Low-frequency, pbsi-mediated plasmid transduction in Bacillus pumilus.

abstract：:The cir gene, which encodes the colicin I receptor protein and is regulated by both cellular iron content and growth temperature, was cloned into a multicopy-number plasmid. Physical mapping and complementation analysis established the position of cir between mgl and nfo on the Escherichia coli chromosome. A gene enco...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Griggs DW,Tharp BB,Konisky J

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bergdoll, Merlin S. (University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.), Concordia R. Borja, and Remedios M. Avena. Identification of a new enterotoxin as enterotoxin C. J. Bacteriol. 90:1481-1485. 1965.-Identification of a new enterotoxin was accomplished by purification of the enterotoxins produced by staphylococcal strains 137 ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Bergdoll MS,Borja CR,Avena RM

更新日期：1965-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of DNA methyltransferases are important for a variety of cellular functions in bacteria. In this study, we developed a modified high-throughput technique called methyl homopolymer tail mediated sequencing (methyl HTM-seq) to identify the undermethylated sites in the Vibrio cholerae genome for the two DN...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Dalia AB,Lazinski DW,Camilli A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two nifA-like genes, designated anfA and vnfA, have been identified in Azotobacter vinelandii. The anfA gene is located upstream from the nitrogenase-3 structural gene cluster (anfHDGK) and is preceded by a sequence that is potentially part of a ntrA-dependent promoter. The product of anfA appears to be required for e...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Joerger RD,Jacobson MR,Bishop PE

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of respiration-dependent proton efflux and membrane energization have been studied in intact cells of logarithmic-phase Escherichia coli. Parallel measurements of the rate and extent of proton efflux into the external medium (half-time, about 10 s; ratio of H(+) to O, about 0.5) and the oxidation of E. co...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Gould JM

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IS630 is a 1.15-kilobase sequence in Shigella sonnei that, unlike many mobile elements, seems not to mediate cointegration between different replicons. To assess its transposition, we constructed composite elements containing inverted copies of IS630 flanking a drug resistance gene. We found that these composite eleme...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Tenzen T,Matsutani S,Ohtsubo E

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The csgA gene produces an intercellular signal during fruiting body formation of the myxobacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Sporulating pseudorevertants were isolated to allow us to understand the mechanism by which CsgA is perceived by cells and used to regulate developmental gene expression. Two strains, LS559 and LS560,...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Lee K,Shimkets LJ

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymes of the ATP-independent Deg serine endopeptidase family are very flexible with regard to their substrate specificity. Some family members cleave only one substrate, while others act as general proteases on unfolded substrates. The proteolytic activity of Deg proteases is regulated by PDZ protein interaction dom...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Huesgen PF,Scholz P,Adamska I

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In some media, Bacillus subtilis can maintain a prolonged stationary growth phase; however, in other media, nutrient depletion triggers a complex differentiation that culminates in production of a dormant endospore. This differentiation requires the expression of many genes. We found that during the stationary phase i...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Rather PN,Coppolecchia R,DeGrazia H,Moran CP Jr

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nth and nei genes of Escherichia coli affect the production of endonuclease III and endonuclease VIII, respectively, glycosylases/apurinic lyases that attack DNA damaged by oxidizing agents. Here, we provide evidence that oxidative lethal lesions are repaired by both endonuclease III and endonuclease VIII and that...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Saito Y,Uraki F,Nakajima S,Asaeda A,Ono K,Kubo K,Yamamoto K

更新日期：1997-06-01 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：:Expression of the Escherichia coli proU operon, which encodes an efficient uptake system for the osmoprotectant glycine betaine, is strongly increased in cells grown at high osmolarity. We isolated 182 independent spontaneous mutants with elevated expression of the chromosomal phi(proV-lacZ) (Hyb2) fusion at low osmol...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Lucht JM,Bremer E

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bfe locus codes for the cell surface receptor for vitamin B12, the E colicins, and bacteriophage BF23 in the Escherichia coli outer membrane. When the bfe+ allele, which is closely linked to the argH locus, was introduced into an argH bfe recipient by conjugation, arg+ recombinant cells rapidly and simultaneously ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Bassford PJ Jr,Kadner RJ,Schnaitman CA

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptomyces sp. strain HK803 produces six analogues of phoslactomycin (Plm A through Plm F). With the exception of Plm B, these analogues contain a C-18 hydroxyl substituent esterified with a range of short-alkyl-chain carboxylic acids. Deletion of the plmS(2) open reading frame (ORF), showing high sequence similarit...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Ghatge MS,Reynolds KA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Escherichia coli carrying the gene lon typically produced excess capsular polysaccharide, and were sensitive to ultraviolet light (UV) irradiation, thymine starvation, and nalidixic acid, forming long filaments after these treatments. Sensitivity was reduced by a number of posttreatments. In the presence of...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Donch J,Green MH,Greenberg J

更新日期：1968-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of 12 phage strains with bacilli, protoplasts, and L forms of Bacillus subtilis 168 and with eight of its mutants and two of its lysogens is described qualitatively and quantitatively. After removal of the cell wall from B. subtilis 168, 11 of the 12 phage strains can still adsorb to the protoplasts, n...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Jacobson ED,Landman OE

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene encoding only the C-terminal portion of the receptor-transducer protein Tar of Escherichia coli was constructed. The gene product was detected and localized in the cytoplasmic fraction of the cell by immunoblotting with anti-Tar antibodies. The C-terminal fragments from wild-type and mutant tar genes were chara...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Oosawa K,Mutoh N,Simon MI

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conditions for the infection of Bacillus stearothermophilus 4S with TP-1C phage deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are described. Cells from log-phase cultures are the most susceptible to phage DNA infection (transfection). A cellular component (competence factor) which enhances transfection is released into the culture ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Streips UN,Welker NE

更新日期：1971-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GspB is a serine-rich glycoprotein adhesin of Streptococcus gordonii that is exported to the bacterial surface by the accessory Sec system. This dedicated export pathway is comprised of seven components (SecA2, SecY2, and five accessory Sec proteins [Asp1 to Asp5]). The latter proteins have no known homologs beyond th...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Yen YT,Seepersaud R,Bensing BA,Sullam PM

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequences of the capsular biosynthetic (cps) loci of 90 serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae have recently been determined. Bioinformatic procedures were used to predict the general functions of 1,973 of the 1,999 gene products and to identify proteins within the same homology group, Pfam family, and CAZy glycosy...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Aanensen DM,Mavroidi A,Bentley SD,Reeves PR,Spratt BG

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified IS100 sequences in a specific subset of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis isolates that were also sensitive to the Y. pestis-produced bacteriocin, pesticin. In contrast, Y. pseudotuberculosis strains which did not contain IS100 sequences were not sensitive to pesticin. We propose that IS100 serves as a mo...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： McDonough KA,Hare JM

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:31P and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments were performed on suspensions of the phototrophic bacterium Chromatium vinosum incubated anaerobically in the dark. 31P NMR spectra revealed that during prolonged dark incubation high ATP levels are maintained. This phenomenon was independent of the presence of ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Nicolay K,van Gemerden H,Hellingwerf KJ,Konings WN,Kaptein R

更新日期：1983-08-01 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：:Ishibashi, Masahide (Osaka University, Osaka, Japan), Yoshinobu Sugino, and Yukinori Hirota. Chromosomal location of thymine and arginine genes in Escherichia coli and an F' incorporating them. J. Bacteriol. 87:554-561. 1964.-The gene responsible for thymine requirement or independence in Escherichia coli K-12 is loca...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： ISHIBASHI M,SUGINO Y,HIROTA Y

更新日期：1964-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fermentative alcohol dehydrogenase of Escherichia coli is encoded by the adhE gene, which is induced under anaerobic conditions but repressed in air. Previous work suggested that induction of adhE might depend on NADH levels. We therefore directly measured the NAD+ and NADH levels for cultures growing aerobically ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Leonardo MR,Dailly Y,Clark DP

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned the Micromonospora viridifaciens neuraminidase (EC 3.2.1.18) gene (nedA) in Streptomyces lividans. This was accomplished by using the vector pIJ702 and BglII-BclI libraries of M. viridifaciens chromosomal inserts created in S. lividans. The libraries were screened for the expression of neuraminidase by ...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Sakurada K,Ohta T,Hasegawa M

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insertional mutagenesis was conducted on Bacillus subtilis cells to screen for mutants resistant to catabolite repression. Three classes of mutants that were resistant to glucose-promoted but not mannitol-promoted catabolite repression were identified. Cloning and sequencing of the mutated genes revealed that the muta...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Paulsen IT,Chauvaux S,Choi P,Saier MH Jr

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis of formate dehydrogenase coupled to formate hydrogenlyase activity in Escherichia coli was found to require the product of the fhlA gene. Transcription of fdhF, the gene coding for the 80-kilodalton (kDa) selenopeptide of formate dehydrogenase, was not detected in an fhlA genetic background. Mutations in the...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Sankar P,Lee JH,Shanmugam KT

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two sensor proteins, NarX and NarQ, mediate nitrate regulation of anaerobic respiratory gene expression. Either of these sensors is sufficient to signal the presence of nitrate to the response regulator protein, NarL, a transcriptional activator and repressor. Two observations suggested the existence of a second respo...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Rabin RS,Stewart V

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SigB is an alternative sigma factor that controls a large regulon in Staphylococcus aureus. Activation of SigB requires RsbU, a protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C)-type phosphatase. In a closely related organism, Bacillus subtilis, RsbU activity is stimulated upon interaction with RsbT, a kinase, which following an activati...

journal_title：Journal of bacteriology

authors： Pané-Farré J,Jonas B,Hardwick SW,Gronau K,Lewis RJ,Hecker M,Engelmann S

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00