Plasmid conferring increased sensitivity to mercuric chloride and cobalt chloride found in some laboratory strains of Escherichia coli K-12.

abstract：:Five Spirochaeta aurantia chemotaxis mutants were isolated. One mutant (the che-101 mutant) never reversed, one (the che-200 mutant) flexed predominantly, two (the che-300 and che-400-1 mutants) exhibited elevated reversal frequencies, and one (the che-400 mutant) exhibited chemotactically unstimulated behavior simila...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Fosnaugh K,Greenberg EP

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acetogenic bacterium Clostridium thermoautotrophicum, grown on methanol, glucose, or CO2-H2, contained high levels of corrinoids, formate dehydrogenase, tetrahydrofolate enzymes, carbon monoxide dehydrogenase, and hydrogenase. Cell-free extracts catalyzed pyruvate-dependent formation of acetate from methyltetrahyd...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Clark JE,Ragsdale SW,Ljungdahl LG,Wiegel J

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Staphylococcus aureus cidABC and lrgAB operons have been shown to regulate murein hydrolase activity and affect antibiotic tolerance. The cid operon enhances murein hydrolase activity and antibiotic sensitivity, whereas the lrg operon inhibits these processes. Based on these findings and the structural similaritie...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Yang SJ,Rice KC,Brown RJ,Patton TG,Liou LE,Park YH,Bayles KW

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A theoretical topology of the Rhodobacter capsulatus membrane protein LhaA was formulated and evaluated by gene fusion experiments. The apparent topological locations of fusion enzymes were compared with the theoretically derived structure, and a model of LhaA is suggested that consists of 12 transmembrane segments, w...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Young CS,Beatty JT

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The symbiotic plasmid of Rhizobium etli CE3 belongs to the RepABC family of plasmid replicons. This family is characterized by the presence of three conserved genes, repA, repB, and repC, encoded by the same DNA strand. A long intergenic sequence (igs) between repB and repC is also conserved in all members of the plas...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ramírez-Romero MA,Soberón N,Pérez-Oseguera A,Téllez-Sosa J,Cevallos MA

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penicillin-binding proteins of 180, 89, 80, 68, 61, 41, and 38 kilodaltons were identified in Treponema pallidum (Nichols) by their covalent binding of [35S]benzylpenicillin. Penicillin-binding proteins are localized in the plasma membranes of many bacterial species and may serve as useful markers for determining plas...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Cunningham TM,Miller JN,Lovett MA

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azotobacter vinelandii presents a differentiation process leading to the formation of desiccation-resistant cysts. Alginate, the exopolysaccharide produced by this bacterium, has been postulated to have a role in cyst formation. Here, we report the cloning and characterization of the A. vinelandii gene coding for the ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Campos M,Martínez-Salazar JM,Lloret L,Moreno S,Núñez C,Espín G,Soberón-Chávez G

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolation of six strains of Escherichia coli K-12 carrying mutations affecting the citrate-dependent iron uptake system is described. Genetic analysis of these mutants showed that the mutation affecting the citrate system are cluster together at about min 6 on the E. coli chromosome. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Woodrow GC,Langman L,Young IG,Gibson F

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Filter matings between E. coli K-12 strains carrying an F'::Tn5,Tn9 factor with H. influenzae Rd strains gave rise to kanamycin-chloramphenicol-resistant H. influenzae strains at a frequency of approximately 10(-6). Transfer of the F' factor to H. influenzae was verified by expression of unselected markers in H. influ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Deich RA,Green BA

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerosols of Mycoplasma pneumoniae were studied at several relative humidities at a controlled temperature of 27 C. Production of an experimentally reproducible aerosol required preatomization of the organism in its suspending fluid and was dependent on the type of fluid used in atomization as well as on the procedures...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Wright DN,Bailey GD,Hatch MT

更新日期：1968-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni remains among the leading causes of bacterial food-borne illness. The current understanding of Campylobacter physiology suggests that it is asaccharolytic and is unable to catabolize exogenous carbohydrates. Contrary to this paradigm, we provide evidence for l-fucose utilization by C. jejuni. The ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Muraoka WT,Zhang Q

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA-binding assays using mobility shift polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed the presence of a protein that specifically bound to a restriction fragment -288 to -191 bp upstream from the transcriptional start point of strR, a regulatory gene for streptomycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces griseus. The binding sit...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Vujaklija D,Horinouchi S,Beppu T

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ADP-ribosylating toxin named Aeromonas salmonicida exoenzyme T (AexT) in A. salmonicida subsp. salmonicida, the etiological agent of furunculosis in fish, was characterized. Gene aexT, encoding toxin AexT, was cloned and characterized by sequence analysis. AexT shows significant sequence similarity to the ExoS and ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Braun M,Stuber K,Schlatter Y,Wahli T,Kuhnert P,Frey J

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombination studies of bacteria are often carried out with multicopy plasmids, and recombination frequencies are often deduced from the proportion of cells in the population that express a recombinant phenotype. These frequencies should however be called apparent frequencies, since detection of the recombinant cells...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Chédin F,Dervyn R,Ehrlich SD,Noirot P

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methionine sulfoxide reductase (Msr) catalyzes the thioredoxin-dependent reduction and repair of methionine sulfoxide (MetO). Although Msr genes are not present in most hyperthermophile genomes, an Msr homolog encoding an MsrA-MsrB fusion protein (MsrAB(Tk)) was present on the genome of the hyperthermophilic archaeon ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Fukushima E,Shinka Y,Fukui T,Atomi H,Imanaka T

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms by which hyperthermophilic Archaea, such as "Pyrococcus abyssi" and Pyrococcus furiosus, survive high doses of ionizing gamma irradiation are not thoroughly elucidated. Following gamma-ray irradiation at 2,500 Gy, the restoration of "P. abyssi" chromosomes took place within chromosome fragmentation. DNA...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Jolivet E,Matsunaga F,Ishino Y,Forterre P,Prieur D,Myllykallio H

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protobranch bivalve Solemya velum Say (Mollusca: Bivalvia) houses chemoautotrophic symbionts intracellularly within its gills. These symbionts were characterized through sequencing of polymerase chain reaction-amplified 16S rRNA coding regions and hybridization of an Escherichia coli gene probe to S. velum genomic...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Eisen JA,Smith SW,Cavanaugh CM

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chromosomally mediated penicillinase present in three strains of Escherichia coli K-12 has been purified and characterized. Two of the strains carried the ampA gene and the third the wild-type allele. The purification involves release of the enzyme by spheroplast formation, dialysis, chromatography on sulfoethyl c...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Linström EB,Boman HG,Steele BB

更新日期：1970-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cosmid library of copper-resistant (Cur) Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato PT23 plasmid DNA was constructed and mobilized into the copper-sensitive recipient P. syringae pv. syringae PS61. One resultant cosmid clone, pCOP1 (46 kilobases), conferred copper resistance. The PT23 Cur gene(s) was located on pCOP1 by subclo...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Bender CL,Cooksey DA

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tar and tap loci of Escherichia coli encode methyl-accepting inner membrane proteins that mediate chemotactic responses to aspartate and maltose or to dipeptides. These genes lie adjacent to each other in the same orientation on the chromosome and have extensive sequence homology throughout the C-terminal portions...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Slocum MK,Halden NF,Parkinson JS

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three spontaneous derivatives of Streptococcus faecium ATCC 9790, originally isolated as conditionally Triton X-100 detergent-resistant at 25 degrees C, displayed normal penicillin-induced rates of lysis at 37 degrees C but substantially reduced rates of lysis and killing at 25 degrees C. The addition of exogenous uns...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Pucci MJ,Daneo-Moore L

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monobromoacetate (MBA) is toxic for the 1,2-dichloroethane-degrading bacterium Xanthobacter autotrophicus GJ10 at concentrations higher than 5 mM. Mutants which are able to grow on higher concentrations of MBA were isolated and found to overexpress haloacid dehalogenase, which is encoded by the dhlB gene. In mutant GJ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： van der Ploeg J,Willemsen M,van Hall G,Janssen DB

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 can fix N(2) under oxic conditions, and the activity of nitrogen fixation occurs exclusively in heterocysts, cells differentiated from vegetative cells in response to a limitation of a combined-nitrogen source in the growth medium. At the late stages of heter...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Shi L,Li JH,Cheng Y,Wang L,Chen WL,Zhang CC

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The abundance of oxidants and reductants must be balanced for an organism to thrive. Bacteria have evolved methods to prevent redox imbalances and to mitigate their deleterious consequences through the expression of detoxification enzymes, antioxidants, and systems to repair or degrade damaged proteins and DNA. Regula...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Reniere ML

更新日期：2018-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiobacillus denitrificans was grown anaerobically with nitrate as an acceptor in both sterile and nonsterile media. Ribulose diphosphate carboxylase was stable throughout the exponential growth phase and declined slowly only after cells reached the stationary phase. Reversible inactivation of the carboxylase occurred...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： McFadden BA,Denend AR

更新日期：1972-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cloning vectors were introduced into Streptococcus faecalis by conjugation. A conjugative plasmid (pVA797) and cloning vector pVA838 recombined in Streptococcus sanguis at homologous sequences, forming a cointegrate. The pVA797::pVA838 cointegrate transferred to S. faecalis by conjugation. Recombination between homolo...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Smith MD,Clewell DB

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cleared lysates of 13 species of filamentous cyanobacteria were examined for the presence of extrachromosomal DNA by using agarose gel electrophoresis and ethidium bromide staining. Seven of the 13 species contained extrachromosomal covalently closed circular DNA, and all but 1 species contained multiple elements. The...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Simon RD

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae depends on a type III protein secretion system and the effector proteins that it translocates into plant cells to cause disease and to elicit the defense-associated hypersensitive response on resistant plants. The availability of the P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000 genom...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Wehling MD,Guo M,Fu ZQ,Alfano JR

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis is a human bacterial pathogen that multiplies only within an intracellular membrane-bound vacuole, the inclusion. C. trachomatis includes ocular and urogenital strains, usually causing infections restricted to epithelial cells of the conjunctiva and genital mucosa, respectively, and lymphogranulo...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Almeida F,Borges V,Ferreira R,Borrego MJ,Gomes JP,Mota LJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding a 45-kDa protein (45K) of Chlamydia trachomatis serovar F was cloned, sequenced, and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Alignment of the deduced peptide sequence with E. coli elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) demonstrated 69% identity. The 45K was recognized by a Chlamydia genus-specific monoclonal antibo...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Zhang YX,Shi Y,Zhou M,Petsko GA

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00