Characteristics, transcriptional patterns and possible physiological significance of glycoside hydrolase family 16 members in Coprinopsis cinerea.

abstract：:Cell differentiation is one of the marks of multicellular organisms. Terminally specialised nitrogen-fixing cells, termed heterocysts, evolved in filamentous cyanobacteria more than 2 Gya. The development of their spacing pattern has been thoroughly investigated in model organisms such as Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. This p...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Antonaru LA,Nürnberg DJ

更新日期：2017-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The extensively discussed idea of oxidative stress development under antibiotic treatment was confirmed using an antioxidant gene expression (soxRS-, oxyR-regulon) approach, including microaerobic cultivation conditions. The killing action of antibiotics and their ability to cause peroxide oxidative stress in Escheric...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Akhova AV,Tkachenko AG

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of meningitis-causing Escherichia coli K1 to human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMEC) contributes to traversal of the blood-brain barrier, which occurs in part by the mannose-sensitive binding of FimH. In this study, we showed that FimH also binds to HBMEC, independent of mannose, and identified ATP...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shin S,Kim KS

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：:Natural resistance of wheat plants to wheat sharp eyespot is inadequate, and new strategies for controlling the disease are required. Biological control is an alternative and attractive way of reducing the use of chemicals in agriculture. In this study, we investigated the biocontrol properties of endophytic bacterium...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Xu YB,Chen M,Zhang Y,Wang M,Wang Y,Huang QB,Wang X,Wang G

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Probing protein extracts from exponentially growing and stationary phase cultures of Mycobacterium bovis BCG with anti-phospho amino acid antibodies revealed a 31-kDa anti-phospho threonine antibody-reactive protein specific to growing culture. The corresponding protein was purified via two-dimensional gel electrophor...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sinha I,Boon C,Dick T

更新日期：2003-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The glt operon of Escherichia coli comprises the structural genes for the glutamate synthase subunits (gltB and gltD) and gltF, whose product was previously suggested to have regulatory functions. The A/T-rich region between gltD and gltF contains a weak promoter and a translation initiation site for gltF. The GltF pr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Grassl G,Bufe B,Müller B,Rösel M,Kleiner D

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas fragi is a meat and milk spoilage bacterium with high iron requirements; however, mechanisms of iron acquisition remain largely unknown. The aim of this work was to investigate siderophore production as an iron acquisition system for P. fragi. A vibrioferrin siderophore gene cluster was identified in 13 P....

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Stanborough T,Fegan N,Powell SM,Tamplin M,Chandry PS

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a methodology to identify the origin of fecal pollution is important both for assessing the degree of risk posed to public health and for developing strategies to mitigate the environmental loading of pathogens associated with waterborne disease transmission. Five rep-PCR genomic fingerprinting meth...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mohapatra BR,Broersma K,Mazumder A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A semi-automated method has been developed for the quantification and measurement of conidia discharged by the aphid pathogen Erynia neoaphidis. This was used to compare conidiation by E. neoaphidis-mycosed pea aphid cadavers, mycelial plugs cut from agar plates, mycelial pellets from shake flasks and by mycelial pell...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bonner TJ,Pell JK,Gray SN

更新日期：2003-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of the antiseptic-resistance genes qacE and qacE delta 1 was studied in a large number of Gram-negative bacteria by a method that included the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). A total of 117 strains of Gram-negative bacteria, isolated from clinical or environmental sources, was used in this analysis. ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kazama H,Hamashima H,Sasatsu M,Arai T

更新日期：1998-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A new Volvariella volvacea gene encoding a carbohydrate esterase (CE) family 4 acetyl xylan esterase (AXE) (designated as VvaxeII) was cloned and characterized. The coded polypeptide had 253 amino acid residues, with the first 19 serving as a secretion signal peptide. The VvaxeII transcript levels were high when the f...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Liu X,Ding S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of a Mycobacterium avium complex serotype 20 rough-colony variant in 1.0% Tween 80 resulted in a smooth-colony morphological conversion that was reversible upon removal of Tween and was not associated with the presence of serotype-specific glycopeptidolipid antigens. Electron microscopic examination suggested t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wright EL,Pourshafie M,Barrow WW

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed gel electrophoretic banding patterns of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) of 16 type strains of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS). S. epidermidis, S. haemolyticus, S. saprophyticus, S. hominis, S. xylosus, S. simulans, S. warneri, S. capitis, S. saccharolyticus, S. auricularis, S. caseolyticus, S. ga...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kanda K,Hiramatsu K,Yokota T

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xylella fastidiosa is the causal agent of economically important plant diseases, including citrus variegated chlorosis and Pierce's disease. Hitherto, there has been no information on the molecular mechanisms controlling X. fastidiosa-plant interactions. To determine whether predicted open reading frames (ORFs) encodi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Scarpari LM,Lambais MR,Silva DS,Carraro DM,Carrer H

更新日期：2003-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A compound with siderophore activity was purified by successive column and thin layer chromatographic procedures from Dowex 1 x 8 extracts of culture supernatants of Vibrio parahaemolyticus AQ 3354. The strain synthesized the compound in culture media containing less than 2 microM added FeCl3. Hydrolysis of the compou...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yamamoto S,Fujita Y,Okujo N,Minami C,Matsuura S,Shinoda S

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduction of D-fructose to D-mannitol by whole-cell biotransformation with recombinant resting cells of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC13032 requires the coexpression of mdh and fdh, which encode mannitol and formate dehydrogenases, respectively. However, d-mannitol formation is limited by the uptake of d-fructose in ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bäumchen C,Krings E,Bringer S,Eggeling L,Sahm H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mating response of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is mediated by mating pheromones, M-factor and P-factor, produced by h- and h+ cells, respectively. When the M-factor receptor (Map3) was ectopically expressed in h- cells lacking the P-factor receptor (Mam2), they acquired mating competence in respons...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kitamura K,Nakamura T,Miki F,Shimoda C

更新日期：1996-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The central carbon metabolism is well investigated in bacteria, but this is not the case for archaea. MJ0400-His(6) from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii catalyzes the cleavage of fructose-1,6-bisphosphate (FBP) to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate and dihydroxyacetone phosphate with a V(max) of 33 mU mg(-1) and a K(m) of 430 m...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Samland AK,Wang M,Sprenger GA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterobacter cloacae CHE, a clinical strain with overproduced cephalosporinase was found to be highly resistant to the new cephalosporins, cefepime and cefpirome (MICs> or =128 microg ml(-1)). The strain was isolated from a child previously treated with cefepime. The catalytic efficiency of the purified enzyme with th...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Barnaud G,Labia R,Raskine L,Sanson-Le Pors MJ,Philippon A,Arlet G

更新日期：2001-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Horizontal gene transfer plays a significant role in bacterial evolution and has major clinical importance. Thus, it is vital to understand the mechanisms and kinetics of genetic transformations. Natural transformation is the driving mechanism for horizontal gene transfer in diverse genera of bacteria. Our study intro...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Santala V,Karp M,Santala S

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：:Cronobacter sakazakii is associated with severe and often fatal cases of infant meningitis and necrotizing enterocolitis. The form of meningitis differs from that due to Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus spp., in that it is highly invasive and destructive towards human brain cells. However, there is relatively ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Alzahrani H,Winter J,Boocock D,De Girolamo L,Forsythe SJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of exopolysaccharide production by heterofermentative sourdough lactic acid bacteria has shown that Weissella strains isolated from sourdoughs produce linear dextrans containing α-(1→6) glucose residues with few α-(1→3) linkages from sucrose. In this study, several dextran-producing strains, Weissella cibari...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bounaix MS,Robert H,Gabriel V,Morel S,Remaud-Siméon M,Gabriel B,Fontagné-Faucher C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophage P008 revealed irreversible and uniform adsorption to cell walls of L. lactis subsp. 'diacetylactis' F7/2, whereas phage P127 adsorbed reversibly to a limited number of receptor sites on cell walls of L. lactis subsp. cremoris Wg2-1. Neither extraction of lipids, cell wall- and membrane-teichoic acids nor...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Schäfer A,Geis A,Neve H,Teuber M

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quorum quenching (QQ) activity of endophytic bacteria associated with medicinal plants was explored. Extracts of the Gram-negative Enterobacter sp. CS66 possessed potent N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL) hydrolytic activity in vitro. Using degenerate primers, we PCR-amplified an open reading frame (denoted aiiE) from...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shastry RP,Dolan SK,Abdelhamid Y,Vittal RR,Welch M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of low concentrations of cyanide on dissimilatory perchlorate and chlorate reduction and aerobic respiration was examined using pure cultures of Azospira sp. KJ. Cyanide at a concentration of 38 microM inhibited cell growth on perchlorate, chlorate and molecular oxygen, but it did not inhibit the activity o...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Song Y,Logan BE

更新日期：2004-10-15 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：:The low heat resistance (D100 = 0.554 min, z = 13.4 degrees C) of dormant lysozyme-sensitized spores of Bacillus sphaericus 9602 was correlated with a low protoplast wet density (1.305 g/ml) equivalent to a high protoplast water content (61.0%, wet weight basis). These values for these unusual spores were consistent w...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Beaman TC,Pankratz HS,Gerhardt P

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first prokaryotic urea carboxylase has previously been purified and characterized from Oleomonas sagaranensis. As the results indicated the presence of an ATP-dependent urea degradation pathway in Bacteria, the characterization of the second component of this pathway, allophanate hydrolase, was carried out. The ge...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kanamori T,Kanou N,Kusakabe S,Atomi H,Imanaka T

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00