Helicobacter pylori identification: a diagnostic/confirmatory method for evaluation.

abstract：:Six cyanobacterial isolates recovered from Polynesian microbial mats, called "kopara," were cultured using laboratory-closed photobioreactors and were shown to produce exopolymers as released and capsular exopolysaccharides (EPS). These polymers have been chemically characterized using colorimetric and elemental assay...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Richert L,Golubic S,Guédès RL,Ratiskol J,Payri C,Guezennec J

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the genomic sequence and cDNA library screening, the cDNA sequence encoding an alpha-amylase was cloned from the filamentous white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium and designated as pcamy1. Alignment results showed that the predicted protein has up to 43% amino acid homology to the known alpha-amylases ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wu B,Hu GK,Feng H,Wu JM,Zhang YZ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-negative, short rod-shaped, gliding motile, and pale pink-pigmented bacterial strain, designated 15J9-9T, was isolated from the soil of Iho Tewoo Beach, Jeju Island, Korea, and characterized taxonomically using a polyphasic approach. Comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that strain 15J9-9T belonge...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Park SJ,Lee JJ,Lee SY,Lee DS,Kim MK,Ten LN,Jung HY

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas sp. OX1, an aromatic compound-degrading bacterium that was tentatively identified by conventional biochemical methods as P. stutzeri, has now been investigated at the molecular level to clarify its taxonomic position. Amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis and multiple enzyme restriction fragment len...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Radice F,Orlandi V,Massa V,Cavalca L,Demarta A,Wood TK,Barbieri P

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work compared the inhibition effect of the commercially available mouthwash Corsodyl, containing 0.1% chlorhexidine digluconate, and photodynamic inactivation (PDI) employing methylene blue (MB) with irradiation from a red laser on 24-h biofilms formed by Streptococcus mutans strains on hydroxyapatite surfaces. T...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Legéňová K,Kovalčíková M,Černáková L,Bujdáková H

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus produces levan from sucrose by a secreted levansucrase (LsdA). A levanase-encoding gene ( lsdB), starting 51 bp downstream of the lsdA gene, was cloned from strain SRT4. The lsdB gene (1605 bp) encodes a protein (calculated molecular mass 58.4 kDa) containing a putative 36-amino-acid s...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Menéndez C,Hernández L,Selman G,Mendoza MF,Hevia P,Sotolongo M,Arrieta JG

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis is an important global zoonotic disease caused by pathogenic Leptospira spp. species. Swine leptospirosis has a major economic impact because pigs are sources of animal protein and by-products. The signs of swine leptospirosis are abortion, stillbirth, birth of weak or ill piglets, appearing 14-60 days a...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Hartleben CP,Leal FM,Monte LG,Hartwig DD,Seixas FK,Vasconcellos SA,Brihuega B,Dellagostin OA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown previously that Spo0A approximately P-dependent sinIR operon expression was substantially down-regulated in abrB null mutant backgrounds. In this report, we show that loss of function mutations in abrB also cause phosphorelay gene expression to be down regulated. abrB null mutations caused diminished veg...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Shafikhani SH,Leighton T

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a novel light-dependent metabolism of an aromatic compound (trans-cinnamate) that is assimilatory rather than dissimilatory. Light-dependent assimilation of trans-cinnamate was observed by both growing and resting cells of Rhodobacter sphaeroides OU5. Trans-cinnamate assimilation could be correlated with si...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Usha P,Sasikala Ch,Ramana ChV

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the in vitro phytopathogen suppression activity of siderophoregenic preparations of Alcaligenes feacalis vis-à-vis the oraganochlorine fungicide, bavistin. Siderophore-rich culture broth, siderophore-rich supernatant, and purified siderophore preparation exerted antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sayyed RZ,Chincholkar SB

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:The contents of fed-batch composting (FBC) reactors often aggregate after prolonged operation. This process leads to irreversible breakdown of the decomposition reaction and possible alteration of the bacterial communities. We compared the structures of bacterial communities in reactors under aggregate and optimal con...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Watanabe K,Nagao N,Toda T,Kurosawa N

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen, which can cause severe urinary tract infections (UTIs). Because of the high intrinsic antibiotic resistance of P. aeruginosa and its ability to develop new resistances during antibiotic treatment, these infections are difficult to eradicate. The antibiotic sus...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Narten M,Rosin N,Schobert M,Tielen P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR has been widely used to identify cry-type genes, to determine their distribution, to detect new such genes and to predict insecticidal activities. We describe here a molecular approach to analyze the genetic diversity of B. thuringiensis cry-like genes based on denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). This ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Vidal-Domínguez ME,Perez-Cenci M,Salerno GL,Berón CM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas seleniipraecipitans grows in the presence of high levels of selenite and selenate and reduces both oxyanions to elemental selenium (Se(0)), a property that may make P. seleniipraecipitans useful as an inoculant for biobarriers designed to remove selenite or selenate from ground or surface waters. An earlie...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Hunter WJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predation by Bdellovibrio-like organisms (BLOs) results in bacterial community succession in aquatic ecosystems. The effects of nutrient loading on the distribution and phylogeny of BLOs remain largely unknown. To this end, we present our findings on BLO diversity from four north-Indian lakes that are variable in thei...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Chauhan A,Fortenberry GZ,Lewis DE,Williams HN

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sheath rot disease of rice caused by Sarocladium oryzae (Sawada) (=Acrocylindrium oryzae, Sawada) has become an important production constraint in all rice-growing countries. Pathogenicity, phytotoxic metabolites, and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were used to assess the level of genetic variability ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ayyadurai N,Kirubakaran SI,Srisha S,Sakthivel N

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spread of antibiotic resistance is rapidly threatening the effectiveness of antibiotics in the clinical setting. Many infections are being caused by known and unknown pathogenic bacteria that are resistant to many or all antibiotics currently available. Empedobacter falsenii is a nosocomial pathogen that can cause...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Collins C,Almuzara M,Saigo M,Montaña S,Chiem K,Traglia G,Mussi MA,Tolmasky M,Iriarte A,Vay C,Ramirez MS

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：:The organization of the clusters of genes encoding proteins of the botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) progenitor complex was elucidated in a strain of Clostridium botulinum producing type B and F neurotoxins. With PCR and sequencing strategies, the type B BoNT-gene cluster was found to be composed of genes encoding BoNT/B, n...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Santos-Buelga JA,Collins MD,East AK

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of pediocin in Pediococcus acidilactici is associated with pMBR1.0, which encodes prepediocin, a pediocin immunity protein, and two proteins involved in secretion and precursor processing. These four genes are organized as an operon under control of a single promoter. We have constructed shuttle vectors tha...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Coderre PE,Somkuti GA

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is responsible for nosocomial and community-acquired infections. Hence, rapid and accurate laboratory diagnosis of MRSA is a vital constituent of control measures. The present study evaluated five different methods for the identification of MRSA. A to...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Al-Talib H,Yean CY,Al-khateeb A,Singh KK,Hasan H,Al-Jashamy K,Ravichandran M

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：:A rapid direct-extraction method was used to obtain DNA from environmental soil samples. Heat, enzymes, and guanidine isothiocyanate were utilized to lyse cells. The DNA was purified by agarose gel electrophoresis, amplified with 16S rRNA-based primers by use of the polymerase chain reaction, and then digested with th...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Porteous LA,Armstrong JL,Seidler RJ,Watrud LS

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single strain, designated BF49(T), was isolated from a biofilm of a tufa deposit from the Westerhöfer rivulet, Lower Saxony, Germany. The G+C content of the genomic DNA of strain BF49(T) was 69 mol% and the predominant ubiquinone was Q-8. Major fatty acids were C(16:1)omega7c/15 iso 2OH and C(16:0). Comparative 16S ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Stackebrandt E,Frühling A,Cousin S,Brambilla E,Lünsdorf H,Verbarg S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogens have evolved an array of strategies to establish a productive infection. The extracellular proteins secreted by pathogens are one of unique mechanisms to evade the host innate immune response. Many secretory proteins transported by the bacterial secretion systems have been widely investigated in Salmonella. ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Liao C,Zhang M,Cheng X,Li Q,Mao F,Wang X,Yu C,Yu Z,Jia Y,Li J,He L,Zhang C,Li Y,Wu T

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potassium ion pool was studied in glycolyzing Enterococcus hirae, grown at high or low alkaline pH (pH 9.5 and 8.0, respectively). Energy-dependent increase of K+ pool was lower for the wild-type cells, grown at pH 9.5, than that for the cells grown at pH 8.0. It was inhibited by N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD). ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Trchounian A,Kobayashi H

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of the pulsed field gel electrophoresis(PFGE) technique, molecular karyotypes in Amoeboaphelidiumprotococcarum (the endotrophic parasite of chlorophycean algae, whichcombines protozoon- and fungus-type characters) were determined. Molecularkaryotypes in the strains X1, X5, and X31, which differ in the hos...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Pinevich A,Gromov B,Mamkaeva K,Nasonova E

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modification is described of the plate method for the detection of microorganisms with overall cellulolytic activity, including those like Cytophaga, in which the activity is cell bound. Within a few days of incubation colonies of cellulose-degrading bacteria formed holes in discs of lens paper placed on freshly ino...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Volokita M,Abeliovich A,Soares MI

更新日期：2000-02-01 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