pEG plasmid involved in styrene degradation: molecular dimorphism and integration of a segment into the chromosome.

abstract：:Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are common bacterial colonizers of the human skin. They are often involved in nosocomial infections due to biofilm formation in indwelling medical devices. While biofilm formation has been extensively studied in Staphylococcus epidermidis, little is known regarding other CoNS sp...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Oliveira F,Lima CA,Brás S,França Â,Cerca N

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How proteins reach their native conformation and location has been a major question of biology during the last 50 years. To counterbalance protein misfolding and the accumulation of aggregation products, a complex network of chaperones and proteases takes care of protein quality control in the cell. Such a chaperone n...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mas G,Hiller S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparison of sequence data is necessary in older to investigate virus origins, identify features common to virulent strains, and characterize genomic organization within virus families. A virulent caliciviral disease of rabbits recently emerged in China. We have sequenced 1100 bases from the 3' ends of two independen...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Milton ID,Vlasak R,Nowotny N,Rodak L,Carter MJ

更新日期：1992-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In sausage, Staphylococcus carnosus increases the levels of methyl ketones which could arise from incomplete beta-oxidation of fatty acids followed by a decarboxylation. The objective of this work was to characterize the beta-decarboxylase activities in cell-free extract. By using different substrates, at least two ki...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fadda S,Leroy-Sétrin S,Talon R

更新日期：2003-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:During the establishment of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection, its capacity to adhere to host intestinal epithelial cells is the critical first step in pathogenesis. It also has the capability to form biofilms, and because both are surface activities, we sought to gain insight into a potential linkage between biofilm...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Puttamreddy S,Minion FC

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gut microbiota has been suggested as an important component of host defense. However, microbiota in other parts of the body have rarely been characterized. In our present work, we give a detailed view of the body of Spodoptera exigua larvae, the midgut with intestinal contents (MG), midgut excluding intestinal content...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gao X,Li W,Luo J,Zhang L,Ji J,Zhu X,Wang L,Zhang K,Zhang S,Cui J

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weissella cibaria isolated from human saliva produces a soluble glucan that predominantly has alpha-1,6-glucosidic type linkages. Using degenerated primers that were selected based on the amino acid sequences of conserved regions from known glucansucrases, a single 2.7-kb fragment was isolated. In subsequent steps, a ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kang HK,Oh JS,Kim D

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to generate highly specific serological reagents for the quantitative identification of Actinomyces naeslundii in clinical samples, in particular dental plaque. Balb/c mice were immunized with pasteurized human A. naeslundii strains representing different genospecies and serotypes. Ten hy...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Thurnheer T,Guggenheim B,Gmür R

更新日期：1997-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two interlinked quorum sensing circuits, las and rhl, which control pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are further modulated by numerous regulators, including VqsR (virulence and quorum sensing regulator). High-density oligonucleotide microarrays were used to compare the global expression profile of a wild-type an...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Juhas M,Wiehlmann L,Salunkhe P,Lauber J,Buer J,Tümmler B

更新日期：2005-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The stimulatory effect of heme on growth of Bacteroides fragilis, an anaerobic human pathogen, was strongly inhibited by hemopexin, an avid (Kd<1 pM) heme-binding plasma protein. Both rabbit and human hemopexins were bacteriostatic for a limited period of time, suggesting an adaptation by B. fragilis to heme-limited g...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Rocha ER,Smith A,Smith CJ,Brock JH

更新日期：2001-05-15 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：:A chromosomal DNA fragment from Streptomyces antibioticus ATCC11891 was isolated by its ability to stimulate actinorhodin and undecylprodigiosin biosynthesis in Streptomyces lividans TK21. This fragment includes two open reading frames, whose deduced translated products resemble enzymes involved in sulfur metabolism (...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Scheu AK,Martínez E,Soliveri J,Malpartida F

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyphae of the human pathogenic fungus Candida albicans exhibit thigmotropic behaviour in vitro, in common with phytopathogenic and saprotrophic fungi. An examination of the literature on C. albicans hyphal penetration of epithelial and endothelial membranes does not support the premise that hyphal thigmotropism plays ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Davies JM,Stacey AJ,Gilligan CA

更新日期：1999-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the specificity of a monoclonal antibody which reacts with autoclaved extracts of four species of enterococci but does not react to the same extent with similar extracts from two non-enterococcal group D streptococci. The monoclonal antibody also reacts specifically with purified lipoteichoic acid from St...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hammonds SJ,Easterbrook TJ,McIllmurray MB

更新日期：1991-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:CRISPR-Cas adaptive immune systems protect bacteria from phage predation, and other foreign genetic elements such as plasmids. Significant advances have been made regarding how CRISPR-Cas systems elicit immunity; however, comparatively little is known about their regulation. To study CRISPR-Cas regulation, we describe...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hampton HG,Patterson AG,Chang JT,Taylor C,Fineran PC

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enteric microogranisms Salmonella, Escherichia coli and Shigella flexneri prefer to grow in neutral pH environments. They nevertheless experience dramatic pH fluctuations in nature and during pathogenesis. In response to environmental encounters with acid, these organisms have evolved complex, inducible acid survi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bearson S,Bearson B,Foster JW

更新日期：1997-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of pili on cells of Arthrobacter photogonimos is induced by photo-oxidative conditions. The nucleotide sequence was determined of a light-inducible gene (lipA) that encodes the precursor of a light-inducible pilin (designated LIP), a polypeptide of 212 amino acids. The N-terminal leader peptide includes a ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yang HS,Hoober JK

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The filamentous fungi Monascus spp., which have been used in traditional fermented food in Asia for centuries, are well-known producers of a group of bioactive metabolites that are widely used as food additives and nutraceutical supplements worldwide. However, its potential to produce the mycotoxin citrinin poses a th...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Li L,Shao Y,Li Q,Yang S,Chen F

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endpolygalacturonase I from Stereum purpureum has been identified as a causative substance for the silver-leaf disease in apples. It possesses a unique pro-sequence in the C-terminal region that lacks endpolygalacturonases from any other origin. In this study, we analyzed and compared enzymatic characteristics between...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hamada S,Toda K,Ogawa S,Kubota K,Miyairi K

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SbmA protein is involved in the transport of MccB17-, MccJ25-, bleomycin- and proline-rich peptides into the Escherichia coli cytoplasm. sbmA gene homologues were found in a variety of bacteria. However, the physiological role of this protein still remains unknown. Previously, we found that a combination of sbmA a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Corbalán NS,Adler C,de Cristóbal RE,Pomares MF,Delgado MA,Vincent PA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus bovis HC5 cultures released a broad spectrum lantibiotic, bovicin HC5, into the cell-fee culture supernatant after they reached stationary phase, but most of the antibacterial activity remained cell-associated. Cell-associated bovicin HC5 was more resistant to degradation by Pronase E than the cell-free ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Xavier BM,Houlihan AJ,Russell JB

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：:In spite of being dispensable, O-antigens are believed to facilitate various cellular processes and alter antibiotic sensitivities. Escherichia coli K-12 (CS109) strains are lacking in O-antigens and are reported to be sensitive to antibiotics. To our surprise, E. coli 2443 (expressing O8-antigen) manifested two- to f...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sarkar SK,Ghosh AS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five mutations in ccpA of Bacillus megaterium with impaired functions were analysed for carbon catabolite repression. The phenotypes support the hypothesis that CcpA assumes a PurR/LacI fold. The completely inactive mutants CcpA119GE and CcpA326am cause alterations which are incompatible with that fold. A mutation wit...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kraus A,Hillen W

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptidoglycan hydrolases are an effective new source of antimicrobials. A chimeric fusion protein of the Ply187 endopeptidase domain and LysK SH3b cell wall-binding domain is a potent agent against Staphylococcus aureus in four functional assays. ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mao J,Schmelcher M,Harty WJ,Foster-Frey J,Donovan DM

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus subtilis cells must have cytochromes for growth and can synthesize cytochromes of a-, b-, c-, d-, and o-types. After a long lag, our knowledge of the structure, genetics and specific role for these cytochromes is now growing exponentially as the result of recent research. This progress is reviewed here and in...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： von Wachenfeldt C,Hederstedt L

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of AT-rich genes from microorganisms such as archaea is often inefficient in Escherichia coli. The trpA and trpB genes encoding the tryptophan synthase subunits were cloned from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus. No apparent difference in codon bias was found between the genes. However, usi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ishida M,Oshima T,Yutani K

更新日期：2002-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of synthetic sex pheromone on pheromone-inducible conjugation between the isogenic Enterococcus faecalis strains OG1RF and OG1SS was investigated in (i) Todd-Hewitt broth medium and (ii) intestinal mucus isolated from germ-free rats. In broth, the presence of synthetic pheromone cCF10 had no detectable effe...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Licht TR,Hammerum AM,Jensen LB,Jacobsen BL

更新日期：2001-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogenase is oxygen-labile. Cyanobacterial heterocysts can fix N(2) in an oxic milieu because their interior is micro-oxic, for which the glycolipid layer of the heterocyst envelope is required. ORF all5341 of the Anabaena sp. genome predicts a glycosyl transferase. An insertional mutant of all5341 synthesized only ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Awai K,Wolk CP

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription of the sigA and sigB genes of Brevibacterium lactofermentum, encoding the principal sigma factors of RNA polymerase, has been investigated by Northern blot and primer extension analysis. Northern hybridizations revealed that sigA is transcribed as a monocistronic mRNA of 1.7 kb and sigB gives two transcr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Oguiza JA,Marcos AT,Martín JF

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00