Degradation of homovanillate by a strain of Variovorax paradoxus via ring hydroxylation.

abstract：:A Phoma sp. was isolated and characterized as endophytic and as a pathogen of Larrea tridentata (creosote bush) growing in the desert region of southern Utah, USA. This fungus produces a unique mixture of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including a series of sesquiterpenoids, some alcohols and several reduced napht...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Strobel G,Singh SK,Riyaz-Ul-Hassan S,Mitchell AM,Geary B,Sears J

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) particles produced by recombinant yeast cells was examined using high-resolution negative staining, and ice embedding, electron microscopy. With negative staining, the HBsAg particles were spherical to slightly ovoid with a mean diameter of 27.5 nm and co...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yamaguchi M,Sugahara K,Shiosaki K,Mizokami H,Takeo K

更新日期：1998-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in composition of the principal low molecular mass thiols of Leishmania donovani were monitored during the transformation of promastigotes, first to stationary phase metacyclic forms and then to amastigotes. No consistent variation in the thiol composition of the parasite which could account for the known incr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Weldrick DP,Chodacka B,Vogt R,Steenkamp DJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the nucleotide sequence downstream from the Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae recA gene reveals two orfs designated orfX and recX. The former has the potential to code for a 5.6 kDa protein of unknown function while the latter encodes for a putative 14.6 kDa protein with homology to RecX from various bacteria....

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sukchawalit R,Vattanaviboon P,Utamapongchai S,Vaughn G,Mongkolsuk S

更新日期：2001-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel cry1A was cloned from Bacillus thuringiensis strain BT8 and expressed in the B. thuringiensis acrystalliferous mutant HD73(-). The gene, designated cry1Ah1, encoded a protein with a molecular weight of 134 kDa. Reverse transcriptase-PCR and Western blotting showed that Cry1Ah was expressed in the host strain B...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Xue J,Liang G,Crickmore N,Li H,He K,Song F,Feng X,Huang D,Zhang J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthesis of cephalosporins involving a thiozolidine ring expansion is catalyzed by deacetoxycephalosporin C synthase (DAOCS). In this study, three DAOCS isozymes were cloned and expressed as active enzymes together with Streptomyces jumonjinensis DAOCS that was newly isolated and partially characterized. The e...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Chin HS,Sim J,Seah KI,Sim TS

更新日期：2003-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of light on adenyl cyclase (E.C. 4.6.1.1) and 3':5'-cyclic-AMP-phosphodiesterase (E.C. 3.1.4.17) activity of Trichoderma viride was investigated. Adenyl cyclase proved to be a membrane-associated enzyme, requiring Mn2+ and was activated by light. In contrast, 3':5'-cyclic-AMP-phosphodiesterase showed no lig...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kolarova N,Haplová J,Gresík M

更新日期：1992-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the complete nucleotide sequence of the 16341 bp plasmid pHH205 of the extremely halophilic archaeon Halobacterium salinarum J7. The plasmid has a G+C content of 61.1%. A number of direct and inverted repeat sequences were found in pHH205, while no insertion sequences were found. Thirty-eight large open ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ye X,Ou J,Ni L,Shi W,Shen P

更新日期：2003-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the possibility of nonconjugative lateral DNA transfer in a colony biofilm of mixed Escherichia coli strains. By simply coculturing a plasmid-free F(-) strain and another F(-) strain harboring a nonconjugative plasmid in a colony biofilm on antibiotic-free agar media, transformed cells were produced within 2...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Maeda S,Ito M,Ando T,Ishimoto Y,Fujisawa Y,Takahashi H,Matsuda A,Sawamura A,Kato S

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The devR-devS two-component system of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was identified earlier and partially characterized in our laboratory. A devR::kan mutant of M. tuberculosis was constructed by allelic exchange. The devR mutant strain showed reduced cell-to-cell adherence in comparison to the parental strain in laborato...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Malhotra V,Sharma D,Ramanathan VD,Shakila H,Saini DK,Chakravorty S,Das TK,Li Q,Silver RF,Narayanan PR,Tyagi JS

更新日期：2004-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:An exo-polygalacturonase (EC 3.2.1.15) was purified to apparent homogeneity from cultures of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici on synthetic medium supplemented with citrus pectin, using preparative isoelectric focusing. The enzyme, denominated PG2, had an apparent M(r) of 74000 Da upon SDS-PAGE. The pI of the main ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Di Pietro A,Roncero MI

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversity of a collection of 49 Lactococcus garvieae strains, including isolates of dairy, fish, meat, vegetable and cereal origin, was explored using a molecular polyphasic approach comprising PCR-ribotyping, REP and RAPD-PCR analyses and a multilocus restriction typing (MLRT) carried out on six partial genes (at...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ferrario C,Ricci G,Borgo F,Rollando A,Fortina MG

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-five geographically different strains of Fusarium poae were assayed for the presence of extrachromosomal nucleic acid elements. All strains were found to harbour double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) elements and encapsidated virus-like particles (VLP). There were great individual differences in dsRNA patterns of the vari...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fekete C,Giczey G,Papp I,Szabó L,Hornok L

更新日期：1995-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the cause of the supersusceptibility of Branhamella catarrhalis to macrolide antibiotics, which are well-known to be inactive to most Gram-negative bacteria, we determined its cell surface hydrophobicity by the partition experiment between water and hydrocarbons. Its cell surface was found to be markedly mo...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gotoh N,Tanaka S,Nishino T

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-directed mutagenesis of the lamB gene was used to introduce individual cysteine substitutions at 20 sites in two regions (surface loops L7 and L8) of LamB protein significant in antibody recognition. Characterisation of cysteine mutants involved immunoblotting with three surface-specific monoclonal antibodies (mA...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Notley L,Hillier C,Ferenci T

更新日期：1994-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of being dispensable, O-antigens are believed to facilitate various cellular processes and alter antibiotic sensitivities. Escherichia coli K-12 (CS109) strains are lacking in O-antigens and are reported to be sensitive to antibiotics. To our surprise, E. coli 2443 (expressing O8-antigen) manifested two- to f...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sarkar SK,Ghosh AS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sera, from 17 patients with diarrhoea or haemolytic uraemic syndrome, and six healthy adults, were tested for neutralisation of Vero cytotoxins (VT). For all 17 patients there was evidence of infection with Escherichia coli O157. Sera from two controls but from none of the patients neutralised VT1, although two patien...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Scotland SM,Said B,Thomas A,Rowe B

更新日期：1994-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Beauveria bassiana is an insect pathogenic fungus widely used as a biocontrol agent to infect and control insect pests. The conidium initiates pathogenesis and mediates disease transmission, however, little is known about genetic elements that control conidiation. Here, the cloning and characterization of a regulatory...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fang W,Scully LR,Zhang L,Pei Y,Bidochka MJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific non-typhoid Salmonella serovars carry large virulence plasmids that promote sustained extra-intestinal infections. These plasmids all share a highly conserved 8-kb region containing the spv operon, consisting of the regulatory spvR locus and the four structural spvABCD genes. The SpvR protein belongs to the L...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Guiney DG,Fang FC,Krause M,Libby S

更新日期：1994-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Tagging of two cell wall mannoproteins, Cwp1p and Cwp2p, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae with the green fluorescent protein from Aequorea victoria resulted in incorporation of fluorescent fusion proteins into the cell wall. Both living cells and isolated cell walls became brightly labeled. Intriguingly, the incorporation ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ram AF,Van den Ende H,Klis FM

更新日期：1998-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have established an improved large deletion method in Escherichia coli genome using a combination of two different recombination systems, lambda Red and Cre/loxP. The loxP site could be rapidly and efficiently integrated in the genome by lambda Red and large deletions of both 117- and 165-kbp regions could be gener...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fukiya S,Mizoguchi H,Mori H

更新日期：2004-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori, a type 1 carcinogen, accounts for numerous gastric cancer-related deaths worldwide. Repurposing existing drugs or developing new ones for a combinatorial approach against increasing antimicrobial resistance is the need of the hour. This study highlights the efficacy of acriflavine hydrochloride (A...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tehlan A,Karmakar BC,Paul S,Kumar R,Kaur I,Ghosh A,Mukhopadhyay AK,Dhar SK

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The SbmA protein is involved in the transport of MccB17-, MccJ25-, bleomycin- and proline-rich peptides into the Escherichia coli cytoplasm. sbmA gene homologues were found in a variety of bacteria. However, the physiological role of this protein still remains unknown. Previously, we found that a combination of sbmA a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Corbalán NS,Adler C,de Cristóbal RE,Pomares MF,Delgado MA,Vincent PA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pectinases are enzymes that catalyze pectin degradation. There is a global demand for pectinases because of their wide utility and catalytic efficiency. Optimization of the fermentation process to increase the pectolytic enzyme activity is generally practiced to lower process costs, but whether temperature influences ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Guan Y,Yin D,Du X,Ye X

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To rapidly identify natural isolates of marine bioluminescent bacteria, we developed amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA) methods. ARDRA, which is based on the restriction patterns of 16S rRNA gene digested with five enzymes (EcoRI, DdeI, HhaI, HinfI, RsaI), clearly distinguished the 14 species of mari...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kita-Tsukamoto K,Wada M,Yao K,Kamiya A,Yoshizawa S,Uchiyama N,Kogure K

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides (Mmm) strain Afadé had previously been shown to undergo spontaneous phase variations between an opaque capsulated variant and a translucent (TR) variant devoid of a capsule but able to secrete cell-free exopolysaccharides. This phase variation is associated with an ON/OFF genetic sw...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gaurivaud P,Lakhdar L,Le Grand D,Poumarat F,Tardy F

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetically diverse rhizobial strains endemic to Tunisia were isolated from symbiotic nodules of Lotus creticus, growing in different arid extremophile geographical regions of Tunisia, and speciated using multiloci-phylogenetic analysis as Neorhizobium huautlense (LCK33, LCK35, LCO42 and LCO49), Ensifer numidicus...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Rejili M,BenAbderrahim MA,Mars M,Sherrier JD

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-toxin gene from Clostridium perfringens type C was cloned and expressed as a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein in Escherichia coli. The DNA sequence was determined and compared to the type B sequence. Two nucleotide differences were found in the protein coding sequence, resulting in one amino acid diff...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Steinthorsdottir V,Fridriksdottir V,Gunnarsson E,Andrésson OS

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The P39 antigen is a specific, highly conserved, and immunogenic protein of Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. The nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding this protein was determined and found to be the first of two tandemly arranged open reading frames located on the spirochete's chromosome. ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Simpson WJ,Cieplak W,Schrumpf ME,Barbour AG,Schwan TG

更新日期：1994-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrons are bacterial genetic elements capable of capturing and expressing potentially adaptive genetic material. Class 1 integrons constitute the most intensely studied group of these elements to date, mainly due to their well-established role in the acquisition and dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes in c...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hardwick SA,Stokes HW,Findlay S,Taylor M,Gillings MR

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00