Sequence-specific endonucleases from the cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. ATCC 29132.

abstract：:Trichothecenes are an important family of mycotoxins produced by several species of the genus Fusarium. These fungi cause serious disease on infected plants and postharvest storage of crops, and the toxins can cause health problems for humans and animals. Unfortunately, there are few methods for controlling mycotoxin ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ismail Y,McCormick S,Hijri M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two yeasts from the effluent of a uranium mineral heap were identified as Candida sorbophila and Rhodotorula mucilaginosa. They are well adapted to such an environment as shown by their tolerance to metals and acid pH. However, different mechanisms could be involved in the adaptation: C. sorbophila could be considered...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： de Silóniz MI,Payo EM,Callejo MA,Marquina D,Peinado JM

更新日期：2002-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses quorum-sensing systems to regulate collective behaviour in response to the environment, by linking the expression of particular genes to population density. The quorum-sensing transcription factors LasR and RhlR and their cognate N-acyl-homoserine lactone (HSL) si...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Miklavič Š,Kogovšek P,Hodnik V,Korošec J,Kladnik A,Anderluh G,Gutierrez-Aguirre I,Maček P,Butala M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the biodiversity of 154 strains of lactic acid bacteria, including 112 dairy product isolates presumptively identified as obligately heterofermentative lactobacilli (OHL) by classical microbiological tests, as well as 23 OHL-type strains, was investigated by PCR-based methods and gene sequencing. Using ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Coton M,Berthier F,Coton E

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are a group of microorganisms that have the ability to synthesize intracellular magnetic crystals (magnetosomes). They prefer microaerobic or anaerobic aquatic sediments. Thus, there is growing interest in their ecological roles in various habitats. In this study we found co-occurrence of ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pan H,Dong Y,Teng Z,Li J,Zhang W,Xiao T,Wu LF

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella is a leading cause of waterborne diseases. Salmonella can survive for a long time in aquatic environments, and its persistence in the environment is of great concern to public health. Nonetheless, the presence and diversity of Salmonella in the aquatic environments in most areas remain relatively unknown. I...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Huang KH,Hsu BM,Chou MY,Tsai HL,Kao PM,Wang HJ,Hsiao HY,Su MJ,Huang YL

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Pycnoporus forms a group of four species known especially for producing high redox potential laccases suitable for white biotechnology. A sample of 36 Pycnoporus strains originating from different geographical areas was studied to seek informative molecular markers for the typing of new strains in laboratory...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lesage-Meessen L,Haon M,Uzan E,Levasseur A,Piumi F,Navarro D,Taussac S,Favel A,Lomascolo A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-associated hemagglutination (cHA) activity with human erythrocytes was examined for 468 clinical and 71 environmental strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Approximately 95% of the strains tested were cHA positive irrespective of source or Kanagawa phenomenon. 75% of clinical strains showed relatively strong mannos...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Nagayama K,Oguchi T,Arita M,Honda T

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori genomes contain about 30 hop genes that encode outer membrane proteins. Helicobacter pylori hopQ alleles exhibit a high level of genetic diversity, and two families of hopQ alleles have been described. Type I hopQ alleles are found more commonly in cag-positive H. pylori strains from patients with ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Loh JT,Torres VJ,Algood HM,McClain MS,Cover TL

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocytes and macrophages are an important host defense in humans infected with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi. Bacterial ability to survive in these cells is therefore a crucial virulence characteristic of this pathogen. In this study, we demonstrate that growth of a Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi enterochelin ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gorbacheva VY,Faundez G,Godfrey HP,Cabello FC

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A broad distribution of the lactococcal IS elements ISS1 [1] and IS904 [2] in several lactococcal plasmids and chromosomal DNA was observed. Hybridization of the ISS1 and IS904 oligonucleotide gene probes with DNA of lactococcal phages showed that none of these tested bacteriophages contained one of the IS elements. O...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Schäfer A,Jahns A,Geis A,Teuber M

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Phytomonas is responsible for many diseases in different crop plant species. The finding that chitin is an exposed cell surface polysaccharide in Phytomonas françai and the observation that chitinases can inhibit fungal growth raises expectations about the potential effect of plant chitinases on the P. franç...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gomes Rocha GC,Nicolich R,Romeiro A,Margis-Pinheiro M,Attias M,Alves-Ferreira M

更新日期：2003-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The pFL10 plasmid vector for translational fusions was constructed. pFL10 is based in the promiscuous pLS1 replicon and contains the pC194 cat gene deprived of its transcriptional promoter and Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence. Three promoters (Pcit, PpolA and PtetL) from Gram-positive bacteria, inserted in pFL10, were tes...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： López de Felipe F,Corrales MA,López P

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While there is an extensive database of genes encoding ammonia monooxygenase (amo) found in the ammonia-oxidizing beta-proteobacteria, few amo sequences are available representing the gamma-proteobacteria. We sequenced the complete amo operon (amoCAB) for Nitrosococcus oceani (ATCC 19707), a marine, autotrophic, ammon...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Alzerreca JJ,Norton JM,Klotz MG

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-free protein synthesis has emerged in recent years as a powerful tool that can potentially transform the production of recombinant proteins. Cell-free protein synthesis harnesses the synthetic power of living cells while eliminating many of the constraints of traditional cell-based gene expression methods. Due to...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lee KH,Kim DM

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinobacteria are known by their ability to produce several antimicrobial compounds of biotechnological interest. Thus, in this study, we isolated and identified by partial 16S RNA sequencing ∼100 actinobacteria isolates from guarana (Paullinia cupana) bulk soil. Besides, we isolated from the actinobacteria Streptomy...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Vicente Dos Reis G,Abraham WR,Grigoletto DF,de Campos JB,Marcon J,da Silva JA,Quecine MC,de Azevedo JL,Ferreira AG,de Lira SP

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protein kinase from Dictyostelium discoideum which phosphorylates the synthetic peptide, calmodulin-dependent protein kinase substrate (CDPKS, amino acid sequence: PLRRTLSVAA) and is stimulated by Ca2+/calmodulin is described. This is the first report of a protein kinase with these characteristics in D. discoideum. ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Dunbar AJ,Wheldrake JF

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the regulatory mechanism governing antifungal metabolite biosynthesis, two kinds of global regulator genes in Pseudomonas sp. M18, an rpoS and an rsmA gene, were cloned and mutated by inserting with an aacC1 cassette, respectively. Two mutants showed the same regulatory mode with repression of phenazine...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ge Y,Yang S,Fang Y,Yang R,Mou D,Cui J,Wen L

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) family of GTPases are highly conserved from yeast to human and regulate vesicle budding. Sec7 domain containing proteins stimulate the guanine nucleotide exchange on Arf proteins, while ARF-GTPase activating proteins stimulate the hydrolysis of GTP. Since vesicle trafficking is import...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Oscarsson T,Walther A,Lengeler KB,Wendland J

更新日期：2017-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve strains of Candida albicans were grown in defined medium which had been deferrated by ion-exchange chromatography and then supplemented with FeCl3 to give iron concentrations ranging from 0.026 microM (growth-limiting) to 0.8 microM (excess). All of the strains secreted hydroxamate-type siderophores; phenolate ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sweet SP,Douglas LJ

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When Escherichia coli STII was applied to the serosa of the ileum at a concentration of 40 micrograms/ml, an acceleration of the spontaneous motility and a weak contraction were induced 2-3 min later. The induction was not affected by the addition of atropine (10(-6) M), but was abolished by the addition of papaverine...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hitotsubashi S,Akagi M,Saitou A,Yamanaka H,Fujii Y,Okamoto K

更新日期：1992-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Biology education is undergoing a transformation toward a more student-centered, inquiry-driven classroom. Many educators have designed engaging assignments that are designed to help undergraduate students gain exposure to the scientific process and data analysis. One of these types of assignments is use of a grant pr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sparks-Thissen RL

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The choline-containing teichoic and lipoteichoic acids play an important part in cell wall metabolism of Streptococcus pneumoniae. We propose that a choline kinase enzyme has a role in the synthesis of these antigens. The presence of this enzyme was demonstrated in cell free extracts of S. pneumoniae by measuring the ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Whiting GC,Gillespie SH

更新日期：1996-05-01 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：:The sequences of the epidermolytic toxins and V8 serine proteinase share about 25% identity, including the catalytic triad at the proteinase active centre. Here we have altered the putative ETA active-site serine-195 to glycine by site-directed mutagenesis. No epidermolytic activity was detected when up to 100-fold gr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Redpath MB,Foster TJ,Bailey CJ

更新日期：1991-06-15 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：:Bacteria carry a number of genes that cause cell growth arrest or cell lysis upon expression. Notably, defective prophages retain many lysis proteins. Here, we identified a novel lytic gene, ydfD, on the Qin prophage segment of the Escherichia coli genome. YdfD lyses 99.9% of cells within 2 h of its induction. The co-...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Masuda H,Awano N,Inouye M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of four electron acceptors on hydrocarbon-induced methanogenesis was studied. Methanogenesis from residual hydrocarbons may enhance the exploitation of oil reservoirs and may improve bioremediation. The conditions to drive the rate-limiting first hydrocarbon-oxidizing steps for the conversion of hydrocarbon...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Siegert M,Cichocka D,Herrmann S,Gründger F,Feisthauer S,Richnow HH,Springael D,Krüger M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tolaasin is a peptide toxin produced by Pseudomonas tolaasii and causes brown blotch disease of the cultivated mushrooms. Two types of ion channels were identified by the incorporation of tolaasin into lipid bilayer. The slope conductance of type 1 channel measured in the buffer containing 100 mM KCl was 150 pS with a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cho KH,Kim YK

更新日期：2003-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell differentiation is one of the marks of multicellular organisms. Terminally specialised nitrogen-fixing cells, termed heterocysts, evolved in filamentous cyanobacteria more than 2 Gya. The development of their spacing pattern has been thoroughly investigated in model organisms such as Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. This p...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Antonaru LA,Nürnberg DJ

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00