Adherence of Candida albicans to components of the subendothelial extracellular matrix.

abstract：:An open reading frame located in the tyrB-uvrA intergenic region of the Escherichia coli MG1655 chromosome was identified as encoding the class B acid phosphatase of this species on the basis of cloning and expression experiments. A protocol for purification of the enzyme (named AphA) was developed, and its properties...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Thaller MC,Schippa S,Bonci A,Cresti S,Rossolini GM

更新日期：1997-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Francisella tularensis is a highly virulent bacterial species that causes various forms of tularemia in humans. The urgency in understanding the pathogenesis of these diseases has stimulated unprecedented interest in this bacterial species over the past few years. Recent findings underscore a number of important disti...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Parmely MJ,Fischer JL,Pinson DM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We devised a screening method to obtain basidiomycetous fungi capable of degrading dioxins. About 200 fungal strains were selected from more than 1500 strains by their ability to decolorize Remazol brilliant blue R dye as an indicator. To attempt to eliminate the factor of dioxin sorption by mycelia, we prepared two s...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sato A,Watanabe T,Watanabe Y,Harazono K,Fukatsu T

更新日期：2002-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel strain of Rhizopus oryzae WPG secretes a noninduced lipase (ROLw) in the culture medium; purified ROLw is a protein of 29 kDa, the 45 N-terminal amino acid residues were sequenced, this sequence is very homologous to Rhizopus delemar lipase (RDL), Rhizopus niveus lipase (RNL) and R. oryzae lipase (ROL29) seque...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Salah RB,Mosbah H,Fendri A,Gargouri A,Gargouri Y,Mejdoub H

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ralstonia eutropha H16 is a Gram-negative lithoautotrophic bacterium and is one of the best biopolymer-producing bacteria. It can grow to high cell densities either under lithoautotrophic or under heterotrophic conditions, which makes it suitable for a number of biotechnological applications. Also, R. eutropha H16 can...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Park JM,Jang YS,Kim TY,Lee SY

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of exopolysaccharide production by heterofermentative sourdough lactic acid bacteria has shown that Weissella strains isolated from sourdoughs produce linear dextrans containing α-(1→6) glucose residues with few α-(1→3) linkages from sucrose. In this study, several dextran-producing strains, Weissella cibari...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bounaix MS,Robert H,Gabriel V,Morel S,Remaud-Siméon M,Gabriel B,Fontagné-Faucher C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial aerotaxis is a rapid response towards or away from oxygen. Here we report on the use of computer-assisted motion analysis coupled to flash photolysis of caged oxygen to quantify aerotactic responses in bacteria. The caged compound (mu-peroxo)(mu-hydroxo)bis[bis(bipyridyl) cobalt(III)] perchlorate liberates m...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yu HS,Saw JH,Hou S,Larsen RW,Watts KJ,Johnson MS,Zimmer MA,Ordal GW,Taylor BL,Alam M

更新日期：2002-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We have performed amplified-fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) fingerprinting on a collection of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar typhimurium strains with a restriction endonuclease combination (BglII and MfeI) that has previously been used successfully for typing Campylobacter jejuni isolates with high re...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lindstedt BA,Heir E,Vardund T,Kapperud G

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolates of anaerobic fungi obtained from the rumen, duodenum and faeces of sheep were identified as Piromyces mae based on their morphological characteristics observed using light microscopy. There was no significant morphological variation among the isolates of P. mae from the rumen, duodenum and faeces. Isozymes of...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wong MV,Ho YW,Tan SG,Abdullah N,Jalaludin S

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa are known to have a wide physiological potential allowing them to constantly populate diverse environments leading to severe infections of humans such as septicemia, leg ulcers, and burn wounds. We set out to probe physiological characteristics of P. aeruginosa isolates from diabetic leg ulcers ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Buivydas A,Pasanen T,Senčilo A,Daugelavičius R,Vaara M,Bamford DH

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on the porcine respiratory tract pathogen Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae requires the availability of improved genetic tools. Therefore, using the sacB gene of Bacillus subtilis, we developed a sucrose-based counterselection system that allows rapid curing of an Escherichia coli-A. pleuropneumoniae shuttle v...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Oswald W,Tonpitak W,Ohrt G,Gerlach G

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This commentary describes an assessment exercise known as the TRIPSE (Tri-Partite Problem Solving Exercise) that mimics science in operation. Students frame hypotheses based on limited data, design experiments to test them, which they later revise with new information. It is emphasised that there are no single correct...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Nastos S,Rangachari PK

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The symbiotic plasmid (pSym) DNA present in bacteroids of strain RCR1001 of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viceae has been compared qualitatively and quantitatively with that present in free living bacteria by hybridization experiments with appropriate probes. A decrease in the relative amount of pSym DNA was observed...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Vierny C,Iaccarino M

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An inducible mycelial beta-glucosidase from Scytalidum thermophilum was characterized. The enzyme exhibited a pI of 6.5, a carbohydrate content of 15%, and an apparent molecular mass of about 40 kDa. Optima of temperature and pH were 60 degrees C and 6.5, respectively. The enzyme was stable up to 1 h at 50 degrees C a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zanoelo FF,Polizeli Mde L,Terenzi HF,Jorge JA

更新日期：2004-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The mol% G + C of DNA extracted from seven different isolates of Renibacterium salmoninarum was determined. Organisms studied were from selected geographical areas (U.S.A., Canada, England and France) and were isolated from five different species of salmonid fish. The mol% G + C was determined to be 55.5, higher than ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Banner CR,Rohovec JS,Fryer JL

更新日期：1991-03-15 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：:The miniplasmid profiles of 18 Bacillus thuringiensis strains belonging to 8 different serotypes were determined using an alkaline hydrolysis method for isolation of low molecular mass plasmids. Nearly all the strains contained covalently closed circular (CCC) DNA species ranging from 2 to 5 species per strain and fro...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Marin R,Tanguay RM,Valéro J,Letarte R,Bellemare G

更新日期：1992-07-15 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 distribution of virulence markers related to cytolethal distending toxin-V (CDT-V), subtilase cytotoxin (SubAB), the enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli factor for adherence (Efa1), the adhesin similar to IrgA (Iha), the long polar fimbriae (LpfO113), the autoagglutinating adhesin (Saa), and the protein required fo...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cergole-Novella MC,Nishimura LS,Dos Santos LF,Irino K,Vaz TM,Bergamini AM,Guth BE

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newly isolated strain of Variovorax paradoxus could grow on homovanillate and several monohydroxylated phenylacetic acids. During growth on homovanillate, the organism formed separate NAD(P)H-dependent hydroxylases with activity towards 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillate. Homovanillate hydroxylase catalyse...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Allison N,Turner JE,Wait R

更新日期：1995-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptomyces tendae Tü901 produces nikkomycins belonging to the nucleoside peptide antibiotics. Mutants defective in histidine catabolism were isolated and characterized with regard to their histidine ammonium-lyase activity and antibiotic synthesis. In the histidine ammonialyase-negative mutant hut-11 which was unimp...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Roos U,Mattern S,Schrempf H,Bormann C

更新日期：1992-10-01 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：:The transcriptional repressor CcpN from Bacillus subtilis mediates the CcpA-independent catabolite repression of three genes, sr1, encoding a small regulatory RNA, and two gluconeogenesis genes, gapB and pckA. The intracellular concentration of CcpN was determined to be around 4000 molecules per cell. The B. subtilis ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Eckart RA,Brantl S,Licht A

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High voltage electroporation has been investigated as a method for rapid recovery of plasmid and chromosomal DNA from the cyanobacteria Nostoc PCC 7121, Synechococcus PCC 7002, and Anabaena PCC 7120. Pulses of 18 kV/cm and higher applied to concentrated Nostoc cells carrying a shuttle plasmid (pRL25) resulted in copio...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Moser D,Zarka D,Hedman C,Kallas T

更新日期：1995-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The sacB gene of Bacillus subtilis was successfully applied in various Arthrobacter, Brevibacterium, Corynebacterium and Rhodococcus strains for the isolation of transposable elements. Three different insertion sequence (IS) elements entrapped in sacB were isolated. The IS elements IS-Bl and IS-Cg isolated from Brevib...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jäger W,Schäfer A,Kalinowski J,Pühler A

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The benzimidazole fungicide thiophanate-methyl is commonly applied to control leaf mould of tomato caused by Cladosporium fulvum in China. In this study, 32 isolates of C. fulvum were examined for their sensitivities to thiophanate-methyl, and two benzimidazole-resistant (BenR) phenotypes BenR1 and BenR2 were identifi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yan L,Chen J,Zhang C,Ma Z

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of an educational board game developed to teach the pharmacology of antimicrobial drugs to medical students was compared with the lecture-based seminar as a supplemental tool to improve short- and long-term knowledge retention and the perception of the learning method by students. A group of 124 stud...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Karbownik MS,Wiktorowska-Owczarek A,Kowalczyk E,Kwarta P,Mokros Ł,Pietras T

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three tri-substituted spermidines, di-p-coumaroyl-caffeoylspermidine, tri-caffeoylspermidine and tri-p-coumaroylspermidine, isolated from pollen of Quercus alba, were examined for antifungal activity. Both di-p-coumaroyl-caffeoylspermidine and tri-p-coumaroylspermidine reduced mycelial growth of the oat leaf stripe pa...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Walters D,Meurer-Grimes B,Rovira I

更新日期：2001-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of an association of human neuroborreliosis with the development of an antibody response against an antigen in neural tissue that cross-reacts with an epitope on the flagellin protein of Borrelia burgdorferi, C3H transgenic mice were created that expressed the flagellin epitope (amino acids 213-224) as a fusio...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fikrig E,Barthold SW

更新日期：1997-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the rbp genes, which encode RNA-binding proteins with a single RNA-recognition motif and a glycine-rich sequence, is known to increase at low temperature in cyanobacteria. We previously showed that their regulation involved both transcription and mRNA stability. In the present study, various reporter...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ehira S,Ohmori M,Sato N

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00