Papers by Cheikh Ibrahima LO
Standards in Genomic Sciences, 2015
Strain FF4 T was isolated from the skin flora of a 16-year-old healthy Senegalese female. This st... more Strain FF4 T was isolated from the skin flora of a 16-year-old healthy Senegalese female. This strain exhibited a 16S rRNA sequence similarity of 97.5 % with Bacillus fumarioli, the phylogenetically closest species with standing in nomenclature and a poor MALDI-TOF-MS score (1.1 to 1.3) that does not allow any identification. Using a polyphasic study consisting of phenotypic and genomic analyses, strain FF4 T was Gram-positive, aerobic, rod-shaped, and exhibited a genome of 4,563,381 bp (1 chromosome but no plasmid) with a G + C content of 40.8 % that coded 4,308 protein-coding and 157 RNA genes (including 5 rRNA operons). On the basis of these data, we propose the creation of Bacillus dielmoensis sp. nov.
Standards in genomic sciences, Jan 16, 2013
Nosocomiicoccus massiliensis strain NP2(T) sp. nov. is the type strain of a new species within th... more Nosocomiicoccus massiliensis strain NP2(T) sp. nov. is the type strain of a new species within the genus Nosocomiicoccus. This strain, whose genome is described here, was isolated from the fecal flora of an AIDS-infected patient living in Marseille, France. N. massiliensis is a Gram-positive aerobic coccus. Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence and annotation. The 1,645,244 bp long genome (one chromosome but no plasmid) contains 1,738 protein-coding and 45 RNA genes, including 3 rRNA genes.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, Jan 19, 2015
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) rep... more Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) represents a revolution in routine pathogen identification in clinical microbiology laboratories. An MALDI-TOF MS was introduced to tropical Africa in the clinical microbiology laboratory of the Hôpital Principal de Dakar (Senegal) and used for routine pathogen identification. Using MS, 2,429 bacteria and fungi isolated from patients were directly assayed, leading to the identification of 2,082 bacteria (85.7%) and 206 fungi (8.5%) at the species level, 109 bacteria (4.5%) at the genus level, and 16 bacteria (0.75%) at the family level. Sixteen isolates remained unidentified (0.75%). Escherichia coli was the most prevalent species (25.8%) followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae (14.8%), Streptococcus agalactiae (6.2%), Acinetobacter baumannii (6.1%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (5.9%), and Staphylococcus aureus (5.9%). MALDI-TOF MS has also enabled the detection of rare bacteria and fungi. MALDI-TOF M...
Standards in Genomic Sciences, 2012
Kurthia massiliensis strain JC30 T sp. nov. is the type strain of K. massiliensis sp. nov., a new... more Kurthia massiliensis strain JC30 T sp. nov. is the type strain of K. massiliensis sp. nov., a new species within the genus Kurthia. This strain, whose genome is described here, was isolated from the fecal flora of a healthy patient. K. massiliensis is a Gram-positive aerobic rod. Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence and annotation. The 3,199,090 bp long genome contains 3,240 protein-coding genes and 86 RNA genes, including between 3 and 4 rRNA genes.
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Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2014
A new series of solid state fluorescent disperse dyes based on hybrid structure of pyrrolinone es... more A new series of solid state fluorescent disperse dyes based on hybrid structure of pyrrolinone ester (PES)/ coumarin moiety was prepared and fully characterized using spectroscopic analysis such as 1 HNMR, MS and IR spectra. The coumarin derivative (7-amino-4-methyl coumarin) was initially prepared from amino phenol via multi steps condensation reactions and its diazonium salt coupled with the pyrrolinone ester to form the hydrazone dyes. 1 HNMR data of the prepared dyes exhibited a pure hydrazone form as a mixture of E, Z isomers. These dyes showing a significant emission in solid state as well as on the dyed fabric. The dyeing application on polyester fabrics was investigated which showing that these dyes show high affinity to polyester fabric, and minor change in the dye affinity by changing pH even under alkaline conditions was observed.
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Journal of Fluorescence, 2010
A broad series of monomeric and polymeric squaraines was synthesized to investigate the impact of... more A broad series of monomeric and polymeric squaraines was synthesized to investigate the impact of electrondonating bridges, such as unsaturated triarylamine, carbazole, and saturated piperazine groups, on the spectroscopic and redox properties. These bridges were attached to both standard trans-indolenine squaraines and dicyanomethylenesubstituted cis-indolenine squaraines. The conjugates were investigated by absorption, steady-state, and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. While addition of the donors resulted in significant redshift of the absorption of the model compounds, hardly any further shift or broadening was observed for the copolymers. Also the redox proper-ties remained nearly unchanged compared with the model dyes. In contrast, immense broadening and redshift was observed for homopolymers. This behavior is explained by mostly excitonic coupling of localized squaraine transitions. The increasing distance of the chromophores determined by the bridges led to a decrease of the exciton coupling energy. We also performed semiempirical CNDO/S2 calculations on AM1 optimized structures. V
Chemical Communications, 2011
C and 19 F spectra were obtained on a Bruker 400 MHz and 500 MHz. Chemical shifts are reported in... more C and 19 F spectra were obtained on a Bruker 400 MHz and 500 MHz. Chemical shifts are reported in ppm (parts per million). Signals are quoted as s (singlet), d (doublet), t (triplet), and m (multiplet). Electron Spray Ionization Mass Spectras (ESI-MS) were recorded on a Bruker FTMS 4.7T bioAPEX II. Analysis of the catalytic runs was performed on an Agilent 1100 reverse phase HPLC. All solvents were degassed prior to use. Imidazilium salt S1, boc-1, and N-tosyl diallylamine were synthesized as previously described in the literature. 1, 2-4 Complex boc-1 (40 mg, 0.053 mmol) was dissolved in CH 2 Cl 2 (2 mL) and HCl gas was bubbled through the solution for 1 h at room temperature. The gaseous HCl was generated by drop-wise addition of concentrated H 2 SO 4 to NH 4 Cl. The reaction solution was stirred for an additional 2 h at room temperature. The reaction progress was monitored by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) (Hexane/AcOEt 2:1). After the reaction was complete, the solvent was evaporated at reduced pressure and the resulting green solid was dissolved in DMF (2 mL). Biotin pentafluorophenol (22 mg, 0.053 mmol) and Et 3 N (0.2 mL, 1.4 mmol) were added to the solution, and the reaction solution was stirred for 16 h at room temperature. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the crude product was purified on sephadex LH 20 eluted with CH 2 Cl 2 to yield biot-1 as a green solid (27 mg, 58%). All attempts to separate the diastereomers of biot-1 were unsuccessful.
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 2007
We report on our efforts to create efficient artificial metalloenzymes for the enantioselective h... more We report on our efforts to create efficient artificial metalloenzymes for the enantioselective hydrogenation of N-protected dehydroamino acids using either avidin or streptavidin as host proteins. Introduction of chiral amino acid spacers -phenylalanine or proline -between the biotin anchor and the flexible aminodiphosphine moiety 1, combined with saturation mutagenesis at position S112X of streptavidin, affords second generation artificial hydrogenases displaying improved organic solvent tolerance, reaction rates (3-fold) and (S)-selectivities (up to 95 % ee for N-acetamidoalanine and N-acetamidophenylalanine). It is shown that these artificial metalloenzymes follow Michaelis-Menten kinetics with an increased affinity for the substrate and a higher k cat than the protein-free catalyst (compare k cat 3.06 min À1 and K M 7.38 mM for [RhA C H T U N G T R E N N U N G (COD)Biot-1] + with k cat 12.30 min À1 and K M 4.
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Papers by Cheikh Ibrahima LO