摘要:
The present invention refers to a method for the production of live attenuated bacterial strains, suitable as vaccine candidates, comprising the steps of: A. providing a bacterial strain capable of expressing glutamate racemase and possibly D-amino acid transaminase and comprising a peptidoglycan cell wall, and B. inactivating the gene or genes encoding for the glutamate racemase enzyme and, if needed, the gene or genes encoding for the enzyme D-amino acid transaminase in such way that the bacterial strain is no longer capable of expressing a functional glutamate racemase and/or a functional D-amino acid transaminase; wherein the inactivation of said genes causes said bacterial strain to be auxotrophic for D-glutamate.
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Novel strains of Staphylococcus aureus and uses thereof. The invention provides mutant strains of S. aureus devoid of all non-essential two-component signal systems (TCSs) and even the essential walKR system, the intermediate mutants devoid of a number of TCSs and their uses as research and biotechnological platform. The mutants devoid of all non-essential TCSs are viable, stable under laboratory growing conditions, genetically manageable and capable to express heterologous proteins. Having them allows individual analysis and targeting of each TCS, its individual complementation and obtaining information about the sensing systems that can be useful for biotechnological applications based or directed to S. aureus, such as the identification of novel antimicrobials.
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The invention provides in part methods of treating cancers of a specific organ or tissue by administering a composition that is antigenically specific for one or more microbes that are pathogenic in the specific organ or tissue in which the cancer is situated.
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Method of extracting a partially purified extracellular metabolite composition from Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856 and its antimicrobial effects thereof are described.
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Disclosed is a method for producing partially purified extracellular metabolite preparation from the probiotic bacterial strain Bacillus coagulans SBC-37 (Deposited in the Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank as strain number MTCC 5856) exhibiting 99% genetic homology with the known bacterial strains Bacillus coagulans ATCC 31284, Bacillus coagulans NBRC 3887 and Bacillus coagulans ATCC 7050. Also disclosed is the anti-microbial profile of said extracellular metabolite preparation against a panel of microbial pathogens, including synergistic anti-microbial effects of preparation when combined with a synergistic preservative blend comprising from about 61% w/w of thymol, about 38% of monolaurin and about 1% w/w of magnolol obtained from supercritical fluid extracts of Magnolia officinalis. The extracellular metabolite preparation alone or the combination of said extracellular metabolite preparation and preservative blend also inhibits microbial biofilm formation in a synergistic manner.
摘要:
The invention provides in part methods of treating cancers of a specific organ or tissue by administering a composition that is antigenically specific for one or more microbes that are pathogenic in the specific organ or tissue in which the cancer is situated.
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Described herein are methods of detecting a wound infection and for detecting the presence or absence of microorganisms, for example, wound pathogens in a sample, by contacting a sample with an enzyme produced and/or secreted by the bacteria, and detecting modification or the absence of modification of the substrate, as an indicator of the presence or absence of the enzyme in the sample. The present invention also features a biosensor for detecting the presence or absence of bacteria in a sample.
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The invention provides ftsY polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding ftsY polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are methods for utilizing ftsY polypeptides to screen for antibacterial compounds.
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The invention provides 3-DEHYDROQUINATE SYNTHASE polypeptides and DNA (RNA) encoding 3-DEHYDROQUINATE SYNTHASE polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are methods for utilizing 3-DEHYDROQUINATE SYNTHASE polypeptides to screen for antibacterial compounds.
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The invention provides gbpA polypeptides and DNA (RNA) encoding gbpA polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are methods for utilizing gbpA polypeptides to screen for antibacterial compounds.