Characterization and role of the branched-chain aminotransferase (BcaT) isolated from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris NCDO 763.

abstract：:To enhance the production of isoprene, a volatile 5-carbon hydrocarbon, in the Gram-positive spore-forming rod-shaped bacterium Bacillus subtilis, 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate synthase (Dxs) and 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase (Dxr) were overexpressed in B. subtilis DSM 10. For the strain that overex...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Xue J,Ahring BK

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macroalgae (or seaweeds) are considered potential biomass feedstocks for the production of renewable fuels and chemicals. Their sugar composition is different from that of lignocellulosic biomasses, and in green species, including Ulva lactuca, the major sugars are l-rhamnose and d-glucose. C. beijerinckii DSM 6423 ut...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Diallo M,Simons AD,van der Wal H,Collas F,Houweling-Tan B,Kengen SWM,López-Contreras AM

更新日期：2019-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:During malolactic fermentation in wine by Oenococcus oeni, the degradation of citric acid was delayed compared to the degradation of malic acid. The maximum concentration of diacetyl, an intermediary compound in the citric acid metabolism with a buttery or nutty flavor, coincided with the exhaustion of malic acid in t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nielsen JC,Richelieu M

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of two closely related species to maintain species boundaries in spite of retained interfertility between them is a documented driving force of speciation. Experimental evidence to support possible interspecific postzygotic isolation mechanisms for organisms belonging to the kingdom Fungi is still missing....

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Garbelotto M,Gonthier P,Nicolotti G

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salivaricin A (SalA), the first Streptococcus salivarius lantibiotic to be characterized, appears to be inhibitory to most Streptococcus pyogenes strains. A variant of the SalA structural gene (salA1) is present in more than 90% of S. pyogenes strains, but only strains of M serotype 4 and T pattern 4 produce the biolo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wescombe PA,Upton M,Dierksen KP,Ragland NL,Sivabalan S,Wirawan RE,Inglis MA,Moore CJ,Walker GV,Chilcott CN,Jenkinson HF,Tagg JR

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigations concerning the role of distribution system biofilms on water quality were conducted at a drinking water utility in New Jersey. The utility experienced long-term bacteriological problems in the distribution system, while treatment plant effluents were uniformly negative for coliform bacteria. Results of ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： LeChevallier MW,Babcock TM,Lee RG

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strain-specific monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were developed for three different bacterial isolates obtained from a freshwater environment (Lake Plusssee) in the spring of 1990. The three isolates, which were identified by molecular methods, were as follows: Cytophaga johnsonae PX62, Comamonas acidovorans PX54, and Aer...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Faude UC,Höfle MG

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we evaluated the effect of soil clay content on RNA isolation and on quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (qRT-PCR) quantification of microbial gene transcripts. The amount of clay significantly altered RNA isolation yields and qRT-PCR analyses. Recommendations are made for quantifying microbial gene ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Novinscak A,Filion M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utilization of gels, which are used for fluid drilling of seeds, as carriers of Bradyrhizobium japonicum for soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) inoculation was studied. Gels of various chemical composition (magnesium silicate, potassium acrylate-acrylamide, grafted starch, and hydroxyethyl cellulose) were used, alth...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jawson MD,Franzluebbers AJ,Berg RK

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptation of Lactobacillus sakei to a meat environment is reflected in its metabolic potential. For instance, the ability to utilize arginine through the arginine deiminase (ADI) pathway, resulting in additional ATP, represents a competitive benefit. In L. sakei CTC 494, the arc operon (arcABCTDR) shows the same ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rimaux T,Rivière A,Illeghems K,Weckx S,De Vuyst L,Leroy F

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The abundance of quorum quenching (QQ) activity was evaluated in cultivable bacteria obtained from oceanic and estuarine seawater and compared with the frequency of QQ enzyme sequences in the available marine metagenomic collections. The possible role of the high QQ activity found among marine bacteria is discussed. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Romero M,Martin-Cuadrado AB,Otero A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine the effect of high pressure (HP) on the inactivation of microbial contaminants in Cheddar cheese (Escherichia coli K-12, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538, and Penicillium roqueforti IMI 297987). Initially, cheese slurries inoculated with E. coli, S. aureus, and P. roqueforti...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： O'Reilly CE,O'Connor PM,Kelly AL,Beresford TP,Murphy PM

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria forming light-organ symbiosis with deep-sea chlorophthalmid fishes (Aulopiformes: Chlorophthalmidae) are considered to belong to the species Photobacterium phosphoreum. The identification of these bacteria as P. phosphoreum, however, was based exclusively on phenotypic traits, which may not discriminate betwe...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dunlap PV,Ast JC

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychrotolerant acidophile Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans has been identified from cold environments and has been shown to use ferrous iron and inorganic sulfur compounds as its energy sources. A bioinformatic evaluation presented in this study suggested that Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans utilized a ferrous iron ox...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Liljeqvist M,Rzhepishevska OI,Dopson M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligonucleotide probes and colony hybridization (CH) were applied to enumerate organisms of the genus Legionella in cooling tower water. The CH counts indicated almost the same results as CFU counts in cultivated samples derived from the water. It was concluded that it is possible to substitute the CH procedure for th...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Satoh W,Nakata M,Yamamoto H,Ezaki T,Hiramatsu K

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1,6-dichlorohexane-degrading strain of Acinetobacter sp. was isolated from activated sludge. The organism could grow with and quantitatively release halide from 1,6-dichlorohexane, 1,9-dichlorononane, 1-chloropentane, 1-chlorobutane, 1-bromopentane, ethylbromide, and 1-iodopropane. Crude extracts contained an induci...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Janssen DB,Jager D,Witholt B

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide analysis has revealed abundant FabG (beta-ketoacyl-ACP reductase) paralogs, with uncharacterized biological functions, in several halophilic archaea. In this study, we identified for the first time that the fabG1 gene, but not the other five fabG paralogs, encodes the polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-specific ac...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Han J,Lu Q,Zhou L,Liu H,Xiang H

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of human-pathogenic, enteric bacteria on the surface and in the interior of raw produce is a significant health concern. Several aspects of the biology of the interaction between these bacteria and alfalfa (Medicago sativa) seedlings are addressed here. A collection of enteric bacteria associated with alf...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dong Y,Iniguez AL,Ahmer BM,Triplett EW

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A basal (BC) medium devoid of added carbohydrates, a complete (CC) medium containing nine carbohydrates were developed for enumerating rumen bacteria. The colony counts on the BC medium were 85 to 100% of those obtained on the CC medium. These colonies were pinpoint size (less than or equal to mm in diameter) but incr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Leedle JA,Hespell RB

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the isolation and characterization of a phototrophic ferrous iron [Fe(II)]-oxidizing bacterium named TIE-1 that differs from other Fe(II)-oxidizing phototrophs in that it is genetically tractable. Under anaerobic conditions, TIE-1 grows photoautotrophically with Fe(II), H2, or thiosulfate as the electron don...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jiao Y,Kappler A,Croal LR,Newman DK

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nontoxigenic strains of Clostridium botulinum types C and D are converted to toxigenic strains by infection with specific Tox+ bacteriophages. The nucleic acids were extracted from five converting phages, c-st, c-468, c-203, c-d6f, and d-1873, and one nonconverting phage, c-n71, and treated with nucleases. The nucleic...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fujii N,Oguma K,Yokosawa N,Kimura K,Tsuzuki K

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences between the recombinant xylose-utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain TMB 3399 and the mutant strain TMB 3400, derived from TMB 3399 and displaying improved ability to utilize xylose, were investigated by using genome-wide expression analysis, physiological characterization, and biochemical assays. Samp...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wahlbom CF,Cordero Otero RR,van Zyl WH,Hahn-Hägerdal B,Jönsson LJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis are extensively exploited by the food industry as health-promoting bacteria, although the genetic variability of members belonging to this taxon has so far not received much scientific attention. In this article, we describe the complete genetic makeup of the B. animal...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Milani C,Duranti S,Lugli GA,Bottacini F,Strati F,Arioli S,Foroni E,Turroni F,van Sinderen D,Ventura M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agmatine, a significant polyamine in bacteria and plants, mostly arises from the decarboxylation of arginine. The functional importance of agmatine in fungi is poorly understood. The metabolism of agmatine and related guanidinium group-containing compounds in Aspergillus niger was explored through growth, metabolite, ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kumar S,Saragadam T,Punekar NS

更新日期：2015-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Agricultural management practices affect bulk soil microbial communities and the functions they carry out, but it remains unclear how these effects extend to the rhizosphere in different agroecosystem contexts. Given close linkages between rhizosphere processes and plant nutrition and productivity, understanding how m...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schmidt JE,Vannette RL,Igwe A,Blundell R,Casteel CL,Gaudin ACM

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryparin is a cell-surface-associated hydrophobin of the filamentous ascomycete Cryphonectria parasitica. This protein contains a signal peptide that directs it to the vesicle-mediated secretory pathway. We detected a glycosylated form of cryparin in a secretory vesicle fraction, but secreted forms of this protein are...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： McCabe PM,Van Alfen NK

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 85 isolates of mesophilic, aerobic, heterotrophic bacteria were isolated from the gut, peristomial membrane, and coelomic fluid from specimens of the sea urchin Echinus esculentus from the Clyde Sea area of Scotland. These isolates were compared with 26 isolates from sand and seawater in the same locality. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Unkles SE

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phormium yellow leaf (PYL) phytoplasma causes a lethal disease of the monocotyledon, New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax). The 16S rRNA genes of PYL phytoplasma were amplified from infected flax by PCR and cloned, and the nucleotide sequences were determined. DNA sequencing and Southern hybridization analysis of genomic ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Liefting LW,Andersen MT,Beever RE,Gardner RC,Forster RL

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the lignin-degrading basidiomycete Pleurotus ostreatus has become a widely used model organism for fungal genomic and transcriptomic analyses. The increasing interest in this species has led to an increasing number of studies analyzing the transcriptional regulation of multigene families that encode extracel...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Castanera R,López-Varas L,Pisabarro AG,Ramírez L

更新日期：2015-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Application of a mycorrhizal inoculum could be one way to increase the yield of rice plants and reduce the application of fertilizer. We therefore studied arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in the roots of wetland rice (Oryza sativa L.) collected at the seedling, tillering, heading, and ripening stages in four paddy w...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Li T,Li Y,Björn LO,Rosendahl S,Olsson PA,Li S,Fu X

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00