Horizontal heterogeneity of denitrifying bacterial communities in marine sediments by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis.

abstract：:The interaction between two Fusarium mycotoxins, zearalenone (ZEN) and its derivative (')alpha-zearalenol ((')alpha-ZOL), with two food-grade strains of Lactobacillus was investigated. The mycotoxins (2 microg ml(-1)) were incubated with either Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain GG or L. rhamnosus strain LC705. A consider...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： El-Nezami H,Polychronaki N,Salminen S,Mykkänen H

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three of 36 raw milk isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica produced enterotoxin in milk at 25 degrees C, but not at 4 degrees C. No strain tested could survive pasteurization. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Francis DW,Spaulding PL,Lovett J

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequencing of plasmid pLM33 from the food isolate Listeria monocytogenes Lm1 revealed a molecule of 32,307 bp with a G+C content of 36.2%. The plasmid displays a mosaic pattern of identities common to several closely related L. monocytogenes plasmids isolated from food and clinical sources. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Canchaya C,Giubellini V,Ventura M,de los Reyes-Gavilán CG,Margolles A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from analyses of continuous culture fermentation of insoluble cellulose by Ruminococcus albus 7 were used to derive constants for the rate of cellulose hydrolysis and fermentation, growth yield, and maintenance. Cellulose concentration was 1% in the nutrient reservoir, and hydraulic retention times of 0.5, 1.0, 1...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pavlostathis SG,Miller TL,Wolin MJ

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disulfide bonds are important for the correct folding, structural integrity, and activity of many biotechnologically relevant proteins. For synthesis and subsequent secretion of these proteins in bacteria, such as the well-known "cell factory" Bacillus subtilis, it is often the correct formation of disulfide bonds tha...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kouwen TR,Dubois JY,Freudl R,Quax WJ,van Dijl JM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male weanling rats fed diets containing fermented and unfermented tannin-free sorghum meals naturally contaminated with traces of ochratoxin A, zearalenone, and an unidentified toxic substance developed anorexia. Mean changes in body weight over a 28-day feeding period for rats fed fermented and unfermented sorghum me...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kazanas N,Ely RW,Fields ML,Erdman JW Jr

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant Escherichia coli strain carrying a plasmid with an antibiotic resistance marker and expressing the green fluorescent protein was inoculated at a concentration of 3.8 x 10(8) CFU/g into direct-cut wheat (348 g of dry matter kg(-1)), wilted wheat (450 g of dry matter kg(-1)), and corn (375 g of dry matter ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chen Y,Sela S,Gamburg M,Pinto R,Weinberg ZG

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyethylene glycol 6000 precipitation was found to be an effective concentration method that enhanced the chances for detecting human virus pathogens in environmental samples. Percent recoveries from eluates of fresh and estuarine waters with 8% polyethylene glycol 6000 averaged 86 for hepatitis A virus, 77 for human...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lewis GD,Metcalf TG

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of autoproteolysis of Lactococcus lactis lactocepin III on its specificity towards beta-casein was investigated. beta-Casein degradation was performed by using either an autolysin-defective derivative of L. lactis MG1363 carrying the proteinase genes of L. lactis SK11, which was unable to transport oligopep...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Flambard B,Juillard V

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SAR11 bacteria are small, heterotrophic, marine alphaproteobacteria found throughout the oceans. They thrive at the low nutrient concentrations typical of open ocean conditions, although the adaptations required for life under those conditions are not well understood. To illuminate this issue, we used cryo-electron to...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zhao X,Schwartz CL,Pierson J,Giovannoni SJ,McIntosh JR,Nicastro D

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine host distribution patterns among fecal bacteria in the order Bacteroidales, with the goal of using endemic sequences as markers for fecal source identification in aquatic environments. We analyzed Bacteroidales 16S rRNA gene sequences from the feces of eight hosts: human, bovin...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dick LK,Bernhard AE,Brodeur TJ,Santo Domingo JW,Simpson JM,Walters SP,Field KG

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the presence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and other potentially diarrheagenic E. coli strains in retail meats, 7,258 E. coli isolates collected by the U.S. National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) retail meat program from 2002 to 2007 were screened for Shiga toxin ge...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Xia X,Meng J,McDermott PF,Ayers S,Blickenstaff K,Tran TT,Abbott J,Zheng J,Zhao S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new strategy for the detection of infectious Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in water samples, which combines immunomagnetic separation (IMS) for recovery of oocysts with in vitro cell culturing and PCR (CC-PCR), was field tested with a total of 122 raw source water samples and 121 filter backwash water grab samples ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Di Giovanni GD,Hashemi FH,Shaw NJ,Abrams FA,LeChevallier MW,Abbaszadegan M

更新日期：1999-08-01 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：:Protease-negative variants were shown to outcompete the wild-type strains of Streptococcus cremoris E(8), HP, and Wg(2) at pH values higher than 6.0 in milk. For S. cremoris E(8) this process was studied in more detail. At lower pH values the wild type had a selective advantage. This pH-dependent selection was not fou...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hugenholtz J,Splint R,Konings WN,Veldkamp H

更新日期：1987-02-01 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：:Trichoderma species isolated from water-damaged buildings were screened for toxicity by using boar sperm cells as indicator cells. The crude methanolic cell extract from Trichoderma harzianum strain ES39 inhibited the boar sperm cell motility at a low exposure concentration (50% effective concentration, 1 to 5 microg ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Peltola J,Ritieni A,Mikkola R,Grigoriev PA,Pócsfalvi G,Andersson MA,Salkinoja-Salonen MS

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Mycoplasmas are minimal, wall-less bacteria but have retained the ability to secrete complex carbohydrate polymers that constitute a glycocalyx. In members of the Mycoplasma mycoides cluster, which are important ruminant pathogens, the glycocalyx includes both cell-attached and cell-free polysaccharides. Thi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gaurivaud P,Baranowski E,Pau-Roblot C,Sagné E,Citti C,Tardy F

更新日期：2016-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The 3-hydroxy fatty acids (3-OHFAs) in lipopolysaccharides (LPS) play an important role in determining endotoxin activity, and childhood exposure to endotoxin has recently been associated with reduced risk of atopic diseases. To characterize the 3-OHFAs in house dust (HD), we used gas chromatography-mass spectrometry ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Park JH,Szponar B,Larsson L,Gold DR,Milton DK

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of Vibrio cholerae with zooplankton has been suggested as an important factor in transmission of human epidemic cholera, and the ability to colonize zooplankton surfaces may play a role in the temporal variation and predominance of the two different serogroups (V. cholerae O1 El Tor and O139) in the aq...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rawlings TK,Ruiz GM,Colwell RR

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：:When mixed ruminal bacteria were incubated with a pancreatic casein hydrolysate and free amino acids of a similar composition, rates of ammonia production were much greater for peptides than for amino acids. The pancreatic digest of casein was then fractionated with 90% isopropyl alcohol. Hydrophobic peptides which di...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chen G,Strobel HJ,Russell JB,Sniffen CJ

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expanded Fermi solution was originally developed for estimating the number of food-poisoning victims when information concerning the circumstances of exposure is scarce. The method has been modified for estimating the initial number of pathogenic or probiotic cells or spores so that enough of them will survive the...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Peleg M,Normand MD,Horowitz J,Corradini MG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inactivation of aflatoxin B1 was studied by using gamma radiation and hydrogen peroxide. A 100-krad dose of gamma radiation was sufficient to inactivate 50 micrograms of aflatoxin B1 in the presence of 5% hydrogen peroxide, and 400 krad was required for total degradation of 100 micrograms of aflatoxin in the same syst...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Patel UD,Govindarajan P,Dave PJ

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Broad-substrate-range monooygenase enzymes, including toluene-4-monooxygenase (T4MO), can catalyze the oxidation of indole. The indole oxidation products can then condense to form the industrially important dye indigo. Site-directed mutagenesis of T4MO resulted in the creation of T4MO isoforms with altered pigment pro...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： McClay K,Boss C,Keresztes I,Steffan RJ

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genome-wide search was performed to identify simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci among the available sequence databases from four strains of Xylella fastidiosa (strains causing Pierce's disease, citrus variegated chlorosis, almond leaf scorch, and oleander leaf scorch). Thirty-four SSR loci were selected for SSR prime...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lin H,Civerolo EL,Hu R,Barros S,Francis M,Walker MA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified mariner transposon, miniHimar RB1, was generated to mutagenize cells of the metal-reducing bacterium Shewanella oneidensis. The use of this transposon led to the isolation of stable mutants and allowed rapid identification of disrupted genes. Fifty-eight mutants, including BG104 and BG148 with transposon in...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bouhenni R,Gehrke A,Saffarini D

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumption of poultry contaminated with Campylobacter jejuni is a risk factor for human gastrointestinal disease. The rational development of control strategies for Campylobacter within chickens requires an understanding of the colonization process at the molecular and population levels, both within and between hosts...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Coward C,van Diemen PM,Conlan AJ,Gog JR,Stevens MP,Jones MA,Maskell DJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the hydrogen production properties of the unicellular, diazotrophic cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. strain ATCC 51142. This organism has a versatile metabolism and can grow in the presence or absence of combined nitrogen and can grow photosynthetically or mixotrophically and heterotrophically in the presenc...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Min H,Sherman LA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quick and simple protocol for long-term cryopreservation of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria (anammox bacteria) was developed. After 29 weeks of preservation at -80°C, activity recovery for all tested cultures under at least one of the applied sets of preservation conditions was observed. Growth recovery was al...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Heylen K,Ettwig K,Hu Z,Jetten M,Kartal B

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00