A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic bacterium, designated strain YIM 77409T, was isolated from the Niujie hot spring in the Eryuan county of Dali, Yunnan province, south-west China. Cells of the strain were rod-shaped and colonies were yellow and circular. The strain grew at pH 6.0-8.0 (optimum, pH 7.0) and 50-70°C (optimum, 60-65°C). The predominant menaquinone was MK-8 and the DNA G+C content was ...

Five Aphelenchoides besseyi isolates collected from bird's-nest ferns or rice possess different parasitic capacities in bird's-nest fern. Two different glycoside hydrolase (GH) 45 genes were identified in the fern isolates, and only one was found in the rice isolates. A Abe GH5-1 gene containing an SCP-like family domain was found only in the fern isolates. Abe GH5-1 gene has five introns sugge...

Abstract Global emission of the major greenhouse gases (GHG) from food animal production accounts for 15% total human-induced GHG with pork being a significant contributor. Poor efficiency dietary fibre utilization not only limits global profit margins but also adversely affects crude protein and amino acid utilization; these collectively lead to excessive manure nitrogenous compounds, resultin...

A novel thermophilic marine bacterium, designated strain T1T, was isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney sample collected from the Suiyo Seamount in the Izu-Bonin Arc, Japan, at a depth of 1,385 m. Cells of strain T1T were rod-shaped, occurring in pairs or filamentous, and stained Gram-negative. Growth was observed between 50.0 and 72.5 degrees C (optimum 67.5 degrees C; 30 min doub...

A microorganism (strain HJ6) producing extracellular beta-glycosidase was isolated from a hot springs located in Arima-cho, Hyogo, Japan. The cells were long-rods (2-4 microm) about 0.4 microm in diameter, and formed yellow-colored colonies, like most other strains of the genus Thermus. The pH and temperature for optimal growth were 6.5 and 80 degrees C. Thus, the HJ6 strain displayed a higher ...

Molecular dynamic (MD) simulations have been performed on Tth-MCO, a hyperthermophilic multicopper oxidase from thermus thermophilus HB27, in the apo as well as the holo form, with the aim of exploring the structural dynamic properties common to the two conformational states. According to structural comparison between this enzyme and other MCOs, the substrate in process to electron transfer in ...

Thermus sp. strain RL was isolated from a hot water spring (90°C to 98°C) at Manikaran, Himachal Pradesh, India. Here we report the draft genome sequence (20,36,600 bp) of this strain. The draft genome sequence consists of 17 contigs and 1,986 protein-coding sequences and has an average G+C content of 68.77%.