Genomic Analysis of Bacillus sp. Strain B25, a Biocontrol Agent of Maize Pathogen Fusarium verticillioides.

abstract：:White-rot fungal strains of Trametes versicolor and Phanerochaete chrysosporium were selected to study the decolourisation of the textile dye, Reactive Black 5, under alkaline-saline conditions. Free and immobilised T. versicolor cells showed 100 % decolourisation in the growth medium supplemented with 15 g l(-1) NaCl...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ottoni C,Lima L,Santos C,Lima N

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Bacillus thuringiensis that showed significantly high toxicity to Plutella xylostella and Spodoptera exigua was isolated from a Korean soil sample and characterized. The isolate, named B. thuringiensis K1, was determined to belong to ssp. kurstaki (H3a3b3c) type by an H antisera agglutination test and prod...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Li MS,Je YH,Lee IH,Chang JH,Roh JY,Kim HS,Oh HW,Boo KS

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclohexadepsipeptide beauvericin (BEA) is a mycotoxin produced by the fungus Beauveria bassiana (Bals.). Using ELISA, different accessions of B. bassiana, belonging to distinct genetic groups, were analyzed to determine their variability in BEA production. The cytotoxic effect of pure mycotoxins and crude extract...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Valencia JW,Gaitán Bustamante AL,Jiménez AV,Grossi-de-Sá MF

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a lab-scale partial nitrifying sequencing batch reactor (SBR) was developed to investigate partial nitrification at ambient temperature (16-22 °C). Techniques of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), cloning, and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) were utilized simultaneously to study m...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zeng T,Li D,Zeng H,Zhang Z,Liu L,Zhang X,Zhang J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orf101 (Bm101) of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) is a highly conserved gene in lepidopteran nucleopolyhedroviruses, but its function remains unknown. In this study, Bm101 was characterized. Transcripts of Bm101 were detected from 24 through 96 h post infection (h p.i.) by RT-PCR. The corresponding protein wa...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Chen H,Li M,Huang G,Mai W,Chen K,Zhou Y

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the correlation between mutations in promoter, attenuator, and the AmpC enzyme overproduction in Escherichia coli. ampC Promoters from 4 Escherichia coli clinical isolates were cloned upstream to the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene in pCAT3 reporter plasmid. Promoter strengths were measured...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yu W,Bing L,Zhenhua L

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine subsurface sediments represent a novel archaeal biosphere with unknown physiology. To get to know the composition and ecological roles of the archaeal communities within the sediments of the Pearl River Estuary, Southern China, the diversity and vertical distribution of active archaea in a sediment core were ch...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Chen J,Wang F,Jiang L,Yin X,Xiao X

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unicellular green algae, like Chlorella, offer a potentially useful system for the expression of heterologous proteins. However, the development of Chlorella as a bioreactor has been delayed owing to the lack of a stable transformation technique. Here we report on the use of micro-projectile bombardment to introduce t...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Dawson HN,Burlingame R,Cannons AC

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain-designated YsT was isolated as a filterable bacterial strain from Lake Sanaru, a brackish water lake in Hamamatsu Japan. YsT is aerobic, Gram-negative, and slender rod shaped. YsT grew optimally at 30 °C, pH 7.0-8.0 and without the addition of NaCl. MK-7 was the sole isoprenoid quinone. The main cellular pola...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Maejima Y,Iino T,Muraguchi Y,Fukuda K,Ohkuma M,Suzuki T,Moriuchi R,Dohra H,Kimbara K,Shintani M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 (Ogawa, Inaba) and non-O1 serogroups have been found to produce an elastolytic protease that can be detected on 0.3% elastin agar plates or in broth cultures. The elastase enzyme appears to be maximally expressed in late log phase (14-18 h postinoculation) and has optimum activity at a pH...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Janda JM,Abbott SL,Khashe S

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma penetrans invades HeLa cells and survives within them for prolonged periods of time. The intracellular distribution of M. penetrans within HeLa cells was studied utilizing the acidotropic dye LysoTracker (green), which permeates cell membranes and upon protonation remains trapped in acidic compartments. The...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Tarshis M,Yavlovich A,Katzenell A,Ginsburg I,Rottem S

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rhizobacterium with high antifungal activity was isolated from a potato field at Inneruulalik, South Greenland. Phylogenetic analysis based on multi locus sequence typing showed that the bacterium was affiliated with strains of Pseudomonas fluorescens. The bacterium, denoted as Pseudomonas fluorescens In5, inhibited...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Michelsen CF,Stougaard P

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of disodium fumarate (DF) on the ruminal fermentation profiles, the accumulation of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and bioamines, and the composition of the ruminal bacterial community was investigated by in vitro rumen fermentation. The addition of DF increased the total gas production; the concentrations of pro...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Jin W,Xue C,Liu J,Yin Y,Zhu W,Mao S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antibacterial effects of tea polyphenols (TPP) extracted from Korean green tea (Camellia sinensis) against clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were evaluated. Characterization of the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of oxacillin for 30 S. aureus strains isolated from patie...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Cho YS,Schiller NL,Oh KH

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six cyanobacterial isolates recovered from Polynesian microbial mats, called "kopara," were cultured using laboratory-closed photobioreactors and were shown to produce exopolymers as released and capsular exopolysaccharides (EPS). These polymers have been chemically characterized using colorimetric and elemental assay...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Richert L,Golubic S,Guédès RL,Ratiskol J,Payri C,Guezennec J

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A screen of thermophilic lactic acid bacteria identified Streptococcus thermophilus strain ST110 as the putative producer of a bacteriocin with high level of activity against pediococci. Thermophilin 110 was isolated from culture supernatant after 16 h of growth and partially purified by a chloroform extraction proced...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Gilbreth SE,Somkuti GA

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：:Determination of the nucleotide sequence of a 4.5-kb chromosomal DNA fragment of Bacillus stearothermophilus LV revealed two open reading frames (ORFs) of 121 and 727 amino acids (aa) that exhibit a high degree of similarity with the cadC and cadA cadmium resistance genes of a number of microorganisms. Transfer and ex...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Nerey Md Mdel C,Pichuantes SE,Saavedra CP,Araya MA,Tantaleán JC,Vásquez CC

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vegetative insecticidal protein (Vip3) from Bacillus thuringiensis shows high activity against lepidopteran insects. Cytolytic δ-endotoxin (Cyt) also has high toxicity to dipteran larvae and synergism with other crystal proteins (Cry), but synergism between Cyt and Vip3 proteins has not been tested. We analyzed for sy...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yu X,Liu T,Sun Z,Guan P,Zhu J,Wang S,Li S,Deng Q,Wang L,Zheng A,Li P

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A systematic evaluation of the ability of different bacterial genera to transform 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), and grow in its presence, was conducted. Aerobic Gram-negative organisms degraded TNT and evidenced net consumption of reduced metabolites when cultured in molasses medium. Some Gram-negative isolates transfo...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Fuller ME,Manning JF Jr

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：:Interactions between Bacillus anthracis (B. anthracis) and host cells are of particular interest given the implications of anthrax as a biological weapon. Inhaled B. anthracis endospores encounter alveolar macrophages as the first line of defense in the innate immune response. Yet, the consequences of this interaction...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Porasuphatana S,Cao GL,Tsai P,Tavakkoli F,Huwar T,Baillie L,Cross AS,Shapiro P,Rosen GM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-negative, non-motile, rod-shaped, aerobic bacterial strain, designated S7-3-3T, was isolated from apple orchard soil in Gyeongsangnam-do province, South Korea, and was characterized taxonomically using a polyphasic approach. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strain S7-3-3T belong...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Li W,Lee SY,Kang IK,Ten LN,Jung HY

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for a vaccine capable of conferring heterologous protection, through the identification of conserved and cross-protective antigens, remains an ongoing priority in leptospirosis research. In the present study, an in silico analysis was used to identify potentially protective lipoproteins from Leptospira inte...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Hartwig DD,Seixas FK,Cerqueira GM,McBride AJ,Dellagostin OA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current status of Helicobacter contamination of laboratory mice, rats, gerbils, and house musk shrews from 47, 10, 4, and 3 colonies, respectively, in Japan was studied. Helicobacter was detected by reverse transcription (RT)-nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with Helicobacter genus-specific primers by using ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Goto K,Ohashi H,Takakura A,Itoh T

更新日期：2000-09-01 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：:Putative penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) were identified in the genome of the Burkholderia cenocepacia strain J2315 based on homology to E. coli PBPs. The three sequences identified as homologs of E. coli PBP1a, BCAL2021, BCAL0274, and BCAM2632, were cloned and expressed as His(6)-tagged fusion proteins in E. coli....

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Specht KM,Sheetz KH,Alexander CM,Lamech LT,O'Connor LH,Walker DM,Stevenson HP

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one Listeria strains were tested for sensitivity to four class IIa bacteriocins, namely, enterocin A, mesentericin Y105, divercin V41, and pediocin AcH, and to nisin A. Class IIa bacteriocins displayed surprisingly similar antimicrobial patterns ranging from highly susceptible to fully resistant strains, wherea...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ennahar S,Deschamps N,Richard J

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modification is described of the plate method for the detection of microorganisms with overall cellulolytic activity, including those like Cytophaga, in which the activity is cell bound. Within a few days of incubation colonies of cellulose-degrading bacteria formed holes in discs of lens paper placed on freshly ino...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Volokita M,Abeliovich A,Soares MI

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two strains of the well-known insect pathogen and biopesticide, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), belonging to subspecies alesti (strain Bt5) and kurstaki (strain Bt213), were chosen for genetic characterization. The two strains belong to different serotypes and are currently classified into different subspecies, although ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lövgren A,Carlson CR,Kang D,Eskils K,Kolstø AB

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00