Genome and proteome analysis of phage E3 infecting the soil-borne actinomyceteRhodococcus equi: Rhodococcusbacteriophage E3
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Salifu, S. P., Vázquez-Boland, J. A., Salifu, S. P., Valero-Rello, A., Campbell, S. A., Inglis, N. F., …Vázquez-Boland, J. A. (2013)
Genome and proteome analysis of phage E3 infecting the soil-borne actinomyceteRhodococcus equi: Rhodococcusbacteriophage E3. Environmental microbiology reports, 5(1), 170-178. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12028
We report on the characterization and genomic analysis of bacteriophage E3 isolated from soil and propagating in Rhodococcus equi strains. Phage E3 has a circular genome of 14...
Isolation and characterization of soilborne virulent bacteriophages infecting the pathogen Rhodococcus equi
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Salifu, S., Casey, S. C., & Foley, S. (2013)
Isolation and characterization of soilborne virulent bacteriophages infecting the pathogen Rhodococcus equi. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 114(6), 1625-1633. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.12194
Aims
To isolate and characterize a diversity of bacteriophages (phages) that infect the soilborne pathogen Rhodococcus equi.
Methods and Results
Twenty-seven phages were isola...
Widespread distribution of a group I Intron and Its three deletion derivatives in the Lysin Gene of Streptococcus thermophilus Bacteriophages.
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Foley, S., Bruttin, A., & Brüssow, H. (2000)
Widespread distribution of a group I Intron and Its three deletion derivatives in the Lysin Gene of Streptococcus thermophilus Bacteriophages. Journal of Virology, 74, 611-618. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.74.2.611-618.2000
Of 62 Streptococcus thermophilus bacteriophages isolated from various ecological settings, half contain a lysin
gene interrupted by a group IA2 intron. Phage mRNA splicing was...
Characterisation of glutamine fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase (EC 2.6.1.16) and N-acetylglucosamine metabolism in Bifidobacterium
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Aïssi, E., Foley, S., Stolarczyk, E., Mouni, F., Brassart, C., Vidal, O., …Krzewinski, F. (2008)
Characterisation of glutamine fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase (EC 2.6.1.16) and N-acetylglucosamine metabolism in Bifidobacterium. Archives of Microbiology, 189(2), 157-167. doi:10.1007/s00203-007-0307-9
Bifidobacterium bifidum, in contrast to other bifido-bacterial species, is auxotrophic for N-acetylglucosamine. Growth experiments revealed assimilation of radiolabelled N-ace...
Molecular Analysis of the Replication Origin of the Lactococcus lactis Plasmid pCI305
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Foley, S., Bron, S., Venema, G., Daly, C., & Fitzgerald, G. F. (1996)
Molecular Analysis of the Replication Origin of the Lactococcus lactis Plasmid pCI305. Plasmid, 36(2), 125-141. https://doi.org/10.1006/plas.1996.0040
The replication origin region, ori, of the Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis plasmid pCI305
contains three-and-one-half directly repeated 22-bp sequences and two inverted repea...
DNA-Binding Activity of the Streptococcus thermophilus Phage Sfi21 Repressor
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Bruttin, A., Foley, S., & Brüssow, H. (2002)
DNA-Binding Activity of the Streptococcus thermophilus Phage Sfi21 Repressor. Virology, 303(1), 100-109. doi:10.1006/viro.2002.1574
The cloned Streptococcus thermophilus phage Sfi21 repressor open reading frame (orf) 127 gp protects a cell against superinfection with the homologous temperate, but not again...
Genomics, molecular genetics and the food industry
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Pridmore, R., Crouzillat, D., Walker, C., Foley, S., Zink, R., Zwahlen, M., …Mollet, B. (2000)
Genomics, molecular genetics and the food industry. Journal of Biotechnology, 78(3), 251-258. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0168-1656%2800%2900202-9
The production of foods for an increasingly informed and selective consumer requires the coordinated activities of
the various branches of the food chain in order to provide c...
Incompatibility properties of the narrow-host-range lactococcal plasmid pCI305.
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Foley, S., Daly, C., & Fitzgerald, G. F. (1993)
Incompatibility properties of the narrow-host-range lactococcal plasmid pCI305. The Journal of general microbiology, 139, 1271-1276. https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-139-6-1271
The cryptic plasmid pCI305 from Lactococcus Zuctis subsp. lactis UC317 was screened for incompatibility with
a range of cloning vectors and was found to be incompatible with t...
Starvation/stationary-phase survival of Rhodococcus erythropolis SQ1: a physiological and genetic analysis.
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Fanget, N. V. J., & Foley, S. (2011)
Starvation/stationary-phase survival of Rhodococcus erythropolis SQ1: a physiological and genetic analysis. Archives of Microbiology, 193, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-010-0638-9
The adaptation of Rhodocccus erythropolis SQ1 to energy and carbon starvation was investigated in terms of both the capacity to survive starvation and the contribution of a nu...
The site-specific Integration system of the temperate Streptococcus thermophiles Bacteriophage φSfi21
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Bruttin, A., Foley, S., & Brüssow, H. (1997)
The site-specific Integration system of the temperate Streptococcus thermophiles Bacteriophage φSfi21. Virology, 237(1), 148-158. https://doi.org/10.1006/viro.1997.8769
The temperate bacteriophage fSfi21 integrates its DNA into the chromosome of Streptococcus thermophilus strains via
site-specific recombination. Nucleotide sequencing of the a...