Overnight cultures of MRSA NI strains (40 strains) [4] were spotted onto soft agar plates supplemented with or without calf serum (250 µl) and incubated for 8 h. Diameter ratios between plates with se
The virulence factor pertactin (Prn) is a component of pertussis vaccines and one of the most polymorphic Bordetella pertussis antigens. After the introduction of vaccination shifts in predominant Prn
ureI encodes an integral cytoplasmic membrane protein. It is present in the urease gene cluster of Helicobacter pylori and is essential for infection and acid survival, but its role is unknown. To det
The endogenous plasmid pRA2 from Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIB 9867 was determined to have 32,743 bp with a G+C content of 59.8%. Sequence analysis predicted a total of 29 open reading frames, with app
Propionibacterium freudenreichii CIRM-BIA 129 and CIRM-BIA 1025 osmoadaptation in chemically defined medium (MMO) and osmoadaptation in the presence of glycine betaine (GB) were...