Detection of osmoprotector ectoine content in methylotrophic bacteria using of normal-phase high performance liquid chromatography

Detection and quantitative analysis of ectoine in bacterial biomass were performed by normal-phase high performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection at 230 nm. Quantitative analysis was not hindered by glutamate and sucrose accumulation in bacteria. Measurement of ectoine concentration in haloalkaliphilic methanotrophs Methylobacter marinus 7C and Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum 5S showed that ectoine accumulation reached maximum (5 and 12% of dry cell weight) in the presence of NaCl at concentrations of 4 and 6%, respectively.     

Measurement of the content of the osmoprotectant ectoine in methylotrophic bacteria by means of normal-phase high performance liquid chromatography

Detection and quantitative analysis of ectoine in bacterial biomass were performed by normal-phase high performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection at 230 nm. Quantitative analysis was not hindered by glutamate and sucrose accumulation in bacteria. Measurement of ectoine concentration in haloalkaliphilic methanotrophs Methylobacter marinus 7C and Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum 5S showed that ectoine accumulation reached maximum (5 and 12% of dry cell weight) in the presence of NaCl at concentrations of 4 and 6%, respectively.     

Archaeal diversity in permafrost deposits of Bunger Hills Oasis and King George Island (Antarctica) according to the 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Archaeal communities of permafrost deposits of King George Island and Bunger Hills Oasis (Antarctica) differing in the content of biogenic methane were analyzed using the clone libraries of two 16S rRNA gene regions. Phylotypes belonging to methanogenic archaea were identified in all horizons.     

Genetic study of plasmid integration into yeast chromosomes. IV. Integration of the plasmid pYF91 into different yeast chromosomes

Integration of the episomic chimeric plasmid pYF91 into yeast chromosomes has been studied. Plasmid insertion into the chromosomes was observed to occur with the frequency of 4 X 10(-8). 379 integrants were selected from the highly unstable (cir0) transformants. The fact of plasmid integration into particular chromosomes was confirmed for 318 integrants. Genetic analysis showed that the plasmid can integrate into the region of LEU2 gene or into another arm of chromosome III (227 integrants), and also into other chromosomes: I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, XII, XV (91 integrants). It is suggested that integration is the result of recombination between yeast chromosomes and homologous plasmid regions carrying LEU2 gene or Ty element and "delta" sequence.     

A Non-canonical BCOR-PRC1.1 Complex Represses Differentiation Programs in Human ESCs

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Presence of Hydrogenophilus thermoluteolus DNA in accretion ice in the subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica, assessed using rrs, cbb and hox

The 3561 m Vostok ice core sample originating from the subglacial Lake Vostok accretion (frozen lake water) ice with sediment inclusions was thoroughly studied by various means to confirm the presence of the thermophile bacterium Hydrogenophilus thermoluteolus reported earlier in the 3607 m accretion ice sample. PCR and molecular-phylogenetic analyses performed in two independent laboratories were made using different 16S rRNA gene (rrs) targeted primers. As a result, rrs-targeted PCR permitted to recover several very closely related clones with a small genetic distance to Hydrogenophilus thermoluteolus (< 1%). In addition, RubisCO (cbbL or rbcL) and NiFe-Hydrogenase (hoxV or hupL) targeted PCR have also allowed to recover sequences highly related to Hydrogenophilus thermoluteolus. All these results point to the presence of thermophilic chemoautotrophic microorganisms in Lake Vostok accretion ice. They presumably originate from deep faults in the bedrock cavity containing the lake in which episodes of seismotectonic activity would release debris along with microbial cells.     

Quantitative analysis of molecular surfaces: areas, volumes, electrostatic potentials and average local ionization energies

We describe a procedure for performing quantitative analyses of fields f(r) on molecular surfaces, including statistical quantities and locating and evaluating their local extrema. Our approach avoids the need for explicit mathematical representation of the surface and can be implemented easily in existing graphical software, as it is based on the very popular representation of a surface as collection of polygons. We discuss applications involving the volumes, surface areas and molecular surface electrostatic potentials, and local ionization energies of a group of 11 molecules.