Linkage of microbial ecology to phenotype: correlation of rumen microbial ecology to cattle's feed efficiency.

abstract：:The cellulase-producing fungal strain Y-94, isolated in Japan and invalidly described as Acremonium cellulolyticus nom. nud. strain Y-94, seldom forms enteroarthric conidia under nutrient starvation conditions. Phylogenetic analysis using ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 and RNA polymerase II large subunit gene sequences revealed that ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fujii T,Hoshino T,Inoue H,Yano S

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (S. suis 2 or SS2) is the causative agent of several diseases in both pigs and humans. 6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGD) is a cell surface protein in SS2. In this study, the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of recombinant 6PGD (r6PGD) from SS2 was evaluated in piglets. Immuniz...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tan C,Liu M,Liu J,Yuan F,Fu S,Liu Y,Jin M,Bei W,Chen H

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In several bacterial species that show natural transformation, dprA has been described as a competence gene. The DprA protein has been suggested to be involved in the protection of incoming DNA. However, members of the dprA gene family (also called smf) can be detected in virtually all bacterial species, which suggest...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Smeets LC,Becker SC,Barcak GJ,Vandenbroucke-Grauls CM,Bitter W,Goosen N

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodopirellula baltica (strain SH 1T) is a free-living marine representative of the phylogenetically independent and environmentally relevant phylum Planctomycetes. Little is known about the regulatory strategies of free-living bacteria with large (7.15 Mb) genomes. Therefore, a consistent, quantitative and qualitativ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lombardot T,Bauer M,Teeling H,Amann R,Glöckner FO

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genes encoding the desulforubidin type of dissimilatory sulfite reductase (Dsr) from the sulfate-reducing bacteria Desulfobacter vibrioformis and Desulfobulbus rhabdoformis were cloned and sequenced. Similar to the genes for dissimilatory sulfite reductase from the genera Archaeoglobus, Desulfovibrio and Desulfoto...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Larsen,Lien T,Birkeland NK

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report for the first time the production of acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) by Erwina amylovora, an important quarantine bacterial pathogen that causes fire blight in plants. E. amylovora produces one N-acyl homoserine lactone [a N-(3-oxo-hexanoyl)-homoserine lactone or a N-(3-hydroxy-hexanoyl)-homoserine lactone] ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Venturi V,Venuti C,Devescovi G,Lucchese C,Friscina A,Degrassi G,Aguilar C,Mazzucchi U

更新日期：2004-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The argH gene encoding argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) of Methanococcus maripaludis was cloned on a 4.7-kb HindIII genomic fragment. The gene is preceded by a short open reading frame (ORF149), which encodes a polypeptide with an unknown function. The two genes are co-transcribed. The ASL of M. maripaludis shares a high...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cohen-Kupiec R,Kupiec M,Sandbeck K,Leigh JA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkyl ether-degrading Rhodococcus sp. strain DEE5151, isolated from activated sewage sludge, has an activity for the oxidation of a variety of alkyl ethers, aralkyl ethers and dibenzyl ether. The whole cell activity for diethyl ether oxidation was effectively inhibited by 2,3-dihydrofurane, ethyl vinyl ether and gluta...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kim YH,Engesser KH

更新日期：2005-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in gene expression play a critical role in enhancing the ability of cyanobacteria to survive under cold conditions. In the present study, Spirulina platensis cultures were grown at the optimal growth temperature, in the light, before being transferred to dark conditions at 22 degrees C. Two dimensional-differe...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jeamton W,Mungpakdee S,Sirijuntarut M,Prommeenate P,Cheevadhanarak S,Tanticharoen M,Hongsthong A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two Csp proteins (CspA and CspD) were fused to the green fluorescent protein GFP and expressed from their natural promoters or from an inducible promoter. Fluorescence microscopy and computerized image analysis indicate that in Escherichia coli growing at 37 degrees C CspD localizes in the nucleoid like the control H-...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Giangrossi M,Exley RM,Le Hegarat F,Pon CL

更新日期：2001-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The cryopreservation of an anaerobic rumen fungus, Piromyces communis OTS1, was examined at -84 degrees C using dimethyl sulfoxide, propylene glycol or ethylene glycol as cryoprotectants. Ethylene glycol was the most effective agent, combining high survival and low toxicity, followed by dimethyl sulfoxide and propylen...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sakurada M,Tsuzuki Y,Morgavi DP,Tomita Y,Onodera R

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cDNAs encoding feedback inhibition-insensitive serine acetyltransferases of Arabidopsis thaliana were expressed in the chromosomal serine acetyltransferase-deficient and L-cysteine non-utilizing Escherichia coli strain JM39-8. The transformants produced 1600 to 1700 mg l(-1) of L-cysteine and L-cystine from glucos...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Takagi H,Awano N,Kobayashi S,Noji M,Saito K,Nakamori S

更新日期：1999-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The enterobacterium Photorhabdus luminescens produces a number of toxins to kill its insect host. By analyzing the genomic sequence of P. luminescens TT01, we found that amino acid sequences encoded by plu1961 and plu1962 showed high similarity to XaxAB binary toxin of Xenorhabuds nematophila, which has both necrotic ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zhang X,Hu X,Li Y,Ding X,Yang Q,Sun Y,Yu Z,Xia L,Hu S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The viability of probiotics is affected by several factors during manufacturing, storage and gastrointestinal tract passage. Protecting the probiotics from harmful conditions is particularly critical for oxygen sensitive species like Akkermansia muciniphila, a bacterium which recently has been proposed as a next-gener...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Marcial-Coba MS,Saaby L,Knøchel S,Nielsen DS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two plasmids, pEM4 (IncFI) determining virulence and pEM6 (IncI) determining colicine I production and resistance to tetracycline, have been found in a pathogenic strain of Citrobacter freundii. Even though pEM4 and pEM6 plasmids are conjugative and transfer themselves very efficiently during conjugation, a high cotra...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Morzejko E,Panek E,Cebrat S

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species of strictly and facultatively anaerobic cellulolytic bacteria from soils and sediments were examined for the ability to degrade chitin. Of 22 species studied, 16 degraded insoluble chitin. Cellulomonas uda, which was selected for a comparative study of its cellulase and chitinase enzyme systems, produced diffe...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Reguera G,Leschine SB

更新日期：2001-11-13 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：: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

abstract：:Understanding drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis requires an integrated analysis of strain lineages, mutations and gene expression. Previously, we reported the differential expression of esxG, esxH, infA, groES, rpmI, rpsA and lipF genes in a sensitive M. tuberculosis strain and in a multidrug-resistant cli...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： González-Escalante L,Peñuelas-Urquides K,Said-Fernández S,Silva-Ramírez B,Bermúdez de León M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-negative sporulating thermophilic anaerobe, designated AB11Ad, was isolated from the heated waters of the Great Artesian Basin of Australia. It grew on a variety of carbohydrates including glucose, starch, and dextran and produced a thermostable and thermoactive extracellular endo-dextranase. The enzyme was pro...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wynter C,Patel BK,Bain P,de Jersey J,Hamilton S,Inkerman PA

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoassays are increasingly used to investigate the production, properties and fates of the cyanobacterial hepatotoxic microcystins in vitro and in vivo. Responses of an ELISA immunoassay to microcystins have been determined using the authentic toxin antigen, microcystin-LR, and conjugation products between the toxi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Metcalf JS,Beattie KA,Pflugmacher S,Codd GA

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrons are bacterial genetic elements capable of capturing and expressing potentially adaptive genetic material. Class 1 integrons constitute the most intensely studied group of these elements to date, mainly due to their well-established role in the acquisition and dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes in c...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hardwick SA,Stokes HW,Findlay S,Taylor M,Gillings MR

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans is an acidophile implicated in low-temperature biomining for the recovery of metals from sulfide minerals. Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans obtains its energy from the oxidation of inorganic sulfur compounds, and genes encoding several alternative pathways have been identified. Next-generati...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Christel S,Fridlund J,Buetti-Dinh A,Buck M,Watkin EL,Dopson M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversity of a collection of 49 Lactococcus garvieae strains, including isolates of dairy, fish, meat, vegetable and cereal origin, was explored using a molecular polyphasic approach comprising PCR-ribotyping, REP and RAPD-PCR analyses and a multilocus restriction typing (MLRT) carried out on six partial genes (at...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ferrario C,Ricci G,Borgo F,Rollando A,Fortina MG

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:It is known that certain yeast strains, so called 'killers', can produce and excrete proteinaceous toxins that can induce death of other sensitive strains. We obtained a stable fungicidal factor (SKF) through concentration and stabilization of the excretion product of certain killer strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bracesco N,Salvo VA,Carrau FM,Nunes E

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A relatively simple, rapid sample preparation method has been developed for analysis of low-molecular mass compounds present in soluble coal products generated by microbial coal solubilizing agents. Acidification of the sample followed by direct extraction into hexanes is coupled with gas chromatography/mass spectrome...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Toth-Allen J,Torzilli AP,Isbister JD

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An accurate monitoring of disease progression is important to evaluate disease susceptibility phenotypes. Over the years, Arabidopsis thaliana has become the model species to serve as a host in plant-pathogen interactions. Despite the efforts to study genetic mechanisms of host defense, little efforts are made for a t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Brouwer M,Lievens B,Van Hemelrijck W,Van den Ackerveken G,Cammue BP,Thomma BP

更新日期：2003-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:There are arguments against the conclusion drawn by Haselwandter and Ebner that fungal spores have survived for some 5300 years on hay padding in the leather boots of a frozen body discovered in the Austrian Alps. According to cryobiological experience, long-term survival of fungal spores is very unlikely at temperatu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gams W,Stalpers JA

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have constructed a DNA library from a virulent Salmonella typhimurium strain, in an avirulent strain. The process of selecting the components of interest from the library involved iterative growth in liquid culture. This resulted, after four cycles, in the culture becoming homogeneous for a single plasmid, which wa...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lodge JM,Robey M,Stephen J,Brown NL

更新日期：1999-01-15 00:00:00