Internal size variations in Tn1546-like elements due to the presence of IS1216V.

abstract：:Escherichia coli heat stable enterotoxin (STa) binds to isolated rat intestinal epithelial cells and triggers a cascade reaction including increase of intracellular calcium levels ([Ca(2+)](i)) and membrane bound protein kinase C (PKC) activity. In response to STa, the cytosolic PKC activity falls from 110 to 35 nmol ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ganguly U,Chaudhury AG,Basu A,Sen PC

更新日期：2001-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Acylated homoserine lactone (AHL)-based quorum sensing (QS) has been reported to be present only in Gram-negative microorganisms. Isolation of a novel Gram-positive microorganism from sea water, capable of producing AHL, is reported here. The isolate (GenBank: JF915892, designated as MPO) belonging to the Exiguobacter...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Biswa P,Doble M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of diatoms in victim's internal organs has been regarded as a gold biological evidence of drowning. The idea becomes true at the advent of DNA metabarcoding. Unfortunately, the DNA barcode of diatoms are far from being applicable due to neither consensus on the barcode and nor reliable reference library.I...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Liu M,Zhao Y,Sun Y,Wu P,Zhou S,Ren L

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two clones, obtained by polymerase chain reaction from macronuclear DNA of the unicellular ciliated protist Blepharisma japonicum, were isolated and sequenced. They correspond to fragments of two different putative H4 histone genes. The existence of multiple H4 histone genes was also suggested by Southern blot hybridi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Salvini M,Bini E,Santucci A,Batistoni R

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of the gene specifying the ethidium efflux system of Escherichia coli has been determined. The translated open reading frame has identified a membrane-bound polypeptide of 110 amino acids (11,960 Da) which shares 42% identity with a staphylococcal protein specifying resistance to ethidium. ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Purewal AS

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilms present complex assemblies of micro-organisms attached to surfaces. they are dynamic structures in which various metabolic activities and interactions between the component cells occur. When phage come in contact with biofilms, further interactions occur dependent on the susceptibility of the biofilm bacteria...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sutherland IW,Hughes KA,Skillman LC,Tait K

更新日期：2004-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, genes involved in thiamin pyrophosphate (TPP) synthesis (THI genes) and the pyruvate decarboxylase structural gene PDC5 are transcriptionally induced in response to thiamin starvation. Three positive regulatory factors (Thi2p, Thi3p, and Pdc2p) are involved in the expression of THI genes, ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Nosaka K,Esaki H,Onozuka M,Konno H,Hattori Y,Akaji K

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Control of Helminthosporium solani, the cause of silver scurf in potato tubers, has been impaired by selection of benzimidazole-resistant strains as a result of repeated use of the fungicide thiabendazole. Identification of thiabendazole-resistant strains of H. solani by conventional techniques takes several weeks. Pr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： McKay GJ,Cooke LR

更新日期：1997-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Surrogate methods for detecting lateral gene transfer are those that do not require inference of phylogenetic trees. Herein I apply four such methods to identify open reading frames (ORFs) in the genome of Escherichia coli K12 that may have arisen by lateral gene transfer. Only two of these methods detect the same ORF...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ragan MA

更新日期：2001-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A smooth colony strain, resistant to phages lambda and P22, was isolated from sewage and identified as Escherichia coli (strain H). Four temperate phages plaquing on strain H were isolated from sewage. The archetype, HK620, does not plaque on strains C and K12 of E. coli nor on the LT2 strain of Salmonella enterica. B...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Dhillon TS,Poon AP,Chan D,Clark AJ

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that certain yeast strains, so called 'killers', can produce and excrete proteinaceous toxins that can induce death of other sensitive strains. We obtained a stable fungicidal factor (SKF) through concentration and stabilization of the excretion product of certain killer strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bracesco N,Salvo VA,Carrau FM,Nunes E

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia asteroides complex organisms derived from human specimens between 1979 and 1992 were identified to the species level. Of 117 N. asteroides complex organisms, 34 (29%) were N. farcinica, 28 (24%) were N. nova, and 55 (47%) were N. asteroides sensu stricto. An analysis of the specimen sites from which the organ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Desmond EP,Flores M

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is subject to speculation. However, the reality that infected postmortem tissues can be a danger to pathologists and embalmers has worrisome implications. A few experimental studies have demonstrated the organism's ability to withstand exposure to embalming fluid...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lemma E,Zimhony O,Greenblatt CL,Koltunov V,Zylber MI,Vernon K,Spigelman M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Xoo recA insertion inactivation mutant was constructed. The mutant, lacking RecA, showed increased sensitivity towards mutagen killing. This phenotype could be complemented by a cloned, functional recA. Unlike other bacteria, both the recA mutant and the parental strain had similar level of resistance to H2O2 killin...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mongkolsuk S,Rabibhadana S,Sukchavalit R,Vaughn G

更新日期：1998-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Phlebia tremellosa decolourised eight synthetic textile dyes (200 mg l(-1)) by greater than 96% within 14 days under stationary incubation conditions. High performance liquid chromatography analysis of culture supernatants indicated that Remazol Black B was degraded by the fungus, however, complete mineralisation did ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kirby N,Marchant R,McMullan G

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：:Cry4Ba is a delta-endotoxin produced by Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis and Cyt2Aa2 is a cytolytic delta-endotoxin produced by B. thuringiensis subsp. darmstadiensis. Cry4Ba produced in Escherichia coli was toxic to Aedes aegypti larvae (LC(50)=140 ng ml(-1)) but virtually inactive to Culex quinquefasciatus ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Promdonkoy B,Promdonkoy P,Panyim S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA microarray technology was used to survey changes in gene expression in Pseudomonas fluorescens after mitomycin C treatment. As expected, genes associated with the SOS response were upregulated, such as those encoding the recombination protein RecA, DNA repair protein RecN, excinuclease ABC subunit A UvrA, and the ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jin H,Retallack DM,Stelman SJ,Hershberger CD,Ramseier T

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent molecular approaches for the study of microbial communities such as PCR-cloning have enabled the detection and identification of as-yet-unculturable taxa. Cloning and sequencing of multiple samples is extremely laborious and expensive to perform thoroughly due to the large diversity involved. For this purpose, ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gafan GP,Spratt DA

更新日期：2005-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rainbow trout gastroenteritis has been related to the accumulation of segmented filamentous bacteria in the digestive tract of fish, which presents lethargy, reduced appetite and accumulation of mucoid faeces. Some authors associate the comparison of illness with the presence of viable filaments, which produce and rel...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Manzano M,Giusto C,Iacumin L,Patthey C,Cecchini F,Fontanillas R,Comi G

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophage M102 is a virulent siphophage that propagates in some serotype c Streptococcus mutans strains, but not in S. mutans of serotype e, f or k. The serotype of S. mutans is determined by the glucose side chain of rhamnose-glucose polysaccharide (RGP). Because the first step in the bacteriophage infection proc...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shibata Y,Yamashita Y,van der Ploeg JR

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial production of acetone and butanol was one of the first large-scale industrial fermentation processes of global importance. During the first part of the 20th century, it was indeed the second largest fermentation process, superseded in importance only by the ethanol fermentation. After a rapid decline after t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sauer M

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the dissemination of microbiology and science in general, social media is an underutilized but increasingly powerful tool, and one that transcends traditional avenues for scientific outputs. In order to reach and potentially inspire a deeply interested and general public, scientists should engage with platforms su...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hines HN

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ralstonia eutropha H16 is a Gram-negative lithoautotrophic bacterium and is one of the best biopolymer-producing bacteria. It can grow to high cell densities either under lithoautotrophic or under heterotrophic conditions, which makes it suitable for a number of biotechnological applications. Also, R. eutropha H16 can...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Park JM,Jang YS,Kim TY,Lee SY

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have generated interest in the use of the homologous recombination system of bacteriophage lambda for genetic engineering. The system, called Red, consists primarily of three proteins: lambda exonuclease, which processively digests the 5'-ended strand of a dsDNA end; beta protein, which binds to ssDNA a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Poteete AR

更新日期：2001-07-10 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：:The formation of landomycin A or one of its derivatives (5,6-anhydrolandomycin A) in a heterologous strain has never been achieved. It has now been made possible by the coexpression of a cosmid containing all biosynthetic genes necessary to produce landomycin A together with a pathway-specific regulatory gene. As host...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： von Mulert U,Luzhetskyy A,Hofmann C,Mayer A,Bechthold A

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was the production of the homopolyester poly(4-hydroxybutyric acid) (poly(4HB)) with recombinant strains of Escherichia coli. Wild-type strains and other widely used non-recombinant strains of E. coli are not able to produce polyhydroxyalkanoic acids (PHA) as storage compounds and cannot utilize ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hein S,Söhling B,Gottschalk G,Steinbüchel A

更新日期：1997-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The RcsCDB (Rcs) phosphorelay system regulates capsule synthesis, flagella production and other cellular activities in several enteric bacteria. This system consists of three proteins: the sensor RcsC, the cognate response regulator RcsB and the histidine-containing phosphotransfer protein RcsD (YojN), which is hypoth...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pescaretti Mde L,Morero R,Delgado MA

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the generality of efficient double-strand break repair and damage-induced mutagenesis in hyperthermophilic archaea, we systematically measured the effects of five DNA-damaging agents on Sulfolobus acidocaldarius and compared the results to those obtained for Escherichia coli under corresponding conditio...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Reilly MS,Grogan DW

更新日期：2002-02-19 00:00:00