Expression and characterization of penicillin-binding proteins in Burkholderia cenocepacia.

abstract：:Contribution of host genetic backgrounds in the development of gastric microbiota has not been clearly defined. This study was aimed to characterize the biodiversity, structure and composition of gastric microbiota among twins. A total of four pairs of twins and eight unrelated individuals were enrolled in the study. ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Dong Q,Xin Y,Wang L,Meng X,Yu X,Lu L,Xuan S

更新日期：2017-02-01 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 newly identified 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has become a public health concern globally posing a significant threat to human health and economy and creating an unprecedented crisis in all spheres of the global life. Emergence of new genotypes of SARS-CoV during the last few years has pointed out the limit...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Bhattacharjee A,Saha M,Halder A,Debnath A,Mukherjee O

更新日期：2021-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipid modification of membrane proteins was investigated in Acholeplasma laidlawii by metabolic labeling and by chemical analysis. A S-glycerylcysteine residue was identified from membrane proteins and we reported the strong preference for saturated acyl chains into the lipid modification. Differential release of ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Le Hénaff M,Chollet A,Fontenelle C

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Favre and coworkers (Favre et al., Biochimie 73:235-244, 1991) previously reported that the Bordetella pertussis recA gene present at high copy number could promote a low frequency of recombination, but not bacteriophage induction in Escherichia coli RecA- mutants. Reexamination of these phenotypes demonstrated that, ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kuhl SA

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cell lysis methods (NaOH-SDS solubilization, French press treatment, sonication, mutanolysin treatment) and three methods of protein assays (Lowry, Bradford, Pierce) were studied for their applicability to determination of cell volume in Clostridium perfringens NCTC 8798 cell suspensions. Protein contents were hi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Guerlava P,Izac V,Tholozan JL

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial populations in indoor environments, where we live and eat, are important for public health. Various bacterial species reside in the kitchen, and refrigerators, the major means of food storage within kitchens, can be a direct source of food borne illness. Therefore, the monitoring of microbiota in the refrige...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Jeon YS,Chun J,Kim BS

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) produces insecticidal toxins active against insects. Cry4B, one of the major insecticidal toxins produced by Bt subsp. israelensis, is highly toxic to mosquitoes in the genus Aedes: the major vectors of dengue, yellow fever, and chikungunya. Previous work has shown that Cry4B binds to sever...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kuadkitkan A,Smith DR,Berry C

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predation by Bdellovibrio-like organisms (BLOs) results in bacterial community succession in aquatic ecosystems. The effects of nutrient loading on the distribution and phylogeny of BLOs remain largely unknown. To this end, we present our findings on BLO diversity from four north-Indian lakes that are variable in thei...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Chauhan A,Fortenberry GZ,Lewis DE,Williams HN

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outer membrane protein of Photobacterium damsela (OMP-PD) and the gene encoding for this porin protein were isolated and characterized. The deduced amino acid sequence of the OMP-PD monomer has 338 amino acids and a calculated molecular weight of 36,951 Da. This sequence includes a 22-amino acid signal peptide at ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Gribun A,Katcoff DJ,Hershkovits G,Pechatnikov I,Nitzan Y

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plant growth-promoting Paenibacillus lentimorbus NRRL B-30488 (B-30488) was isolated from cows' milk. Bacterial colonization and growth responses of different plant species after inoculation with B-30488 were evaluated in a controlled environment and in microplot assays. Survival and colonization of B-30488 in the p...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： DasGupta SM,Khan N,Nautiyal CS

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ostricacin-1 and ostricacin-2 (Osp-1 and Osp-2) were beta-defensins antimicrobial peptides that were purified from ostrich leukocytes using a cation-exchange column and a semi-prep RP-HPLC column. Both ostricacins were subjected to increased concentrations of monovalent cations (K(+) and Na(+)) and divalent cations (C...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sugiarto H,Yu PL

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the usefulness of flow cytometry for detection of vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecalis by direct binding of commercially available fluorescent vancomycin to cells obtained from culture. The cells were stained with Vancomycin@FL, sonicated and additionally stained with propidium iodide (PI). Regard...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Jarzembowski T,Jóźwik A,Wiśniewska K,Witkowski J

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA sequence was determined for a region upstream of the puf operon of Rhodospirillum rubrum. A partial ORF was identified. The DNA sequence and the inferred amino acid sequences were aligned with those of bchA of Rhodobacter capsulatus and other phototrophic bacteria. Based on this alignment and genetic evidence,...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lee IY,Collins ML

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：:The yeast Candida glycerinogenes produces a high yield of glycerol only in response to a medium-osmotic stress, but little is known about the relationship between osmoadaptation and glycerol metabolism. The CgTPI gene encoding triose phosphate isomerase of C. glycerinogenes was cloned and sequenced, and its functional...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yongguang Z,Wei S,Zhiming R,Huiying F,Jian Z

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis is an important global zoonotic disease caused by pathogenic Leptospira spp. species. Swine leptospirosis has a major economic impact because pigs are sources of animal protein and by-products. The signs of swine leptospirosis are abortion, stillbirth, birth of weak or ill piglets, appearing 14-60 days a...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Hartleben CP,Leal FM,Monte LG,Hartwig DD,Seixas FK,Vasconcellos SA,Brihuega B,Dellagostin OA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production and its potential use of a novel trihydroxy unsaturated fatty acid, 7,10,12-trihydroxy-8(E)-octadecenoic acid (TOD), were investigated. TOD was formed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PR3 (NRRL B-18602) in a culture supplied with exogenous ricinoleic acid. The yield of TOD production was always higher in a ric...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kuo TM,Kim H,Hou CT

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbiota in solar salterns plays an important role in salt production quantitatively and qualitatively. Bohai Bay coast is the major sea salt producing area in China. However, few ecological characterization studies of the Bohai Bay salt ponds, particularly of their microbial diversity, have been conducted. This...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang J,Ma G,Deng Y,Dong J,Van Stappen G,Sui L

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:In the present work, Aspergillus fumigatus is described as a higher producer of hydrolytic enzymes secreted in response to the presence of the Callosobruchus maculatus bruchid pest. This fungus was able to grow over cowpea weevil shells as a unique carbon source, secreting alkaline proteolytic and chitinolytic enzymes...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Pereira JL,Franco OL,Noronha EF

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex gut microbiota plays a key role in host metabolism and health. However, the core microbial communities in the different aged Bactrian camels remain totally unclear. We used high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing to examine the temporal variability of the fecal microbiota in Bactrian camels. At 2 months o...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： He J,Hai L,Orgoldol K,Yi L,Ming L,Guo F,Li G,Ji R

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We constructed recombinant phage particles displaying the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ba4 active toxin using the pfUSE5 and pComb3X phagemid vectors. The recombinant phage particles were screened and evaluated for displayed biologically active Cry1Ba4 toxin against the target insect larvae. Concurrent expression of Cry...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Nathan S,Aziz DH,Mahadi NM

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pasteurella haemolytica (Ph) is the most important cause of the bovine acute fibrinohemorrhagic pneumonia that occurs in market stressed calves after shipment to feedyards. Recent characterization of neuraminidase production by these organisms has shown that all 16 serotypes produce an immunologically similar form of ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Straus DC,Purdy CW,Loan RW,Briggs RF,Frank GH

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus thuringiensis strain BtMC28 was isolated from the soil sample in China. Two novel crystal protein genes were found by using the PCR-RFLP method. Moreover, the full-length sequences of two novel genes were obtained by a single oligonucleotide nested (SON)-PCR upstream and downstream strategy. Sequence analysis...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Tan F,Zhu J,Tang J,Tang X,Wang S,Zheng A,Li P

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 (Ogawa, Inaba) and non-O1 serogroups have been found to produce an elastolytic protease that can be detected on 0.3% elastin agar plates or in broth cultures. The elastase enzyme appears to be maximally expressed in late log phase (14-18 h postinoculation) and has optimum activity at a pH...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Janda JM,Abbott SL,Khashe S

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cronobacter sakazakii is now recognized as an opportunistic pathogen and has been implicated in rare but severe cases of necrotizing enterocolitis, meningitis, and sepsis in neonates. The first step in bacterial pathogenesis requires that the organism adheres to host cells surfaces; therefore, agents that inhibit adhe...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Quintero-Villegas MI,Wittke A,Hutkins R

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：:Magainin 2 is pore-forming antimicrobial peptide on lipid matrix of bacterial membrane, secreted from the skin of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis. The aim of this study was to investigate a new concept for antibacterial mechanisms called bacterial apoptosis-like cell death. We examined the morphological changes...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lee W,Lee DG

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gram-negative bacterium, designated FJY1(T), was isolated from a soil sample obtained from a university campus in South Korea. Examination showed that FJY1(T) was red-pigmented, aerobic, motile, and composed of nonspore-forming rods. This strain grew in a temperature range of 15-37 °C and a pH range of 7-9. Based on...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Jang JH,Lee D,Cha S,Lim S,Yang D,Seo T

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00