Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Yamadazyma dushanensis f.a., sp. nov., a Cellobiose-Fermenting Yeast Species from China.

abstract：:Rhodococcus sp. Eu-32 has shown an extended novel dibenzothiophene desulfurization sulfur-specific 4S pathway and could remove significant amounts of organic sulfur from coal. Here, we present the draft genome sequence of Eu-32 with a genome size of approximately 5.61 Mb, containing 5065 protein coding sequences with ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Akhtar N,Ghauri MA,Akhtar K,Parveen S,Farooq M,Ali A,Schierack P

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phage H188, a novel Vibrio kanaloae phage, was isolated from the surface water of Yellow Sea. Morphological analysis by transmission electron microscopy reveals that it belongs to the family Myoviridae. Present result suggests that the phage is stable at pH between 4.0 and 12.0. No significant difference in phage tite...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Li Y,Wang M,Liu Q,Song X,Wang D,Ma Y,Shao H,Jiang Y

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversities of soil bacterial communities in the Phragmites australis, Phalaris arundinacea, and non-plantation constructed wetlands were compared and analyzed by through high-throughput Illumina sequencing. At the phylum level, the ten dominant bacterial phyla in the three types of constructed wetlands were the s...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Fu W,Wang Y,Wei W,Li P

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Pseudomonas sp. that may be useful in bioremediation projects was isolated from soil. The strain is of potential value because it reduces selenite to elemental red selenium and is unusual in that it was resistant to high concentrations of both selenate and selenite. Exposure of the strain to 50, 100, and 150 mM sele...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Hunter WJ,Manter DK

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first cloning and characterization of the gene katA, encoding the major catalase (KatA), from Xanthomonas is reported. A reverse genetic approach using a synthesized katA-specific DNA probe to screen a X. campestris pv. phaseoli genomic library was employed. A positively hybridizing clone designated pKat29 that co...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Chauvatcharin N,Vattanaviboon P,Switala J,Loewen PC,Mongkolsuk S

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Neurospora crassa, multinucleate macroconidia are used for genetic transformation. The barrier for such a transformation can be either at the cell membrane level or at the nuclear membrane level. For assessment of these possibilities, a forced heterokaryon (containing two genetically marked nuclei and auxotrophic f...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Dev K,Maheshwari R

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：:Corynebacterium glutamicum, a Gram-positive soil bacterium belonging to the mycolic acids-containing actinomycetes, is able to use the lignin degradation products ferulate, vanillate, and protocatechuate as sole carbon sources. The gene cluster responsible for vanillate catabolism was identified and characterized. The...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Merkens H,Beckers G,Wirtz A,Burkovski A

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of the vaginal microbiota using the "culturomics concept" allowed us to isolate, from the vaginal swab of an asymptomatic 20-year-old woman who had sexual relations with another woman with bacterial vaginosis, an unknown Gram-positive anaerobic coccus-shaped bacterium that was designated strain Marseille-P29...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Diop K,Andrieu C,Michelle C,Armstrong N,Bittar F,Bretelle F,Fournier PE,Raoult D,Fenollar F

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dinI homolog of S. marcescens was cloned from a plasmid library by virtue of its ability to inhibit nuclease expression from the S. marcescens nucA gene integrated in the genome of E. coli. The S. marcescens DinI protein is 68% identical to DinI of E. coli. It has a similar effect on other SOS regulated genes and ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Berkmen M,Benedik MJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In eukaryotes, loss of cytoplasmic ribosomal proteins (RPs) results in a reduced growth rate and other phenotypic defects. The ability to transition from a unicellular budding yeast to a filamentous form is very important for biofilm formation and virulence in Candida albicans. Our recent study found that loss of the ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lu H,Xiong J,Shang Q,Jiang Y,Cao Y

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of heavy use of antimicrobials, antimicrobial resistance in bacteria has become of great concern. The effect of some widely used food additives such as sucralose on bacteria in the gut and the environment has also drawn increasing attention. In this study, we investigated the interaction between antimicrobials...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Qu Y,Li R,Jiang M,Wang X

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria use quorum sensing signalling in various functions, e.g. while forming biofilms, and inhibition of this signalling could be one way to control biofilm formation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the production of signalling molecules and its correlation with the biofilm formation capability of bacteria i...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Priha O,Virkajärvi V,Juvonen R,Puupponen-Pimiä R,Nohynek L,Alakurtti S,Pirttimaa M,Storgårds E

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequences of 16S rDNAs (coding for the small subunit ribosomal RNAs) were used to identify Xylella fastidiosa, a nutritionally fastidious plant pathogenic bacterium. The near-complete 16S rDNAs from nine strains of Xyl. fastidiosa, including seven pathotypes and one strain of Xanthomonas campestris pv. ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Chen J,Banks D,Jarret RL,Chang CJ,Smith BJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter coli cells are characterized by a comma, or spiral shape, and a single polar flagellum. Here we report stable spontaneous changes in morphology to an aflagellated straight rod. The ability to colonize the chick cecum was lost. The atypical cells were compared with the original C. coli 67 culture from whi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ziprin RL,Hume ME,Andrews K,Droleskey RE,Harvey RB,Sheffield CL

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aerobic, gram-reaction-negative, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain Z6(T), was isolated from sediment collected at Mohe Basin, China. And its taxonomic position was investigated by applying a polyphasic approach. Growth occurs at 10-45 °C (optimum, 30 °C), at pH 6.0-11.0 (optimum, pH 7.0) and in the presence o...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Han L,Teng YW,Feng QQ,Zhang RG,Zhao XM,Lv J,Xie B

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel isolate of a bacterium, capable of degrading trichloroethylene (TCE) and growing on this as the sole carbon source is reported. The test strain was isolated by an enrichment technique with trichloroethylene as the substrate. The isolated strain belongs to the genus Bacillus. The practical utility of cleaning u...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Dey K,Roy P

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD-1 spores upon the toxicity of purified Cry1Ab and Cry1C crystal proteins toward susceptible and BT-resistant Indianmeal moth (IMM, Plodia interpunctella) larvae was investigated. With susceptible larvae, HD-1 spores were toxic in the absence of crystal protein...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Johnson DE,McGaughey WH

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brevibacterium halotolerans is currently classified as a member of the Brevibacterium genus, a genus that groups together many bacterial species of similar morphology but diverse biochemical and physiological features. Here we suggest, based on multiple gene sequencing and microbial and biochemical characterization of...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ben-Gad D,Gerchman Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The great increase in the abundance and phylogenetic diversity of Flavobacterium spp. within a few hundred meters downstream of the discharge site of the Westerhöfer Bach, a hardwater rivulet, raised the question whether adjacent soil may serve as a reservoir of bacteria not detected in discharge water. To address thi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Cousin S

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strain YA was newly isolated from an enrichment culture of river sediment and was identified as Janibacter sp. It was able to utilize dibenzofuran as the sole source of carbon and energy. Strain YA degraded > 90% of 1-chloro-dibenzo-p-dioxin (1-CDD) and > 80% of 2-chloro-dibenzo-p-dioxin in 18 hours with each initial ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Iwai S,Yamazoe A,Takahashi R,Kurisu F,Yagi O

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outer membrane protein of Photobacterium damsela (OMP-PD) and the gene encoding for this porin protein were isolated and characterized. The deduced amino acid sequence of the OMP-PD monomer has 338 amino acids and a calculated molecular weight of 36,951 Da. This sequence includes a 22-amino acid signal peptide at ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Gribun A,Katcoff DJ,Hershkovits G,Pechatnikov I,Nitzan Y

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last few years, numerous cases of multidrug-resistant Achromobacter xylosoxidans infections have been documented in immunocompromised and cystic fibrosis patients. To gain insights into the molecular mechanisms and mobile elements related to multidrug resistance in this bacterium, we studied 24 non-epidemiologi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Traglia GM,Almuzara M,Merkier AK,Adams C,Galanternik L,Vay C,Centrón D,Ramírez MS

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biocides play an important role in healthcare-associated infection control by either minimizing or preventing microorganism dissemination. This study evaluated the susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates to a quaternary ammonium (QAC) disinfectant and antibiotics, and verified the presence of qacEΔ1...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Romão C,Miranda CA,Silva J,Mandetta Clementino M,de Filippis I,Asensi M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains isolated from rabbit, chicken, and rat feces and from sewage and fermented milk products, all identified as Bifidobacterium animalis, were found to show phase variations in colony appearance and in cellular morphology. The rate of transition in a switching system from opaque to transparent colonies and vice ve...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Biavati B,Crociani F,Mattarelli P,Scardovi V

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of five antibiotics namely amikacin, gentamicin, tetracycline, ciprofloxacin, and nitrofurantoin for pork isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica increased two- to eightfold after bacteria were grown in the presence of 5 mm arsenite. For Y. enterocolitica isolates obtained from was...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Virdi JS,Sinha I,Rajendran P,Singh I

更新日期：2001-08-01 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：:To overexpress the chitosanase gene (csn) in F. solani, a vector based on pCAMBIA 1300 was constructed. The csn gene, which is under control of the Aspergillus nidulans gpdA promoter and A. nidulans trpC terminator, was introduced back into the F. solani genome by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation, and...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Liu H,Bao X

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ansamycins is a group of type I polyketides characterized by the unique starter unit 3-amino-5-hydroxybenzoic acid. This family of secondary metabolites shows diverse biological activities, well-known members of which include rifamycin, geldanamycin, and maytansine. Previously, we isolated an AHBA synthase gene-positi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Xie C,Deng JJ,Wang HX

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram positive, thermophilic, and filamentous bacterium, designated strain GIESS004(T), was isolated from a sludge compost from Guangzhou, China. Growth occurred at 45-55 °C (optimum 50-53 °C) and pH 6.0-10.0 (optimum pH 7.0-7.5). The organism formed cream-yellow colonies with radial wrinkles. Aerial mycelium was not...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yu Z,Wu C,Yang GQ,Zhou SG

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00