abstract：:To investigate the modular structure of the Rhizobium meliloti dicarboxylic acid sensor protein, DctB, three truncated DctB proteins (DctB4, DctB5 and DctB4G) were constructed, overproduced in Escherichia coli and purified. The DctB4G protein was composed of 446 amino acids of the DctB C-terminus and displayed strong ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Giblin L,Archdeacon J,O'Gara F

更新日期：1996-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoplasmic inclusions surrounded by a bilayer membrane were seen in thin sections. negatively stained and freeze-fractured preparations of Shewanella putrefaciens. Cells harvested from the late exponential and early stationary phase showed a higher number of these vesicles than bacteria isolated from early exponentia...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Krause B,Beveridge TJ,Remsen CC,Nealson KH

更新日期：1996-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The choline-containing teichoic and lipoteichoic acids play an important part in cell wall metabolism of Streptococcus pneumoniae. We propose that a choline kinase enzyme has a role in the synthesis of these antigens. The presence of this enzyme was demonstrated in cell free extracts of S. pneumoniae by measuring the ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Whiting GC,Gillespie SH

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The filamentous fungus Cunninghamella elegans has the ability to metabolize xenobiotics, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and pharmaceutical drugs, by both phase I and II biotransformations. Cytosolic and microsomal fractions were assayed for activities of cytochrome P450 monooxygenase, aryl sulfotransferase...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zhang D,Yang Y,Leakey JE,Cerniglia CE

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The porin-associated protein of Rhodospirillum rubrum FR1 was found to contain a peptidoglycan binding motif. A partial fragment of 179 amino acids, obtained by cleavage of PAP with trypsin, Asp-N protease, and CNBr, was sequenced. Substantial sequence homology was found of the C-terminal part (residues 126-179) of po...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Neumann U,Schiltz E,Stahl B,Hillenkamp F,Weckesser J

更新日期：1996-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A different mutation (SMR1B) to SMR1-410 (ilv2), which determines resistance to sulfometuron methyl in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, was cloned by PCR. Sequence analysis indicated a C to T change at position 575 of the ILV2 coding sequence, which results in a proline transition to leucine at position 192. Similarly to SMR...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Xie Q,Jiménez A

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myxococcus xanthus cells move over surfaces by gliding motility. The frz signal transduction system is used to control the reversal frequency, and thus the overall direction of movement of M. xanthus cells. We analyzed the behavior of wild-type and frz mutant cells in response to prey bacteria (Escherichia coli). Wild...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： McBride MJ,Zusman DR

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae exponentially growing in basic or 0.7 M NaCl medium were isotopically labelled with 35S-methionine, followed by protein separation and quantification by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D-PAGE) combined with computerised image analysis. The electrophoretic separation resolv...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Norbeck J,Blomberg A

更新日期：1996-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A chitinase was purified from the cytosolic fraction of the anaerobic rumen fungus Piromyces communis OTS1 by affinity chromatography using regenerated chitin, gel filtration and chromatofocusing. The chitinase was most active at pH 6.2 and at 60 degrees C in a 20-min assay. The molecular mass of the purified protein ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sakurada M,Morgavi DP,Komatani K,Tomita Y,Onodera R

更新日期：1996-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) was developed to detect Cryptosporidium parvum growth in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cell cultures. Optimal results were obtained when MDCK cells were plated at a density of 1 x 10(4) cells/well (96-well plate) and maintained as a monolayer for 4 days prior to infection with...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： You X,Arrowood MJ,Lejkowski M,Xie L,Schinazi RF,Mead JR

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Divergicin 750, a bacteriocin produced by Carnobacterium divergens 750, preferentially inhibited the growth of strains of Carnobacterium and Enterococcus. Selected strains of Listeria monocytogenes and Clostridium perfringens were also inhibited. The bacteriocin was purified to homogeneity by ammonium sulfate precipit...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Holck A,Axelsson L,Schillinger U

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactococcus lactis MG5267 is a plasmid-free strain in which the lactose operon is integrated in the bacterial chromosome. The chromosomal lacG gene which encodes phospho-beta-galactosidase was inactivated by a double cross-over integration event. Unexpectedly, the resultant mutant was shown to retain a Lac-positive ph...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Payne J,MacCormick CA,Griffin HG,Gasson MJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein-D2 porin of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is lacking in carbapenem or fluoroquinolone-resistant strains and hence was thought to facilitate the diffusion of these antibiotics. We examined the effect of several antibiotics on the single channel conductivity of protein-D2 in planar lipid bilayers and found that flu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ishii J,Nakae T

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyze regulation of the vanadium-dependent nitrogenase of Azotobacter vinelandii, plasmids carrying vnfE-, vnfH-, or vnfD-lacZ fusions were transferred to Escherichia coli. These genes were expressed only if VnfA was present. Deletions of the vnfE upstream region were constructed and comparison of a region necess...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Woodley P,Buck M,Kennedy C

更新日期：1996-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:FlgM inhibits the flagella-specific sigma factor FliA and is involved in the mouse-virulence of Salmonella typhimurium. In recent experiments, we observed that: (i) a flgM gene that could function to negatively regulate flagella synthesis was present in a variety of salmonellae; and (ii) the flgM gene derived from Sal...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Schmitt CK,Darnell SC,O'Brien AD

更新日期：1996-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve expression efficiency of the leuB gene of an extreme thermophile. Thermus thermophilus, in Escherichia coli, the gene was placed under a potent promoter, tac. However, the expression was hardly improved, despite increased transcription. The expression under tac promoter was significantly improved by introdu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ishida M,Oshima T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Glucosidase in Aspergillus nidulans was found to be both intracellular and extracellular. The intracellular beta-glucosidase was synthesized after the exhaustion of carbon source in the medium. The extracellular enzyme appeared with autolysis of the mycelium. Biosynthesis of beta-glucosidase was not induced by va...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lee J,Kwon KS,Hah YC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The filamentous fungus Fusarium lateritium is cyanide tolerant, due partly to the induction of the enzyme cyanide hydratase in the presence of cyanide. This enzyme catalyses the hydration of cyanide to formamide. The expression in Escherichia coli of a cDNA clone encoding cyanide hydratase is described. The cDNA clone...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Brown DT,Turner PD,O'Reilly C

更新日期：1995-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A newly isolated strain of Variovorax paradoxus could grow on homovanillate and several monohydroxylated phenylacetic acids. During growth on homovanillate, the organism formed separate NAD(P)H-dependent hydroxylases with activity towards 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillate. Homovanillate hydroxylase catalyse...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Allison N,Turner JE,Wait R

更新日期：1995-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosome analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis shows a high level of genetic heterogeneity between the two subspecies of the green sulfur bacteria Chlorobium limicola analysed: C. limicola and C. limicola f. s. thiosulfatophilum. Currently, they are differentiated only by the ability to utilize thiosulfate as...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Méndez-Alvarez S,Pavoń V,Esteve I,Guerrero R,Gaju N

更新日期：1995-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhizobium sp. SIN-1, isolated in India from root nodules on the tropical legume Sesbania aculeata, also induces nitrogen-fixing nodules on roots of S. macrocarpa, S. speciosa, S. procumbens, S. punicea, S. rostrata, and Vigna unguiculata. Unlike Azorhizobium caulinodans, SIN-1 does not induce stem nodules on S. rostra...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Rana D,Krishnan HB

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolates of anaerobic fungi obtained from the rumen, duodenum and faeces of sheep were identified as Piromyces mae based on their morphological characteristics observed using light microscopy. There was no significant morphological variation among the isolates of P. mae from the rumen, duodenum and faeces. Isozymes of...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wong MV,Ho YW,Tan SG,Abdullah N,Jalaludin S

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to characterize the metabolites produced in vivo by biphenyl-2,3-dioxygenase and biphenyl-2,3-dihydrodiol-2,3-dehydrogenase, the first two enzymes of the (polychloro)biphenyl catabolic pathway encoded by the bph locus of Pseudomonas sp. LB400, recombinant E. coli strains expressing the respective genes were c...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Seeger M,Timmis KN,Hofer B

更新日期：1995-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae non-O1 strain N037 produced a hemolysin (NO37-Hly) which was antigenically similar to E1 Tor hemolysin (E1 Tor-Hly) but different in molecular size, hemolytic activity, and glucose binding capacity. In the gene encoding NO37-Hly, a 4-bp insertion into the structural gene for E1 Tor-Hly (hlyA) was found...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Honma Y,Yamamoto K,Iwanaga M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A DNA segment located immediately upstream of the eaeA gene of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain HA1 was cloned and sequenced. This segment contained an open reading frame encoding a predicted protein of 156 amino acids. A database search identified similar open reading frames upstream of the eaeA gene...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zhao S,Mitchell SE,Meng J,Doyle MP,Kresovich S

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using electron microscopy, pili with at least two distinct morphologies were observed on strains of Pasteurella multocida isolated from pigs with atrophic rhinitis. Rigid pili were found on 60-80% of all cells observed. These pili had a strong tendency to lie flat along the side of the outer cell membrane of P. multoc...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Isaacson RE,Trigo E

更新日期：1995-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Outer membrane-associated proteins of 18 kDa were expressed by enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAggEC) belonging to serotypes O126:H27 and O44:H18, which hybridized with a probe derived from a plasmid necessary for enteroaggregative adhesion. The 18 kDa proteins expressed by strains of E. coli, belonging to these ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Chart H,Smith HR,Rowe B

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phylogenetic position of an acidophilic chemo-organotrophic menaquinone-containing bacterium, Acidobacterium capsulatum, was studied on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence information. A. capsulatum showed the highest level of sequence similarity to Heliobacterium chlorum, a member of the Gram-positive group, yet ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hiraishi A,Kishimoto N,Kosako Y,Wakao N,Tano T

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-five geographically different strains of Fusarium poae were assayed for the presence of extrachromosomal nucleic acid elements. All strains were found to harbour double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) elements and encapsidated virus-like particles (VLP). There were great individual differences in dsRNA patterns of the vari...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fekete C,Giczey G,Papp I,Szabó L,Hornok L

更新日期：1995-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel method for the identification of hepatitis B virus (HBV) variants was developed. The ligase chain reaction (LCR) distinguished the sequences of two isolates from the Gambia showing a change at nucleotide 421 within the region coding for the surface protein a antigenic determinant. One sequence was derived from...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Karthigesu VD,Mendy M,Fortuin M,Whittle HC,Howard CR,Allison LM

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum is the causative agent of both the cutaneous and visceral forms of leishmaniasis in southwest Europe; the dog is the main reservoir. In order to identify the L. (L.) infantum zymodemes present in Spain, a total number of 85 Leishmania stocks isolated from dogs (31), HIV-positive patien...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jiménez M,Ferrer-Dufol M,Cañavate C,Gutiérrez-Solar B,Molina R,Laguna F,López-Vélez R,Cercenado E,Daudén E,Blázquez J

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of adaptation of bacteria to survive at elevated temperature in the human host and the expression of heat-shock proteins in response to stress was examined by labelling with [35S]methionine. An increase in culture temperature from 26 degrees C to 37 degrees C induced expression of certain bacterial prote...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Salotra P,Singh DK,Seal KP,Krishna N,Jaffe H,Bhatnagar R

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of the 2 kb nucleotide sequence including the 5'-flanking region of a cell-adhesion protein-encoding gene (mfbA) isolated from the basidiomycete Lentinus edodes revealed that the promoter region contains a TATA box, a GC box, a CAAT box, a CT-rich sequence element, a TATA box, two CT-rich sequences, and a ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kondoh O,Shishido K

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-toxin gene from Clostridium perfringens type C was cloned and expressed as a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein in Escherichia coli. The DNA sequence was determined and compared to the type B sequence. Two nucleotide differences were found in the protein coding sequence, resulting in one amino acid diff...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Steinthorsdottir V,Fridriksdottir V,Gunnarsson E,Andrésson OS

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the hemolytic activity of Escherichia coli strain EC901 carrying plasmid pBJN406 containing genes draA-E involved in expression of the mannose-resistant Dr hemagglutinin, and in its isogenic insertion mutants devised with Tn5, Tn3, and TnphoA. While E. coli BN406 displayed rapid hemolytic activity agai...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Goluszko P,Nowicki S,Kaul AK,Pham T,Nowicki BJ

更新日期：1995-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium sp. PYR-1 was previously isolated in our laboratory and was shown to be able to mineralize high molecular mass polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) [Heitkamp and Cerniglia, (1988) Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 54, 1612-1614]. In this research, the 16S rRNA gene (rDNA) of this strain was amplified by polym...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wang RF,Cao WW,Cerniglia CE

更新日期：1995-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Research devoted to uncovering the mechanisms of adherence of Candida albicans to human tissue is reviewed. The physical aspects of adherence of the fungus to host cells and the biochemical and molecular features, as far as they are known, are discussed. Relevant pre- and post-adherence events in the pathogenesis of d...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pendrak ML,Klotz SA

更新日期：1995-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The 16S rDNA of 17 strains of Azospirillum, 14 assigned to one of the known species A. amazonense, A. brasilense, A. halopraeferens, A. irakense and A. lipoferum, and the other three of uncertain taxonomic position, was sequenced after polymerase chain reaction amplification and analysed in order to investigate the ph...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fani R,Bandi C,Bazzicalupo M,Ceccherini MT,Fancelli S,Gallori E,Gerace L,Grifoni A,Miclaus N,Damiani G

更新日期：1995-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Viable counts and activities of sulfate-reducing bacteria were determined in the oral cavities of 12 healthy volunteers. Of these, 10 harboured viable sulfate-reducing bacteria populations. Six separate sites were sampled: the posterior tongue, anterior tongue, mid buccal mucosa, vestibular mucosa, supragingival plaqu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Willis CL,Gibson GR,Allison C,Macfarlane S,Holt JS

更新日期：1995-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803 was tagged by chromosomal integration of the firefly luciferase gene, luc, resulting in the modified strain Synechocystis 6803-luc. The tagged cells were monitored in Baltic Sea microcosms both by detection of the luc gene by PCR amplification and by measurement of luc gene expres...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Möller A,Norrby AM,Gustafsson K,Jansson J

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00