sp. nov., an Attached Bacterium of .

In eutrophic water, attached bacteria of play an important role in the formation, development, and degradation of blooms. A novel actinobacterium, designated as JXJ CY 35, was isolated from the culture mass of FACHB-905 (Maf) collected from Lake Dianchi, Yunnan Province, China. Strain JXJ CY 35 was gram-positive, acid-fast staining, aerobic, with short rod-shaped cells, positive for catalase, and negative for oxidase.

Nocardioides lacusdianchii sp. nov., an attached bacterium of Microcystis aeruginosa.

Attached bacteria of Microcystis play important roles in the occurence, outbreak and decline of Microcystis water blooms. In this study, a novel actinobacterium, designated strain JXJ CY 38, was isolated from the culture mass of Microcystis aeruginosa FACHB-905 (MAF), collected from Lake Dianchi, south-west, China. The strain was found to be a Gram-stain positive, short rod, catalase positive and oxidase negative.

Nuclear receptor nhr-48 is required for pathogenicity of the second stage (J2) of the plant parasite Meloidogyne incognita.

Nuclear receptors (NRs) are a diverse class of transcription factors, which are involved in regulating a large number of physiological events in metazoans. However, the function of NRs is poorly understood in plant-parasitic nematodes. Here, members of the NR1J+K group of NRs in nematodes, including the free-living and plant parasites, were examined and phylogenetically analyzed.

Metagenomic insights into communities, functions of endophytes, and their associates with infection by root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, in tomato roots.

Endophytes are known to play important roles in plant's health and productivity. In this study, we investigated the root microbiome of tomato in association with infection by root knot nematodes. Our objectives were to observe the effects and response of the bacterial endophytes before nematode attacks and to reveal the functional attributes of microbes in plant health and nematode pathogenesis.

Production of an in vitro-derived deletion mutation of Brevibacillus laterosporus by constructing a homology-driven integration vector.

In this study, a homology-driven integration vector and electroporation system was developed to delete a protease gene in the pathogenic bacterium Brevibacillus laterosporus strain G4. Furthermore, an in vitro protease-deficient mutation was generated by introducing the integration vector with a 445-bp protease BLG4 fragment into B. laterosporus chromosomal target via homologous recombination.

Cloning and functional identification of delta5 fatty acid desaturase gene and its 5'-upstream region from marine fungus Thraustochytrium sp. FJN-10.

A gene encoding delta5 fatty acid desaturase (fad5) was cloned from marine fungus Thraustochytrium sp. FJN-10, a species capable of producing docosahexaenoic acid. The open reading frame of fad5 was 1,320 bp and encoded a protein comprising 439 amino acids.