Gloeosporiocide, a new antifungal cyclic peptide from Streptomyces morookaense AM25 isolated from the Amazon bulk soil.

abstract：:The 181 251 bp accessory plasmid pSmeSM11b of Sinorhizobium meliloti strain SM11, belonging to a dominant indigenous S. meliloti subpopulation identified during a long-term field release experiment, was sequenced. This plasmid has 166 coding sequences (CDSs), 42% of which encode proteins with homology to proteins of k...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Stiens M,Schneiker S,Pühler A,Schlüter A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of landomycin A or one of its derivatives (5,6-anhydrolandomycin A) in a heterologous strain has never been achieved. It has now been made possible by the coexpression of a cosmid containing all biosynthetic genes necessary to produce landomycin A together with a pathway-specific regulatory gene. As host...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： von Mulert U,Luzhetskyy A,Hofmann C,Mayer A,Bechthold A

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The xylanase gene of Streptomyces flavogriseus was cloned in pUC8 plasmid and expressed in Escherichia coli lysogenic for lambda cI857. lambda-Induced lysis of E. coli at 42 degrees C allowed efficient release of cloned enzyme activity in extracellular environment. The xylanase gene was located in the 0.8-kb HindIII f...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Srivastava R,Ali SS,Srivastava BS

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on cultured cells and in infection models have shown that cell density-dependent quorum-sensing (QS) controls many of the known virulence factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. However, it is less clear what role QS plays in chronic human lung infections associated with cystic fibrosis (CF). The involvement of QS ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Winstanley C,Fothergill JL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel bacterial strain, PM2, capable of growing on methanol, was isolated in alkaline conditions from a soil inoculum. This bacterium was characterized at the physiological, biochemical and molecular level. Based on biochemical and molecular data strain PM2 was classified as a novel member of the group of fluorescen...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pacheco CC,Passos JF,Moradas-Ferreira P,De Marco P

更新日期：2003-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Exopolysaccharide (EPS) was prepared by submerged mycelial culture of a newly isolated mushroom Grifola frondosa HB0071 in a 5-l stirred-tank fermenter. This fungus produced a high concentration of biomass (24.8 gl(-1) at day 4), thereby achieving high EPS concentration (7.2 gl(-1) at day 4). EPS was proven to be a pr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bae JT,Sim GS,Lee DH,Lee BC,Pyo HB,Choe TB,Yun JW

更新日期：2005-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:As shown by both bioassay and high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analysis, penicillin G production by Aspergillus nidulans is subject to regulation by the pH of the growth medium. Penicillin titres were highest at alkaline pH and in strains carrying mutations in the regulatory gene pacC which mimics the ef...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shah AJ,Tilburn J,Adlard MW,Arst HN Jr

更新日期：1991-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Defects in the acd gene (which may be allelic to ubiH) result in the inactivation of the coenzyme A-linked acetaldehyde dehydrogenase activity of the multifunctional AdhE protein of Escherichia coli. This activity is restored by addition of ubiquinone-0 to cell extracts. However, the alcohol dehydrogenase activity of ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gupta S,Mat-Jan F,Latifi M,Clark DP

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An amber-pigmented, Gram-negative, rod-shaped and aerobic bacterial strain devoid of flagella, designated strain JC2131(T) , was isolated from tidal flat sediment of Dongmak in Ganghwa island, South Korea. Identification was carried out on the basis of polyphasic taxonomy. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA g...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kim KY,Park SJ,Hahm YT,Cha CJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection is associated with a range of diseases including pneumonia, asthma and heart disease. Although an obligate intracellular pathogen, high levels of antigen-specific antibody are induced and serology is frequently used to diagnose these infections. Proteins targeted by the humoral respo...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cunningham AF,Ward ME

更新日期：2003-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical and molecular mechanism of toxicity of nitrite towards food-spoilage bacteria such as Clostridium botulinum or Clostridium sporogenes is not well understood. In order to discover the active species and explore its chemistry, a number of compounds related to nitrite were synthesized. Their bacteriocidal ef...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cui X,Joannou CL,Hughes MN,Cammack R

更新日期：1992-11-01 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：:To determine whether the luxA-luxB reporter system is suitable as a sensitive reporter for rapid real-time measurements of alpha-toxin gene (cpa) expression in Clostridium perfringens, and to widen the range of alpha-toxin-producing C. perfringens strains examined with respect to cpa expression during growth, the repo...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Phillips-Jones MK

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae strain JNR.7/87 is a highly virulent, type 4 encapsulated Gram-positive bacterium whose transformability has not been tested previously, and whose genome is currently being sequenced. The strain was transformed at very low efficiency by addition of exogenous competence-stimulating peptide: How...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bricker AL,Camilli A

更新日期：1999-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia mallei, the etiologic agent of the disease known as glanders, is primarily a disease affecting horses and is transmitted to humans by direct contact with infected animals. The use of B. mallei as a biological weapon has been reported and currently, there is no vaccine available for either humans or animal...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Whitlock GC,Estes DM,Torres AG

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of antibiotic resistance has necessitated new therapeutic approaches for combating persistent bacterial infection. An alternative approach is regulation of bacterial virulence instead of growth suppression, which can readily lead to drug resistance. The virulence of the opportunistic human pathogen Pseud...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lee JH,Kim YG,Cho MH,Kim JA,Lee J

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel 36-kDa endochitinase named chit36 has been isolated and characterized from Trichoderma harzianum Rifai TM. Partial amino acid sequences from the purified protein were used to clone the fungal cDNA, based on polymerase chain reaction with degenerate primers. The complete open reading frame encodes a 344-amino a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Viterbo A,Haran S,Friesem D,Ramot O,Chet I

更新日期：2001-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophages infecting Salmonella spp. were isolated from sewage using soft agar overlays containing three Salmonella serovars and assessed with regard to their potential to control food-borne salmonellae. Two distinct phages, as defined by plaque morphology, structure and host range, were obtained from a single sam...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Carey-Smith GV,Billington C,Cornelius AJ,Hudson JA,Heinemann JA

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Saccharomyces sensu stricto genus contains many species that are industrially important for fermentation of wines, beers and ales. The molecular characterization of the genomes of yeasts involved in these processes reveals that the majority arose from interspecific hybridization between two and sometimes three yea...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Querol A,Bond U

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae was transformed with a genomic library from Penicillium purpurogenum, and an endoxylanase-producing yeast clone (named 44A) that grows on xylose or xylan as sole carbon source was isolated. This yeast synthesizes xynA mRNA and secretes endoxylanase A to culture media when grown on xylan or xyl...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Chávez R,Navarro C,Calderón I,Peirano A,Bull P,Eyzaguirre J

更新日期：2002-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of diatoms in victim's internal organs has been regarded as a gold biological evidence of drowning. The idea becomes true at the advent of DNA metabarcoding. Unfortunately, the DNA barcode of diatoms are far from being applicable due to neither consensus on the barcode and nor reliable reference library.I...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Liu M,Zhao Y,Sun Y,Wu P,Zhou S,Ren L

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Burkholderia comprises over 28 species and species-specific, recA-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are available for several species, but not for some soil-inhabiting species including B. fungorum. Previous analysis of several novel rhizospheric, environmental isolates belonging to the B. cepacia ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Chan CH,Stead DE,Coutts RH

更新日期：2003-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromohalobacter marismortui VH1 was screened for its ability to utilise organosulfonate compounds at a range of NaCl concentrations. Only aminomethane sulfonate, of seven sulfonates tested, was utilised. Length of lag phase during growth on aminomethane sulfonate, as either nitrogen and/or sulfur source, increased wi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ternan NG,McMullan G

更新日期：2002-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The replication region of plasmid pRA2 from Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIB 9867 (strain P25X) was localized within a 5.9-kbp DNA fragment and its sequence was determined. An interesting feature of the sequence is the presence of a 1.3-kbp region containing seven, highly conserved, direct repeats of 72 bp in length. The ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kwong SM,Yeo CC,Chuah D,Poh CL

更新日期：1998-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this work was to analyze the effects of thermosonication (TS) on induction of a viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state in Salmonella Typhimurium and to examine incubation factors affecting subsequent resuscitation of cells. A TS treatment of 380 W at 53°C for 30 min induced the VBNC state in S. Typhim...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Liao H,Jiang L,Zhang R

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newly isolated strain of Variovorax paradoxus could grow on homovanillate and several monohydroxylated phenylacetic acids. During growth on homovanillate, the organism formed separate NAD(P)H-dependent hydroxylases with activity towards 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillate. Homovanillate hydroxylase catalyse...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Allison N,Turner JE,Wait R

更新日期：1995-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mapping of the plasmid-encoded RNA of the intracellular parasite, Chlamydia trachomatis revealed that the upstream control elements are different from those of other Gram-negative bacteria. A tetranucleotide, AYAA was found near the -10 position, in 5 out of 8 upstream sequences described so far. The plasmid also has ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sriprakash KS,Pearce BJ

更新日期：1990-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3.5-kb native plasmid (pND103) was identified in Streptococcus thermophilus ST2-1. Preliminary sequence analysis indicated that pND103 belongs to group I S. thermophilus plasmids. A region of approximately 2 kb appears to contain three components: a plus origin of replication (ori) typical of plasmids that replicate...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Su P,Jury K,Allison GE,Wong WY,Kim WS,Liu CQ,Vancov T,Dunn NW

更新日期：2002-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophages co-exist and co-evolve with their hosts in natural environments. Virulent phages lyse infected cells through lytic cycles, whereas temperate phages often remain dormant and can undergo lysogenic or lytic cycles. In their lysogenic state, prophages are actually part of the host genome and replicate passi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Menouni R,Hutinet G,Petit MA,Ansaldi M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium has been reported to play an important role in regulating the intestinal electrolyte transport via Ca2+/calmodulin (CaM) and/or protein kinase C (PKC) systems. The role of Ca2+, CaM and PKC in the pathogenesis of Campylobacter jejuni-induced fluid accumulation was studied in vivo in ligated rat ileal loops. Ca...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kaur R,Ganguly NK,Kumar L,Walia BN

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00