Diatom DNA barcodes for forensic discrimination of drowning incidents.

abstract：:Lactobacilli occupy specific ecological niches, where they represent a major component of foods, human and animal microbial communities. Employing these bacteria in industrial fermentations or for human health benefits exposes them to certain life-threatening conditions where their ability to adapt plays a key role in...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hussain MA,Hosseini Nezhad M,Sheng Y,Amoafo O

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An internal segment of the penicillin-binding protein gene, pbpA, of Streptomyces griseus was amplified from genomic DNA using the polymerase chain reaction and used as a hybridization probe to isolate the complete gene from a cosmid library. pbpA encodes a 485 amino acid sequence that conserves three motifs of PBPs, ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jiang H,Kendrick KE

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceramide mono (CMH) or dihexoside (CDH) fractions from Trypanosoma cruzi (Dm28c clone) were identified as glucosyl and lactosylceramides containing non-hydroxylated fatty acids. The di-glycosylated form was much more efficiently recognized by sera from T. cruzi-immunized rabbits, indicating that glycosylation influenc...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Villas-Boas MH,Wait R,Silva RB,Rodrigues ML,Barreto-Bergter E

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversity of temperate bacteriophages was examined in 32 Mannheimia haemolytica, six Mannheimia glucosida and four Pasteurella trehalosi isolates. Phage particles were induced and identified by electron microscopy in 24 (75%) M. haemolytica isolates, but in only one (17%) M. glucosida and one (25%) P. trehalosi is...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Davies RL,Lee I

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A suite of six sterols, lanosterol, lanost-8(9)-en-3beta-ol, 4, 4-dimethylcholesta-8(14),24-dien-3beta-ol, 4, 4-dimethylcholest-8(14)-en-3beta-ol, 4-methylcholesta-8(14), 24-dien-3beta-ol and 4-methylcholest-8(14)-en-3beta-ol, were identified in the psychrophilic methanotrophic bacterium, Methylosphaera hansonii. Thei...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Schouten S,Bowman JP,Rijpstra WI,Sinninghe Damsté JS

更新日期：2000-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The response regulator DegU and its cognate histidine kinase DegS constitute a two-component system in the Gram-positive soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis. The phosphorylated form of DegU is known to activate transcription of more than 120 genes in B. subtilis, including the bpr gene encoding bacillopeptidase F. To cha...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tsukahara K,Ogura M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new rapid and simple method was developed for the detection of Escherichia coli by constructing a recombinant T4 phage carrying the cytochrome c peroxidase gene derived from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (T4ccp) using which, the colorimetric detection of E. coli K12 was examined. The oxidation activity toward the chromog...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hoang HA,Abe M,Nakasaki K

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silkworm larva has recently been recognized as an alternative model animal for higher mammals to evaluate the effects of antibiotics. In this study, we examined the efficacy of the bacteriophage (phage) therapy, which harnesses phages as antibacterial agents, against Staphylococcus aureus infections, using the silkwor...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Takemura-Uchiyama I,Uchiyama J,Kato S,Inoue T,Ujihara T,Ohara N,Daibata M,Matsuzaki S

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We transformed haploid mycelium of Hebeloma cylindrosporum via Agrobacterium tumefaciens and optimised the procedure to develop a new tool for insertional mutagenesis in this fungus. Southern blot analysis of 83 randomly selected transformants showed that they all contained plasmid inserts. Each of them showed a uniqu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Combier JP,Melayah D,Raffier C,Gay G,Marmeisse R

更新日期：2003-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Biogenic amines have undesirable physiological effects when absorbed at too high a concentration. Several kinds of food and beverages contain biogenic amines. Lactic acid bacteria can decarboxylate amino acids. Since winemaking involves the growth of lactic acid bacteria for malolactic fermentation, biogenic amines ma...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lonvaud-Funel A

更新日期：2001-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile, a Gram-positive spore-forming anaerobe, causes infections in humans ranging from mild diarrhoeal to potentially life-threatening pseudomembranous colitis. The availability of genomic information for a range of C. difficile strains affords researchers the opportunity to better understand not only...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jain S,Graham RL,McMullan G,Ternan NG

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found the presence of DNA sequence which shows sequence similarity to the class IV chitin synthase gene (CHS3) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the genome of 14 Rhizopus species which belong to zygomycetes. We cloned a gene (chs3), which might correspond to one of these homologous sequences, from Rhizopus oligosporus...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Motoyama T,Horiuchi H,Ohta A,Yamaguchi I,Takagi M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyromonas gingivalis produces a trypsin-like enzyme, Protease I, which is thought to be an important virulence determinant of the organism in adult periodontal disease. Protease I is transiently inhibited by physiological inhibitors of human thrombin. The aim of the present work was to establish whether Protease I...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Curtis MA,Macey M,Slaney JM,Howells GL

更新日期：1993-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pullorum and Campylobacter lari are rarely isolated from humans with acute enteritis. Hitherto the two species could only be identified by genotypic techniques. Gas liquid chromatography of whole cell fatty acid extracts is described as the first phenotypic method for discrimination of the two species. Ch...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Steinbrueckner B,Haerter G,Pelz K,Burnens A,Kist M

更新日期：1998-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingobacterium sp. RB, a novel bacterial strain isolated from a soil sample, was able to utilize para-nitrophenol (PNP) as sole source of carbon and energy at high concentrations (1.0-5.0 mM). The culture completely degraded 3.0 mM PNP within 36 h with proportionate increase in biomass. With 5.0 mM PNP (700 ppm), 70...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Samson R,Bodade R,Zinjarde S,Kutty R

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoassays are increasingly used to investigate the production, properties and fates of the cyanobacterial hepatotoxic microcystins in vitro and in vivo. Responses of an ELISA immunoassay to microcystins have been determined using the authentic toxin antigen, microcystin-LR, and conjugation products between the toxi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Metcalf JS,Beattie KA,Pflugmacher S,Codd GA

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Linkage of rumen microbial structure to host phenotypical traits may enhance the understanding of host-microbial interactions in livestock species. This study used culture-independent PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) to investigate the microbial profiles in the rumen of cattle differing in feed e...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Guan LL,Nkrumah JD,Basarab JA,Moore SS

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electron transfer pathway to Fe(III) reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducens has been hypothesized to consist of a series of c-type cytochromes. Previous genetic studies suggested that the inner membrane-associated, c-type cytochrome, MacA, was a component of the electron transfer chain leading to Fe(III) reduction ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kim BC,Lovley DR

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bacterial isolate, tentatively identified as Pseudomonas sp. strain TR3, was found to utilize the diaryl ester phenylbenzoate as sole source of carbon and energy. This strain has the ability to productively degrade phenylbenzoate and some substituted derivatives by a catabolic sequence which was characterized bioche...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Reich T,Schmidt S,Fortnagel P

更新日期：1999-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:While there is an extensive database of genes encoding ammonia monooxygenase (amo) found in the ammonia-oxidizing beta-proteobacteria, few amo sequences are available representing the gamma-proteobacteria. We sequenced the complete amo operon (amoCAB) for Nitrosococcus oceani (ATCC 19707), a marine, autotrophic, ammon...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Alzerreca JJ,Norton JM,Klotz MG

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mol% G + C of DNA extracted from seven different isolates of Renibacterium salmoninarum was determined. Organisms studied were from selected geographical areas (U.S.A., Canada, England and France) and were isolated from five different species of salmonid fish. The mol% G + C was determined to be 55.5, higher than ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Banner CR,Rohovec JS,Fryer JL

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mfa1 protein of Porphyromonas gingivalis is the structural subunit of the short fimbriae and mediates coadhesion between P. gingivalis and Streptococcus gordonii. We utilized a promoter-lacZ reporter construct to examine the regulation of mfa1 expression in consortia with common oral plaque bacteria. Promoter acti...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Park Y,James CE,Yoshimura F,Lamont RJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody to Escherichia coli O157 lipopolysaccharide was detected in the sera of healthy individuals more frequently in Southern Thailand than in Japan. The result suggested possible exposure of Thai people to E. coli O157. E. coli O157:H7 or O157:H(-) was isolated from four of 95 retail beef and one of 55 bovine fece...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Vuddhakul V,Patararungrong N,Pungrasamee P,Jitsurong S,Morigaki T,Asai N,Nishibuchi M

更新日期：2000-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A Xoo recA insertion inactivation mutant was constructed. The mutant, lacking RecA, showed increased sensitivity towards mutagen killing. This phenotype could be complemented by a cloned, functional recA. Unlike other bacteria, both the recA mutant and the parental strain had similar level of resistance to H2O2 killin...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mongkolsuk S,Rabibhadana S,Sukchavalit R,Vaughn G

更新日期：1998-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolates of anaerobic fungi obtained from the rumen, duodenum and faeces of sheep were identified as Piromyces mae based on their morphological characteristics observed using light microscopy. There was no significant morphological variation among the isolates of P. mae from the rumen, duodenum and faeces. Isozymes of...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wong MV,Ho YW,Tan SG,Abdullah N,Jalaludin S

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five independent collections, comprising a total of 34 clones encoding cellulases, hemicellulases and cell surface proteins of Clostridium thermocellum, were searched for overlapping or contiguous DNA fragments. The clones were hybridized to large genomic restriction fragments separated by pulse-field electrophoresis....

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Guglielmi G,Béguin P

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photorhabdus (Enterobacteriaceae) bacteria are pathogenic to insects and mutualistic with entomopathogenic Heterorhabditis nematodes. Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. akhurstii LN2, associated with Heterorhabditis indica LN2, shows nematicidal activity against H. bacteriophora H06 infective juveniles (IJs). In the pres...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Qiu X,Wu C,Cao L,Ehlers RU,Han R

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A particular property of Clostridium difficile strain C34 is an insertion of approximately 2 kb in the tcdA-C34 gene that does not hinder expression of a fully active TcdA-C34 molecule. Intoxication with TcdA-C34 induced an arborized appearance in eukaryotic cells (D-type cytopathic effect); intoxication with TcdB-C34...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mehlig M,Moos M,Braun V,Kalt B,Mahony DE,von Eichel-Streiber C

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prebiotics are non-digestible feed ingredients that are metabolized by specific members of intestinal microbiota and provide health benefits for the host. Fermentable oligosaccharides are best known prebiotics that have received increasing attention in poultry production. They act through diverse mechanisms, such as p...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pourabedin M,Zhao X

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rhl quorum sensing (QS) circuit of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is known to regulate the expression of a number of virulence factors. This study investigates the regulation of rhlI, encoding the auto-inducer synthase RhlI responsible for the synthesis of N-butryl-L-homoserine lactone (BHL). A putative RpoN binding site ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Thompson LS,Webb JS,Rice SA,Kjelleberg S

更新日期：2003-03-28 00:00:00