Dam-like methylation in legionellae.

abstract：:Contribution of host genetic backgrounds in the development of gastric microbiota has not been clearly defined. This study was aimed to characterize the biodiversity, structure and composition of gastric microbiota among twins. A total of four pairs of twins and eight unrelated individuals were enrolled in the study. ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Dong Q,Xin Y,Wang L,Meng X,Yu X,Lu L,Xuan S

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron-oxidizing Acidithiobacillus spp. are applied worldwide in biomining industry to extract metals from sulfide minerals. They derive energy for survival through Fe2+ oxidation and generate Fe3+ for the dissolution of sulfide minerals. However, molecular mechanisms of their iron oxidation still remain elusive. A nove...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ai C,Liang Y,Miao B,Chen M,Zeng W,Qiu G

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus produces levan from sucrose by a secreted levansucrase (LsdA). A levanase-encoding gene ( lsdB), starting 51 bp downstream of the lsdA gene, was cloned from strain SRT4. The lsdB gene (1605 bp) encodes a protein (calculated molecular mass 58.4 kDa) containing a putative 36-amino-acid s...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Menéndez C,Hernández L,Selman G,Mendoza MF,Hevia P,Sotolongo M,Arrieta JG

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immobilized cells of Enterobacter agglomerans, able to reduce azo dyes enzymatically, were used as a biocatalyst for the decolorization of synthetic medium containing the toxic azo dye methyl red (MR). This bacterial strain exhibits high ability to completely decolorize 100 mg/L of MR after only 6 h of incubation unde...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Moutaouakkil A,Zeroual Y,Dzayri FZ,Talbi M,Lee K,Blaghen M

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilm-forming bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common pathogen in mechanically ventilated newborns, which can cause life-threatening infections. Alginate of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms is considered an important virulence factor which contributes to the resistance to antibiotics. Traditionally, ambrox...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Li F,Yu J,Yang H,Wan Z,Bai D

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclohexadepsipeptide beauvericin (BEA) is a mycotoxin produced by the fungus Beauveria bassiana (Bals.). Using ELISA, different accessions of B. bassiana, belonging to distinct genetic groups, were analyzed to determine their variability in BEA production. The cytotoxic effect of pure mycotoxins and crude extract...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Valencia JW,Gaitán Bustamante AL,Jiménez AV,Grossi-de-Sá MF

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quorum sensing is a system of stimuli and response correlated to population density and involves in pathogen infection, colonization, and pathogenesis. Quorum quenching enzymes as quorum sensing inhibitors have been identified in a number of bacteria and been used to control by triggering the pathogenic phenotype. The...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Pan Y,Wang Y,Yan X,Liu C,Wu B,He X,Liang Y

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of soybean galactosaccharides (stachyose, raffinose, melibiose) as well as galactose and glucose on the synthesis and activity of alpha-galactosidase (alpha-gal) from Lactobacillus fermentum CRL 251 was studied. Stachyose was the most effective inducer, followed by melibiose, raffinose, and galactose; sc...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Garro MS,de Valdez GF,Oliver G,de Giori GS

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cj1169c-encoded putative protein of Campylobacter was expressed and purified from E. coli after sequence optimization. The purified protein allowed the production of a specific rabbit antiserum that was used to study the protein expression in vitro and its subcellular localization in the bacterial cell and putativ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Aliouane S,Pagès JM,Bolla JM

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the eukaryotic bbc1 (breast basic conserved) gene (the bbc1 gene of the marine green alga Chlamydomonas sp. W-80 strain) enhanced the tolerance against salt-stress and freezing-stress in E. coli cells. The expression of the BBC1 protein in the E. coli cells carrying the algal bbc1 gene and that in th...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Tanaka S,Ikeda K,Miyasaka H

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene argH, encoding argininosuccinate lyase (ASL), has been cloned from a cosmid library of the filamentous cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. strain PCC 73102. The argH open reading frame encodes a protein comprised of 461 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 51,349 Da. Protein sequence comparisons reveal signifi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Troshina O,Hansel A,Lindblad P

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal morphology and the profiles of genes encoding protein toxins (Cry and Cyt) were analyzed in 12 Bacillus thuringiensis strains isolated during epizootics in laboratory culture lines of Cydia pomonella, 2 isolates cultured from Leucoma salicis larvae, and 9 reference strains. Epizootic isolates produced crys...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Konecka E,Kaznowski A,Ziemnicka J,Ziemnicki K,Paetz H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of increasing physiological concentrations of ammonia or amino acids had distinct effects on the growth and proteolytic activity of Streptococcus bovis JB1, Prevotella albensis, and Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens DSM3071. The growth of S. bovis and B. fibrisolvens was enhanced by NH(3) and AA, and that of P. a...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sales M,Lucas F,Blanchart G

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenic capability of the tangerine pathotype of Alternaria alternata relies on the production of host-selective ACT toxin. Inoculation of A. alternata in leaves of the citrus quickly induced rapid lipid peroxidation, accumulation of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), and cell death, indicative of host defensive res...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lin CH,Yang SL,Chung KR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (SE) infection in humans is often associated with the consumption of contaminated poultry products. Binding of the bacterium to the intestinal mucosa is a major pathogenic mechanism of Salmonella in poultry. Transposon mutagenesis identified flgC as a potential binding mutant of...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Shippy DC,Eakley NM,Mikheil DM,Fadl AA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the in vitro phytopathogen suppression activity of siderophoregenic preparations of Alcaligenes feacalis vis-à-vis the oraganochlorine fungicide, bavistin. Siderophore-rich culture broth, siderophore-rich supernatant, and purified siderophore preparation exerted antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sayyed RZ,Chincholkar SB

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From an undisturbed natural forest soil in Ecuador, three fungal strains of the genus Aspergillus were isolated. Based on molecular and morphological features they are described as three new species, named A. quitensis, A. amazonicus, and A. ecuadorensis. ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Mares D,Andreotti E,Maldonado ME,Pedrini P,Colalongo C,Romagnoli C

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida galli strain PGO6 isolated from oil-contaminated water is the first isolated yeast strain which is capable to form vanillin and vanillic acid during isoeugenol biotransformation. The products were confirmed by thin-layer chromatography (TLC), changes in the UV absorption pattern and high-performance liquid chr...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ashengroph M,Nahvi I,Zarkesh-Esfahani H,Momenbeik F

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maize root colonization by two fluorescentPseudomonas strains M.3.1. and TR335, isolated respectively frommaize and tomato roots, were studied in hydroponic conditions. Each bacteriumwas inoculated separately, and three different colonization areas werestudied: nutrient solution, rhizoplane, and endorhizosphere. The t...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Benizri E,Schoeny A,Picard C,Courtade A,Guckert A

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacteria are widely present in diverse aquatic habitats, where they can survive for months or years while some species can even proliferate. The resistance of different mycobacterial species to disinfection methods like chlorination or ozonation could result in their presence in the final tap water of consumers. I...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Klanicova B,Seda J,Slana I,Slany M,Pavlik I

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Favre and coworkers (Favre et al., Biochimie 73:235-244, 1991) previously reported that the Bordetella pertussis recA gene present at high copy number could promote a low frequency of recombination, but not bacteriophage induction in Escherichia coli RecA- mutants. Reexamination of these phenotypes demonstrated that, ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kuhl SA

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial FtsE gene codes for the ATP-binding protein, FtsE, which in complex with the transmembrane protein, FtsX, participates in diverse cellular processes. Therefore, regulated expression of FtsE and FtsX might be critical to the human pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, under stress conditions. Although ftsX ge...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Roy S,Vijay S,Arumugam M,Anand D,Mir M,Ajitkumar P

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ansamycins is a group of type I polyketides characterized by the unique starter unit 3-amino-5-hydroxybenzoic acid. This family of secondary metabolites shows diverse biological activities, well-known members of which include rifamycin, geldanamycin, and maytansine. Previously, we isolated an AHBA synthase gene-positi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Xie C,Deng JJ,Wang HX

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Degradation of n-alkanes in diesel oil by Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain WatG (WatG) was verified in soil microcosms. The total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) degradation level in two bioaugmentation samples was 51% and 46% for 1 week in unsterilized and sterilized soil microcosms, respectively. The TPH degradation in the...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ueno A,Hasanuzzaman M,Yumoto I,Okuyama H

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study genetically screened endophytic and epiphytic bacteria associated with ethnomedicinal plants for the presence of the non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) gene and identified horizontal gene transfer (HGT) of the NRPS gene between the bacterial species. NRPSs are large multimodular enzymes that synthesize...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Nongkhlaw FM,Joshi SR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing interest in understanding the role of the gut microbiome on productive and meat quality-related traits in livestock species in order to develop new useful tools for improving pig production systems and industry. Faecal samples are analysed as a proxy of gut microbiota and here the selection of suita...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Muiños-Bühl A,González-Recio O,Muñoz M,Óvilo C,García-Casco J,Fernández AI

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the fungus cultured by the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens, produces polysaccharidases that degrade leaf components by generating nutrients believed to be essential for ant nutrition. We evaluated pectinase, amylase, xylanase, and cellulase production by L. gongylophorus in laboratory cultur...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Silva A,Bacci M Jr,Pagnocca FC,Bueno OC,Hebling MJ

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The abundance and diversity of chemotactic heterotrophic bacteria associated with Arctic cyanobacteria was determined. The viable numbers ranged between 10(4) and 10(6) cell g(-1) cyanobacterial biomass. A total of 112 morphotypes, representing 22 phylotypes based on their 16S rRNA sequence similarity were isolated fr...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Prasad S,Pratibha MS,Manasa P,Buddhi S,Begum Z,Shivaji S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents results from a study on the bacterial diversity of cigarette brands collected from military personnel during the U.S. Army's investigation of a series of cases of acute eosinophilic pneumonitis in military personnel deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Eight species of Bacillus, including five new...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Rooney AP,Swezey JL,Wicklow DT,McAtee MJ

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microalgae are considered feedstock for biodiesel production due to their capability to accumulate triacylglycerols, which have a 99% conversion rate into biodiesel, under certain conditions. This study aims to evaluate thirty native microalgal strains as feedstock for biodiesel production based on their biomass and l...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Andeden EE,Ozturk S,Aslim B

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00