Quantitative molecular analysis of the microbial community in marine arctic sediments (Svalbard).

abstract：:The formation of the important flavor compound 4-hydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-3[2H]-furanone (HDMF; Furaneol) from D-fructose-1,6-bisphosphate by the yeast Zygosaccharomyces rouxii was studied with regard to the identification of intermediates present in the culture medium. Addition of o-phenylenediamine, a trapping reagent f...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hauck T,Brühlmann F,Schwab W

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

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：:Borrelia spirochetes in bird-feeding ticks were studied in the Czech Republic. During the postbreeding period (July to September 2005), 1,080 passerine birds infested by 2,240 Ixodes ricinus subadult ticks were examined. Borrelia garinii was detected in 22.2% of the ticks, Borrelia valaisiana was detected in 12.8% of ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dubska L,Literak I,Kocianova E,Taragelova V,Sychra O

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unspecific peroxygenases (UPOs) constitute a new family of fungal heme-thiolate enzymes in which there is high biotechnological interest. Although several thousand genes encoding hypothetical UPO-type proteins have been identified in sequenced fungal genomes and other databases, only a few UPO enzymes have been experi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Linde D,Olmedo A,González-Benjumea A,Estévez M,Renau-Mínguez C,Carro J,Fernández-Fueyo E,Gutiérrez A,Martínez AT

更新日期：2020-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:An outstanding challenge toward efficient production of biofuels and value-added chemicals from plant biomass is the impact that lignocellulose-derived inhibitors have on microbial fermentations. Elucidating the mechanisms that underlie their toxicity is critical for developing strategies to overcome them. Here, using...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pisithkul T,Jacobson TB,O'Brien TJ,Stevenson DM,Amador-Noguez D

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel display system is described that allows highly efficient immobilization of heterologous proteins on bacterial surfaces in applications for which the use of genetically modified bacteria is less desirable. This system is based on nonliving and non-genetically modified gram-positive bacterial cells, designated g...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bosma T,Kanninga R,Neef J,Audouy SA,van Roosmalen ML,Steen A,Buist G,Kok J,Kuipers OP,Robillard G,Leenhouts K

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biofilm-forming marine bacterium, D2, isolated from the surface of the tunicate Ciona intestinalis, was found to produce a novel, 190-kDa protein with antibacterial activity. The protein contained at least two subunits of 60 and 80 kDa, joined together by noncovalent bonds, and was shown to be released by D2 cells i...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： James SG,Holmström C,Kjelleberg S

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To simulate growth conditions experienced by microbiota at O(inf2)-limited interfaces of organic matter in compost, an experimental system capable of maintaining dual limitations of oxygen and carbon for extended periods, i.e., a pO(inf2)-auxostat, has been used. (sup15)N tracer studies on thermophilic (53(deg)C) deco...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pel R,Oldenhuis R,Brand W,Vos A,Gottschal JC,Zwart KB

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Divercin V41 (DV41) is a class IIa bacteriocin produced by Carnobacterium divergens V41. This antilisterial peptide is homologous to pediocin PA-1 and contains two disulfide bonds. To establish the structure-activity relationships of this specific family of bacteriocin, chemical modifications and enzymatic hydrolysis ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bhugaloo-Vial P,Douliez JP,Moll D,Dousset X,Boyaval P,Marion D

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A full-scale study evaluating an inoculum addition to stimulate in situ bioremediation of oily-sludge-contaminated soil was conducted at an oil refinery where the indigenous population of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria in the soil was very low (10(3) to 10(4) CFU/g of soil). A feasibility study was conducted prior to ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mishra S,Jyot J,Kuhad RC,Lal B

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four enteric viruses, poliovirus type 1, echovirus type 1, reovirus type 3, and simian adenovirus SV-11, were concentrated from seeded 1.3-liter volumes of raw, finished, and granular activated carbon-treated waters by adsorption to 47-mm-diameter (17 cm2), electropositive ( Virosorb 1MDS ) filters at pH 7.5 or electr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sobsey MD,Glass JS

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of positively charged colloidal materials to the growth medium markedly increased the concentration of cellulase enzymes produced by Trichoderma reesei Rut-C30. Filter paper activities of up to 4 and 13 IU/ml have been achieved by the addition of colloidal materials, using 3% lactose and 3% cellulose, res...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Duff SJ,Cooper DG,Fuller OM

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A membrane filter procedure has been developed for the rapid quantitation of C. perfringens in the aquatic environment. Background growth is inhibited by the use of D-cycloserine, polymyxin B sulfate, and incubation at 45 degrees C. Differential characteristics include the fermentation of sucrose, production of acid p...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bisson JW,Cabelli VJ

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pigment production by the fungus Monascus sp. was studied to determine why Monascus sp. provides more pigment in solid culture than in submerged culture. Adding a sterilized nonionic polymeric adsorbent resin directly to the growing submerged culture did not enhance the pigment production, thus indicating that pigment...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Evans PJ,Wang HY

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brevibacterium linens M18, isolated from red smear cheese, produces a substance that inhibits the growth of Listeria spp. and several coryneform and other gram-positive bacteria. No gram-negative bacteria were inhibited. The substance is heat labile, sensitive to proteolytic enzymes, and stable between pH 3 and 12. Hi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Valdés-Stauber N,Scherer S

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mycoparasite Humicola fuscoatra NRRL 22980 was isolated from a sclerotium of Aspergillus flavus that had been buried in a cornfield near Tifton, Ga. When grown on autoclaved rice, this fungus produced the antifungal metabolites monorden, monocillin IV, and a new monorden analog. Each metabolite produced a clear zo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wicklow DT,Joshi BK,Gamble WR,Gloer JB,Dowd PF

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the identification of novel archaea living in close association with bacteria in the cold (approximately 10 degrees C) sulfurous marsh water of the Sippenauer Moor near Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. These microorganisms form a characteristic, macroscopically visible structure, morphologically comparable to a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rudolph C,Wanner G,Huber R

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two Acanthamoeba species, fed at three temperatures, expelled vesicles containing living Legionella pneumophila cells. Vesicles ranged from 2.1 to 6.4 microns in diameter and theoretically could contain several hundred bacteria. Viable L. pneumophila cells were observed within vesicles which had been exposed to two co...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Berk SG,Ting RS,Turner GW,Ashburn RJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of food samples for E. coli O157:H7 using the standard U.S. Food and Drug Administration procedure is frequently complicated by overgrowth of nontarget microorganisms. A new procedure was developed for enrichment of enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) which utilizes exposure to pH 2.00 for 2 h. This procedure yi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Grant MA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many cities, the feral rock dove is an abundant bird species that can harbor Chlamydophila psittaci. We determined the prevalence and genotype of C. psittaci in fresh fecal samples from feral pigeons in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The prevalence was 7.9% overall (26/331; 95% confidence interval, 5 to 11). Ten genot...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Heddema ER,Ter Sluis S,Buys JA,Vandenbroucke-Grauls CM,van Wijnen JH,Visser CE

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：:We report an ex vivo method, which uses pieces of human skin excised during routine plastic surgery, for testing survival of hazardous pathogens. Using this procedure, we compared the survival of human herpesvirus 2 on human skin and on metal disks. At the physiological skin temperature of 32 degrees C, the half-life ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Graham ML,Springthorpe VS,Sattar SA

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Waters in marine and freshwater areas of Puerto Rico were analyzed for the presence of Legionella spp. by direct fluorescent antibody assay with guinea pig confirmation. Several species, including L. bozemanii, L. dumoffii, L. gormanii, L. longbeachae, L. micdadei, and L. pneumophila, were widely distributed among all...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ortiz-Roque CM,Hazen TC

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ophthalmic acid (OA; l-γ-glutamyl-l-2-aminobutyryl-glycine) is an analog of glutathione (GSH; l-γ-glutamyl-l-cysteinyl-glycine) in which the cysteine moiety is replaced by l-2-aminobutyrate. OA is a useful peptide for the pharmaceutical and/or food industries. Herein, we report a method for the production of OA using ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ito T,Tokoro M,Hori R,Hemmi H,Yoshimura T

更新日期：2018-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A pure culture of an Agrobacterium sp. (deposited as ATCC 55002) that mineralizes the ferric chelate of EDTA (ferric-EDTA) was isolated by selective enrichment from a treatment facility receiving industrial waste containing ferric-EDTA. The isolate grew on ferric-EDTA as the sole carbon source at concentrations exceed...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lauff JJ,Steele DB,Coogan LA,Breitfeller JM

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arctic ground squirrels (Urocitellus parryii) are active for a scant 3 to 5 months of the year. During the active season, adult squirrels compete for mates, reproduce, and fatten in preparation for hibernation, while juvenile squirrels, weaned in early July, must grow and acquire sufficient fat to survive their first ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Stevenson TJ,Buck CL,Duddleston KN

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A competitive PCR technique was used to enumerate the proteolytic bacterium Clostridium proteoclasticum from the rumen. A PCR primer, which circumscribes this organism and several closely related strains, was designed for a variable region within their 16S rRNA genes and was used in conjunction with a universal forwar...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Reilly K,Attwood GT

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli has been used as an indicator organism for fecal contamination of water and other environments and is often a commensal organism in healthy animals, yet a number of strains can cause disease in young or immunocompromised animals. In this study, 281 E. coli isolates from bovine, porcine, chicken, canin...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： David DE,Lynne AM,Han J,Foley SL

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a tool for repetitive, marker-free, site-specific integration in Lactococcus lactis, in which a nonreplicating plasmid vector (pKV6) carrying a phage attachment site (attP) can be integrated into a bacterial attachment site (attB). The novelty of the tool described here is the inclusion of a minimal bacteri...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Petersen KV,Martinussen J,Jensen PR,Solem C

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven organotin compounds and tin chloride were tested for their effects on the methanogenic bacteria Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus, Methanococcus deltae delta LH, and Methanosarcina barkeri 227. The methanogens were strongly inhibited by triethyltin, tripropyltin, and monophenyltin compounds, generally at concen...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Boopathy R,Daniels L

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00