abstract：:A cloning cassette, carrying a modified amino-glycoside resistance gene (neo) from transposon Tn5 was constructed. Three restriction sites internal to the neo gene were eliminated by in vitro mutagenesis, allowing their use in designing new cloning vectors. The original, suboptimal transcription promoter was replaced ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Denis F,Brzezinski R

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequences of the epidermolytic toxins and V8 serine proteinase share about 25% identity, including the catalytic triad at the proteinase active centre. Here we have altered the putative ETA active-site serine-195 to glycine by site-directed mutagenesis. No epidermolytic activity was detected when up to 100-fold gr...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Redpath MB,Foster TJ,Bailey CJ

更新日期：1991-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Alignment of published 16S rRNA sequences allowed the definition of a pair of oligonucleotides suitable for polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Using this pair of PCR primers, several mycoplasmas including the four human parasites Mycoplasma genitalium, M. hominis, M. salivarium and M. orale were detected. This DNA ampli...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Blanchard A,Gautier M,Mayau V

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A broad distribution of the lactococcal IS elements ISS1 [1] and IS904 [2] in several lactococcal plasmids and chromosomal DNA was observed. Hybridization of the ISS1 and IS904 oligonucleotide gene probes with DNA of lactococcal phages showed that none of these tested bacteriophages contained one of the IS elements. O...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Schäfer A,Jahns A,Geis A,Teuber M

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Brief exposure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to a temperature of 10 degrees C or lower caused a significant leakage of the periplasmic beta-lactamase into the medium. The extent of leakage increased as the incubation temperature was lowered to 4 degrees C and reached a maximum at 0 degrees C. Cells grown in the presence o...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lei Y,Satake S,Ishii J,Nakae T

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The clonal relationship of thirty E. coli strains of 0 antigen serotype 06 isolated from human, dog, pig or cow infections were investigated. Two main clones with serotypes 06 : H1 or 06 : H31, H- were identified. Isolates from humans, dogs, pigs and cows were found in both clones, indicating that animals are a possib...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cherifi A,Contrepois M,Picard B,Goullet P,Orskov I,Orskov F,De Rycke J

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve strains of Candida albicans were grown in defined medium which had been deferrated by ion-exchange chromatography and then supplemented with FeCl3 to give iron concentrations ranging from 0.026 microM (growth-limiting) to 0.8 microM (excess). All of the strains secreted hydroxamate-type siderophores; phenolate ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sweet SP,Douglas LJ

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scrA gene coding for sucrose EnzymeII of the phosphoenolpyruvate dependent phosphotransferase system previously isolated from Streptococcus mutans was fused in vitro to the promoterless lacZ' gene to monitor the expression of the scrA gene. The scrA::lacZ gene fusion was introduced back into S. mutans GS-5IS3 by t...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sato Y,Yamamoto Y,Suzuki R,Kizaki H,Kuramitsu HK

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotype, genome, protein and plasmid profile diversity amongst 40 epidemiologically unrelated strains of Helicobacter pylori was studied. Strains were API Zym biotypes II, III and IV but most (87%) were biotype II. Four subsets of strains were defined on a combination of motility (56% positive) and cytotoxin productio...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Owen RJ,Bickley J,Moreno M,Costas M,Morgan DR

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A typing method for Clostridium difficile based on restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) is described. The technique utilizes commercially available Escherichia coli ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) as probe material. Probe labelling, hybridization and detection was performed using the Enhanced Chemilumine...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bowman RA,O'Neill GL,Riley TV

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The mol% G + C of DNA extracted from seven different isolates of Renibacterium salmoninarum was determined. Organisms studied were from selected geographical areas (U.S.A., Canada, England and France) and were isolated from five different species of salmonid fish. The mol% G + C was determined to be 55.5, higher than ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Banner CR,Rohovec JS,Fryer JL

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The xylanase gene of Streptomyces flavogriseus was cloned in pUC8 plasmid and expressed in Escherichia coli lysogenic for lambda cI857. lambda-Induced lysis of E. coli at 42 degrees C allowed efficient release of cloned enzyme activity in extracellular environment. The xylanase gene was located in the 0.8-kb HindIII f...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Srivastava R,Ali SS,Srivastava BS

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenylate kinase isoenzymes localised in the mitochondria and in the cytosol have been detected in extracts of glucose-grown Aspergillus nidulans using specific staining after electrophoresis on cellulose acetate. The isoenzymes have similar Km values for AMP, ADP and MgATP2- but may differ in the mechanism used for i...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Hoang VQ,Jaklitsch W,Scrutton MC

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hybridoma cell lines producing monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against a hemagglutinin/protease (HA/P) from Vibrio cholerae non-01 were produced and characterized. The two MAbs contained the kappa light chain and were IgG1 type. They similarly neutralized HA/P protease activity derived from both V. cholerae non-01 an...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Honda T,Hata-Naka A,Lertpocasombat K,Miwatani T

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plasmid has been constructed which is a bifunctional vector for Escherichia coli and for streptomycetes, containing the cos site of Streptomyces phage phi C31. It can be efficiently transduced into S. lividans 66 and into several other Streptomyces species. The nucleotide sequence of a 311-bp DNA fragment containing...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kobler L,Schwertfirm G,Schmieger H,Bolotin A,Sladkova I

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophage P008 revealed irreversible and uniform adsorption to cell walls of L. lactis subsp. 'diacetylactis' F7/2, whereas phage P127 adsorbed reversibly to a limited number of receptor sites on cell walls of L. lactis subsp. cremoris Wg2-1. Neither extraction of lipids, cell wall- and membrane-teichoic acids nor...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Schäfer A,Geis A,Neve H,Teuber M

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using labelled, gamma-32P rRNA of mycobacteria as a probe restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of rRNA genes of strains belonging to the Mycobacterium fortuitum-chelonei complex was analysed. Each DNA sample was cleaved with EcoRI restriction endonuclease, the fragments were separated by agarose gel electro...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kanaujia GV,Katoch VM,Shivannavar CT,Sharma VD,Patil MA

更新日期：1991-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:As shown by both bioassay and high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analysis, penicillin G production by Aspergillus nidulans is subject to regulation by the pH of the growth medium. Penicillin titres were highest at alkaline pH and in strains carrying mutations in the regulatory gene pacC which mimics the ef...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shah AJ,Tilburn J,Adlard MW,Arst HN Jr

更新日期：1991-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In Bordetella pertussis virulence-associated genes, including adenylate cyclase toxin (Cya), are coordinately regulated in response to environmental signals by proteins coded by the bvg-locus. We have constructed cya-lac fusions in Escherichia coli and have shown that the cya operon is not expressed in E. coli, neithe...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Goyard S,Ullmann A

更新日期：1991-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. ATCC 29132 was shown to contain two sequence-specific endonucleases. Nsp(29132) I was an isoschizomer of AsuII, and Nsp(29132) II was an isoschizomer of BamHI. Nsp(29132) II was shown to generate ends that could be ligated to those generated by BamHI. ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Muro-Pastor AM,Herrero A,Flores E

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family of stable lactococcal vectors have been constructed based on the pFX1 replicon using either the alpha fragment or the complete Escherichia coli lacZ gene as a selective marker. These vectors also incorporate multiple cloning sites and examples are given of their use for gene cloning and translational fusion s...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Xu FF,Pearce LE,Yu PL

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small plasmids were found in two clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Spain (strains 671 and 678) and in one strain (SpR) isolated in Germany. All three strains contained one plasmid (2.75 to 3.1 kb) which is related to the only previously described pneumococcal plasmid, pDP1. Strains 678 and SpR carried...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sibold C,Markiewicz Z,Latorre C,Hakenbeck R

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A peptide from human parotid secretion which inhibited hemagglutination of Bacteroides gingivalis 381 was purified by ultrafiltration followed by DEAE-Sephadex A-25 column chromatography and by gel filtration on Sephadex G-25, and then by reversed-phase HPLC. The complete amino acid sequence of the peptide, determined...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Murakami Y,Amano A,Takagaki M,Shizukuishi S,Tsunemitsu A,Aimoto S

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal DNA from 62 strains of 'Campylobacter upsaliensis' from blood and faecal specimens of patients in Australia, Belgium, South Africa and England, and seven dog isolates from England and Sweden were examined. DNA base compositions of 21 strains were 35 +/- 1 mol% G + C. Electrophoresis of HaeIII DNA digests g...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Owen RJ,Hernandez J

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The restriction deficient mutant 8195 of Acholeplasma laidlawii strain JA1 was transformed by the promiscuous streptococcal plasmid vector pNZ18 at a frequency of 4 x 10(-4)/cfu. The plasmid was maintained without structural rearrangements but was lost in the absence of a selection pressure, i.e. kanamycin or neomycin...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sundström TK,Wieslander A

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed gel electrophoretic banding patterns of penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) of 16 type strains of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS). S. epidermidis, S. haemolyticus, S. saprophyticus, S. hominis, S. xylosus, S. simulans, S. warneri, S. capitis, S. saccharolyticus, S. auricularis, S. caseolyticus, S. ga...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kanda K,Hiramatsu K,Yokota T

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mapping of the plasmid-encoded RNA of the intracellular parasite, Chlamydia trachomatis revealed that the upstream control elements are different from those of other Gram-negative bacteria. A tetranucleotide, AYAA was found near the -10 position, in 5 out of 8 upstream sequences described so far. The plasmid also has ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sriprakash KS,Pearce BJ

更新日期：1990-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on amino acid sequence similarities between the methylated elongation factor EF-Tu from Escherichia coli and the EF-Tu from Euglena gracilis chloroplast, we predicted that the latter could also be methylated in the presence of an appropriate methyltransferase. We found that, as reported for the eubacterial homol...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Toledo H,Jerez CA

更新日期：1990-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The outer membrane protein (OMP) profiles of four different strains of Bacteroides fragilis, as determined by Coomassie blue stained polyacrylamide gels, were compared after growth in broth culture and in the mouse peritoneal cavity. There was no induction of the expression of large quantities of novel OMP after growt...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Patrick S,Lutton DA

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoglucanase of Aspergillus niger AS-101 was partially purified by ammonium sulphate fractionation and molecular sieving on Sephadex G-200. The enzyme was found to be unstable on storage, however, it received some protection on the addition of BSA, glycerol or sodium azide. Glycerol also protected the enzyme from ina...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Singh A,Agrawal AK,Abidi AB,Darmwal NS

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative cloning efficiencies for B. megaterium, B. subtilis, and E. coli were compared. Transformation of B. megaterium is less efficient than transformation of B. subtilis or E. coli. The frequency of recombinant clones was equal in E. coli and B. megaterium; both somewhat higher than in B. subtilis. Equivalent ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Von Tersch MA,Robbins HL

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phylogenetic interrelationships of the genera Pediococcus and Aerococcus were investigated using reverse transcriptase sequencing of 16S rRNA. The genus Pediococcus was found to be phylogenetically heterogeneous. The four species P. acidilactici, P. damnosus, P. parvulus and P. pentosaceus formed a phylogeneticall...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Collins MD,Williams AM,Wallbanks S

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of coumarin (1,2 benzopyrone) on glucose utilisation by the anaerobic rumen fungi Neocallimastix frontalis and N. patriciarum has been compared with the effect of p-coumaric acid. Both compounds largely inhibited glucose utilisation by N. patriciarum strain Cx when present in the medium at a concentration o...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cansunar E,Richardson AJ,Wallace G,Stewart CS

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia was induced in rats by chronic corticosteroid immunosuppression. The parasite was separated from virtually all contaminating host cells using the technique of unit gravity sedimentation. Cellular contamination was routinely below 0.02%. The same technique allowed partial separation of th...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Taylor MB,Easmon CS

更新日期：1990-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have devised a reliable procedure for the separation of three beta-lactamases of isoelectric focusing points (pI), 5.4, 6.5, and 7.9 by Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC System). All of these enzymes were transferable and originated from a ceftazidime and cefotaxime resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated i...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Payne DJ,Hood J,Marriott MS,Amyes SG

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PM3 is an Aeromonas-specific bacteriophage which was isolated and characterized on A. hydrophila strain TF7. Spontaneous mutants resistant to PM3 were non-motile having lost their characteristic monopolar flagellum. In addition, purified flagella inactivated PM3. PM3 is the first filamentous bacteriophage isolated on ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Merino S,Camprubi S,Tomás JM

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of isogenic mutants lacking either the O1 (O-:K66) or K66 (O1:K-) antigens or both (O-:K-), some of which had additional defects in their LPS core polysaccharide was used to examine the interaction between polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNLs) and K. pneumoniae serotype O1:K66. In the absence of serum compleme...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Williams P,Ciurana B,Camprubi S,Tomas JM

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of daptomycin on exponential phase cells of Bacillus megaterium were investigated. Bacteriostasis was observed for concentrations between 1 and 3 micrograms/ml and maximal rate of cell lysis at 10 micrograms/ml. At sublytic concentrations (1.5-3 micrograms/ml), the variations of the pools of UDP-N-acetylgl...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Mengin-Lecreulx D,Allen NE,Hobbs JN,van Heijenoort J

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two thermophilic bacteria, which are capable of growing on starch at 60-70 degrees C under anaerobic conditions, were isolated from a sugar refinery in Uelzen and from Solar lake in Israel. On the basis of their physiological characteristics they were identified as Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum Uel 1 and C. thermo...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Klingeberg M,Hippe H,Antranikian G

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria meningitidis is able to chelate iron from human transferrin (HTF), the main sequestrator of extracellular iron in vivo. Previous workers have reported that a ca. 70 kilodalton (kDa) iron regulated outer membrane protein (FeRP-70) is a highly specific receptor for HTF. We have examined the interaction between...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Ala'Aldeen DA,Davies HA,Wall RA,Borriello SP

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00