Abstract:
:The present mini-review summarizes data in selected fields of basic genetics which were exclusively obtained in agreement with the principles of SOS Chromotest methodology and with Escherichia coli PQ37 sfiA::lacZ as a tester strain.
journal_name
Res Microbioljournal_title
Research in microbiologyauthors
Vasilieva Sdoi
10.1016/s0923-2508(02)01342-6subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-09-01 00:00:00pages
435-40issue
7eissn
0923-2508issn
1769-7123pii
S0923-2508(02)01342-6journal_volume
153pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::In this study, we identified an antimicrobial compound produced by the Gram-negative bacterium Serratia marcescens. Colonies of S. marcescens inhibited the growth of nine different methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates and several other tested Gram-positive bacterial species, but not Gram-negativ...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2013.06.002
更新日期:2013-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2017.09.005
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Some of the present problems in ribotyping are associated with a lack of uniform reactivity of probes when bacterial DNAs are of phylogenetically diverse origins. To overcome these problems, a set of five oligonucleotides (referred to as OligoMix5) was selected to react with conserved sequences located near both extre...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/S0923-2508(99)80064-3
更新日期:1997-11-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0923-2508(02)01373-6
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper presents the effects of the composition of different media (i.e., Tryptic soy broth (TSB), Brain heart infusion (BHI), Listeria enrichment broth (LEB), Fraser broth (FB) and University of Vermont medium (UVM)) on the detection of a short peptide fragment PepD specific to the p60 protein (p60) of L. monocyto...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2019.03.004
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::For a number of years now, we have argued that current models for the control of initiation of DNA synthesis, chromosomal partitioning and septum formation in Escherichia coli are unsatisfactory. Indeed, we could argue that despite considerable efforts, with the possible exception of dnaA and ftsZ, no genes specifical...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0923-2508(91)90031-5
更新日期:1991-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Three Salmonella strains isolated from a lizard (Gallotia simoni) in the "Isla del Hierro" (Canary Islands, Spain) were serotyped as Salmonella bongori serotype 13,22:z39:-, which has not been described in the Kauffmann-White scheme of Salmonella serovars. In order to shed light on the assignment of those strains to t...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2005.01.006
更新日期:2005-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::The rRNA gene restriction patterns of 89 Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates from different geographic origins were studied. The probe was Escherichia coli 16 + 23S rRNA labelled with "ECL Gene detection system". A total of 17 rRNA gene restriction patterns were observed after BglI cleavage. Four patterns (B1 to B4) were only...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0923-2508(90)90059-y
更新日期:1990-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The role of protein-tyrosine kinases in bacterial polymyxin resistance was assessed by both genetic and biochemical approaches. Each of the two genes, wzc and etk, encoding protein-tyrosine kinases in Escherichia coli, was knocked out by using the PCR-based method of one-step inactivation of chromosomal genes, and the...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2006.01.003
更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The phylogenetic diversity of a sediment microbial community from two ponds having different salinities, 150-200 g/l (M2) and 250-300 g/l (TS38), of an Sfax (Tunisia) solar saltern, was investigated using 16S rRNA clone libraries. The 16S rRNA genes from 135 bacterial clones and 105 archaeal clones were sequenced and ...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2010.05.009
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Riemerella anatipestifer (RA) causes major economic losses to the duck industry. Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) is a quorum-sensing signal that regulates bacterial physiology. The luxS and pfs genes are required for AI-2 synthesis in many bacterial species. pfs encodes Pfs, which functions upstream of LuxS in the biosynthesis o...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2015.06.004
更新日期:2015-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Thirty mosquitocidal strains of Bacillus sphaericus isolated from different sources and localities in Brazil were characterized phenotypically and genetically to determine their relationship. Among the strains tested, 93.3% were shown to be resistant to lincomycin, 96.6% to novobiocin, 60% to chloramphenicol and all s...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0923-2508(99)80032-1
更新日期:1999-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::An unusual structural component of plasmid pUC18 was observed in transformants of Escherichia coli strains. This molecule migrated faster than superhelical topoisomers in agarose gel electrophoresis and was difficult to stain with ethidium bromide. This unusual topology appeared independently of gyrase mutation, and t...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0923-2508(92)90061-r
更新日期:1992-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::In heap bioleaching and waste-rock dumps, complex microbial communities exist in the flowing and interstitial liquid phases and mineral surface-associated biofilms, often embedded in extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). Microbial activity in the interstitial phase and mineral ore surface facilitates mineral degra...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2020.09.002
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In recent years there has been a resurgence of research to develop new and improved attenuated strains of Salmonella typhi to function as live oral vaccines against typhoid fever and to serve as "carrier" vaccines to express foreign antigens of other pathogens and deliver them to the immune system. Strain Ty21a has se...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0923-2508(90)90114-6
更新日期:1990-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::We studied exopolysaccharides (EPSs) produced by Halomonas ventosae and Halomonas anticariensis, two novel species of halophilic bacteria. Under optimum environmental and nutritional conditions, H. ventosae strains Al12(T) and Al16 excreted 28.35 mg and 28.95 mg of EPS per 100 ml of culture medium (34.55 and 38.6 mg o...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2006.06.004
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::A novel acidophilic member of the phylum Actinobacteria was isolated from an acidic stream draining an abandoned copper mine in north Wales. The isolate (PY-F3) was demonstrated to be a heterotroph that catalyzed the oxidation of ferrous iron (but not of sulfur or hydrogen) under aerobic conditions, and the reduction ...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2015.01.003
更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Both Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae are naturally transformable species and are known to be freely recombining in the wild. Large multilocus sequence typing (MLST) datasets have been generated for these species. Here we outline an approach which exploits these data sets in order to quantify the ex...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0923-2508(00)00168-6
更新日期:2000-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Four monoclonal antibodies against chlamydial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were used to study their localization and distribution in the Chlamydia psittaci AB7 abortion-causing strain by immunoelectron microscopy. A non-embedding technique on whole chlamydiae, together with a post-embedding technique on McCoy cells infect...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0923-2508(94)90078-7
更新日期:1994-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Species of Alicyclobacillus, Bacillus and Thermus genera were selected in order to study the possible presence of the (ADP-ribosyl)ation system. These bacteria are thermophilic, aerobic, and were isolated from different geothermal sources. Both activity and expression of (ADP-ribosyl)ating proteins were tested in cell...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2006.01.004
更新日期:2006-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::RNase E is an endoribonuclease and plays a central role in RNA metabolism. Cyanobacteria, as ancient oxygen-producing photosynthetic bacteria, also contain RNase E homologues. Here, we introduced mutations into the S1 subdomain (F53A), the 5'-sensor subdomain (R160A), and the DNase I subdomain (D296A) according to the...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2020.06.001
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A total of 28 species of Legionella could be differentiated by rRNA gene restriction patterns generated after cleavage of total DNA with either EcoRV or HindIII restriction endonucleases, and hybridization of fragments with 32P-labelled Escherichia coli 16 + 23S rRNA. Different species gave different fragment patterns...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0923-2508(89)90193-9
更新日期:1989-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Spirochetes have a unique motility system that is characterized by flagellar filaments contained within the outer membrane sheath. Direct evidence using video microscopy has recently been obtained which indicates that these periplasmic flagella (PF) rotate in several spirochetal species. This rotation generates thrust...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0923-2508(92)90117-7
更新日期:1992-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::There are several occasions when enumeration of Escherichia coli cells is needed. These include examination of urine specimens and water or food samples. Present methods rely on growth in more or less selective media (colony-forming units on agar or the most probable number method using liquid media). Unfortunately, n...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0923-2508(00)00222-9
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Streptococcus intermedius, an oral commensal and a cause of systemic pyogenic disease, expresses fimbriae. To identify the gene(s) encoding these fimbriae, we used a serum raised against purified fimbriae to screen libaries of recombinant lambda phages. The cloned gene cluster encoding S. intermedius fimbriae, (saliva...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2009.09.014
更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The [URE3] element of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae results from the presence of an altered form of the nitrogen regulatory protein Ure2. This altered form acts as an infectious protein (prion). Genes affecting [URE3] initiation and propagation should give valuable information about prion diseases as well as othe...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0923-2508(01)01239-6
更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Twenty-one Branhamella catarrhalis strains selected for their diversity by esterase electrophoretic polymorphism, and belonging to 20 distinct zymotypes, were studied by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of total DNA after ethidium bromide staining and of ribosomal DNA regions (ribotyping). The former an...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0923-2508(91)90191-c
更新日期:1991-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Deinococcus radiodurans is a bacterium best known for its extreme resistance to high levels of ionizing radiation. Gene expression profiles of D. radiodurans exposed to 0.3 M NaCl revealed that at least 389 genes were induced and 415 were repressed by twofold or more. A general down-regulation of the central metabolic...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2013.07.005
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The atmospheric concentration of methane (CH(4)), a major greenhouse gas, is mainly controlled by the activities of methane-producing (methanogens) and methane-consuming (methanotrophs) microorganisms. Freshwater lakes are identified as one of the main CH(4) sources, as it was estimated that they contribute to 6-16% o...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2011.06.004
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::For nearly one hundred years, researchers have attempted to categorize botulinum neurotoxin-producing clostridia and the toxins that they produce according to biochemical characterizations, serological comparisons, and genetic analyses. Throughout this period the bacteria and their toxins have defied such attempts at ...
journal_title:Research in microbiology
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2014.09.007
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00