| isolation and characterization of vibrio alginolyticus and vibrio parahaemolyticus from the norwegian coastal environment. | | 1981 | 7344524 |
| [finding of vibrio parahaemolyticus and vibrio alginolyticus in marine sediment at the mouth of the tiber]. | | 1981 | 7345400 |
| post-mortem isolation of vibrio alginolyticus from an atlantic white-sided dolphin (lagenorynchus acutus). | post-mortem examination of a stranded atlantic white-sided dolphin (lagenorynchus acutus) revealed congested lungs, sanguinous fluid in the peritoneal cavity, and an oral wound. histopathologic findings were acute necrotizing hepatitis and acute focal bronchopneumonia. vibrio alginolyticus was isolated from the blood and other organs. | 1980 | 7411736 |
| halophilic vibrios from human tissue infections on the pacific coast of australia. | inshore sea waters harbour a variety of halophilic bacteria which increase in the warmer seasons. ten vibrio alginolyticus, 3 v. parahaemolyticus and 3 lactose-fermenting (l +) strains of vibrio were isolated in 3 yr from wound and ear infections, salpingitis and sputum in 2 coastal towns; 14 isolations were in summer. clinically the cases resembled ordinary pyogenic infections. the api 20e kit and determination of nacl tolerance permitted identification of the strains with reasonable confidence ... | 1980 | 7432818 |
| effective ileal loop dose of kanagawa-positive vibrio parahaemolyticus. | groups of 16 rabbits per strain were injected with broth culture dilutions of three kanagawa-positive vibrio parahaemolyticus strains. the effective dose required to produce ileal loop dilatation in 50% of rabbits for pure cultures of strains 10136-76 and 553-72 from patients stools and ny 477 from incriminated food was 1.1 x 10(6), 2.6 x 10(5), and 7.7 x 10(6) organisms, respectively. when each of these cultures was admixed with greater than or equal to 10(9) vibrio alginolyticus cells, the 50% ... | 1980 | 7458308 |
| predicted structure and possible ionmotive mechanism of the sodium-linked nadh-ubiquinone oxidoreductase of vibrio alginolyticus. | two groups have now published sequences of the six genes contained in the operon coding for the sodium-linked nadh-ubiquinone oxidoreductase of vibrio alginolyticus. sequence analyses indicate that this enzyme is unrelated to other known respiratory nadh dehydrogenases. a search for cofactor motifs suggests that the enzyme contains only one fad, a ferredoxin-type iron sulphur centre, and the nadh-binding site. these are all located on nqrf, a subunit that can be recognized as a new member of a l ... | 1995 | 7498478 |
| a gene encoding a thermophilic alkaline serine proteinase from thermus sp. strain rt41a and its expression in escherichia coli. | the extreme thermophile thermus sp. strain rt41a produces an extracellular alkaline serine proteinase during growth. this enzyme is stable for more than 24 h at 70 degrees c and has a ph optimum of 8.0. the proteinase gene was identified using primers designed to amplify a region between two highly conserved amino acid motifs in subtilisin-like proteinases and the pcr product was used to identify a genomic fragment containing the gene. the amino acid sequence deduced from the rt41a gene containe ... | 1995 | 7551039 |
| reexamination of tetrodotoxin production by bacteria. | vibrio alginolyticus has been reported as a good producer of tetrodotoxin (ttx), but the toxin extracted from this bacterium did not react to the monoclonal antibody against ttx. surprisingly, chromatographic analyses detected high ttx peaks for polypeptone and yeast extracts used as medium materials, which were, as expected, all negative by the mouse bioassay. these results may require us to revise the bacterial production of ttx. | 1995 | 7574655 |
| molecular analysis of an extracellular protease gene from vibrio parahaemolyticus. | the structural gene prtvp encoding the extracellular protease of vibrio parahaemolyticus strain 93 was cloned in escherichia coli and sequenced. the cloned dna fragment contained a 1761 bp orf encoding a 587 amino acid protein. the deduced polypeptide is composed of a 25 amino acid signal peptide and a 562 amino acid extracellular polypeptide with a calculated molecular mass of 63,156 da. protease analysis using a gelatin-containing sds-polyacrylamide gel detected the presence of a 62 kda protea ... | 1995 | 7582017 |
| three aspartic residues in membrane-spanning regions of na+/h+ antiporter from vibrio alginolyticus play a role in the activity of the carrier. | the na+/h+ antiporter gene from vibrio alginolyticus restores the growth of an nhaa-defective strain of escherichia coli, nm81, in a high nacl medium (nakamura, t., komano, y., itaya, e., tsukamoto, k., tsuchiya, t. and unemoto, t. (1994) biochim. biophys. acta 1190, 465-468). this gene, named nhaav, allowed the nhaa-defective e. coli strains, nm81(delta nhaa) and rs1 (delta nhaa, chaa-), to extrude na+ at alkaline ph. the extrusion of na+ occurred against its chemical gradient in the presence o ... | 1995 | 7619834 |
| high-speed rotation and speed stability of the sodium-driven flagellar motor in vibrio alginolyticus. | the na(+)-driven flagellar motor in vibrio alginolyticus rotates very fast. rotation of a single flagellum on a stuck cell was measured by laser darkfield microscopy with submillisecond temporal resolution. the rotation rate increased with increasing external concentration of nacl, and reached 1000 r.p.s. at 300 mm nacl. the na+ influx through the motor should determine the rotation period (tau) and affect the speed stability. fluctuation of the rotation period was analyzed at various rotation r ... | 1995 | 7643389 |
| the na(+)-translocating nadh:ubiquinone oxidoreductase from the marine bacterium vibrio alginolyticus contains fad but not fmn. | the na(+)-translocating nadh:ubiquinone oxidoreductase from vibrio alginolyticus was extracted from the bacterial membranes and purified by ion exchange chromatographic procedures. the enzyme catalyzed nadh oxidation by suitable electron acceptors, e.g. menadione, and the na+ and nadh-dependent reduction of ubiquinone-1. four dominant bands and a number of minor bands were visible on sds-page that could be part of the enzyme complex. flavin analyses indicated the presence of fad but no fmn in th ... | 1995 | 7649253 |
| isolation of the polar and lateral flagellum-defective mutants in vibrio alginolyticus and identification of their flagellar driving energy sources. | vibrio alginolyticus has two types of flagella (polar and lateral) in one cell. we isolated mutants with only a polar flagellum (pof+ laf-) or only lateral flagella (pof- laf+). using these mutants, we demonstrated that the energy sources of the lateral and polar flagellar motors in v. alginolyticus are h+ and na+ motive forces, respectively, as in the related species v. parahaemolyticus. | 1995 | 7665498 |
| sequencing and the alignment of structural genes in the nqr operon encoding the na(+)-translocating nadh-quinone reductase from vibrio alginolyticus. | we previously cloned a part of nqr operon encoding the na(+)-translocating nadh-quinone reductase (nqr) from the marine vibrio alginolyticus [hayashi et al., febs lett. 356 (1994) 330-332]. from its nucleotide sequences, four consecutive open reading frames (orf) encoding the gamma-subunit (27.7 kda), two unidentified orfs of 22.6 kda and 21.5 kda, and the beta-subunit (45.3 kda) were recognized. the gene encoding the alpha-subunit was located upstream, and together with the recent report by bea ... | 1995 | 7729558 |
| cloning of the na(+)-translocating nadh-quinone reductase gene from the marine bacterium vibrio alginolyticus and the expression of the beta-subunit in escherichia coli. | the na(+)-translocating nadh-quinone reductase purified from the marine bacterium vibrio alginolyticus is composed of three subunits, alpha, beta and gamma. from the n-terminal amino acid sequences of each subunit and its polypeptide fragment obtained by partial digestion with v8 protease, oligonucleotides corresponding to forward and reverse primers for each gene (nqr a, b and c) encoding the alpha, beta and gamma subunit, respectively, were synthesized. using these primers, a part of each gene ... | 1994 | 7805866 |
| cloning and sequencing of four structural genes for the na(+)-translocating nadh-ubiquinone oxidoreductase of vibrio alginolyticus. | oligonucleotide probes based on the n-terminal amino acid sequences of the nqra and nqrc subunits were used to clone genes for the na(+)-dependent nadh-ubiquinone oxidoreductase complex from vibrio alginolyticus. four consecutive orfs were identified encoding subunit proteins of 48.6, 46.8, 27.7 and 22.6 kda, respectively (nqra-d). a further orf, showing 71% homology to the bola protein of escherichia coli, was located upstream. from sequence comparisons, we conclude that the na(+)-dependent nad ... | 1994 | 7805867 |
| cloning and nucleotide sequence of the carboxynorspermidine decarboxylase gene from vibrio alginolyticus. | the gene (nspc) encoding carboxynorspermidine decarboxylase (cans dc), the last enzyme in norspermidine biosynthesis, in vibrio alginolyticus was isolated by immuno-screening and its complete nucleotide sequence was determined. sequence analysis of the subcloned fragment (2.0 kb) revealed an orf of 1131 bp encoding a protein of 377 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 42,008 da. the sequence of 20 n-terminal amino acids of purified cans dc was found to be identical to that predicted f ... | 1994 | 7812450 |
| [extraintestinal infections caused by vibrio parahaemolyticus and vibrio alginolyticus at the county of funen 1987-1992]. | over a six-year period we detected 30 clinical infections caused by halophilic vibrios in a restricted geographical area. vibrio parahaemolyticus infections were found in 13 patients (three with wound infections, ten with ear infections), and vibrio alginolyticus infections in 17 patients, all of whom had ear infections. from 1987 to 1990, infections caused by marine vibrios were found in at most four cases annually, in 1992 in six instances, whereas over a five-month period in 1991 we experienc ... | 1994 | 7941065 |
| cloning and sequencing of a k+ transport gene (trk a) from the marine bacterium vibrio alginolyticus. | a gene has been cloned from the marine bacterium vibrio alginolyticus that functionally complements a mutant strain of escherichia coli, tk420, defective in k+ transport genes (kdpabc, trkd, trka). the cloned vibrio gene allowed tk420 to grow in a synthetic medium containing less than 10 mm k+ and concomitantly led to an increase in k+ uptake activity. the nucleotide sequence of the cloned fragment revealed an open reading frame, which encodes a protein with a predicted 458 amino acid sequence a ... | 1994 | 7948029 |
| cloning and nucleotide sequence analysis of the colh gene from clostridium histolyticum encoding a collagenase and a gelatinase. | the colh gene encoding a collagenase was cloned from clostridium histolyticum jcm 1403. nucleotide sequencing showed a major open reading frame encoding a 116-kda protein of 1,021 amino acid residues. the deduced amino acid sequence contains a putative signal sequence and a zinc metalloprotease consensus sequence, hexxh. a 116-kda collagenase and a 98-kda gelatinase were copurified from culture supernatants of c. histolyticum. while the former degraded both native and denatured collagen, the lat ... | 1994 | 7961400 |
| potentially pathogenic vibrios associated with mussels from a tropical region on the atlantic coast of brazil. | mussels (perna perna) harvested on the coast of ubatuba, in three different stations in the state of são paulo, brazil, were examined for vibrio spp. over a 1 year period. the ranges of most probable number (mpn 100 g-1) were: vibrio alginolyticus (< 3-24,000), v. parahaemolyticus (< 3-24,000), v. fluvialis (< 3-1100), v. cholerae non-o1 (< 3-23), v. furnissii (< 3-30), v. mimicus (< 3-9) and v. vulnificus (< 3-3). the highest incidence was observed for v. alginolyticus (92-100%), followed by v. ... | 1994 | 7989253 |
| regulation of extracellular copper-binding proteins in copper-resistant and copper-sensitive mutants of vibrio alginolyticus. | extracellular proteins of wild-type vibrio alginolyticus were compared with those of copper-resistant and copper-sensitive mutants. one copper-resistant mutant (cu40b3) constitutively produced an extracellular protein with the same apparent molecular mass (21 kda) and chromatographic behavior as copper-binding protein (cubp), a copper-induced supernatant protein which has been implicated in copper detoxification in wild-type v. alginolyticus. copper-sensitive v. alginolyticus mutants displayed a ... | 1994 | 8031076 |
| extraintestinal infections caused by vibrio parahaemolyticus and vibrio alginolyticus in a danish county, 1987-1992. | over a 6-year period we detected 30 clinical infections caused by halophilic vibrios in a restricted geographical area. vibrio parahaemolyticus infections were found in 13 patients (3 with wound infections, 10 with ear infections), and vibrio alginolyticus infections in 17 patients, all of whom had ear infections. from 1987 to 1990, infections caused by marine vibrios were found in at most 4 cases annually, in 1992 in 6 instances, whereas in a 5-month period in 1991 we experienced 15 cases of ex ... | 1993 | 8052813 |
| responses of diverse heterotrophic bacteria to elevated copper concentrations. | the influence of copper on the growth of escherichia coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa, bacillus cereus, bacillus subtilis, vibrio parahaemolyticus, vibrio alginolyticus (three strains), and an unidentified vibrio sp. was examined in batch cultures. the effects of copper at micromolar concentrations varied from undetectable to complete growth inhibition. each strain was able to recover from a growth lag observed after copper addition at a characteristic concentration. copper concentrations that allow ... | 1994 | 8069784 |
| cloning and sequencing of an na+/h+ antiporter gene from the marine bacterium vibrio alginolyticus. | a gene has been cloned from a dna library from the marine bacterium vibrio alginolyticus that functionally complements a mutant strain of escherichia coli, nm81, defective in an na+/h+ antiporter (nhaa). the cloned vibrio gene restored nm81 to grow in a medium containing 0.5 m nacl at ph 7.5 and concomitantly led to an increase in na+/h+ antiport activity. the nucleotide sequence of the cloned fragment revealed an open reading frame, which encodes a protein with a predicted 383 amino acid sequen ... | 1994 | 8142450 |
| evaluation of hawaiian green turtles (chelonia mydas) for potential pathogens associated with fibropapillomas. | thirty-two juvenile green turtles (chelonia mydas) were captured alive in kaneohe bay, island of oahu, hawaii, during september 1991. ten of the turtles sampled were afflicted with green turtle fibropapillomatosis (gtfp) in varying degrees of severity. virus isolation attempts were negative in all individuals. using nasopharyngeal and cloacal swabs, we isolated 28 gram negative bacteria, five gram positive cocci, bacillus spp., and diphtheroids. the most common isolates included pseudomonas fluo ... | 1994 | 8151829 |
| respiration-driven na+ pump of the marine vibrio is encoded by chromosomal dna. | a plasmid-cured strain of the marine vibrio alginolyticus 138-2 retains a respiration-driven na+ pump. examinations of several strains of v. alginolyticus and v. parahaemolyticus revealed that these murine vibrio always possessed the respiration-driven na+ pump irrespective of the presence or absence of plasmids. these results strongly suggested that the genes for the na+ pump were encoded by chromosomal dna. | 1993 | 8220320 |
| na(+)-translocating nadh-quinone reductase of marine and halophilic bacteria. | the respiratory chain of marine and moderately halophilic bacteria requires na+ for maximum activity, and the site of na(+)-dependent activation is located in the nadh-quinone reductase segment. the na(+)-dependent nadh-quinone reductase purified from marine bacterium vibrio alginolyticus is composed of three subunits, alpha, beta, and gamma, with apparent m(r) of 52, 46, and 32 kda, respectively. the fad-containing beta-subunit reacts with nadh and reduces ubiquinone-1 (q-1) by a one-electron t ... | 1993 | 8226720 |
| [the isolation of vibrio alginolyticus bacteriophage]. | we identified 4 bacteriophages of v. alginolyticus in 29 ones, which were first isolated from seafood. according to their character of the plaques, they were classified into two kinds: one plaque was clear, the other was opaque. the size of these plaques were different and their diameters are 0.5-3.0mm. by electron microscopy observation, they could be classified into two kinds; one has a long axie and hexagemal head, and a thin-long tail, the other has an equal axie hexagenal head and a very sh ... | 1993 | 8256441 |
| [otitis media due to vibrio alginolyticus: the risks of the mediterranean sea]. | | 1993 | 8256965 |
| purification and characterization of clostridium perfringens 120-kilodalton collagenase and nucleotide sequence of the corresponding gene. | clostridium perfringens type c ncib 10662 produced various gelatinolytic enzymes with molecular masses ranging from approximately 120 to approximately 80 kda. a 120-kda gelatinolytic enzyme was present in the largest quantity in the culture supernatant, and this enzyme was purified to homogeneity on the basis of sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. the purified enzyme was identified as the major collagenase of the organism, and it cleaved typical collagenase substrates such ... | 1994 | 8282691 |
| excitatory signaling in bacterial probed by caged chemoeffectors. | chemotactic excitation responses to caged ligand photorelease of rapidly swimming bacteria that reverse (vibrio alginolyticus) or tumble (escherichia coli and salmonella typhimurium) have been measured by computer. mutants were used to assess the effects of abnormal motility behavior upon signal processing times and test feasibility of kinetic analyses of the signaling pathway in intact bacteria. n-1-(2-nitrophenyl)ethoxycarbonyl-l-serine and 2-hydroxyphenyl 1-(2-nitrophenyl) ethyl phosphate wer ... | 1993 | 8312476 |
| isolation, characterization and sequence analysis of the scrk gene encoding fructokinase of streptococcus mutans. | a gene encoding an atp-dependent fructokinase from streptococcus mutans gs-5 was identified within a 2 kb dna fragment immediately downstream from the scra gene. the gene cloned in escherichia coli also expressed mannokinase activity. insertional inactivation of this gene in s. mutans markedly decreased both fructokinase and mannokinase activities. nucleotide sequence analysis of the 2 kb fragment revealed an orf starting 199 bp downstream from the scra gene, preceded by potential ribosome-bindi ... | 1993 | 8336109 |
| vibrio alginolyticus wound infection after exposure to sea water in an air crash. | | 1993 | 8359172 |
| a case of vibrio alginolyticus bacteremia and probable sphenoiditis following a dive in the sea. | | 1993 | 8399897 |
| growth, copper-tolerant cells, and extracellular protein production in copper-stressed chemostat cultures of vibrio alginolyticus. | the influence of elevated copper concentrations on cell numbers and extracellular protein production was investigated in chemostat cultures of vibrio alginolyticus. high (20 microm) copper in the medium reservoir resulted in a dramatic drop in cell numbers which was overcome with time. the copper-stressed cultures established a new equilibrium cell concentration slightly (ca. 20%) lower than control cultures. copper-stressed chemostat populations contained an increased number of copper-resistant ... | 1993 | 8439167 |
| purification and properties of cytochrome bo-type ubiquinol oxidase from a marine bacterium vibrio alginolyticus. | ubiquinol oxidase was extracted from membranes of a marine bacterium vibrio alginolyticus with a nonionic detergent liponox dch and was purified about 130-fold by deae-sephacel, deae-5pw and sephacryl s-300. the purified ubiquinol oxidase was composed of three subunits with apparent m(r) of 79, 36 and 13 kda on sds-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. the oxidase contained cytochrome b, cytochrome o and copper atoms. the presence of heme o was confirmed by reverse-phase hplc analysis. ubiquinol-1 ... | 1993 | 8443214 |
| [otitis externa caused by vibrio alginolyticus: description of 4 cases]. | vibrio alginolyticus is a microorganism of marine environment which occasionally may cause infections on man. we described four patients with external otitis who had prolonged contact with sea water presented itch and seropurulent fluid. v. alginolyticus was isolated by pure culture from ear fluid of three of them and associated to v. fluvialis in another. the administration of ciprofloxacin in three cases, and ceftazidime in the other succeeded in the remission of the symptoms. | 1993 | 8471288 |
| [isolation of vibrio alginolyticus in 2 cases of otitis externa]. | | 1993 | 8499526 |
| sequence analysis of scra and scrb from streptococcus sobrinus 6715. | the complete nucleotide sequences of streptococcus sobrinus 6715 scra and scrb, which encode sucrose-specific enzyme ii of the phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system and sucrose-6-phosphate hydrolase, respectively, have been determined. these two genes were transcribed divergently, and the initiation codons of the two open reading frames were 192 bp apart. the transcriptional initiation sites were determined by primer extension analysis, and the putative promoter regions of thes ... | 1993 | 8500898 |
| complicated suppurative otitis media in a greek diver due to a marine halophilic vibrio sp. | halophilic vibrios are distinct from non-cholera vibrios and have been recognized increasingly as potentially pathogenic bacteria in extraintestinal infections. a case of suppurative chronic otitis media in a greek diver with vibrio alginolyticus recovered from an ear drainage culture, is reported. the patient received appropriate antimicrobial therapy and her hearing improved significantly after a tympanoplasty type i was performed. the association of halophilic vibrio spp. infections with prol ... | 1995 | 8551126 |
| pathogenesis studies on vibrio alginolyticus in the grouper, epinephelus malabaricus, bloch et schneider. | a pathogenic vibrio, strain s3y was isolated from an outbreak of vibriosis in grouper (epinephelus malabaricus) fry in kaohsiung, southern taiwan in november 1991. it was identified as vibrio alginolyticus on the basis of a number of biochemical tests. the bacterium was therefore identified as vibrio, a gram-negative, straight rod, motile, oxidase and catalase positive, swarming on tsa plate, fermentative and produced yellow colonies on tcbs agar. it did not utilise sodium citrate, but it was ge ... | 1995 | 8559039 |
| detection of proteolytic bacteria in the upper respiratory tract flora of poultry. | proteolytic bacteria were readily demonstrated among the upper respiratory tract flora of poultry in two chicken flocks and two turkey flocks. between 20% and 50% of birds in each flock had highly proteolytic bacteria in the upper respiratory tract flora, and the amount of the bacterial flora determined to be highly proteolytic in any given bird ranged from none to a majority. highly proteolytic bacteria recovered included five species of staphylococci, as well as two gram-negative bacterial spe ... | 1995 | 8561749 |
| simultaneous measurement of bacterial flagellar rotation rate and swimming speed. | swimming speeds and flagellar rotation rates of individual free-swimming vibrio alginolyticus cells were measured simultaneously by laser dark-field microscopy at 25, 30, and 35 degrees c. a roughly linear relation between swimming speed and flagellar rotation rate was observed. the ratio of swimming speed to flagellar rotation rate was 0.113 microns, which indicated that a cell progressed by 7% of pitch of flagellar helix during one flagellar rotation. at each temperature, however, swimming spe ... | 1995 | 8580359 |
| existence of na+-translocating nadh-quinone reductase in haemophilus influenzae. | we previously cloned and sequenced nqr operon encoding the na+-translocating nadh-quinone reductase (nqr) from the marine bacterium vibrio alginolyticus. a gene cluster very similar to nqr operon was found to exist in the genome of haemophilus influenzae rd. we examined the membrane fraction from h. influenzae, and the respiratory chain of h. influenzae was found to contain a na+-dependent nqr that is essentially identical to those found in the marine v. alginolyticus. these results indicate tha ... | 1996 | 8601449 |
| cloning and characterization of moty, a gene coding for a component of the sodium-driven flagellar motor in vibrio alginolyticus. | the bacterial flagellar motor is a molecular machine that couples proton or sodium influx to force generation for driving rotation of the helical flagellar filament. in this study, we cloned a gene (moty) encoding a component of the sodium-driven polar flagellar motor in vibrio alginolyticus. nucleotide sequence analysis revealed that the gene encodes a 293-amino-acid polypeptide with a single putative transmembrane segment that is very similar (94.5% identity) to the recently described moty of ... | 1996 | 8636046 |
| nadh:ubiquinone oxidoreductase of vibrio alginolyticus: purification, properties, and reconstitution of the na+ pump. | the na+-activated nadh:ubiquinone oxidoreductase of vibrio alginolyticus was extracted from the membranes with lauryldimethylamine-n-oxide and purified by two successive anion exchange columns. this preparation, yielding four major and several minor stained bands after sds-page, retained the nadh-dehydrogenase activity (with menadione as an artificial electron acceptor) and ubiquinone-1 (q) reductase activity. on further fractionation of the enzyme, the q-reductase activity essentially disappear ... | 1996 | 8639563 |
| acute gastroenteritis caused by vibrio alginolyticus in an immunocompetent patient. | | 1995 | 8645804 |
| expression and analysis of the gene for the catalytic beta subunit of the sodium-translocating nadh-ubiquinone oxidoreductase of vibrio alginolyticus. | | 1996 | 8674603 |
| rotational fluctuation of the sodium-driven flagellar motor of vibrio alginolyticus induced by binding of inhibitors. | rotation of the na(+)-driven flagellar motor of vibrio alginolyticus was investigated under the influence of inhibitors specific to the motor, amiloride and phenamil. the rotation rate of a single flagellum on a cell stuck to a glass slide was examined using laser dark-field microscopy. in the presence of 50 mm nacl, the average rotation rate (omega) was about 600 r.p.s. with a standard deviation (sigma omega) of 9% of omega. when omega was decreased to about 200 r.p.s. by the presence of 1.5 mm ... | 1996 | 8683575 |
| cloning and sequencing of nhab gene encoding an na+/h+ antiporter from vibrio alginolyticus. | a gene has been cloned from the marine bacterium vibrio alginolyticus that functionally complements a mutant strain of escherichia coli, to114, defective in three na+/h+ antiport genes (nhaa, nhab, chaa). the nucleotide sequence of the cloned fragment revealed an open reading frame, which encodes a protein with a predicted 528 amino acid sequence and molecular mass of 57212 da. this gene has 62% identity to nhab gene at the dna level from escherichia coli and the deduced amino acid sequence is 6 ... | 1996 | 8695633 |
| the bacillus stearothermophilus nub36 sura gene encodes a thermophilic sucrase related to bacillus subtilis saca. | the complete nucleotide sequence of the sura gene, encoding a sucrase from bacillus stearothermophilus nub36, was determined. sura was composed of 1338 bp and encoded 445 amino acid residues. the deduced polypeptide of m(r) 51519 showed strong sequence similarity to sucrose and sucrose phosphate hydrolases from bacillus subtilis, klebsiella pneumoniae and vibrio alginolyticus, and contained the 'sucrose box' residues thought to be important for catalysis of the transfer of fructose from sucrose. ... | 1996 | 8757729 |
| effect of viscosity on swimming by the lateral and polar flagella of vibrio alginolyticus. | by using mutants of vibrio alginolyticus with only a polar flagellum (pof+ laf-) or only lateral flagella (pof- laf+), we examined the relationship between swimming speed and the viscosity of the medium for each flagellar system. pof+ laf- cells could not swim in the high-viscosity environment (ca. 200 cp) in which pof- laf+ cells swam at 20 microns/s. the pof- laf+ cells swam at about 20 microns/s at normal viscosity (1 cp) without the viscous agent, and the speed increased to 40 microns/s at a ... | 1996 | 8759871 |
| attachment of vibrio alginolyticus to chitin mediated by chitin-binding proteins. | vibrio alginolyticus is the only culturable vibrio associated with the chitinaceous carapace of the copepod tigriopus fulvus (fisher 1860) living in ligurian coastal rock pools (tyrrhenian sea). the characteristics of the interaction between chitin particles and v. alginolyticus were studied by analysing strains isolated both from the copepod surface and from rock-pool water. the highest degree of attachment to chitin was observed at 20 degrees c, in the presence of 3% nacl. bacterial treatment ... | 1996 | 8760933 |
| comparison of a fluorogenic assay with a conventional method for rapid detection of vibrio parahaemolyticus in seafoods. | a conventional method and a fluorogenic assay for the detection of vibrio parahaemolyticus were compared. among 29 seafood samples examined for the presence of v. parahaemolyticus, 17 samples harbored v. parahaemolyticus, and trypsinlike activity was noticed in 19 seafoods. the added fluorogenic substrate was cleaved in single samples of shrimp, turbo, and cuttlefish from which v. parahaemolyticus could not be isolated by the conventional method. vibrio alginolyticus, in addition to v. parahaemo ... | 1996 | 8795246 |
| association of aeromonas hydrophila and vibrio alginolyticus with larval mortalities of scallop (argopecten purpuratus) | a bacteriological study was carried out in a hatchery of argopecten purpuratus located in northern chile which had been affected by severe larval mortalities. the phenotypic characterization of the bacterial strains revealed that vibrio alginolyticus was the predominant species isolated in the majority of samples taken from the different units of the hatchery (microalgae, swimming larvae, seawater of larval culture tanks, and a reservoir tank of 50-μm filtered seawater). however, the bacterial p ... | 1996 | 8812601 |
| antibacterial activity in the coelomocytes of the sea urchin paracentrotus lividus. | naturally present antibacterial activity directed against vibrio alginolyticus was demonstrated in coelomocytes lysate (cl) and cell-free coelomic fluid (cf) of the marine echinoderm paracentrotus lividus. kinetic analysis revealed that 5 min of contact was enough to induce significant bactericidal effect. maximum activity required 30 min of contact. nonsensitive to the effect of trypsin, the activity was almost completely suppressed by incubation with subtilisin. purified from cl by three succe ... | 1996 | 8829813 |
| kinetics of adhesion of selected fish-pathogenic vibrio strains of skin mucus of gilt-head sea bream (sparus aurata l.). | the kinetics of adhesion of vibrio strains isolated from diseased fish to skin mucus of gilt-head sea bream was studied. a modified langmuir adsorption isotherm was calculated, and the results obtained indicate that the strains tested (vibrio alginolyticus dp1he4 and vibrio anguillarum-like dc12r8 and dc12r9) showed a saturation kinetics except for v. alginolyticus (can), which showed a proportional adsorption kinetics. the adhesive capability for skin mucus does not seem to be an essential viru ... | 1996 | 8837420 |
| n-terminal quarter part of tetracycline transporter from pacyc184 complements k+ uptake activity in k+ uptake-deficient mutants of escherichia coli and vibrio alginolyticus. | in an attempt to clone a gene encoding the k+ uptake system from vibrio alginolyticus, two plasmids, pkt2 and pkt4, were derived from pacyc184. these plasmids allowed the growth of k+ uptake-deficient mutant strains of escherichia coli tk420 and v. alginolyticus fs181 in a low k+ medium. the pkt2 and pkt4 had an insertion about 7 and 6 kb, respectively, from the genome of v. alginolyticus. we prepared deletion plasmids from both plasmids and found that the site of genes inserted in the two was n ... | 1995 | 8845802 |
| virulence of vibrio alginolyticus isolated from diseased tiger prawn, penaeus monodon. | outbreaks of mass mortality among cultured tiger prawns (penaeus monodon) with white spotted syndrome (wss) in the carapace occurred in the summer of 1994 in i-lan, taiwan. a swarming strain val was isolated from hemolymph of the moribund prawns with tryptic soy agar (tsa, supplemented with 1% nacl, oxoid) and/or thiosulfate citrate bile salt sucrose (tcbs, difco) agar. this strain was characterized and identified to be vibrio alginolyticus. the strain was susceptible to antibiotics such as chlo ... | 1996 | 8867464 |
| chemotactic responses to an attractant and a repellent by the polar and lateral flagellar systems of vibrio alginolyticus. | chemotactic responses in vibrio alginolyticus, which has lateral and polar flagellar systems in one cell, were investigated. a lateral-flagella-defective (pof+ laf-) mutant, which has only a polar flagellum, usually swam forward by the pushing action of its flagellum and occasionally changed direction by backward swimming. when the repellent phenol was added, pof+ laf- cells moved frequently forward and backward (tumbling state). the tumbling was derived from the frequent changing between counte ... | 1996 | 8885393 |
| isolation and characterization of vibrio alginolyticus isolated from diseased kuruma prawn, penaeus japonicus. | outbreaks of serious mortality among cultured kuruma prawns (penaeus japonicus) with white spotted syndrome in the carapace occurred in the summer of 1993 in i-lan, taiwan. a swarming bacterium, strain swy, was isolated from the hepatopancreas of the moribund prawns using tryptic soy agar supplemented with 1% nacl and/or thiosulphate citrate bile salt sucrose agar. this strain was characterized and identified as vibrio alginolyticus on the basis of a number of biochemical tests. the swy strain w ... | 1996 | 8936369 |
| cloning and sequencing of novel genes from vibrio alginolyticus that support the growth of k+ uptake-deficient mutant of escherichia coli. | novel genes that functionally complement the growth of k+ uptake-deficient mutant strain of escherichia coli tk420 have been cloned from the marine bacterium vibrio alginolyticus. the nucleotide sequence revealed three open reading frames. the second gene was homologous to proc gene and allowed the growth of proc-defective mutant strain of e. coli chi 342 in the absence of proline. the first and third genes, but not proc, were required for the growth of tk420 in a synthetic medium containing 10 ... | 1996 | 8982386 |
| alkaline serine protease is an exotoxin of vibrio alginolyticus in kuruma prawn, penaeus japonicus. | an extracellular lethal toxin produced by vibrio alginolyticus strain swy originally isolated from diseased kuruma prawn(penaeus japonicus) was partially purified by fast protein liquid chromatography with hydrophobic interaction (phenyl sepharose hig hperformance) chromatography and gel filtration columns. the toxin is an alkaline serine protease, inhibited by phenyl-methylsulfonyl fluoride (pmsf),and showed maximal activity at ph 10, having a molecular weight of about 33kda estimated by sds-pa ... | 1997 | 9003588 |
| vibrio alginolyticus mutants resistant to phenamil, a specific inhibitor of the sodium-driven flagellar motor. | the polar flagella of vibrio alginolyticus are driven by sodium motive force and those motors are specifically and strongly inhibited by phenamil, an amiloride analog that is thought to interact with a sodium channel of the flagellar motor. to study the sodium ion coupling site, we isolated motility mutants resistant to phenamil and named the phenotype mpa(r) for motility resistant to phenamil. the motility of the wild-type (mpa(s)) was inhibited by 50 microm phenamil, whereas mpa(r) strains wer ... | 1997 | 9018045 |
| genetic defect of the sodium pump-defective mutant nap-1 from the marine vibrio alginolyticus. | the marine bacterium, vibrio alginolyticus, has a respiratory chain-linked na(+)-translocating nadh-quinone reductase (nqr). among several mutant cells defective in na+ pump activity, nap1 was a very stable mutant and a spontaneous revertant could not be isolated from nap1. using genetic information from the recently sequenced nqr operon, the genetic defects in nap1 were examined, and the sodium pump-defective mutant nap1 was found to be caused by the insertion of a 1.2 kbp dna fragment into the ... | 1997 | 9043633 |
| membrane localization, topology, and mutual stabilization of the rnfabc gene products in rhodobacter capsulatus and implications for a new family of energy-coupling nadh oxidoreductases. | the rnf genes in rhodobacter capsulatus are unique nitrogen fixation genes that encode potential membrane proteins (rnfa, rnfd, and rnfe) and potential iron-sulfur proteins (rnfb and rnfc). in this study, we first analyzed the localization and topology of the rnfa, rnfb, and rnfc proteins. by activity and immunoblot analysis of expression of translational fusions to escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase, rnfa protein was shown to span the chromatophore membrane with its odd-numbered hydrophilic ... | 1997 | 9154934 |
| the na+/e- stoichiometry of the na+-motive nadh:quinone oxidoreductase in vibrio alginolyticus. | a method is proposed to estimate the stoichiometries of primary na+-pumps in intact bacterial cells. it is based on technique when the h+/e- stoichiometry is measured in the presence of protophorous uncoupler and in the absence of penetrating ions other than h+. under these conditions, the h+ influx discharges membrane potential generated by the na+ pump so the na+/e- and h+/e- ratios become equal. using this approach it is shown that the na+/e- ratio for the na+-motive nadh:quinone oxidoreducta ... | 1997 | 9224712 |
| putative channel components for the fast-rotating sodium-driven flagellar motor of a marine bacterium. | the polar flagellum of vibrio alginolyticus rotates remarkably fast (up to 1,700 revolutions per second) by using a motor driven by sodium ions. two genes, motx and moty, for the sodium-driven flagellar motor have been identified in marine bacteria, vibrio parahaemolyticus and v. alginolyticus. they have no similarity to the genes for proton-driven motors, mota and motb, whose products constitute a proton channel. motx was proposed to be a component of a sodium channel. here we identified additi ... | 1997 | 9260952 |
| effects of extracellular products of vibrio alginolyticus on penaeid prawn plasma components. | the effects of both crude extracellular products (ecp) and a partially purified protease of vibrio alginolyticus on the plasma components of kuruma prawn (penaeus japonicus) and tiger prawn (p. monodon) were studied using crossed immunoelectrophoresis (cie). a component of the plasma, tentatively identified as coagulogen, apparently disappeared after incubation with the ecp, while the amount of a component tentatively identified as haemocyanin decreased. the coagulogen and an unknown component ( ... | 1997 | 9281857 |
| h+-pumping atpase has little stimulatory effect on in vitro translocation of a model protein into vibrio alginolyticus inside-out membrane vesicles. | we studied the effect of a h+ electrochemical potential generated by f1f0 atpase on in vitro translocation of a model protein into vibrio alginolyticus inside-out membrane vesicles. the f1f0 atpase of v. alginolyticus catalyzed the pumping of h+ coupled to atp hydrolysis as measured in fluorescence quenching experiments. consequently, this enzyme leads to the generation of a h+ electrochemical potential. the h+ electrochemical potential generated by f1f0 atpase was completely abolished by 30 mic ... | 1997 | 9339889 |
| cloning of a vibrio alginolyticus rpon gene that is required for polar flagellar formation. | a fragment of dna was cloned which complemented a polar flagellum-defective (pof) mutation of vibrio alginolyticus. the fragment contained two complete and two partial open reading frames (orfs) (orf2 and -3 and orf1 and -4, respectively). the presumed product of orf2 has an amino acid sequence with a high degree of similarity to that of rpon, which is an alternative sigma factor (sigma54) for other microorganisms. the other orfs are also homologous to the genes adjacent to other rpon genes. del ... | 1997 | 9352939 |
| generation of reactive oxygen species by raphidophycean phytoplankton. | chattonella marina, a raphidophycean flagellate, is one of the most toxic red tide phytoplankton and causes severe damage to fish farming. recent studies demonstrated that chattonella sp. generates superoxide (o2-), hydrogen peroxide (h2o2), and hydroxyl radicals (.oh), which may be responsible for the toxicity of c. marina. in this study, we found the other raphidophycean flagellates such as heterosigma akashiwo, olisthodiscus luteus, and fibrocapsa japonica also produce o2- and h2o2 under norm ... | 1997 | 9362113 |
| the na+-translocating nadh:ubiquinone oxidoreductase from vibrio alginolyticus--redox states of the fad prosthetic group and mechanism of ag+ inhibition. | the fad prosthetic group of the na+-motive nadh:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (na+-nqr) from vibrio alginolyticus was investigated by ultraviolet-visible and fluorescence spectroscopy. the reduction of na+-nqr by excess nadh in the presence of 6-13 microm o2 resulted in the formation of the blue flavosemiquinone radical. if the concentration of dioxygen was further reduced to 0.1 microm o2, neither the reduction of na+-nqr by nadh nor its reoxidation with ubiquinone-1 (q-1) yielded a stable flavosem ... | 1997 | 9395325 |
| evaluation of vitek gni+ and becton dickinson microbiology systems crystal e/nf identification systems for identification of members of the family enterobacteriaceae and other gram-negative, glucose-fermenting and non-glucose-fermenting bacilli. | we evaluated the vitek gni+ and becton dickinson crystal e/nf identification systems for their ability to accurately identify 619 and 626 strains, respectively, of members of the family enterobacteriaceae and other glucose-fermenting and non-glucose-fermenting gram-negative rods. all strains tested were taken from a stock collection and passed three times on 5% sheep blood agar prior to testing. these strains represented a more rigorous challenge to both systems than one resulting from the testi ... | 1997 | 9399532 |
| [bacterial diversity during the cholera epidemic in dakar, senegal (1995-1996)]. | vibrio cholerae o:1, serotype ogawa and biotype el tor (76.1%) was responsible of the outbreak of cholera in dakar, senegal (1995-1996). however, other bacteria were isolated, particularly vibrio cholerae non o:1/non o:139, vibrio fluvialis, vibrio alginolyticus. vibrio parahaemolyticus, salmonella sp.p, shigella sp.p (23.9%). the vibrio cholerae o:1 strains are multiresistant to sulfonamide, cotrimoxazole and chloramphenicol. 97% were also resistant to o/129 compound. fluoroquinolone and 3rd ge ... | 1997 | 9410248 |
| tcpp protein is a positive regulator of virulence gene expression in vibrio cholerae. | the production of several virulence factors in vibrio cholerae o1, including cholera toxin and the pilus colonization factor tcp (toxin-coregulated pilus), is strongly influenced by environmental conditions. to specifically identify membrane proteins involved in these signal transduction events, we examined a transposon library of v. cholerae generated by tnbla mutagenesis for cells that produce tcp when grown under various nonpermissive conditions. to select for tcp-producing cells we used the ... | 1998 | 9435261 |
| the fatty acid composition of a vibrio alginolyticus associated with the alga cladophora coelothrix. identification of the novel 9-methyl-10-hexadecenoic acid. | the fatty acid composition of a new strain of vibrio alginolyticus, found in the alga cladophora coelothrix, was studied. among 38 different fatty acids, a new fatty acid, 9-methyl-10-hexadecenoic acid and the unusual 11-methyl-12-octadecenoic acid, were identified. linear alkylbenzene fatty acids, such as 10-phenyldecanoic acid, 12-phenyldodecanoic acid and 14-phenyltetradecanoic acid, were also found in v. alginolyticus. the alga contained 43% saturated fatty acids, and 28% c16-c20 polyunsatur ... | 1997 | 9438237 |
| structure and function of the genes involved in mannitol, arabitol and glucitol utilization from pseudomonas fluorescens dsm50106. | a dna fragment from pseudomonas fluorescens dsm50106 containing the genes for the uptake and utilization of mannitol, arabitol and glucitol was cloned in escherichia coli and sequenced. seven open reading frames (mtlefgkdyz) were identified on the 10031 bp fragment. the deduced amino acid sequences of the first four open reading frames (mtlefgk) revealed significant similarity to the components of the maltose transport system in e. coli and salmonella typhimurium. the gene mtld encoding a polyol ... | 1998 | 9461423 |
| cloning and nucleotide sequence of the gyrb gene of vibrio parahaemolyticus and its application in detection of this pathogen in shrimp. | because biochemical testing and 16s rrna sequence analysis have proven inadequate for the differentiation of vibrio parahaemolyticus from closely related species, we employed the gyrase b gene (gyrb) as a molecular diagnostic probe. the gyrb genes of v. parahaemolyticus and closely related vibrio alginolyticus were cloned and sequenced. oligonucleotide pcr primers were designed for the amplification of a 285-bp fragment from within gyrb specific for v. parahaemolyticus. these primers recognized ... | 1998 | 9464408 |
| attachment of vibrio alginolyticus to glass surfaces is dependent on swimming speed. | the attachment of vibrio alginolyticus to glass surfaces was investigated with special reference to the swimming speed due to the polar flagellum. this bacterium has two types of flagella, i.e., one polar flagellum and numerous lateral flagella. the mutant ym4, which possesses only the polar flagellum, showed much faster attachment than the mutant ym18, which does not possess flagella, indicating that the polar flagellum plays an important role. the attachment of ym4 was dependent on na+ concent ... | 1998 | 9473049 |
| identification of six subunits constituting na+-translocating nadh-quinone reductase from the marine vibrio alginolyticus. | we previously reported that the purified na+-translocating nadh-quinone reductase (nqr) from the marine vibrio alginolyticus is composed of three major subunits, alpha, beta and gamma. nqr operon was sequenced and was found to be composed of 6 structural genes. among these genes, nqr1, nqr3 and nqr6 were identified to code for alpha-, gamma- and beta-subunits, respectively. the protein products from nqr2, nqr4 and nqr5, however, were not reported. the sequence data predicted that these three pro ... | 1998 | 9490015 |
| overexpression in escherichia coli of the rnf genes from rhodobacter capsulatus--characterization of two membrane-bound iron-sulfur proteins. | the rnf genes of rhodobacter capsulatus, essential for nitrogen fixation, are thought to encode a system for electron transport to nitrogenase. in the present study, we have attempted to overexpress the rnf genes in escherichia coli to investigate the molecular properties of the corresponding proteins. corrections were made to the published dna sequence of the rnf operon, resulting in the identification of two genes, rnfg and rnfh. the rnfabcdgeh operon thus comprises seven genes and shows simil ... | 1998 | 9492268 |
| polarizing response of human polymorphonuclear cells to vibrio cholerae. | leucocytes have the capacity to respond to chemotactic factors by becoming morphologically and functionally polarized and this method has been found to be suitable for measurement of chemotaxis. this work evaluates the effect of whole vibrio cholerae biotype el tor polarization of human polymorphonuclear (pmn) cells in comparison with strains of v. cholerae nag, vibrio alginolyticus and salmonella typhi. v. cholerae o1 induced, at different cell/bacteria ratios, a significant increase in the per ... | 1997 | 9503599 |
| topological study of vibrio alginolyticus nhab na+/h+ antiporter using gene fusions in escherichia coli cells. | nhab, an na+/h+ antiporter, of vibrio alginolyticus is a 528-amino-acid protein. hydropathy profile-based computer analysis predicted that the nhab might contain up to 13 membrane-spanning domains. to examine this hypothesis, we applied the phoa fusion method to the cloned nhab gene. eighteen plasmid-borne nhab-phoa fusion genes were constructed in escherichia coli cells and the alkaline phosphatase activity and expression level of the fusion proteins analyzed. these results and the results obta ... | 1998 | 9518558 |
| experimental vibriosis induction with vibrio alginolyticus of larvae of the catarina scallop (argopecten ventricosus =circularis) (sowerby ii, 1842) | | 1998 | 9541555 |
| chemotaxis of pathogenic vibrio strains towards mucus surfaces of gilt-head sea bream (sparus aurata l.). | vibrio anguillarum and vibrio alginolyticus exhibited significant adhesion to and chemotactic abilities towards mucus collected from the skin, gills, and intestine of gilt-head sea bream. quadratic polynomial models for chemotaxis designed to estimate the influence of temperature demonstrated a differential bacterial chemotaxis depending of the source of the mucus, with the chemotaxis towards intestinal mucus being the least influenced. | 1998 | 9575135 |
| flagellin-containing membrane vesicles excreted from vibrio alginolyticus mutants lacking a polar-flagellar filament. | polar flagellum-defective mutants (pof- laf-) have been isolated from a lateral flagella-defective mutant (pof+ laf-). among these pof- laf- mutants, polar-filamentless mutants, which have the hook structure but not the filament, were identified by electron microscopy. their hooks were covered with a sheath structure which is contiguous to the outer membrane. the filament proteins, flagellins, were shed into the culture medium of these mutants. these flagellins could be sedimented by high-speed ... | 1998 | 9604007 |
| ktrab, a new type of bacterial k(+)-uptake system from vibrio alginolyticus. | vibrio alginolyticus contained two adjacent genes, ktra and ktrb, which encode a new type of bacterial k(+)-uptake system. ktra and ktrb are peripheral and integral membrane proteins, respectively. six of the nine sequenced bacterial genomes contain homologs to both ktra and ktrb, suggesting that ktrab is widespread. | 1998 | 9642210 |
| cloning of the trkah gene cluster and characterization of the trk k(+)-uptake system of vibrio alginolyticus. | k(+)-uptake genes of vibrio alginolyticus were identified by cloning chromosomal dna fragments of this organism into plasmids, followed by electroporation and selection for growth at low k+ concentrations of cells of an escherichia coli strain defective in k+ uptake. a 4.1 kb dna fragment contained a cluster of three orfs on the same dna strand: the previously identified trka gene, a gene similar to e. coli trkh (v. alginolyticus trkh) and a new gene, orf1, whose function is not clear. products ... | 1998 | 9720051 |
| cloning and expression of the seca gene of a marine bacterium, vibrio alginolyticus, and analysis of its function in escherichia coli. | we report the cloning, sequencing and functional characterization of the seca gene of a marine bacterium, vibrio alginolyticus, which has been suggested to utilize atp and the sodium motive force for protein translocation. oligodeoxynucleotides corresponding to highly conserved regions of escherichia coli seca located in the high affinity atp binding site were utilized as pcr primers to clone the seca gene of v. alginolyticus. it was shown to encode a 103.3-kda protein. the deduced amino acid se ... | 1998 | 9729436 |
| necrotizing fasciitis due to vibrio alginolyticus following an injury inflicted by a stingray. | we describe the case of a patient with necrotizing fasciitis due to vibrio alginolyticus in a patient with cirrhosis following an injury inflicted by a stingray. the patient was successfully treated with aggressive surgical debridement and a combination of ciprofloxacin and amoxicillin-clavulanate. cases of invasive v. alginolyticus reported in the literature were reviewed. | 1998 | 9730311 |
| investigation of the 1994-5 ukrainian vibrio cholerae epidemic using molecular methods. | thirty-seven vibrio cholerae and four non-cholera vibrio isolates from ukraine, including strains from the epidemic of 1994-5, were analysed by molecular methods. results from pfge and ribotyping indicated that all ukrainian toxigenic v. cholerae were closely related to each other and to an isolate from a patient from pakistan. a non-toxigenic river water strain obtained during the height of the epidemic was more distantly related to these v. cholerae strains, while the vibrio parahaemolyticus i ... | 1998 | 9747752 |
| molecular cloning and functional characterization of sece of a marine bacterium, vibrio alginolyticus. | sece is an essential membrane component of the escherichia coli protein translocation machinery, which utilizes atp and the proton motive force as energy sources. the sece homologue of marine vibrio alginolyticus, in which protein translocation requires atp and the sodium motive force, was cloned, sequenced, and characterized. unlike most sece homologues found in various organisms, sece of v. alginolyticus (va-sece) possesses three transmembrane sequences like e. coli sece (ec-sece) and compleme ... | 1998 | 9791006 |
| pathogenicity of vibrio alginolyticus for cultured gilt-head sea bream (sparus aurata l.). | the in vivo and in vitro pathogenic activities of whole cells and extracellular products of vibrio alginolyticus for cultured gilt-head sea bream were evaluated. the 50% lethal doses ranged from 5.4 x 10(4) to 1.0 x 10(6) cfu/g of body weight. the strains examined had the ability to adhere to skin, gill, and intestinal mucus of sea bream and to cultured cells of a chinook salmon embryo cell line. in addition, the in vitro ability of v. alginolyticus to adhere to mucus and skin cells of sea bream ... | 1998 | 9797276 |
| survival of vibrio cholerae 01 strains in shrimp subjected to freezing and boiling. | this research was undertaken to assess the resistance of vibrio cholerae 01 strains inoculated into white shrimp, penaeus schimitti, to heating and freezing treatments. shrimp samples with and without carapace were obtained from sao luis, brazil. microbial analysis revealed the presence of marine vibrios including vibrio alginolyticus, vibrio parahaemolyticus, and other vibrios and aerobic gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria that grew on selective medium, thiosulfate-citrate-bile salt-sucro ... | 1998 | 9798148 |
| neurotoxic effect on two fish species and a pc12 cell line of the supernate of vibrio alginolyticus and vibrio anguillarum. | the biological effects of supernates obtained from different strains of vibrio alginolyticus and vibrio anguillarum isolated from diseased fish have been studied by inoculation on two fish species, eel and rainbow trout, and two fish cell lines. these supernates possess neuroexcitatory properties, and so, when they are injected into both fish species, they trigger convulsions, wriggling, contortive swimming and respiratory arrest coupled with increased respiratory reflex. furthermore, after the ... | 1998 | 9810622 |
| mechanosensitive channel functions to alleviate the cell lysis of marine bacterium, vibrio alginolyticus, by osmotic downshock. | the mechanosensitive channel with large conductance of escherichia coli is the first to be cloned among stretch-activated channels. although its activity was characterized by a patch clamp method, a physiological role of the channel has not been proved. the marine bacterium, vibrio alginolyticus, is sensitive to osmotic stress and cell lysis occurs under osmotic downshock. we introduced an mscl gene into vibrio alginolyticus, and the mechanosensitive channel with large conductance functions was ... | 1999 | 10050752 |
| the polar flagellar motor of vibrio cholerae is driven by an na+ motive force. | vibrio cholerae is a highly motile bacterium which possesses a single polar flagellum as a locomotion organelle. motility is thought to be an important factor for the virulence of v. cholerae. the genome sequencing project of this organism is in progress, and the genes that are highly homologous to the essential genes of the na+-driven polar flagellar motor of vibrio alginolyticus were found in the genome database of v. cholerae. the energy source of its flagellar motor was investigated. we exam ... | 1999 | 10074090 |
| identification of vibrio parahaemolyticus strains at the species level by pcr targeted to the toxr gene. | the dna colony hybridization test with the polynucleotide probe for vibrio parahaemolyticus toxr gene was performed. all 373 strains of v. parahaemolyticus gave positive results, and the strains belonging to four other vibrio species including vibrio alginolyticus gave weakly positive results, suggesting that toxr sequence variation may reflect the phylogenetic relationships of vibrio species. we then established a toxr-targeted pcr protocol for the specific detection of v. parahaemolyticus. | 1999 | 10074546 |