Characterization of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella enterica food and animal isolates from Colombia: identification of a qnrB19-mediated quinolone resistance marker in two novel serovars.

abstract：:A cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase) gene of Brevibacillus brevis CD162 was cloned into Escherichia coli using pUC19 as a vector. Determination of the nucleotide sequence showed the presence of an open reading frame of 2079 bp encoding a polypeptide of 693 amino acid residues, composed of a 20-amino acid signal...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kim MH,Sohn CB,Oh TK

更新日期：1998-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcaligenes sp. strain PPH degrades phenanthrene via 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid (1-H2NA), 1,2-dihydroxynaphthalene (1,2-DHN), salicylic acid and catechol. Enzyme activity versus growth profile and heat stability studies suggested the presence of two distinct hydroxylases, namely 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid hydroxylase ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Deveryshetty J,Phale PS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high-pathogenicity island (Yen HPI) of Yersinia enterocolitica biogroup (BG) 1B strains is associated with mouse virulence. Three repeated sequences are clustered on the A+T-rich part of the Yen HPI downstream of the fyuA yersiniabactin receptor gene in Y. enterocolitica O:8 strains WA-314 and 8081. In addition to...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Rakin A,Schubert S,Guilvout I,Carniel E,Heesemann J

更新日期：2000-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Interspecies bacterial communication is mediated by autoinducer-2, whose synthesis depends on luxS. Due to the apparent universality of luxS (present in more than 40 bacterial species), it may have an ancient origin; however, no direct evidence is currently available. We amplified luxS in bacteria isolated from 25- to...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Santiago-Rodriguez TM,Patrício AR,Rivera JI,Coradin M,Gonzalez A,Tirado G,Cano RJ,Toranzos GA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enteric conjugative transposon-like IncJ elements R391, R392, R705, R706 and pMERPH, all demonstrated increased conjugative transfer upon UV irradiation. The transfer frequency increased on average from its basal rate of 10(-5) to 10(-3) per recipient, upon pre-exposure to UV irradiation. However, the transfer fre...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： McGrath BM,O'Halloran JA,Pembroke JT

更新日期：2005-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The denitrifying bacterium Thauera aromatica strain AR-1 grows anaerobically with protocatechuate (3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (DHB)) as sole energy and carbon source. This bacterium harbors two distinct pathways for degradation of aromatic compounds, the benzoyl-coenzyme A (CoA) pathway for benzoate degradation and the hyd...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Philipp B,Kemmler D,Hellstern J,Gorny N,Caballero A,Schink B

更新日期：2002-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The steady-state levels of the aminopeptidase Y (APY1) transcript and the level of assayable aminopeptidase Y activity were measured under a variety of nutritional conditions. Specific APY1 mRNA is less abundant in cells grown in minimal medium than in cells grown in rich medium, while active enzyme levels follow just...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Herrera-Camacho I,Suárez-Rendueles P

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although glycogen and other alpha-1,4-D-glucan storage polysaccharides are present in many bacteria, only few glucan phosphorylases from bacteria have been identified and characterised on the protein or gene level. All bacterial phosphorylases follow the same catalytic mechanisms as their plant and vertebrate counterp...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Schinzel R,Nidetzky B

更新日期：1999-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ruminococcus albus is a Gram-positive bacterium that degrades plant cell walls in the rumen of herbivores. It was described to synthesize two major glycoside-hydrolases (Cel9B and Cel48A), which are exported and anchored at the cell surface. In bacteria, proteins destined to cross the cytoplasmic membrane are synthesi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Esbelin J,Martin C,Forano E,Mosoni P

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acyl carrier protein (ACP) of Escherichia coli is a small acidic protein which functions as carrier of growing acyl chains during their biosynthesis and as donor of acyl chains during transfer to target molecules. This unique ACP of E. coli is expressed constitutively. In more complex bacteria, multiple ACPs are prese...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Geiger O,López-Lara IM

更新日期：2002-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Sugar alcohols (polyols) have important roles as nutrients, anti-freezing agents and scavengers of free radicals in cold-adapted bacteria, but the characteristics of polyol dehydrogenases in cold-adapted bacteria remain largely unknown. In this study, based on the observation that a cold-adapted bacterium Pseudomonas ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： DangThu Q,Nguyen TT,Jang SH,Lee C

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Five independent collections, comprising a total of 34 clones encoding cellulases, hemicellulases and cell surface proteins of Clostridium thermocellum, were searched for overlapping or contiguous DNA fragments. The clones were hybridized to large genomic restriction fragments separated by pulse-field electrophoresis....

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Guglielmi G,Béguin P

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme linked immune sorbent assay (ELISA) was developed to measure bacterial surface lipoteichoic acid (LTA). Numerous strains of oral streptococci belonging to the 'viridans' group were examined on three separate occasions. The results show that, under these cultural conditions, oral streptococci do not normally ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hogg SD,Manning JE

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chitinase was purified from the cytosolic fraction of the anaerobic rumen fungus Piromyces communis OTS1 by affinity chromatography using regenerated chitin, gel filtration and chromatofocusing. The chitinase was most active at pH 6.2 and at 60 degrees C in a 20-min assay. The molecular mass of the purified protein ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sakurada M,Morgavi DP,Komatani K,Tomita Y,Onodera R

更新日期：1996-03-15 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：:In this report we describe the development of a highly stringent and dually regulated promoter system for Shigella flexneri. Dual regulation was provided by utilizing a promoter susceptible to control by the bacteriophage P1 temperature-sensitive C1 repressor that in turn was under the transcriptional control of LacI....

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Schofield DA,Westwater C,Dolan JW,Norris JS,Schmidt MG

更新日期：2002-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel vip3-type gene named vip3LB has been isolated from Bacillus thuringiensis strain BUPM95. The corresponding secreted vegetative insecticidal protein was active against the lepidopteran insect Ephestia kuehniella. The vip3LB gene was shown, for the first time, to be carried by the large plasmid containing the cr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mesrati LA,Tounsi S,Jaoua S

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Acylated homoserine lactone (AHL)-based quorum sensing (QS) has been reported to be present only in Gram-negative microorganisms. Isolation of a novel Gram-positive microorganism from sea water, capable of producing AHL, is reported here. The isolate (GenBank: JF915892, designated as MPO) belonging to the Exiguobacter...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Biswa P,Doble M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A CO-reactive hemoprotein was purified from the mitochondrial membrane fraction of Tetrahymena pyriformis. It showed absorption peaks at 615 and 455 nm in the reduced form and an alpha peak at 565 nm in the pyridine ferrohemochrome spectrum. Although the spectral properties were apparently similar to those of 'cytochr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Inokuchi A,Fukumori Y

更新日期：1993-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA polymerase from the archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi strain Orsay was expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant DNA polymerase (Pab) was purified to homogeneity by heat treatment followed by 5 steps of chromatography and characterized for PCR applications. Buffer optimization experiments indicated that Pab PCR perf...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Dietrich J,Schmitt P,Zieger M,Preve B,Rolland JL,Chaabihi H,Gueguen Y

更新日期：2002-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The phylogenetic position of an acidophilic chemo-organotrophic menaquinone-containing bacterium, Acidobacterium capsulatum, was studied on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence information. A. capsulatum showed the highest level of sequence similarity to Heliobacterium chlorum, a member of the Gram-positive group, yet ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hiraishi A,Kishimoto N,Kosako Y,Wakao N,Tano T

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial competition for carbon sources is a primary determinant of rhizosphere ecology. We employed the PCR to examine the population fluctuations of a symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterium (Rhizobium etli) during the first 11 days following inoculation of Phaseolus vulgaris seedlings grown in the presence or absence ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Petersen DJ,Srinivasan M,Chanway CP

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial populations produce persister cells that neither grow nor die in the presence of microbicidal antibiotics. Persisters are largely responsible for high levels of biofilm tolerance to antimicrobials, but virtually nothing was known about their biology. Tolerance of Escherichia coli to ampicillin and ofloxacin ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Keren I,Kaldalu N,Spoering A,Wang Y,Lewis K

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The porin-associated protein of Rhodospirillum rubrum FR1 was found to contain a peptidoglycan binding motif. A partial fragment of 179 amino acids, obtained by cleavage of PAP with trypsin, Asp-N protease, and CNBr, was sequenced. Substantial sequence homology was found of the C-terminal part (residues 126-179) of po...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Neumann U,Schiltz E,Stahl B,Hillenkamp F,Weckesser J

更新日期：1996-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel method for the identification of hepatitis B virus (HBV) variants was developed. The ligase chain reaction (LCR) distinguished the sequences of two isolates from the Gambia showing a change at nucleotide 421 within the region coding for the surface protein a antigenic determinant. One sequence was derived from...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Karthigesu VD,Mendy M,Fortuin M,Whittle HC,Howard CR,Allison LM

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NadR is the repressor protein that controls the expression of genes for NAD synthesis. It is also believed to be involved in nucleotide transport. Point mutations conferring different phenotypes were localized to six different regions within the nadR gene. That mutations affecting repression and transport all mapped w...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Foster JW,Penfound T

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies had shown that Mycoplasma pulmonis contained a bovine serum albumin-dependent, membrane-associated hemolysin. Biochemical analyses were performed to further characterize this activity. The membrane-associated hemolytic activity could be activated by dithiothreitol and beta-mercaptoethanol, and inactiv...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jarvill-Taylor KJ,Minion FC

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparisons of growth and surface colonisation of Enterococcus faecium L-forms and their cell-walled forms were undertaken to produce information about their ability to form sessile cells. The growth of L-forms in liquid culture was slower than that of the parent. This was reflected in their longer lag phase and slowe...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jass J,Phillips LE,Allan EJ,Costerton JW,Lappin-Scott HM

更新日期：1994-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The growing demand to replace fossil fuels with renewable alternatives has generated an urgent and imminent global need to find new non-fossil sources. Sweet sorghum is widely recognized as a highly promising biomass energy crop with the particular potential to complement sugarcane for ethanol production. Our aim in t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Durán MA,Dantur K,Ruiz RM,Romero ER,Zossi S,Gusils C

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a glnII (encoding glutamine synthetase II) PCR selective screening, a Frankia ACN14a gene library clone was isolated. A derived glnII-hybridising 2.7-kb HindIII subclone was characterised. Identities of 95% and 93% were observed, respectively, with the corresponding Frankia CpI1 glnI and glnII regions. A variabl...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cournoyer B,Lavire C

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00