Identification of Chromobacterium violaceum genes with potential biotechnological application in environmental detoxification
Authors: Marta S.P. Carepo, Juliana S. Nina de Azevedo, Jorge I.R. Porto, Alexandra R. Bentes-Sousa, Jacqueline da Silva Batista, Artur L.C. da Silva, Maria P.C. Schneider
Chromobacterium violaceum is a Gram-negative bacterium found in a wide variety of tropical and subtropical ecosystems. The complete genome sequence of C. violaceum ATCC 12472 is now available, and it has considerable biotechnological potential for various applications, such as environmental detoxification, as well as medical a.. Read More»
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DNA repair in Chromobacterium violaceum
Authors: FÃ?¡bio Teixeira Duarte, FabÃ?Âola Marques de Carvalho, Uaska Bezerra e Silva, KÃ?¡tia Castanho Scortecci, Carlos Alfredo Galindo Blaha, Lucymara Fassarella Agnez-Lima, Silvia Regina, Batistuzzo de Medeiros
Chromobacterium violaceum is a Gram-negative β-proteobacterium that inhabits a variety of ecosystems in tropical and subtropical regions, including the water and banks of the Negro River in the Brazilian Amazon. This bacterium has been the subject of extensive study over the last three decades, due to its biotechnological.. Read More»
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Energetic metabolism of Chromobacterium violaceum
Authors: T�¢nia B. Creczynski-Pasa, Regina V. Ant�´nio
Chromobacterium violaceum is a free-living microorganism, normally exposed to diverse environmental conditions; it has a versatile energy-generating metabolism. This bacterium is capable of exploiting a wide range of energy resources by using appropriate oxidases and reductases. This allows C. violaceum to live in both aerobic.. Read More»
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Chromobacterium violaceum genome: molecular mechanisms associated with pathogenicity
Authors: Cristiana F. Alves de Brito, ClÃ?¡udia M. B. Carvalho, FabrÃ?Âcio R. Santos, Ricardo T. Gazzinelli, Sergio C. Oliveira, Vasco Azevedo, Santuza M.R. Teixeira
Chromobacterium violaceum is a versatile, Gram-negative β-protebacterium that grows in a variety of ecosystems in tropical and subtropical areas, such as the water and borders of the Negro River, in the Amazon region of Brazil. Although it is a saprophyte and is generally considered non-pathogenic, sporadic cases of human.. Read More»
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Drug resistance in Chromobacterium violaceum
Authors: Fabiana Fantinatti-Garboggini, Rosana de Almeida, VinÃ?Âcius do Amaral Portillo, TÃ?©rcio A.P. Barbosa, Peterson Beltramini Trevilato, CÃ?Âcero Eduardo Ramalho Neto, RosÃ?¢ngela Duarte CoÃ?ªlho, Luciana Aparecida Bartoleti, Ebert Seixas Hanna, Marcelo Brocchi, Gilson P. Manfio, Denise Wanderlei Silva
Chromobacterium violaceum is a free-living bacterium commonly found in aquatic habitats of tropical and subtropical regions of the world. This bacterium is able to produce a large variety of products of biotechnological and pharmacological use. Although C. violaceum is considered to be non-pathogenic, some cases of severe infe.. Read More»
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Transport genes of Chromobacterium violaceum: an overview
Authors: Thalles Barbosa Grangeiro, Daniel Macedo de Melo Jorge, Walderly Melga�§o Bezerra, Ana Tereza Ribeiro Vasconcelos, Andrew John George Simpson
The complete genome sequence of the free-living bacterium Chromobacterium violaceum has been determined by a consortium of laboratories in Brazil. Almost 500 open reading frames (ORFs) coding for transport-related membrane proteins were identified in C. violaceum, which represents 11% of all genes found. The main class of tran.. Read More»
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Tolerance to stress and environmental adaptability of Chromobacterium violaceum
Authors: Mariangela Hungria, Marisa Fabiana NicolÃ?¡s. Claudia Teixeira GuimarÃ?£es, SÃ?Âlvia Neto Jardim, Eliane Aparecida Gomes, Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos
Chromobacterium violaceum is a Gram-negative bacterium, abundant in a variety of ecosystems in tropical and subtropical regions, including the water and borders of the Negro River, a major component of the Amazon Basin. As a free-living microorganism, C. violaceum is exposed to a series of variable conditions, such as differen.. Read More»
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Chemotaxis and flagellar genes of Chromobacterium violaceum
Authors: Maristela Pereira, Juliana Alves Parente, Luiz Artur Mendes Bataus, Divina das Dores de Paula Cardoso, Renata Bastos Ascen�§o Soares, C�©lia Maria de Almeida Soares
The availability of the complete genome of the Gram-negative β-proteobacterium Chromobacterium violaceum has increasingly impacted our understanding of this microorganism. This review focuses on the genomic organization and structural analysis of the deduced proteins of the chemosensory adaptation system of C. violaceum. .. Read More»
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Gene expression in Chromobacterium violaceum
Authors: Rosane Silva, J�ºlia R. Araripe, Edson Rondinelli, Tur�¡n P. ��rm�©nyi
The repertoire of 4,431 open reading frames (ORFs), eight rRNA operons and 98 tRNA genes of Chromobacterium violaceum must be expressed in a regulated manner for successful adaptation to a wide variety of environmental conditions. To accomplish this feat, the organism relies on protein machineries involved in transcription, RN.. Read More»
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Closure of rRNA related gaps in the Chromobacterium violaceum genome with the PCR-assisted contig extension (PACE) protocol
Authors: Dirce Maria Carraro, Anamaria Aranha Camargo, Anna Christina Matos Salim, Luiz Gonzaga Gisele Cavalcante da Costa, Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos, Andrew J.G. Simpson
In the finishing phase of the Chromobacterium violaceum genome project, the shotgun sequences were assembled into 57 contigs that were then organized into 19 scaffolds, using the information from shotgun and cosmid clones. Among the 38 ends resulting from the 19 scaffolds, 10 ended with sequences corresponding to rRNA genes (s.. Read More»
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