Description and Whole-Genome Sequencing of sp. nov., Isolated from the Shallow Sediments of the Sea of Japan.

A Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped, non-motile, yellow-pigmented bacterium, KMM 9835, was isolated from the sediment sample obtained from the Amur Bay of the Sea of Japan seashore, Russia. Phylogenetic analyses based on the 16S rRNA gene and whole genome sequences positioned the novel strain KMM 9835 in the genus as a separate line sharing the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of 96.6% and 96.

Description and genome-wide analysis of Profundicola chukchiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., marine bacteria isolated from bottom sediments of the Chukchi Sea.

Two Gram-negative, aerobic halophilic non-motile strains designated KMM 9713 and KMM 9724T were isolated from the bottom sediments sampled from the Chukchi Sea in the Arctic Ocean, Russia. The novel strains grew in 0.5-5% NaCl, at 7-42°C, and pH 5.

High Temporal Variability in Late Blight Pathogen Diversity, Virulence, and Fungicide Resistance in Potato Breeding Fields: Results from a Long-Term Monitoring Study.

Long-term site-specific studies describing changes in the phenotypic variability of populations allow quantitative predictions of pathogen spread and possible outbreaks of epidemics, and provide key input for regional resistance breeding programs. Late blight samples were collected from potato () breeding fields in Estonia during a twelve-year study period between 2001 and 2014. In total, 207 isolates were assessed for mating type and 235 isolates for metalaxyl resistance and 251 isolates for virulence factors.

UVC radiation intensity dependence of pathogen decontamination rate: semiclassical theory and experiment.

A semiclassical (light classical and molecule quantum) model describing the dependence of DNA/RNA dimerization rate as function of the ultraviolet C (UVC) radiation's intensity is proposed. Particularly, a nonlinear model is developed based on the Raman-like processes in quantum optics. The main result of the theory shows that the process of dimerization in the DNA/RNA depends strongly on the UVC light's intensity, thus proving a possible quantum microscopical mechanism of the interaction of UV light with the DNA.

Expression of membrane beta-barrel protein in E. coli at low temperatures: Structure of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis OmpF porin inclusion bodies.

The recombinant OmpF porin of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis as a model of transmembrane protein of the β-barrel structural family was used to study low growth temperature effect on the structure of the produced inclusion bodies (IBs). This porin showed a very low expression level in E. coli at a growth temperature below optimal 37 °C.