abstract：:Integrating short DNA fragments at the correct leader-repeat junction is key to successful CRISPR-Cas memory formation. The Cas1-2 proteins are responsible to carry out this process. However, the CRISPR adaptation process additionally requires a DNA element adjacent to the CRISPR array, called leader, to facilitate ef...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kieper SN,Almendros C,Brouns SJJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of scientific research is essentially based on several metric parameters, the so-termed Impact Factor perhaps being the predominant one. Despite well-founded criticisms and the wide opposition of reputed scientists, this procedure has become a tool of scientific policy, and is applied in editorial proce...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Argüelles JC,Argüelles-Prieto R

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CRISPR-Cas adaptive immune systems protect bacteria from phage predation, and other foreign genetic elements such as plasmids. Significant advances have been made regarding how CRISPR-Cas systems elicit immunity; however, comparatively little is known about their regulation. To study CRISPR-Cas regulation, we describe...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hampton HG,Patterson AG,Chang JT,Taylor C,Fineran PC

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbial adhesion to hydrocarbons (MATH) test is one of the most common method to determine the hydrophobicity of cell surfaces. Despite its prevalence, no standard test parameters are used in literature, making a direct comparison of data almost impossible. Criticism also focuses on test parameters that may mask...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Nachtigall C,Weber C,Rothenburger S,Jaros D,Rohm H

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is often taken for granted that all animals host and depend upon a microbiome, yet this has only been shown for a small proportion of species. We propose that animals span a continuum of reliance on microbial symbionts. At one end are the famously symbiont-dependent species such as aphids, humans, corals and cows, ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hammer TJ,Sanders JG,Fierer N

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poultry is one of the most consumed meats worldwide and there are many different types of poultry products available on the market for consumers. Many poultry producers provide a variety of labeled meats based on rearing system such as organic, free-range and antibiotic-free. However, these labels often can be mislead...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lee SI,Choi J,Daeschel DZ,Park SH

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we analysed the diversity and composition of double-stranded DNA viral and bacterial communities within the sample of surface coastal water of Southern Baikal through metagenomics and deep sequencing of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene, respectively. The 16S rRNA gene analysis has revealed 14 phyla and domina...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Butina TV,Bukin YS,Krasnopeev AS,Belykh OI,Tupikin AE,Kabilov MR,Sakirko МV,Belikov SI

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to core Cas proteins, CRISPR-Cas loci often encode ancillary proteins that modulate the activity of the respective effectors in interference. Subtype VI-B1 CRISPR-Cas systems encode the Csx27 protein that down-regulates the activity of Cas13b when the type VI-B locus is expressed in Escherichia coli. We sh...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Makarova KS,Gao L,Zhang F,Koonin EV

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycoside hydrolase (GH) 16 family of Coprinopsis cinerea includes 15 members distributed in four subgroups (A1, A2, B and D) by phylogenetic analysis. The expression patterns match well with the requirement of wall-softening in the germination of basidiospores, hyphal growth and branching, primordium formation, s...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kang L,Zhu Y,Bai Y,Yuan S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CRISPR-Cas systems provide adaptive immunity against mobile genetic elements, but employment of this resistance mechanism is often reported with a fitness cost for the host. Whether or not CRISPR-Cas systems are important barriers for the horizontal spread of conjugative plasmids, which play a crucial role in the spre...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： van Sluijs L,van Houte S,van der Oost J,Brouns SJ,Buckling A,Westra ER

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a multidrug-resistant opportunistic pathogen. S. maltophilia quorum-sensing system is mediated by the diffusible signal factor (DSF), which synthesis depends on rpfF. It has been reported that rpfF disruption in S. maltophilia K279a leads to a loss of DSF synthesis, reduced levels of ex...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Alcaraz E,García C,Friedman L,de Rossi BP

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Competition assays measure differences between populations of bacteria after stress adaptation, populations of different bacteria and mutations in antibiotic resistance genes. We have developed a competition-based assay to evaluate if genes upregulated under starvation are important for bacterial survival. Stress resp...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Havis S,Rangel J,Mali S,Bodunrin A,Housammy Z,Zimmerer R,Murphy J,Widger WR,Bark SJ

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is common among intracellular bacterial pathogens to use eukaryotic-like proteins that mimic and manipulate host cellular processes to promote colonization and intracellular survival. Eukaryotic-like proteins are bacterial proteins with domains that are rare in bacteria, and known to function in the context of a eu...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Frank AC

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Probiotics are known for their health-promoting abilities through the production of various metabolites, and also benefits are membrane associated. Probiotic Enterococcus faecalis AG5 has been previously assessed for its probiotic properties and this study further strengthens that claim. Strain AG5 was inoculated with...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mishra AK,Kumar SS,Ghosh AR

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To exert a beneficial effect on the host, adequate doses of probiotics must be administered and maintaining their viability until consumption is thus essential. Dehydrated probiotics exhibit enhanced long-term viability and can be incorporated into low-moisture food matrices, which also possess high stability at refri...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Marcial-Coba MS,Knøchel S,Nielsen DS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The viability of probiotics is affected by several factors during manufacturing, storage and gastrointestinal tract passage. Protecting the probiotics from harmful conditions is particularly critical for oxygen sensitive species like Akkermansia muciniphila, a bacterium which recently has been proposed as a next-gener...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Marcial-Coba MS,Saaby L,Knøchel S,Nielsen DS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil isolate Pseudomonas sp. strain AKN5 degrades atrazine as the sole source of nitrogen. The strain showed expeditious growth on medium containing citrate as the carbon source and ammonium chloride as the nitrogen source as compared to citrate plus atrazine or cyanuric acid. Biochemical and nitrogen-source-dependent...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sharma A,Kalyani P,Trivedi VD,Kapley A,Phale PS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three heterocytous cyanobacterial strains were isolated from different habitats of Central India, and initial morphological studies indicated them to be members of the genus Nostoc or other closely related genera. Subsequent studies using morphological, ecological, molecular and phylogenetic methods indicated the thre...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Saraf A,Dawda HG,Suradkar A,Behere I,Kotulkar M,Shaikh ZM,Kumat A,Batule P,Mishra D,Singh P

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endophytic fungi from Paeonia lactiflora Pallas, which is mainly distributed in China, were characterized and screened to identify those capable of producing paeoniflorin. A total of 101 isolates obtained from the roots, stems and leaves of P. lactiflora were grouped into 16 fungal taxa based on morphological traits a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cheng X,Wei Z,Pu S,Xiang M,Yan A,Zhang Y,Wang X

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pectinases are enzymes that catalyze pectin degradation. There is a global demand for pectinases because of their wide utility and catalytic efficiency. Optimization of the fermentation process to increase the pectolytic enzyme activity is generally practiced to lower process costs, but whether temperature influences ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Guan Y,Yin D,Du X,Ye X

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital game-based learning (DGBL) is being used increasingly as an alternative learning tool to teach science in further and higher education. A variety of digital game formats currently exist for science learning, alongside diverse methods for their implementation and evaluation. This paper aims to provide a broad s...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Brown CL,Comunale MA,Wigdahl B,Urdaneta-Hartmann S

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symbioses between phototrophs and heterotrophs (a.k.a 'photosymbioses') are extremely common, and range from loose and temporary associations to obligate and highly specialized forms. In the history of life, the most transformative was the 'primary endosymbiosis,' wherein a cyanobacterium was engulfed by a eukaryote a...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gavelis GS,Gile GH

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Society for Microbiology's curricular guidelines for Introductory Microbiology highlighted key laboratory skills in the isolation, visualization and identification of microorganisms as core learning objectives in the discipline. Since the publication of these guidelines in 2012, there has been a paucity o...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wang JTH,Huston WM,Johanesen P,Lloyd M,Waller KL

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A broad range of different chemical and pharmaceutical compounds have been produced in microbial cell factories. To compete with traditional crude oil based production processes, the use of complex alternative raw materials such as lignocellulosic biomass, waste streams and utilization of CO2 in gas fermentations has ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Novak K,Pflügl S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review is devoted to the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in mollicutes (class Bacilli, subclass Mollicutes), the smallest self-replicating bacteria, that can cause diseases in plants, animals and humans, and also contaminate cell cultures and vaccine preparations. Research in this area has been mainly based o...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Chernov VM,Chernova OA,Mouzykantov AA,Medvedeva ES,Baranova NB,Malygina TY,Aminov RI,Trushin MV

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-free protein synthesis has emerged in recent years as a powerful tool that can potentially transform the production of recombinant proteins. Cell-free protein synthesis harnesses the synthetic power of living cells while eliminating many of the constraints of traditional cell-based gene expression methods. Due to...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lee KH,Kim DM

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The classical monomeric autotransporters are ubiquitously used by Gram-negative bacteria to export virulence and colonization factors to their cell surface or into their surroundings. They are expressed as monomeric proteins that pass the inner and outer membrane in two consecutive steps facilitated by the Sec translo...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： van Ulsen P,Zinner KM,Jong WSP,Luirink J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have a long history in industrial processes as food starters and biocontrol agents, and also as producers of high-value compounds. Lactic acid, their main product, is among the most requested chemicals because of its multiple applications, including the synthesis of biodegradable plastic pol...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tarraran L,Mazzoli R

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increase in Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) microorganisms has been exacerbated by exposure to antimicrobial drugs (e.g. antibiotics). A solution to AMR may require academic researchers to not only contribute to the drug discovery pipeline through laboratory research, but also to engage and inform non-specialist au...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Redfern J,Bowater L,Crossley M,Verran J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanobacterial natural products offer new possibilities for drugs and lead compounds but many factors can inhibit the production of sufficient yields for pharmaceutical processes. While Escherichia coli and Streptomyces sp. have been used as heterologous expression hosts to produce cyanobacterial natural products, the...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wells KN,Videau P,Nelson D,Eiting JE,Philmus B

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During protein synthesis, elongation factor G (EFG) participates at the steps of translocation and ribosome recycling. Fusidic acid (FA) is a bacteriostatic antibiotic, which traps EFG on ribosomes, stalling them on mRNAs. How the bacterial susceptibility to FA is determined, and which of the two functions of EFG (tra...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ayyub SA,Lahry K,Dobriyal D,Mondal S,Varshney U

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How proteins reach their native conformation and location has been a major question of biology during the last 50 years. To counterbalance protein misfolding and the accumulation of aggregation products, a complex network of chaperones and proteases takes care of protein quality control in the cell. Such a chaperone n...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mas G,Hiller S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Himalaya hosts a unique environment for microbial ecology. The present study aimed to explore the bioplastic producing bacterial communities along altitude gradient of Pangi-Chamba trans-Himalayan region. A total of 411 bacteria were isolated and 70 characterized at the molecular level for potential polyhydroxyalkanoa...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kumar V,Thakur V,Ambika,Kumar S,Singh D

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growing demand to replace fossil fuels with renewable alternatives has generated an urgent and imminent global need to find new non-fossil sources. Sweet sorghum is widely recognized as a highly promising biomass energy crop with the particular potential to complement sugarcane for ethanol production. Our aim in t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Durán MA,Dantur K,Ruiz RM,Romero ER,Zossi S,Gusils C

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains tolerant to osmotic stress are important for ethanol production during very high gravity (VHG) fermentation. We aimed to identify novel genes that confer enhanced tolerance to osmotic stress in S. cerevisiae. Two strains tolerant to up to 30% (w/v) glucose were isolated by screening a ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kim B,Kim HS

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stability of the membrane-bound and purified H+-translocating NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase, Complex I, was studied. The loss of the enzyme activity is strongly increased by alkaline pH and dilution of the sample. Complex I inactivation is prevented specifically by a low concentration of Ca2+ and/or an intracellular ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Belevich G,Belevich N,Knuuti J,Verkhovskaya M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tat machinery catalyzes the transport of folded proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane in bacteria and the thylakoid membrane in plants. Transport occurs only in the presence of an electric field (Δψ) and/or a pH (ΔpH) gradient, and thus, Tat transport is considered to be dependent on the proton motive force (pm...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hamsanathan S,Musser SM

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interest in endophytes as natural sources for new medicines was inspired by the discovery of paclitaxel-producing endophytic fungi. This study investigated the anti-cancer activity of extracts of endophytes isolated from two Australian plants, Eremophila longifolia (EL) and Eremophila maculata (EM). Endophytes were is...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zaferanloo B,Pepper SA,Coulthard SA,Redfern CPF,Palombo EA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic engineering is the practice of using directed genetic manipulations to rewire cellular metabolism primarily with the aim to transform the organism into a single-celled chemical factory. Using biological processes, we can produce more complex chemicals in a more sustainable way. This is particularly important...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ward VCA,Chatzivasileiou AO,Stephanopoulos G

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quorum quenching (QQ) activity of endophytic bacteria associated with medicinal plants was explored. Extracts of the Gram-negative Enterobacter sp. CS66 possessed potent N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL) hydrolytic activity in vitro. Using degenerate primers, we PCR-amplified an open reading frame (denoted aiiE) from...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shastry RP,Dolan SK,Abdelhamid Y,Vittal RR,Welch M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00