Diversity, Roles, and Biotechnological Applications of Symbiotic Microorganisms in the Gut of Termite.

abstract：:A bacterium that tested positive with antibodies specific for Escherichia coli O157 was isolated from beef during routine screening procedures. The bacterium was identified as E. fergusonii by biochemical testing and partial sequencing of 16S rRNA. The isolate was tested for the presence of genes encoding Shiga toxins...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Fegan N,Barlow RS,Gobius KS

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ruminal proteolysis and subsequent amino acid degradation represent considerable economic loss in ruminant production. The hyper ammonia-producing bacteria (HAB) are largely responsible for amino acid deamination in the rumen. HAB can be controlled with ionophores, but they are also susceptible to antimicrobial plant ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Flythe M,Kagan I

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raw vine-trimming wastes or the solid residues obtained after different fractionation treatments were evaluated for their suitability as Amycolatopsis sp. immobilization carriers during the bioconversion of ferulic acid into valuable phenolic compounds such as vanillin, vanillyl alcohol, and vanillic acid, the main fl...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Castañón-Rodríguez JF,Pérez-Rodríguez N,de Souza Oliveira RP,Aguilar-Uscanga MG,Domínguez JM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:pH affected significantly the growth and the glucose fermentation pattern of Propionibacterium microaerophilum. In neutral conditions (pH 6.5-7.5), growth and glucose fermentation rate (qs) were optimum producing propionate, acetate, CO(2), and formate [which together represented 90% (wt/wt) of the end products], and ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Koussémon M,Combet-Blanc Y,Ollivier B

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：:The histidine decarboxylase gene cluster of Morganella morganii DSM30146(T) was sequenced, and four open reading frames, named hdcT1, hdc, hdcT2, and hisRS were identified. Two putative histidine/histamine antiporters (hdcT1 and hdcT2) were located upstream and downstream the hdc gene, codifying a pyridoxal-P dependen...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ferrario C,Borgo F,de Las Rivas B,Muñoz R,Ricci G,Fortina MG

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:The foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes has the ability to develop biofilm in food-processing environment, which becomes a major concern for the food safety. The biofilm formation is strongly influenced by the availability of nutrients and environmental conditions, and particularly enhanced in poor minimal essen...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhou Q,Feng X,Zhang Q,Feng F,Yin X,Shang J,Qu H,Luo Q

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing interest in understanding the role of the gut microbiome on productive and meat quality-related traits in livestock species in order to develop new useful tools for improving pig production systems and industry. Faecal samples are analysed as a proxy of gut microbiota and here the selection of suita...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Muiños-Bühl A,González-Recio O,Muñoz M,Óvilo C,García-Casco J,Fernández AI

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial fish pathogens are pervasive in aquaculture. Control of bacterial fish pathogen is a difficult task among aquaculture practitioners. A large number of antibiotics are used for the control of prevalent bacterial pathogens in aquaculture. This may lead to drug resistance among pathogens and further treatment w...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Midhun SJ,Neethu S,Vysakh A,Radhakrishnan EK,Jyothis M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alphaproteobacterial strain JLT2003(T) was isolated from surface seawater off the coast of Guishan island, Taiwan. The strain was Gram negative, ovoid or coccoid, non-motile and formed pink colonies on marine agar 2216 (MA; DIFCO) medium. The dominant fatty acids were C(18:1)ω7c, cyclo C(19:0)ω8c, and C(16:0). The...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Liu K,Zong R,Li Q,Fu Y,Xu Y,Wang Y,Jiao N

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In laboratory cultures of ice nucleation-active (Ice+) Erwinia herbicola isolates, it has been difficult to achieve high-level expression of ice nuclei, especially nuclei active at temperatures warmer than -5 degrees C (i.e., type 1 ice nuclei). Here we demonstrate that starvation for phosphate and exposure to low tem...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Fall AL,Fall R

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodomyrtus tomentosa leaf has been traditionally used to treat many infections. This plant species has been documented to possess a wide spectrum of pharmacological effects. This study aimed to determine the effects of Rhodomyrtus tomentosa leaf extract and its potent purified compound, rhodomyrtone, on Streptococcus...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Mitsuwan W,Wintachai P,Voravuthikunchai SP

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The [2Fe-2S] cluster containing ferredoxin has attracted much attention in recent years. Genetic analyses show that it has an essential role in the maturation of various iron-sulfur (Fe-S) proteins and functions as a component of the complex machinery responsible for the biogenesis of Fe-S clusters. The gene of ferred...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zeng J,Huang X,Liu Y,Liu J,Qiu G

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene, phoI, coding for a phosphatase from Enterobacter sp. 4 was cloned in Escherichia coli and sequenced. Analysis of the sequence revealed one open reading frame (ORF) that encodes a 269-amino acid protein with a calculated molecular mass of 29 kDa. PhoI belongs to family B acid phosphatase and exhibits 49.4% iden...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kang SH,Cho KK,Bok JD,Kim SC,Cho JS,Lee PC,Kang SK,Lee HG,Woo JH,Lee HJ,Lee SC,Choi YJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-eight isolates resistant to at least two antibiotics were selected from 53 antibiotic-resistant enterococci from chicken and pig meat and faeces and analysed for specific resistance determinants. Of the 48 multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains, 31 were resistant to two antibiotics (29 to erythromycin and tetracyclin...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Vignaroli C,Zandri G,Aquilanti L,Pasquaroli S,Biavasco F

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of soybean galactosaccharides (stachyose, raffinose, melibiose) as well as galactose and glucose on the synthesis and activity of alpha-galactosidase (alpha-gal) from Lactobacillus fermentum CRL 251 was studied. Stachyose was the most effective inducer, followed by melibiose, raffinose, and galactose; sc...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Garro MS,de Valdez GF,Oliver G,de Giori GS

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enumeration of Archaea in deep-sea sediment samples is still limited, although different methodological procedures have been applied. Among these, catalysed reporter deposition-fluorescence in situ hybridisation (CARD-FISH) technique is a promising tool for estimation of archaeal abundance in deep-sea sediment sam...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Molari M,Manini E

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An autolysis chitinase was purified from the cultural medium of the anaerobic fungus Piromyces communis OTS1 by ammonium sulfate precipitation, affinity chromatography with regenerated chitin, chromato-focusing, gel filtration, and chromato-focusing again. The optimal pH and temperature were 6.0 and 50 degrees C, resp...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sakurada M,Morgavi DP,Komatani K,Tomita Y,Onodera R

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gluconobacter oxydans M5 with disruption of the pyrroloquinoline quinine-dependent membrane-bound aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) was used for the oxidation of benzyl alcohol. The selectivity toward benzaldehyde showed an obvious increase for the engineered strain, which reached the 67.3%, while the wild strain had ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wu J,Li MH,Lin JP,Wei DZ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chromosomal DNA of a variety of legionellae, including clinical, environmental, and plasmid-containing strains, was examined for evidence of Dam-like methylation. It was found that Dam-like methylation was present in all the strains examined regardless of their origin or plasmid content. ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lema MW,Brown A

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Favre and coworkers (Favre et al., Biochimie 73:235-244, 1991) previously reported that the Bordetella pertussis recA gene present at high copy number could promote a low frequency of recombination, but not bacteriophage induction in Escherichia coli RecA- mutants. Reexamination of these phenotypes demonstrated that, ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kuhl SA

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lamprey was considered to be one of the most basal jawless vertebrate representatives for studying vertebrate evolution, embryo development, and the origin of adaptive immunity. Here we investigated the effect of the gut-derived Aeromonas on the lamprey leukocytes proteome using the label-free liquid chromatography-ta...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Li Y,Zhang W,Zuo Y,Zhu T,Pang Y,Li T,Li Q

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：:Zoospores of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii exhibit chemotaxis towards maltose, sucrose, xylose, mannitol, and ammonium. Ten independent mutants defective in chemotaxis towards sugars have been isolated. These mutants form five phenotypic classes. Genetic analysis of two mutant strains defective in chemotaxis to maltose (C...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ermilova EV,Chekunova EM,Zalutskaya ZM,Krupnov KR,Gromov BV

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single strain, designated BF49(T), was isolated from a biofilm of a tufa deposit from the Westerhöfer rivulet, Lower Saxony, Germany. The G+C content of the genomic DNA of strain BF49(T) was 69 mol% and the predominant ubiquinone was Q-8. Major fatty acids were C(16:1)omega7c/15 iso 2OH and C(16:0). Comparative 16S ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Stackebrandt E,Frühling A,Cousin S,Brambilla E,Lünsdorf H,Verbarg S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ostricacin-1 and ostricacin-2 (Osp-1 and Osp-2) were beta-defensins antimicrobial peptides that were purified from ostrich leukocytes using a cation-exchange column and a semi-prep RP-HPLC column. Both ostricacins were subjected to increased concentrations of monovalent cations (K(+) and Na(+)) and divalent cations (C...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sugiarto H,Yu PL

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped, aerobic strain, designated YC1039T, was isolated from a seamount northern Mariana Trench in the tropical western Pacific. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strain YC1039T was related to the genus Mesoflavibacter and had highest 16S rRNA gene sequence...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wang DY,Wang Q,Liu J,Zhang DC

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-stain-negative, non-motile and coccoid, ovoid or rod-shaped bacterial strain, OITF-57T, which was isolated from a tidal flat sediment in South Korea, was characterized taxonomically. Strain OITF-57T grew optimally at 25 °C, at pH 7.0-8.0 and in the presence of 2.0% (w/v) NaCl. Strain OITF-57T exhibited the high...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Park S,Choi J,Park JM,Yoon JH

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR has been widely used to identify cry-type genes, to determine their distribution, to detect new such genes and to predict insecticidal activities. We describe here a molecular approach to analyze the genetic diversity of B. thuringiensis cry-like genes based on denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). This ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Vidal-Domínguez ME,Perez-Cenci M,Salerno GL,Berón CM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00