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Multiband Photometry of the Blazar PKS 0537-441: A Major Active State in December 2004 - March 2005
2005
Multiband VRIJHK photometry of the Blazar PKS 0537-441 obtained with the REM telescope from December 2004 to March 2005 is presented. A major period of activity is found with more than four magnitudes variability in the V filter in 50 days and of 2.5 in 10 days. In intensity and duration the activity is similar to that of 1972 reported by Eggen (1973), but it is much better documented. No clear evidence of variability on time-scale of minutes is found. The spectral energy distribution is roughly described by a power-law, with the weaker state being the softer.
REM near-IR and optical multiband observations of PKS 2155-304 in 2005
2007
Spectral variability is the main tool for constraining emission models of BL Lac objects. By means of systematic observations of the BL Lac prototype PKS 2155-304 in the infrared-optical band, we explore variability on the scales of months, days and hours. We made our observations with the robotic 60 cm telescope REM located at La Silla, Chile. VRIJHK filters were used. PKS 2155-304 was observed from May to December 2005. The wavelength interval explored, the total number of photometric points and the short integration time render our photometry substantially superior to previous ones for this source. On the basis of the intensity and colour we distinguish three different states of the sour…
Antifungal activity improved by coproduction of cyclodextrins and anabaenolysins in Cyanobacteria
2015
Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014, Jyväskylä, Finland Cyclodextrins are cyclic oligosaccharides widely used in the pharmaceutical industry to improve drug delivery and to increase the solubility of hydrophobic compounds. Anabaenolysins are lipopeptides produced by cyanobacteria with potent lytic activity in cholesterolcontaining membranes. Here, we identified the 23- To 24-kb gene clusters responsible for the production of the lipopeptide anabaenolysin. The hybrid nonribosomal peptide synthetase and polyketide synthase biosynthetic gene cluster is encoded in the genomes of three anabaenolysin-producing strains of Anabaena.We detected previously u…
Mecanismos de percepción y de respuesta a bajas temperaturas en Saccharomyces cerevisiae
2014
A lo largo de los años, la levadura S. cerevisiae se ha convertido en organismo modelo tanto en la industria, como en el campo de la investigación básica, debido a sus características metabólicas y su fácil manipulación. Es conocido que, cuando la célula se enfrenta a una situación de estrés, debe modificar su fisiología para mantener la homeostasis celular. En el ámbito industrial, el aumento en la demanda de levaduras con características especiales, ha hecho patente la necesidad de nuevas cepas que se adecuen a los requerimientos y necesidades del consumidor. En esta línea, las estrategias de mejora y selección de cepas industriales se ven limitadas por el escaso conocimiento que disponem…
ESBL producējošu Enterobacteriaceae dzimtas baktēriju izpēte stacionētiem pacientiem
2018
Pēdējo gadu laikā par vienu no nopietnākajiem sabiedrības veselības apdraudējumiem visā pasaulē un arī Latvijā tiek uzskatīta antimikrobā rezistence. Arvien biežāk tiek ziņots par slimnīcas apstākļos iegūtām antibakteriālo līdzekļu rezistentu Enterobacteriaceae celmu izraisītām infekcijām. Pētījuma mērķis bija raksturot paplašināta spektra beta laktamāzes (ESBL) producējošās Enterobacteriaceae dzimtas baktērijas zarnu mikrobiotā. Apkopojot pētījuma datus, secināja, ka, izstājoties no slimnīcas, 45 (33,09%) no RAKUS 136 stacionētajiem “Biķernieki” pacientiem bija ESBL producējošo Enterobacteriaceae nēsātāji zarnu traktā. Visbiežāk sastopamais rezistences gēns (PCR metode) ESBL producējošās E…
The swinholide biosynthetic gene cluster from a terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. UHCC 0450
2018
Swinholides are 42-carbon ring polyketides with a 2-fold axis of symmetry. They are potent cytotoxins that disrupt the actin cytoskeleton. Swinholides were discovered from the marine sponge Theonella sp. and were long suspected to be produced by symbiotic bacteria. Misakinolide, a structural variant of swinholide, was recently demonstrated to be the product of a symbiotic heterotrophic proteobacterium. Here, we report the production of swinholide A by an axenic strain of the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. strain UHCC 0450. We located the 85-kb trans-AT polyketide synthase (PKS) swinholide biosynthesis gene cluster from a draft genome of Nostoc sp. UHCC 0450. The swinholide and misaki…