Mercury-resistant actinomycetes from the Chesapeake Bay.

abstract：:The use of plasmids possessing a regulatable gene coding for a site-specific recombinase together with its recognition sequences significantly facilitates genome manipulations since it allows self-excision of the portion of the genetic construct integrated into the host genome. Stable maintenance of such plasmids in E...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Agaphonov MO

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phycoerythrin-containing Synechococcus strains are unicellular cyanobacteria that are of great ecological importance in the marine environment. These organisms are known to be susceptible to infection by cyanophages (viruses that infect cyanobacteria). The infection cycle takes several hours and during this time the c...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shan J,Jia Y,Clokie MR,Mann NH

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium diphtheriae, generally considered an extracellular coloniser, was evaluated for its ability to enter and survive within HEp-2 monolayers by gentamicin protection assay. Intracellular viability of HC01 strain, isolated from endocarditis, was more expressive (2.59%) than observed in 241 (0.21%) and CDC-E...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hirata R,Napoleão F,Monteiro-Leal LH,Andrade AF,Nagao PE,Formiga LC,Fonseca LS,Mattos-Guaraldi AL

更新日期：2002-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the validation and application of a simple flask-based (14)C-respirometer system designed to assess mineralisation of (14)C-labelled substrates under defined conditions. Validation of this respirometer system indicated stoichiometric CO(2) trapping up to a maximum of 400 micromol of CO(2) (in a si...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Reid BJ,MacLeod CJ,Lee PH,Morriss AW,Stokes JD,Semple KT

更新日期：2001-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Lineage-specific genes (LSGs) are defined as genes with sequences that are not significantly similar to those in any other lineage. LSGs have been proposed, and sometimes shown, to have significant effects in the evolution of biological function. In this study, two sets of Hanseniaspora spp. LSGs were identified by co...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Chen K,Tian Z,Chen P,He H,Jiang F,Long CA

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insertion sequence ISRm8 was identified by sequence analysis of the cryptic plasmid pRmeGR4b of Sinorhizobium meliloti GR4. ISRm8 is 1451 bp in length and carries 22/24-bp terminal imperfect inverted repeats with seven mismatches and a direct target site duplication of 3 bp. ISRm8 carries a unique open reading fra...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zekri S,Toro N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A synthetic version of the ligA gene encoding the NAD-dependent DNA ligase from the Arctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis was substituted for its homolog in the chromosome of Mycobacterium smegmatis. The resulting recombinant strain grew identically to the parent strain at permissive temperatures but failed ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pinto CT,Nano FE

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:We report on the specificity of a monoclonal antibody which reacts with autoclaved extracts of four species of enterococci but does not react to the same extent with similar extracts from two non-enterococcal group D streptococci. The monoclonal antibody also reacts specifically with purified lipoteichoic acid from St...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hammonds SJ,Easterbrook TJ,McIllmurray MB

更新日期：1991-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Weissella cibaria isolated from human saliva produces a soluble glucan that predominantly has alpha-1,6-glucosidic type linkages. Using degenerated primers that were selected based on the amino acid sequences of conserved regions from known glucansucrases, a single 2.7-kb fragment was isolated. In subsequent steps, a ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kang HK,Oh JS,Kim D

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that the secreted M. tuberculosis complex proteins CFP-10 and ESAT-6 form a tight, 1:1 complex, which may represent their functional form. In the work reported here a combination of yeast two-hybrid and biochemical analysis has been used to characterise complex formation between two other pair...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lightbody KL,Renshaw PS,Collins ML,Wright RL,Hunt DM,Gordon SV,Hewinson RG,Buxton RS,Williamson RA,Carr MD

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus simulans biovar staphylolyticus secreted two bacteriolytic peptidoglycan hydrolases as proproteins that were activated as they were processed by an extracellular sulphydryl protease. This processing resulted in the production of multiple molecular-mass forms of each enzyme. Cells from early exponential ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Neumann VC,Heath HE,LeBlanc PA,Sloan GL

更新日期：1993-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the diversity and roles of Gram-positive and pigmented bacteria in Antarctic environments, especially those associated with marine macroorganisms. This work is the first study about the diversity and antimicrobial activity of culturable pigmented Gram-positive bacteria associated with marine Anta...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Leiva S,Alvarado P,Huang Y,Wang J,Garrido I

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The restriction deficient mutant 8195 of Acholeplasma laidlawii strain JA1 was transformed by the promiscuous streptococcal plasmid vector pNZ18 at a frequency of 4 x 10(-4)/cfu. The plasmid was maintained without structural rearrangements but was lost in the absence of a selection pressure, i.e. kanamycin or neomycin...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sundström TK,Wieslander A

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The small noncoding RNA RyhB is a regulator of iron homeostasis in Escherichia coli. During iron limitation, it downregulates the expression of a number of iron-containing proteins, including enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid cycle and the respiratory chain. Because this infers a potential for RyhB to limit energy met...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bollinger CJ,Kallio PT

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular proteases of Yarrowia lipolytica have been scarcely studied. These enzymes may play an important role in nitrogen metabolism, posttranslational processing, nutritional stress, dimorphism, etc.; biochemical and genetic control of these enzymes can help in obtaining high-level expression of recombinant pro...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hernández-Montañez Z,Araujo-Osorio J,Noriega-Reyes Y,Chávez-Camarillo G,Villa-Tanaca L

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extensively discussed idea of oxidative stress development under antibiotic treatment was confirmed using an antioxidant gene expression (soxRS-, oxyR-regulon) approach, including microaerobic cultivation conditions. The killing action of antibiotics and their ability to cause peroxide oxidative stress in Escheric...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Akhova AV,Tkachenko AG

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotype, genome, protein and plasmid profile diversity amongst 40 epidemiologically unrelated strains of Helicobacter pylori was studied. Strains were API Zym biotypes II, III and IV but most (87%) were biotype II. Four subsets of strains were defined on a combination of motility (56% positive) and cytotoxin productio...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Owen RJ,Bickley J,Moreno M,Costas M,Morgan DR

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Tolaasin is a peptide toxin produced by Pseudomonas tolaasii and causes brown blotch disease of the cultivated mushrooms. Two types of ion channels were identified by the incorporation of tolaasin into lipid bilayer. The slope conductance of type 1 channel measured in the buffer containing 100 mM KCl was 150 pS with a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cho KH,Kim YK

更新日期：2003-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A Caulobacter crescentus rho::Tn5 mutant strain presenting a partially functional transcription termination factor Rho is highly sensitive to hydrogen peroxide in both exponential and stationary phases. The mutant was shown to be permanently under oxidative stress, based on fluorophore oxidation, and also to be sensit...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Italiani VC,Braz VS,Xiao H,Steinman HM,Marques MV

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified, cloned and characterized a formerly unknown protein from Streptomyces lividans spores. The deduced protein belongs to a novel member of the metallophosphatase superfamily and contains a phosphatase domain and predicted binding sites for divalent ions. Very close relatives are encoded in the genomic...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lamp J,Weber M,Cingöz G,Ortiz de Orué Lucana D,Schrempf H

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodic evolution of H(2)S during aerobic chemostat culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae resulted in ultradian metabolic oscillation via periodic inhibition of respiratory activity. To understand the nature of periodic H(2)S evolution, we investigated whether oxidative stress is associated with H(2)S production. The c...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kwak WJ,Kwon GS,Jin I,Kuriyama H,Sohn HY

更新日期：2003-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:FNR is an iron-binding transcriptional regulator of Escherichia coli which controls the expression of target genes in response to anaerobiosis. The mechanism used by FNR to sense and respond to anaerobiosis is unknown but it is thought to involve iron. In vitro transcription analyses have shown that iron-deficient FNR...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Green J,Guest JR

更新日期：1993-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms controlling expression of the long polar fimbriae 2 (Lpf2) of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 were evaluated. Primer extension was used to locate the lpfA2 transcriptional start site in EHEC strain EDL933 at 171 bp upstream of the lpfA2 start codon. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR d...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Arenas-Hernández MM,Rojas-López M,Medrano-López A,Nuñez-Reza KJ,Puente JL,Martínez-Laguna Y,Torres AG

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) comprise an important group of paediatric pathogens. Atypical EPEC have reservoirs in farm and domestic animals where they can be either commensal or pathogenic; serogroup O26 is dominant in humans and animals. Central to intestinal colonization by EPEC is the transloc...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ooka T,Vieira MA,Ogura Y,Beutin L,La Ragione R,van Diemen PM,Stevens MP,Aktan I,Cawthraw S,Best A,Hernandes RT,Krause G,Gomes TA,Hayashi T,Frankel G

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of daptomycin on exponential phase cells of Bacillus megaterium were investigated. Bacteriostasis was observed for concentrations between 1 and 3 micrograms/ml and maximal rate of cell lysis at 10 micrograms/ml. At sublytic concentrations (1.5-3 micrograms/ml), the variations of the pools of UDP-N-acetylgl...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mengin-Lecreulx D,Allen NE,Hobbs JN,van Heijenoort J

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery that all hyperthermophiles that have been evaluated have the capacity to reduce Fe(III) has raised the question of whether mechanisms for dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction have been conserved throughout microbial evolution. Many studies have suggested that c-type cytochromes are integral components in elec...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Childers SE,Lovley DR

更新日期：2001-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen solvent-sensitive transposon mutants were generated from the solvent-tolerant Pseudomonas putida strain S12 by applying the TnMod-KmO mutagenesis system. These mutants were unable to grow in the presence of octanol and toluene. By cloning the region flanking the transposon insertion point a partial sequence o...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kieboom J,Bruinenberg R,Keizer-Gunnink I,de Bont JA

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major heat shock proteins from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans were identified as DnaK and GroEL equivalents by Western blotting and analysis of the N-terminal amino acid sequence of spots isolated from dried 2-D polyacrylamide electrophoresis gels. The T. ferrooxidans chaperonins showed 70% and 80% identity with the Es...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Varela P,Jerez CA

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Listeria monocytogenes is a facultative intracellular pathogen responsible for both invasive and non-invasive food-borne illness in animals and humans. In this study, macrorestriction analysis following pulsed-field gel electrophoresis was used to show that Listeria monocytogenes serovar 1/2a strain EGD has a single c...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： von Both U,Otten S,Darbouche A,Domann E,Chakraborty T

更新日期：1999-06-15 00:00:00