abstract：:Francisella tularensis is a highly virulent bacterial species that causes various forms of tularemia in humans. The urgency in understanding the pathogenesis of these diseases has stimulated unprecedented interest in this bacterial species over the past few years. Recent findings underscore a number of important disti...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Parmely MJ,Fischer JL,Pinson DM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcriptional repressor CcpN from Bacillus subtilis mediates the CcpA-independent catabolite repression of three genes, sr1, encoding a small regulatory RNA, and two gluconeogenesis genes, gapB and pckA. The intracellular concentration of CcpN was determined to be around 4000 molecules per cell. The B. subtilis ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Eckart RA,Brantl S,Licht A

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When challenged by stresses such as starvation, the soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis produces an endospore surrounded by a proteinaceous coat composed of >70 proteins that are organized into three main layers: an amorphous undercoat, lightly staining lamellar inner coat and electron-dense outer coat. This coat protect...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Müllerová D,Krajčíková D,Barák I

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transposon mini-Tn7 vectors insert into the chromosome of several Gram-negative bacteria in a site-specific manner. Here, we showed the application of mini-Tn7 as single copy site-specific integration vector system for Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. The transposition of the mini-Tn7 into the bacterial genome w...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jittawuttipoka T,Buranajitpakorn S,Fuangthong M,Schweizer HP,Vattanaviboon P,Mongkolsuk S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfer of DNA by conjugation has been the method generally used for genetic manipulation of Edwardsiella ictaluri because, previously, attempts to transform E. ictaluri by the uptake of naked DNA have apparently failed. We report here the successful transformation of seven strains of E. ictaluri using electroporatio...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Russo R,Panangala VS,Wood RR,Klesius PH

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The significance of the chronicled role of the yeast transcription factor Adr1p in regulating ETR1 was examined in wild type and isogenic adr1Delta mutant cells. An ETR1-lacZ reporter construct was used to verify Adr1p-dependent gene expression. On solid glycerol medium containing X-gal, wild-type cells expressing the...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Gurvitz A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resveratrol (3,5,4'-trihydroxy-trans-stilbene), an antifungal phytoalexin produced by grapes, peanuts, and Japanese knotweeds, is thought to be a beneficial dietary phytochemical in red wine and grape juice. Information on its antibacterial properties and biotransformation, however, is limited. We surveyed the interac...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Jung CM,Heinze TM,Schnackenberg LK,Mullis LB,Elkins SA,Elkins CA,Steele RS,Sutherland JB

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coiled-coil protein DivIVA is a determinant of apical growth and hyphal branching in Streptomyces coelicolor. We have investigated the properties of this protein and the involvement of different domains in its essential function and subcellular targeting. In S. coelicolor cell extracts, DivIVA was present as large...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Wang SB,Cantlay S,Nordberg N,Letek M,Gil JA,Flärdh K

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penicillium expansum is the causal agent of blue mold rot, a postharvest decay of stored fruits. This fungus also produces the mycotoxins patulin and citrinin. Control of P. expansum still relies mainly on the use of fungicides such as thiabendazole. Since its introduction, resistant strains have been reported. The ai...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Cabañas R,Castellá G,Abarca ML,Bragulat MR,Cabañes FJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Truffles are hypogeous Ascomycete fungi belonging to the genus Tuber and forming fruiting bodies highly prized for their taste and aroma. The identification of the genus Tuber and its species is important to investigate their ecology and avoid fraud in the food market. As genus-specific primers are not available, the ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Zampieri E,Mello A,Bonfante P,Murat C

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncultured archaeal anaerobic methanotrophs (ANMEs) are known to operate the anaerobic oxidation of methane process, an important sink for the greenhouse gas methane in natural environments. In this study, we designed 16S rRNA gene-specific primers for each of the phylogenetic groups of ANMEs (ANME-1, Guaymas Basin hy...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Miyashita A,Mochimaru H,Kazama H,Ohashi A,Yamaguchi T,Nunoura T,Horikoshi K,Takai K,Imachi H

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus suis serotype 2 (S. suis 2 or SS2) is the causative agent of several diseases in both pigs and humans. 6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGD) is a cell surface protein in SS2. In this study, the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of recombinant 6PGD (r6PGD) from SS2 was evaluated in piglets. Immuniz...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Tan C,Liu M,Liu J,Yuan F,Fu S,Liu Y,Jin M,Bei W,Chen H

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new Volvariella volvacea gene encoding a carbohydrate esterase (CE) family 4 acetyl xylan esterase (AXE) (designated as VvaxeII) was cloned and characterized. The coded polypeptide had 253 amino acid residues, with the first 19 serving as a secretion signal peptide. The VvaxeII transcript levels were high when the f...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Liu X,Ding S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The twin-arginine translocation (Tat) system serves to translocate folded and often cofactor-containing proteins across biological membranes. The mechanistic limits of the Tat system can be explored by addressing the transport of specifically designed Tat substrates. It thus could be recently shown that unstructured p...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lindenstrauss U,Brüser T

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of microorganisms in natural environments are difficult to cultivate, but their genes can be studied via metagenome libraries. To enhance the chances that these genes become expressed we here report the construction of a broad-host-range plasmid vector (pRS44) for fosmid and bacterial artificial chromosom...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Aakvik T,Degnes KF,Dahlsrud R,Schmidt F,Dam R,Yu L,Völker U,Ellingsen TE,Valla S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella uses type III secretion systems (TTSS) to deliver pathogenic proteins into the host cells. These translocated effectors induce bacterial internalization and intracellular proliferation by targeting important cellular processes that are conserved among eukaryotes. Here, we assessed the feasibility of perform...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Alemán A,Fernández-Piñar P,Pérez-Núñez D,Rotger R,Martín H,Molina M

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-component systems are widespread in nature and constitute the most common mechanism of transmembrane signal transduction in bacteria. Recently, a functionally active two-component system consisting of malS and malR genes possibly involved in the expression of a C4-dicarboxylate transporter system (dctAB operon) wa...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Papa R,Rippa V,Duilio A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mosquitocidal crystal protein, Cry19Aa, from Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. jegathesan, has high toxicity to Anopheles stephensi and Culex pipiens but is less toxic to Aedes aegypti. To study the functional role of putative domain II and surface residues in mosquito toxicity, 16 alanine substitution mutations were in...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Roh JY,Nair MS,Liu XS,Dean DH

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophage M102 is a virulent siphophage that propagates in some serotype c Streptococcus mutans strains, but not in S. mutans of serotype e, f or k. The serotype of S. mutans is determined by the glucose side chain of rhamnose-glucose polysaccharide (RGP). Because the first step in the bacteriophage infection proc...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Shibata Y,Yamashita Y,van der Ploeg JR

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insertion sequences (ISs) are mobile genetic elements widely distributed among bacteria. Their impact on the bacterial genome is multifold, including transfer of genetic information, shuttle of adaptive traits and influence on the genomic content. As a result, ISs play an important role in the organization, plasticity...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Lysnyansky I,Calcutt MJ,Ben-Barak I,Ron Y,Levisohn S,Methé BA,Yogev D

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ruminococcus albus is a Gram-positive bacterium that degrades plant cell walls in the rumen of herbivores. It was described to synthesize two major glycoside-hydrolases (Cel9B and Cel48A), which are exported and anchored at the cell surface. In bacteria, proteins destined to cross the cytoplasmic membrane are synthesi...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Esbelin J,Martin C,Forano E,Mosoni P

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Agona is an important zoonotic pathogen, causing serious human illness worldwide, but knowledge about its genetics and evolution, especially regarding the genomic events that might have contributed to the formation of S. Agona as an important pathogen, is lacking. As a first step toward und...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Chen F,Poppe C,Liu GR,Li YG,Peng YH,Sanderson KE,Johnston RN,Liu SL

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been widely reported that pH mediates cadmium toxicity to bacteria. We used a tripartite approach to investigate mechanisms by which pH affects cadmium toxicity that included analyses of: (1) growth kinetics, (2) global gene expression, and (3) cadmium speciation. Cadmium extended the lag phase at pH 7, but not...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Worden CR,Kovac WK,Dorn LA,Sandrin TR

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Saccharomyces sensu stricto genus contains many species that are industrially important for fermentation of wines, beers and ales. The molecular characterization of the genomes of yeasts involved in these processes reveals that the majority arose from interspecific hybridization between two and sometimes three yea...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Querol A,Bond U

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twitching motility is a form of bacterial translocation over solid or semi-solid surfaces mediated by the extension, tethering, and subsequent retraction of type IV pili. These pili are also known to be involved in virulence, biofilm formation, formation of fruiting bodies, horizontal gene transfer, and protein secret...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Coil DA,Anné J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy, a eukaryotic cellular activity leading to the degradation of cellular components, serves as a defense mechanism against facultative intracellular bacteria as well as a growth niche for the obligate intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii. We here demonstrate that the obligate intracellular bacterial patho...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Pachikara N,Zhang H,Pan Z,Jin S,Fan H

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a novel type-III staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) element carried by eight methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains from different wards and patients in an Indian hospital. Although the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern and spa types of eight strains were identical...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Arakere G,Nadig S,Ito T,Ma XX,Hiramatsu K

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weissella cibaria isolated from human saliva produces a soluble glucan that predominantly has alpha-1,6-glucosidic type linkages. Using degenerated primers that were selected based on the amino acid sequences of conserved regions from known glucansucrases, a single 2.7-kb fragment was isolated. In subsequent steps, a ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Kang HK,Oh JS,Kim D

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methanogenic archaea conserve energy for growth by reducing some one- and two-carbon compounds to methane and concomitantly generating an ion motive force. Growth of Methanosarcina acetivorans on carbon monoxide (CO) is peculiar as it involves formation of, besides methane, formate, acetate and methylated thiols. It h...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Oelgeschläger E,Rother M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roundup Ready (RR) soybeans containing recombinant Agrobacterium spp. CP4 5-enol-pyruvyl-shikimate-3-phosphate synthase (cp4 epsps) genes tolerant to the herbicide glyphosate are extensively grown worldwide. The concentration of recombinant DNA from RR soybeans in soil aggregates was studied due to the possibility of ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Levy-Booth DJ,Gulden RH,Campbell RG,Powell JR,Klironomos JN,Pauls KP,Swanton CJ,Trevors JT,Dunfield KE

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii rosR gene encodes a transcriptional regulator involved in the positive regulation of exopolysaccharide synthesis. Transcription of rosR is directed by two promoters, distal P1 and proximal P2, of different strengths. We demonstrated that rosR P1 functions as the main promoter and, ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Janczarek M,Skorupska A

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two thermostable phytases were identified from Thai isolates of Aspergillus japonicus BCC18313 (TR86) and Aspergillus niger BCC18081 (TR170). Both genes of 1404 bp length, coding for putative phytases of 468 amino acid residues, were cloned and transferred into Pichia pastoris. The recombinant phytases, r-PhyA86 and r...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Promdonkoy P,Tang K,Sornlake W,Harnpicharnchai P,Kobayashi RS,Ruanglek V,Upathanpreecha T,Vesaratchavest M,Eurwilaichitr L,Tanapongpipat S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a putative N-acetylmuramyl-l-alanine amidase gene (bb0666) was identified in the genome of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. This protein shares c. 30% identity with its counterparts from other bacteria. Reverse transcriptase-PCR analysis showed that bb0666 along with two other genes (bb...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Yang Y,Li C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on cultured cells and in infection models have shown that cell density-dependent quorum-sensing (QS) controls many of the known virulence factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. However, it is less clear what role QS plays in chronic human lung infections associated with cystic fibrosis (CF). The involvement of QS ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Winstanley C,Fothergill JL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila is known as a facultative intracellular parasite of free-living soil and freshwater amoebae, of which several species have been shown to support the growth of the pathogenic bacteria. We report for the first time the behaviour of two strains (c2c and Z503) of the amoeba Willaertia magna towards ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Dey R,Bodennec J,Mameri MO,Pernin P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When bacterial cells are subjected to stress, cellular and population characteristics can change significantly. Rapid acquisition of these properties of cells in their native physiological state is necessary in order to precisely interpret their survival modes. The multiparametric analytical capability of flow cytomet...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sachidanandham R,Gin KY

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduction of D-fructose to D-mannitol by whole-cell biotransformation with recombinant resting cells of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC13032 requires the coexpression of mdh and fdh, which encode mannitol and formate dehydrogenases, respectively. However, d-mannitol formation is limited by the uptake of d-fructose in ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Bäumchen C,Krings E,Bringer S,Eggeling L,Sahm H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori genomes contain about 30 hop genes that encode outer membrane proteins. Helicobacter pylori hopQ alleles exhibit a high level of genetic diversity, and two families of hopQ alleles have been described. Type I hopQ alleles are found more commonly in cag-positive H. pylori strains from patients with ...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Loh JT,Torres VJ,Algood HM,McClain MS,Cover TL

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Siderophore production by entomo- and phytopathogens, plus the cross-utilization of these siderophores and expression of outer membrane receptor proteins (OMRPs) by Diamondback moth (DBM) gut bacterial strains, were all examined. All the tested strains grew in the presence of 2, 2'-dipyridyl, and the Brachybacterium s...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Indiragandhi P,Anandham R,Madhaiyan M,Kim GH,Sa T

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the Streptococcus bovis group are frequent colonizers of the intestinal tract, which can also cause endocarditis. However, their ability to adhere to and colonize host tissues and the factors associated with pathogenicity are largely unknown. Here, we assessed 17 endocarditis-derived human isolates [identif...

journal_title：FEMS microbiology letters

authors： Sillanpää J,Nallapareddy SR,Singh KV,Ferraro MJ,Murray BE

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00