Long-chain aldehyde dehydrogenase that participates in n-alkane utilization and wax ester synthesis in Acinetobacter sp. strain M-1.

abstract：:Values of Delta(34)S (=delta(34)S(HS)-delta(34)S(SO(4)), where delta(34)S(HS) and delta(34)S(SO(4)) indicate the differences in the isotopic compositions of the HS(-) and SO(4)(2-) in the eluent, respectively) for many modern marine sediments are in the range of -55 to -75 per thousand, much greater than the -2 to -46...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Davidson MM,Bisher ME,Pratt LM,Fong J,Southam G,Pfiffner SM,Reches Z,Onstott TC

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated long-chain fatty acid (LCFA)-degrading anaerobic microbes by enrichment, isolation, and RNA-based stable isotope probing (SIP). Primary enrichment cultures were made with each of four LCFA substrates (palmitate, stearate, oleate, or linoleate, as the sole energy source) at 55 degrees C or 37 degrees C ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hatamoto M,Imachi H,Ohashi A,Harada H

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in biological activities (hemagglutination, hemolytic, leukotoxic, and virulence) and ribotypes between the two subspecies of Fusobacterium necrophorum of bovine ruminal and liver abscess origins were investigated. Hemagglutination activity was present in all hepatic, but only some ruminal, strains of Fuso...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Okwumabua O,Tan Z,Staats J,Oberst RD,Chengappa MM,Nagaraja TG

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Next-generation sequencing (NGS) opens up exciting possibilities for improving our knowledge of environmental microbial diversity, allowing rapid and cost-effective identification of both cultivated and uncultivated microorganisms. However, library preparation, sequencing, and analysis of the results can provide inacc...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cruaud P,Vigneron A,Lucchetti-Miganeh C,Ciron PE,Godfroy A,Cambon-Bonavita MA

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrification, the aerobic oxidation of ammonia to nitrate via nitrite, has been suggested to have been a central part of the global biogeochemical nitrogen cycle since the oxygenation of Earth. The cultivation of several ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) as well as the discovery that archaeal ammonia monooxygenase (amo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hatzenpichler R

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:Comparisons of 16S rDNA sequences were used to determine the phylogeny of not-yet-cultured spirochetes from hindguts of the African higher termite, Nasutitermes lujae (Wasmann). The 16S rRNA genes were amplified directly from spirochete-rich hindguts by using universal primers, and the amplified products were cloned i...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Paster BJ,Dewhirst FE,Cooke SM,Fussing V,Poulsen LK,Breznak JA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strain selection and improvement in the baker's yeast industry have aimed to increase the speed of maltose fermentation in order to increase the leavening activity of industrial baking yeast. We identified two groups of baker's strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that can be distinguished by the mode of regulation of ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Higgins VJ,Braidwood M,Bell P,Bissinger P,Dawes IW,Attfield PV

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococci are one of the major facultative anaerobic bacterial groups that reside in the human gastrointestinal tract. In the present study, the composition of the enterococcal fecal flora in three healthy humans was analyzed before, during, and after the daily consumption of approximately 125 g of a raw-milk Chedda...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gelsomino R,Vancanneyt M,Cogan TM,Swings J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the natural environment, most of the phages that target bacteria are thought to exist in biofilm ecosystems. The purpose of this study was to gain a clearer understanding of the reactivity of these viral particles when they come into contact with bacteria embedded in biofilms. Experimentally, we quantified lactococ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Briandet R,Lacroix-Gueu P,Renault M,Lecart S,Meylheuc T,Bidnenko E,Steenkeste K,Bellon-Fontaine MN,Fontaine-Aupart MP

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：: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：: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：:This study used the technique of waiting time modeling to analyze the combined effects of temperature, pH, carbohydrate, protein, and lipid on the time-to-toxicity of Clostridium botulinum 56A. Waiting time models can be used whenever the time to the occurrence of some event is the variable of interest. In the case of...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schaffner DW,Ross WH,Montville TJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains were recently found to be capable of efficiently utilizing inulin, but genetic mechanisms of inulin hydrolysis in yeast remain unknown. Here we report functional characteristics of invertase SUC2 from strain JZ1C and demonstrate that SUC2 is the key enzyme responsible for inul...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang SA,Li FL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of fixation on the cell volume of marine heterotrophic nanoflagellates and planktonic ciliates were investigated. Decreases in cell volume depended on the combination of the protozoan taxa and the particular fixative. For a particular fixative and protozoan species, degree of shrinkage was independent of p...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Choi JW,Stoecker DK

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mycotoxin secalonic acid D was detected for the first time as a natural contaminant of corn dust obtained from grain storage elevators. Secalonic acid D amounts ranged from 0.3 to 4.5 ppm (0.3 to 4.5 micrograms/g), as determined by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ehrlich KC,Lee LS,Ciegler A,Palmgren MS

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human beta-hexosaminidase A (HexA) is a heterodimeric glycoprotein composed of alpha- and beta-subunits that degrades GM2 gangliosides in lysosomes. GM2 gangliosidosis is a lysosomal storage disease in which an inherited deficiency of HexA causes the accumulation of GM2 gangliosides. In order to prepare a large amount...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Akeboshi H,Chiba Y,Kasahara Y,Takashiba M,Takaoka Y,Ohsawa M,Tajima Y,Kawashima I,Tsuji D,Itoh K,Sakuraba H,Jigami Y

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short-chain-length-medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates were synthesized in Saccharomyces cerevisiae from intermediates of the beta-oxidation cycle by expressing the polyhydroxyalkanoate synthases from Aeromonas caviae and Ralstonia eutropha in the peroxisomes. The quantity of polymer produced was increased by us...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： De Oliveira VC,Maeda I,Delessert S,Poirier Y

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient production of heterologous proteins with yeasts and other eukaryotic hosts is often hampered by inefficient secretion of the product. Limitation of protein secretion has been attributed to a low folding rate, and a rational solution is the overexpression of proteins supporting folding, like protein disulfide...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gasser B,Sauer M,Maurer M,Stadlmayr G,Mattanovich D

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desulfitobacterium frappieri PCP-1 was induced for ortho- and para-dechlorinating activities by different chlorophenols. Dehalogenation rates ranging from 25 to 1,158 nmol/min/mg of cell protein were observed according to the chlorophenol tested and the position of the chlorine removed. D. frappieri shows a broad subs...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dennie D,Gladu I I,Lepine F,Villemur R,Bisaillon J,Beaudet R

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A xylose reductase (XR) gene was identified from the Neurospora crassa whole-genome sequence, expressed heterologously in Escherichia coli, and purified as a His6-tagged fusion in high yield. This enzyme is one of the most active XRs thus far characterized and may be used for the in vitro production of xylitol. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Woodyer R,Simurdiak M,van der Donk WA,Zhao H

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simultaneous production of penicillic acid and patulin by an atypical strain of Penicillium roqueforti isolated from cheddar cheese is reported. Mycotoxin production was confirmed by thin-layer and gas-liquid chromatography and by ultraviolet, infrared, and mass spectral analyses. Culture extracts were toxic to Bacill...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Olivigni FJ,Bullerman LB

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sclerotinia sclerotiorum acidifies its ambient environment by producing oxalic acid. This production of oxalic acid during plant infection has been implicated as a primary determinant of pathogenicity in this and other phytopathogenic fungi. We found that ambient pH conditions affect multiple processes in S. sclerotio...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rollins JA,Dickman MB

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:By combining genomics and isotope imaging analysis using high-resolution secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS), we examined the function and evolution of Bacteroidales ectosymbionts of the protist Barbulanympha from the hindguts of the wood-eating cockroach Cryptocercus punctulatus In particular, we inv...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tai V,Carpenter KJ,Weber PK,Nalepa CA,Perlman SJ,Keeling PJ

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated previously unknown associations between bacterial endosymbionts and bat flies of the subfamily Nycterophiliinae (Diptera, Streblidae). Molecular analyses revealed a novel clade of Gammaproteobacteria in Nycterophilia bat flies. This clade was not closely related to Arsenophonus-like microbes found in i...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Morse SF,Dick CW,Patterson BD,Dittmar K

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A field study was conducted to determine the microbial community structures of streambed sediments across diverse geographic and climatic areas. Sediment samples were collected from three adjacent headwater forest streams within three biomes, eastern deciduous (Pennsylvania), southeastern coniferous (New Jersey), and ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Findlay RH,Yeates C,Hullar MA,Stahl DA,Kaplan LA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few techniques are currently available for quantifying specific prokaryotic taxa in environmental samples. Quantification of specific genotypes has relied mainly on oligonucleotide hybridization to extracted rRNA or intact rRNA in whole cells. However, low abundance and cellular rRNA content limit the application of t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Suzuki MT,Taylor LT,DeLong EF

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：:DNA primers corresponding to conserved motifs in bacterial repetitive (REP, ERIC, and BOX) elements and PCR were used to show that REP-, ERIC-, and BOX-like DNA sequences are widely distributed in phytopathogenic Xanthomonas and Pseudomonas strains. REP-, ERIC, and BOX-PCR (collectively known as rep-PCR) were used to ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Louws FJ,Fulbright DW,Stephens CT,de Bruijn FJ

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00