Maricurvus nonylphenolicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a nonylphenol-degrading bacterium isolated from seawater.

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：:The glnAntrBC operon of Proteus vulgaris was cloned and heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli. The nucleotide sequence was determined. An open reading frame of 1407 bp was identified as the glnA gene and the deduced amino acid sequence showed 82% identity with the E. coli glutamine synthetase protein. Heterolog...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Steglitz-Mörsdorf U,Mörsdorf G,Kaltwasser H

更新日期：1993-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this analysis of membrane lipid compositions in Helicobacter pylori, the membrane lipid profiles drastically changed during coccoid formation: cholesteryl-6-O-tetradecanoyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside levels increased, cholesteryl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside and phosphatidyl ethanolamine decreased, and a coordinated increa...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shimomura H,Hayashi S,Yokota K,Oguma K,Hirai Y

更新日期：2004-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Exopolysaccharide (EPS) was prepared by submerged mycelial culture of a newly isolated mushroom Grifola frondosa HB0071 in a 5-l stirred-tank fermenter. This fungus produced a high concentration of biomass (24.8 gl(-1) at day 4), thereby achieving high EPS concentration (7.2 gl(-1) at day 4). EPS was proven to be a pr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bae JT,Sim GS,Lee DH,Lee BC,Pyo HB,Choe TB,Yun JW

更新日期：2005-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumanii, which may be found in water, is an important emerging hospital-acquired pathogen. Free-living amoebae can be recovered from the same water networks, and it has been shown that these protozoa may support the growth of other bacteria. In this paper, we have studied potential relationships between...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cateau E,Verdon J,Fernandez B,Hechard Y,Rodier MH

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of natural antibodies to Lactococcus lactis in three inbred strains of mice and the effect of inoculating L. lactis into these mice has been investigated. All animals developed detectable levels of natural (systemic and secretory) anti-lactococcal antibodies. Systemic anti-lactococcal antibodies were p...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Norton PM,Brown HW,Le Page RW

更新日期：1994-07-15 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：:Binding of meningitis-causing Escherichia coli K1 to human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMEC) contributes to traversal of the blood-brain barrier, which occurs in part by the mannose-sensitive binding of FimH. In this study, we showed that FimH also binds to HBMEC, independent of mannose, and identified ATP...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shin S,Kim KS

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we describe a Lactobacillus fermentum 3872 plasmid (pLF3872) not previously found in any other strain of this species. The analysis of the complete sequence of this plasmid revealed the presence of a gene encoding a large collagen-binding protein (CBP), as well as the genes responsible for plasmid maint...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lehri B,Seddon AM,Karlyshev AV

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:pSA1.1 is a 9.1-kb multicopy plasmid originally isolated from Streptomyces cyaneus (formerly S. azureus) ATCC 14921. This plasmid accumulates single-stranded DNA in S. lividans and is therefore considered to replicate by a rolling-circle replication. In the present work, the rep gene encoding the replication initiator...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yokoyama E,Matsuzaki Y,Doi K,Ogata S

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：:A chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) was developed to detect Cryptosporidium parvum growth in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cell cultures. Optimal results were obtained when MDCK cells were plated at a density of 1 x 10(4) cells/well (96-well plate) and maintained as a monolayer for 4 days prior to infection with...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： You X,Arrowood MJ,Lejkowski M,Xie L,Schinazi RF,Mead JR

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alternative sigma factor sigmaH has been shown to play an important role in stress response and morphological differentiation in Streptomyces coelicolor. Its gene, sigH, is located in an operon with the gene encoding proposed anti-sigma factor UshX, and one of the promoters directing expression of the operon is de...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sevcikova B,Kormanec J

更新日期：2002-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, we isolated the spaA gene encoding the surface protective antigen A, SpaA, of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, and found that the N-terminal region of SpaA was responsible for protective immunity against erysipelas and that the C-terminal region contained eight repeat units consisting of 20 amino aci...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Makino SI,Yamamoto K,Asakura H,Shirahata T

更新日期：2000-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Penicillium expansum is the causal agent of blue mold rot, a postharvest decay of stored fruits. This fungus also produces the mycotoxins patulin and citrinin. Control of P. expansum still relies mainly on the use of fungicides such as thiabendazole. Since its introduction, resistant strains have been reported. The ai...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cabañas R,Castellá G,Abarca ML,Bragulat MR,Cabañes FJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Xanthomonas is composed of several species that cause severe crop losses around the world. In Latin America, one of the most relevant species is Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris, which is responsible for black rot in cruciferous plants. This pathogen causes yield losses in several cultures, including ca...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Andrade AE,Silva LP,Pereira JL,Noronha EF,Reis FB Jr,Bloch C Jr,dos Santos MF,Domont GB,Franco OL,Mehta A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hybridoma cell lines producing monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against a hemagglutinin/protease (HA/P) from Vibrio cholerae non-01 were produced and characterized. The two MAbs contained the kappa light chain and were IgG1 type. They similarly neutralized HA/P protease activity derived from both V. cholerae non-01 an...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Honda T,Hata-Naka A,Lertpocasombat K,Miwatani T

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus lipase (SAL) is known to possess broad substrate specificity for triacylglycerides. We found that a sub-minimum inhibitory concentration of farnesol (1000 mg L(-1)) inhibits this lipase activity on a Mueller-Hinton agar containing 1% Tween substrates. A quantitative lipase assay using p-nitrophen...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kuroda M,Nagasaki S,Ito R,Ohta T

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported that the macrophage-like cell line J774.1, when infected with the periodontopathic bacterium Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, undergoes apoptosis. In this study, we examined whether stimulation of J774.1 cells with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) before the infection affects the subsequent apoptosis. Cy...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Muro M,Nakashima K,Tomioka J,Kato S,Nonaka K,Yoshida T,Inoue M,Nishihara T,Kowashi Y

更新日期：1999-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A selection of influential FEMS publications to celebrate the 40th anniversary of FEMS. ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Prosser JI,Cole JA,Nielsen J,Bavoil PM,Häggblom MM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen of the 18 Vibrio cholerae rough strains isolated from hospitalised diarrhoea patients were found to contain O1 serotype-specific (wbe) genes and all currently known virulence genes. Expression of the regulatory element ToxR was evident in these strains. Cholera toxin production ability of the rough strains was...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： De K,Ramamurthy T,Faruque SM,Yamasaki S,Takeda Y,Nair GB,Nandy RK

更新日期：2004-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:It was shown that virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv induces necrosis of infected RAW264 cells at 24 h post infection while avirulent H37Ra and an attenuated H37Rv mutant that is deficient for RD1 region (H37RvDeltaRD1) cause less necrosis of the infected cells. While H37Rv caused damage of the mitochondrial in...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kaku T,Kawamura I,Uchiyama R,Kurenuma T,Mitsuyama M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small colony variants (SCVs) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCTC 6750 (WT) were repeatedly isolated in an in vitro kinetic model after exposure to gentamicin (GM). There were minor differences biochemically and in phage and serotyping between the wild type (WT) strain and SCVs. Changes in outer membrane protein profiles we...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Langford PR,Anwar H,Gonda I,Brown MR

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pectinases are enzymes that catalyze pectin degradation. There is a global demand for pectinases because of their wide utility and catalytic efficiency. Optimization of the fermentation process to increase the pectolytic enzyme activity is generally practiced to lower process costs, but whether temperature influences ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Guan Y,Yin D,Du X,Ye X

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In haloarchaea, a cluster of three genes is localized directly adjacent to the major replication origin, and, hence, the encoded proteins were annotated as 'origin-associated proteins' (Oap). However, prior to this study, no experimental data were available for these conserved hypothetical proteins. Bioinformatic anal...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wolters M,Borst A,Pfeiffer F,Soppa J

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family of stable lactococcal vectors have been constructed based on the pFX1 replicon using either the alpha fragment or the complete Escherichia coli lacZ gene as a selective marker. These vectors also incorporate multiple cloning sites and examples are given of their use for gene cloning and translational fusion s...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Xu FF,Pearce LE,Yu PL

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a methodology to identify the origin of fecal pollution is important both for assessing the degree of risk posed to public health and for developing strategies to mitigate the environmental loading of pathogens associated with waterborne disease transmission. Five rep-PCR genomic fingerprinting meth...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mohapatra BR,Broersma K,Mazumder A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus sp. strain CS93, which was previously isolated from Pozol, was previously shown to produce iturin A, bacilysin and chlorotetaine. To investigate the biosynthetic mechanism of chlorotetaine production, the bac genes were amplified from genomic DNA of Bacillus sp. CS93 by PCR and sequenced. The genes bacABCDE w...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Moran S,Robertson K,Paradisi F,Rai DK,Murphy CD

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photoinduced bactericidal capacity of TiO(2) based films was evaluated, using as model organism Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Thin films were obtained by spray pyrolysis; they included undoped, Cu doped, and Al doped TiO(2). Scanning electron microscopy was used to observe the final effect of the irradiated films upon t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Amézaga-Madrid P,Nevárez-Moorillón GV,Orrantia-Borunda E,Miki-Yoshida M

更新日期：2002-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The streptokinase gene of Streptococcus equisimilis H46 was inactivated by plasmid insertion mutagenesis to study the relationship between elaboration of streptokinase and acquisition of cell-associated plasmin activity after incubation of wild-type and mutant cells in media containing plasminogen or plasmin. The resu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Malke H,Mechold U,Gase K,Gerlach D

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00