Presence of a new cytochrome b - like pigment with a peak at 567 nm in various aerobic bacteria.

abstract：:beta-d-Fructofuranosidase (FFase), an important enzyme of the confectionery and fructose syrup industry, is produced by several microorganisms. However, yeasts are the most used source because of their high sucrose fermentation capacity. In this work, production of FFase was carried out in submerged fermentation using...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Venkateshwar M,Chaitanya K,Altaf MD,Hameeda B,Ghopal Reddy M

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression and purification are procedures used to allow functional and structural characterization of proteins. Many overexpressed proteins are partially or completely insoluble, and can not be easily purified. The NifA protein is an enhancer-binding protein involved in activating the expression of nif and some f...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Monteiro RA,Souza EM,Yates MG,Pedrosa FO,Chubatsu LS

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formate dehydrogenase activity (EC 1.2.1.2) has been demonstrated in cell-free preparations of Mycobacterium phlei by following the reduction of 2,6 dichlorophenolindophenol. thiazolyl blue tetrazolium, or equine cytochrome c. The reduction of equine cytochrome c was inhibited by 2-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide. N...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Deyhle RR,Barton LL

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microplaque reduction assay for human and mouse interferons is described, using plastic disposable multicompartmental plates with flat-bottomed wells of 6 mm in diameter. The procedure is rapid and reproducible and lends itself to a considerable degree of automation. Its potential application in other areas of virol...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Campbell JB,Grunberger T,Kochman MA,White SL

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of plant growth promoting (PGP) activity of bacterial communities recovered from each of six weed species (barnyard grass (Echinochloa crusfalli (L.) Beauv.), corn spurrey (Spergula arvensis L.), goldenrod (Sonchus sp.), Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.), lamb's-quarters (Chenopodium album L.), an...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Sturz AV,Matheson BG,Arsenault W,Kimpinski J,Christie BR

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we assayed the ability of newly prepared indolizine derivates (epimers) 6C and 6A to inhibit the growth of Mycobacterium smegmatis and used them for resistance induction. 6A inhibited the growth of M. smegmatis at a concentration of 100 μg/mL. No inhibitory effect was observed in the presence of 6C. By i...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Olejníková P,Kurucová M,Švorc L,Marchalín Š

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HPr is a protein of the phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase transport system (PTS). In gram-positive bacteria, HPr can be phosphorylated on Ser-46 by the kinase/phosphorylase HprK/P and on His-15 by phospho-enzyme I (EI~P) of the PTS. In vitro studies with purified HPrs from Bacillus subtilis, Enterococcus fa...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Roy DJ,Casabon I,Vaillancourt K,Huot JL,Vadeboncoeur C

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultures of Streptomyces peucetius often were observed to divert spontaneously from the production of anthracycline antibiotics to the excretion of acidic metabolites, whether grown in a defined medium or a nutrient-rich medium. The predominant excreted acidic metabolites were determined by high-performance liquid chr...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Dekleva ML,Strohl WR

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori exists in 2 distinct morphological states, helicoid and coccoid. Both have been observed in in vitro culture and in gastric biopsies. We visualized H. pylori during AGS cell infections using immunofluorescence microscopy. Anti-H. pylori mouse serum as well as human serum from H. pylori-positive pat...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Couturier MR,Stein M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae infection starts from the respiratory tract where interaction with host epithelial cells occurs. To gain more insights on pneumococcal pathogenesis, an oligonucleotide (oligo)-based microarray was used to investigate gene expression changes of one serotype 3 encapsulated pathogenic S. pneumoni...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Song XM,Connor W,Jalal S,Hokamp K,Potter AA

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of radioactive Cs by fungi was studied by analysis of fruit bodies (n (total) = 205, n greater than or equal to 5 for 22 species) collected in 1988 in a Norwegian mountain area with high deposition of radiocaesium from the Chernobyl accident. To account for site variation, the radiocaesium content of ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Bakken LR,Olsen RA

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report some characteristics of a ruminal bacterium (strain NPOH1) that metabolizes 3-nitropropanol, the toxic principle of various milk vetchs that are distributed worldwide. The gram-positive bacterium was nonmotile and did not produce spores. Growth of strain NPOH1 occurred under anaerobic conditions and was supp...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Anderson RC,Rasmussen MA,DiSpirito AA,Allison MJ

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dark spots disease (DSD) is a relatively new coral disease that has become one of the most prevalent afflictions in the Caribbean Sea. To partially characterize bacterial communities associated with DSD, carbon utilization patterns of bacterial strains isolated from the surface mucopolysaccharide layers of healthy and...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Gil-Agudelo DL,Fonseca DP,Weil E,Garzón-Ferreira J,Smith GW

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mercuric ion-reducing flavoprotein was purified from Yersinia enterocolitica 138A14 using dye matrix affinity chromatography. The purified enzyme had a characteristic absorption spectrum similar to those of flavin compounds, and FAD was detected as a part of the purified enzyme by thin-layer chromatography. Freshly ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Blaghen M,Vidon DJ,el Kebbaj MS

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-free extracts prepared from the extremely halophilic bacterium Halobacterium saccharovorum oxidize galactose and accumulate a product which reacts as if it were a lactone. The product does not act as a reducing sugar and contains all six of the carbon atoms initially present in galactose. The product was jugged t...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Hochstein LI,Dalton BP,Pollock G

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and endotoxin in soil after land application of biosolids. Soil was collected over a 15 month period following land application of biosolids, and antibiotic resistance was ascertained using clinically relevant antibiotic concent...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Brooks JP,Maxwell SL,Rensing C,Gerba CP,Pepper IL

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas putida ATCC 17536 by pyrimidines was explored. The pathway enzyme activities were higher in glucose-grown cells than in succinate-grown cells, indicating catabolite repression by succinate. In P. putida cells grown on succinate as a carbon source, only a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Santiago MF,West TP

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UroD) (EC 4.1.1.37) is an enzyme from the tetrapyrrole biosynthetic pathway, in which chlorophyll is the main final product in algae. This is the first time that a study on UroD activity has been performed in a green alga (Chlorella). We isolated and partially purified the enzyme from a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Juárez AB,Aldonatti C,Vigna MS,Ríos de Molina Mdel C

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a well tested antibody specific for 3-hydroxy oxylipins, we mapped the presence of these oxylipins in selected Cryptococcus (Filobasidiella) species. Immunofluorescence microscopy studies revealed that these compounds are deposited on cell wall surfaces, appendages, and collarettes. In vitro studies revealed tha...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Sebolai OM,Pohl CH,Botes PJ,van Wyk PW,Mzizi R,Swart CW,Kock JL

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four phages isolated from cattle and poultry feces were analyzed for their ability to lyse Salmonella serotypes and Escherichia coli O157:H7. The phage one-step growth curves, morphology, and genetic characteristics were determined. All phages showed a lytic effect on various Salmonella serotypes and E. coli O157:H7, ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： López-Cuevas O,Castro-Del Campo N,León-Félix J,González-Robles A,Chaidez C

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:Many studies on quorum quenching focus on the discovery and characterization of novel acyl-homoserine lactonases (AHL-lactonases) because these enzymes could be used in the control of diseases caused by Gram-negative bacteria. The effects of quorum quenching are also remarkable in the performance of bacterial consorti...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Gómez-Garzón C,Dussán J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A commercially available single-bottle blood culture system was evaluated at Ben Taub General Hospital, a Harris County District Hospital. Blood cultures from 1010 patients were examined with the Lederle Diagnostics one-bottle blood culture medium-SPS, Columbia broth (E-Vac, Pfizer), and an in-house-prepared brain hea...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Qadri SM,Wende RD

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

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：:Fluorescent antibody was prepared against a temperate-soil isolate of Beijerinckia obtained from a rhizosphere of rice growing in Camargue (France). The antibody did not cross-react with any of 6 species of Azotobacter, 4 species of Beijerinckia, or 44 unidentified soil bacteria isolated from a spectrum of rhizosphere...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Diem HG,Godbillon G,Schmidt EL

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To expand current knowledge on the molecular aspects of alkaline phosphatase PhoX in shallow eutrophic freshwaters, we investigated the genetic diversity and abundance of the PhoX-encoding gene (phoX) in 4 ecological regions in Lake Taihu, China, following a gradient in total phosphorus concentrations ranging from hyp...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Dai J,Chen D,Gao G,Tang X,Wu S,Wu X,Zhou J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation of 12 strains of cellulolytic fungi from the rumen of a roughage-fed steer is described. These represented three different genera, including one new genus and species (Orpinomyces bovis). The organisms were indistinguishable on the basis of fermentation products from cellulose, and their fermentation pat...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Kudo H,Jakober KD,Phillippe RC,Cheng KJ,Barr DJ,Costerton JW

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutants of Trichoderma harzianum with altered antibiotic production were isolated using ultraviolet light mutagenesis. These included strains whose activity in a Fusarium oxysporum spore germination assay was greater than twice that of the parental strain and one that had no detectable antifungal activity. Characteris...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Graeme-Cook KA,Faull JL

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter fetus is a recognized pathogen of cattle and sheep that can also infect humans. No adhesins specific for C. fetus have to date been identified; however, bacterial attachment is essential to establish an infecting population. Scanning electron microscopy revealed C. fetus attachment to the serosal surface...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Graham LL,Friel T,Woodman RL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of carbon starvation on the stress-resistant responses of a p-nitrophenol-mineralizing Moraxella strain was examined in both buffer and river water samples. The Moraxella strain showed optimal stress-resistant responses in a minimal salt buffer when carbon-starved for 1-2 d. In the buffer system, the 1- and...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Moore M,Trevors J,Lee H,Leung KT

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00