Methylibium subsaxonicum spec. nov., a betaproteobacterium Isolated from a hardwater rivulet.

abstract：:Putative penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) were identified in the genome of the Burkholderia cenocepacia strain J2315 based on homology to E. coli PBPs. The three sequences identified as homologs of E. coli PBP1a, BCAL2021, BCAL0274, and BCAM2632, were cloned and expressed as His(6)-tagged fusion proteins in E. coli....

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Specht KM,Sheetz KH,Alexander CM,Lamech LT,O'Connor LH,Walker DM,Stevenson HP

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Bacillus thuringiensis that showed significantly high toxicity to Plutella xylostella and Spodoptera exigua was isolated from a Korean soil sample and characterized. The isolate, named B. thuringiensis K1, was determined to belong to ssp. kurstaki (H3a3b3c) type by an H antisera agglutination test and prod...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Li MS,Je YH,Lee IH,Chang JH,Roh JY,Kim HS,Oh HW,Boo KS

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil microcosm experiments were used to investigate the effects on growth and activity of soil microorganisms of an herbicide combination (60% bromoxynil + 3% prosulfuron) frequently used to provide a broad spectrum control of weed species. Culturable aerobic bacteria, fungi, and actinomycetes, the fundamental groups ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Pampulha ME,Oliveira A

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three yeast strains of Yamadazyma dushanensis f.a., sp. nov. were isolated from rotten wood samples collected in the Dushan Forest Park, Nanyang, Henan Province, China. Sequence analyses of the D1/D2 domains of the large subunit rRNA gene and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions revealed that this new species...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Ren YC,Li Y,Hui FL

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By cloning and sequencing specific randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) products, we have developed pairs of PCR primers that can be used to detect Xylella fastidiosa in general, and X. fastidiosa that cause citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC) specifically. We also identified a CVC-specific region of the X. fastidi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Pooler MR,Hartung JS

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene argH, encoding argininosuccinate lyase (ASL), has been cloned from a cosmid library of the filamentous cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. strain PCC 73102. The argH open reading frame encodes a protein comprised of 461 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 51,349 Da. Protein sequence comparisons reveal signifi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Troshina O,Hansel A,Lindblad P

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：: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：:Vanillin is undoubtedly one of the most popular and widely used flavoring agents in the world. Taking into consideration the worldwide demand for natural vanillin and its limited supply, alternative routes for its production including biotransformation are being constantly explored. In this regard, a novel soil bacter...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kasana RC,Sharma UK,Sharma N,Sinha AK

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:Helicobacter pylori infection increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases besides leading to duodenal and gastric peptic ulcerations. H. pylori cysteine-rich protein B (HcpB) is a disulfide-rich repeat protein that belongs to the family of Sel1-like repeat proteins. HcpB contains four pairs of anti-parallel alpha he...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Devi VS,Mittl PR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the correlation between mutations in promoter, attenuator, and the AmpC enzyme overproduction in Escherichia coli. ampC Promoters from 4 Escherichia coli clinical isolates were cloned upstream to the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene in pCAT3 reporter plasmid. Promoter strengths were measured...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yu W,Bing L,Zhenhua L

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The organization of the clusters of genes encoding proteins of the botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) progenitor complex was elucidated in a strain of Clostridium botulinum producing type B and F neurotoxins. With PCR and sequencing strategies, the type B BoNT-gene cluster was found to be composed of genes encoding BoNT/B, n...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Santos-Buelga JA,Collins MD,East AK

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of five antibiotics namely amikacin, gentamicin, tetracycline, ciprofloxacin, and nitrofurantoin for pork isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica increased two- to eightfold after bacteria were grown in the presence of 5 mm arsenite. For Y. enterocolitica isolates obtained from was...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Virdi JS,Sinha I,Rajendran P,Singh I

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, vegetative insecticidal proteins vip3 genes from Bacillus thuringiensis strains were detected based on polymerase chain reaction-high resolution melt (PCR-HRM) analysis. A pair of primers was designed according to the conservative sequences in 150 bp region of the known vip3 subfamily. The 150 bp region...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Li H,Shu C,He X,Gao J,Liu R,Huang D

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：:Orf101 (Bm101) of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) is a highly conserved gene in lepidopteran nucleopolyhedroviruses, but its function remains unknown. In this study, Bm101 was characterized. Transcripts of Bm101 were detected from 24 through 96 h post infection (h p.i.) by RT-PCR. The corresponding protein wa...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Chen H,Li M,Huang G,Mai W,Chen K,Zhou Y

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aerobic, gram-reaction-negative, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain Z6(T), was isolated from sediment collected at Mohe Basin, China. And its taxonomic position was investigated by applying a polyphasic approach. Growth occurs at 10-45 °C (optimum, 30 °C), at pH 6.0-11.0 (optimum, pH 7.0) and in the presence o...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Han L,Teng YW,Feng QQ,Zhang RG,Zhao XM,Lv J,Xie B

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptomyces coelicolor is the soil-dwelling bacterium with a complex life cycle and a strong ability to produce plenty of secondary metabolites which are strictly regulated by a variety of regulators. Amino acid alignment shows that the deduced protein of SCO2140 belongs to the family of Leucine-responsive regulatory...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yu L,Pan Y,Liu G

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although extensive information is available on the effect ultraviolet (UV) radiation has on Gram-negative marine bacteria, there is a scarcity of data concerning UV radiation and Gram-positive marine bacteria. The focus of this paper is on Microbacterium maritypicum, with the Gram-negative Vibrio natriegens being used...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Williams PD,Eichstadt SL,Kokjohn TA,Martin EL

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ)-dependent glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) of Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 and Sinorhizobium meliloti RCR2011 was investigated under different nutrient-limiting conditions in continuous cultures, under different conditions of phosphate availability, and in S. meliloti bacte...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Bernardelli CE,Luna MF,Galar ML,Boiardi JL

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, EMA (ethidium monoazide) treatment was applied to a silty-sand reference soil prior to DNA extraction to enable a differentiation between dead and living cells. For this purpose, a reference soil was spiked with Listeria monocytogenes cells or cell equivalents, respectively. With the purpose of e...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wagner AO,Praeg N,Illmer P

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modification is described of the plate method for the detection of microorganisms with overall cellulolytic activity, including those like Cytophaga, in which the activity is cell bound. Within a few days of incubation colonies of cellulose-degrading bacteria formed holes in discs of lens paper placed on freshly ino...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Volokita M,Abeliovich A,Soares MI

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bipolaris oryzae is a filamentous ascomycetous fungus that causes brown leaf spot disease in rice. We isolated and characterized BLR2, a gene that encodes a putative blue-light regulator similar to Neurospora crassa white collar-2 (WC-2). The deduced amino acid sequence of the BLR2 showed significant homology to other...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Moriwaki A,Katsube H,Ueno M,Arase S,Kihara J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural biodiversity that is found in tropical areas offers countless biotechnological opportunities; especially if we take in account that many biomolecules from several microorganisms have supported for many years, different industrial applications in areas such as pharmacology, agro-industry, bioprocess, enviro...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Arboleda Valencia JW,Valencia Jiménez A,Gonçalves de Siqueira F,Dussan Medina K,Restrepo Franco GM,Filho EX,Siegfried BD,Grossi-de-Sa MF

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped bacterial strain JS15-10A1T was isolated from oil production water. Its optimum growth was observed at 37 °C, pH 7.0, and 3% (w/v) NaCl. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain JS15-10A1T showed the highest similarities with Pseudomonas parafulva CB-1T (97.6%) and P. fulva IAM 1529T (97....

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wang JW,Cai M,Nie Y,Hu B,Yang Y,Wu XL

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolbachia are strictly intracellular maternally inherited alpha-proteobacteria, largely widespread among arthropods and filariids (i.e., filarial nematodes). Wolbachia capacities to infect new host species have been greatly evidenced and the transfer of Wolbachia between arthropods and filariids has probably occurred ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Duron O,Gavotte L

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cbbF genes of the facultative chemoautotroph Alcaligenes eutrophus H16 are part of two highly homologous cbb operons. Both the chromosomal and the megaplasmid pHG1-borne copy of cbbF were cloned and sequenced. Subsequent analyses including comparison with known sequences from other organisms and heterologous expre...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yoo JG,Bowien B

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pantoea beijingensis, a gram-negative pathogenic bacterium, causes soft rot disease in the fungus Pleurotus eryngii in China. However, the taxonomic classification of this pathogen is controversial due to close relationships between bacteria of the genera Pantoea and Erwinia. This study aimed to resolve the identity o...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Xu F,Yan H,Liu Y,Zhao S,Song S,Gu T,Song Z,Xie J,Rong C

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The great increase in the abundance and phylogenetic diversity of Flavobacterium spp. within a few hundred meters downstream of the discharge site of the Westerhöfer Bach, a hardwater rivulet, raised the question whether adjacent soil may serve as a reservoir of bacteria not detected in discharge water. To address thi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Cousin S

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00