Independence of buoyant cell density and growth rate in Escherichia coli.

abstract：:Regulation of the katB catalase gene in the anaerobic bacterium Bacteroides fragilis was studied. Northern blot hybridization analyses revealed that katB was transcribed as an approximately 1.6-kb monocistronic mRNA. The levels of katB mRNA increased > 15-fold when anaerobic, mid-logarithmic-phase cultures were expose...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Rocha ER,Smith CJ

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The airways of patients with cystic fibrosis are colonized with diverse bacterial communities that change dynamically during pediatric years and early adulthood. Staphylococcus aureus is the most prevalent pathogen during early childhood, but during late teens and early adulthood, a shift in microbial compos...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Filkins LM,Graber JA,Olson DG,Dolben EL,Lynd LR,Bhuju S,O'Toole GA

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Pupylation is a posttranslational modification peculiar to actinobacteria wherein proteins are covalently modified with a small protein called the prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein (Pup). Like ubiquitination in eukaryotes, this phenomenon has been associated with proteasome-mediated protein degradation in m...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Compton CL,Fernandopulle MS,Nagari RT,Sello JK

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polysaccharide-containing material was located by histochemical staining on ultrathin sections of Bacillus cereus and several clostridial species during various phases of growth. These components were located along the cell wall in young vegetative cells and along the developing cortex in sporulating cells. In B. cere...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Walker PD,Short J

更新日期：1969-06-01 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：:Mutations of Escherichia coli from sensitivity to nalidixic acid resistance were studied by fluctuation analysis. The mutant distributions in replicate cultures were not significantly affected either by the age of the carbon-starved preculture used for inocula or by the inoculum size. The data from 23 fluctuation test...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Boe L,Tolker-Nielsen T,Eegholm KM,Spliid H,Vrang A

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined the amounts of a number of small molecules and enzymes in the mother cell compartment and the developing forespore during sporulation of Bacillus megaterium. Significant amounts of adenosine 5'-triphosphate and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide were present in the forespore compartment befor...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Singh RP,Setlow B,Setlow P

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A set of chemotaxis mutants of Bacillus subtilis was complemented by using SP beta c2 transducing bacteriophage either containing cloned segments of DNA or derived from abnormal excision of SP beta c2 dl2::Tn917 inserted into the chemotaxis region. Representative mutants were characterized in capillary assays for chem...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ordal GW,Parker HM,Kirby JR

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of a 2.0-kilobase DNA segment containing the Clostridium acetobutylicum glnA gene was determined. The upstream region of the glnA gene contained two putative extended promoter consensus sequences (p1 and p2), characteristic of gram-positive bacteria. A third putative extended gram-positive prom...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Janssen PJ,Jones WA,Jones DT,Woods DR

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survivors of nitrosoguanidine-treated cultures of a colicinogenic strain of Salmonella typhimurium were tested for spontaneous production of colicin E1. Of about 1,000 colonies tested, 13 produced no (or very narrow) colicin zones. Four of these isolates proved to be more sensitive to ultraviolet (UV) light, X rays, a...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： MacPhee DG

更新日期：1970-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The papA gene of the uropathogenic strain Escherichia coli J96, coding for the Pap pili subunit, was subjected to DNA sequencing, and found to code for an 185-amino acid-long polypeptide with a 22-amino acid-long signal peptide. Here we present the primary sequence, the hydrophilicity profile, and the predicted polype...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Båga M,Normark S,Hardy J,O'Hanley P,Lark D,Olsson O,Schoolnik G,Falkow S

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple three-step procedure is described which yields electrophoretically homogeneous preparations of ribitol-5-phosphate dehydrogenase and xylitol-5-phosphate dehydrogenase. The former enzyme is a 115,000-molecular-weight protein composed of two subunits of identical size and is specific for its substrate, ribitol....

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Hausman SZ,London J

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PhoQ/PhoP two-component system is repressed by divalent cations, such as Mg(2+) and Ca(2+), in the growth medium and stimulated by low pH and certain cationic antimicrobial peptides. In Escherichia coli, it was recently shown that the histidine kinase PhoQ is also modulated by at least two additional factors, the ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Lippa AM,Goulian M

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Englesberg, E. (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.), R L. Anderson, R. Weinberg, N. Lee, P. Hoffee, G. Huttenhauer, and H. Boyer. l-Arabinose-sensitive, l-ribulose 5-phosphate 4-epimerase-deficient mutants of Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 84:137-146. 1962-l-Arabinose-negative mutants of Escherichia coli B/r, ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： ENGLESBERG E,ANDERSON RL,WEINBERG R,LEE N,HOFFEE P,HUTTENHAUER G,BOYER H

更新日期：1962-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycerol:NAD+2-OXIDOREDUCTASE (EC 1.1.1.6) was purified to homogeneity from a mutant of Escherichia coli K12 that uses this enzyme, instead of ATP:glycerol 3-phosphotransferase (EC 2.7.1.30), as the first enzyme for the dissimilation of glycerol. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sul...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Tang CT,Ruch FE Jr,Lin CC

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short-term labeling with radioactive thymidine led to inaccurate estimates of deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis at some growth rates in steady-state cultures of Escherichia coli B/r. Estimates were corrected in chemostat cultures by adding adenosine, a known inhibitor of thymidine phosphorylase. ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Kubitschek HE,Valdez D,Freedman ML

更新日期：1972-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the late prespore-specific RNA polymerase sigma factor sigma(G) during Bacillus subtilis sporulation coincides with completion of the engulfment process, when the prespore becomes a protoplast fully surrounded by the mother cell cytoplasm and separated from it by a double membrane system. Activation of s...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Serrano M,Vieira F,Moran CP Jr,Henriques AO

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of guanosine tetraphosphate (ppGpp) and pyrimidine ribonucleoside triphosphates on Escherichia coli aspartate transcarbamylase (ATCase) synthesis were examined. To determine the effect of ppGpp, a stringent (relA+) and relaxed (relA) isogenic pair of E. coli K-12 strains was starved for isoleucine, and the...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Turnbough CL Jr

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rough (R) Brucella abortus 45/20 mutant was more sensitive to the bactericidal activity of polymyxin B and lactoferricin B than was its smooth (S) counterpart but considerably more resistant than Salmonella montevideo. The outer membrane (OM) and isolated lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of S. montevideo showed a higher aff...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Freer E,Moreno E,Moriyón I,Pizarro-Cerdá J,Weintraub A,Gorvel JP

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During spore formation, Bacillus subtilis divides asymmetrically, resulting in two cells with different fates. Immediately after division, the transcription factor σ(F) becomes active in the smaller prespore, followed by activation of σ(E) in the larger mother cell. We recently showed that a delay in σ(E) activation r...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Xenopoulos P,Piggot PJ

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyaluronate stimulated the formation of exolipase by Serratia marcescens. This ability was abolished when all carboxyl groups of hyaluronate were methyl esterified. Additional studies suggested that the biological inactivity of esterified hyaluronate should be ascribed to the reduced conformational order of the molecu...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Jäger KE,Winkler UK

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The σE envelope stress response is an essential signal transduction pathway which detects and removes mistargeted outer membrane (OM) β-barrel proteins (OMPs) in the periplasm of Escherichia coli It relies on σE, an alternative sigma factor encoded by the rpoE gene. Here we report a novel mutation, a nucleot...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Konovalova A,Schwalm JA,Silhavy TJ

更新日期：2016-08-11 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：:Swarmer cell differentiation is a complex process involving the activity of many gene products. In this report, we characterized the genetic locus of Tn5 insertion in each of 12 mutants defective in swarmer cell elongation. The mutations fell into four categories affecting either flagellar biosynthesis or energetics, ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Belas R,Goldman M,Ashliman K

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the crude ribosomal fraction of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was separated into "light" and "heavy" fractions, fatty acid synthetase was concentrated in the former, whereas acetyl-Coenzyme A synthetase, fatty acid "desaturase," and squalene oxidocyclase were found in the latter. The "desaturase" sedimented with the r...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Klein HP,Volkmann CM,Leaffer MA

更新日期：1967-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon exposure to alkylating agents, Escherichia coli increases expression of aidB along with three genes (ada, alkA, and alkB) that encode DNA repair proteins. While the biological roles of the Ada, AlkA, and AlkB proteins have been defined, despite many efforts, the molecular functions of AidB remain largely unknown....

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Rippa V,Amoresano A,Esposito C,Landini P,Volkert M,Duilio A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stalk formation is a novel pattern of multicellular organization. Yeast cells which survive UV irradiation form colonies that grow vertically to form very long (0.5 to 3.0 cm) and thin (0.5 to 4 mm in diameter) multicellular structures. We describe the conditions required to obtain these stalk-like structures reproduc...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Engelberg D,Mimran A,Martinetto H,Otto J,Simchen G,Karin M,Fink GR

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequence (2,700 bp) between the aldH and pspF genes of Escherichia coli was determined. The pspF gene encodes a sigma54 transcriptional activator of the phage shock protein (psp) operon (pspA to pspE). Downstream of the pspF transcribed region are two open reading frames (ORFs), ordL and goaG, convergently oriente...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Jovanovic G,Model P

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The general stress regulon of Bacillus subtilis comprises approximately 200 genes and is under the control of the alternative sigma factor σ(B). The activation of σ(B) occurs in response to multiple physical stress stimuli as well as energy starvation conditions. The expression of the general stress proteins provides ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Reder A,Höper D,Gerth U,Hecker M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial cell division is mediated by a set of proteins that assemble to form a large multiprotein complex called the divisome. Recent studies in Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli indicate that cell division proteins are involved in multiple cooperative binding interactions, thus presenting a technical challenge...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Robichon C,King GF,Goehring NW,Beckwith J

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00