Recent advances in development of cell-free protein synthesis systems for fast and efficient production of recombinant proteins.

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：:The gene (open reading frame Tm1155, g6pd) encoding glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD, EC 1.1.1.49) of the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima was cloned and functionally expressed in Escherichia coli. The purified recombinant enzyme is a homodimer with an apparent molecular mass of 95 kDa composed o...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hansen T,Schlichting B,Schönheit P

更新日期：2002-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium smegmatis was used to study the relationship between DNA repair processes involving RecA and nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ). The effect of gene deletions in recA and/or in two genes involved in NHEJ (ku and ligD) was tested on the ability of bacteria to join breaks in plasmids transformed into them and...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Korycka-Machala M,Brzostek A,Rozalska S,Rumijowska-Galewicz A,Dziedzic R,Bowater R,Dziadek J

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiplex-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay based on one-step amplification and detection of two different mycobacterial genomic fragments was designed for differentiation of Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The oligonucleotide primers were chosen from a 500-bp genomic fragment which is well c...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shah DH,Verma R,Bakshi CS,Singh RK

更新日期：2002-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA from Penicillium minioluteum HI-4 encoding a dextranase (1,6-alpha-glucan hydrolase, EC 3.2.1.11) was isolated and characterized. cDNA clones corresponding to genes expressed in dextran-induced cultures were identified by differential hybridization. Southern hybridization and restriction mapping analysis of sel...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Garcia B,Margolles E,Roca H,Mateu D,Raices M,Gonzales ME,Herrera L,Delgado J

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus parasiticus (255), a non-toxigenic isolate showed the presence of secondary metabolites-aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2) when grown in yeast extract sucrose media but not in basal media, thus demonstrating its toxigenic potential. Native PAGE of the crude protein isolated at different growth periods of A. paras...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shashidhar J,Sashidhar RB,Deshpande V

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 16S rDNA of 17 strains of Azospirillum, 14 assigned to one of the known species A. amazonense, A. brasilense, A. halopraeferens, A. irakense and A. lipoferum, and the other three of uncertain taxonomic position, was sequenced after polymerase chain reaction amplification and analysed in order to investigate the ph...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fani R,Bandi C,Bazzicalupo M,Ceccherini MT,Fancelli S,Gallori E,Gerace L,Grifoni A,Miclaus N,Damiani G

更新日期：1995-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial pathogens face constant challenges from DNA-damaging agents generated by host phagocytes. Although Borrelia burgdorferi appears to have much fewer DNA repair enzymes than pathogens with larger genomes, it does contain homologues of uvrA and uvrB (subunits A and B of excinuclease ABC). As a first step to expl...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sambir M,Ivanova LB,Bryksin AV,Godfrey HP,Cabello FC

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus subtilis strains BS49 and BS34A, both derived from a common ancestor, carry one or more copies of Tn916, an extremely common mobile genetic element capable of transfer to and from a broad range of microorganisms. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of BS49 and the draft genome sequence of BS34A, whic...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Browne HP,Anvar SY,Frank J,Lawley TD,Roberts AP,Smits WK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The c-type cytochrome (OmcB) and the multicopper protein (OmpB) required for Fe(III) oxide reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducens were predicted previously to be outer membrane proteins, but it is not clear whether they are positioned in a manner that permits the interaction with Fe(III). Treatment of whole cells with ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Qian X,Reguera G,Mester T,Lovley DR

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A structural characterization of polysaccharides extracted from the aposymbiotically cultured photobiont of the lichen Ramalina gracilis was carried out in order to compare them with those previously found in the symbiotic thallus. The photobiont was isolated from thallus fragments, following the method of Yamamoto, a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cordeiro LM,Carbonero ER,Sassaki GL,Reis RA,Stocker-Wörgötter E,Gorin PA,Iacomini M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now well established that physicochemical properties of exopolysaccharides (EPS) can vary between strains of a given species and according to growth conditions. The EPS production of four strains of Lactobacillus bulgaricus was monitored during growth in milk and in a chemically defined media. All strains, inclu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Petry S,Furlan S,Waghorne E,Saulnier L,Cerning dagger J,Maguin E

更新日期：2003-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) on bacterial cell adhesion onto solid surfaces was investigated using 27 heterotrophic bacterial strains isolated from a wastewater treatment reactor. Cell adhesion onto glass beads was carried out by the packed-bed method and the results were discussed in term...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tsuneda S,Aikawa H,Hayashi H,Yuasa A,Hirata A

更新日期：2003-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital game-based learning (DGBL) is being used increasingly as an alternative learning tool to teach science in further and higher education. A variety of digital game formats currently exist for science learning, alongside diverse methods for their implementation and evaluation. This paper aims to provide a broad s...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Brown CL,Comunale MA,Wigdahl B,Urdaneta-Hartmann S

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate, the key intermediate of the Entner-Doudoroff pathway, has long been thought to inhibit growth of bacteria, but careful measurements of 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate accumulation by growing cells and the correlation of intracellular 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluc...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fuhrman LK,Wanken A,Nickerson KW,Conway T

更新日期：1998-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate whether the iron acquisition mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus are induced by iron restriction in vitro, we examined S. aureus ATCC 6538 for production of siderophore and expression of transferrin-binding protein (SA-tbp) in normal or deferrated brain heart infusion broth (BHI). Siderophore p...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lim Y,Shin SH,Lee SI,Kim IS,Rhee JH

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rapid and reliable two-step multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay to identify the 10 Bacteroides fragilis group species - Bacteroides caccae, B. distasonis, B. eggerthii, B. fragilis, B. merdae, B. ovatus, B. stercoris, B. thetaiotaomicron, B. uniformis and B. vulgatus. These 10 species were firs...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Liu C,Song Y,McTeague M,Vu AW,Wexler H,Finegold SM

更新日期：2003-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid composition and structure of the peptidoglycan from Heliobacillus mobilis was determined by one- and two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography of completely and partially hydrolysed cell wall preparations. The structure was found to be of the A3 gamma type, with L,L-diaminopimelate in position 3, D-alan...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pickett MW,Weiss N,Kelly DJ

更新日期：1994-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochemical staining and microscopy were used to study the trophic structures and cellular morphotypes that are produced during the colonization of oil-water interfaces by oil-degrading yeasts and bacteria. Among the microorganisms studied here, the yeasts (Schwanniomyces occidentalis, Torulopsis candida, Candida tro...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Dmitriev VV,Crowley D,Rogachevsky VV,Negri CM,Rusakova TG,Kolesnikova SA,Akhmetov LI

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxidase-conjugated transferrin was used to detect transferrin receptors both in intact outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) from Neisseria species in a dot blot assay, and in SDS-PAGE-separated OMV proteins after transferring to nitrocellulose membranes. All N. meningitidis strains produced transferrin receptors after cu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ferreirós CM,Criado MT,Pintor M,Ferrón L

更新日期：1991-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes strain YS1 isolated from oil contaminated soil was able to produce polyhydroxybutyrate blended with medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (mcl PHA). PHA synthesis genes were cloned from this strain. A fadB (gene for fatty acid degradation) deleted mutant Escherichia coli KM32B (FADB::...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hang X,Lin Z,Chen J,Wang G,Hong K,Chen GQ

更新日期：2002-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoplasmic inclusions surrounded by a bilayer membrane were seen in thin sections. negatively stained and freeze-fractured preparations of Shewanella putrefaciens. Cells harvested from the late exponential and early stationary phase showed a higher number of these vesicles than bacteria isolated from early exponentia...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Krause B,Beveridge TJ,Remsen CC,Nealson KH

更新日期：1996-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of series of high intensity electric pulses to a yeast suspension provoked a considerable release of some cytoplasmic proteins, glutathione reductase, 3-phosphoglycerate kinase and alcohol dehydrogenase. A maximal yield was achieved 3-8 h after pulsation. The electro-induced protein efflux was accelera...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ganeva V,Galutzov B

更新日期：1999-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We screened for a gene that inhibits streptomycin production in Streptomyces griseus when it is introduced on a high-copy-number plasmid pIJ702, and obtained a plasmid pKM545. The introduction of pKM545 abolished streptomycin production on all media tested including YMP-sugar and Nutrient broth. S1 protection analysis...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Takano H,Toriumi N,Hirata M,Amano T,Ohya T,Shimada R,Kusada H,Amano S,Matsuda K,Beppu T,Ueda K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to find reasons for the absence of fire blight in most countries of the Southern hemisphere, bark samples from apple and pear trees in orchards of the Western Cape region in South Africa were extracted for bacteria which could be antagonistic to Erwinia amylovora. Screening was done in the late growth season ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jock S,Völksch B,Mansvelt L,Geider K

更新日期：2002-06-04 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：:The increase in Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) microorganisms has been exacerbated by exposure to antimicrobial drugs (e.g. antibiotics). A solution to AMR may require academic researchers to not only contribute to the drug discovery pipeline through laboratory research, but also to engage and inform non-specialist au...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Redfern J,Bowater L,Crossley M,Verran J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The large intestine of dogs contains a complex microbial ecosystem with predominance of streptococci, bifidobacteria, lactobacilli, Bacteroides and Clostridium. Generally, this predominant microbiota in dogs is relatively stable in time but much less is known about its taxonomic composition. Moreover, almost no studie...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Vanhoutte T,Huys G,De Brandt E,Fahey GC Jr,Swings J

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter sp. strain 20B was isolated based on the ability to utilize dimethyl sulfide as the sole sulfur source. Since strain 20B oxidized indole as well as dimethyl sulfide, indigo production by recombinant Escherichia coli clones carrying Acinetobacter DNA was used as a selection for cloning genes encoding dime...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Horinouchi M,Kasuga K,Nojiri H,Yamane H,Omori T

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternaria brassicicola is a pathogen that penetrates directly through the host cuticle thanks to several serine esterases, according to our findings. Among these, an 80-kDa lipase (E.C 3.1.1. 3) was detected by SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting in the water washings of ungerminated spores. The purified lipase cross-reacted...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Berto P,Comménil P,Belingheri L,Dehorter B

更新日期：1999-11-15 00:00:00