Board game versus lecture-based seminar in the teaching of pharmacology of antimicrobial drugs--a randomized controlled trial.

abstract：:We report here improvements to the growth media and fermentation conditions which result in a substantial increase of Helicobacter pylori growth and in the enhanced production of vacuolating cytotoxin. Addition of glucose to the medium resulted in the increase of cell yield, cell viability and a significant improvemen...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Marchini A,Massari P,Manetti R,Olivieri R

更新日期：1994-11-15 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：:In Bacillus subtilis, utilisation of xylose, arabinose and ribose is controlled by the transcriptional factors XylR, AraR and RbsR, respectively. Here we apply the comparative approach to the analysis of these regulons in the Bacillus/Clostridium group. Evolutionary variability of operon structures is demonstrated and...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Rodionov DA,Mironov AA,Gelfand MS

更新日期：2001-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial production of acetone and butanol was one of the first large-scale industrial fermentation processes of global importance. During the first part of the 20th century, it was indeed the second largest fermentation process, superseded in importance only by the ethanol fermentation. After a rapid decline after t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sauer M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primers designed to conserved regions of botulinum and tetanus clostridial toxins were used to amplify DNA fragments from non-proteolytic Clostridium botulinum type F (202F) DNA using polymerase chain reaction technology. The fragments were cloned and the complete nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding type F toxin ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： East AK,Richardson PT,Allaway D,Collins MD,Roberts TA,Thompson DE

更新日期：1992-09-15 00:00:00

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：:We characterized Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis insertion sequences related to insertion sequence 1541, recently identified in Yersinia pestis. For each of the two species, two insertion sequence copies were cloned and sequenced. Genetic elements from Y. pseudotuberculosis were almost identica...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Devalckenaere A,Odaert M,Trieu-Cuot P,Simonet M

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is subject to speculation. However, the reality that infected postmortem tissues can be a danger to pathologists and embalmers has worrisome implications. A few experimental studies have demonstrated the organism's ability to withstand exposure to embalming fluid...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lemma E,Zimhony O,Greenblatt CL,Koltunov V,Zylber MI,Vernon K,Spigelman M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The core metabolism of microorganisms has a major influence on the hydrogen isotopic composition of their fatty acids. Heterotrophic microorganisms produce fatty acids with a deuterium to hydrogen (D/H) ratio either slightly depleted or enriched in D compared to the growth water, while photo- and chemoautotrophic micr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Heinzelmann SM,Chivall D,M'Boule D,Sinke-Schoen D,Villanueva L,Damsté JS,Schouten S,van der Meer MT

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma fermentans has been reported to be pathogenic for man. All fourteen strains tested contain an insertion sequence-like element (ISLE) which may be present in multiple copies. To determine whether ISLE copies are similarly distributed in different strains of M. fermentans, restriction enzyme digest fragments ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pitcher D,Hilbocus J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a multiplex PCR to detect the presence of methicillin- (mecA), cadmium/zinc-(czrC) and antiseptic-resistant (qacA/B) staphylococci and to identify Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive and -negative Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) from infected and healthy eyes. The ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Panda S,Kar S,Choudhury R,Sharma S,Singh DV

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have established an improved large deletion method in Escherichia coli genome using a combination of two different recombination systems, lambda Red and Cre/loxP. The loxP site could be rapidly and efficiently integrated in the genome by lambda Red and large deletions of both 117- and 165-kbp regions could be gener...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fukiya S,Mizoguchi H,Mori H

更新日期：2004-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene disruption experiments play an important role in the functional characterization of genes in mycobacteria and rely mostly on the use of one or two antibiotic resistance markers. We have developed a system for mycobacteria which features both the advantages of the use of antibiotic resistance markers for gene disr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Malaga W,Perez E,Guilhot C

更新日期：2003-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We report for the first time the production of acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) by Erwina amylovora, an important quarantine bacterial pathogen that causes fire blight in plants. E. amylovora produces one N-acyl homoserine lactone [a N-(3-oxo-hexanoyl)-homoserine lactone or a N-(3-hydroxy-hexanoyl)-homoserine lactone] ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Venturi V,Venuti C,Devescovi G,Lucchese C,Friscina A,Degrassi G,Aguilar C,Mazzucchi U

更新日期：2004-12-15 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：:The photoinduced bactericidal capacity of TiO(2) based films was evaluated, using as model organism Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Thin films were obtained by spray pyrolysis; they included undoped, Cu doped, and Al doped TiO(2). Scanning electron microscopy was used to observe the final effect of the irradiated films upon t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Amézaga-Madrid P,Nevárez-Moorillón GV,Orrantia-Borunda E,Miki-Yoshida M

更新日期：2002-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The classical monomeric autotransporters are ubiquitously used by Gram-negative bacteria to export virulence and colonization factors to their cell surface or into their surroundings. They are expressed as monomeric proteins that pass the inner and outer membrane in two consecutive steps facilitated by the Sec translo...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： van Ulsen P,Zinner KM,Jong WSP,Luirink J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When challenged by stresses such as starvation, the soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis produces an endospore surrounded by a proteinaceous coat composed of >70 proteins that are organized into three main layers: an amorphous undercoat, lightly staining lamellar inner coat and electron-dense outer coat. This coat protect...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Müllerová D,Krajčíková D,Barák I

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) is an important diarrhoeal pathogen causing diseases in multiple epidemiological and clinical settings. In developing countries like India, diarrhoeal diseases are one of the major killers among paediatric population and oddly, few studies are available from Indian paediatric ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gupta D,Sharma M,Sarkar S,Thapa BR,Chakraborti A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diheme cytochromes c of the widespread TsdA family are bifunctional thiosulfate dehydrogenase/tetrathionate reductases. Here, biochemical information was collected about TsdA from the Epsilonproteobacterium Wolinella succinogenes (WsTsdA). The situation in W. succinogenes is unique since TsdA is closely associated...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kurth JM,Schuster A,Seel W,Herresthal S,Simon J,Dahl C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dark septate endophytes (DSEs) are widely distributed worldwide and can promote plant growth. Therefore, they are considered potentially important plant allies, especially in stressful environments. Previous studies have reported that DSEs cohabit roots with other microorganisms such as ectomycorrhizal (ECM), endophyt...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Berthelot C,Leyval C,Chalot M,Blaudez D

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homologs of the Escherichia coli oxyR gene were identified in several Erwinia species, using a combination of PCR and Southern hybridization analysis. The oxyR gene from Erwinia carotovora was isolated on a cosmid clone and characterized. The gene and deduced gene product shared high level sequence identity with their...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Calcutt MJ,Lewis MS,Eisenstark A

更新日期：1998-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Diesel fuel is a common environmental pollutant comprised of a large number of both aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons. The microbial degradation of individual hydrocarbons has been well characterized, however, the community dynamics within a system degrading a complex pollutant such as diesel fuel are still poorly u...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ciric L,Philp JC,Whiteley AS

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA polymerase from the archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi strain Orsay was expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant DNA polymerase (Pab) was purified to homogeneity by heat treatment followed by 5 steps of chromatography and characterized for PCR applications. Buffer optimization experiments indicated that Pab PCR perf...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Dietrich J,Schmitt P,Zieger M,Preve B,Rolland JL,Chaabihi H,Gueguen Y

更新日期：2002-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Methanobacterium barkeri was found to catalyze the reductive dehalogenation of trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11), also known as FREON 11. Products detected were CHFCl2, CH2FCl, CO and fluoride. ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Krone UE,Thauer RK

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The applicability of different PCR-based techniques, random amplified polymorphic DNA, cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence and SSRs (simple sequence repeats) to genetically identify, typify and discriminate among Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains, was investigated. The analysis and comparison of the genetic profiles...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pérez MA,Gallego FJ,Hidalgo P

更新日期：2001-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In Azotobacter chroococcum the hydrogenase structural genes (hupSL) cover about 2.8 kb of a 15-kb region associated with hydrogen-uptake (Hup) activity. Two other genes in this region, hupD and hupE, were located 8.9 kb downstream of hupL and were shown to be essential for hydrogenase activity by insertion mutagenesis...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Du L,Stejskal F,Tibelius KH

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group B streptococci (GBS) represent a very important group of human pathogens. So far little is known about the mechanisms by which these bacteria can cause disease and the bacterial factors involved. One putative virulence factor is the beta antigen of the C protein complex (Bac), which can bind to the Fc region of ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kreikemeyer B,Jerlström PG

更新日期：1999-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii is known to inhibit apoptosis of its host cell. The molecular mechanisms of this interference are, however, not yet completely understood. We show here that viable parasites prominently inhibited the activation of caspase 3/7 induced by cytochrome c, dATP and dithiothreitol...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Keller P,Schaumburg F,Fischer SF,Häcker G,Gross U,Lüder CG

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase) gene of Brevibacillus brevis CD162 was cloned into Escherichia coli using pUC19 as a vector. Determination of the nucleotide sequence showed the presence of an open reading frame of 2079 bp encoding a polypeptide of 693 amino acid residues, composed of a 20-amino acid signal...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kim MH,Sohn CB,Oh TK

更新日期：1998-07-15 00:00:00