Microbial population changes during bioremediation of an experimental oil spill.

abstract：:In all purification stages of a biological sewage treatment plant, phototrophic bacteria were detected by the method of viable cell counts. The predominant species identified belonged to the genus Rhodopseudomonas of purple nonsulfur bacteria. The number of phototrophic bacteria was highest in wastewater containing sl...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Siefert E,Irgens RL,Pfennig N

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mathematical models were developed to predict the probability of yeast spoilage of cold-filled ready-to-drink beverages as a function of beverage formulation. A Box-Behnken experimental design included five variables, each at three levels: pH (2.8, 3.3, and 3.8), titratable acidity (0.20, 0.40, and 0.60%), sugar conte...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Battey AS,Duffy S,Schaffner DW

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 1239 in vol. 45.]. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors：

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A greenhouse experiment was conducted to determine the influence of two tropical isolates of Glomus fasciculatum and Glomus mosseae on the nutrient uptake and growth of Sesbania grandiflora. Inoculation of sterile soil with the fungi significantly improved growth and nutrient uptake by S. grandiflora, but the response...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Habte M,Aziz T

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Cd2+, Cu2+, Mg2+, and Zn2+ on the decomposition of citric acid by a Klebsiella sp. were studied by monitoring the degradation of [14C]citrate. The carbon concentration used was 10 micrograms of C liter-1, and the media were designed to provide at least 95% of the citrate complexed to the metal studied. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Brynhildsen L,Rosswall T

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiology of ethanologenic Escherichia coli grown anaerobically in alkali-pretreated plant hydrolysates is complex and not well studied. To gain insight into how E. coli responds to such hydrolysates, we studied an E. coli K-12 ethanologen fermenting a hydrolysate prepared from corn stover pretreated by ammonia f...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schwalbach MS,Keating DH,Tremaine M,Marner WD,Zhang Y,Bothfeld W,Higbee A,Grass JA,Cotten C,Reed JL,da Costa Sousa L,Jin M,Balan V,Ellinger J,Dale B,Kiley PJ,Landick R

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diel nitrogen fixation studies were conducted with assemblages of cyanobacteria sampled from surface blooms on Sanctuary Lake, Pa. The studies were conducted between July and September of 1982 to 1985 by using the acetylene reduction technique. Assemblages with the lowest cell concentrations (0.9 x 10 to 1.0 x 10 cell...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Storch TA,Saunders GW,Ostrofsky ML

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) ST398 isolated from pigs raised in conventional farms was previously reported. Here we report a study on 25 farms adhering to an alternative system. LA-MRSA ST398 was not detected in nasal swabs from 178 pigs or from 89 humans working and livin...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cuny C,Friedrich AW,Witte W

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perchlorate is a known health hazard for humans, fish, and other species. Therefore, it is important to assess the response of an ecosystem exposed to perchlorate contamination. The data reported here show that a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based proteomics approach for the detection of perchlorate-reducin...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bansal R,Crawford RL,Paszczynski AJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2 is a primary pathogen for eels and, as has recently been suggested, an opportunistic pathogen for humans. In this study we have investigated the ability of V. vulnificus biotype 2 to obtain iron by siderophore-mediated mechanisms and evaluated the importance of free iron in vibriosis. The v...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Biosca EG,Fouz B,Alcaide E,Amaro C

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunolatex reagent was developed from antiserum to Fusobacterium varium, an obligate anaerobe isolated from the colon of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana L. A new technique that enabled the preparation of a highly efficient immunolatex conjugate was used to localize the bacterium with scanning electron microsc...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bracke JW,Markovetz AJ

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods to assess the impact of goose fecal contamination are needed as the result of the increasing number of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) near North American inland waters. However, there is little information on goose fecal microbial communities, and such data are important for the development of host-specific ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lu J,Santo Domingo JW,Hill S,Edge TA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to identify antifungal compounds from natural sources to be used as ingredients in the bakery industry, water/salt-soluble extracts (WSE) from different legume flour hydrolysates obtained by the use of a fungal protease were assayed against Penicillium roqueforti DPPMAF1. The agar diffusion assays allowed the...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rizzello CG,Lavecchia A,Gramaglia V,Gobbetti M

更新日期：2015-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The actions of cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferases (CGTase; EC 2.4.1.19) from alkalophilic Bacillus sp. strain A2-5a (A2-5a CGTase), Bacillus macerans (Bmac CGTase), and Bacillus stearothermophilus (Bste CGTase) on amylose were investigated. All three enzymes produced large cyclic alpha-1,4-glucans (cycloamyloses) a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Terada Y,Sanbe H,Takaha T,Kitahata S,Koizumi K,Okada S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In two previous studies dealing with lactic acid bacteria (LAB) from modified-atmosphere-packaged (MAP) broiler products and a broiler processing plant, several isolates remained unidentified. According to 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, 36 isolates were assigned to the genus Enterococcus. Numerical analysis of combi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rahkila R,Johansson P,Säde E,Björkroth J

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smectite clay minerals are abundant in soils and sediments worldwide and are typically rich in Fe. While recent investigations have shown that the structural Fe(III) bound in clay minerals is reduced by microorganisms, previous studies have not tested growth with clay minerals as the sole electron acceptor. Here we ha...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kostka JE,Dalton DD,Skelton H,Dollhopf S,Stucki JW

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten laboratories participated in an interlaboratory comparison of determination of bioleaching rates of a pyrite reference material. A standardized procedure and a single strain of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans were used in this study. The mean rate of bioleaching of the pyrite reference material was 12.4 mg of Fe per lit...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Olson GJ

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assay has been developed to detect bacterial glycosidases in colonies grown on the surface of agar plates. Advantages of this technique over previously described methods include elimination of the need for replica plating, better visualization of chromagenic reaction products, and a simple permeabilization step to ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Paoni NF,Arroyo RL

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biogenic amines may reach concentrations of public health concern in some cheeses. To minimize biogenic amine buildup in raw milk cheese, high-pressure treatments of 400 or 600 MPa for 5 min were applied on days 21 and 35 of ripening. On day 60, counts of lactic acid bacteria, enterococci, and lactobacilli were 1 to 2...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Calzada J,del Olmo A,Picón A,Gaya P,Nuñez M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions of bacteria isolated from corroded copper coupons on thin films of copper evaporated onto germanium internal reflection elements were evaluated nondestructively in real time by attentuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The films were stable in the presence of flowing or st...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bremer PJ,Geesey GG

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacillus plantarum is an attractive candidate for bioprocessing of lignocellulosic biomass due to its high metabolic variability, including its ability to ferment both pentoses and hexoses, as well as its high acid tolerance, a quality often utilized in industrial processes. This bacterium grows naturally on biom...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Moraïs S,Shterzer N,Grinberg IR,Mathiesen G,Eijsink VG,Axelsson L,Lamed R,Bayer EA,Mizrahi I

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth on 3-chlorobenzoate was found to induce the enzymes of the protocatechuate meta ring fission pathway in Alcaligenes sp. strain BR60. The chlorobenzoate catabolic genes, designated cba, were localized to a 3.7-kb NotI-EcoRI fragment within the nonrepeated region of the composite transposon Tn5271. The cba genes ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nakatsu CH,Wyndham RC

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bacterial strain, designated KSM-7358, that can use alpha-cedrene for growth was isolated. The strain was identified as a member of the genus Rhodococcus and catalyzed the novel allylic oxidation of alpha-cedrene regiospecifically to produce (R)-10-hydroxycedrene (sec-cedrenol) with a very high yield. alpha-Curcumen...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Takigawa H,Kubota H,Sonohara H,Okuda M,Tanaka S,Fujikura Y,Ito S

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During batch fermentation, the rate of ethanol production per milligram of cell protein is maximal for a brief period early in this process and declines progressively as ethanol accumulates in the surrounding broth. Our studies demonstrate that the removal of this accumulated ethanol does not immediately restore ferme...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dombek KM,Ingram LO

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Difluoromethane (HFC-32; DFM) is compared to acetylene and methyl fluoride as an inhibitor of methanotrophy in cultures and soils. DFM was found to be a reversible inhibitor of CH4 oxidation by Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). Consumption of CH4 in soil was blocked by additions of low levels of DFM (0.03 kPa), and thi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Miller LG,Sasson C,Oremland RS

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel technique, combining labelling and stereological methods, for the determination of spatial distribution of two microorganisms in a biofilm is presented. Cells of Nitrosomonas europaea (ATCC 19718) and Nitrobacter agilis (ATCC 14123) were homogeneously distributed in a kappa-carrageenan gel during immobilizatio...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hunik JH,van den Hoogen MP,de Boer W,Smit M,Tramper J

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated and characterized the cDNA and genomic DNA coding for a phenoloxidase, laccase I, previously purified from culture supernatant of the newly isolated ligninolytic basidiomycete PM1 (CECT 2971). A cDNA library from basidiomycete PM1 was constructed, and laccase-encoding cDNAs were identified by screenin...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Coll PM,Tabernero C,Santamaría R,Pérez P

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, efficient procedure for removing lactic acid and for reducing nonprotein nitrogen and ash in lactic acid whey has been developed. The procedure consists of culturing Candida ingens on the whey. This organism could assimilate >98% of the lactic acid and approximately 40% of the nonprotein nitrogen. Ash reduct...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ruiz LP,Gurnsey JC,Short JL

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five commercially available plastic containers were compared with glass for toxicity toward Babesia rodhaini and Babesia bigemina. Comparisons were made by using infectivity tests in mice (B. rodhaini) and cattle (B. bigemina). Low-density polypropylene and polystyrene containers were not toxic, but two of the three p...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Timms P

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen bacteriophages, active against 19 Arthrobacter soil isolates, were isolated from concentrated samples of river water and sewage. Attempts to isolate Arthrobacter bacteriophages from filtrates of broth cultures of the soil isolates or from ultraviolet light-irradiated cultures were unsuccessful. Bacteriophage...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Brown DR,Holt JG,Pattee PA

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00