Characterization of the eaeA gene from rabbit enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strain RDEC-1 and comparison to other eaeA genes from bacteria that cause attaching-effacing lesions.

abstract：:Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans is an extremely thermophilic, Gram-positive bacterium growing on carbon monoxide (CO) as single carbon and energy source and producing only H(2) and CO(2). Carbon monoxide dehydrogenase is a key enzyme for CO metabolism. The carbon monoxide dehydrogenase genes cooF and cooS from C. hy...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： González JM,Robb FT

更新日期：2000-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play pivotal roles in inflammatory diseases including chronic periodontitis. The effects of Prevotella intermedia, a major periodontal pathogen, on MMP-9 production in primary human periodontal ligament (hPDL) cells were examined in the present study. MMP-9 mRNA expression was measured...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Guan SM,Shu L,Fu SM,Liu B,Xu XL,Wu JZ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene disruption experiments play an important role in the functional characterization of genes in mycobacteria and rely mostly on the use of one or two antibiotic resistance markers. We have developed a system for mycobacteria which features both the advantages of the use of antibiotic resistance markers for gene disr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Malaga W,Perez E,Guilhot C

更新日期：2003-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The scrA gene coding for sucrose EnzymeII of the phosphoenolpyruvate dependent phosphotransferase system previously isolated from Streptococcus mutans was fused in vitro to the promoterless lacZ' gene to monitor the expression of the scrA gene. The scrA::lacZ gene fusion was introduced back into S. mutans GS-5IS3 by t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sato Y,Yamamoto Y,Suzuki R,Kizaki H,Kuramitsu HK

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The variable stress-sensitivity of individual cells within pure cultures is widely noted but generally unexplained. Here, factors determining the heterogeneous susceptibility to copper toxicity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae were examined with a rapid non-perturbing approach based on flow cytometry. By determination of t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Howlett NG,Avery SV

更新日期：1999-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to screen two cheese starter cultures and cheese-borne microbial communities with the potential to produce biogenic amines in cheese during ripening. Bacteria of the genera Enterococcus and Lactobacillus and coliform bacteria were isolated from Dutch-type semi-hard cheese at the beginning of ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Burdychova R,Komprda T

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA96 is a clinical isolate from Guangzhou, China, that is multiresistant to antibiotics. We previously described the 500-kb IncP-2 plasmid, pOZ176 that encodes many resistance genes including the IMP-9 carbapenemase. Whole-genome sequencing of PA96 enabled characterization of its genomic islands...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Déraspe M,Alexander DC,Xiong J,Ma JH,Low DE,Jamieson FB,Roy PH

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occurrence of tetracycline resistance genes encoding ribosomal protection proteins was examined in 151 tetracycline-resistant bacterial isolates from fish and seawater at coastal aquaculture sites in Japan and Korea. The tet(M) gene was detected in 34 Japanese and Korean isolates, which included Vibrio sp., Lactococcu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kim SR,Nonaka L,Suzuki S

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lipopolysaccharide mutant of Leptospira interrogans (LaiMut) was obtained by growth in the presence of an agglutinating monoclonal antibody (mAb) against lipopolysaccharide. Agglutination reactions with anti-lipopolysaccharide mAbs and polyclonal antibodies showed that LaiMut had lost some serogroup Icterohaemorrhag...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zapata S,Trueba G,Bulach DM,Boucher D,Adler B,Hartskeerl R

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of ancient microbial DNA offers a new approach for the study of infectious diseases, their occurrence, frequency and host-pathogen interaction in historic times and populations. Moreover, data obtained from skeletal and mummified tissue may represent an important completion of contemporary phylogenetic a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zink AR,Reischl U,Wolf H,Nerlich AG

更新日期：2002-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focused on the alanine racemase gene (alr-2), which is involved in the synthesis of d-alanine that forms the backbone of the cell wall. A stable alr-2 knockout mutant of Aeromonas hydrophila HBNUAh01 was constructed. When the mutant was supplemented with d-alanine, growth was unaffected; deprivation of d-al...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Liu D,Zhang L,Xue W,Wang Y,Ju J,Zhao B

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyphae of the human pathogenic fungus Candida albicans exhibit thigmotropic behaviour in vitro, in common with phytopathogenic and saprotrophic fungi. An examination of the literature on C. albicans hyphal penetration of epithelial and endothelial membranes does not support the premise that hyphal thigmotropism plays ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Davies JM,Stacey AJ,Gilligan CA

更新日期：1999-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Type II restriction endonucleases were purified by heparin-sepharose followed by ion chromatography from Treponema strains. The results indicate that in addition to frequently cutting GATC-specific restriction enzymes, the tested strains also possess rarely cutting endonucleases. The purified restriction endonucleases...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Piknova M,Javorsky P,Pristas P

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium difficile is the causative agent for pseudomembranous colitis in humans. Toxic strains of C. difficile produce two toxins, toxin A and toxin B. A reliable and definitive method of typing the toxic strains of C. difficile is needed since nosocomial cross infection is a primary concern in hospitals and other...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： McMillin DE,Muldrow LL

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface antigen one (Sao) is a newly identified protein from the major zoonotic pathogen, Streptococcus suis. In search of functional proteins related to the pathogenesis of Chinese S. suis 2 (SS2), unexpectedly, a variant of Sao protein was obtained. To test its prevalence in S. suis, PCR assay was adopted to address...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Feng Y,Zheng F,Pan X,Sun W,Wang C,Dong Y,Ju AP,Ge J,Liu D,Liu C,Yan J,Tang J,Gao GF

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium leprae incorporated exogenously supplied pyrimidines as bases or nucleosides, but not as a nucleotide, into its nucleic acids. Notably, thymine was incorporated approximately 5 times more rapidly than thymidine by both suspensions of, or intracellular M. leprae. Thymine incorporation was significantly in...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wheeler PR

更新日期：1989-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The quorum quenching (QQ) activity of endophytic bacteria associated with medicinal plants was explored. Extracts of the Gram-negative Enterobacter sp. CS66 possessed potent N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL) hydrolytic activity in vitro. Using degenerate primers, we PCR-amplified an open reading frame (denoted aiiE) from...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shastry RP,Dolan SK,Abdelhamid Y,Vittal RR,Welch M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococcus faecium has emerged as an important cause of nosocomial infections over the last two decades. We recently demonstrated collagen type I (CI) as a common adherence target for some E. faecium isolates and a significant correlation was found to exist between acm-mediated CI adherence and clinical origin. Here...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zhao M,Sillanpää J,Nallapareddy SR,Murray BE

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The wine yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is central in the production of aroma compounds during fermentation. Some of the most important yeast-derived aroma compounds produced are esters. The esters ethyl acetate and isoamyl acetate are formed from alcohols and acetyl-CoA in a reaction catalysed by alcohol acetyltransf...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cordente AG,Swiegers JH,Hegardt FG,Pretorius IS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cadmium-resistant strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae produces a cadmium metallothionein encoded by the CUP1 gene as does a copper-resistant strain. The mechanism of expression of the gene is inducible by copper ions in the copper-resistant strain. However, assays of CUP1-specific mRNA revealed that the transcription...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tohoyama H,Inagawa A,Koike H,Inouhe M,Joho M,Murayama T

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-negative, nonmotile and rod-shaped bacterial strain was isolated from the rhizosphere of Platycodon grandiflorum in a study of bacterial diversity, and its taxonomic position was investigated by a genotypic and phenotypic analysis. This isolate, designated as DR-f4, grew at 4-30 degrees C (optimally at 20-25 de...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kim BC,Lee KH,Kim MN,Lee J,Shin KS

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the dental caries pathogen Streptococcus mutans, an MarR-like transcriptional regulator (RcrR), two ABC efflux pumps (RcrPQ) and two effector peptides encoded in the rcrRPQ operon provide molecular connections between stress tolerance, (p)ppGpp metabolism and genetic competence. Here, we examined the role of RcrRPQ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shields RC,Burne RA

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-stain-negative bacterial strain, JBTF-M27T, was isolated from a tidal flat from Yellow Sea, Republic of Korea. Neighbor-joining phylogenetic tree of 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that strain JBTF-M27T fell within the clade comprising the type strains of Sulfitobacter species. Strain JBTF-M27T exhibited the hig...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Park S,Chen S,Lee JS,Kim W,Yoon JH

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (M. paratuberculosis), the causative agent of Johne's disease, is an important animal pathogen that has also been implicated in human disease. The major proteins expressed by M. paratuberculosis were analyzed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, and a superoxide dismutase (...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Liu X,Feng Z,Harris NB,Cirillo JD,Bercovier H,Barletta RG

更新日期：2001-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the effects of dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration and iron addition on gene expression of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MSR-1 cells during fermentations, focusing on 0.25-24 h after iron addition. The DO was strictly controlled at 0.5% or 5% O2, and compared with aerobic condition. Uptake of iron (and fo...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zhuang S,Anyaogu DC,Kasama T,Workman M,Mortensen UH,Hobley TJ

更新日期：2017-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The adhesion-promoting proteins (APP) (molecular mass approx. 300 kDa), which promote adhesion of Streptococcus mutans JBP (serotype c) to hydroxyapatite, were isolated from human submandibular-sublingual (SMSL) saliva by gel filtration on a Trisacryl GP2000 M column. The effects of hexoses, pentoses, methyl-pentoses,...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kishimoto E,Hay DI,Gibbons RJ

更新日期：1991-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a specialized ribosome system, previous studies have identified G791 in Escherichia coli 16S rRNA as an invariant and essential residue for ribosome function. To investigate the functional role of G791, we searched for multicopy suppressors that partially restored the protein synthesis ability of mutant ribosome...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Song WS,Ryou SM,Kim HM,Jeon CO,Kim JM,Han SH,Kim SW,Szatkiewicz JP,Cunningham PR,Lee K

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacillus johnsonii La1 (La1) is a probiotic strain capable of stimulating the immune system of the host and interfering with gastrointestinal pathogens. This study evaluates how the ingestion of different amounts of La1 influences the main bacterial populations of the fecal microbiota. Eight asymptomatic voluntee...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Garrido D,Suau A,Pochart P,Cruchet S,Gotteland M

更新日期：2005-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple restriction fragments, homologous to the previously described Mycoplasma bovis vspA gene, were identified in the chromosome of Mycoplasma agalactiae. The vspA, a representative variable surface lipoprotein gene of the vsp gene family, and four synthetic oligonucleotides, representing sequences complementary t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Flitman-Tene R,Levisohn S,Rosenbusch R,Rapoport E,Yogev D

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The small heat shock protein (smHsp) Lo18 from lactic acid bacteria Oenococcus oeni reduces in vitro thermal aggregation of proteins and modulates the membrane fluidity of native liposomes. An absence of information relating to the way in which the smHsp demonstrates a stabilizing effect for both proteins and membrane...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Weidmann S,Rieu A,Rega M,Coucheney F,Guzzo J

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00