Erythromycin inhibits protein synthesis by its effect on ribosome function (14, 118, 119). The
metabolic modifications that enable cells to cope with the inhibitory action of erythromycin …

Medical microbiology is extremely reliant on the culture of bacteria from clinical specimens
and their subsequent identification by biochemical and phenotypic characteristics for the …

Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition provides basic, clear and concise
knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms. Useful to anyone …

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (basonym M. paratuberculosis) is the
etiologic agent of a severe gastroenteritis in ruminants known as Johne's disease. Economic …

Symbiotic associations between different organisms are of great importance for evolutionary
and ecological processes [1–4]. Bacteria are particularly valuable symbiotic partners owing …

We amplified, TA-cloned, and sequenced the 16S–23S internal transcribed spacer (ITS)
regions from single isolates of several cyanobacterial species, Calothrix parietina …

23S-rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes were designed for the phylogenetic group 'Gram-
positive bacteria with high G+ C content of DNA'(GPBHGC). A sequence idiosyncrasy in two …

The codon usage (CU) patterns of 64 genes from the Gram+ prokaryotic genus
Streptomyces were analysed. Despite the extremely high overall G+ C content of the …

The set of 270 different srRNA sequences listed in Table 1 comprises complete sequences
and continuous partial sequences, but no discontinuous partial sequences. In order to limit …

In the last few years many attempts have been made to differentiate more than 20
Bifidobacterium species. It has been recognized that identification of bifidobacterial species …