Cell wall constituents of Microcystis sp. PCC 7806.

abstract：:The study of exopolysaccharide production by heterofermentative sourdough lactic acid bacteria has shown that Weissella strains isolated from sourdoughs produce linear dextrans containing α-(1→6) glucose residues with few α-(1→3) linkages from sucrose. In this study, several dextran-producing strains, Weissella cibari...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bounaix MS,Robert H,Gabriel V,Morel S,Remaud-Siméon M,Gabriel B,Fontagné-Faucher C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus intermedius is well known to produce severe infections in various areas of the body. In this study, we evaluated the ability of S. intermedius to utilise human transferrin as a source of iron and investigated the mechanism by which iron can be obtained from this plasma protein. Adding either ferrous sulf...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Brochu V,Greinier D,Mayrand D

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase gene (gabD) was identified to be disrupted in a transposon-induced mutant of Ralstonia eutropha exhibiting the phenotype 4-hydroxybutyric acid-leaky. The native gabD gene was cloned by colony hybridization using a homologous gabD-specific DNA probe. DNA sequencing revealed an 145...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lütke-Eversloh T,Steinbüchel A

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some microorganisms found in the soil are able to produce substances which regulate plant growth. In this study, we show the presence of a substance associated with auxin activity, identified as indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), in Azospirillum brasilense UAP 154 growth medium. A. brasilense was grown and indolic compounds...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Martínez-Morales LJ,Soto-Urzúa L,Baca BE,Sánchez-Ahédo JA

更新日期：2003-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila is known as a facultative intracellular parasite of free-living soil and freshwater amoebae, of which several species have been shown to support the growth of the pathogenic bacteria. We report for the first time the behaviour of two strains (c2c and Z503) of the amoeba Willaertia magna towards ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Dey R,Bodennec J,Mameri MO,Pernin P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growing demand to replace fossil fuels with renewable alternatives has generated an urgent and imminent global need to find new non-fossil sources. Sweet sorghum is widely recognized as a highly promising biomass energy crop with the particular potential to complement sugarcane for ethanol production. Our aim in t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Durán MA,Dantur K,Ruiz RM,Romero ER,Zossi S,Gusils C

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the mechanisms used by Trichomonas vaginalis to damage cellular membranes, using human erythrocytes as target cells. Haemolysis is a contact- and temperature-dependent phenomenon, and is inhibited in 4 mM EGTA. Osmotic protection experiments using carbohydrates with different molecular diameters a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fiori PL,Rappelli P,Rocchigiani AM,Cappuccinelli P

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the auto-ecology of a strain of Gigaspora margarita in a commercial inoculum, we found a pair of PCR primers amplifying a sequence of 235 bp diagnostic of the isolate. We designed an oligonucleotide probe based on the DNA sequence. The combination of PCR and the probing successfully detected the diagnos...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yokoyama K,Tateishi T,Marumoto T,Saito M

更新日期：2002-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The precise molecular mechanism of Staphylococcus aureus beta-toxin inactivation by the serotype F triple-converting phage phi 42, phi A1 and phi A3 was investigated. Sequence analysis of the phi 42 (attP) and Staphylococcus aureus (attB) attachment sites and the left (attL) and right (attR) chromosomal/bacteriophage ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Carroll JD,Cafferkey MT,Coleman DC

更新日期：1993-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A Deltalgt (Lgt, lipoprotein diacylglyceryl transferase) isogenic mutant was obtained which indicates that lgt is not essential for cell growth in vitro, like in the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis, but unlike in the proteobacteria Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. The mutation was transduced to a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Petit CM,Brown JR,Ingraham K,Bryant AP,Holmes DJ

更新日期：2001-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipid etherlipid (PLEL) derived isoprenoids and phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA) were determined in eight Euryarchaeotal monocultures for taxonomic profiling. For the first time significant amounts of fatty acids in the PLFA of Euryarchaeota were determined. The PLFA proportion varied between 11.3 and 35.5% of t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gattinger A,Schloter M,Munch JC

更新日期：2002-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress-activated MAPK pathways are systems used to regulate the stress adaptation of most fungi. It has been shown that in Talaromyces marneffei (Penicillium marneffei), a pathogenic dimorphic fungus, the sakA gene is involved, not only in tolerance against oxidative and heat stresses, but also in playing a role in as...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Nimmanee P,Tam EWT,Woo PCY,Vanittanakom P,Vanittanakom N

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the role of Listeria monocytogenes ferritin was investigated. The fri gene encoding the ferritin was deleted and the phenotype of the mutant was analyzed demonstrating that ferritin is necessary for optimal growth in minimal medium in both presence and absence of iron, as well as after cold- and heat-sh...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Dussurget O,Dumas E,Archambaud C,Chafsey I,Chambon C,Hébraud M,Cossart P

更新日期：2005-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of the gene specifying the ethidium efflux system of Escherichia coli has been determined. The translated open reading frame has identified a membrane-bound polypeptide of 110 amino acids (11,960 Da) which shares 42% identity with a staphylococcal protein specifying resistance to ethidium. ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Purewal AS

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based procedures of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and repetitive element (RE)-based PCR were used to amplify total DNA prepared from each of 62 clinical Serratia marcescens isolates. Three different random primers, designated 1060, 1254 and 1283, were used individually i...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Patton TG,Katz S,Sobieski RJ,Crupper SS

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The replication region of plasmid pRA2 from Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIB 9867 (strain P25X) was localized within a 5.9-kbp DNA fragment and its sequence was determined. An interesting feature of the sequence is the presence of a 1.3-kbp region containing seven, highly conserved, direct repeats of 72 bp in length. The ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kwong SM,Yeo CC,Chuah D,Poh CL

更新日期：1998-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A large cellulosomal gene cluster was identified in the recently sequenced genome of Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824. Sequence analysis revealed that this cluster contains the genes for the scaffolding protein CipA, the processive endocellulase Cel48A, several endoglucanases of families 5 and 9, the mannanase Man5...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sabathé F,Bélaïch A,Soucaille P

更新日期：2002-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we describe the development of a highly stringent and dually regulated promoter system for Shigella flexneri. Dual regulation was provided by utilizing a promoter susceptible to control by the bacteriophage P1 temperature-sensitive C1 repressor that in turn was under the transcriptional control of LacI....

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Schofield DA,Westwater C,Dolan JW,Norris JS,Schmidt MG

更新日期：2002-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In the purple sulphur bacterium Allochromatium vinosum, the prosthetic group of dissimilatory sulphite reductase (DsrAB) was identified as siroamide, an amidated form of the classical sirohaem. The genes dsrAB are the first two of a large cluster of genes necessary for the oxidation of sulphur globules stored intracel...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lübbe YJ,Youn HS,Timkovich R,Dahl C

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding the second enzyme of the 2C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway for isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthesis, 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate (DXP) reductoisomerase, was cloned and sequenced from Zymomonas mobilis. The deduced amino acid sequence showed the highest identity (48.2%) to the DXP re...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Grolle S,Bringer-Meyer S,Sahm H

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A smooth colony strain, resistant to phages lambda and P22, was isolated from sewage and identified as Escherichia coli (strain H). Four temperate phages plaquing on strain H were isolated from sewage. The archetype, HK620, does not plaque on strains C and K12 of E. coli nor on the LT2 strain of Salmonella enterica. B...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Dhillon TS,Poon AP,Chan D,Clark AJ

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of strains of Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella pullorum on Hektoen agar has been reported to influence the expression of long-chain lipopolysaccharide and motility respectively. In this study we used a panel of strains of S. enteritidis and S. pullorum to investigate these phenomena. Culture on Hektoen aga...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Chart H,Rowe B

更新日期：1998-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two actinomycete strains, CHR3 and CHR28, were isolated from metal-contaminated sediments from Baltimore Inner Harbor. The isolates were classified as Streptomyces spp. Agar diffusion assays showed both isolates to be resistant to mercuric chloride and phenylmercuric acetate. Hybridization experiments indicated that g...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ravel J,Amoroso MJ,Colwell RR,Hill RT

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella abortus B19, an avirulent strain obtained by spontaneous mutation, is used worldwide as a vaccine for the control of bovine brucellosis. B19 differs from other B. abortus strains in its sensitivity to erythritol. We took advantage of a previously obtained erythritol sensitive Tn5 insertion mutant of B. abortu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sangari FJ,García-Lobo JM,Agüero J

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-toxin gene from Clostridium perfringens type C was cloned and expressed as a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein in Escherichia coli. The DNA sequence was determined and compared to the type B sequence. Two nucleotide differences were found in the protein coding sequence, resulting in one amino acid diff...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Steinthorsdottir V,Fridriksdottir V,Gunnarsson E,Andrésson OS

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rainbow trout gastroenteritis has been related to the accumulation of segmented filamentous bacteria in the digestive tract of fish, which presents lethargy, reduced appetite and accumulation of mucoid faeces. Some authors associate the comparison of illness with the presence of viable filaments, which produce and rel...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Manzano M,Giusto C,Iacumin L,Patthey C,Cecchini F,Fontanillas R,Comi G

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic oligonucleotide primers were used in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocol to target a specific sequence in the gene coding for the A subunit of Escherichia coli verotoxin (VTe-variant, VTev). This PCR protocol permits the VTe-variant target sequence to be distinguished from closely related sequences in...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Johnson WM,Tyler SD,Wang G,Lior H

更新日期：1991-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-stain-negative bacterial strain, JBTF-M27T, was isolated from a tidal flat from Yellow Sea, Republic of Korea. Neighbor-joining phylogenetic tree of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain JBTF-M27T fell within the clade comprising the type strains of Sulfitobacter species. Strain JBTF-M27T exhibited the hig...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Park S,Chen S,Lee JS,Kim W,Yoon JH

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2918 bp sequence coding for the orotidine-5'-monophosphate decarboxylase enzyme (OMPD) was isolated from the genome of Myrothecium gramineum. This sequence was analysed and, remarkably, it is the first OMPD gene of a Sordariomycete that has an intron. The gene codes for an enzyme of 282 amino acids. The nucleotide s...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： De Maeseneire SL,De Groeve MR,Dauvrin T,De Mey M,Soetaert W,Vandamme EJ

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mapping of the plasmid-encoded RNA of the intracellular parasite, Chlamydia trachomatis revealed that the upstream control elements are different from those of other Gram-negative bacteria. A tetranucleotide, AYAA was found near the -10 position, in 5 out of 8 upstream sequences described so far. The plasmid also has ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sriprakash KS,Pearce BJ

更新日期：1990-09-15 00:00:00