Efficient production of artificially designed gelatins with a Bacillus brevis system.

abstract：:Bacterioplankton are fundamental components of marine ecosystems and influence the entire biosphere by contributing to the global biogeochemical cycles of key elements. Yet, there is a significant gap in knowledge about their diversity and specific activities, as well as environmental factors that shape their communit...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Richa K,Balestra C,Piredda R,Benes V,Borra M,Passarelli A,Margiotta F,Saggiomo M,Biffali E,Sanges R,Scanlan DJ,Casotti R

更新日期：2017-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections caused by Toxoplasma gondii are widely prevalent in animals and humans throughout the world. In the United States, an estimated 23% of adolescents and adults have laboratory evidence of T. gondii infection. T. gondii has been identified as a major opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised individuals, in ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schwab KJ,McDevitt JJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal attacks on stored vegetable and fruits are responsible for losses of products. There is an active research field to develop alternative strategies for postharvest disease management, and the use of biocontrol agents represents a promising approach. Understanding the molecular bases of the biocontrol activity of...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Castoria R,Miccoli C,Barone G,Palmieri D,De Curtis F,Lima G,Heitman J,Ianiri G

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial growth in biofilms is the major cause of recalcitrant biofouling in industrial processes and of persistent infections in clinical settings. The use of bacteriophage treatment to lyse bacteria in biofilms has attracted growing interest. In particular, many natural or engineered phages produce depolymerases to...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pei R,Lamas-Samanamud GR

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 is a gram-negative facultative anaerobe capable of utilizing a broad range of electron acceptors, including several solid substrates. S. oneidensis MR-1 can reduce Mn(IV) and Fe(III) oxides and can produce current in microbial fuel cells. The mechanisms that are employed by S. oneidensis MR-...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bretschger O,Obraztsova A,Sturm CA,Chang IS,Gorby YA,Reed SB,Culley DE,Reardon CL,Barua S,Romine MF,Zhou J,Beliaev AS,Bouhenni R,Saffarini D,Mansfeld F,Kim BH,Fredrickson JK,Nealson KH

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatic hydroxylations are important bacterial metabolic processes but are difficult to perform using traditional chemical synthesis, so to use a biological catalyst to convert the priority pollutant benzene into industrially relevant intermediates, benzene oxidation was investigated. It was discovered that toluene 4...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tao Y,Fishman A,Bentley WE,Wood TK

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:Streptococcus iniae is a major pathogen of fish, producing fatal disease among fish species living in very diverse environments. Recently, reoccurrences of disease outbreaks were recorded in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss, Walbaum) farms where the entire fish population was routinely vaccinated. New strains are di...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Eyngor M,Tekoah Y,Shapira R,Hurvitz A,Zlotkin A,Lublin A,Eldar A

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temperature of chilled foods is an important variable for controlling microbial growth in a production and distribution chain. Therefore, it is essential to model growth as a function of temperature in order to predict the number of organisms as a function of temperature and time. This article deals with the corre...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zwietering MH,Cuppers HG,de Wit JC,van 't Riet K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae causes swine erysipelas, an important infectious disease in the swine industry. In Japan, the incidence of acute swine erysipelas due to E. rhusiopathiae serovar 1a has recently increased markedly. To study the genetic relatedness of the strains from the recent cases, we analyzed 34 E. rhu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ogawa Y,Shiraiwa K,Ogura Y,Ooka T,Nishikawa S,Eguchi M,Hayashi T,Shimoji Y

更新日期：2017-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of microbial viability by the plate count method is routine in microbiology laboratories worldwide. However, limitations of the technique, particularly with respect to environmental microorganisms, are widely recognized. Many alternatives based upon viability staining have been proposed, and these are of...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Davey HM

更新日期：2011-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleic acid-based analytical methods, ranging from species-targeted PCRs to metagenomics, have greatly expanded our understanding of microbiological diversity in natural samples. However, these methods provide only limited information on the activities and physiological states of microorganisms in samples. Even the m...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cangelosi GA,Meschke JS

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contamination of soil and water with heavy metals and metalloids is a serious environmental problem. Cadmium and arsenic are major environmental contaminants that pose a serious threat to human health. Although toxicities of cadmium and arsenic to living organisms have been extensively studied, the molecular mechanism...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Techo T,Charoenpuntaweesin S,Auesukaree C

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of marine bacteria under iron-limited conditions was investigated. Neither siderophore production nor bacterial growth was detected for Pelagiobacter sp. strain V0110 when Fe(III) was present in the culture medium at a concentration of <1.0 microM. However, the growth of V0110 was strongly stimulated by the...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Guan LL,Onuki H,Kamino K

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To ascertain its physiological similarity to other methanogenic bacteria, Methanospirillum hungatii, the type species of the genus, was characterized nutritionally and biochemically. Good growth occurred in a medium consisting of mineral salts, cysteine sulfide reducing buffer, and an H2-CO2 (80:20) atmosphere. Additi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ferry JG,Wolfe RS

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of protease produced by a heterotrophic bacterium during growth was investigated with Aeromonas salmonicida, the pathogen of fish furunculosis, strain A-7301 and its protease-deficient mutant NTG-1 induced by mutagenesis. Strain A-7301 produced extracellular protease in a mixed amino acid medium (composed of ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sakai DK

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adherence to hydroxyapatite (HA) was examined as a method to concentrate bacteria from foods. Using HA at a level of 10% and suspensions of an Escherichia coli strain containing 10(9), 10(6), and 10(3) cells per ml, kinetic studies revealed that maximum adherence was attained within 5 min for all cell concentrations a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Berry ED,Siragusa GR

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lantibiotics are ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified antimicrobial peptides that are widely produced by Gram-positive bacteria, including many species of the Bacillus group. In the present study, one novel gene cluster coding lantibiotic cerecidins was unveiled in Bacillus cereus strain As 1.1846 ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang J,Zhang L,Teng K,Sun S,Sun Z,Zhong J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorella stigmatophora LB 993 was grown in artificial seawater under controlled conditions. The production of cell wall polysaccharides attached to the cells and dissolved in the growth medium was monitored during algal growth. Preliminary characterization of the dissolved polysaccharides of C. stigmatophora and othe...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kaplan D,Christiaen D,Arad SM

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes JS52 grows on nitrobenzene via partial reduction of the nitro group and enzymatic rearrangement of the resultant hydroxylamine. Cells and cell extracts of nitrobenzene-grown JS52 catalyzed the transient formation of 4-hydroxylamino-2,6-dinitrotoluene (4HADNT), 4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene (...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fiorella PD,Spain JC

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information on the interaction between mixed populations in the rumen and plant phenolics is required to fully elucidate the limitations of phenolic compounds on forage digestibility. The objective of this study was to examine the degradation of Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.) hay incubated with mixed ruminal...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Theodorou MK,Gascoyne DJ,Akin DE,Hartley RD

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several anaerobic bacteria isolated from the sediments of Contrary Creek, an iron-rich environment, produced magnetite when cultured in combinations but not when cultured alone in synthetic iron oxyhydroxide medium. When glucose was added as a carbon source, the pH of the medium decreased (to 5.5) and no magnetite was...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bell PE,Mills AL,Herman JS

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two methods were used to evaluate bacterial recovery from beef, pork, and lamb adipose tissue. Higher counts were obtained with a tissue removal and fluid agitation technique (shaking) than with surface swabbing, but only when bacterial levels were low. Bacterial recovery by both methods was unaffected by specie origi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Berry BW,Joseph AL,Chen AA

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic lipopeptides (CLPs) are produced by many Pseudomonas species and have several biological functions, including a role in surface motility, biofilm formation, virulence, and antimicrobial activity. This study focused on the diversity and role of LuxR-type transcriptional regulators in CLP biosynthesis in Pseudomo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： de Bruijn I,Raaijmakers JM

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scanning and transmission electron microscopy were used to examine the adherence and in situ morphology of the microbial community colonizing the anal and vulvar pores of the subfamily Cyathostominae (Nematoda: Strongylidae) from the colon of Burchell's zebra (Equus burchelli antiquorum). Two different morphological t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mackie RI,Krecek RC,Els HJ,van Niekerk JP,Kirschner LM,Baecker AA

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody production against aflatoxin B1 was compared in three rabbits and one goat. Titers obtained were 20 times higher in the rabbits than in the goat. The goat antiserum appeared to have a higher degree of cross-reactivity for other aflatoxins and related metabolites than did the rabbit antiserum. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gaur PK,El-Nakib O,Chu FS

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human oral cavity is a complex ecosystem, and the alterations in salivary microbial communities are associated with both oral and nonoral diseases. The Mediterranean diet (MD) is a healthy dietary pattern useful for both prevention and treatment of several diseases. To further explore the effects of the MD on huma...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Laiola M,De Filippis F,Vitaglione P,Ercolini D

更新日期：2020-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The MK filter is an electropositively charged filter that can be used to concentrate enteroviruses from large volumes (400 to 1,000 liters) of water. This filter is less expensive than the commonly used 1MDS electropositive filter. In this study, we compared the recovery of poliovirus 1 (PV1) and that of coxsackieviru...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ma JF,Naranjo J,Gerba CP

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nor-1 gene in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus parasiticus encodes a ketoreductase involved in aflatoxin biosynthesis. To study environmental influences on nor-1 expression, we generated plasmid pAPGUSNNB containing a nor-1 promoter-beta-glucuronidase (GUS) (encoded by uidA) reporter fusion with niaD (encodes ni...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chiou CH,Miller M,Wilson DL,Trail F,Linz JE

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factors sinR and abrB are involved in the control of sporulation initiation in Bacillus subtilis. We identified a single homologue to sinR and three highly similar homologues to abrB, designated abrB310, abrB1941, and abrB3647, in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824. Using reporter vectors, we showed...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Scotcher MC,Rudolph FB,Bennett GN

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00