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Bioprospecting—fuels from fungi
The world has a continuing demand and utility for liquid fuels to power its societies. The utilization of crude oil based fuels is leading to a...
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Carbonyl Reduction in the Biosynthesis of a Male Sex Pheromone Secreted by the Grape Borer Xylotrechus pyrrhoderus
Males of the cerambycid beetle Xylotrechus pyrrhoderus release a mixture of ( S )-2-hydroxy-3-octanone [( S )- 1 ] and (2 S ,3 S )-2,3-octanediol [(2 S ,3 S )- 2 ]...
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Enzyme multilayer coatings inhibit Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation on urinary catheters
Bacteria use a signaling mechanism called quorum sensing (QS) to form complex communities of surface-attached cells known as biofilms. This...
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Temperature regimes and aphid density interactions differentially influence VOC emissions in Arabidopsis
The effects of volatile emissions from plants exposed to individual abiotic and biotic stresses are well documented. However, the influence of...
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Structural and functional studies of multiheme cytochromes c involved in extracellular electron transport in bacterial dissimilatory metal reduction
Bacteria utilizing insoluble mineral forms of metal oxides as electron acceptors in respiratory processes are widespread in the nature. The electron...
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Chemikalien: Stoffe, Elemente, Verbindungen
Alle Dinge, die uns umgeben, bestehen aus Materie. Sie nehmen einen bestimmten Raum ein, haben Masse und besitzen unter dem Einfluss des irdischen...
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A Volatile Relationship: Profiling an Inter-Kingdom Dialogue Between two Plant Pathogens, Ralstonia Solanacearum and Aspergillus Flavus
Microbes in the rhizosphere have a suite of extracellular compounds, both primary and secondary, that communicate with other organisms in their...
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An AIL/IL-based liquid/liquid extraction system for the purification of His-tagged proteins
A sorbent based on affinity ionic liquid (AIL), triazacyclononane-ionic liquid, was synthesized, characterized, and applied to the extraction of...
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Synthesis and Field Evaluation of Stereoisomers and Analogues of 5-Methylheptadecan-7-ol, an Unusual Sex Pheromone Component of the Lichen Moth, Miltochrista calamina
Females of the lichen moth, Miltochrista calamina (Arctiidae, Lithosiinae), were previously shown to produce 5-methylheptadecan-7-ol ( 1 ) as a sex...
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Mitochondrial Metabolomics Using High-Resolution Fourier-Transform Mass Spectrometry
High-resolution Fourier-transform mass spectrometry (FTMS) provides important advantages in studies of metabolism because more than half of common...
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Isolation and characterization of oxygen-evolving photosystem II particles and photosystem II core complex from the filamentous cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis
Photosystem (PS) II particles retaining a high rate of O 2 evolution were isolated from the mesophilic filamentous cyanobacterium, Spirulina platensis ....
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fumarate reductase (menaquinone) 1.3.5.4
EC number 1.3.5.4 Systematic name succinate:menaquinone oxidoreductase...
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The Phylum Planctomycetes
The Planctomycetes is a bacterial phylum with multiple distinctive, and often unique, morphological, structural, metabolic, and genomic...
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A Pseudomonas putida bioreporter for the detection of enzymes active on 2-alkyl-4(1H)-quinolone signalling molecules
The quorum sensing signalling molecules 2-heptyl-3-hydroxy-4(1 H )-quinolone, termed the “ Pseudomonas quinolone signal” (PQS), and 2-heptyl-4(1 H )-quinol...
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fatty acid amide hydrolase 3.5.1.99
EC number 3.5.1.99 Systematic name fatty acylamide amidohydrolase...
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Colorless Sulfur Bacteria
Since its recognition in the late nineteenth century, the ability to gain metabolically useful energy from the oxidation of reduced sulfur compounds...
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Quorum sensing modulates colony morphology through alkyl quinolones in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
BackgroundAcyl-homoserine lactone (acyl-HSL) and alkyl quinolone (AQ) based quorum-sensing (QS) systems are important for Pseudomonas aeruginosa ...
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Perception of Host Plant Volatiles in Hyalesthes obsoletus: Behavior, Morphology, and Electrophysiology
The Palearctic planthopper Hyalesthes obsoletus is the natural vector of the grapevine yellow disease Bois noir. Grapevine is an occasional host...
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Citrus maxima
The pummelo is indigenous to southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia). It was reported to grow wild on river banks in the Fiji and Friendly Islands. It...