Attempts to revive Mycobacterium tuberculosis from 300-year-old human mummies.

abstract：:A multiplex-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay based on one-step amplification and detection of two different mycobacterial genomic fragments was designed for differentiation of Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The oligonucleotide primers were chosen from a 500-bp genomic fragment which is well c...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shah DH,Verma R,Bakshi CS,Singh RK

更新日期：2002-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella usually carry two highly homologous genes (omp2a and omp2b) for porin-like proteins. In several B. abortus biovars the omp2a gene has a large deletion compared to other Brucella omp2's. In this study we have measured Omp2 pore activity in planar bilayers. Omp2b exhibits well-defined trimeric channel activity ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mobasheri H,Ficht TA,Marquis H,Lea EJ,Lakey JH

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:mlrA is the only microcystin-degrading gene detected in Sphingomonas sp. MJ-PV. The gene has an extremely rare nucleotide sequence and homologous genes have not yet been discovered in the DNA database. We discovered the existence of a gene homologous to mlrA in new microcystin-degrading bacteria, MD-1 and Y2. These st...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Saito T,Okano K,Park HD,Itayama T,Inamori Y,Neilan BA,Burns BP,Sugiura N

更新日期：2003-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophages infecting Salmonella spp. were isolated from sewage using soft agar overlays containing three Salmonella serovars and assessed with regard to their potential to control food-borne salmonellae. Two distinct phages, as defined by plaque morphology, structure and host range, were obtained from a single sam...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Carey-Smith GV,Billington C,Cornelius AJ,Hudson JA,Heinemann JA

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogenase is oxygen-labile. Cyanobacterial heterocysts can fix N(2) in an oxic milieu because their interior is micro-oxic, for which the glycolipid layer of the heterocyst envelope is required. ORF all5341 of the Anabaena sp. genome predicts a glycosyl transferase. An insertional mutant of all5341 synthesized only ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Awai K,Wolk CP

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The xylanase gene of Streptomyces flavogriseus was cloned in pUC8 plasmid and expressed in Escherichia coli lysogenic for lambda cI857. lambda-Induced lysis of E. coli at 42 degrees C allowed efficient release of cloned enzyme activity in extracellular environment. The xylanase gene was located in the 0.8-kb HindIII f...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Srivastava R,Ali SS,Srivastava BS

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A thorough understanding of the mechanisms of Rcs and EnvZ/OmpR phosphorelay systems that allow Yersinia enterocolitica to thrive in various environments is crucial to prevent and control Y. enterocolitica infections. In this study, we showed that RcsB and OmpR have the ability to function differently in modulating a ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Meng J,Bai J,Xu J,Huang C,Chen J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The asexual spore, or conidium, is critical in the life cycle of many fungi because it is the primary means for dispersion and serves as a 'safe house' for the fungal genome in adverse environmental conditions. This review discusses the physiological process of germination, conidial adhesion and initiation of protein ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Osherov N,May GS

更新日期：2001-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli has been used widely in laboratory and the biotech industry. However, the genetic and metabolic characteristics remain inadequately studied, particularly for those strains with extensive genetic manipulations that might have resulted in unknown mutations. Here, we demonstrate a comparative proteomics ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Xia XX,Qian ZG,Lee SY

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outer membrane proteins of several prominent bacterial pathogens demonstrate substantial variation in their surface antigenic epitopes. To determine if this was also true for Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane protein OprF, gene sequencing of a serotype 5 isolate was performed to permit comparison with the publ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Martin NL,Rawling EG,Wong RS,Rosok M,Hancock RE

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different genes encoding pyridine nucleotide transhydrogenases (pntAB, udhA) and acetoacetyl-CoA reductases (phaB) were heterologously overexpressed in Rhodospirillum rubrum S1. A recombinant strain, which harbored the gene encoding the membrane-bound transhydrogenase PntAB from Escherichia coli MG1655 and the phaB1 g...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Heinrich D,Raberg M,Steinbüchel A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of low concentrations of cyanide on dissimilatory perchlorate and chlorate reduction and aerobic respiration was examined using pure cultures of Azospira sp. KJ. Cyanide at a concentration of 38 microM inhibited cell growth on perchlorate, chlorate and molecular oxygen, but it did not inhibit the activity o...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Song Y,Logan BE

更新日期：2004-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been widely reported that pH mediates cadmium toxicity to bacteria. We used a tripartite approach to investigate mechanisms by which pH affects cadmium toxicity that included analyses of: (1) growth kinetics, (2) global gene expression, and (3) cadmium speciation. Cadmium extended the lag phase at pH 7, but not...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Worden CR,Kovac WK,Dorn LA,Sandrin TR

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein A from the Staphylococcus aureus strain V8 has a molecular mass about 8000 Da less than that of known proteins A. The corresponding gene was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Sequence analysis of this structurally new protein A revealed that it lacked an IgG-binding domain (58 amino acids), and that it...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Finck-Barbançon V,Prevost G,Mazurier I,Piemont Y

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twitching motility is a form of bacterial translocation over solid or semi-solid surfaces mediated by the extension, tethering, and subsequent retraction of type IV pili. These pili are also known to be involved in virulence, biofilm formation, formation of fruiting bodies, horizontal gene transfer, and protein secret...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Coil DA,Anné J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the auto-ecology of a strain of Gigaspora margarita in a commercial inoculum, we found a pair of PCR primers amplifying a sequence of 235 bp diagnostic of the isolate. We designed an oligonucleotide probe based on the DNA sequence. The combination of PCR and the probing successfully detected the diagnos...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yokoyama K,Tateishi T,Marumoto T,Saito M

更新日期：2002-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotic susceptibility, plasmid profiles and random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) were used to study strains of Vibrio vulnificus isolated from cockles (Anadara granosa). Thirty-six isolates were analyzed. The prevalent biotypes were 1 (72.2% of the isolates) and 2 (27.8%). Among these, 21 strains of biot...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Radu S,Elhadi N,Hassan Z,Rusul G,Lihan S,Fifadara N,Yuherman,Purwati E

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fatty acid composition during the transformation of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes into metacyclic trypomastigotes (metacyclogenesis) was analysed by gas-liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. Significant qualitative and quantitative changes in the fatty acid composition occurred during incubation of epimas...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Esteves MG,Gonzales-Perdomo M,Alviano CS,Angluster J,Goldenberg S

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus mutans and certain other oral lactic-acid bacteria were found to have the ability to carry out malolactic fermentation involving decarboxylation of L-malate to yield L-lactic acid and concomitant reduction in acidity. The activity was inducible by L-malate in S. mutans UA159 growing in suspensions or bio...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sheng J,Marquis RE

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacteria belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex have the ability to invade and replicate in non-phagocytic cells, an event that requires the presence of bacterial surface components capable of triggering a cell response and the subsequent internalization of the microorganism. In this study, we report ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Flesselles B,Anand NN,Remani J,Loosmore SM,Klein MH

更新日期：1999-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we report a high-quality draft genome sequence of an uncultivated aromatic compound-degrading bacterium, obtained by the stable isotope probing method from a sulfate-reducing microcosm from an oil-contaminated tidal flat. The obtained genome was closely related with that of Desulfobacula toluolica Tol2. Abunda...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kim SJ,Park SJ,Jung MY,Kim JG,Min UG,Hong HJ,Rhee SK

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental plasmids often expand the metabolic repertoire of bacteria that carry them, but they also interfere with the biochemical and genetic network of the host. The pWW0 plasmid born by Pseudomonas putida mt-2 encodes the TOL pathway for degradation of toluene/m-xylene through production of intermediate compoun...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Silva-Rocha R,de Lorenzo V

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polysaccharides formed on hot alkaline extraction of the ascomycetous lichen Teloschistes flavicans were fractionated to give two glucans, which were characterised by methylation analysis and 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. One was a branched beta-glucan containing (1-->3) and (1-->6) linkages, a structure which is mo...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Reis RA,Tischer CA,Gorin PA,Iacomini M

更新日期：2002-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We found two Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains isolated from humans carrying the stx(1) gene with an IS1203-like element (designated as IS1203v(1)). The IS1203v(1) was inserted into the coding region of the A subunit 7 bp upstream from the TGA termination codon, resulting in a loss of two amino ac...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Suzuki M,Kondo F,Ito Y,Matsumoto M,Hata M,Oka H,Takahashi M,Sakae K

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to identify pathogenic organisms rapidly provides significant benefits to clinicians; in particular, with respect to best prescription practices and tracking of recurrent infections. Conventional bioassays require 3-5 days before identification of an organism can be made, thus compromising the effectivenes...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jarvis RM,Goodacre R

更新日期：2004-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A family of stable lactococcal vectors have been constructed based on the pFX1 replicon using either the alpha fragment or the complete Escherichia coli lacZ gene as a selective marker. These vectors also incorporate multiple cloning sites and examples are given of their use for gene cloning and translational fusion s...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Xu FF,Pearce LE,Yu PL

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermophilic bacteria have recently attracted great attention because of their potential application in improving different biochemical processes such as anaerobic digestion of various substrates, wastewater treatment or hydrogen production. In this study we report on the design of a specific 16S rRNA-targeted oligonu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gagliano MC,Braguglia CM,Rossetti S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncultured archaeal anaerobic methanotrophs (ANMEs) are known to operate the anaerobic oxidation of methane process, an important sink for the greenhouse gas methane in natural environments. In this study, we designed 16S rRNA gene-specific primers for each of the phylogenetic groups of ANMEs (ANME-1, Guaymas Basin hy...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Miyashita A,Mochimaru H,Kazama H,Ohashi A,Yamaguchi T,Nunoura T,Horikoshi K,Takai K,Imachi H

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus suis is a worldwide cause of various swine infections and is also an important agent of zoonosis. Strains of S. suis are classified according to their serotype, and currently, 35 serotypes are recognized. The aim of this study was to characterize nontypeable isolates of S. suis with regard to their cell ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bonifait L,Gottschalk M,Grenier D

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Giardia genome project database provides an online resource for Giardia lamblia (WB strain, clone C6) genome sequence information. The database includes edited single-pass reads, the results of BLASTX searches, and details of progress towards sequencing the entire 12 million-bp Giardia genome. Pre-sorted BLASTX re...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： McArthur AG,Morrison HG,Nixon JE,Passamaneck NQ,Kim U,Hinkle G,Crocker MK,Holder ME,Farr R,Reich CI,Olsen GE,Aley SB,Adam RD,Gillin FD,Sogin ML

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00