Okabayashi, Tadashi (Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan), Akihiro Yoshimoto, and Misao Ide. Occurrence of nucleotides in culture fluids of microorganisms. V. Excretion of adenosine cyclic 3',5'-phosphate by Brevibacterium liquefaciens sp. n. J. Bacteriol. 86:930-936. 1963.-Brevibacterium liquefaciens sp. n., when grown in a medium containing amino acids as the nitrogen source, exc...

Introduction Cholesterol oxidase (CO, EC 1.1.3.6) is a flavoenzyme which catalyzes the first step in the pathway of cholesterol degradation in various microorganisms. CO is a bifunctional enzyme: it catalyzes the oxidation of ß-hydroxysteroids and the isomerization of the produced [\s-ketosteroid to the [\4-3-ketosteroid. The three dimensional structure of CO from Brevibacterium, which contains...

Angular dioxygenation has been established as the crucial step in dibenzofuran degradation by Brevibacterium sp. strain DPO 1361 (V. Strubel, K. H. Engesser, P. Fischer, and H.-J. Knackmuss, J. Bacteriol. 173:1932-1937, 1991). The same strain utilizes biphenyl and fluorene as sole sources of carbon and energy. The fluorene degradation sequence is proposed to be initiated by oxidation of the flu...

Five rRNA operons (rrn) were found by hybridization in the genome of 'Brevibacterium lactofermentum' ATCC 13869 and Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032. 'B. lactofermentum' DSM 20412 differed from the other corynebacteria tested in showing six hybridizing BamHI bands. Two of the rrn operons (rrnD and rrnE) were located in a single cosmid. Sequencing of the rrnD operon showed that it contains ...

Thirty-two farms (n = 535 cows) located in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, were sampled. Pathogens from bovine subclinical mastitis (SCM) and clinical mastitis (CLM) were identified by 16S rDNA and the sensitivity to both antibiotics and bacteriocins of Bacillus thuringiensis was tested. Forty-six milk samples were selected for their positive California Mastitis Test (CMT) (≥3) and any abnorma...