Disease relevance of Flexibacter

• In the Bacteria, GlnRS genes have been identified in a total of 10 species from three highly diverse taxonomic groups: Thermus/Deinococcus, Proteobacteria gamma/beta subdivision, and Bacteroides/Cytophaga/Flexibacter [1].
• Shieh medium supplemented with tobramycin for selective isolation of Flavobacterium columnare (Flexibacter columnaris) from diseased fish [2].

High impact information on Flexibacter

• A psychrotrophic Flexibacter sp., Flexibacter ovolyticus sp. nov., was isolated from the adherent bacterial epiflora of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.) eggs and was shown to be an opportunistic pathogen for halibut eggs and larvae [3].
• The denitrifier Flexibacter canadensis, in the presence of sulfide, can reduce N2O in the presence of concentrations of C2H2 which normally inhibit N2O reduction [4].
• Induction of chloramphenicol and tetracycline resistance in Flexibacter sp. strain FS-1 [5].
• Short Flexibacter FS-1 cells, generated during logarithmic growth in glucose-salts medium or by filament fragmentation during the transition from log to stationary phase in rich medium, are unable to glide [6].
• Structure of the polysaccharide chain of the lipopolysaccharide from Flexibacter maritimus [7].

Chemical compound and disease context of Flexibacter

• The results open insights into biosynthesis and structural variety of the flexirubins, the novel non-isoprenoid pigments recently found in Flexibacter elegans [8].
• Two new monobactam antibiotics produced by a Flexibacter sp. I. Taxonomy, fermentation, isolation and biological properties [9].
• OBJECTIVE: To identify and compare immunodominant antigens in whole-cell lysates of pressure- and formalin-killed Flexibacter columnaris [10].
• Cellular regulation of nitrate uptake in denitrifying Flexibacter canadensis [11].
• SQ 28,332, a new monobactam produced by a Flexibacter sp. Taxonomy, fermentation, isolation, structure determination and biological properties [12].

Anatomical context of Flexibacter

• Electron microscopy of the filamentous gliding marine bacterium Flexibacter polymorphus demonstrated that the cell envelope consists of an electron-dense intermediate layer located between two unit-type membranes: an outer membrane, presumably of lipopolysaccharide, and an inner cytoplasmic membrane [13].

Gene context of Flexibacter

• FR901451, a novel inhibitor of human leukocyte elastase from Flexibacter sp. II. Pharmacological effect of FR901451 [14].
• Topostin, a novel inhibitor of mammalian DNA topoisomerase I from Flexibacter topostinus sp. nov. II. Purification and some properties of topostin [15].
• A Gram-negative bacterium produces new monocyclic beta-lactam antibiotics with a formylamino substituent, named formadicins A, B, C and D. The producing bacterium was taxonomically characterized and designated as Flexibacter alginoliquefaciens sp. nov [16].

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