abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen, which can cause severe urinary tract infections (UTIs). Because of the high intrinsic antibiotic resistance of P. aeruginosa and its ability to develop new resistances during antibiotic treatment, these infections are difficult to eradicate. The antibiotic sus...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Narten M,Rosin N,Schobert M,Tielen P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zygomycetes such as Cunninghamella elegans seem to be promising biosorbents for pollutants removal from wastewaters because of their particular cell wall characteristics. In this article the effect of ten culture media on C. elegans biomass composition was investigated by means of Fourier transform infra red spectrosc...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Tigini V,Prigione V,Donelli I,Freddi G,Varese GC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhesus monkey TRIM5α (TRIM5α(rh)), a member of the tripartite motif (TRIM) family, was identified as the main restriction factor responsible for resistance of old world monkey cells to HIV-1 infection. However, the precise mechanism of HIV-1 infection inhibition by TRIM5α remains elusive and appears to be related to s...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Gong J,Shen XH,Qiu H,Chen C,Yang RG

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural biodiversity that is found in tropical areas offers countless biotechnological opportunities; especially if we take in account that many biomolecules from several microorganisms have supported for many years, different industrial applications in areas such as pharmacology, agro-industry, bioprocess, enviro...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Arboleda Valencia JW,Valencia Jiménez A,Gonçalves de Siqueira F,Dussan Medina K,Restrepo Franco GM,Filho EX,Siegfried BD,Grossi-de-Sa MF

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Root colonization and diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) were analyzed in plants growing in fly ash pond. Eight species could be separated morphologically, while phylogenetic analyses after PCR amplification of the ITS region followed by RFLP and sequencing revealed seven different AM fungal sequence type...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Giridhar Babu A,Sudhakara Reddy M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclohexadepsipeptide beauvericin (BEA) is a mycotoxin produced by the fungus Beauveria bassiana (Bals.). Using ELISA, different accessions of B. bassiana, belonging to distinct genetic groups, were analyzed to determine their variability in BEA production. The cytotoxic effect of pure mycotoxins and crude extract...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Valencia JW,Gaitán Bustamante AL,Jiménez AV,Grossi-de-Sá MF

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the effect of organics (yeast extract) on microbial community during chalcopyrite bioleaching at different temperature, real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was employed to analyze community dynamics of major bacteria applied in bioleaching. The results showed that yeast extract exerted great impact ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Li Q,Tian Y,Fu X,Yin H,Zhou Z,Liang Y,Qiu G,Liu J,Liu H,Liang Y,Shen L,Cong J,Liu X

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biocides play an important role in healthcare-associated infection control by either minimizing or preventing microorganism dissemination. This study evaluated the susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates to a quaternary ammonium (QAC) disinfectant and antibiotics, and verified the presence of qacEΔ1...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Romão C,Miranda CA,Silva J,Mandetta Clementino M,de Filippis I,Asensi M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saliva is a complex fluid that possesses many important functions regarding oral health. Many in vitro studies require relatively large quantities of saliva. While natural saliva would be the material of choice, it is difficult to obtain in sufficient quantities and varies in composition. Substitutes mimicking the phy...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Björklund M,Ouwehand AC,Forssten SD

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus causes a wide range of suppurative infections in humans and animals. Due to its high virulence, ability to adopt various environmental conditions, and acquired multiple drug resistance, treatment of such infections has become difficult. Therefore, there is an immense need to develop alternate dru...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Gupta R,Prasad Y

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial FtsE gene codes for the ATP-binding protein, FtsE, which in complex with the transmembrane protein, FtsX, participates in diverse cellular processes. Therefore, regulated expression of FtsE and FtsX might be critical to the human pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, under stress conditions. Although ftsX ge...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Roy S,Vijay S,Arumugam M,Anand D,Mir M,Ajitkumar P

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-eight isolates resistant to at least two antibiotics were selected from 53 antibiotic-resistant enterococci from chicken and pig meat and faeces and analysed for specific resistance determinants. Of the 48 multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains, 31 were resistant to two antibiotics (29 to erythromycin and tetracyclin...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Vignaroli C,Zandri G,Aquilanti L,Pasquaroli S,Biavasco F

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether Bombyx mori immunized with Bacillus subtilis spore displaying GP64 escape from the B. mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) attack, a recombinant integrative plasmid named pJS700-GP64 was constructed, which carries a recombinant cotC-Gp64 gene under the control of the cotC promoter. In this study, p...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Li G,Tang Q,Chen H,Yao Q,Ning D,Chen K

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In November 2007, 450 m(3) of treated wastewater leaked into the drinking water distribution system contaminating the drinking water of over 10,000 inhabitants of Nokia, Southern Finland. Nearly 1,000 people visited the health centre because of gastroenteritis during the following 5 weeks. A wide range of enteric path...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lienemann T,Pitkänen T,Antikainen J,Mölsä E,Miettinen I,Haukka K,Vaara M,Siitonen A

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rhizobacterium with high antifungal activity was isolated from a potato field at Inneruulalik, South Greenland. Phylogenetic analysis based on multi locus sequence typing showed that the bacterium was affiliated with strains of Pseudomonas fluorescens. The bacterium, denoted as Pseudomonas fluorescens In5, inhibited...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Michelsen CF,Stougaard P

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the species of the yeast-like symbionts (YLS) in the brown planthoppers (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens, YLS were first isolated and purified by ultracentrifugation from the fat bodies of BPH, and then 18S rDNA and internal transcribed spacer (ITS)-5.8S rDNA sequences of YLS were amplified with the different ge...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Dong S,Pang K,Bai X,Yu X,Hao P

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gluconobacter oxydans M5 with disruption of the pyrroloquinoline quinine-dependent membrane-bound aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) was used for the oxidation of benzyl alcohol. The selectivity toward benzaldehyde showed an obvious increase for the engineered strain, which reached the 67.3%, while the wild strain had ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wu J,Li MH,Lin JP,Wei DZ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for a vaccine capable of conferring heterologous protection, through the identification of conserved and cross-protective antigens, remains an ongoing priority in leptospirosis research. In the present study, an in silico analysis was used to identify potentially protective lipoproteins from Leptospira inte...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Hartwig DD,Seixas FK,Cerqueira GM,McBride AJ,Dellagostin OA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenic capability of the tangerine pathotype of Alternaria alternata relies on the production of host-selective ACT toxin. Inoculation of A. alternata in leaves of the citrus quickly induced rapid lipid peroxidation, accumulation of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), and cell death, indicative of host defensive res...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Lin CH,Yang SL,Chung KR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases besides leading to duodenal and gastric peptic ulcerations. H. pylori cysteine-rich protein B (HcpB) is a disulfide-rich repeat protein that belongs to the family of Sel1-like repeat proteins. HcpB contains four pairs of anti-parallel alpha he...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Devi VS,Mittl PR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR has been widely used to identify cry-type genes, to determine their distribution, to detect new such genes and to predict insecticidal activities. We describe here a molecular approach to analyze the genetic diversity of B. thuringiensis cry-like genes based on denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). This ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Vidal-Domínguez ME,Perez-Cenci M,Salerno GL,Berón CM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-positive, yellow pigmented actinobacterium, strain S2-48(T) was isolated from water sample collected from the river Brahmaputra, Assam, India and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. Most of the physiological and biochemical properties, major fatty acids (C(15:0) Anteiso, iso C(16:0) and C(17:0) Anteiso),...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kaur I,Dhanjal S,Korpole S,Bora TC,Mayilraj S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida galli strain PGO6 isolated from oil-contaminated water is the first isolated yeast strain which is capable to form vanillin and vanillic acid during isoeugenol biotransformation. The products were confirmed by thin-layer chromatography (TLC), changes in the UV absorption pattern and high-performance liquid chr...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ashengroph M,Nahvi I,Zarkesh-Esfahani H,Momenbeik F

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gram-negative bacteria are generally more tolerant to disinfectants than Gram-positive bacteria due to outer membrane (OM) barrier, but the tolerant mechanism is not well characterized. We have utilized comparative proteomic methodologies to characterize the OM proteins of E. coli K-12 K99+ in response to phenol stres...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang DF,Li H,Lin XM,Wang SY,Peng XX

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-negative, yellow pigmented bacterium designated strain CA5(T) that reduced selenite to elemental red selenium was isolated from soil. 16S rRNA gene sequence alignment identified the isolate as a novel Pseudomonas species with P. argentinensis, P. flavescens, and P. straminea as its closest relatives. Sequence a...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Hunter WJ,Manter DK

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insecticidal proteins produced by strains of Bacillus thuringenesis are specific toward target pests. One of the Bt proteins, Cry 1Ac has been used successfully for controlling crop predation by polyphagous pests Helicoverpa armigera. Structurally, Bt proteins consist of three domains; domain I and III are fairly homo...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sharma A,Kumar S,Bhatnagar RK

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonial aggregation of Microcystis plays a key role in bloom formation. Limited studies have been reported about effects of environmental factors on the aggregation of Microcystis. Calcium is an important chemical element in water system. In this study, we investigated the effects of a low- (0.015 g l⁻¹) and a high-c...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wang YW,Zhao J,Li JH,Li SS,Zhang LH,Wu M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effect of rhamnolipid biosurfactant produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens on bacterial strains, laboratory strains, and isolates from industrial wastewater was investigated. It was shown that biosurfactant, depending on the concentration, has a neutral or detrimental effect on the growth and protein r...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Vasileva-Tonkova E,Sotirova A,Galabova D

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:His(354) and His(358), two highly conserved histidines in Xenopus laevis (6-4) photolyase [equivalent to His(401) and His(405), in Dunaliella salina (6-4) photolyase], are critical for photoreactivation. They act as a base and an acid, respectively. However, the remaining high repair activity when the pH value is high...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang F,Xu H,Cao Y,Wen T,Lin J,Ma G,Qiao D,Cao Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lake Elmenteita is one of the alkaline saline lakes within the Kenyan Rift valley. The lake is situated on the floor of the Kenyan Rift Valley at 1,776 m above sea level and has no direct outlet. The microbial diversity of the lake was investigated using a culture-independent approach. Five different sampling points w...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Mwirichia R,Cousin S,Muigai AW,Boga HI,Stackebrandt E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 216 bacterial strains were isolated from rice rhizospheric soils in Northern Thailand. The bacterial strains were initially tested for solubilization of inorganic phosphate, indole acetic acid (IAA) production, selected strains were then tested for optimized conditions for IAA production and whether these c...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Chaiharn M,Lumyong S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Acinetobacter has been recognized to take up exogenous DNA from the environment. In this study, we conducted natural transformation with a novel diesel-degrading Acinetobacter sp. strain, designated strain DR1, using the broad host range plasmid pRK415. Many factors, including temperature, quantities of DNA,...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Park J,Park W

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cosubstrates fermentation is such an effective strategy for increasing subject metabolic products that it could be available and studied in propionic acid production, using glycerol and glucose as carbon resources. The effects of glycerol, glucose, and their mixtures on the propionic acid production by Propionibacteri...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Liu Y,Zhang YG,Zhang RB,Zhang F,Zhu J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The trag is a novel infection-related factor identified using in vivo-induced antigen technology (IVIAT) from SS2 expression libraries with swine convalescent sera. PCR-based studies of various S. suis strains collected from different sources revealed that the trag gene was present in all the virulent SS2 strains, but...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang H,Fan H,Lu C

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between Bacillus anthracis (B. anthracis) and host cells are of particular interest given the implications of anthrax as a biological weapon. Inhaled B. anthracis endospores encounter alveolar macrophages as the first line of defense in the innate immune response. Yet, the consequences of this interaction...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Porasuphatana S,Cao GL,Tsai P,Tavakkoli F,Huwar T,Baillie L,Cross AS,Shapiro P,Rosen GM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the usefulness of flow cytometry for detection of vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecalis by direct binding of commercially available fluorescent vancomycin to cells obtained from culture. The cells were stained with Vancomycin@FL, sonicated and additionally stained with propidium iodide (PI). Regard...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Jarzembowski T,Jóźwik A,Wiśniewska K,Witkowski J

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria were isolated from rabbit faeces using equine caecal fluid as a growth medium. Two new isolates of the genus Streptococcus are described in terms of their biochemical properties. One of these has a 16S rRNA gene with 97.7%, and the other 98.5%, identity to Streptococcus thoraltensis. While S. thoraltensis has...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Borø S,McCartney CA,Snelling TJ,Worgan HJ,McEwan NR

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comamonas thiooxidans (strain S23(T)) capable of oxidizing thiosulfate under a mixotrophic growth condition was isolated from a sulfur spring. DNA-DNA homology study showed 55% similarity with Comamonas testosteroni KCTC2990(T) and 52% with Comamonas composti LMG24008(T), the nearest phylogenetic relative (16S rRNA se...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Narayan KD,Pandey SK,Das SK

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major health concern with more than 350 million carriers in the world. It is associated with acute and chronic liver diseases including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The early detection of severe liver diseases related to HBV is crucial for the effective treatment. This wo...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Feng H,Wang M,Chen WN

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth on aniline by three purple non-sulfur bacteria (Rhodospirillum rubrum ATCC 11170, Rhodobacter sphaeroides DSM 158, and Rubrivivax benzoatiliticus JA2) as nitrogen, or carbon source could not be demonstrated. However in its presence, production of indole derivatives was observed with all the strains tested. At l...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Mujahid M,Sasikala Ch,Ramana ChV

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00