摘要:
A method for the preparation of Mycobacteria from any liquid, semisolid or exotic source is described. The extracted Mycobacterial sample is suitable for detection by culture and amplification.
摘要:
This invention provides for novel attenuated strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. bovis. Attenuation is achieved by eliminating or by downregulating the expression of the α-crystallin heat shock protein gene ('acr gene'). The invention provides for vaccines and methods of vaccinating mammals for protection against Mycobacterium sp. that cause tuberculosis.
摘要:
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum optischen Nachweis des Wachstums von Mikroorganismen wie Pilzen, Hefen und Bakterien, insbesondere Mykobakterien, sowie zur Identifizierung und Empfindlichkeitstestung gegen Antibiotika durch visuelle Ermittlung des Farbumschlags eines spezifischen Redoxindikatorsystems, umfassend Methylenblau und Resazurin bzw. FeIII- oder FeII-Salze in Kombination mit K₃Fe(CN)₆ bzw. K₄Fe(CN)₆ oder Natriumwolframat (Na₂WO₄).
摘要:
A polyprenyl carboxylic acid derivative having the general formula (I): in which n is an integer of from 2 to 4, R 1 represents the hydrogen atom or a protecting group for the carboxylic acid group, and R 2 represents a hydroxymethyl, formyl or carboxyl group. A process for the preparation of the polyprenyl carboxylic acid derivative involving microbiological oxidation using a strain belonging to the genus Nocardia is disclosed. The polyprenyl carboxylic acid derivative also exhibits pharmacological activity and is useful in form of a pharmaceutical composition.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for enhancing the time of response of an assay for a first bacterium, characterised in that: a) the said first bacterium is exposed to infection by phage particles to which the said first bacterium is permissive; b) the infected bacterium is treated to in-activate exogenous phage particles; c) the treated bacterium is cultivated in the presence of a second bacterium which is permissive to said phage or its replicand and which has a doubling rate greater than the effective doubling rate of the first bacterium; and d) assessing the extent of plaque formation and/or of second bacterium growth in the cultivated second bacterium cells. The method of the invention can be used to assess the presence of first bacterium in a sample, notably where the first bacterium is a slow growing bacterium, especially Mycobacterium tuberculosis, where the method of the invention enables an operator to detect the presence of low amounts of the bacterium in a sample within days instead of the weeks required with conventional bacterial cultivation techniques. The invention can also be used to assess the effect of a drug or other treatment on a bacterium or of a virus. The invention also provides a diagnostic kit for use in the method of the invention.
摘要:
The invention relates to the nucleic acid sequence and amino acid sequence of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) from mycobacteria and to expression of recombinant DHFR protein. Utilizing the recombinant protein, novel therapies and diagnostic strategies can be developed and selective antimycobacterial compositions can be designed and utilized to treat mycobacterial infections in patients. This invention includes all or portions of novel recombinant nucleic acids encoding DHFR for mycobacteria such as M. avium, to novel recombinant DHFR peptides produced by such sequences, and to vaccines, diagnostic kits, cells and therapies utilizing these peptides and nucleic acid sequences. The present invention relates to methods for using the sequences of the present invention to develop drugs specific to M. avium and other mycobacteria, to identify and sequence corresponding sequences in species other than M. avium, as well as diagnostic and treatment methods incorporating the disclosed sequences and peptides.
摘要:
The present invention discloses a DNA fragment that can direct the insertion of heterologous DNA into a specific site (tRNAAla gene) of Mycobacterium spp. genome. This DNA fragment includes the attachment site region (attP) and the integrase gene of the mycobacteriophage Ms6. Heterologous DNA linked to this DNA fragment can be carried into the mycobacterial genome through a site-specific integration mechanism. A new DNA integration process is disclosed that consists in providing the integrase gene on a suicide vector, that transiently produces the integrase required for the insertion of the gene or genes linked to the Ms6 attP region contained in a separated plasmid vector. This process allows the construction of highly stable recombinant mycobacteria which may be used as vaccines and/or therapeutic vehicles.
摘要:
L'invention concerne un procédé d'isolement de l'antigène A 60, un procédé de production de fragments immunologiquement actifs à partir de celui-ci; leur utilisation pour détecter dans un sérum d'un mammifère la présence d'anticorps contre l'antigène A 60 ainsi qu'un procédé de détection de tels anticorps. Le procédé d'isolement est caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une étape de destruction des parois cellulaires de la mycobactérie: on sépare les débris cellulaires, notamment par centrifugation, on récolte le surnageant contenant le cytoplasme; on réalise une chromatographie d'exclusion en faisant passer le surnageant contenant le cytoplasme sur une colonne de gel d'exclusion et on récolte le pic d'exclusion contenant l'antigène A 60 substantiellement pur. A partir de l'antigène A 60 ainsi isolé, on peut produire des fragments immunologiquement actifs; utiliser cet antigène et/ou ses fragments immunologiquement actifs à la détection d'anticorps et réaliser ainsi un procédé de détection desdits anticorps.