Diversity of lactic acid bacteria associated with fresh coffee cherries in Taiwan.

abstract：:Iturin A is a very important cyclic lipopeptide produced by several B. subtilis strains and has large commercial and therapeutic application potentials but its production on industrial scale has not been realized yet. In the present study, we have observed that the strain ET-1 of Bacillus subtilis, a producer of Ituri...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ambrico A,Trupo M,Magarelli RA

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-negative, motile, aerobic and coccoid rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain YIM132180T, was isolated from a Lepraria sp. lichen collected from Pu'er, Yunnan Province, China. The strain grew at 15-35 °C (optimum, 25-28 °C), at 0-2% (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 0-1%) and at pH 6.0-9.0 (optimum, pH 7.0). The 16S rRNA ge...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang K,Jiang LQ,Wang LS,An DF,Lang L,Li GD,Wang XY,Shi SB,Li QY,Jiang CL,Jiang Y

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new cultivation-independent method for studying conjugal gene transfer between bacteria was evaluated. The method was based on direct detection and enumeration of donor and transconjugant bacterial cells by flow cytometry. Specific detection of transconjugants was obtained by using a conjugative plasmid tagged with ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sørensen SJ,Sørensen AH,Hansen LH,Oregaard G,Veal D

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) displays important functional diversity in mammalian and plants. So far, however, studies on GAPDH have not included the halotolerant, unicellular green alga Dunaliella salina. In the present study, a GAPDH cDNA was cloned and sequenced from D. salina. It was 1394 bp lo...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Jia Y,Xue L,Liu H,Li J

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one Listeria strains were tested for sensitivity to four class IIa bacteriocins, namely, enterocin A, mesentericin Y105, divercin V41, and pediocin AcH, and to nisin A. Class IIa bacteriocins displayed surprisingly similar antimicrobial patterns ranging from highly susceptible to fully resistant strains, wherea...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ennahar S,Deschamps N,Richard J

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas putida E41 isolated from root interior of Sida hermaphrodita (grown on a field contaminated with heavy metals) showed high biosurfactant activity. In this paper, we describe data from mass spectrometry and genome analysis, to improve our understanding on the phenotypic properties of the strain. Supernatant...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Bernat P,Nesme J,Paraszkiewicz K,Schloter M,Płaza G

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although neutral mine drainage is the less frequent subject of the interest than acid mine drainage, it can have adverse environmental effects caused mainly by precipitation of dissolved Fe. The aim of the study was to characterize the composition of bacterial population in environment with high concentration of iron ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kisková J,Perháčová Z,Vlčko L,Sedláková J,Kvasnová S,Pristaš P

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:Biofilm-forming bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common pathogen in mechanically ventilated newborns, which can cause life-threatening infections. Alginate of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms is considered an important virulence factor which contributes to the resistance to antibiotics. Traditionally, ambrox...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Li F,Yu J,Yang H,Wan Z,Bai D

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unicellular green algae, like Chlorella, offer a potentially useful system for the expression of heterologous proteins. However, the development of Chlorella as a bioreactor has been delayed owing to the lack of a stable transformation technique. Here we report on the use of micro-projectile bombardment to introduce t...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Dawson HN,Burlingame R,Cannons AC

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 5' untranslated region and the orf1 sequence from the cry2Aa1 operon from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki NRD-12 were sequenced and compared to that from strain HD-1. The start codon described in HD-1 does not yield in NRD-12 a protein of the expected size of 20 kDa, but a 10-amino acid peptide. A second, h...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Delattre D,Rang C,Lecointe N,Royer M,Delécluse A,Moar WJ,Frutos R

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To present an overview of the existing epidemiological evidence regarding the occurrence of tinea gladiatorum in wrestlers and dermatophyte contamination in wrestling halls, five electronic databases including "PubMed," "Scopus," "Google Scholar," "Science Direct," and "Web of Science" were searched from inception to ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kermani F,Moosazadeh M,Hosseini SA,Bandalizadeh Z,Barzegari S,Shokohi T

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of disodium fumarate (DF) on the ruminal fermentation profiles, the accumulation of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and bioamines, and the composition of the ruminal bacterial community was investigated by in vitro rumen fermentation. The addition of DF increased the total gas production; the concentrations of pro...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Jin W,Xue C,Liu J,Yin Y,Zhu W,Mao S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In November 2007, 450 m(3) of treated wastewater leaked into the drinking water distribution system contaminating the drinking water of over 10,000 inhabitants of Nokia, Southern Finland. Nearly 1,000 people visited the health centre because of gastroenteritis during the following 5 weeks. A wide range of enteric path...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lienemann T,Pitkänen T,Antikainen J,Mölsä E,Miettinen I,Haukka K,Vaara M,Siitonen A

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multi-drug resistance and transfer of mobile genetic elements among enteric pathogens is being reported to have increased rapidly. Commensal Escherichia coli was previously known to acquire mobile genetic elements from other genus/species. E. coli is also capable of disseminating these elements containing antimicrobia...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Devanga Ragupathi NK,Muthuirulandi Sethuvel DP,Gajendran R,Anandan S,Walia K,Veeraraghavan B

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-eight isolates resistant to at least two antibiotics were selected from 53 antibiotic-resistant enterococci from chicken and pig meat and faeces and analysed for specific resistance determinants. Of the 48 multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains, 31 were resistant to two antibiotics (29 to erythromycin and tetracyclin...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Vignaroli C,Zandri G,Aquilanti L,Pasquaroli S,Biavasco F

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diseases triggered by microorganisms can be controlled by vaccines, which need neutralizing antigens. Hence, it is very crucial to identify extremely efficient immunogens for immune prevention. Botulism, a fatal neuroparalytic disease, is caused by botulinum neurotoxins produced by the anaerobic, Gram-positive spore-f...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sharma A,Ponmariappan S,Sarita R,Alam SI,Kamboj DV,Shukla S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropical plants represent hotspots of endophytic fungal species diversity. Based on culture-dependent methods, we evaluated the endophytic fungal communities in leaves of three plant species found in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest: Begonia fischeri, Begonia olsoniae, and Begonia venosa. These species are found in t...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Correia AML,Lira SP,Assis MA,Rodrigues A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In past years, the significance of microbial resistance to biocides has increased. Twenty biocide-resistant bacterial strains were isolated from dental-unit water line biofilm. All strains resisted high biocide concentrations (up to 100 microg ml(-1)): sodium dodecyl sulphate, hydrogen peroxide, sodium hypochlorite, p...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Liaqat I,Sabri AN

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bacterium that tested positive with antibodies specific for Escherichia coli O157 was isolated from beef during routine screening procedures. The bacterium was identified as E. fergusonii by biochemical testing and partial sequencing of 16S rRNA. The isolate was tested for the presence of genes encoding Shiga toxins...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Fegan N,Barlow RS,Gobius KS

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:pH affected significantly the growth and the glucose fermentation pattern of Propionibacterium microaerophilum. In neutral conditions (pH 6.5-7.5), growth and glucose fermentation rate (qs) were optimum producing propionate, acetate, CO(2), and formate [which together represented 90% (wt/wt) of the end products], and ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Koussémon M,Combet-Blanc Y,Ollivier B

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmids play a central role in engineering recombinant bacteria because they are the primary vehicles used to manipulate targeted sequences. In some cases, bacteria of interest are poorly provided with suitable tools for these molecular or genetic manipulations. In this context, we constructed from two shuttle clonin...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Benachour A,Auffray Y,Hartke A

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-eight bacterial isolates from human, animal, and plant hosts, representing eight species of the family Enterobacteriaceae, were screened for F-like plasmid sequences. Of the examined human Escherichia coli strains, 28% harbored one or two of the three F-like, RepFI replication regions, while 35% of the examine...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Mulec J,Starcic M,Zgur-Bertok D

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Native perennial legume Adesmia bicolor reveals characteristics that are key to securing persistence under grazing. Literature on the diversity and symbiotic effectiveness of indigenous rhizobia-nodulating A. bicolor in central Argentina is limited. The purpose of this study was therefore to determine phenotypic and g...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Bianco L,Angelini J,Fabra A,Malpassi R

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The [2Fe-2S] cluster containing ferredoxin has attracted much attention in recent years. Genetic analyses show that it has an essential role in the maturation of various iron-sulfur (Fe-S) proteins and functions as a component of the complex machinery responsible for the biogenesis of Fe-S clusters. The gene of ferred...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zeng J,Huang X,Liu Y,Liu J,Qiu G

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An endolithic bacterium, strain RSBr-1, was isolated from the inside of a piece of red sandstone from coastal areas of Scotland. RSBr-1 was gram negative, oxidase and catalase positive, and cells were non-motile rods. Sodium was required for growth. The optimum sodium chloride concentration and pH for growth were 4% a...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Tanaka T,Yan L,Burgess JG

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofouling and microbiologically influenced corrosion are processes of material deterioration that originate from the attachment of microorganisms as quickly as the material is immersed in a nonsterile environment. Stainless steels, despite their wide use in different industries and as appliances and implant materials...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Baena MI,Márquez MC,Matres V,Botella J,Ventosa A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The abundance and diversity of chemotactic heterotrophic bacteria associated with Arctic cyanobacteria was determined. The viable numbers ranged between 10(4) and 10(6) cell g(-1) cyanobacterial biomass. A total of 112 morphotypes, representing 22 phylotypes based on their 16S rRNA sequence similarity were isolated fr...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Prasad S,Pratibha MS,Manasa P,Buddhi S,Begum Z,Shivaji S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) may include large proportions of lichens in their winter diet. These dietary lichens are rich in phenolic secondary compounds, the most well-known being the antimicrobial usnic acid. Previous studies have shown that reindeer host rumen bacteria resistant to usnic acid and that usn...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Glad T,Barboza P,Mackie RI,Wright AD,Brusetti L,Mathiesen SD,Sundset MA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By proteomic analysis, we found a rhodanese-like protein(RhdA) from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 whose C-terminal contained a cysteine motif (Cys-XX-Trp-XX-Cys), known to bind iron-sulfur clusters. But so far, there were no articles to confirm the existence of iron-sulfur cluster in RhdA. In this study, R...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Dai Y,Liu J,Zheng C,Wu A,Zeng J,Qiu G

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00