Epitopes of serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis analysed in vitro and directly from cerebrospinal fluid.

abstract：:Brief exposure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to a temperature of 10 degrees C or lower caused a significant leakage of the periplasmic beta-lactamase into the medium. The extent of leakage increased as the incubation temperature was lowered to 4 degrees C and reached a maximum at 0 degrees C. Cells grown in the presence o...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lei Y,Satake S,Ishii J,Nakae T

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a glnII (encoding glutamine synthetase II) PCR selective screening, a Frankia ACN14a gene library clone was isolated. A derived glnII-hybridising 2.7-kb HindIII subclone was characterised. Identities of 95% and 93% were observed, respectively, with the corresponding Frankia CpI1 glnI and glnII regions. A variabl...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cournoyer B,Lavire C

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adhesion-promoting proteins (APP) (molecular mass approx. 300 kDa), which promote adhesion of Streptococcus mutans JBP (serotype c) to hydroxyapatite, were isolated from human submandibular-sublingual (SMSL) saliva by gel filtration on a Trisacryl GP2000 M column. The effects of hexoses, pentoses, methyl-pentoses,...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kishimoto E,Hay DI,Gibbons RJ

更新日期：1991-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Giardia lamblia is a binucleated, flagellated protozoan parasite that inhabits the upper small intestine of its vertebrate hosts. The entire life cycle, which can be completed in vitro, is simple with cycling between a vegetative trophozoite and a highly resistant cystic form. The parasite is one of the earliest diver...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Svärd SG,Hagblom P,Palm JE

更新日期：2003-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrating short DNA fragments at the correct leader-repeat junction is key to successful CRISPR-Cas memory formation. The Cas1-2 proteins are responsible to carry out this process. However, the CRISPR adaptation process additionally requires a DNA element adjacent to the CRISPR array, called leader, to facilitate ef...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kieper SN,Almendros C,Brouns SJJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacillus johnsonii La1 (La1) is a probiotic strain capable of stimulating the immune system of the host and interfering with gastrointestinal pathogens. This study evaluates how the ingestion of different amounts of La1 influences the main bacterial populations of the fecal microbiota. Eight asymptomatic voluntee...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Garrido D,Suau A,Pochart P,Cruchet S,Gotteland M

更新日期：2005-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, affects six to seven million people worldwide. Treatment is based on benznidazole, producing several side effects and debatable efficacy, highlighting the need for new alternative drugs. We investigated the activity of four C-4 functionalized azlactone derivatives (EPA-27, ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： de Azeredo CM,Ávila EP,Pinheiro DL,Amarante GW,Soares MJ

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was the production of the homopolyester poly(4-hydroxybutyric acid) (poly(4HB)) with recombinant strains of Escherichia coli. Wild-type strains and other widely used non-recombinant strains of E. coli are not able to produce polyhydroxyalkanoic acids (PHA) as storage compounds and cannot utilize ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hein S,Söhling B,Gottschalk G,Steinbüchel A

更新日期：1997-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The enterobacterium Erwinia amylovora is the causal agent of fire blight. This study presents the analysis of the complete genome of phage PhiEaH1, isolated from the soil surrounding an E. amylovora-infected apple tree in Hungary. Its genome is 218 kb in size, containing 244 ORFs. PhiEaH1 is the second E. amylovora in...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Meczker K,Dömötör D,Vass J,Rákhely G,Schneider G,Kovács T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody to Escherichia coli O157 lipopolysaccharide was detected in the sera of healthy individuals more frequently in Southern Thailand than in Japan. The result suggested possible exposure of Thai people to E. coli O157. E. coli O157:H7 or O157:H(-) was isolated from four of 95 retail beef and one of 55 bovine fece...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Vuddhakul V,Patararungrong N,Pungrasamee P,Jitsurong S,Morigaki T,Asai N,Nishibuchi M

更新日期：2000-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori, a type 1 carcinogen, accounts for numerous gastric cancer-related deaths worldwide. Repurposing existing drugs or developing new ones for a combinatorial approach against increasing antimicrobial resistance is the need of the hour. This study highlights the efficacy of acriflavine hydrochloride (A...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tehlan A,Karmakar BC,Paul S,Kumar R,Kaur I,Ghosh A,Mukhopadhyay AK,Dhar SK

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronological analysis of 125 Vibrio cholerae O139 strains isolated during 1993-2005 in Kolkata revealed the prevalence of two new genotypes of cholera toxin (CT) and novel combinations of ctxB and rstR alleles resulting in variant CTX prophages. One of the new genotypes of ctxB, which first appeared in 1996 with the ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Raychoudhuri A,Mukherjee P,Ramamurthy T,Nandy RK,Takeda Y,Nair GB,Mukhopadhyay AK

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stable carbon isotopic compositions of the inorganic carbon source, bulk cell material, and isoprenoid lipids of the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Metallosphaera sedula, which uses a 3-hydroxypropionate-like pathway for autotrophic carbon fixation, have been measured. Bulk cell material was approximately 3 per th...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： van der Meer MT,Schouten S,Rijpstra WI,Fuchs G,Sinninghe Damsté JS

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfamate is an analogue of thiosulfate, and the sodium and potassium salts of sulfamic acid inhibited the chemolithoautotrophic growth on thiosulfate of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Halothiobacillus neapolitanus. The chemo-organotrophic growth of Paracoccus versutus on sucrose was similarly inhibited by sulfama...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lusty JR,Hughes MN,Kelly DP

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyruvate, the key regulator in connection of a variety of metabolic pathways, influences transcription of the Escherichia coli genome through controlling the activity of two pyruvate-sensing two-component systems (TCSs), BtsSR and PyrSR. Previously, we identified the whole set of regulatory targets of PyrSR with low-a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ogasawara H,Ishizuka T,Yamaji K,Kato Y,Shimada T,Ishihama A

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of the 2 kb nucleotide sequence including the 5'-flanking region of a cell-adhesion protein-encoding gene (mfbA) isolated from the basidiomycete Lentinus edodes revealed that the promoter region contains a TATA box, a GC box, a CAAT box, a CT-rich sequence element, a TATA box, two CT-rich sequences, and a ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kondoh O,Shishido K

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the mechanisms of Sch9 regulating the localization and phosphorylation of Bcy1. Our research indicated that Sch9 regulated localization of Bcy1 via Zds1 for the following reasons: (1) deletions of SCH9 or ZDS1 both caused nuclear localization of Bcy1; (2) Sch9 and Zds1 interacted physica...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zhang A,Gao W

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a putative N-acetylmuramyl-l-alanine amidase gene (bb0666) was identified in the genome of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. This protein shares c. 30% identity with its counterparts from other bacteria. Reverse transcriptase-PCR analysis showed that bb0666 along with two other genes (bb...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yang Y,Li C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serum-susceptible, guinea-pig chamber-passaged, laboratory strain (BS4 (agar)) of Neisseria gonorrhoeae was converted to serum resistance by incubation with cytidine 5-monophospho-N-acetyl neuraminic acid (CMP-NANA) and examined by electron microscopy after staining with ruthenium-red. In contrast to serum susceptib...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fox AJ,Curry A,Rowland PL,Lancaster S,Jones DM,Parsons NJ,Cole JA,Smith H

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversity of temperate bacteriophages was examined in 32 Mannheimia haemolytica, six Mannheimia glucosida and four Pasteurella trehalosi isolates. Phage particles were induced and identified by electron microscopy in 24 (75%) M. haemolytica isolates, but in only one (17%) M. glucosida and one (25%) P. trehalosi is...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Davies RL,Lee I

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improving the ability of plants and plant-associated organisms to fix and assimilate atmospheric nitrogen has inspired plant biotechnologists for decades, not only to alleviate negative effects on nature from increased use and availability of reactive nitrogen, but also because of apparent economic benefits and opport...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Burén S,Rubio LM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phlebia tremellosa decolourised eight synthetic textile dyes (200 mg l(-1)) by greater than 96% within 14 days under stationary incubation conditions. High performance liquid chromatography analysis of culture supernatants indicated that Remazol Black B was degraded by the fungus, however, complete mineralisation did ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kirby N,Marchant R,McMullan G

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus influenzae has an absolute growth requirement for heme and a heme binding lipoprotein (HbpA) has been implicated in the utilization of this essential nutrient. HbpA was identified by examining clones from an H. influenzae genomic library that caused Escherichia coli harboring the clone to bind heme. Howeve...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Morton DJ,Madore LL,Smith A,Vanwagoner TM,Seale TW,Whitby PW,Stull TL

更新日期：2005-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, genes involved in thiamin pyrophosphate (TPP) synthesis (THI genes) and the pyruvate decarboxylase structural gene PDC5 are transcriptionally induced in response to thiamin starvation. Three positive regulatory factors (Thi2p, Thi3p, and Pdc2p) are involved in the expression of THI genes, ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Nosaka K,Esaki H,Onozuka M,Konno H,Hattori Y,Akaji K

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to identify pathogenic organisms rapidly provides significant benefits to clinicians; in particular, with respect to best prescription practices and tracking of recurrent infections. Conventional bioassays require 3-5 days before identification of an organism can be made, thus compromising the effectivenes...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jarvis RM,Goodacre R

更新日期：2004-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The multiple antibiotic resistance operon (marRAB) is a member of the multidrug resistance (mdr) systems. Similar to other mdr systems, this operon when induced encodes resistance to structurally and functionally unrelated antibiotics. marRAB has been shown to be conserved in the family Enterobacteriaceae, but within ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kunonga NI,Sobieski RJ,Crupper SS

更新日期：2000-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) is an oncogenic retrovirus that was isolated in 1980 from a patient with adult T-cell leukemia. From the numerous experiments using infected patient T-cells, transgenic mice and tissue culture transformation assays, the Tax protein has been determined to be the transforming ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ressler S,Connor LM,Marriott SJ

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ascomycete Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a plant pathogen with a very broad host range. In order to identify and characterize genes involved in S. sclerotiorum infection of Brassica napus (canola), expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were examined from libraries prepared from three tissues: complex appressorium (infectio...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sexton AC,Cozijnsen AJ,Keniry A,Jewell E,Love CG,Batley J,Edwards D,Howlett BJ

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mosquitocidal crystal protein, Cry19Aa, from Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. jegathesan, has high toxicity to Anopheles stephensi and Culex pipiens but is less toxic to Aedes aegypti. To study the functional role of putative domain II and surface residues in mosquito toxicity, 16 alanine substitution mutations were in...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Roh JY,Nair MS,Liu XS,Dean DH

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of the gene transfer agent of Rhodobacter capsulatus, RcGTA, is dependent upon several cellular regulatory systems, including a putative phosphorelay involving the CtrA and CckA proteins. These proteins are also involved in flagellar motility in R. capsulatus. The interactions of proteins in this system are...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mercer RG,Quinlan M,Rose AR,Noll S,Beatty JT,Lang AS

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00