{"title":"Identification of Flavobacterium strains by gas liquid chromatographic analysis of volatile fatty acids produced in culture","authors":"D. Rasoamananjara , J.C. Turlot , H. Monteil","doi":"10.1016/0769-2609(88)90104-4","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0769-2609(88)90104-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The classification previously established for 74 <em>Flavobacterium</em> strains by gas liquid chromatographic (GLC) analysis of volatile fatty acids (VFA) produced in culture allowed the recovery of 9 groups (<em>J. gen. Microbiol.,</em> 1986, <strong>132</strong>, 2723–2732). Since graphic representation of the strains based on the first 3 factors obtained by principal component analysis (PCA) clearly separated these groups, we tried to identify 80 new strains by comparing their positions with those of the 9 groups, on the basis of both hierarchical classification and PCA methods. Of the 153 strains studied, only 12 were not allocated to a group corresponding to their original biochemical identification Thus, on the whole, this characterization method by GLC analysis seemed satisfactory, although it could not be established whether the method was adequate for routine identification, or would serve merely as a complement.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77666,"journal":{"name":"Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. Microbiology","volume":"139 4","pages":"Pages 411-419"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0769-2609(88)90104-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14308547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Fernandez-Lago, M.S. Rodriguez-Nebreda, A. Chordi
{"title":"Rapid serotyping of enteropathogenic Yersinia Enterocolitica strains by co-agglutination","authors":"L. Fernandez-Lago, M.S. Rodriguez-Nebreda, A. Chordi","doi":"10.1016/0769-2609(88)90108-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0769-2609(88)90108-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A rapid co-agglutination test using monospecific antisera was developed for the serological typing of enteropathogenic strains of <em>Yersinia enterocolitica</em>. A total of 70 bacterial strains (17 reference strains and 53 clinical isolates) were examined. Absorption of immune sera against srotypes O:3, O:8 and O:9 with their heterologous antigens (S-LPS) was necessary to avoid the appearance of different cross-reactions, as observed by co-agglutination. The proteins present in the S-LPS preparations obtained from each serotype seemed to be responsible for such cross-reactions. Results obtained with a total of 57 clinical isolates belonging to other members of the family <em>Enterobacteriaceae</em> indicated a high specificity of the assay.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77666,"journal":{"name":"Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. Microbiology","volume":"139 4","pages":"Pages 461-471"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0769-2609(88)90108-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14309816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M.S. Zygmunt , G. Dubray , D.R. Bundle , M.P. Perry
{"title":"Purified native haptens of Brucella abortus B19 and B. melitensis 16M reveal the lipopolysaccharide origin of the antigens","authors":"M.S. Zygmunt , G. Dubray , D.R. Bundle , M.P. Perry","doi":"10.1016/0769-2609(88)90105-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0769-2609(88)90105-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Purification of the <em>Brucella</em> polysaccharide referred to as native hapten (NH) and extracted from cells by the autoclaving procedure, was accomplished by ultrafiltration, followed by repetitive gel filtration using high-performance liquid chromatography on a ⪡TSK-G2000-SW⪢ column. The purified NH was analysed by SDS-PAGE, gas-liquid chromatography mass spectroscopy, and <sup>13</sup>C and <sup>1</sup>H NMR spectroscopy. NH from <em>B. abortus</em> B19 (NH-A) was shown to have a structure identical to that of A polysaccharide from <em>B. abortus</em> 1119-3, a linear homopolymer of α-1,2-linked-4,6-dideoxy-4-formamido-D-mannopyrannosyl residues.</p><p>The structure of the NH from <em>B. melitensis</em> 16M (NH-M) was identified as a linear homopolysaccharide of the same sugar but composed of a pentasaccharide repeating unit in which four α1,2-linked-4,6-dideoxy-4-formamido-D-mannopyrannosyl residues are linked α-1,3 to the last monosaccharide of the sequence. This structure is similar to that determined for the <em>Brucella</em> M polysaccharide from <em>B. melitensis</em> 16M. The discovery in highly purified NH preparations of covalently bound monosaccharides characteristics of lipopolysaccharide inner core regions <em>e.g.</em>, quinovosamine, mannose and 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate (KDO), indicates that this polysaccharide is derived from lipopolysaccharides (LPS) by hydrolytic conditions fortuitously generated during the extraction protocol.</p><p>The antigenically important polysaccharides of <em>Brucelle</em> are now established to be either A or M antigens. Polysaccharide B is a cyclic glucan with no structural or serological relationship were to A for M polysaccharides, its apparent activity in diagnostic tests of infected cattle resuls from O polysaccharide B.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77666,"journal":{"name":"Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. Microbiology","volume":"139 4","pages":"Pages 421-433"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0769-2609(88)90105-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13606066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A novel approach to the evolution of microorganisms","authors":"N. Peyriéras","doi":"10.1016/0769-2609(88)90118-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0769-2609(88)90118-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77666,"journal":{"name":"Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. Microbiology","volume":"139 4","pages":"Page 502"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0769-2609(88)90118-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91648236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On interspecies gene transfer: The case of the argF gene of Escherichia coli","authors":"F. Van Vliet, A. Boyen, N. Glansdorff","doi":"10.1016/0769-2609(88)90111-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0769-2609(88)90111-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77666,"journal":{"name":"Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. Microbiology","volume":"139 4","pages":"Pages 493-496"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0769-2609(88)90111-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14184817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"L'antifongigramme des dermatophytes","authors":"R Steiman, F Seigle-Murandi, L Sage","doi":"10.1016/0769-2609(88)90110-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0769-2609(88)90110-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The sensitivity of <em>Microsporum gypseum</em> to five antifungal agents was carried out by the disk diffusion method. The influence of the culture medium composition and physiological state of the microorganism was studied. The differed setting of antifungal disks enabled a comparative study of their action on spores and mycelium. Best results were obtained on a complex medium (Casitone) using spores as inoculum. The sensitivity of <em>Microsporum canis, M. gypseum</em> and <em>Trichophyton interdigitale</em> to the five antifungal agents indicated the efficacy of imidazole compounds as compared to amphotericin B and nystatine.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77666,"journal":{"name":"Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. Microbiology","volume":"139 4","pages":"Pages 485-491"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0769-2609(88)90110-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91648088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expression and maintenance of plasmid resistance in regenerating protoplasts of Bacillus subtilis","authors":"C. Sanchez-Rivas","doi":"10.1016/0769-2609(88)90103-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0769-2609(88)90103-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Expression of plasmid-encoded resistances in regenerating protoplasts of <em>Bacillus subtilis</em> occurs only after wall synthesis has been resumed. This is observed for protoplasts obtained from cells already containing plasmids (pC194, pT127, pK545) or for plasmid-bearing cells coming from a PEG-mediated transformation. Recovery of expression needs a 2-h incubation of protoplasts, previously washed to get rid of their lysozyme content, in rich hypertonic medium (SMMP). A longer incubation (24-h) results in the obtention of regenerants; however, most of them have lost their resistant phenotype in contrast to those obtained from the usual solid regeneration plates. This finding suggests either a high curing effect or some kind of gene inactivation phenomenon.</p><p>Discussion is focused on the critical points that have to be considered when polyethylenglycol-mediated transformation of protoplasts is applied to recombinant DNA technology.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77666,"journal":{"name":"Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. Microbiology","volume":"139 4","pages":"Pages 403-409"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0769-2609(88)90103-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14270554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Le laboratoire de bactériologie médicale Equipment, techniques de base sécurité.","authors":"J. Fleury","doi":"10.1016/0769-2609(88)90112-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/0769-2609(88)90112-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77666,"journal":{"name":"Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. Microbiology","volume":"139 4","pages":"Page 497"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0769-2609(88)90112-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90006055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adherence of Fusobacterium necrophorum biovar A and B strains to erythrocytes and tissue culture cells","authors":"T. Shinjo, S. Miyazato , H. Kiyoyama","doi":"10.1016/0769-2609(88)90107-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0769-2609(88)90107-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Fusobacterium necrophorum</em> biovar A and biovar B were examined for haemagglutinability and ability to adhere to cells. Six biovar A strains agglutinated tannic-acid-treated chicken erythrocytes (1/32-1/64), as well as untreated chicken erythrocytes (1/16-1/64). They adhered well to MDBK and FL cells. Haemagglutination by them was not inhibited with D-mannose. In six biovar B strains, the haemagglutination titre was low for chicken erythrocytes and showed no increase for tannic-acid-treated chicken erythrocytes. These strains exhibited a weak ability to adhere to MDBK and FL cells.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77666,"journal":{"name":"Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. Microbiology","volume":"139 4","pages":"Pages 453-460"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0769-2609(88)90107-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"14038079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G Paul , M Barthélémy , A Philippon , J Peduzzi , L Gilly , R Labia , P Névot
{"title":"Immunological comparison of constitutive β-lactamases of gram-negative bacteria by neutralization in zymogram gels: Properties of anti-TEM-1 and anti-TEM-2 sera","authors":"G Paul , M Barthélémy , A Philippon , J Peduzzi , L Gilly , R Labia , P Névot","doi":"10.1016/0769-2609(88)90106-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/0769-2609(88)90106-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The zymogram technique was applied to a β-lactamase neutralization assay with anti-TEM-1 and anti-TEM-2 sera. Both were shown to contain neutralizing antibodies directed towards various β-lactamases of Gram-negative bacteria. The quantitative neutralization allowed classification into five groups of the 28 β-lactamases used as standards and 61 from clinical isolates. In the first were enzymes such as TEM-1 and TEM-2 including TLE-1, SHV-1, SHV-2, penicillinases of <em>Klebsiella pneumoniae</em> and CTX-1. Partial neutralization distinguished two groups containing the CARB group of enzymes, which are different from PSE-2 and PSE-3, and the MAL penicillinases of <em>Levinea malonatica</em>, which are different from <em>L. amalonatica</em> enzymes. Broad spectrum β-lactamases of <em>K. oxytoca</em> constituted a unique group of partially neutralized enzymes. Among the β-lactamases not neutralized by either serum were the plasmid-mediated OXA-enzymes, various species-specific β-lactamases and cephalosporinases.</p><p>The antigenic similarities of the enzymes appeared to correlate with the extent of similarities of their catalytic properties, namely those of penicillinases. Such comparisons between the β-lactamase groups provide an indirect approach to the physiological and structural analysis of established and recently evolved β-lactamases.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":77666,"journal":{"name":"Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. Microbiology","volume":"139 4","pages":"Pages 435-451"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0769-2609(88)90106-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78102995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}