Cell surface properties of two differently virulent strains of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from a patient.

abstract：:The in situ degradation of the two nitramine explosives, hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) and octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine (HMX), was evaluated using a mixture of RDX and HMX, incubated anaerobically at 10 degrees C with marine sediment from a previous military dumping site of unexplod...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Zhao JS,Greer CW,Thiboutot S,Ampleman G,Hawari J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine hair-like appendages on the cell walls of the another smut Ustilago violacea are described. These hairs are termed fimbriae because of their close similarity to the fimbriae (pili) found on certain Gram-negative bacteria. Cells of U. violacea may carry more than 200 fimbriae varying in length from about 0.5 mum t...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Poon NH,Day AW

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports two different enterotoxigenic classes of the genus Aeromonas isolated from fishes. Strains of A. sobria were isolated from healthy fishes only wheras strains of A. hydrophila were isolated from both healthy and moribund fishes. Aeromonas sobria and hydrophilia strains produced a cytotoxic factor and...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Boulanger Y,Lallier R,Cousineau G

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asexual sporulation in the fungus Aspergillus nidulans is controlled, in part, by a central regulatory pathway composed of the brlA, abaA, and wetA genes. The coding region of each of these genes was fused, in frame, to the threonine-inducible alcohol dehydrogenase promotor then stably incorporated into the A. nidulan...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Sewall TC

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We continued our study of high-molecular-mass proteases (HMMPs) using several strains of the genus Trichoderma, and other filamentous fungi (Botrytis cinerea, Aspergillus niger, Fusarium culmorum, and Penicillium purpurogenum). We found that five Trichoderma strains secreted HMMPs into the media after induction with b...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Mat'at'a M,Galádová H,Varečka L,Šimkovič M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli is capable of producing several virulence factors involved in the pathophysiology of bovine mastitis. Cell surface structures such as flagella, pili, and other outer membrane adhesins are considered essential for biofilm formation on abiotic surfaces. The aim of this study was characterize the molecul...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Silva VO,Espeschit IF,Moreira MA

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role the environment has on populations of Pythium and Mesocriconema spp. was investigated at 5 golf course locations in east central Alabama. Every 4 to 5 weeks soil samples were collected from 3 golf greens on each of the 5 golf courses. Environmental data, including air and soil temperature, pH and relative hum...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Allen TW,Han DY,Bowen KL

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：:For the recently described serotype 15 of biotype I and serotypes 13 and 14 of biotype II of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, fhuA and hgbA were detected by polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing. To determine the substrate specificity of the iron receptors FhuA and HgbA and to study their role in the virulence ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Shakarji L,Mikael LG,Srikumar R,Kobisch M,Coulton JW,Jacques M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of Neisseria perflava, Neisseria cinerea, and Neisseria sicca strain Kirkland in media supplemented with sucrose (0.5 to 5.0% w/v) resulted in the formation of giant cells. Response to sucrose was specific in that a variety of other carbohydrates did not mediate giant cell formation. Giant cells appeared only u...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Johnson KG,McDonald IJ

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid (AcP) and alkaline phosphatase (AlP) were localized by physicobiochemical techniques. Greater than 53% of the phosphatases were detected, following sonication, in a low speed centrifugation pellet while osmotically shocked and spheroplasted Capnocytophaga species released only 9-28% and 11-43% of the cellular pho...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Poirier TP,Holt SC

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a cinematographic analysis of culmination in fruiting bodies of Polysphondylium pallidum. During the final stages of aggregation, sorogen elongation is slow. An increase in the rate of sorogen elongation occurs when the growing stalk contacts the substratum, lifting the cell mass into the air. The elongation...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： O'Day DH,Durston AJ

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A visual micromethod for measuring antifungal effects on germination and growth is described. The antifungal agent griseofulvin and the fungus Trichophyton mentagrophytes were used as materials to compare the micromethod with a standard assay based on dry mycelial weight. The micromethod was more sensitive than the we...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Kerbs S,Hutton RD,Hollister JW

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae exist in transparent (Tr) and opaque (Op) colony forms. Op forms are recovered from patients early in the menstrual cycle; Tr colonies predominate late in the cycle. The mechanism for this colonial variation was examined by determining the influence of gonodal hormones on growth inhibition of Op ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Salit IE

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of Tween 80 to a 1.5% solution of beef extract was found to enhance the elution of bacteriophages adsorbed to electronegative filters. When reconcentration of the eluate was attempted by ammonium sulfate precipitation, a floating layer containing most of the viruses was formed. This floating layer can be obta...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Armon R,Arella M,Payment P

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to reduce human exposure to adenoviruses through drinking water, we determined the effectiveness of sequential disinfection with an alternative ultraviolet (UV) technology (medium-pressure (MP) UV) and monochloramine. The results of this study showed that MP UV was much more effective than traditional UV ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Shin GA,Lee JK

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：:A proline dehydrogenase which catalyzes the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) dependent oxidation of proline and the NADH-dependent reduction of delta 1-pyrroline 5-carboxylic acid (PCA) was purified from extracts of Clostridium sporogenes. Following purification, only one protein band was found on analytical po...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Monticello DJ,Costilow RN

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated antibody to purified enterotoxin of Clostridium perfringens was used to study the intracellular formation of enterotoxin by this organism. Enterotoxin was detected at 4 h of growth at the end of the cell containing forespore. With the development of the spore, enterotoxin accumula...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Niilo L

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The attachment of Bradyrhizobium sp. (Lupinus) strain MSDJ718 to excised roots of white lupin was examined. Maximal attachment occurred at early to middle log phases of bacterial growth. This binding was pH dependent, with an optimal value reached at 6.6. Irrespective of the culture age, the attachment was strongly af...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Wisniewski JP,Delmotte FM

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucor alternans(van Tieghem) was found to be a diphasic species in that it grew exclusively in the yeast-like budding phase under anaerobic conditions in the complex medium yeast extract-peptone-glucose broth and in tissue-culture medium 199. In the latter medium this growth form occurred also at 37C, at an initial pH...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Leyritz M,Kapica L

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 24 bacterial species examined for lisinopril refractive peptidyl dipeptidase activity, only 8 contained activity. Activity in Pseudomonas maltophilia was more than fourfold higher than that of any other species. Pseudomonas maltophilia may be unique among bacteria in possessing high peptidyl dipeptidase activity th...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Stevens J,Fanburg BL,Lanzillo JJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the bacterial communities in the larval midgut of field and laboratory populations of a polyphagous pest, the cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera), using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of amplified 16S rDNA sequences and 16S library sequence analysis. DGGE profiles and 16S rDNA library se...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Xiang H,Wei GF,Jia S,Huang J,Miao XX,Zhou Z,Zhao LP,Huang YP

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catalase from Bacillus sp. N2a (BNC) isolated from Antarctic seawater was purified to homogeneity. BNC has a molecular mass of about 230 kDa and is composed of four identical subunits of 56 kDa. The catalase showed optimal activity at 25 degrees C and at a pH range of 6-11. The enzyme could be inhibited by azide, hydr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Wang W,Sun M,Liu W,Zhang B

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cultural, morphological, and physiological properties of Thermomonospora fusca (strain 190Th) are described. Its physiological properties show that this species is primarily a carbohydrate-degrading actinomycete which can use a wide range of plant sugars and polymeric carbohydrates as sources of carbon and energy....

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Crawford DL

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-O-Methyl-D-glucose (3-O-MeGlc) or a mixture of 3-O-MeGlc and glucose stimulate invertase, beta-glucosidase, alpha-glucosidase, and alpha-galactosidase production by Cryptococcus laurentii. They also increase invertase and alpha-glucosidase production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The stimulatory effect of 3-O-MeGlc i...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Bhanot P,Brown RG

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously unmapped pan gene was localized in an Escherichia coli K-12 strain using Hfr and F' matings and by transduction studies. This Pan- mutation was shown by supplementation studies to impart a block in pantoate biosynthesis. The pan gene cotransduced with rha, metB, and argE placing it at 87 min. ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Manch JN

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysis of mid-log phase cells of the Gram-positive bacterium, Corynebacterium sepedonicum, by a combination of lysozyme treatment and incubation with alkaline sodium dodecyl sulfate at 56 degrees C led to the recovery of a single plasmid. The plasmid was purified in CsCl density gradients, and its molecular weight esti...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Clark MC,Lawrence CH

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present work was to evaluate the relevance of the 2-methylcitric acid cycle (2MCC) to the catabolism of propionate in Burkholderia sacchari. Two B. sacchari mutants unable to grow on propionate were obtained: one disrupted in acnM, and the other in acnM and prpC deleted. An operative 2MCC signific...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Pereira EM,Silva-Queiroz SR,Cabrera Gomez JG,Silva LF

更新日期：2009-06-01 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