Mitogenic and protective activity associated with a lipopolysaccharide from Coxiella burnetii.

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of the murE gene encoding the diaminopimelic acid adding enzyme of Escherichia coli is reported. The coding region consisted of 1413 base pairs and was separated from the ftsI (penicillin-binding protein 3) gene by 61 base pairs. The deduced primary structure of MurE comprised 471 amino acid re...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Tao JS,Ishiguro EE

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methanol extracts were obtained from L. interrogans serovars icterohaemorrhagiae and canicola and L. biflexa serovar patoc. Human sera from 167 normal individuals and 40 patients with different infectious diseases tested by complement fixation tests showed negative reactions. Sera from 100 patients with a suspicion of...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Koury MC,Cisalpino EO,Rangel Hde A

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique is described that employs vapor fixation and a simple vapor diffusion dehydration apparatus to minimize the disturbance of delicate fungal structures during preparation for scanning electron microscopy. The technique is applicable to fungi grown on agar media or on natural substrates. ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： King EJ,Brown MF

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultures of Sclerotium rolfsii and Trichoderma viride together in autoclaved soil were assayed at intervals during 8 days of incubation for proteolytic activity (PA) of T. viride. Significant proteolytic activity was detected only in soil containing T. viride (i.e., T. viride alone or S. rolfsii + T. viride); greatest...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Rodriguez-Kabana R,Kelley WD,Curl EA

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of subtilase-cytotoxin-encoding genes was determined in 397 environmental Escherichia coli strains isolated from water, suspended solids, and sediments sampled from different hydrological and environmental conditions in a California estuary. A total of 7 strains (1.76%) were found to harbor subtilase-cyto...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Pereira Md,Byrne BA,Nguyen TB,Lewis DJ,Atwill ER

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rumen microbiota plays a major role in the metabolism and absorption of indigestible food sources. Xinjiang brown cattle (Bos taurus), Tarim red deer (Cervus elaphus yarkandensis), and Karakul sheep (Ovis aries) are important ruminant species for animal husbandry in the Tarim Basin. However, the microbiota and rum...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Qian W,Li Z,Ao W,Zhao G,Wu J,Li G

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human astrovirus (HAstV) was an important cause of viral gastroenteritis in infants in Wuhan city based on our previous study. The aim of the study was to investigate the nature of HAstV infection in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, especially in adults. Stool specimens were collected from 361 children and 301 adult...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Wang F,Wang YH,Peng JS,Zhou X,Tang L,Kobayashi N,Hu Q,Zhou DJ,Huang HJ,Liu MQ

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to explore a new approach based on the hemagglutination (HA) assay to understand the colonization ability of Shigella spp. To study colonization ability, an animal model of 4-day-old suckling mouse, was exploited. We characterized the HA activity of 48 Shigella strains, with erythroc...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Mitra S,Saha DR,Pal A,Niyogi SK,Mitra U,Koley H

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined factors related to the potent antagonistic effect of Escherichia coli and Bacteroides ovatus on Staphylococcus aureus in anaerobic continuous flow cultures. In the presence of sugars fermentable by E. coli alone or both E. coli and S. aureus, motile E. coli strains exerted a potent antagonistic effect and ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Ushijima T,Ozaki Y

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group B Neisseria meningitidis (SD1C) was grown on defined medium supplemented with each of a variety of sulphur compounds as the sole source of sulphur. The organism grew on sulphate, sulphite, bisulphite, thiosulphate, dithionite, hydrosulphide, thiocyanate, L-cysteine, L-cystine, reduced glutathione, methionine, me...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Port JL,DeVoe IW,Archibald FS

更新日期：1984-12-01 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：:One of the important properties of probiotics is the ability to survive in the intestine. There have been few studies on the probiotic property of lactococci, since they are formally not considered to be natural inhabitants of the intestine. To evaluate lactococci as probiotic bacteria, we investigated their ability t...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Kimoto H,Nomura M,Kobayashi M,Mizumachi K,Okamoto T

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsclerotia of three melanin-deficient mutants of Verticillium dahliae formed malanin from (+)-scytalone, 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene, catechol, and L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine. The melanins formed from (+)-scytalone or 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene resembled wild-type melanin chemically and ultrastructurally, whereas the...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Wheeler MH,Tolmsoff WJ,Bell AA,Mollenhauer HH

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our study of opportunistic pathogens, we have some indication that Staphylococcus aureus can increase resistance in mice against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Intraperitoneal injections of sublethal doses of S. aureus had a protective effect in mice against lethal doses of P. aeruginosa, more so if living and coagulase-p...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： deRepentigny J,Mathieu LG,Coallier-Ascah J

更新日期：1976-07-01 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：:The present investigation was aimed to scrutinize the salt tolerance potential of plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) isolated from rhizospheric soil of selected halophytes (Atriplex leucoclada, Haloxylon salicornicum, Lespedeza bicolor, Suaeda fruticosa, and Salicornica virginica) collected from high-saline f...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Ullah S,Bano A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight murine monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against staphylococcal enterotoxin D (SED) were obtained by fusion of myeloma cells with mouse spleen cells immunized with SED only or a combination of SED and either enterotoxin A (SEA) or enterotoxin E (SEE). When only SED was used as an immunogen, six MAbs were specific for...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Shinagawa K,Omoe K,Matsusaka N,Sugii S

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The range of polysaccharide-degrading enzymes formed by three anaerobic rumen fungi (Neocallimastix patriciarum, Piromonas communis, and an unidentified isolate (F] was monitored following growth on seven mono-, di-, and poly-saccharide carbohydrate substrates. Enzymes capable of degrading a variety of alpha- and beta...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Williams AG,Orpin CG

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insect pathogenic fungus Aschersonia placenta is a highly effective pathogen of whiteflies and scale insects. However, few genetic tools are currently available for studying this organism. Here we report on the conditions for the production of transformable A. placenta protoplasts using an optimized protocol based...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Wei X,Song X,Dong D,Keyhani NO,Yao L,Zang X,Dong L,Gu Z,Fu D,Liu X,Qiu J,Guan X

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research validates a novel approach for source tracking based on denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis of DNA extracted from Escherichia coli isolates. Escherichia coli from different animal sources and from river samples upstream from, at, and downstream of a combined sewer overflow were subjec...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： D'Elia TV,Cooper CR,Johnston CG

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the proposed mechanisms by which rhizobacteria enhance plant growth is through the production of plant growth regulators. Five plant growth promoting rhizobacterial (PGPR) strains produced the cytokinin dihydrozeatin riboside (DHZR) in pure culture. Cytokinin production by Pseudomonas fluorescens G20-18, a rifa...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： García de Salamone IE,Hynes RK,Nelson LM

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BaeR, a response regulator protein, takes part in multidrug efflux, bacterial virulence activity, and other biological functions. Recently, BaeR was shown to induce inflammatory responses by activating the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs). In this study, we investigated additional pathways used by BaeR to ind...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Lee SJ,Birhanu BT,Awji EG,Kim MH,Park JY,Suh JW,Park SC

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxyribonuclease (DNase) activity was found in the culture fluids of numerous marine bacteria isolated from seawater. Among these ogranisms, marine bacterium, Vibrio sp., strain No. 2, showed the highest deoxyribonucleic acid-hydrolyzing activity. This organism requires salts of seawater for both growth and extracell...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Maeda M,Taga N

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the effect of temperature and water activity on fungal growth and ochratoxin production on coffee-based medium was assessed. Optimal growth of three Aspergillus strains was observed in the same ecological conditions, namely 30 degrees C and 0.99 water activity. Maximal daily growth is 11.2, 6.92,...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Kouadio AI,Lebrihi A,Agbo GN,Mathieu F,Pfohl-Leszkowiz A,Dosso MB

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutaraldehyde, the biological fixative of choice in the cytochemical localization of the phosphatases, was investigated for its effects on Pseudomonas aeruginosa alkaline phosphatase. Comparative studies on the inactivation of alkaline phosphatase by glutaraldehyde showed significant differences when the purified pro...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Day DF,Ingram JM

更新日期：1981-05-01 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：:Farnesol, a quorum sensing (QS) signal, is produced by Candida albicans during high density growth and has been found to inhibit morphogenesis. This QS auto-inducing signal was discovered to increase amino acid incorporation by C. albicans when concentrations of farnesol increased to 10 microg/mL in yeast nitrogen bro...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Braun PC

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to examine aminoglycosides (AMGs) resistance mechanisms, including the AMG-modifying enzyme genes, mexXY, rplY, nuoG, and galU, in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa non-cystic fibrosis (CF) isolates in Thailand. One hundred P. aeruginosa isolates from non-CF patients were examined for susceptibility to AMGs ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Poonsuk K,Tribuddharat C,Chuanchuen R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic subunit of many Escherichia coli redox enzymes bares a twin-arginine translocation (Tat)-dependent signal peptide in its precursor, which directs the redox enzyme complex to this Sec-independent pathway. NarG of the E. coli nitrate reductase NarGHI complex possesses a vestige twin-arginine motif at its N...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Li H,Turner RJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitinases isolated from membrane and cytosolic fractions of two mucoraceous fungi, Choanephora cucurbitarum and Phascolomyces articulosus, were investigated. The membrane-bound chitinase was isolated by Bio-Gel P-100 and DEAE Bio-Gel A chromatographic techniques. On SDS-PAGE the chitinase from both fungi migrated as ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Balasubramanian R,Manocha MS

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00