R Vuorio

Summary

Affiliation: University of Helsinki
Country: Finland

Publications

  1. ncbi A new rapidly growing mycobacterial species, Mycobacterium murale sp. nov., isolated from the indoor walls of a children's day care centre
    R Vuorio
    Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Finland
    Int J Syst Bacteriol 49:25-35. 1999
  2. ncbi Toxigenic strains of Bacillus licheniformis related to food poisoning
    M S Salkinoja-Salonen
    Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, 00231 Helsinki, Finland
    Appl Environ Microbiol 65:4637-45. 1999
  3. ncbi Mutants carrying conditionally lethal mutations in outer membrane genes omsA and firA (ssc) are phenotypically similar, and omsA is allelic to firA
    R Vuorio
    Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Finland
    J Bacteriol 174:7090-7. 1992
  4. ncbi The lipid A biosynthesis mutation lpxA2 of Escherichia coli results in drastic antibiotic supersusceptibility
    R Vuorio
    Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Finland
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 36:826-9. 1992
  5. ncbi Characterization of the traT gene and mutants that increase outer membrane permeability from the Salmonella typhimurium virulence plasmid
    S Sukupolvi
    Molecular Biology Unit, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
    Mol Microbiol 4:49-57. 1990
  6. ncbi Comparison of the phenotypes of the lpxA and lpxD mutants of Escherichia coli
    R Vuorio
    Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Finland
    FEMS Microbiol Lett 134:227-32. 1995
  7. ncbi The lipid A biosynthesis deficiency of the Escherichia coli antibiotic-supersensitive mutant LH530 is suppressed by a novel locus, ORF195
    L Hirvas
    Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
    Microbiology 143:73-81. 1997
  8. ncbi The nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence of the cationic 19 kDa outer membrane protein OmpH of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
    R Vuorio
    Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Finland
    Biochim Biophys Acta 1129:124-6. 1991
  9. ncbi The novel hexapeptide motif found in the acyltransferases LpxA and LpxD of lipid A biosynthesis is conserved in various bacteria
    R Vuorio
    Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Finland
    FEBS Lett 337:289-92. 1994

Collaborators

  • M A Andersson
  • M Vaara
  • M S Salkinoja-Salonen
  • L Hirvas
  • T Honkanen-Buzalski
  • A C Scoging
  • P Kampfer
  • M Nurminen
  • I M Helander
  • S Sukupolvi
  • M Rhen
  • S Y Qi
  • D O'CONNOR

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi A new rapidly growing mycobacterial species, Mycobacterium murale sp. nov., isolated from the indoor walls of a children's day care centre
    R Vuorio
    Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Finland
    Int J Syst Bacteriol 49:25-35. 1999
    ..Polyamine content was low. G+C content was 72.9 mol%. The new isolates are proposed as a new species, Mycobacterium murale sp. nov. The type strain is MA112/96T (= DSM 44340T)...
  2. ncbi Toxigenic strains of Bacillus licheniformis related to food poisoning
    M S Salkinoja-Salonen
    Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology, 00231 Helsinki, Finland
    Appl Environ Microbiol 65:4637-45. 1999
    ..When ribotyped with PvuII, most toxin-producing isolates shared bands at 2.8 +/- 0.2, 4.9 +/- 0.3, and 11.7 +/- 0.5 or 13.1 +/- 0.8 kb...
  3. ncbi Mutants carrying conditionally lethal mutations in outer membrane genes omsA and firA (ssc) are phenotypically similar, and omsA is allelic to firA
    R Vuorio
    Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Finland
    J Bacteriol 174:7090-7. 1992
    ..All of these findings are consistent with our concept that firA is an essential gene involved in generation of the outer membrane...
  4. ncbi The lipid A biosynthesis mutation lpxA2 of Escherichia coli results in drastic antibiotic supersusceptibility
    R Vuorio
    Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Finland
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 36:826-9. 1992
    ..These findings advocate the possible use of the lpxA2 strain as a tool in various fields of basic and applied bacterial research in which the impermeability of the outer membrane currently poses problems...
  5. ncbi Characterization of the traT gene and mutants that increase outer membrane permeability from the Salmonella typhimurium virulence plasmid
    S Sukupolvi
    Molecular Biology Unit, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
    Mol Microbiol 4:49-57. 1990
    ....
  6. ncbi Comparison of the phenotypes of the lpxA and lpxD mutants of Escherichia coli
    R Vuorio
    Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Finland
    FEMS Microbiol Lett 134:227-32. 1995
    ..A method for the estimation of lipid A synthesis rate was developed...
  7. ncbi The lipid A biosynthesis deficiency of the Escherichia coli antibiotic-supersensitive mutant LH530 is suppressed by a novel locus, ORF195
    L Hirvas
    Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
    Microbiology 143:73-81. 1997
    ..coli chromosome and encodes a hypothetical 21.8 kDa protein with no signal sequence. ORF195 isolated from the mutant strain had an identical sequence to the wild-type allele, indicating a suppressor function of the gene product...
  8. ncbi The nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence of the cationic 19 kDa outer membrane protein OmpH of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
    R Vuorio
    Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Finland
    Biochim Biophys Acta 1129:124-6. 1991
    ..It was 96% homologous with the OmpH of Y. enterocolitica and 62% homologous with that of Escherichia coli. Two separate OmpH regions had sequence similarity with B*2701; they were identical in both Yersinia species...
  9. ncbi The novel hexapeptide motif found in the acyltransferases LpxA and LpxD of lipid A biosynthesis is conserved in various bacteria
    R Vuorio
    Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Finland
    FEBS Lett 337:289-92. 1994
    ..Accordingly, LpxA and LpxD of various bacterial origins can now be regarded as structurally very unusual enzymes, largely consisting of hexad repeats...