A new natural IND-type metallo-beta-lactamase variant, IND-5, was identified in a clinical isolate of Chryseobacterium indologenes. IND-5 shared 92.8% and 92.4% amino acid homology with IND-1 and IND-3, respectively. Purified enzyme (pI = 8.8, M(r) = 25,000) was able to hydrolyze penicillins, some narrow- and expanded-spectrum cephalosporins, and carbapenems but not monobactams.

Obligate bacterial symbionts are widespread in many invertebrates, where they are often confined to specialized host cells and are transmitted directly from mother to progeny. Increasing numbers of these bacteria are being characterized but questions remain about their population structure and evolution. Here we take a comparative genomics approach to investigate two prominent bacterial symbion...

A total of 58 Cadmium tolerant bacterial isolates were isolated from 26 samples collected from 20 villages/city of different contaminated water samples from industrial and mining affected areas of Chhattisgarh (India). Out of 58 bacterial isolates, 15 bacterial isolates were able to grow in presence of 40 mM cadmium chloride. These fifteen were further screened by biochemical characterization, ...

In the present study, a collection of 29 Gram-negative bacteria selected from organic foods according to antibiotics and biocide resistance were screened for multidrug efflux pumps and specific antibiotic resistance genes. The acrB pump gene of the AcrABeTolC system was detected in all isolates. EfrAB determinants efrA and efrB were frequently detected (Enterobacter, Pantoea, Salmonella), while...

Free living heterotrophic bacteria were isolated from the rhizosphere of 10 local and cultivated varieties of rice grown in Karimganj district of South Assam. Among the 25 isolates, 11 isolates withplant growth promoting activity were identified based on phenotypic and 16S rDNA sequence analysis. The strains were identified as Shingomonasa zotifigens, Pseudomonas putida, Stenotrophomonas maltop...

Osburn, Brown and Werkman (1937) observed a critical pH level in the dissimilation of glucose by Clostridium butylicum near 6.3. Above this level butyl alcohol and isopropyl alcohol were not formed. The significance of this critical pH was attributed to the fact that in mixtures of acetic (or butyric) acid and its sodium salt below 6.3 there will be "free" acid, i.e., acid which can be distille...

The enterobacterium Pantoea ananatis is an ecologically versatile species. It has been found in the environment, as plant epiphyte and endophyte, as an emerging phytopathogen, and as a presumptive, opportunistic human pathogen. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of P. ananatis LMG 5342, isolated from a human wound.

Pantoea americana strain VS1, an extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing epibiont, was isolated from Magnolia grandiflora in central Florida, USA. Here, we report the de novo whole-genome sequence of this strain, which consists of a total of 191 contigs spanning 5,412,831 bp, with a GC content of 57.3% and comprising 4,836 predicted coding sequences.