The bacterial phosphotransferase system as a potential vehicle for the entry of novel antibiotics.

abstract：:Respiration on trimethylamine oxide (TMAO) allows bacterial survival under anoxia. In Shewanella oneidensis, Tor is the system involved in TMAO respiration and it is encoded by the torECAD operon. The torA and torC genes encode TorA terminal reductase and the TorC c-type cytochrome, respectively. Sequence analysis sug...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Lemaire ON,Honoré FA,Jourlin-Castelli C,Méjean V,Fons M,Iobbi-Nivol C

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interest of probiotics as remedies for a broad number of gastrointestinal and other infectious diseases has gained wide interest over the last few years, but little is known about their underlying mechanism of action. In this study, the probiotic activities of a human isolate of Lactobacillus casei subsp. rhamnosu...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Forestier C,De Champs C,Vatoux C,Joly B

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification and classification of bacteriophages remains a cumbersome process even with the use of genotypic approaches, due to the lack of genes present in all phages. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis (RFLP) of the viral genome is a universal approach, but RFLP fingerprints obtained on agarose gel...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Merabishvili M,Verhelst R,Glonti T,Chanishvili N,Krylov V,Cuvelier C,Tediashvili M,Vaneechoutte M

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:KlADH4 is a gene of Kluyveromyces lactis encoding a mitochondrial alcohol dehydrogenase activity, which is specifically induced by ethanol and insensitive to glucose repression. In this work, we report the molecular analysis of UAS(E), an element of the KlADH4 promoter which is essential for the induction of KlADH4 in...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Mazzoni C,Santori F,Saliola M,Falcone C

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucella spp. are Gram-negative, facultative intracellular bacteria that cause a zoonotic world-wide disease. As in other Gram-negative bacteria, its S-LPS (smooth lipopolysaccharide) is a major determinant of virulence. The Brucella melitensis 16M LPS O-antigen is a homopolymer of 4-formamido-4,6, dideoxymannose. In ...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Godfroid F,Cloeckaert A,Taminiau B,Danese I,Tibor A,de Bolle X,Mertens P,Letesson JJ

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus cereus is widely distributed in the environment and is responsible for foodborne illnesses, causing diarrhea and vomiting. In this study, the prevalence of B. cereus bacteriophages in Korean fermented foods was studied using 6 reference strains, and JBP901 was further characterized. In a total of 47 samples, ...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Shin H,Bandara N,Shin E,Ryu S,Kim KP

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas mendocina carrying a novel class 1 integron containing an IMP-8 gene was isolated from an inanimate surface in a female ward sanitary facility of the Hospital Infante D. Pedro, Aveiro, Portugal. Hybridization with the integrase gene (intI1) and 16S rDNA revealed that the integron is chromosomally located. ...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Santos C,Caetano T,Ferreira S,Mendo S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the use of flow cytometry to analyze phage-mediated killing of Enterobacter aerogenes under varying conditions of temperature and nutrient availability was assessed. Bacteriophage UZ1, specific for an E. aerogenes strain, was applied at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 1 and 1000 to a Teflon surface...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Verthé K,Verstraete W

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of an ongoing study to determine the true habitat of Bacillus species, we report here the isolation and characterisation of Bacillus subtilis from the human gastrointestinal tract (GIT). Strains were obtained from ileum biopsies as well as from faecal samples and their biotypes defined. 16S rRNA analysis revea...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Hong HA,Khaneja R,Tam NM,Cazzato A,Tan S,Urdaci M,Brisson A,Gasbarrini A,Barnes I,Cutting SM

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter spp. is the most common cause of bacterial diarrhoea in humans worldwide. Therefore, rapid and reliable methods for detection and quantification of this pathogen are required. In this study, we have developed a reverse transcription quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) for detection and quantification of...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Bui XT,Wolff A,Madsen M,Bang DD

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adsorption complex of filamentous phage fd consists of two minor coat proteins, g3p and g6p, and is considered to be not only a structural entity, but also a functional unit to terminate phage assembly. Cells were infected with phage M13am8H1, which cannot assemble because it lacks the major coat protein g8p, alth...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Gailus V,Ramsperger U,Johner C,Kramer H,Rasched I

更新日期：1994-11-01 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：:Some pathogenic species belonging to the Vibrionaceae family have been shown to regulate virulence through a complicated network of quorum sensing systems. In this study, three kinds of N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL) signal molecules were detected in Vibrio ichthyoenteri DA3, a pathogen of cultured turbot (Scophthalmu...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Li X,Han Y,Yang Q,Zhang XH

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hydrogen-producing bacterial strain was newly isolated from a hot spring and identified as Klebsiella oxytoca HP1 by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and detection by BioMerieux Vitek. Important parameters, including substrates, starting pH of culture, temperature and oxygen concentration for batch ferment hydrogen p...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Minnan L,Jinli H,Xiaobin W,Huijuan X,Jinzao C,Chuannan L,Fengzhang Z,Liangshu X

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This brief note reports the nucleotide sequences of the second nifH region of Methanobacterium ivanovii and of the two nifH regions of Methanosarcina barkeri 227. In the three cases, nifH is followed by two ORF (open reading frames) similar to ORF105 and ORF128 respectively, which were previously found downstream of M...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Sibold L,Henriquet M,Possot O,Aubert JP

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurotoxin gene from a strain of Clostridium botulinum type A causing infant botulism was cloned as a series of overlapping polymerase chain reaction (PCR) fragments generated using primers designed to conserved regions of published botulinal toxin (BoNT) sequences. Translation of the nucleotide sequence derived f...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Willems A,East AK,Lawson PA,Collins MD

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reproducibility of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) was tested using two different thermal cyclers and three brands of Taq DNA polymerase. Three different oligonucleotides were used to obtain patterns of amplified fragments from three DNA samples (Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, and Thermococcus littor...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Meunier JR,Grimont PA

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：:The possibility of using kaolinite-immobilized plasmodium fragments of Physarella oblonga (Berk. & Curt.) Morgan to maintain their metabolic activity was examined. The immobilization process was carried out with 1 mg of plasmodium of P. oblonga entrapped in 10 g of kaolinite. Sodium acetate (1 mM) was used as a metabo...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Ribeiro SM,Cavalcanti LH,Pereira EC,Silva NH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Bacteroides fragilis, isolated from the marmoset Callithrix penicillata, produced protein(s) with bacteriocin activity (fragicilin). Two active fractions (36 and 150 kDa) were isolated by chromatography. The bacteriocin exhibited iso- and heteroantagonism. It remained stable between pH 3 and 10 and at 60 d...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Farias LM,Totola AH,Miranda CM,Carvalho MA,Damasceno CA,Tavares CA,Cisalpino EO,Vieira EC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria acts as a barrier against harmful lipophilic compounds and larger molecules unable to diffuse freely through the porins. However, outer membrane proteins together with the Tol-Pal and TonB systems have been exploited for the entry of macromolecules such as bacteriocins and ...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Lloubès R,Cascales E,Walburger A,Bouveret E,Lazdunski C,Bernadac A,Journet L

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quorum sensing is a cell-density-dependent regulatory mechanism which, in Gram-negative bacteria, usually involves the production and detection of N-acyl homoserine lactones (HSLs). In the last four years HSL-dependent quorum sensing has been identified in members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex, and this mini-rev...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Venturi V,Friscina A,Bertani I,Devescovi G,Aguilar C

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) are self-transmissible mobile genetic elements that are increasingly recognized to contribute to lateral gene flow in prokaryotes. ICEs, like most temperate bacteriophages integrate into the genome and like conjugative plasmids disseminate by conjugative transfer to new host...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Burrus V,Waldor MK

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This project focused on the effects of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), a food-contaminating mycotoxin produced by fungi, genus Aspergillus, on the release and genetic expression of some important cytokines, i.e., (interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), IL-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha)) by human monocytes. Monocytes, prei...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Rossano F,Ortega De Luna L,Buommino E,Cusumano V,Losi E,Catania MR

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:At the beginning of the 20th century, it was discovered at the Pasteur Institute in Tunis that epidemic typhus is transmitted by the human body louse. The complete genome sequence of its causative agent, Rickettsia prowazekii, was determined at Uppsala University in Sweden at the end of the century. In this mini-revie...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Andersson JO,Andersson SG

更新日期：2000-03-01 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

authors： Jones RM,Johnson DB

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outer membrane vesicle formation occurs during Gram-negative bacterial growth. However, natural production of large amounts of outer membrane vesicles has only been described in a few bacterial genera. The purified vesicles of some bacterial pathogens have shown potential applications in vaccinology and in antibiotic ...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Henry T,Pommier S,Journet L,Bernadac A,Gorvel JP,Lloubès R

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although great strides have been made in the development of recombinant attenuated Vibrio cholerae vaccine strains, the task has not been as simple as once imagined. The initial vaccine candidates proved to be unexpectedly reactogenic but further derivatives, such as CVD103-HgR, are well-tolerated, immunogenic and pro...

journal_title：Research in microbiology

authors： Kaper JB,Levine MM

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00