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Monooxygenase (ToMO) from Pseudomonas stutzeri OX1 in the marine Antarctic bacterium
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Skirvin RM, Kohler E, Steiner H, Ayers D, Laughnan A, Norton MA, Warmund M (2000) The use
of genetically engineered bacteria to control frost on strawberries and potatoes. Whatever
happened to all of that research? Sci Hortic 84:179–189
Sledjeski DD, Gupta A, Gottesman S (1996) The small RNA, DsrA, is essential for the low
temperature expression of RpoS during exponential growth in Escherichia coli. EMBO J
15:3993–4000
Somero GN (2004) Adaptation of enzymes to temperature: searching for basic “strategies”. Comp
Biochem Physiol 139:321–333
Sonnefield JM, Burns CM, Higgins CF, Hinton J (2001) The nucleoid- associated protein StpA
binds curved DNA, has a greater DNA-binding affinity than H-NS and is present in significant
levels in hns mutants. Biochimie 83:243–249
Stead D, Park SF (2000) Roles of Fe superoxide dismutase and catalase in resistance of Campylobacter coli to freeze-thaw stress. Appl Envion Microbiol 66:3110–3112
Stoderegger K, Herndl G (1998) Production and release of bacterial capsular material and its
subsequent utilization by marine bacterioplankton. Limnol Oceanol 43:877–884
Strocchi M, Ferrer M, Timmis KN, Golyshin PN (2006) Low temperature induced systems failure
in Escherichia coli: Insights from rescue by cold-adapted chaperones. Proteomics 6:193–206
Sundareswaran VR, Singh AK, Dube S, Shivaji S (2010) Aspartate aminotransferase is involved in
cold adaptation in psychrophilic Pseudomonas syringae. Arch Microbiol 92:663–672
Sutherland IW (1994) Structure function relationships in microbial exopolysaccharides. Biotechnol
Adv 12:393–448
Suzuki I, Los DA, Kanesaki Y, Mikami Y, Murata N (2000) The pathway for perception and
transduction of low-temperature signals in Synechocystis. EMBO J 19:1327–1334
Suzuki I, Kanasaki Y, Mikami K, Kanehisa M, Murata N (2001) Cold regulated genes under the
control of cold sensor hik33 in Synechocystis. Mol Microbiol 40:235–245
Suzuki Y, Haruki M, Takano K, Morikawa M, Kanaya S (2004) Possible involvement of an FKBP
family member protein from a psychrotrophic bacterium Shewanella sp. SIB1 in cold adaptation. Eur J Biochem 271:1372–1381
Tamaru Y, Yoshida T, Sakamoto T (2005) Crucial role of extracellular polysaccharides in desiccation and freezing tolerance in the terrestrial cyanobacterium. Appl Envion Microbiol 71:7327–
7333
Tanabe H, Goldstein J, Yang M, Inouye M (1992) Identification of the promoter region of the
Escherichia coli major cold shock gene, cspA. J Bacteriol 174:3867–3873
Tange TQ, Shibuya T, Jurica M, Moare MJ (2003) Biochemical analysis of the EJC reveals two
new factors and a stable tetrameric protein core. RNA Society 11:1869–1883
Thieringer HA, Jones PG, Inouye M (1998) Cold shock and adaptation. BioEssays 20:49–57
Thomassin-Lacroix EJ, Eriksson M, Reimer KJ, Mohn WW (2002) Biostimulation and
bioaugmentation for on-site treatment of weathered diesel fuel in Arctic soil. Appl Microbiol
Biotechnol 59:551–556
Trotsenko YA, Khmelenina VN (2005) Aerobic methanotrophic bacteria of cold ecosystems.
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 53:15–26
Tse-Dinh YC, Qi H, Menzel H (1997) DNA supercoiling and bacterial adaptation: thermotolerance
and thermoresistance. Trends Microbiol 5:323–326
Turner MA, Arellano F, Kozloff LM (1991) Components of ice nucleation structure of
bacteria. J. Bacteriol 173:6515–6527
Tutino M, Duilio A, Parrilli E, Remaut E, Sannia G, Marino G (2001a) A novel replication element
from an Antarctic plasmid as a tool for the expression of proteins at low temperature.
Extremophiles 5:257–264
6 Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria: Mechanisms and Alleviation of Cold Stress. . . 225
Monooxygenase (ToMO) from Pseudomonas stutzeri OX1 in the marine Antarctic bacterium
Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125. J Biotechnol 126:334–341
Skirvin RM, Kohler E, Steiner H, Ayers D, Laughnan A, Norton MA, Warmund M (2000) The use
of genetically engineered bacteria to control frost on strawberries and potatoes. Whatever
happened to all of that research? Sci Hortic 84:179–189
Sledjeski DD, Gupta A, Gottesman S (1996) The small RNA, DsrA, is essential for the low
temperature expression of RpoS during exponential growth in Escherichia coli. EMBO J
15:3993–4000
Somero GN (2004) Adaptation of enzymes to temperature: searching for basic “strategies”. Comp
Biochem Physiol 139:321–333
Sonnefield JM, Burns CM, Higgins CF, Hinton J (2001) The nucleoid- associated protein StpA
binds curved DNA, has a greater DNA-binding affinity than H-NS and is present in significant
levels in hns mutants. Biochimie 83:243–249
Stead D, Park SF (2000) Roles of Fe superoxide dismutase and catalase in resistance of Campylobacter coli to freeze-thaw stress. Appl Envion Microbiol 66:3110–3112
Stoderegger K, Herndl G (1998) Production and release of bacterial capsular material and its
subsequent utilization by marine bacterioplankton. Limnol Oceanol 43:877–884
Strocchi M, Ferrer M, Timmis KN, Golyshin PN (2006) Low temperature induced systems failure
in Escherichia coli: Insights from rescue by cold-adapted chaperones. Proteomics 6:193–206
Sundareswaran VR, Singh AK, Dube S, Shivaji S (2010) Aspartate aminotransferase is involved in
cold adaptation in psychrophilic Pseudomonas syringae. Arch Microbiol 92:663–672
Sutherland IW (1994) Structure function relationships in microbial exopolysaccharides. Biotechnol
Adv 12:393–448
Suzuki I, Los DA, Kanesaki Y, Mikami Y, Murata N (2000) The pathway for perception and
transduction of low-temperature signals in Synechocystis. EMBO J 19:1327–1334
Suzuki I, Kanasaki Y, Mikami K, Kanehisa M, Murata N (2001) Cold regulated genes under the
control of cold sensor hik33 in Synechocystis. Mol Microbiol 40:235–245
Suzuki Y, Haruki M, Takano K, Morikawa M, Kanaya S (2004) Possible involvement of an FKBP
family member protein from a psychrotrophic bacterium Shewanella sp. SIB1 in cold adaptation. Eur J Biochem 271:1372–1381
Tamaru Y, Yoshida T, Sakamoto T (2005) Crucial role of extracellular polysaccharides in desiccation and freezing tolerance in the terrestrial cyanobacterium. Appl Envion Microbiol 71:7327–
7333
Tanabe H, Goldstein J, Yang M, Inouye M (1992) Identification of the promoter region of the
Escherichia coli major cold shock gene, cspA. J Bacteriol 174:3867–3873
Tange TQ, Shibuya T, Jurica M, Moare MJ (2003) Biochemical analysis of the EJC reveals two
new factors and a stable tetrameric protein core. RNA Society 11:1869–1883
Thieringer HA, Jones PG, Inouye M (1998) Cold shock and adaptation. BioEssays 20:49–57
Thomassin-Lacroix EJ, Eriksson M, Reimer KJ, Mohn WW (2002) Biostimulation and
bioaugmentation for on-site treatment of weathered diesel fuel in Arctic soil. Appl Microbiol
Biotechnol 59:551–556
Trotsenko YA, Khmelenina VN (2005) Aerobic methanotrophic bacteria of cold ecosystems.
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 53:15–26
Tse-Dinh YC, Qi H, Menzel H (1997) DNA supercoiling and bacterial adaptation: thermotolerance
and thermoresistance. Trends Microbiol 5:323–326
Turner MA, Arellano F, Kozloff LM (1991) Components of ice nucleation structure of
bacteria. J. Bacteriol 173:6515–6527
Tutino M, Duilio A, Parrilli E, Remaut E, Sannia G, Marino G (2001a) A novel replication element
from an Antarctic plasmid as a tool for the expression of proteins at low temperature.
Extremophiles 5:257–264
6 Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria: Mechanisms and Alleviation of Cold Stress. . . 225