Classification of Brucella strains isolated from marine mammals using DNA-DNA hybridization and ribotyping.

abstract：:Macroscopic and microscopic measurements of the growth of Trichoderma viride and Rhizopus oligosporus were compared at different values of water activity of the solid medium. The relationship between radial extension rate and hyphal growth rate was found to be dependent on water activity. The observed difference betwe...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Molin P,Gervais P,Lemière JP,Davet T

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) are sodium channel blocking (SCB) toxins, produced by cyanobacteria, as well as by marine dinoflagellates and their associated bacteria, and cause serious health and economic concern worldwide. In a previous study, approximately 70% of the bacteria enriched from PST-contaminated shell...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Vásquez M,Grüttner C,Möeller B,Moore ER

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scedosporium apiospermum, a recently isolated phenol-degrading hyphomycete, was shown to be able to productively utilise the diaryl ester phenylbenzoate as its sole source of carbon and energy. The characterisation of degradation intermediates together with the detection of the corresponding catabolic enzymes in crude...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Claussen M,Schmidt S

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The promoter probe mini-Tn5-luxAB-tet was used to create a luxAB transcriptional fusion responding to fluorene in the fluorene utilising bacterium Sphingomonas sp. LB126. The mutant strain, named L-132, was impaired in fluorene utilisation and strongly emitted light upon addition of fluorene to the growth medium. L-13...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Bastiaens L,Springael D,Dejonghe W,Wattiau P,Verachtert H,Diels L

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the genus Pseudomonas, two main lineages and 19 phylogenetic groups or subgroups have been defined based on DNA sequence studies of 16S rRNA, gyrB and rpoD genes. In the present study, 33 strains previously classified as Pseudomonas putida were phylogenetically affiliated with their closest relatives in the genus b...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Mulet M,García-Valdés E,Lalucat J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury methylation and demethylation processes govern the fate of methylmercury in aquatic ecosystems. Under anoxic conditions, methylation activity is mainly of biological origin and is often the result of sulfate-reducing bacteria. In this study, the use of a luminescent biosensor for screening methylmercury produc...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Colin Y,Gury J,Monperrus M,Gentes S,Ayala Borda P,Goni-Urriza M,Guyoneaud R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of mesophilic Aeromonas sp. strains from serogroups O:13, O:33 and O:44 at different temperatures and osmolarity resulted in changes in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and virulence of the strains tested, as we had previously reported for strains from serogroup O:34. The effect of osmolarity could be observed when...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Merino S,Aguilar A,Rubires X,Tomás JM

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mrd1 is one of the trans-acting proteins and plays an important role in precursor ribosomal RNA processing. Here we characterized the Mamrd1 gene from Metarhizium acridum and studied its function in growth, conidiation and virulence using RNA interference. The Mamrd1 gene was identified as participating in the process...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Cao Y,Li K,Xia Y

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several cDNA fragments corresponding to transcripts differentially expressed under conditions that favor mycelial growth of Candida albicans were identified by the "differential display" technique. One of these was cloned and used as a probe to rescue the full gene from a genomic library of the fungus. The sequence id...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Orozco I,Ortiz L,Elorza MV,Ruiz-Herrera J,Sentandreu R

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-nine strains of Gram-negative black-pigmented anaerobic rods, grown on Todd-Hewitt blood agar plates, were identified and characterized according to a typing scheme including UV fluorescence, catalase, trypsin-like and haemagglutinating activities, biochemical tests with the ATB 32A kit, and gas-liquid chromato...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Fournier D,Mouton C

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated two generic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocols, and nine subtyping protocols and three PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) protocols for detection of stx genes. The PCR protocols were evaluated by testing 12 reference isolates and 496 field strains of Shiga toxin-producing E...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Ziebell KA,Read SC,Johnson RP,Gyles CL

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new type of nitrogen-fixing, oxalate-oxidizing Azospirillum sp. was isolated from the roots of Oxalis pes-caprae. Polyphasic taxonomy was performed, including auxanography using API galleries, physiological tests and 16S rRNA sequence comparison. Optimum growth occurred at 30 degrees C, pH 7.5. Growth was observed a...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Sahin N

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metagenomic libraries represent subsamples of the total DNA found at a study site and offer unprecedented opportunities to study ecological and functional aspects of microbial communities. To examine the depth of a community sequencing effort, rarefaction analysis of the ribosomal small subunit (SSU/16S/18S) gene in t...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Bengtsson J,Hartmann M,Unterseher M,Vaishampayan P,Abarenkov K,Durso L,Bik EM,Garey JR,Eriksson KM,Nilsson RH

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomal DNA (rDNA) polymorphism was compared to enzyme polymorphism and DNA/DNA hybridization data for the intraspecies differentiation of Providencia alcalifaciens. DNA from 27 strains previously classified into two zymotypes A1 and A2 and discriminated by two levels of DNA/DNA hybridization (delta Tm values of 0 t...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Picard B,Picard-Pasquier N,Krishnamoorthy R,Goullet P

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of viral dsRNA (L and M fractions) in the cryophilic yeast Saccharomyces bayanus var. uvarum is documented here for the first time. Sixty-eight strains of different origins were analyzed. Most of them did not carry dsRNA; the L fraction was found in seven strains, while 11 strains had both L and M fractio...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Ivannikova YV,Naumova ES,Naumov GI

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzene is biodegraded in the absence of oxygen under a variety of terminal electron-accepting conditions. However, the mechanism by which anaerobic benzene degradation occurs is unclear. Phenol and benzoate have been consistently detected as intermediates of anaerobic benzene degradation, suggesting that the hydroxyl...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Coates JD,Chakraborty R,McInerney MJ

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug transporters and their transcriptional regulators are key components of bacterial multidrug resistance (MDR). How these multidrug binding proteins can recognize such chemically disparate compounds represents a fascinating question from a structural standpoint and an important question in future drug developm...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Schumacher MA,Brennan RG

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential immunoproteomics was applied to identify proteins secreted by Metarhizium anisopliae induced by the Rhipicephalus microplus cuticle. In addition, IgG anti-spore surface proteins were used for searching for proteins possibly involved in early stages of fungus versus tick infection. LC-MS/MS of differential...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Santi L,Silva WO,Pinto AF,Schrank A,Vainstein MH

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation of organized colony morphology is clearly a result of organized, coordinated behavior of cells within a colony, which reflects changes in the cell environment, nutrient availability, inter- and intracolony signaling and others. Under standard conditions, colony morphology is specific to the particular yeast ...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Vopálenská I,Hůlková M,Janderová B,Palková Z

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mollicute evolution has been marked by significant changes in genome structure and use of their genetic information. These include a reduction in their genome G+C content and the use by most mollicutes of the UGA universal stop codon as tryptophan. More striking is the size reduction in their genome which, for some sp...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Sirand-Pugnet P,Citti C,Barré A,Blanchard A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus subtilis ATCC6633 produces mycosubtilin, a non-ribosomally synthesized lipopeptide of the iturin family which presents antagonistic activities toward various phytopathogens. Different homologues with fatty acid moiety varying from C15 to C17 are usually co-produced, with their biological activities increasing...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Fickers P,Leclère V,Guez JS,Béchet M,Coucheney F,Joris B,Jacques P

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is a tightly regulated process that is carried out by diazotrophic microorganisms. The regulatory mechanisms of BNF-related genes are well characterized in Gram-negative models, but they are poorly understood in Gram-positive bacteria. Paenibacillus riograndensis SBR5(T) is a Gram-po...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Fernandes Gde C,Trarbach LJ,de Campos SB,Beneduzi A,Passaglia LM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecologists have documented the process of plant succession for centuries, yet the successional patterns exhibited by microbial communities have received relatively little attention. We examine recent work on microbial succession and show how, despite some key differences, studies of plant succession can serve as a tem...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Fierer N,Nemergut D,Knight R,Craine JM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the occurrence and diversity of integrons were evaluated in 697 isolates belonging to Enterobacteriaceae and Aeromonas spp. isolated from urban wastewaters. Screening of integrons was performed by dot blot hybridization and intI-positive strains were further characterized. The global prevalence of integ...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Moura A,Pereira C,Henriques I,Correia A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During an epidemiologic survey, an unidentified strain of Legionella was isolated from water of a thermal spa in France. The strain (Lyon 8420412) had the cultural and biochemical characteristics typical of the genus Legionella. In direct immunofluorescence tests, the strain reacted weakly with fluorescein-conjugated ...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Bornstein N,Marmet D,Surgot M,Nowicki M,Meugnier H,Fleurette J,Ageron E,Grimont F,Grimont PA,Thacker WL

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Neisseria gonorrhoeae, all penicillinase-specifying plasmids isolated so far share homology with each other and carry a 60% deleted sequence of TnA. Plasmid pHD131, an element isolated from Haemophilus ducreyi and carrying an intact copy of the ampicillin resistance transposable element, was introduced from Escheri...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Piffaretti JC,Soldati L

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a multiple locus variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA)-based study designed to understand the genetic diversity of soil and manure-borne Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates, and the relationship between these isolates and a set of clinical and environmental isolates, are hereby reported. F...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Youenou B,Brothier E,Nazaret S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequences of the most conserved proteins encoded by transposable (pro)phages were used to search recently sequenced Firmicute genomes for candidate transposable prophages. One complete Mu-like prophage, SglyMu-1, was identified, in four copies, in the Syntrophobotulus glycolicus DSM 8271 chromosome sequence. Related p...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Toussaint A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klebsiella pneumoniae is one of the major Gram-negative bacterial pathogens causing hospital-acquired multidrug-resistant infections, and the antimicrobial treatment options are scarce. The lack of available antimicrobials has prompted the development of alternative strategies for the treatment of these infections. In...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Wang C,Li P,Niu W,Yuan X,Liu H,Huang Y,An X,Fan H,Zhangxiang L,Mi L,Zheng J,Liu Y,Tong Y,Mi Z,Bai C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-negative, short rod, aerobic bacterium, designated W11(T), was isolated from seawater. Heterotrophic growth was observed at 10-45 °C and pH 6-10. Optimal growth was observed at 30-37 °C and pH 7-9. It can grow in the presence of 0.5-12% NaCl (w/v), and the optimal NaCl required for growth was 5-6%. 16S rRNA gen...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Poddar A,Lepcha RT,Mukherjee D,Bhattacharyya D,Das SK

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00