Project description:C. albicans wild type strain SC5314, the eed1 deletion mutant and an eed1 delta mutant overexpressing UME6 (eed1 + pTET-UME6) were grown on plastic (37°C, RPMI1640 medium, plastic surface, 5% CO2) for 12h. Total RNA was isolated using a phenol-chloroform protocol and labeled with Cy5. Cy5- labeled sample RNA was hybridised with Cy3- labeled common reference (SC5314, 37°C, exponential culture).
Project description:Candida albicans wild type SC5314 and the eed1 delta mutant were used to infect reconstituted human oral epithelium (RHE) for 24h at 37°C and 5% CO2. Samples were taken 1h, 12h and 24h after infection. Total RNA was isolated, labeled with Cy5 and hybridised with a Cy3- labeled common reference.
Project description:Clostridium acetobutylicum is a Gram-positive, endospore-forming bacterium that is considered as a strict anaerobe. It ferments sugars to the organic acids acetate and butyrate or shifts to formation of the solvents - ethanol, butanol and acetone. In most bacteria the major regulator of iron homeostasis is Fur (ferric uptake regulator). Analysis of the genome of Clostridium acetobutylicum has revealed three genes encoding Fur-like proteins. The amino acid sequece of one of them showed 70% similarity to the Fur protein of the closely related Bacillus subtilis.<br>Thus, to gain insight into the role of Fur and the mechanisms for maintenance of iron homeostasis in this strict anaerobic organism, we determined its transcriptional profile in response to iron limitation and inactivation of fur.
Project description:In order to identify genes which contribute on the uptake of glucose into cells of the mutant R. eutropha G+1, a genome wide transcription analyses was done. Transcripts of strain H16 and the glucose-utilizing mutant R. eutropha G+1, cultivated in mineral salts medium supplemented with either fructose or glucose were compared.
Project description:In this study the transcriptional behavior of the natural solvent producing bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum was investigated following n-butanol stress using DNA microarray analysis. Therefore, a phosphate-limited chemostat culture was established and n-butanol stress (0.9%) was added to acidogenic cells at pH 5.7.
Project description:In this study the transcriptional behavior of the natural solvent producing bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum was investigated following n butanol stress using DNA microarray analysis. Therefore, a phosphate-limited chemostat culture was established and n-butanol stress (0.9%) was added to acidogenic cells at pH 5.7.
Project description:Artificial electron carriers have been widely used to shift the solvent ratio towards butanol in acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation of solventogenic clostridia according to decreased hydrogen production. In this study, first insights on the molecular level were gained to explore the effect of methyl viologen addition to cultures of Clostridium acetobutylicum. Employing batch fermentation in mineral salts medium, the butanol:acetone ratio was successively increased from 2.3 to 12.4 on a 100 ml scale in serum bottles and from 1.4 to 16.5 on a 1,300 ml scale in bioreactors, respectively. The latter cultures were used for DNA microarray analyses to provide new information on the transcriptional changes referring to methyl viologen exposure and thus, exhibing gene expression patterns according to the manipulation of the cellular redox balance.