Extracellular proteolytic activation of bacteriolytic peptidoglycan hydrolases of Staphylococcus simulans biovar staphylolyticus.

abstract：:The isolate NJ-101 obtained from agricultural soil was characterized and presumptively identified as Pseudomonas sp. The isolate exhibited efficient degradation of the insecticide carbofuran with a rate constant of 0.035 day(-1), following first-order rate kinetics. The ability of performing multifarious biological ac...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bano N,Musarrat J

更新日期：2004-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The main determinant of the plant pathogen Erwinia chrysanthemi virulence is the production of extracellular enzymes, mainly pectate lyases. Adjacent to a pectate lyase encoding locus, we identified the gene rotA supposed to encode a folding catalyst. Overproduction of the protein and assay of activity using a synthet...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pissavin C,Hugouvieux-Cotte-Pattat N

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sacB gene of Bacillus subtilis was successfully applied in various Arthrobacter, Brevibacterium, Corynebacterium and Rhodococcus strains for the isolation of transposable elements. Three different insertion sequence (IS) elements entrapped in sacB were isolated. The IS elements IS-Bl and IS-Cg isolated from Brevib...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jäger W,Schäfer A,Kalinowski J,Pühler A

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) cofactor on the activity and stability of the psychrophilic alanine racemase, having a high catalytic activity at low temperature, from Bacillus psychrosaccharolyticus at high temperatures. The decrease in the enzyme activity at incubation temperatures over 40...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Okubo Y,Yokoigawa K,Esaki N,Soda K,Misono H

更新日期：2000-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Haloarchaea thrive under saline and hypersaline conditions and often dominate microbial communities in saltmarshes, salted lakes/soils and some oceanic areas. Some of the predominant species show denitrifying capabilities, although it remains unclear whether they are complete or partial denitrifiers. As complete denit...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Torregrosa-Crespo J,Bergaust L,Pire C,Martínez-Espinosa RM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AbGst1 gene encoding a glutathione transferase from the necrotrophic pathogen Alternaria brassicicola was cloned from a benzyl isothiocyanate-treated conidial culture using differential display reverse transcription. The deduced amino-acid sequence of AbGst1p showed a significant degree of similarity to glutathion...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sellam A,Poupard P,Simoneau P

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have been extensively studied in natural and agricultural ecosystems, but little is known about their diversity and community structure in highly petroleum-polluted soils. In this study, we described an unexpected diversity of AMF in a sedimentation basin of a former petrochemical pl...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： de la Providencia IE,Stefani FO,Labridy M,St-Arnaud M,Hijri M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacilli have been shown to be important in the maintenance of the healthy urogenital flora. One strain, Lactobacillus fermentum RC-14, releases surface-active components which can inhibit adhesion of uropathogenic bacteria. Using a quantitative method for determining inhibition of adhesion, a protein with high an...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Heinemann C,van Hylckama Vlieg JE,Janssen DB,Busscher HJ,van der Mei HC,Reid G

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To increase knowledge on haem biosynthesis in filamentous fungi like Aspergillus niger, pathway-specific gene expression in response to haem and haem intermediates was analysed. This analysis showed that iron, 5'-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and possibly haem control haem biosynthesis mostly via modulating expression of ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Franken AC,Lokman BC,Ram AF,van den Hondel CA,de Weert S,Punt PJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix proteins are the driving force of assembly of enveloped viruses. Their main function is to interact with and polymerize at cellular membranes and link other viral components to the matrix-membrane complex resulting in individual particle shapes and ensuring the integrity of the viral particle. Although matrix p...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Timmins J,Ruigrok RW,Weissenhorn W

更新日期：2004-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether a subinhibitory concentration of clindamycin (Cli), corresponding to 1/2 the strain-specific minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), could affect expression and stability of transcripts from genes coding for specific adhesins such as fibronectin binding proteins A (fnbA) and B (fnbB) as well as...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Blickwede M,Wolz C,Valentin-Weigand P,Schwarz S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterobacter cloacae CHE, a clinical strain with overproduced cephalosporinase was found to be highly resistant to the new cephalosporins, cefepime and cefpirome (MICs> or =128 microg ml(-1)). The strain was isolated from a child previously treated with cefepime. The catalytic efficiency of the purified enzyme with th...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Barnaud G,Labia R,Raskine L,Sanson-Le Pors MJ,Philippon A,Arlet G

更新日期：2001-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of candidate affinity proteins in a soluble form, for downstream characterization, is often a time-consuming step in combinatorial protein engineering methods. Here, a novel approach for efficient production of candidate clones is described based on direct cleavage of the affinity protein from the surfa...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kronqvist N,Löfblom J,Severa D,Ståhl S,Wernérus H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stimulatory effect of heme on growth of Bacteroides fragilis, an anaerobic human pathogen, was strongly inhibited by hemopexin, an avid (Kd<1 pM) heme-binding plasma protein. Both rabbit and human hemopexins were bacteriostatic for a limited period of time, suggesting an adaptation by B. fragilis to heme-limited g...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Rocha ER,Smith A,Smith CJ,Brock JH

更新日期：2001-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:OMIZ-W68, a chemically defined medium that contains no long-chain fatty acids and yet supports in vitro proliferation of a wide range of fastidious oral anaerobes, is described. The type strains of Treponema denticola, Treponema lecithinolyticum, Treponema maltophilum, Treponema pectinovorum, Treponema socranskii, and...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wyss C

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plant-growth promoting rhizobacterium Azospirillum lipoferum strain 4B generates in vitro a stable phase variant designated 4VI at frequencies of 10(-4) to 10(-3) per cell per generation. Variant 4VI displays pleitropic modifications, such as the loss of swimming motility and the inability to assimilate certain su...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Vial L,Pothier JF,Normand P,Moënne-Loccoz Y,Bally R,Wisniewski-Dyé F

更新日期：2004-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Tolerance of the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes to sublethal concentrations of disinfectants has been frequently reported. Particularly, quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) such as benzalkonium chloride (BC) are often used in disinfectants and also as antiseptics in food industry and hospitals. Recently, w...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Müller A,Rychli K,Zaiser A,Wieser C,Wagner M,Schmitz-Esser S

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plasmid has been constructed which is a bifunctional vector for Escherichia coli and for streptomycetes, containing the cos site of Streptomyces phage phi C31. It can be efficiently transduced into S. lividans 66 and into several other Streptomyces species. The nucleotide sequence of a 311-bp DNA fragment containing...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kobler L,Schwertfirm G,Schmieger H,Bolotin A,Sladkova I

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthase (PhaC(Da)) from Delftia acidovorans DS-17 (formerly Comamonas acidovorans) has a unique large insertion consisting of 40 amino acid residues in the alpha/beta hydrolase fold region. In order to examine whether this insertion is necessary for enzyme function, we generated a mutan...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tsuge T,Imazu S,Takase K,Taguchi S,Doi Y

更新日期：2004-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the genus Actinoplanes are considered to be representative of motile actinomycetes. To infer the flagellar diversity of Actinoplanes species, novel degenerate primers were designed for the flagellin (fliC) gene. The fliC gene of 21 Actinoplanes strains was successfully amplified and classified into two grou...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yamamura H,Hanawa K,Kusunoki M,Nakamura K,Nakagawa Y,Ishida Y,Hamada M,Otoguro M,Tamura T,Fujita N,Hayakawa M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Salmonella typhimurium the metE and metR promoters overlap and are divergently transcribed. Three tandem repeats of an 8 bp sequence defined previously as the metE operator site for MetJ-mediated repression also overlap the -35 region of the metR promoter. Starting with a metE-lacZ.metR-galK double gene fusion, sit...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wu WF,Urbanowski ML,Stauffer GV

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus anthracis can be identified on the basis of the detection of virulence factor genes located on two plasmids, pXO1 and pXO2. Thus isolates lacking both pXO1 and pXO2 are indistinguishable from closely related B. cereus group bacteria. We developed a multiplex PCR assay for characterization of B. anthracis isol...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ramisse V,Patra G,Garrigue H,Guesdon JL,Mock M

更新日期：1996-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 401 enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 isolates from two experimentally infected calves were analyzed using molecular biological methods. Genetic differences detected by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis were observed between the inoculated and recovered strains as early as 1 day post inoculat...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Akiba M,Sameshima T,Nakazawa M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori possesses a gene (HP0326/JHP309) homologous to neuA of other bacteria, encoding a cytidyl monophosphate-N-acetylneuraminic acid synthetase-homologous enzyme in its N-terminal portion. We analysed the function of this gene, which is controlled by a flagellar class 2 sigma(54) promoter, in flagellar ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Josenhans C,Vossebein L,Friedrich S,Suerbaum S

更新日期：2002-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:FNR is an iron-binding transcriptional regulator of Escherichia coli which controls the expression of target genes in response to anaerobiosis. The mechanism used by FNR to sense and respond to anaerobiosis is unknown but it is thought to involve iron. In vitro transcription analyses have shown that iron-deficient FNR...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Green J,Guest JR

更新日期：1993-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of 16S rDNA was developed to identify spirochaetes recovered from cases of intestinal spirochaetosis in humans and pigs; these bacteria belong to a distinct genetic group of spirochaetes, with the proposed name 'Anguillina coli'. The PCR incorporated a universal eubacter...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Park NY,Chung CY,McLaren AJ,Atyeo RF,Hampson DJ

更新日期：1995-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the purple sulphur bacterium Allochromatium vinosum, the prosthetic group of dissimilatory sulphite reductase (DsrAB) was identified as siroamide, an amidated form of the classical sirohaem. The genes dsrAB are the first two of a large cluster of genes necessary for the oxidation of sulphur globules stored intracel...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lübbe YJ,Youn HS,Timkovich R,Dahl C

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first prokaryotic urea carboxylase has previously been purified and characterized from Oleomonas sagaranensis. As the results indicated the presence of an ATP-dependent urea degradation pathway in Bacteria, the characterization of the second component of this pathway, allophanate hydrolase, was carried out. The ge...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kanamori T,Kanou N,Kusakabe S,Atomi H,Imanaka T

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of the alcohol dehydrogenase gene (adh) among different Archaea was investigated by Southern blot analysis revealing the potentiality of the adh gene as a specific marker for the genus Sulfolobus. Moreover, the in vivo expression of the adh gene from a new isolate of Sulfolobus solfataricus, G theta, ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cannio R,Fiorentino G,Rossi M,Bartolucci S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00