abstract：:We studied the usefulness of flow cytometry for detection of penicillin resistance in E. faecalis and S. aureus by direct binding of commercially available fluorescent penicillin, Bocillin FL, to cells obtained from culture. There were significantly lower percentages of fluorescent cells and median and mean fluorescen...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Jarzembowski T,Wiśniewska K,Józwik A,Bryl E,Witkowski J

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The archaeal diversity in salt pan sediment from Mumbai, India, was investigated by 16S rDNA-dependent molecular phylogeny. Small-subunit rRNA (16S rDNA) from salt pan sediment metagenome were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using primers specific to the domain archaea. Thirty-two unique phylotypes were o...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Ahmad N,Sharma S,Khan FG,Kumar R,Johri S,Abdin MZ,Qazi GN

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six cyclohexylacetic acid-degrading strains were isolated from soil samples in Japan and identified as members of the genera Cupriavidus (strain KUA-1), Rhodococcus, and Dietzia by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. For the first time members of these genera were shown to be capable of degrading cyclohexylacetic acid. A...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Iwaki H,Nakai E,Nakamura S,Hasegawa Y

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous white mutants from sectors of Streptomyces hygroscopicus 111-81 were isolated. The comparison of morphological, cultural, and biochemical properties of the mutants and ancestor showed the differences in colors of aerial, substrate mycelia, and sporulation. Changes in resistance to antibiotics and sensitivi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Gesheva V

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Burkholderia sp. VUN10013 to degrade anthracene in microcosms of two acidic Thai soils was studied. The addition of Burkholderia sp. VUN10013 (initial concentration of 10(5) cells g(-1) dry soil) to autoclaved soil collected from the Plew District, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand, supplemented with anthr...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Somtrakoon K,Suanjit S,Pokethitiyook P,Kruatrachue M,Lee H,Upatham S

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilm-forming bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common pathogen in mechanically ventilated newborns, which can cause life-threatening infections. Alginate of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms is considered an important virulence factor which contributes to the resistance to antibiotics. Traditionally, ambrox...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Li F,Yu J,Yang H,Wan Z,Bai D

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contents of fed-batch composting (FBC) reactors often aggregate after prolonged operation. This process leads to irreversible breakdown of the decomposition reaction and possible alteration of the bacterial communities. We compared the structures of bacterial communities in reactors under aggregate and optimal con...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Watanabe K,Nagao N,Toda T,Kurosawa N

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coral mucus-degrading bacteria were isolated by an enrichment culture procedure. The isolates were able to grow as pure cultures on 10% sterilized mucus in seawater, yielding 10(8) CFU/ml. The isolates, mostly Vibrio strains, were classified by classical and molecular methods. When carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus com...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sharon G,Rosenberg E

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variable-number-of-tandem-repeats (VNTR) markers are increasingly being used in population genetic studies of bacteria. They were recently developed for Pasteuria ramosa, an endobacterium that infects Daphnia species. In the present study, we genotyped P. ramosa in 18 infected hosts from the United Kingdom, Belgium, a...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Mouton L,Ebert D

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single strain, designated BF49(T), was isolated from a biofilm of a tufa deposit from the Westerhöfer rivulet, Lower Saxony, Germany. The G+C content of the genomic DNA of strain BF49(T) was 69 mol% and the predominant ubiquinone was Q-8. Major fatty acids were C(16:1)omega7c/15 iso 2OH and C(16:0). Comparative 16S ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Stackebrandt E,Frühling A,Cousin S,Brambilla E,Lünsdorf H,Verbarg S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal communities in decaying sapwood and heartwood of K. evelyniana were demonstrated through construction of four 18 S rRNA gene libraries. The 210 sequenced clones were clustered into 11 subgroups, belonging to Basidiomycota (71.9%) and to Ascomycota (22.4%) and unclassified (1 subgroup; 5.7%). The heartwood displ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zhang HB,Yang MX,Tu R,Gao L,Zhao ZW

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During periods of drainage, both water stress and oxygen can cause damage to indigenous methanogens. In the present study, we evaluated the tolerance of seven methanogenic strains (Methanobrevibacter arboriphilicus, Methanobacterium formicicum, Methanococcus vannielii, Methanospirillum hungatei, Methanoculleus olentan...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Liu CT,Miyaki T,Aono T,Oyaizu H

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bipolaris oryzae is a filamentous ascomycetous fungus that causes brown leaf spot disease in rice. We isolated and characterized BLR2, a gene that encodes a putative blue-light regulator similar to Neurospora crassa white collar-2 (WC-2). The deduced amino acid sequence of the BLR2 showed significant homology to other...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Moriwaki A,Katsube H,Ueno M,Arase S,Kihara J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipids contribute significantly to the pathogenesis of fungal infectious diseases and an understanding of lipid metabolism occurring in fungal pathogens can help the development of more efficient antifungal therapeutic strategies. In this study, the effect of culture age on the distribution of fatty acids among differ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zarnowski R,Dobrzyn A,Ntambi JM,Woods JP

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focuses on the isolation and characterization of a high cadmium (Cd)-resistant bacterial strain, and possible exploitation of its Cd-accumulation and Cd-induced siderophore production property to improve plant growth in cadmium-contaminated soil through root colonization. The bacterial strain could tolerate...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sinha S,Mukherjee SK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The [2Fe-2S] cluster containing ferredoxin has attracted much attention in recent years. Genetic analyses show that it has an essential role in the maturation of various iron-sulfur (Fe-S) proteins and functions as a component of the complex machinery responsible for the biogenesis of Fe-S clusters. The gene of ferred...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zeng J,Huang X,Liu Y,Liu J,Qiu G

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel leucine aminopeptidase was purified from a Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) culture. The purification stages included heating the concentrated supernatant to 65 degrees C for 90 min, anion-exchange chromatography by DEAE cellulose, and hydrophobic chromatography by phenyl Sepharose. The specific activi...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Cahan R,Hetzroni E,Nisnevitch M,Nitzan Y

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal morphology and the profiles of genes encoding protein toxins (Cry and Cyt) were analyzed in 12 Bacillus thuringiensis strains isolated during epizootics in laboratory culture lines of Cydia pomonella, 2 isolates cultured from Leucoma salicis larvae, and 9 reference strains. Epizootic isolates produced crys...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Konecka E,Kaznowski A,Ziemnicka J,Ziemnicki K,Paetz H

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolbachia are strictly intracellular maternally inherited alpha-proteobacteria, largely widespread among arthropods and filariids (i.e., filarial nematodes). Wolbachia capacities to infect new host species have been greatly evidenced and the transfer of Wolbachia between arthropods and filariids has probably occurred ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Duron O,Gavotte L

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred fifty-five isolates of Bipolaris sorokiniana of wheat were studied for their morphopathological characterization. These isolates were grouped in five categories--black, brown/dull black, gray cottony growth, dull white/greenish black, and white--on the basis of their growth pattern. The frequency of the bl...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Jaiswal SK,Sweta,Prasad LC,Sharma S,Kumar S,Prasad R,Pandey SP,Chand R,Joshi AK

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the genomic sequence and cDNA library screening, the cDNA sequence encoding an alpha-amylase was cloned from the filamentous white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium and designated as pcamy1. Alignment results showed that the predicted protein has up to 43% amino acid homology to the known alpha-amylases ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wu B,Hu GK,Feng H,Wu JM,Zhang YZ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast Candida glycerinogenes produces a high yield of glycerol only in response to a medium-osmotic stress, but little is known about the relationship between osmoadaptation and glycerol metabolism. The CgTPI gene encoding triose phosphate isomerase of C. glycerinogenes was cloned and sequenced, and its functional...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Yongguang Z,Wei S,Zhiming R,Huiying F,Jian Z

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ostricacin-1 and ostricacin-2 (Osp-1 and Osp-2) were beta-defensins antimicrobial peptides that were purified from ostrich leukocytes using a cation-exchange column and a semi-prep RP-HPLC column. Both ostricacins were subjected to increased concentrations of monovalent cations (K(+) and Na(+)) and divalent cations (C...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Sugiarto H,Yu PL

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel thermostable phytase gene was cloned from Aspergillus fumigatus WY-2. It was 1459 bp in size and encoded a polypeptide of 465 amino acids. The gene was expressed in Pichia pastoris GS115 as an extracellular enzyme. The expressed enzyme was purified to homogeneity and biochemically characterized. The purified e...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Gao X,Su Q,Wu W,An L

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although extensive information is available on the effect ultraviolet (UV) radiation has on Gram-negative marine bacteria, there is a scarcity of data concerning UV radiation and Gram-positive marine bacteria. The focus of this paper is on Microbacterium maritypicum, with the Gram-negative Vibrio natriegens being used...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Williams PD,Eichstadt SL,Kokjohn TA,Martin EL

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a novel light-dependent metabolism of an aromatic compound (trans-cinnamate) that is assimilatory rather than dissimilatory. Light-dependent assimilation of trans-cinnamate was observed by both growing and resting cells of Rhodobacter sphaeroides OU5. Trans-cinnamate assimilation could be correlated with si...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Usha P,Sasikala Ch,Ramana ChV

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vanillin is undoubtedly one of the most popular and widely used flavoring agents in the world. Taking into consideration the worldwide demand for natural vanillin and its limited supply, alternative routes for its production including biotransformation are being constantly explored. In this regard, a novel soil bacter...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Kasana RC,Sharma UK,Sharma N,Sinha AK

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmids play a central role in engineering recombinant bacteria because they are the primary vehicles used to manipulate targeted sequences. In some cases, bacteria of interest are poorly provided with suitable tools for these molecular or genetic manipulations. In this context, we constructed from two shuttle clonin...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Benachour A,Auffray Y,Hartke A

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a serious pathogen involved in nosocomial infections. Its pathogenicity is owed to rich production of virulence factors (VIFs) regulated by several complex hierarchical signal systems depending on environmental conditions, medium composition, and the presence of certain active compounds in it...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Katri N,Gilboa-Garber N

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The laccase gene lacD, cloned from a novel laccase-producing basidiomycete Trametes sp. 420, contained 2,052 base pairs (bp) interrupted by 8 introns. lacD displayed a relatively high homology with laccase genes from other white rot fungi, whereas the homology between lacD and laccase genes from plants, insects, or ba...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Hong YZ,Zhou HM,Tu XM,Li JF,Xiao YZ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxylipin metabolism represents one of the important hormonal and defensive mechanisms employed by plants, algae, or animals. It begins mostly with the reaction of lipoxygenases (LOXs), which catalyze the oxygenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids to form the corresponding hydroperoxides. At present, little information...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Koeduka T,Kajiwara T,Matsui K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms used by Campylobacter jejuni to colonize the (chicken) intestinal tract have not been defined. In this study, we obtained evidence that in the presence of chicken serum and mucus, C. jejuni secreted proteins that may play a role in the colonization of chicken gut (Campylobacter invasion antigen = Cia). ...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Biswas D,Fernando UM,Reiman CD,Willson PJ,Townsend HG,Potter AA,Allan BJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The facultative anaerobe Pantoea sp. strain A-13, isolated from ornithogenic soil of Dewart Island (Frazier Islands), Antarctica, produced glycolipid biosurfactants when grown on n-paraffins or kerosene as the sole source of carbon and energy. Hemolysis of erythrocytes, growth inhibition of Bacillus subtilis, and thin...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Vasileva-Tonkova E,Gesheva V

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional (2-D) gel electrophoresis was employed to display the expression profiles of proteins of Halobacillus dabanensis D-8(T) under 1%, 10%, and 20% salinities. Approximately 700 protein spots could be detected in the 2-D gels by Imagemastertrade mark 2D Platinum software. The molecular masses of the majorit...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Feng DQ,Yang LF,Lu WD,Yang SS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyt1Aa gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti), whose product synergizes other mosquitocidal toxins, and functions as a repressor of resistance developed by mosquitoes against Bacilli insecticides, was introduced into the aquatic Gram-negative bacterium Asticcacaulis excentricus alongside the cry...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Zheng D,Valdez-Cruz NA,Armengol G,Sevrez C,Munoz-Olaya JM,Yuan Z,Orduz S,Crickmore N

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plant growth-promoting Paenibacillus lentimorbus NRRL B-30488 (B-30488) was isolated from cows' milk. Bacterial colonization and growth responses of different plant species after inoculation with B-30488 were evaluated in a controlled environment and in microplot assays. Survival and colonization of B-30488 in the p...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： DasGupta SM,Khan N,Nautiyal CS

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bacterium capable of utilizing p-cresol as sole source of carbon and energy was isolated from soil and identified as a Bacillus species. The organism also utilized phenol, o-cresol, m-cresol, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, and gentisic acid as growth substrates. The organism degraded p-cresol to 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, which...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Tallur PN,Megadi VB,Kamanavalli CM,Ninnekar HZ

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofouling and microbiologically influenced corrosion are processes of material deterioration that originate from the attachment of microorganisms as quickly as the material is immersed in a nonsterile environment. Stainless steels, despite their wide use in different industries and as appliances and implant materials...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Baena MI,Márquez MC,Matres V,Botella J,Ventosa A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new antagonistic Burkholderia strain, designated MP-1 and producing antifungal activities against various filamentous plant pathogenic fungi, was isolated from the rhizoshere in the Naju area. Cultural characteristic studies strongly suggested that this strain belongs to the genus Burkholderia. The nucleotide sequen...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Mao S,Lee SJ,Hwangbo H,Kim YW,Park KH,Cha GS,Park RD,Kim KY

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We constructed recombinant phage particles displaying the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ba4 active toxin using the pfUSE5 and pComb3X phagemid vectors. The recombinant phage particles were screened and evaluated for displayed biologically active Cry1Ba4 toxin against the target insect larvae. Concurrent expression of Cry...

journal_title：Current microbiology

authors： Nathan S,Aziz DH,Mahadi NM

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00