Volume 355, Issue 2, June 2014
Research Letters
Involvement of cAMP-CRP in transcription activation and repression of the pck gene encoding PEP carboxykinase, the key enzyme of gluconeogenesis
The Escherichia coli pck promoter provides a novel model of CRP action, high-affinity box-1 (−90.5) playing as an activator but box-2 (+13.5) playing as a repressor at high CRP concentrations.
Order of arrival shifts endophyte–pathogen interactions in bean from resistance induction to disease facilitation
The temporal order at which lima bean plants are inoculated with fungal endophytes and bacterial pathogens shifts the effects on the pathogen from endophyte-mediated resistance to disease facilitation.
Characterization and comparison of Metarhizium strains isolated from Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
First discovery of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium pingshaense associated to Red Palm Weevil in the native area.
Enzymatic cocktails produced by Fusarium graminearum under submerged fermentation using different lignocellulosic biomasses
Fusarium graminearum when grown on different biomasses produced different enzymatic cocktails varying in the proportion of cell wall-degrading enzymes and in enzymatic activities.
In vitro antimicrobial activity of hydroxypyridinone hexadentate-based dendrimeric chelators alone and in combination with norfloxacin
The combination treatment of 3-hydroxypyridin-4-one hexadentate-based dendrimeric chelator with norfloxacin against Staphyloccocus aureus and Escherichia coli showed a dramatic synergistic bactericidal effect.
Temperature- and nitrogen source-dependent regulation of GlnR target genes in Listeria monocytogenes
In the present study, the impact of temperature on nitrogen metabolism in the pathogenic bacterium Listeria monocytogenes was investigated.
Analysis of the defence-related mechanism in cucumber seedlings in relation to root colonization by nonpathogenic Fusarium oxysporum CS-20
Results of this research demonstrate that the defence response induced by CS‐20 can be controlled by multiple genes in the cucumber plant.
Evidence for horizontal gene transfer, gene duplication and genetic variation as driving forces of the diversity of haemolytic phenotypes in Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae
Diversity of hemolysin genes in Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae, a pathogen of marine fish with zoonotic potential.
A novel approach to eliminate Wolbachia infections in Nasonia vitripennis revealed different antibiotic resistance between two bacterial strains
A novel and fast approach to eliminate Wolbachia from Nasonia by providing the wasps with antibiotic-treated housefly pupae instead of sugar water-containing antibiotics.
Involvement of both PKS and NRPS in antibacterial activity in Lysobacter enzymogenes OH11
An unusual role of PKS and NRPS genes was discovered by genome mining in Lysobacter enzymogenes.
Engineering the lactococcal mevalonate pathway for increased sesquiterpene production
Lactococcus lactis, a probiotic bacterium is engineered to produce isoprenoids, plant metabolites with valuable flavour, fragrance and therapeutic properties.
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli OmpT regulates outer membrane vesicle biogenesis
Description of how the gene expression of outer membrane protease OmpT impacts outer membrane vesicle biogenesis.
Rapid degradation of Pseudomonas fluorescens 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase proteins expressed in transgenic Arabidopsis
This study showed that in transgenic Arabidopsis plants, Pseudomonas fluorescens ACC deaminase (PfAcdS) was rapidly degraded within host plant cells, which was likely modulated by plant 26S proteasome-mediated protein recycling systems.
