abstract：:Open reading frame17 (Bm17) of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus is a highly conserved gene in lepidopteran nucleopolyhedroviruses, suggesting that it performs an important role in the virus life cycle whose function is unknown. In this report, we describe the characterization of Bm17. Reversed transcriptive-PCR (RT-PC...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Shen H,Wang R,Han Q,Zhang W,Nin B,Zhou Y,Shao S,Yao Q,Chen K,Liu X

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to screen for and isolate a novel enzyme with the specific activity of a Δ6-fatty acid desaturase from Rhizopus oryzae. In this study, R. oryzae was identified as a novel fungal species that produces large amounts of γ-linolenic acid. A full-length cDNA, designated here as RoD6D, with high homology t...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Zhu Y,Zhang BB

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel moderately thermophilic, Gram-positive, endospore-forming, rod-shaped, motile bacteria and alkaline active xylanase producing strain D1021(T) , was isolated from Kaynarca hot spring in the province of Izmir, Turkey and was characterized in order to determine its phylogenetic position. Growth was observed at 35...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Inan K,Belduz AO,Canakci S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to identify the most promising nutritional mode of growth for enhanced biomass and lipid productivity in a set of twenty microalgal strains, grown under photoautotrophic and mixotrophic/heterotrophic conditions using 2% glucose as carbon source. These included four cyanobacterial strain...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Ratha SK,Babu S,Renuka N,Prasanna R,Prasad RB,Saxena AK

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichoderma spp. are versatile beneficial fungi which can stimulate growth and plant resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. In this study, the potential of Trichoderma isolate in promoting the cucumber growth under salt stress and its possible mechanisms were investigated. Strain Q1 was isolated from the rhizosphe...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Qi W,Zhao L

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni is an important human food-borne intestinal pathogen, however relatively little is known about its mechanisms of pathogenesis or pathogen-host interactions. To monitor changes in gene expression and glycan binding of C. jejuni within a common avian host, an immunomagnetic separation technique (IMS...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： King RM,Day CJ,Hartley-Tassell LE,Connerton IF,Tiralongo J,McGuckin MA,Korolik V

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori exhibit morphology convertion in a spiral or coccoid form. This study aims to reveal the impact of coccoid H. pylori on the proliferation and apoptosis of gastric epithelial cells. The cagA and vacA genes of H. pylori were detected by semi-quantitative RT-PCR. Proliferation and apoptosis were analy...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Li N,Han L,Chen J,Lin X,Chen H,She F

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimum growth of soil crust-forming cyanobacterial species occurs between 21 and 30 °C. When the temperature decreases below -5 °C, the liquid water in the cyanobacterial cells may freeze. In the natural environment, the temperature gradually decreases from autumn to winter, and the diurnal temperatures fluctuate...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Wang W,Wang Y,Shu X,Zhang Q

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbial diversity of production waters of five Tunisian oilfields was investigated using Single Strand Conformation Polymorphism (SSCP) technique followed by cloning-sequencing. Dynamics of bacterial populations in production waters collected from four wellheads were also evaluated. For all production water samp...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Mnif S,Bru-Adan V,Godon JJ,Sayadi S,Chamkha M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify genes involved in biofilm development in the probiotic lactic acid bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum. The ability of L. plantarum LM3 and of some derivative mutant strains to form biofilm has been investigated. Biofilm microtitre plate assays showed that L. plantarum LM3-2, carryi...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Muscariello L,Marino C,Capri U,Vastano V,Marasco R,Sacco M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter spp. are ubiquitous obligate aerobic bacteria which occur mostly as commensals on the skin, and in soil, water and plants' rhizosphere. Though the species in this genus have been implicated as aetiologies in some nosocomial infections, their versatility covers biodegradation or dissolution leading to bio...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Adegoke AA,Mvuyo T,Okoh AI

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimization of indigo production process from indole using a newly isolated phenol-degrading bacterial strain was performed by Plackett-Burman design and response surface methodology. The strain designated as QM was identified as Pseudomonas sp. according to 16S rDNA analysis. Spectrum analysis of indole biotransform...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Qu Y,Ma Q,Zhang X,Zhou H,Li X,Zhou J

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swainsonine is a polyhydroxylated indolizidine alkaloid having anticancer, antimetastatic, antiproliferative and immunomodulatory activities and also potential therapeutic applications against AIDS. In the present study, ten isolates of M. anisopliae were screened and enzyme assayed for the production of swainsonine i...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Singh D,Kaur G

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans supernatants contain a mixture of autoregulatory alcohols. In vitro, when added individually or in combination, these alcohols inhibit the yeast to filamentous form conversion. Here we evaluate the in vivo effect of the exogenous administration of a Cocktail solution simulating the composition of alco...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Martins M,Lazzell AL,Lopez-Ribot JL,Henriques M,Oliveira R

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The full-length cDNA of a Na(+) -dependent Pi transport gene (DsSPT1) in Dunaliella salina was cloned by 3' and 5' Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends (RACE), with an open reading frame (ORF) encoding 716 predicted amino acids, which exhibited 60.5% identity to that of Na(+) -dependent Pi transport 1 (DvSPT1) from Dunali...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Li SH,Xia BB,Zhang C,Cao J,Bai LH

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Andisol in farmland located in Hokkaido, Japan, is known to actively flux nitrous oxide (N(2)O) during the spring to summer seasons. Using a culturing system which mimics farm soils, nitrous oxide (N(2)O) emission potentials of the soils or soil microorganisms were investigated. A total of thirty-three soil samples fr...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Takeda H,Takahashi N,Hatano R,Hashidoko Y

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Every organism can be characterized by the amino acid composition of its proteome. So far it was assumed that these compositions are determined by the GC content of the DNA or, in some cases, by extreme lifestyles, like thermophily or halophily. Here, we focussed our analysis on eight amino acids, each of which is enc...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Schmidt A,Rzanny M,Schmidt A,Hagen M,Schütze E,Kothe E

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The key to improving plant productivity is successful bacterial-plant interaction in the rhizosphere that can be maintained in the environment. The results presented here confirm Azospirillum brasilense strain SM as a competent plant growth promoting bacterium over mid- and long-term associations with sorghum. This st...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Kochar M,Srivastava S

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An alkaline serine protease produced by Bacillus megaterium RRM2 isolated from the red alga, Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty ex Silva was studied for the first time and the same analyzed for the production of protease in the present study. Identification of the bacterium was done on the basis of both biochemical ana...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Rajkumar R,Jayappriyan KR,Rengasamy R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From seawater and the intestines of benthonic organisms collected from the Beagle Channel, Argentina, 230 marine bacteria were isolated. Cultivable bacteria were characterized and classified as psychrotolerant, whereas few isolates were psychrophiles. These isolates were capable of producing proteases at 4 and 15 °C u...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Cristóbal HA,López MA,Kothe E,Abate CM

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A thermophilic, arsenate resistant bacterial strain was isolated from a geothermal field located in the area surrounding Monterotondo (Tuscany, Italy). Based on 16S rRNA gene analysis and recN comparisons the strain was identified as Geobacillus kaustophilus. Cells of the strain, designated A1, were rod-shaped, 2-3 μm...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Cuebas M,Sannino D,Bini E

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-haloacid dehalogenase-producing bacterium, designated DEH99, was isolated from the marine sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis using a modified enrichment medium and a pH indicator method. DEH99 could degrade only half of the racemic mixture 2-chloropropionic acid (2-CPA) in the medium. The dehalogenase of DEH99 was furth...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Huang J,Xin Y,Zhang W

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penicillium chrysogenum secretes a low molecular weight, cationic and cysteine-rich protein (PAF). It has growth inhibitory activity against the model organism Aspergillus nidulans and numerous zoo- and phytopathogenic fungi but shows only minimal conditional antifungal activity against the producing organism itself. ...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Hegedüs N,Sigl C,Zadra I,Pócsi I,Marx F

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phylogeny of the latest recognized domain, Archaea, is still complicated and it is largely based on environmental sequences. A culture independent molecular phylogenetic analysis revealed high Archaea diversity in a terrestrial hot spring, village Varvara, Bulgaria. A total of 35 archaeal operational taxonomic uni...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Ivanova I,Atanassov I,Lyutskanova D,Stoilova-Disheva M,Dimitrova D,Tomova I,Derekova A,Radeva G,Buchvarova V,Kambourova M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilms are means of protection to bacteria against antibiotics and antibodies. Catheters and others tube devices used by patients are prone to accumulation of thick layers of biofilms as hiding place for etiologic agents, resulting in substantial morbidity and mortality. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Mirani ZA,Jamil N

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total cellular proteins and fatty acid composition profiles of mid-log phase cells of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium grown at 8, 25, 37 or 42 °C were separated by 2D-PAGE and FAME analysis. Growth temperature associated protein expression can be grouped into 3 thermal classes which include proteins whose expr...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Balamurugan S,Dugan ME

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichoderma atroviride (T-15603.1) is a promising fungal agent for biological control of wood decay fungi in urban tree wounds. The aim of this work was to determine the combined effects of water activity (a(w), 0.998-0.892), temperature (10-30 °C) and pH (3-7) on the development of conidia on low-nutrient agar (LNA)....

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Schubert M,Mourad S,Schwarze FW

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermus strains are regarded as models to investigate the mechanism of thermostability of thermophiles, and phages from Thermus are particularly interesting because of their way to regulate gene expression. In this research, a Thermus bacteriophage named TSP4 (Thermus Siphoviridae phage) was isolated from Tengchong ho...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Lin L,Hong W,Ji X,Han J,Huang L,Wei Y

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcript patterns elicited in response to hosts can reveal how fungi recognize suitable hosts and the mechanisms involved in pathogenicity. These patterns could be fashioned by recognition of host-specific topographical features or by chemical components displayed or released by the host. We investigated this in thr...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Ali S,Huang Z,Ren S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statistically-based experimental designs were applied to optimize the fermentation for the production of laccase by Pleurotus florida NCIM 1243. Eleven components were screened for their significant effect on laccase production using Plackett-Burman factorial design. Glucose (carbon source), asparagine (nitrogen sourc...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Palvannan T,Sathishkumar P

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro effect of salivary gland extract from fed Ixodes ricinus, the competent vector of Lyme borreliosis in Europe, on the growth of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (B. garinii, B. afzelii and B. burgdorferi sensu stricto) was examined in BSK-H medium. Motility rate, concentration of motile spirochetes and their mo...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Rudolf I,Sikutová S,Kopecký J,Hubálek Z

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene encoding an organic solvent-stable protease was amplified from Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain K by polymerase chain reaction using consensus primers based on multiple sequence alignment of alkaline and metalloprotease genes from Pseudomonas species. The gene, which consisted of 1440 bp nucleotides and deduced 47...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Rahman RN,Geok LP,Wong CF,Basri M,Salleh AB

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper deals with the interactions of chromium (Cr) with biological systems, focusing in particular on yeasts and fungi. These interactions are analysed with primarily regard to biochemical functions, but higher levels of organization are also considered. Thus, the morphological and cytological characteristics of ...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Poljsak B,Pócsi I,Raspor P,Pesti M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extremely acidic mine drainage (AMD) water sample was collected in 1998 and 2008 from Panandhro lignite mine, Gujarat, India. The yeast isolated from this sample was identified using mini API identification system, as a member of genus Candida. The major cellular fatty acids detected by FAME from the isolate are C(...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Patel MJ,Tipre DR,Dave SR

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingobium sp. SYK-6 can utilize lignin biphenyl compounds, such as 2,2'-dihydroxy-3,3'-dimethoxy-5,5'-dicarboxybiphenyl (DDVA). In the metabolism of DDVA, this microorganism exploits two O -demethylation systems with different substrate specificities, namely, a DDVA-specific oxygenative O -demethylation system and a...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Sonoki T,Masai E,Sato K,Kajita S,Katayama Y

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some bacteria have a higher tendency to produce biofilm than others. Especially, Pseudomonas and Aeromonas strains are acknowledged to be pioneer colonizers and are predominant in biofilm formation. We examined biofilm formation and first attachment maintance of biofilms of Pseudomonas spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Ae...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Doğruöz N,Göksay D,Ilhan-Sungur E,Cotuk A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP) was efficiently degraded by Bacillus sp. SB-007. The optimal conditions for DIDP (100 mg l(-1)) degradation by Bacillus sp. SB-007 in a mineral salts medium were found to be pH 7.0 at 30 degrees C, stirring at 200 rpm. The specific rate of DIDP degradation was found to be con...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Park JM,Kim M,Yoon J,Kobayashi F,Iwasaka Y,Hong CS,Min J,Kim YH

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microorganisms such as bacteria and molds produce an enormous variety of volatile metabolites. To determine whether typical microbial volatile metabolites can be used as indicator compounds for the detection of hidden mold in indoor environments, we examined 14 typical indoor fungal strains for their growth rates and ...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Schuchardt S,Kruse H

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of high Cu(II) concentrations on superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activity in Candida fukuyamaensis RCL-3 and Rhodotorula mucilaginosa RCL-11, previously isolated from a copper filter at a mine plant in Argentina, was studied. Addition of 0.1, 0.2 and 0.5 mM Cu(II) to the culture medium increas...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Villegas LB,Amoroso MJ,de Figueroa LI

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) strains were screened for their anti-insect, antibacterial and antifungal determinants by phenotypic tests and PCR targeting major insecticidal proteins and complements, chitinases, lactonases, beta-1,3-glucanases and zwittermicinA. Six strains had genes of at least two major insect...

journal_title：Journal of basic microbiology

authors： Raddadi N,Belaouis A,Tamagnini I,Hansen BM,Hendriksen NB,Boudabous A,Cherif A,Daffonchio D

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00