Quorum Quenching Enzyme APTM01, an Acylhomoserine-Lactone Acylase from Marine Bacterium of Pseudoalteromonas tetraodonis Strain MQS005.

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：: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：: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：:Amino acid residues in the active site of quinoline 2-oxidoreductase (Qor) that are deemed important for substrate binding and turnover were replaced by site-directed mutagenesis. The apparent k(cat) values for quinoline were reduced 2.4-, 38-, 40-, and 199-fold in the protein variants QorA259G, QorW331G, QorV373A, an...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Purvanov V,Fetzner S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microorganisms that colonize plants require a number of hydrolytic enzymes to help degrade the cell wall. The maize endophyte Acremonium zeae was surveyed for production of extracellular enzymes that hydrolyze cellulose and hemicellulose. The most prominent enzyme activity in cell-free culture medium from A. zeae NRRL...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Bischoff KM,Wicklow DT,Jordan DB,de Rezende ST,Liu S,Hughes SR,Rich JO

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selected robust fungus, Aspergillus oryzae strain BCC7051 is of interest for biotechnological production of lipid-derived products due to its capability to accumulate high amount of intracellular lipids using various sugars and agro-industrial substrates. Here, we report the genome sequence of the oleaginous A. or...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Thammarongtham C,Nookaew I,Vorapreeda T,Srisuk T,Land ML,Jeennor S,Laoteng K

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic studies of Ochrobactrum anthropi, a bacterial species important in bioremediation and biopesticide degradation, are hindered by the lack of suitably regulated gene expression system. A tightly regulated gene-expression system was developed for O. anthropi using the lacI(q) gene and a re-engineered coliphage T5...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Alqublan H,Seleem MN,Boyle SM,Sriranganathan N

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rep22 is the replication region of the lactococcal theta replicating pUCL22 plasmid. The copy number of Rep22-based plasmids in Lactococcus was determined by using a chromosomal DNA fragment from Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis MMS368 as reference. Segregational behavior appeared to be linked to copy number and there...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Frère J,Herreman C,Boutibonnes P,Novel M,Novel G

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a screening strategy incorporating resistant insect lines for discovery of new Bacillus thuringiensis toxins against a background of known genes that would normally mask the activity of additional genes and the application of that strategy. A line of Helicoverpa armigera with resistance to Cry1Ac ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Beard CE,Court L,Mourant RG,James B,Van Rie J,Masson L,Akhurst RJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moutai Jiuqu is a famous aromatic raw material of Maotai flavor liquor in China. It is brewed at high temperature and contains many kinds of bacteria, molds, and yeasts. There are many useful glycoside hydrolases in these microfloras, from which efficient glycoside hydrolases can be screened for biotransformation of n...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zuo SS,Wang YC,Zhu L,Zhao JY,Li MG,Han XL,Wen ML

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The establishment of human flora-associated animal models allows the in vivo manipulation of host, microbial, and environmental parameters to influence the gut microbial community. However, it is difficult to simulate infant gut microbiota in germ-free animals because of the variation and dynamic state of infant micro...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zeng B,Li G,Yuan J,Li W,Tang H,Wei H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Probiotics are well known for their wide range of beneficial activities. However, recent use of probiotic Bifidobacterium, Enterococcus, and Lactobacillus spp. has been plagued by certain disadvantages such as complex growth requirements, high maintenance cost, susceptibility to the gastrointestinal environment, patho...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Priyodip P,Balaji S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phage H188, a novel Vibrio kanaloae phage, was isolated from the surface water of Yellow Sea. Morphological analysis by transmission electron microscopy reveals that it belongs to the family Myoviridae. Present result suggests that the phage is stable at pH between 4.0 and 12.0. No significant difference in phage tite...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Li Y,Wang M,Liu Q,Song X,Wang D,Ma Y,Shao H,Jiang Y

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropical plants represent hotspots of endophytic fungal species diversity. Based on culture-dependent methods, we evaluated the endophytic fungal communities in leaves of three plant species found in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest: Begonia fischeri, Begonia olsoniae, and Begonia venosa. These species are found in t...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Correia AML,Lira SP,Assis MA,Rodrigues A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We develop a method to capture marine bacterial strains at high efficiency to replace the conventional two-step collecting method. Lab-made, Fe3O4 magnetic beads were used to firstly verify the feasibility of capture in artificial seawater, using Bacillus velezensis. Almost 100% of the bacteria could be captured and s...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zheng Y,Jian X,Xing XH,Zhang C

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilm-forming bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common pathogen in mechanically ventilated newborns, which can cause life-threatening infections. Alginate of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms is considered an important virulence factor which contributes to the resistance to antibiotics. Traditionally, ambrox...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Li F,Yu J,Yang H,Wan Z,Bai D

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) displays important functional diversity in mammalian and plants. So far, however, studies on GAPDH have not included the halotolerant, unicellular green alga Dunaliella salina. In the present study, a GAPDH cDNA was cloned and sequenced from D. salina. It was 1394 bp lo...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Jia Y,Xue L,Liu H,Li J

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-stain-negative bacterium, designated WF-2T, was isolated from bensulfuron-methyl contaminated watermelon soil in Weifang, Shandong province, China. Cells of strain WF-2T were strictly aerobic, non-motile and rod-shaped. Strain WF-2T grew optimally at 30 °C, pH 7.0. Strain WF-2T possessed ubiquinone-8 (Q-8) as t...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang H,Zhao HZ,Liu J,Qin W,Huang X

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant affected in the last step of the biotin biosynthesis pathway was isolated by using a transposon mutagenesis method. The gene BIO2, encoding a biotin synthase, is shown to be interrupted in this mutant. Heterologous complementation experiment allowed the cloning and the characterizatio...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Phalip V,Lemoine Y,Jeltsch JM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper summarizes the serotyping scheme of the fish pathogenic bacterium Vibrio anguillarum and defines seven additional O-serogroups. Strains, collected in our laboratories that were nontypable with antisera against the previously defined 16 O-serotypes, were used for generating new antisera and were chara...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Pedersen K,Grisez L,van Houdt R,Tiainen T,Ollevier F,Larsen JL

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysobacter enzymogenes OH11 produces heat-stable antifungal factor (HSAF) and lytic enzymes possessing antifungal activity. This study bio-prospected for other potential antifungal factors besides those above. The cells and extracellular metabolites of L. enzymogenes OH11 and the mutants ΔchiA, ΔchiB, ΔchiC, Δclp, Δpk...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Odhiambo BO,Xu G,Qian G,Liu F

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：:The evolution of the symbiotic association with microbes allowed termites to decompose ingested lignocellulose from plant-derived substrates, including herbivore dung and soil humus. Representatives of the Syntermitinae (Termitidae) range in their feeding habits from wood and litter-feeding to humus-feeding species. H...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Moreira EA,Alvarez TM,Persinoti GF,Paixão DAA,Menezes LR,Cairo JPF,Squina FM,Costa-Leonardo AM,Carrijo T,Arab A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii is an emerging opportunistic pathogen that primarily infects critically ill patients in nosocomial settings and there is a need for identifying new alternative therapeutic agents against these organisms. Ceragenins are non-peptide, membrane-active agents that mimic the antimicrobial properties ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Bozkurt-Guzel C,Inci G,Oyardi O,Savage PB

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main studies on the corrosion of metals induced by microorganisms are directed only to the surface of the metal, without considering the presence of welds between these surfaces. For this reason, we evaluated the difference of microbial community grown in carbon steel coupons, and two different types of welds, E70...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Garcia M,Procópio L

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the antifungal effects of cement paste containing Paenibacillus polymyxa E681 against Aspergillus niger, a deleterious fungus commonly found in cement buildings and structures. To test the antifungal effects, cement paste containing P. polymyxa E681 was neutralized by CO2 gas, and the fungal gr...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Park SJ,Park SH,Ghim SY

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triterpenoid saponin derivatives oleanolic acid (OA) and ursolic acid (UA), but not betulinic acid (BA), were previously found to have strong antimicrobial activity against Streptococcus mutans. OA and UA inhibited the transcription of genes related to peptidoglycan biosynthesis, thereby preventing bacterial growth. H...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Park SN,Lim YK,Choi MH,Cho E,Bang IS,Kim JM,Ahn SJ,Kook JK

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new host specificity was discovered with the insecticidal protein encoded by the cryV gene. The cryV gene was cloned from the Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki INA-02 strain, which was selected among a number of B. thuringiensis isolates because of its high activity against Spodoptera litura. Analyses by polymerase ch...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sasaki J,Asano S,Iizuka T,Bando H,Lay BW,Hastowo S,Powell GK,Yamamoto T

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequences of 16S rDNAs (coding for the small subunit ribosomal RNAs) were used to identify Xylella fastidiosa, a nutritionally fastidious plant pathogenic bacterium. The near-complete 16S rDNAs from nine strains of Xyl. fastidiosa, including seven pathotypes and one strain of Xanthomonas campestris pv. ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Chen J,Banks D,Jarret RL,Chang CJ,Smith BJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00