Isolation and Characterization of Chemotaxis Mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

abstract：:In recent years, Candida albicans infections treatment has become a growing problem because, among others, pathogenic strains are capable to develop resistance to the administered drugs. The elaboration of rapid and accurate method of resistance assessment is an important goal of many studies. They aim to avoid inappr...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Caban M,Strapagiel D,Dziadek J,Korycka-Machała M,Grzelak A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grasslands are suffering from long-term overgrazing because of the population inflation. Furthermore, nitrous oxide (N2O) is a major greenhouse gas that also depletes stratospheric ozone. However, the emission rate of grassland N2O and underlying mechanisms remained unclear under different grazing intensities. We cond...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Du Y,Shu K,Guo X,Pengjin Z

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysozyme is an important and widespread component of the innate immune response that constitutes the first line of defense against bacterial pathogens. The bactericidal effect of this enzyme relies on its capacity to hydrolyze the bacterial cell wall and also on a nonenzymatic mechanism involving its cationic antimicr...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Hébert L,Bidaud P,Goux D,Benachour A,Laugier C,Petry S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel actinomycete, designated strain LAM7112T, was isolated from soil sample collected from a birch forest in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. The new isolate was found to be able to grow at 20-45 °C (optimum: 35 °C), pH 5.0-10.0 (optimum: 7.0) and in the presence of 0-10.0% (optimum: 3.0%) (w/v) NaCl. The ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ma Q,Zhang Q,Jiang X,Kong D,Han X,Xue H,Zhou Y,Zhang Y,Zhang W,Ruan Z

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production and its potential use of a novel trihydroxy unsaturated fatty acid, 7,10,12-trihydroxy-8(E)-octadecenoic acid (TOD), were investigated. TOD was formed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PR3 (NRRL B-18602) in a culture supplied with exogenous ricinoleic acid. The yield of TOD production was always higher in a ric...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kuo TM,Kim H,Hou CT

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last few years, numerous cases of multidrug-resistant Achromobacter xylosoxidans infections have been documented in immunocompromised and cystic fibrosis patients. To gain insights into the molecular mechanisms and mobile elements related to multidrug resistance in this bacterium, we studied 24 non-epidemiologi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Traglia GM,Almuzara M,Merkier AK,Adams C,Galanternik L,Vay C,Centrón D,Ramírez MS

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aerobic, gram-reaction-negative, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain Z6(T), was isolated from sediment collected at Mohe Basin, China. And its taxonomic position was investigated by applying a polyphasic approach. Growth occurs at 10-45 °C (optimum, 30 °C), at pH 6.0-11.0 (optimum, pH 7.0) and in the presence o...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Han L,Teng YW,Feng QQ,Zhang RG,Zhao XM,Lv J,Xie B

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature and salinity fluctuations are two of the most important factors affecting the growth of polar bacteria. In an attempt to better understand the function of heat-shock proteins (HSPs) in the adaptive mechanisms of the Antarctic psychrotrophic bacterium Psychrobacter sp. G to such conditions, genes Hsp845, Hs...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Che S,Song W,Lin X

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AVPDS (Animal Viruses Probe dataset) is a dataset of virus-specific and conserve oligonucleotides for identification and diagnosis of viruses infecting animals. The current dataset contain 20,619 virus specific probes for 833 viruses and their subtypes and 3,988 conserved probes for 146 viral genera. Dataset of virus ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yadav BS,Pokhriyal M,Vasishtha DP,Sharma B

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus thuringiensis strain BtMC28 was isolated from the soil sample in China. Two novel crystal protein genes were found by using the PCR-RFLP method. Moreover, the full-length sequences of two novel genes were obtained by a single oligonucleotide nested (SON)-PCR upstream and downstream strategy. Sequence analysis...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Tan F,Zhu J,Tang J,Tang X,Wang S,Zheng A,Li P

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A thermophilic bacterial strain GXN151 which could degrade Avicel efficiently was isolated and identified as Bacillus licheniformis. A genomic library of GXN151 was constructed and two novel endoglucanase genes designated cel9A and cel12A were isolated by screening the library on carboxylmethyl cellulase indicator pla...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Liu Y,Zhang J,Liu Q,Zhang C,Ma Q

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium glutamicum, a Gram-positive soil bacterium belonging to the mycolic acids-containing actinomycetes, is able to use the lignin degradation products ferulate, vanillate, and protocatechuate as sole carbon sources. The gene cluster responsible for vanillate catabolism was identified and characterized. The...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Merkens H,Beckers G,Wirtz A,Burkovski A

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a previously created Mycobacterium avium genomic library with GFP-promoter trap in Mycobacterium smegmatis, we screened for genes that are upregulated upon infection of A. castellanii. Clones exhibiting a 2.5-fold or greater increase in GFP expression, out of a total of 10,000 clones, were selected for further e...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Tenant R,Bermudez LE

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pasteurella haemolytica (Ph) is the most important cause of the bovine acute fibrinohemorrhagic pneumonia that occurs in market stressed calves after shipment to feedyards. Recent characterization of neuraminidase production by these organisms has shown that all 16 serotypes produce an immunologically similar form of ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Straus DC,Purdy CW,Loan RW,Briggs RF,Frank GH

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyclonal antibodies against Escherichia coli and fluorescent, secondary, antibodies were immobilized on borosilicate glass fibers pre-treated with 3-glycidyloxypropyl trimethoxysilane (GPS). Light with an average wavelength of 627 nm, emitted by a diode placed at one end of the glass fiber, was detected by an ultras...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Maas MB,Maybery GHC,Perold WJ,Neveling DP,Dicks LMT

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunosuppressant leflunomide (LFM) inhibits the growth of cytokine-stimulated proliferation of lymphoid cells in vitro and also inhibits the growth of eukaryotic microorganism, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. As a first step to elucidate the molecular mechanism of LFM action in human, yeast gene which suppresses the an...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Fujimura H

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The commencement of intracellular protease synthesis was studied by gelatin zymography in Bacillus thuringiensis ( Btk) HD1, Btk HD73, and a protease-deficient mutant Btk-q derived from the former strain. By gelatin zymography, a 92-kDa protease was detected first at 3 h of sporulation, which continued until 48 h, whe...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Reddy YC,Venkateswerlu G

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrate assimilation-defective mutants SP7, SP9, and SP17 of the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 were isolated by use of transposon mutagenesis and screened on medium containing chlorate. SP7 and SP17 represented nitrate reductase-defective nature, while mutant SP9 appeared to be a regulatory mutant exhibiting pl...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Rai AK,Tiwari SP

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae open reading frame (ORF) YGL029w (CGR1) encodes a small hydrophilic protein of unknown function. To investigate the role of this gene, we have determined the intracellular localization of the encoded product and examined the effects of Cgr1p depletion on cell growth. Tagging Cgr1p with the gre...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sun J,McFarland M,Boettner D,Panepinto J,Rhodes JC,Askew DS

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catastrophic global accumulation of non-biodegradable plastic has led to efforts for production of alternative eco-friendly biopolymer. Here, we attempted to produce a biodegradable, cytocompatible and eco-friendly polyhydroxy-butyrate (PHB) from a pigmented Bacillus sp. C1 (2013) (KF626477) through submerged (SmF) an...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Pati S,Maity S,Dash A,Jema S,Mohapatra S,Das S,Samantaray DP

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional (2-D) gel electrophoresis was employed to display the expression profiles of proteins of Halobacillus dabanensis D-8(T) under 1%, 10%, and 20% salinities. Approximately 700 protein spots could be detected in the 2-D gels by Imagemastertrade mark 2D Platinum software. The molecular masses of the majorit...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Feng DQ,Yang LF,Lu WD,Yang SS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions between the proteolytic X2L strain of Oenococcus oeni and the non-proteolytic 12p strain of Pediococcus pentosaceus were assayed. The characteristics of cell growth, protein degradation, and amino acid production of both strains were determined in pure and mixed cultures. O. oeni showed poor cell grow...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Fernández PA,de Nadra MC

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine subsurface sediments represent a novel archaeal biosphere with unknown physiology. To get to know the composition and ecological roles of the archaeal communities within the sediments of the Pearl River Estuary, Southern China, the diversity and vertical distribution of active archaea in a sediment core were ch...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Chen J,Wang F,Jiang L,Yin X,Xiao X

更新日期：2013-07-01 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

abstract：:Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7, a gram-negative bacteria identified as a foodborne pathogen causing severe disease is of great concern worldwide. The pathogenicity of E. coli O157:H7 is due to the presence of some virulence factors and its ability to form biofilm which resist antimicrobial compou...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Oloketuyi SF,Khan F

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella and amebae populations in 16 cooling towers were challenged with three commercially available biocide formulations. The active agents were: a chlorinated phenolic thioether (CPTE), bromo-nitro-propane-diol (BNPD), and bromo-chloro-dimethylhydantoin (BCD, in briquette form). The towers were dosed with these ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Bentham RH,Broadbent CR

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phage H188, a novel Vibrio kanaloae phage, was isolated from the surface water of Yellow Sea. Morphological analysis by transmission electron microscopy reveals that it belongs to the family Myoviridae. Present result suggests that the phage is stable at pH between 4.0 and 12.0. No significant difference in phage tite...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Li Y,Wang M,Liu Q,Song X,Wang D,Ma Y,Shao H,Jiang Y

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Findings show 21 fungal isolates belonging to eight genera recovered from Egyptian soils that have the potential to attack L-methionine under submerged conditions. Aspergillus flavipes had the most methioninolytic activity, giving the highest yield of L-methioninase (10.78 U/mg protein), rate of methionine uptake (93....

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Khalaf SA,El-Sayed AS

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-negative, mobile, rod-shaped, non-spore-forming bacterium (strain 14-3(T)) was isolated from a temporary pond in Antarctica. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity, strain 14-3(T) was shown to belong to the genus Pseudomonas sensu stricto. Physiological and biochemical tests supported the phylogeneti...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： López NI,Pettinari MJ,Stackebrandt E,Tribelli PM,Põtter M,Steinbüchel A,Méndez BS

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolate RNP4 obtained from a long-term tannery waste contaminated soil was characterized and presumptively identified as Pseudomonas sp. The strain RNP4 tolerated concentrations up to 450 mg Cr(6+)/L on a Luria-Bartani (LB) agar medium and reduced a substantial amount of Cr(6+) to Cr(3+) in the LB liquid medium. T...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Rajkumar M,Nagendran R,Lee KJ,Lee WH

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00