Dam-like methylation in legionellae.

abstract：:The mechanisms used by Campylobacter jejuni to colonize the (chicken) intestinal tract have not been defined. In this study, we obtained evidence that in the presence of chicken serum and mucus, C. jejuni secreted proteins that may play a role in the colonization of chicken gut (Campylobacter invasion antigen = Cia). ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Biswas D,Fernando UM,Reiman CD,Willson PJ,Townsend HG,Potter AA,Allan BJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:Serratia marcescens is an opportunistic pathogen responsible for causing nosocomial infections, corneal ulcer, necrotizing fasciitis, cellulites, and brain abscess. Alkaline phosphatase (APase) is believed to play an important role in the survival of several intracellular pathogens and their adaptation. We have studie...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Bhatti AR,Alvi A,Walia S,Chaudhry GR

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the usefulness of flow cytometry for detection of vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecalis by direct binding of commercially available fluorescent vancomycin to cells obtained from culture. The cells were stained with Vancomycin@FL, sonicated and additionally stained with propidium iodide (PI). Regard...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Jarzembowski T,Jóźwik A,Wiśniewska K,Witkowski J

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell protein profiles of submerged cultures of Streptomyces aureofaciens cultivated in the absence or presence of 12 microM benzyl thiocyanate (BT) were analyzed by one-dimensional SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Substantial increase in the intensity of the 13, 35, 37, 60, and 100 kDa protein bands was observe...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Novotná J,Li XM,Novotná J,Vohradský J,Weiser J

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biocides play an important role in healthcare-associated infection control by either minimizing or preventing microorganism dissemination. This study evaluated the susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates to a quaternary ammonium (QAC) disinfectant and antibiotics, and verified the presence of qacEΔ1...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Romão C,Miranda CA,Silva J,Mandetta Clementino M,de Filippis I,Asensi M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protease production by Streptomyces sp. 594 was obtained after submerged fermentation (SF) and solid-state fermentation (SSF) using feather meal (FM) and corn steep liquor (CSL) as sole sources of carbon and nitrogen. Enzyme productions were 13.4 U ml(-1) in SF and 21.5 U g(-1) in SSF; these values were approximately ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： De Azeredo LA,De Lima MB,Coelho RR,Freire DM

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7/H- (O157) strains were serially cultured three times on LB agar plates. After each sub-culture, five colonies were picked for DNA isolation and whole genome sequence (WGS) analysis. After exclusion of possible recombination-related SNPs, 11, 9, and 34 single-nucleoti...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yokoyama E,Hirai S,Ishige T,Murakami S

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of the symbiotic association with microbes allowed termites to decompose ingested lignocellulose from plant-derived substrates, including herbivore dung and soil humus. Representatives of the Syntermitinae (Termitidae) range in their feeding habits from wood and litter-feeding to humus-feeding species. H...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Moreira EA,Alvarez TM,Persinoti GF,Paixão DAA,Menezes LR,Cairo JPF,Squina FM,Costa-Leonardo AM,Carrijo T,Arab A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, fatty-acid content and patterns were analyzed in order to distinguish Nostoc flagelliforme, an edible terrestrial cyanobacterium, from other Nostoc species and representatives typical of its close neighbors (genera Anabaena, Microcystis, and Synechococcus). According to the Kenyon-Murata classification ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Liu XJ,Chen F,Jiang Y

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gram-negative bacteria are generally more tolerant to disinfectants than Gram-positive bacteria due to outer membrane (OM) barrier, but the tolerant mechanism is not well characterized. We have utilized comparative proteomic methodologies to characterize the OM proteins of E. coli K-12 K99+ in response to phenol stres...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang DF,Li H,Lin XM,Wang SY,Peng XX

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast Candida glycerinogenes produces a high yield of glycerol only in response to a medium-osmotic stress, but little is known about the relationship between osmoadaptation and glycerol metabolism. The CgTPI gene encoding triose phosphate isomerase of C. glycerinogenes was cloned and sequenced, and its functional...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yongguang Z,Wei S,Zhiming R,Huiying F,Jian Z

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene, phoI, coding for a phosphatase from Enterobacter sp. 4 was cloned in Escherichia coli and sequenced. Analysis of the sequence revealed one open reading frame (ORF) that encodes a 269-amino acid protein with a calculated molecular mass of 29 kDa. PhoI belongs to family B acid phosphatase and exhibits 49.4% iden...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kang SH,Cho KK,Bok JD,Kim SC,Cho JS,Lee PC,Kang SK,Lee HG,Woo JH,Lee HJ,Lee SC,Choi YJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipid modification of membrane proteins was investigated in Acholeplasma laidlawii by metabolic labeling and by chemical analysis. A S-glycerylcysteine residue was identified from membrane proteins and we reported the strong preference for saturated acyl chains into the lipid modification. Differential release of ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Le Hénaff M,Chollet A,Fontenelle C

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, we provide biological evidences supporting the participation of NCW2 gene in the mechanism responsible for cell tolerance to polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB), an antifungal agent. The growth rate of yeast cells exposed to this agent was significantly reduced in ∆ncw2 strain and the mRNA levels o...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Elsztein C,de Lima RCP,de Barros Pita W,de Morais MA Jr

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new cultivation-independent method for studying conjugal gene transfer between bacteria was evaluated. The method was based on direct detection and enumeration of donor and transconjugant bacterial cells by flow cytometry. Specific detection of transconjugants was obtained by using a conjugative plasmid tagged with ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sørensen SJ,Sørensen AH,Hansen LH,Oregaard G,Veal D

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactic-acid-producing bacteria (LABs) are known to have immunomodulating activity. In the current study, various LABs were tested for their immunity-enhancing activity, especially the phagocytic activity of leukocytes. Viable but not heat-killed cells of Weissella kimchii strain PL9001, Lactobacillus fermentum strain ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lee Y,Lee TS

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA sequence was determined for a region upstream of the puf operon of Rhodospirillum rubrum. A partial ORF was identified. The DNA sequence and the inferred amino acid sequences were aligned with those of bchA of Rhodobacter capsulatus and other phototrophic bacteria. Based on this alignment and genetic evidence,...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lee IY,Collins ML

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, a few works have performed a correlation of metabolic variables in bacteria; however specific correlations with these variables have not been reported. In this work, we included 36 human pathogenic bacteria and 18 non- or less-pathogenic-related bacteria and obtained all metabolic variables, including enzymes...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Brambila-Tapia AJ,Poot-Hernández AC,Garcia-Guevara JF,Rodríguez-Vázquez K

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus was first detected in India in May 2009 which subsequently became endemic in many parts of the country. Influenza A viruses have the ability to evade the immune response through its ability of antigenic variations. The study aims to characterize influenza A (H1N1) pdm 09 viruses ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Gohil D,Kothari S,Shinde P,Meharunkar R,Warke R,Chowdhary A,Deshmukh R

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bacterium capable of utilizing p-cresol as sole source of carbon and energy was isolated from soil and identified as a Bacillus species. The organism also utilized phenol, o-cresol, m-cresol, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, and gentisic acid as growth substrates. The organism degraded p-cresol to 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, which...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Tallur PN,Megadi VB,Kamanavalli CM,Ninnekar HZ

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bacillus subtilis pur operon repressor (PurR) has a PRPP (5-phosphoribosyl 1-pyrophosphate) binding motif at residues 199-211. Two PurR PRPP binding region mutations (D203A and D204A) were constructed, and the effects on binding of repressor to the pur operon control site in vitro and on regulation of pur operon e...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Weng M,Zalkin H

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flagella occur on many prokaryotes, which primarily propel cells to move from detrimental to favorable environments. A variety of species-specific flagellation patterns have been identified. Although it is presumed that for each of these flagellated microorganisms, an evolutionarily fixed flagellation pattern is favor...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yang RS,Chen YT

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of the nucleotide sequence of a 4.5-kb chromosomal DNA fragment of Bacillus stearothermophilus LV revealed two open reading frames (ORFs) of 121 and 727 amino acids (aa) that exhibit a high degree of similarity with the cadC and cadA cadmium resistance genes of a number of microorganisms. Transfer and ex...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Nerey Md Mdel C,Pichuantes SE,Saavedra CP,Araya MA,Tantaleán JC,Vásquez CC

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a screening strategy incorporating resistant insect lines for discovery of new Bacillus thuringiensis toxins against a background of known genes that would normally mask the activity of additional genes and the application of that strategy. A line of Helicoverpa armigera with resistance to Cry1Ac ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Beard CE,Court L,Mourant RG,James B,Van Rie J,Masson L,Akhurst RJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article outlines a comprehensive analysis of the microbial diversity of aerosols produced during screening in a green waste composting plant using both culture and molecular techniques. Bacteria, thermophilic actinomycetes and fungi were quantified in the aerosols. The structure of the microbial community was exa...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Bru-Adan V,Wéry N,Moletta-Denat M,Boiron P,Delgènes JP,Godon JJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(13)CNMR and (1)HNMR studies revealed that aluminum citrate (Al-citrate) was metabolized intracellularly and that oxalic acid was an important product in the Al-stressed cells. This dicarboxylic acid was produced via the oxidation of glyoxylate, a precursor generated through the cleavage of isocitrate. In the control ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Appanna VD,Hamel RD,Lévasseur R

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ)-dependent glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) of Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 and Sinorhizobium meliloti RCR2011 was investigated under different nutrient-limiting conditions in continuous cultures, under different conditions of phosphate availability, and in S. meliloti bacte...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Bernardelli CE,Luna MF,Galar ML,Boiardi JL

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermophilic fungus Thermomyces lanuginosus, which is able to use dextran as primary carbon source for growth, excreted during the early phases of growth an enzyme activity capable of degrading dextran. The activity peaked at 22 h and decreased rapidly after the culture entered the stationary phase, probably cause...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Jensen B,Olsen J

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strain NHI-24(T) was isolated from forest soil by a polycarbonate membrane transwell plate. It is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-motile, non-spore-forming bacterium. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence data indicated that strain NHI-24(T) is closely related to members of the genus Niabella: N. dril...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Pham VH,Kim J

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00