EbfC (YbaB) is a new type of bacterial nucleoid-associated protein and a global regulator of gene expression in the Lyme disease spirochete.

abstract：:A mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa severely deficient in outer membrane protein F levels was isolated by screening heavily mutagenized strains for membrane protein alterations on sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. To provide a basis for phenotypic comparison, three independent spontaneous reve...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Nicas TI,Hancock RE

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 2,760-base-pair (bp) PstI-EcoRI segment of the chromosome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA103 which carries the exotoxin A structural gene was expressed from an internal promoter when cloned in a pUC9 derivative and transformed into a nontoxigenic mutant of P. aeruginosa PAO1. The unique terminal EcoRI site was delete...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Tsaur ML,Clowes RC

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In gram-negative bacteria, a pathway for aerobic degradation of phenylacetic acid (PAA) that proceeds via phenylacetyl-coenzyme A (CoA) and hydrolytic ring fission plays a central role in the degradation of a range of aromatic compounds. In contrast, the PAA pathway and its role are not well characterized in gram-posi...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Navarro-Llorens JM,Patrauchan MA,Stewart GR,Davies JE,Eltis LD,Mohn WW

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical isolates of the porcine pathogen Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae often form adherent colonies on agar plates due to expression of an operon, pgaABCD, encoding a poly-beta-1,6-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (PGA) extracellular matrix. The adherent colony phenotype, which correlates with the ability to form biofilms on...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Bossé JT,Sinha S,Li MS,O'Dwyer CA,Nash JH,Rycroft AN,Kroll JS,Langford PR

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dehalogenases are key enzymes in the metabolism of halo-organic compounds. This paper describes a systematic approach to the isolation and molecular analysis of two families of bacterial alpha-halocarboxylic acid (alphaHA) dehalogenase genes, called group I and group II deh genes. The two families are evolutionarily u...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Hill KE,Marchesi JR,Weightman AJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16-kb BamHI fragment of the lactose plasmid pNZ63 from Leuconostoc lactis NZ6009 was cloned in Escherichia coli MC1061 by using pACYC184 and was found to express a functional beta-galactosidase. Deletion and complementation analysis showed that the coding region for beta-galactosidase was located on a 5.8-kb SalI-Ba...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： David S,Stevens H,van Riel M,Simons G,de Vos WM

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens is a symbiont of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora. The nematode requires the bacterium for infection of insect larvae and as a substrate for growth and reproduction. The nematodes do not grow and reproduce in insect hosts or on artificial media in the a...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ciche TA,Bintrim SB,Horswill AR,Ensign JC

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first three enzymes of the pentachlorophenol (PCP) degradation pathway in Sphingobium chlorophenolicum (formerly Sphingomonas chlorophenolica) ATCC 39723 have been characterized, and the corresponding genes, pcpA, pcpB, and pcpC, have been individually cloned and sequenced. To search for new genes involved in PCP ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Cai M,Xun L

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated mutations that block sporulation after formation of the polar septum in Bacillus subtilis. These mutations were mapped to the two genes of a new locus, spoIIS. Inactivation of the second gene, spoIISB, decreases sporulation efficiency by 4 orders of magnitude. Inactivation of the first gene, spoIISA, ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Adler E,Barák I,Stragier P

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a search for genes that produce hypersensitivity to cadmium salts in Escherichia coli, random transposon mutagenesis with TnphoA was used. One of the mutant strains obtained was sensitive to Cd2+ and Zn2+. Sequence analysis showed that the TnphoA insertion was located in the dsbA gene coding for a periplasmic prote...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Rensing C,Mitra B,Rosen BP

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Agrobacterium rhizogenes are related pathogens that cause crown gall and hairy root diseases, which result from integration and expression of bacterial genes in the plant genome. Single-stranded DNA (T strands) and virulence proteins are translocated into plant cells by a type IV secretio...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Hodges LD,Lee LY,McNett H,Gelvin SB,Ream W

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Amt proteins constitute a ubiquitous family of transmembrane ammonia channels that permit the net uptake of ammonium by cells. In many organisms, there is more than one amt gene, and these genes are subjected to nitrogen control. The mature Amt protein is a homo- or heterooligomer of three Amt subunits. We previou...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Paz-Yepes J,Herrero A,Flores E

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene for beta-amylase was isolated from Bacillus polymyxa by molecular cloning in B. subtilis. B. subtilis cells containing this gene express and secrete an amylase which resembles the B. polymyxa beta-amylase and barley beta-amylase in terms of the products it generates during carbohydrate hydrolysis. Starch hydr...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Friedberg F,Rhodes C

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although amino acid transport has been extensively studied in bacteria during the past decade, little is known concerning the transport of those amino acids that are biosynthetic intermediates or have multiple fates within the cell. We have studied homoserine and threonine as examples of this phenomenon. Homoserine is...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Templeton BA,Savageau MA

更新日期：1974-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acid desaturation catalyzed by fatty acid desaturases requires molecular oxygen (O(2)). Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells derepress expression of OLE1 encoding Delta9 fatty acid desaturase under hypoxic conditions to allow more-efficient use of limited O(2). It has been proposed that aerobic conditions lead to repr...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Nakagawa Y,Sugioka S,Kaneko Y,Harashima S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schlissel, Harvey J. (The University of Kansas, Lawrence), and C. P. Sword. Conditions affecting transformation of a group H streptococcus. J. Bacteriol. 92:1357-1363. 1966.-A defined transforming medium (DTM) containing buffer and 5 to 10 mug per ml of deoxyribonucleic acid was developed to study the physical and che...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Schlissel HJ,Sword CP

更新日期：1966-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of Escherichia coli with amber mutants of phage fd, in contrast to infection with wild-type phage, leads to cell death and the proliferation of intracytoplasmic membranes observed in electron micrographs at the poles of the cells. The accumulation of membranes correlates with changes in structural phospholip...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Onishi Y

更新日期：1971-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rubrerythrin was purified by multistep chromatography under anaerobic, reducing conditions from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus. It is a homodimer with a molecular mass of 39.2 kDa and contains 2.9 +/- 0.2 iron atoms per subunit. The purified protein had peroxidase activity at 85 degrees C using hyd...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Weinberg MV,Jenney FE Jr,Cui X,Adams MW

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translational efficiency of an AUG, CUG, GUG, or UUG initiation codon was measured for the naturally leaderless cI mRNA from bacteriophage lambda. In a cI-lacZ translational fusion, only AUG supported a high level of expression; GUG supported a low level of expression, while UUG and CUG expression was barely above bac...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： O'Donnell SM,Janssen GR

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fitz-James, Philip C. (University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada). Morphology of spore development in Clostridium pectinovorum. J. Bacteriol. 84:104-114. 1962-The process of spore formation in Clostridium pectinovorum was followed by phase-contrast microscopy and by thin-section electron microscopy employing...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Fitz-James PC

更新日期：1962-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene in Legionella pneumophila that has significant homology to published hfq genes demonstrated regulation by RpoS and the transcriptional regulator LetA. Additionally, Hfq has a positive effect on the presence of transcripts of the genes for CsrA and the ferric uptake regulator Fur. Mutants lacking hfq demonstrate...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： McNealy TL,Forsbach-Birk V,Shi C,Marre R

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis and export of aerolysin, an extracellular protein toxin released by the gram-negative bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila, was studied by pulse-labeling with [35S]methionine. The toxin was synthesized as a higher-molecular-weight precursor. This was processed cotranslationally, resulting in the appearance wit...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Howard SP,Buckley JT

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The P1 plasmid addiction operon is a compact genetic structure consisting of promoter, operator, antitoxin gene (phd), and toxin gene (doc). The 73-amino-acid antitoxin protein, Phd, has two distinct functions: it represses transcription (by binding to its operator) and it prevents host death (by binding and neutraliz...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Smith JA,Magnuson RD

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Many bacteria produce secreted iron chelators called siderophores, which can be shared among cells with specific siderophore uptake systems regardless of whether the cell produces siderophores. Sharing secreted products allows freeloading, where individuals use resources without bearing the cost of productio...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Scholz RL,Greenberg EP

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rickettsia japonica strain YH, isolated in 1984 in Japan, is the type strain of R. japonica, the tick-borne agent of Japanese spotted fever. Here, we report the 1.33-Mb genome of this rickettsial species. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Dong X,El Karkouri K,Robert C,Raoult D,Fournier PE

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Escherichia coli purine repressor, PurR, binds to a 16-bp operator sequence and coregulates the genes for de novo synthesis of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides, formation of a one-carbon unit for biosynthesis, and deamination of cytosine. We have characterized the purified repressor. Chemical cross-linking indica...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Choi KY,Zalkin H

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The carbon dioxide requirement of 32 strains of rumen bacteria, representing 11 different species, was studied in detail. Increasing concentrations of CO(2) were added as NaHCO(3) to a specially prepared CO(2)-free medium which was tubed and inoculated under nitrogen. Prior depletion of CO(2) in the inoculum was found...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Dehority BA

更新日期：1971-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of R-factor-mediated resistance to tetracycline has been compared in Proteus mirabilis and Escherichia coli. Resistance to a range of concentrations of tetracycline was significantly lower in P. mirabilis than in E. coli in both induced and repressed states. Indirect evidence showed that conditions whic...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Franklin TJ,Rownd R

更新日期：1973-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exopolysaccharide of Pseudomonas marginalis HT041B has been characterized as a 1,3-linked galactoglucan in which galactose and glucose are in the alpha- and beta-anomeric configurations, respectively. The polysaccharide is substituted with pyruvate at the 4 and 6 positions of galactose and with succinic acid at ei...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Osman SF,Fett WF

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-hydroxypropionate/4-hydroxybutyrate cycle operates in autotrophic CO(2) fixation in various Crenarchaea, as studied in some detail in Metallosphaera sedula. This cycle and the autotrophic 3-hydroxypropionate cycle in Chloroflexus aurantiacus have in common the conversion of acetyl-coenzyme A (CoA) and two bicarbon...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Teufel R,Kung JW,Kockelkorn D,Alber BE,Fuchs G

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00