearance in eukaryotic cells (D-type cytopathic effect); intoxication with TcdB-C34...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mehlig M,Moos M,Braun V,Kalt B,Mahony DE,von Eichel-Streiber C

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether the luxA-luxB reporter system is suitable as a sensitive reporter for rapid real-time measurements of alpha-toxin gene (cpa) expression in Clostridium perfringens, and to widen the range of alpha-toxin-producing C. perfringens strains examined with respect to cpa expression during growth, the repo...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Phillips-Jones MK

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3.5-kb native plasmid (pND103) was identified in Streptococcus thermophilus ST2-1. Preliminary sequence analysis indicated that pND103 belongs to group I S. thermophilus plasmids. A region of approximately 2 kb appears to contain three components: a plus origin of replication (ori) typical of plasmids that replicate...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Su P,Jury K,Allison GE,Wong WY,Kim WS,Liu CQ,Vancov T,Dunn NW

更新日期：2002-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Serratia entomophila and Serratia proteamaculans cause amber disease of the grass grub Costelytra zealandica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Three genes required for virulence, sepABC, are located on a large plasmid, pADAP. The translated products of the sep genes are members of the toxin complex (Tc) family of insecticid...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hurst MR,Jones SM,Tan B,Jackson TA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutants in Aspergillus niger unable to grow on acetate as a sole carbon source were previously isolated by resistance to 1.2% propionate medium containing 0.1% glucose. AcuA mutants lacked acetyl-CoA synthetase (ACS) activity and acuB mutants lacked both ACS and isocitrate lyase activity. An acuA mutant was transforme...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Papadopoulou S,Sealy-Lewis HM

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the dimethylsulfoxide respiratory (dor) operon of Rhodobacter is regulated by oxygen, light intensity and availability of substrate. Since dimethylsulfoxide reductase contains a pterin molybdenum cofactor, the role of molybdate in the regulation of dor operon expression was investigated. In this report w...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Solomon PS,Shaw AL,Young MD,Leimkuhler S,Hanson GR,Klipp W,McEwan AG

更新日期：2000-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An exo-polygalacturonase (EC 3.2.1.15) was purified to apparent homogeneity from cultures of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici on synthetic medium supplemented with citrus pectin, using preparative isoelectric focusing. The enzyme, denominated PG2, had an apparent M(r) of 74000 Da upon SDS-PAGE. The pI of the main ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Di Pietro A,Roncero MI

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed gel electrophoretic banding patterns of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) of 16 type strains of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS). S. epidermidis, S. haemolyticus, S. saprophyticus, S. hominis, S. xylosus, S. simulans, S. warneri, S. capitis, S. saccharolyticus, S. auricularis, S. caseolyticus, S. ga...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kanda K,Hiramatsu K,Yokota T

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brettanomyces/Dekkera yeasts have been identified as part of the grape yeast flora. They are well known for colonizing the cellar environmental and spoiling wines, causing haze, turbidity and strong off-flavours in wines and enhancing the volatile acidity. As the general practices applied to combat Brettanomyces/Dekke...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Comitini F,Ciani M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photorhabdus (Enterobacteriaceae) bacteria are pathogenic to insects and mutualistic with entomopathogenic Heterorhabditis nematodes. Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. akhurstii LN2, associated with Heterorhabditis indica LN2, shows nematicidal activity against H. bacteriophora H06 infective juveniles (IJs). In the pres...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Qiu X,Wu C,Cao L,Ehlers RU,Han R

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sepsis caused by Vibrio vulnificus is characterized by an average incubation period of 26 h and a high mortality rate exceeding 50%. The fast growth and dissemination of V. vulnificus in vivo lead to poor clinical outcomes in patients. Therefore, elucidation of the proliferation mechanisms of this organism in vivo...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kado T,Kashimoto T,Yamazaki K,Ueno S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The c-type cytochrome (OmcB) and the multicopper protein (OmpB) required for Fe(III) oxide reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducens were predicted previously to be outer membrane proteins, but it is not clear whether they are positioned in a manner that permits the interaction with Fe(III). Treatment of whole cells with ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Qian X,Reguera G,Mester T,Lovley DR

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DnaK chaperone system is involved in various cellular processes such as the control of the folded and oligomeric state of proteins under stress and non-stress conditions. In this study we functionally characterised the homologues of the DnaK system from Clostridium acetobutylicum DnaK, DnaJ, GrpE and OrfA were het...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Rüngeling E,Laufen T,Bahl H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we describe a Lactobacillus fermentum 3872 plasmid (pLF3872) not previously found in any other strain of this species. The analysis of the complete sequence of this plasmid revealed the presence of a gene encoding a large collagen-binding protein (CBP), as well as the genes responsible for plasmid maint...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lehri B,Seddon AM,Karlyshev AV

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-lactamase genes blaA and blaB were detected by PCR amplification in strains of Yersinia enterocolitica biovar 1A isolated from India, Germany, France and the USA. Both genes were detected in all strains. Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism revealed genetic heterogeneity in blaA ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sharma S,Mittal S,Mallik S,Virdi JS

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique was used to develop DNA probes for the identification of ectomycorrhizal fungi belonging to the genus Tuber. RAPD fingerprinting revealed a high degree of interspecific variability and a low degree of intraspecific variability. One band (approximately 1.5 kb), cons...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lanfranco L,Wyss P,Marzachí C,Bonfante P

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA from Aspergillus sp. has been reported not to contain 5-methylcytosine. However, it has been found that Aspergillus nidulans responds to 5-azacytidine, a drug that is a strong inhibitor of DNA methyltransferases. Therefore, we have re-examined the occurrence of 5-methylcytosine in DNA from Aspergillus flavus by us...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gowher H,Ehrlich KC,Jeltsch A

更新日期：2001-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Two variants have been isolated from the wild-type Azospirillum lipoferum strain 4B. The first variant, 4V(I), spontaneously emerged from the wild-type at frequencies in the order of 10(-4) to 10(-3) per cell generation. Compared to the wild-type, the 4V(I) variant gained (production of a carotenoid-like pigment, assi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Alexandre G,Bally R

更新日期：1999-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The extensively discussed idea of oxidative stress development under antibiotic treatment was confirmed using an antioxidant gene expression (soxRS-, oxyR-regulon) approach, including microaerobic cultivation conditions. The killing action of antibiotics and their ability to cause peroxide oxidative stress in Escheric...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Akhova AV,Tkachenko AG

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans yeasts adhered avidly to extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, type IV collagen, laminin, and fibronectin immobilized on plastic. Type IV collagen showed an increase of adherence of 400% above control values; laminin, 300%; and fibronectin, 150%. In addition, all three (in quantities of 0.02-200 microg...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Klotz SA

更新日期：1990-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella pertussis strains contain at least three distinct genes coding for fimbrial subunits, designated fim2, fim3, and fimX. The sequences of the fim2 and fimX genes have been published. Here we present the sequence of the fim3 gene. Proximal and distal to the fim3 gene, regions were observed that could function ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mooi FR,ter Avest A,van der Heide HG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type III secretion system (T3SS) is a specialized apparatus evolved by Gram-negative bacteria to deliver effector proteins into host cells, thus facilitating the establishment of an infection. Effector translocation across the target cell plasma membrane is believed to occur via pores formed by at least two secret...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bröms JE,Edqvist PJ,Forsberg A,Francis MS

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00