abstract：:A murine monoclonal antibody, designated MA-2G9, directed against outer surface protein A (OspA) of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, has been produced. Antibody MA-2G9, IgG1 subclass, was purified by affinity chromatography on protein G Sepharose column and used for purification of OspA antigen from ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Abolhassani M,Pavia CS,Dunn JJ,Chiao JW

更新日期：1993-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the mechanisms used by Trichomonas vaginalis to damage cellular membranes, using human erythrocytes as target cells. Haemolysis is a contact- and temperature-dependent phenomenon, and is inhibited in 4 mM EGTA. Osmotic protection experiments using carbohydrates with different molecular diameters a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Fiori PL,Rappelli P,Rocchigiani AM,Cappuccinelli P

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of specific inhibitors of glycoprotein trimming reactions on Junin virus (JV) replication were investigated. Bromoconduritol, an inhibitor of glucosidase II, significantly reduced infective virus production (DE50: 1.1 mM) and viral protein expression. Neither 1-deoxynojirimycin, an inhibitor of both glucos...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Silber AM,Candurra NA,Damonte EB

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different nucleic acid precursor utilization patterns were obtained for five avian isolates of Chlamydia psittaci. Three of the isolates behaved in a manner similar to that previously described, showing total dependency on the host cell for ribonucleoside triphosphates and being unable to utilize medium-supplied t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： McClarty G,Fan H,Andersen AA

更新日期：1993-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A phage typing system using a group of 11 closely related phage (as judged by Southern analysis and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis) was able to distinguish at least six phage types in Salmonella heidelberg of human and animal origin. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis using cosmid pro...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Harvey D,Harrington C,Heuzenroeder MW,Murray C

更新日期：1993-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The hybrid Pseudomonas cepacia strain JHR22 was tested for its ability to degrade Aroclor 1221 in soil. The influence of supplements--mineral salts and trace elements--on the degradation was investigated. Disappearance of Aroclor 1221 congeners, occurrence of metabolites, and release of chloride were measured under di...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Havel J,Reineke W

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Salmonella typhimurium the metE and metR promoters overlap and are divergently transcribed. Three tandem repeats of an 8 bp sequence defined previously as the metE operator site for MetJ-mediated repression also overlap the -35 region of the metR promoter. Starting with a metE-lacZ.metR-galK double gene fusion, sit...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wu WF,Urbanowski ML,Stauffer GV

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testosterone and 4-androstene-3,17-dione (androstenedione) binding proteins were found in the cytosol of Cochliobolus lunatus, a filamentous fungus. The maximal androgen binding occurred by 120 min at 0 degrees C. Androgen binding proteins were degraded by protease treatment and at high temperature. The mean Kd determ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kastelic-Suhadolc T,Lenasi H

更新日期：1993-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene product with an apparent molecular mass of approximately 39,000 Da can be identified in the cytoplasmic membrane of Escherichia coli upon expression of cloned envC. In this communication we report that the product was labelled with [3H]glycerol and [3H]palmitic acid, and a precursor molecule of increased molecu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Seiffer D,Klein JR,Plapp R

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both form I and II ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) genes were detected in Thiobacillus intermedius by heterologous hybridization using specific probes from Anacystis nidulans and Rhodobacter sphaeroides, respectively. However, only the previously reported form I enzyme could be demonstrated i...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Stoner MT,Shively JM

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genes encoding transferrin-binding proteins (TBPs) 1 and 2 of Neisseria meningitidis and N. gonorrhoeae were used as model loci in a novel method of cloning (twin N-terminal polymerase chain reaction; TNT-PCR) involving amplification between the 5' ends of two genes. Primers were based on N-terminal amino-acid seq...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wilton J,Ala'Aldeen D,Palmer HM,Borriello SP

更新日期：1993-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The flaA gene, which codes for the Spirochaeta aurantia flagellar filament outer layer polypeptide, FlaA, was cloned, sequenced and analysed. The gene appears to be transcribed into a monocistronic mRNA from a sigma 70-like promoter. The translational start is 31 base pairs after the start of the transcript, the open ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Parales J Jr,Greenberg EP

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 42- and 51-kDa protein genes of Bacillus sphaericus 1593 have been subcloned independently downstream from the cytA gene promoter of Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis and introduced into a non-mosquitocidal strain of Bacillus thuringiensis. Consequently, each protein was overproduced and accumulated as in...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Nicolas L,Nielsen-Leroux C,Charles JF,Delécluse A

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The precise molecular mechanism of Staphylococcus aureus beta-toxin inactivation by the serotype F triple-converting phage phi 42, phi A1 and phi A3 was investigated. Sequence analysis of the phi 42 (attP) and Staphylococcus aureus (attB) attachment sites and the left (attL) and right (attR) chromosomal/bacteriophage ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Carroll JD,Cafferkey MT,Coleman DC

更新日期：1993-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The glnAntrBC operon of Proteus vulgaris was cloned and heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli. The nucleotide sequence was determined. An open reading frame of 1407 bp was identified as the glnA gene and the deduced amino acid sequence showed 82% identity with the E. coli glutamine synthetase protein. Heterolog...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Steglitz-Mörsdorf U,Mörsdorf G,Kaltwasser H

更新日期：1993-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Amplification of the gene encoding 23S rRNA of Aeromonas hydrophila by polymerase chain reaction, with primers complementary to conserved regions of 16S and the 3'-end of 23S rRNA genes, resulted in a DNA fragment of approximately 3 kb. This fragment was cloned in Escherichia coli, and its nucleotide sequence determin...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： East AK,Collins MD

更新日期：1993-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual isolates of Escherichia coli synthesize one of more than 70 chemically distinct polysaccharides which form the capsule. In this article we review the genetics of capsule production in E. coli and highlight what this is beginning to reveal in terms of the genetic basis of the structural diversity of polysacc...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Boulnois G,Drake R,Pearce R,Roberts I

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipoate acetyltransferase (E2p) subunits of the pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) complex of Escherichia coli have three tandemly repeated lipoyl domains, although net deletions of one or two has no apparent effect on the activity of the purified complexes. Plasmids containing IPTG-inducible aceEF-lpd operons, which en...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Machado RS,Clark DP,Guest JR

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we propose a model of apical growth for streptomycetes. The apical tip is considered as a multilayered wall that expands by an inside-to-outside mechanism of growth. It is also assumed that each layer is made up of peptidoglycan blocks, each of them being the result of the biosynthetic activity of a wal...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Miguélez EM,Martín C,Manzanal MB,Hardisson C

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium thermocellum, a Gram-positive, thermophilic anaerobe produces a highly active cellulase system. This system, termed the cellulosome, is a complex composed of at least 14-18 different types of components organized around a large, cellulose-binding protein. Combining recombinant DNA technology and protein bi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Béguin P,Millet J,Aubert JP

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus subtilis cells must have cytochromes for growth and can synthesize cytochromes of a-, b-, c-, d-, and o-types. After a long lag, our knowledge of the structure, genetics and specific role for these cytochromes is now growing exponentially as the result of recent research. This progress is reviewed here and in...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： von Wachenfeldt C,Hederstedt L

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of nifA-, niH- and nifB-lacZ fusions was examined in different mutants of Azospirillum brasilense. Mutations in nifA, glnA and glnB severely impaired the expression of nifH- and nifB-lacZ fusions. By contrast, a nifA-lacZ fusion was not affected in a nifA or a glnB background and was only partially impa...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Liang YY,de Zamaroczy M,Arsène F,Paquelin A,Elmerich C

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Candida albicans to adhere to subendothelial extracellular matrix (ECM) may be important in the pathogenesis of disseminated candidiasis. ECM proteins, such as fibronectin, laminin, and types I and IV collagen bind C. albicans avidly. These proteins all possess heparin-binding domains. The influence of ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Klotz SA,Smith RL

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The virulence of Salmonella typhimurium for mice is dependent on a plasmid-borne gene cluster termed spv. We previously determined that both S. typhimurium and Escherichia coli bacteria grown in a rich medium preferentially express the spv genes during the stationary phase of growth. In this study we evaluated the rol...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Norel F,Robbe-Saule V,Popoff MY,Coynault C

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two monoclonal antibodies (G6 and 7B), generated against a 63-kDa stress protein (GSP63) from Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain VP1, were used to investigate the antigenic heterogeneity of GSP63 among the Neisseriaceae and its antigenic relationship with the Hsp60 heat-shock protein family. Immunoblotting experiments demon...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pannekoek Y,Dankert J,van Putten JP

更新日期：1992-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The FIS protein (factor for inversion stimulation) is known to activate the transcription of rRNA and tRNA operons in Escherichia coli. In this report the growth behaviour of a fis bacterium was studied under steady-state conditions and in competition experiments with a wild-type bacterium in a chemostat. The growth r...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Nilsson L,Verbeek H,Hoffmann U,Haupt M,Bosch L

更新日期：1992-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of a 714-bp DNA fragment containing the enterotoxic Escherichia coli (ETEC) adhesive factor 8786 structural gene, designated nfaA, revealed an open reading frame of 498 bp encoding a polypeptide of 166 amino acids. Primer-extension experiments showed that the nfaA gene is within a single transc...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Aubel D,Darfeuille-Michaud A,Martin C,Joly B

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two L-methionine-enriched mutants, SN-78 and SE-57, were isolated in a sulphur-deficient medium from the methylotrophic yeast Candida boidinii ICCF26. No significant differences were detected between the L-cysteine pools of the mutants and the wild-type. In mutant strain SE-57, S-adenosylmethionine and ergosterol leve...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Avram D,Stan R

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of a Mycobacterium avium complex serotype 20 rough-colony variant in 1.0% Tween 80 resulted in a smooth-colony morphological conversion that was reversible upon removal of Tween and was not associated with the presence of serotype-specific glycopeptidolipid antigens. Electron microscopic examination suggested t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wright EL,Pourshafie M,Barrow WW

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical and molecular mechanism of toxicity of nitrite towards food-spoilage bacteria such as Clostridium botulinum or Clostridium sporogenes is not well understood. In order to discover the active species and explore its chemistry, a number of compounds related to nitrite were synthesized. Their bacteriocidal ef...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cui X,Joannou CL,Hughes MN,Cammack R

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major heat shock proteins from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans were identified as DnaK and GroEL equivalents by Western blotting and analysis of the N-terminal amino acid sequence of spots isolated from dried 2-D polyacrylamide electrophoresis gels. The T. ferrooxidans chaperonins showed 70% and 80% identity with the Es...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Varela P,Jerez CA

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high-level expression system for the Escherichia coli HB101 gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) gene was constructed to obtain a sufficient amount of the enzyme for structural studies. About 300 mg of the enzyme was purified from 2 1 of culture broth. Both subunits were needed to reconstitute GGT activity. The E. col...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ishiye M,Niwa M

更新日期：1992-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholera epidemics caused by Vibrio cholerae 01 continue to represent a major public health concern in many developing countries. A rapid and simple test kit for the detection of V. cholerae 01 has been developed. The kit, CholeraScreen is a monoclonal antibody-based, co-agglutination test and is used directly with sto...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Colwell RR,Hasan JA,Huq A,Loomis L,Siebeling RJ,Torres M,Galvez S,Islam S,Tamplin MT,Bernstein D

更新日期：1992-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene nfxB is one of the genes which affect the cell membrane permeability of quinolones in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO. Both wild-type nfxB and a mutant nfxB (nfx13E) were cloned and the DNA sequences were determined. The wild-type gene was dominant in PAO strains. The nfxB mutation was a point mutation (cytosine--...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Okazaki T,Hirai K

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptomyces tendae Tü901 produces nikkomycins belonging to the nucleoside peptide antibiotics. Mutants defective in histidine catabolism were isolated and characterized with regard to their histidine ammonium-lyase activity and antibiotic synthesis. In the histidine ammonialyase-negative mutant hut-11 which was unimp...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Roos U,Mattern S,Schrempf H,Bormann C

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The best yield of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Pseudomonas pseudomallei GIFU 12046 was obtained by extraction of defatted cells by phenol/chloroform/petroleum ether. The LPS showed a smooth character on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and contained D-glucose, L-glycero-D-manno-heptose, and D-glucosamine as the m...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kawahara K,Dejsirilert S,Danbara H,Ezaki T

更新日期：1992-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We present evidence that glycine betaine (betaine) which was synthesized from choline was excreted and reaccumulated in osmoregulating cells of Escherichia coli. Choline which was accumulated in bet mutants defective in betaine synthesis was shown to be excreted in response to betaine uptake. Our data suggest that E. ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lamark T,Styrvold OB,Strøm AR

更新日期：1992-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Primers designed to conserved regions of botulinum and tetanus clostridial toxins were used to amplify DNA fragments from non-proteolytic Clostridium botulinum type F (202F) DNA using polymerase chain reaction technology. The fragments were cloned and the complete nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding type F toxin ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： East AK,Richardson PT,Allaway D,Collins MD,Roberts TA,Thompson DE

更新日期：1992-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In Azotobacter chroococcum the hydrogenase structural genes (hupSL) cover about 2.8 kb of a 15-kb region associated with hydrogen-uptake (Hup) activity. Two other genes in this region, hupD and hupE, were located 8.9 kb downstream of hupL and were shown to be essential for hydrogenase activity by insertion mutagenesis...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Du L,Stejskal F,Tibelius KH

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-six strains of S. thermophilus were examined for their plasmid content. Thirteen strains were found to contain one or two plasmids ranging in size from 2.1 to 7.4 kb. DNA-DNA hybridization analysis revealed the presence of five distinct groups of DNA homology. The complete nucleotide sequence of plasmid pST1 (A...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Janzen T,Kleinschmidt J,Neve H,Geis A

更新日期：1992-08-15 00:00:00