Quantitative analysis of small-subunit rRNA genes in mixed microbial populations via 5'-nuclease assays.

abstract：:This study investigated the abundance, distribution, and composition of microbial communities at the watershed scale in a boreal peatland within the Marcell Experimental Forest (MEF), Minnesota, USA. Through a close coupling of next-generation sequencing, biogeochemistry, and advanced analytical chemistry, a biogeoche...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lin X,Tfaily MM,Steinweg JM,Chanton P,Esson K,Yang ZK,Chanton JP,Cooper W,Schadt CW,Kostka JE

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to find optimum conditions of tryptone, yeast extract, glucose, Tween 80, and incubation temperature for the growth of Lactobacillus casei YIT 9018 and to assess the effects of these factors by use of response surface methodology. A central composite design was used as an experimental design ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Oh S,Rheem S,Sim J,Kim S,Baek Y

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, automated microplate system for biochemical characterization of water isolates can be used to obtain fingerprints of the bacterial flora from various water samples. Mathematical models for calculating the diversities and similarities between bacterial populations are described for such fingerprints. The dive...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kühn I,Allestam G,Stenström TA,Möllby R

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary cell cultures, a continuous cell line, and a diploid cell line were grown on an artificial capillary system. The cells were subsequently infected with Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, and viral replication was studied. Extracellular fluids harvested from this system contained high titers of virus and were...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Johnson AD,Eddy GA,Gangemi JD,Ramsburg HH,Metzger JF

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An obligately anaerobic bacterium which transforms several chlorinated phenols was isolated. Dechlorination of the substituents ortho to the phenolic OH group was preferred, while removal of a meta-substituted chlorine was observed only with 3,5-dichlorophenol. The bacterium was a gram-positive, endospore-forming, mot...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Madsen T,Licht D

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the prevalence of sapoviruses (SaVs) in the Tamagawa River in Japan from April 2003 to March 2004 and performed genetic analysis of the SaV genes identified in river water. A total of 60 river water samples were collected from five sites along the river, and 500 ml was concentrated using the cation-coa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kitajima M,Oka T,Haramoto E,Katayama H,Takeda N,Katayama K,Ohgaki S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Products observed during anaerobic cyanide transformation are consistent with a hydrolytic pathway (HCN + H2O <--> HCONH2 + H2O <--> HCOOH + NH3). Formate, the most frequently observed product, was generally converted to bicarbonate. Formamide was rapidly hydrolyzed to formate upon exposure to the anaerobic consortium...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fallon RD

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinomycetes secrete into their surroundings a suite of enzymes involved in the biodegradation of plant lignocellulose; these have been reported to include both hydrolytic and oxidative enzymes, including peroxidases. Reports of secreted peroxidases have been based upon observations of peroxidase-like activity associ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mason MG,Ball AS,Reeder BJ,Silkstone G,Nicholls P,Wilson MT

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poultry are considered the major reservoir for Campylobacter jejuni, a leading bacterial cause of human food-borne diarrhea. To understand the ecology of C. jejuni and develop strategies to control C. jejuni infection in the animal reservoir, we initiated studies to examine the potential role of anti-Campylobacter mat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sahin O,Zhang Q,Meitzler JC,Harr BS,Morishita TY,Mohan R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a wealth of evidence indicating that mobile genetic elements can spread in natural microbial communities. However, little is known regarding the fraction of the community that actually engages in this behavior. Here we report on a new approach to quantify the fraction of a bacterial community that is able to ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Musovic S,Dechesne A,Sørensen J,Smets BF

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intraspecific genomic relatedness of 80 Vibrio vulnificus isolates, 44 of biotype 1 and 36 of biotype 2, from different geographic origins and sources was evaluated by ribotyping and AFLP (amplified fragment length polymorphism) fingerprinting. Ribopatterns of DNAs digested with KpnI and hybridized with an oligonu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Arias CR,Verdonck L,Swings J,Garay E,Aznar R

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The harvesting of rainwater is gaining acceptance among many governmental authorities in countries such as Australia, Germany, and South Africa, among others. However, conflicting reports on the microbial quality of harvested rainwater have been published. To monitor the presence of potential pathogenic bacteria durin...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dobrowsky PH,De Kwaadsteniet M,Cloete TE,Khan W

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel strains of obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria have been isolated from various depths of Lake Fryxell, Antarctica. Physiological, morphological, and phylogenetic analyses showed these strains to be related to mesophilic Thiobacillus species, such as T. thioparus. However, the psychrotoler...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sattley WM,Madigan MT

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparisons of animals bearing and lacking microorganisms can offer valuable insight into the interactions between animal hosts and their resident microbiota. Most hosts are naturally infected, and therefore, these comparisons require specific procedures (e.g., antibiotic treatment or physical exclusion of microorgani...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ridley EV,Wong AC,Douglas AE

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen different broth media were autoclaved under anaerobic conditions and then exposed to atmospheric oxygen. The hydrogen peroxide and superoxide radical formation as well as the bactericidal effect of the media were studied. The rate of killing of Peptostreptococcus anaerobius VPI 4330-1 was high in media that r...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Carlsson J,Nyberg G,Wrethén J

更新日期：1978-08-01 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：:Resistance to vancomycin permitted detection, in a culture of Streptococcus cremoris 290PC, of a contaminant gram-positive coccus. Morphological and physiological characteristics indicated that this bacterium was a strain of Leuconostoc sp., designated PO184. This strain contained four plasmid species, which were dist...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Orberg PK,Sandine WE

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Culture-independent molecular phylogenetic methods were used to explore the breadth of diversity and environmental distribution of members of the division-level "candidate" phylogenetic group WS6, recently discovered in a contaminated aquifer and with no cultivated representatives. A broad diversity of WS6-affiliated ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dojka MA,Harris JK,Pace NR

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive and specific method for detection of Listeria monocytogenes in milk and ground-beef samples is described. It consists of culturing samples in listeria enrichment broth (LEB) and subculturing them from LEB to listeria plating media, followed by DNA extraction and species-specific detection of the organism b...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Thomas EJ,King RK,Burchak J,Gannon VP

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method was developed to detect NO- or N(2)O-producing bacteria in solid or liquid medium by their ability to oxidize the redox indicator resazurin from its reduced colorless form to its oxidized pink form. The method was sensitive to as little as 35 nM N(2)O or 0.5 nM NO. Ninety-one percent of the colonies that oxid...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jenneman GE,Montgomery AD,McInerney MJ

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of xenobiotic-degradative genes in indigenous bacteria or in bacteria introduced into an ecosystem is essential for the successful bioremediation of contaminated environments. The maintenance of naphthalene utilization activity is studied in Pseudomonas putida (ATCC 17484) and an Alcaligenes sp. (strain...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Guerin WF,Boyd SA

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six lactic acid bacterium strains isolated from European dairy products were identified as Streptococcus thermophilus and characterized by bacterial growth and exopolysaccharide (EPS)-producing capacity in milk and enriched milk medium. In addition, the acidification rates of the different strains were compared...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vaningelgem F,Zamfir M,Mozzi F,Adriany T,Vancanneyt M,Swings J,De Vuyst L

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation of the species within the genus Listeria is important for the food industry but only a few reliable methods are available so far. While a number of studies have used Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to identify bacteria, the extraction of complex pattern information from the infrared spec...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rebuffo CA,Schmitt J,Wenning M,von Stetten F,Scherer S

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyocins are bacteriocins secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and they assist in the colonization of different niches. A major subset of these antibacterial proteins adopt a modular organization characteristic of polymorphic toxins. They include a receptor-binding domain, a segment enabling membrane passage, and a toxi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ghequire MGK,Öztürk B

更新日期：2018-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 52 strains of Lactobacillus acidophilus were examined for production of bacteriocins. A majority (63%) demonstrated inhibitory activity against all members of a four-species grouping of Lactobacillus leichmannii, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Lactobacillus helveticus, and Lactobacillus lactis. Four L. acidophil...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Barefoot SF,Klaenhammer TR

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodococcus erythropolis N1-36, a desulfurization strain, was grown in continuous culture at 10 different dilution rates with 50 (mu)M dibenzothiophene sulfone (DBTO(inf2)) as the growth-limiting nutrient. The steady-state biomass, concentrations of substrate (DBTO(inf2)) and product (monohydroxybiphenyl), saturation ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang P,Humphrey AE,Krawiec S

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) form intracellular chain-assembled nanocrystals of magnetite or greigite termed magnetosomes. The characterization of magnetosome crystals requires electron microscopy due to their nanoscopic sizes. However, electron microscopy does not provide phylogenetic information for MTB. We have dev...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Li J,Zhang H,Menguy N,Benzerara K,Wang F,Lin X,Chen Z,Pan Y

更新日期：2017-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of aflatoxin on egg production, fertility, hatchability, and progeny performance were investigated by feeding dietary aflatoxin at dose levels of 0,5, and 10 mug/g to mature broiler breeder hens for 4 weeks. Sixteen hens were used for each dietary dose level. Egg production decreased significantly during w...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Howarth B Jr,Wyatt RD

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently showed that expressing an H(2)O-NADH oxidase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae drastically reduces the intracellular NADH concentration and substantially alters the distribution of metabolic fluxes in the cell. Although the engineered strain produces a reduced amount of ethanol, a high level of acetaldehyde accu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Heux S,Sablayrolles JM,Cachon R,Dequin S

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in a liquid medium was compared with that of human fecal flora and estuarine flora. No marked differences were noted between growth at 25 and 37 degrees C for V. parahaemolyticus. However, the marine organisms were strongly inhibited when incubated at 37 degrees C. Incubation for ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dupray E,Cormier M

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00