Nested allele-specific PCR primers distinguish genetic groups of Uncinula necator.

abstract：:The biosynthesis of the major carotenoid spirilloxanthin by the purple nonsulfur bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum is thought to occur via a linear pathway proceeding through phytoene and, later, lycopene as intermediates. This assumption is based solely on early chemical evidence (B. H. Davies, Biochem. J. 116:93-99, 1...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang GS,Grammel H,Abou-Aisha K,Sägesser R,Ghosh R

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diet is a major factor in maintaining a healthy human gastrointestinal tract, and this has triggered the development of functional foods containing a probiotic and/or prebiotic component intended to improve the host's health via modulation of the intestinal microbiota. In this study, a long-term placebo-controlled cro...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vanhoutte T,De Preter V,De Brandt E,Verbeke K,Swings J,Huys G

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water delivered by dental unit water systems (DUWS) in general dental practices can harbor high numbers of bacteria, including opportunistic pathogens. Biofilms on tubing within DUWS provide a reservoir for microorganisms and should be controlled. This study compared disinfection products for their ability to meet the...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schel AJ,Marsh PD,Bradshaw DJ,Finney M,Fulford MR,Frandsen E,Østergaard E,ten Cate JM,Moorer WR,Mavridou A,Kamma JJ,Mandilara G,Stösser L,Kneist S,Araujo R,Contreras N,Goroncy-Bermes P,O'Mullane D,Burke F,O'Reilly P

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the cloning and sequencing of the gene for proline dehydrogenase (putA) of Bradyrhizobium japonicum. An open reading frame coding for 1,016 amino acids was identified. The B. japonicum gene codes for a bifunctional protein with proline dehydrogenase and pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) dehydrogenase activi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Straub PF,Reynolds PH,Althomsons S,Mett V,Zhu Y,Shearer G,Kohl DH

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of long-term heavy metal deposition on microbial community structure and the level of bacterial community tolerance were studied along two different gradients in Scandinavian coniferous forest soils. One was near the Harjavalta smelter in Finland, and one was at Ronnskar in Sweden. Phospholipid fatty acid ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pennanen T,Frostegard A,Fritze H,Baath E

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein S is a major spore coat protein of Myxococcus xanthus, consisting of two homologous domains, the N-terminal domain (NTD) and the C-terminal domain, both of which contain a Ca(2+)-binding site. Protein S tightly binds to myxospores in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner. Here, we constructed a novel expression vector, pC...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kobayashi H,Yoshida T,Inouye M

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Dehalococcoides ethenogenes" 195 can reductively dechlorinate tetrachloroethene (PCE) completely to ethene (ETH). When PCE-grown strain 195 was transferred (2% [vol/vol] inoculum) into growth medium amended with trichloroethene (TCE), cis-dichloroethene (DCE), 1,1-DCE, or 1,2-dichloroethane (DCA) as an electron accep...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Maymó-Gatell X,Anguish T,Zinder SH

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of airborne mycotoxins in mold-contaminated buildings has long been hypothesized to be a potential occupant health risk. However, little work has been done to demonstrate the presence of these compounds in such environments. The presence of airborne macrocyclic trichothecene mycotoxins in indoor environm...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Brasel TL,Martin JM,Carriker CG,Wilson SC,Straus DC

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread use and relative persistence of s-triazine compounds such as atrazine and simazine have led to increasing concern about environmental contamination by these compounds. Few microbial isolates capable of transforming substituted s-triazines have been identified. Rhodococcus corallinus NRRL B-15444 has pre...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mulbry WW

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spore-forming Bacillus strains that produce extracellular poly-γ-glutamic acid were screened for their application to natto (fermented soybean food) fermentation. Among the 424 strains, including Bacillus subtilis and B. amyloliquefaciens, which we isolated from rice straw, 59 were capable of fermenting natto. Biotin ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kubo Y,Rooney AP,Tsukakoshi Y,Nakagawa R,Hasegawa H,Kimura K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new primer set was designed to specifically amplify ca. 1,100 bp of aoxB genes encoding the As(III) oxidase catalytic subunit from taxonomically diverse aerobic As(III)-oxidizing bacteria. Comparative analysis of AoxB protein sequences showed variable conservation levels and highlighted the conservation of essential...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Quéméneur M,Heinrich-Salmeron A,Muller D,Lièvremont D,Jauzein M,Bertin PN,Garrido F,Joulian C

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolic conversion of 5-methylfurfural and 2-methylfurfural to furfural by a methanogenic bacterium, Methanococcus sp. strain B, was studied. This bacterium was found to use methylfurfural compounds as a growth substrate and to convert them stoichiometrically to furfural. For every mole of methylfurfurals metabo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Boopathy R

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enumeration of lactic acid streptococci from dairy starter cultures on Elliker agar was improved by the addition of 0.4% (wt/vol) diammonium phosphate. Agar plate counts were up to 7.75 times greater due to improved buffering by the phosphate salt. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Barach JT

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of small noncoding RNAs (sRNAs) have been conducted predominantly using culturable organisms, and the acquisition of further information about sRNAs from global environments containing uncultured organisms now is very important. In this study, hot spring water (57°C, pH 8.1) was collected directly from the und...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Murakami S,Fujishima K,Tomita M,Kanai A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The probability of recovering pathogenic Escherichia coli from food by the Bacteriological Analytical Manual method was determined by the effects of several factors: the number of strains per food, the ability of pathogenic strains to survive enrichment, and the frequency of plasmid loss during enrichment. Biochemical...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hill WE,Ferreira JL,Payne WL,Jones VM

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moistened barley was inoculated with 1.4 x 10(3) and 1.4 x 10(5) spores, respectively, from ochratoxin A-producing strains of Aspergillus ochraceus and Penicillium varidicatum. To estimate fungal tissue in the barley, the amount of glucosamine was followed for 28 days at 10 and 25 degrees C. Ochratoxin A was also foll...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Häggblom P

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PCR technique has potential for use in detection of low concentrations of airborne microorganisms. In this study, the sensitivity of PCR and its susceptibility to environmental interference were assessed with Escherichia coli DH1 as the target organism. Air samples, containing environmental bioaerosols, were colle...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Alvarez AJ,Buttner MP,Stetzenbach LD

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combination of inhibitors and carbon substrates was used to determine the relative contribution of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) and fermenting bacteria to nitrogen fixation in a salt marsh sediment and on the roots of Spartina alterniflora. Because a lag period precedes acetylene-reducing activity (ARA) in amende...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gandy EL,Yoch DC

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a microtiter plate method for screening a large number of bacterial isolates for the ability to grow on different crystalline polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Growth on PAHs cannot easily be determined with standard growth assays because of the very low aqueous solubility and bioavailability ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Johnsen AR,Bendixen K,Karlson U

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduction of hexavalent chromium (chromate) to less-toxic trivalent chromium was studied by using cell suspensions and cell-free supernatant fluids from Pseudomonas putida PRS2000. Chromate reductase activity was associated with soluble protein and not with the membrane fraction. The crude enzyme activity was heat lab...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ishibashi Y,Cervantes C,Silver S

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pure culture of an Agrobacterium sp. (deposited as ATCC 55002) that mineralizes the ferric chelate of EDTA (ferric-EDTA) was isolated by selective enrichment from a treatment facility receiving industrial waste containing ferric-EDTA. The isolate grew on ferric-EDTA as the sole carbon source at concentrations exceed...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lauff JJ,Steele DB,Coogan LA,Breitfeller JM

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The wood decay basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium was grown under standard ligninolytic or cellulolytic conditions and subjected to whole-genome expression microarray analysis and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry of extracellular proteins. A total of 545 genes were flagged on the basis of signific...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vanden Wymelenberg A,Gaskell J,Mozuch M,Kersten P,Sabat G,Martinez D,Cullen D

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With an initial microbial level of ca. 10 microorganisms per g of Ivory Coast cacao beans, 5 kGy of gamma radiation under an atmosphere of air reduced the microflora per g by 2.49 and 3.03 logs at temperatures of 35 and 50 degrees C, respectively. Bahia cacao beans were artificially contaminated with dried spores of A...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Restaino L,Myron JJ,Lenovich LM,Bills S,Tscherneff K

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Media used to determine the MICs of heavy metals for bacteria are unreliable because organic components in the media bind or chelate most of the metal being studied. To define specific metal activity in media and to maintain metal activity at a constant level, HEPES-MES [N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N' -2-ethanesulfonic...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Angle JS,Chaney RL

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male-specific RNA coliphages (F-RNA coliphages) have been proposed as a potential viral indicator of fecal contamination in water and foods because they are easy to culture and are a normal component of the mammalian gut flora. F-RNA coliphage plaque numbers are typically obtained by directly plating a 10-fold dilutio...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jones TH,Johns MW

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large, obligately anaerobic spirochete (strain PB) was isolated from bovine rumen fluid by a procedure involving rifampin as a selective agent. The helical cells measured 0.6 to 0.7 micron by 12 to 20 micron and possessed approximately 16 periplasmic flagella inserted near each end of the protoplasmic cylinder. The ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Paster BJ,Canale-Parola E

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xylanase activity from naturally occurring color variants of Aureobasidium pullulans was associated with extracellular monomeric proteins of 20 to 21 kilodaltons. Xylanase represented nearly half the total extracellular protein, with a yield of up to 0.3 g of xylanase per liter. The specific activity of partially puri...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Leathers TD

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mono Lake is an alkaline hypersaline lake that supports high methane oxidation rates. Retrieved pmoA sequences showed a broad diversity of aerobic methane oxidizers including the type I methanotrophs Methylobacter (the dominant genus), Methylomicrobium, and Methylothermus, and the type II methanotroph Methylocystis. S...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lin JL,Joye SB,Scholten JC,Schäfer H,McDonald IR,Murrell JC

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-utilizing bacteria to produce biosurfactants was investigated. Twenty-three bacteria isolated from a soil contaminated with petroleum wastes were able to form clearing zones on mineral salt agar plates sprayed with solutions of PAHs. Naphthalene and phenanthrene we...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Deziel E,Paquette G,Villemur R,Lepine F,Bisaillon J

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathways for degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons are constantly modified by a variety of genetic mechanisms. Genetic studies carried out with Pseudomonas stutzeri OX1 suggested that the tou operon coding for toluene o-xylene monooxygenase (ToMO) was recently recruited into a preexisting pathway that already posse...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cafaro V,Notomista E,Capasso P,Di Donato A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00