Binding of mutagenic pyrolyzates to fractions of intestinal bacterial cells.

abstract：:The effect of a chromated-copper-arsenate wood preservative on the degradation of pentachlorophenol by Flavobacterium sp. strain ATCC 53874 was examined in liquid culture. Both a commercially available and a laboratory-prepared formulation were tested. Each increased the lag time required for measurable pentachlorophe...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Wall AJ,Stratton GW

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To develop a library-dependent method of tracking fecal sources of contamination of beaches on the Atlantic coast of southwestern France, a library of 6368 Escherichia coli isolates was constructed from samples of feces, from 40 known human or animal sources collected in the vicinity of Arcachon Bay in 2010, and in Fr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Garabetian F,Vitte I,Sabourin A,Moussard H,Jouanillou A,Mornet L,Lesne M,Lyautey E

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins were solubilized from cell wall fractions of Candida albicans and separated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Cell walls were isolated from 25 and 37 degrees C growing and stationary phase yeast cultures and from germ tubes. The 42 protein bands detected by dye binding were observed in all wall extracts,...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Chaffin WL,Stocco DM

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine antimicrobial activity of endophytic fungi isolated from the leaves, stems, and roots of 54 species of Orchidaceae collected in a Brazilian tropical ecosystem. In total, 382 filamentous fungi and 13 yeast isolates were obtained and cultured to examine the production of crude ex...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Vaz AB,Mota RC,Bomfim MR,Vieira ML,Zani CL,Rosa CA,Rosa LH

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogenase in Azotobacter chroococcum whole cells was inhibited by enzymically generated superoxide anion (O2-), hydrogen peroxide, and ethyl hydrogen peroxide. The degree of inhibition produced by O2- was related to the quantity of oxygen supplied to the organisms in continuous cultures. O2- also inhibited oxygen up...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Buchanan AG

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae activates proinflammatory response in cultured intestinal epithelial cells. In this study, we demonstrate that V. cholerae O395 infection of intestinal epithelial cells results in the activation of Akt. Inhibition of Akt significantly decreases IL-1alpha, IL-6, and TNF-alpha production in V. cholerae i...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Bandyopadhaya A,Bhowmick S,Chaudhuri K

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight Enterococcus faecium strains isolated from ewe milk and artisanal cheese from northwest Argentina were screened for biotechnological properties relevant to flavour development. The API ZYM test showed absence of proteases, presence of high amounts of peptidases, and high esterase-lipase activities. Low extracell...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Abeijón MC,Medina RB,Katz MB,González SN

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Attempts at improving chemical fixation for electron-microscopic observation of the capsule of Klebsiella pneumoniae were made. The capsule was preserved by using alcian blue - lanthanum and tris-(1-aziridinyl) phosphine oxide (TAPO) - aldehyde - osmium procedures. Despite the different retention of the overall capsul...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Cassone A,Garaci E

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized two mutants of Rhizobium meliloti L5-30 obtained by random mutagenesis using Mu-lacZ that were defective in transport of C4-dicarboxylic acids. These mutants induced ineffective nodules on alfalfa. Mutations in the two strains appeared to be located in a dctA gene. Levels of dctA gene expression ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Batista S,Castro S,Aguilar OM,Martínez-Drets G

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microcinematographic analysis of the behaviour and movements of cells and cell masses in mated cultures (NC4 X VI2) of Dictyostelium discoideum indicates that a chemotactic process directs cell aggregation during macrocyst development. Zygote giant cells form before aggregation begins and act as the aggregation cent...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： O'Day DH

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fermentation properties under the control of multiple genes are difficult to alter with traditional methods in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Here, a novel genome engineering approach is developed to improve ethanol production in very high gravity fermentation with 300 g/L glucose as the carbon source. This strategy involv...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Hou L,Cao X,Wang C

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth rates and cell yields of Mycobacterium convolutum strain R22 grown on a wide range of both odd- and even-numbered carbon solid n-alkanes decreased as the substrate carbon number increased. Cellular lipid was 2.5 times higher following growth on the hydrocarbon substrates. The amount of polar lipid was found to ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Hallas LE,Vestal JR

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present investigation was to isolate a probiotic strain from 23 samples of yurts cheese and 21 samples of kumiss (collected from scattered households in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia), and from eN-Lac Capsules, a health-promoting product. The isolates were subjected to biochemical characterization analysi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Kou X,Chen Q,Ju X,Liu H,Chen W,Xue Z

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cloning and transcriptional regulation of the KlFBA1 gene that codes for the class II fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase of the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis are described. KlFBA1 mRNA diminishes transiently during the shift from hypoxic to fully aerobic conditions and increases in the reversal shift. This regulation is ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Prado SM,Cerdán ME,González Siso MI

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonmotile and motility-altered mutants of Myxococcus xanthus have been obtained by the use of chemical mutagens, ultraviolet irradiation, and a procedure for selective spontaneous mutants. As judged by their behaviour on a variety of growth media, in both plate and slide culture, the mutants were divided into four gro...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： MacRae TH,McCurdy HD

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering the medical, biotechnological, and economical importance of actinobacteria, there is a continuous need to improve the tools for genetic engineering of a broad range of these microorganisms. Intergeneric conjugation has proven to be a valuable yet imperfect tool for this purpose. The natural resistance of m...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Allard N,Garneau D,Poulin-Laprade D,Burrus V,Brzezinski R,Roy S

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Boron (B) is toxic to living cells at levels above a certain threshold. We isolated several B-tolerant bacterial strains from soil samples and studied them for possible mechanisms of B tolerance. 16S rRNA gene sequencing and comparative phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the isolates belong to the following 6 gen...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Ahmed I,Fujiwara T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three isolates, a Pseudomonas sp., Bacillus sp., and Arthrobacter sp., which had been isolated from a meadow soil at Devon Island, Canada, were subjected to freezing and thawing at low rates under various conditions. When cells were frozen in sand or soil, survival was dependent on moisture level, storage time, and th...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Nelson LM,Parkinson D

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PII protein is apparently involved in the control of NifA activity in Herbaspirillum seropedicae. To evaluate the probable role of PII in signal transduction, uridylylation assays were conducted with purified H. seropedicae PII and Escherichia coli GlnD, or a cell-free extract of H. seropedicae as sources of uridy...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Benelli EM,Buck M,de Souza EM,Yates MG,Pedrosa FO

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dithiothreitol reacted, at pH 9.0, with the isolated cell walls of Methanospirillum hungatii, to release about 23% of the cell wall dry weight as a high molecular weight fraction (> 0.5 million daltons). Untreated walls consisted of 70% amino acids, 11% lipid, and 6.6% carbohydrate. Sugars were identified as rhamnose,...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Sprott GD,McKellar RC

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the biofilm-forming potential of intestinal Lactobacillus reuteri strains under different culture conditions was characterized by microtiter plate biofilm assays. Moreover, the spatial organization of exogenously applied L. reuteri L2/6 (a pig isolate) at specific locations in gastrointestinal tract of ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Slížová M,Nemcová R,Mad'ar M,Hadryová J,Gancarčíková S,Popper M,Pistl J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen-fixing, field-obtained root nodules of the silky green alder were studied by transmission electron microscopy. The nodule endophyte exhibited a prokaryotic cytology and was present in two forms: the hypha(0.3-1.0mum), which was branched and septate, and the vesicle (3-5mum), which was also septate and develo...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Lalonde M,Knowles R

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional (2-D) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to detect proteins induced in Frankia sp. strain ACN14a-tsr by root exudates of its symbiotic host, Alnus glutinosa. The 5 most prominent proteins were purified from 2-D gels and characterized by N-terminal sequencing. All of these proteins had a high p...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Hammad Y,Maréchal J,Cournoyer B,Normand P,Domenach AM

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3.1-kb region of the bacteriophage D3 genome which contains the immunity functions has recently been sequenced (GenBank accession No. L22692). Sequence analysis indicated the presence of a putative repressor gene (c1) whose protein product functions to maintain the bacteriophage genome as a stably integrated prophag...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Farinha MA,Kropinski AM

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus caespitosus NRRL 5769 growing in broth containing small amounts of sitosterol produced substance(s) with greater inhibitory activity against Candida albicans ATCC 10231 than in broth without sitosterol. Subsequent isolation, purification, and structural elucidation yielded 5,6-dihydro-5(S)-acetoxy-6(S)-1,2...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Mizuba S,Lee K,Jiu J

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Neurospora crassa, heat shock results in the induction of 9 to 11 heat shock proteins (HSP), of which HSP80 is the most abundant and the first to be synthesized. The induction of HSP80 was investigated during normal growth (2% sucrose) and under sucrose starvation. Transfer of mycelium to a medium supplemented with...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Roychowdhury HS,Kapoor M

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The techniques in current use for detection of pathogens in environmental samples are restricted to those organisms whose replication in either culture media or cell culture is feasible. These methods lack the selectivity and sensitivity necessary for their unequivocal detection and identification. We have developed a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Toranzos GA,Alvarez AJ

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultures of Bacillus subtilis lysogenic for the temperature bacteriophage SP beta release "betacin", a bacteriocinlike substance that inhibits B. subtilis strains which do not carry this phage. Production of betacin is blocked by mutations in the bet gene on the prophage and a second phage gene, tol, is apparently inv...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Hemphill HE,Gage I,Zahler SA,Korman RZ

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the four known isoforms of the staphylococcal exfoliative toxins (ETs), only ETA and ETB are the major causative agents. General knowledge is that the gene for ETA is located on the chromosome, whereas that for ETB is located on a large plasmid. Yoshizawa and co-workers (2000, Microbiol. Immunol. 44(3): 189-191) ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Sahin F,Karasartova D,Özsan TM,Kiyan M,Karahan CZ,Tekeli A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial bioluminescence assay is one of the novel means for toxicity detection. The bioluminescence response of 2 marine bioluminescent bacteria was tested upon their long-term exposure to 9 different reverse osmosis (RO) rejects with varying chemical composition sampled from various dye industries. Bioluminesce...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Ravindran J,Manikandan B,Shirodkar PV,Francis KX,Mani Murali R,Vethamony P

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00