The functional ccpA gene is required for carbon catabolite repression in Lactobacillus plantarum.

abstract：:To assess the relative merits of tryptone yeast extract agar, the same medium unbuffered, and medium M17 for the assay of nine bacteriophages of lactic streptococci, comparative plaque counts were made with an overlay of 3 or 9 ml. Four of the phages exhibited no significant difference in plating efficiency between me...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Keogh BP

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five genes essential for folate biosynthesis in Lactococcus lactis were cloned on a broad-host-range lactococcal vector and were transferred to the folate auxotroph Lactobacillus gasseri. As a result L. gasseri changed from a folate consumer to a folate producer. This principle can be used to increase folate levels in...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wegkamp A,Starrenburg M,de Vos WM,Hugenholtz J,Sybesma W

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanuric acid is an industrial chemical produced during the biodegradation of s-triazine pesticides. The biodegradation of cyanuric acid has been elucidated using a single model system, Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP, in which cyanuric acid hydrolase (AtzD) opens the s-triazine ring and AtzEG deaminates the ring-opened pr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Aukema KG,Tassoulas LJ,Robinson SL,Konopatski JF,Bygd MD,Wackett LP

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding affinities and specificities of six truncated S-layer homology domain (SLH) polypeptides of mosquitocidal Bacillus sphaericus strain C3-41 with the purified cell wall sacculi have been assayed. The results indicated that the SLH polypeptide comprised of amino acids 31 to 210 was responsible for anchoring t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Li J,Hu X,Yan J,Yuan Z

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Shewanella decolorationis S12 to obtain energy for growth by coupling the oxidation of various electron donors to dissimilatory azoreduction was investigated. This microorganism can reduce a variety of azo dyes by use of formate, lactate, pyruvate, or H(2) as the electron donor. Furthermore, strain S12 ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hong Y,Xu M,Guo J,Xu Z,Chen X,Sun G

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free-range geese were sampled longitudinally and Salmonella isolates characterized to reveal highly diverging colonization dynamics. One flock was intermittently colonized with one strain of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis from 2 weeks of age, while in another, S. enterica serovar Mbandaka appeared after 9 wee...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Christensen LS,Josefsen MH,Pedersen K,Christensen J,Bonnichsen L,Sørensen G,Hoorfar J

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusarium verticillioides (Gibberella fujikuroi mating population A [MP-A]) is a widespread pathogen on maize and is well-known for producing fumonisins, mycotoxins that cause severe disease in animals and humans. The species is a member of the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex, which consists of at least 11 differe...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bömke C,Rojas MC,Hedden P,Tudzynski B

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potato tuber disks were submerged in suspensions containing 10 to 10 cells of Agrobacterium tumefaciens B6 per ml. After 60 min, the disks were rinsed and homogenized, and portions of the homogenates were plated to measure the number of adsorbed bacteria. At low initial bacterial concentrations (10/ml), 5 to 23% of th...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kluepfel DA,Pueppke SG

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris MG1363 is a model for the lactic acid bacteria (LAB) used in the dairy industry. The proteolytic system, consisting of a proteinase, several peptide and amino acid uptake systems, and a host of intracellular peptidases, plays a vital role in nitrogen metabolism and is of eminent impo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Huang C,Hernandez-Valdes JA,Kuipers OP,Kok J

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas putida KT2440, a saprophytic soil bacterium that colonizes the plant root, is a suitable microorganism for the removal of pollutants and a stable host for foreign genes used in biotransformation processes. Because of its potential use in agriculture and industry, we investigated the conditions for the opti...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Muñoz-Rojas J,Bernal P,Duque E,Godoy P,Segura A,Ramos JL

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free-living and surface-associated microbial communities in sand-packed columns perfused with groundwater were compared by examination of compositional and functional characteristics. The composition of the microbial communities was assessed by bulk DNA extraction, PCR amplification of 16S ribosomal DNA fragments, sep...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lehman RM,O'Connell SP

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new bacterial pathogen of chinook salmon (oncorhynchus tshawytscha) was isolated from fish in Oregon's Rogue River. The bacteria are biochemically and serologically related to strains of Edwardsiella tarda. Initially isolated from chinook salmon, the bacteria were also pathogenic for steelhead and rainbow trout (Sal...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Amandi A,Hiu SF,Rohovec JS,Fryer JL

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Difluoromethane (HFC-32; DFM) is compared to acetylene and methyl fluoride as an inhibitor of methanotrophy in cultures and soils. DFM was found to be a reversible inhibitor of CH4 oxidation by Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). Consumption of CH4 in soil was blocked by additions of low levels of DFM (0.03 kPa), and thi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Miller LG,Sasson C,Oremland RS

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gut microbiota plays important roles in its host. However, how each microbiota member contributes to the behavior of the whole population is not known. In this study, we therefore determined protein expression in the cecal microbiota in chickens of selected ages and in 7-day-old chickens inoculated with different ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Polansky O,Sekelova Z,Faldynova M,Sebkova A,Sisak F,Rychlik I

更新日期：2015-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:An amylosucrase gene was subjected to high-rate segmental random mutagenesis, which was directed toward a segment encoding amino acids that influence the interaction with substrate molecules in subsites -1 to +3. A screen was used to identify enzyme variants with compromised glucan chain elongation. With an average mu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schneider J,Fricke C,Overwin H,Hofmann B,Hofer B

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Shewanella is well known for its genetic diversity, its outstanding respiratory capacity, and its high potential for bioremediation. Here, a novel strain isolated from sediments of the Indian Ocean was characterized. A 16S rRNA analysis indicated that it belongs to the species Shewanella decolorationis It wa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lemaire ON,Honoré FA,Tempel S,Fortier EM,Leimkühler S,Méjean V,Iobbi-Nivol C

更新日期：2019-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A TAT peptide-delivered molecular beacon was developed and utilized to enumerate murine norovirus 1, a human norovirus (NoV) surrogate, in RAW 264.7 cells. This allowed the detection of a single infective virus within 6 h, a 12-fold improvement in time required for viral detection and quantification compared to that r...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ganguli PS,Chen W,Yates MV

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila proliferates in freshwater environments at temperatures ranging from 25 to 45°C. To investigate the preference of different sequence types (ST) for a specific temperature range, growth of L. pneumophila serogroup 1 (SG1) ST1 (environmental strains), ST47, and ST62 (disease-associated strains) wa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： van der Kooij D,Brouwer-Hanzens AJ,Veenendaal HR,Wullings BA

更新日期：2016-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify genes that are important for class IIa bacteriocin interaction and resistance in Listeria species, transposon Tn917 knockout libraries were constructed for Listeria innocua strain Lin11 and screened for mutants that are resistant to pediocin AcH. A highly resistant mutant (G7) (MIC > 20 microg/ml; 1,000-fo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Xue J,Hunter I,Steinmetz T,Peters A,Ray B,Miller KW

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laccases couple the oxidation of phenolic compounds to the reduction of molecular oxygen and thus span a wide variety of applications. While laccases of eukaryotes and bacteria are well characterized, these enzymes have not been described in archaea. Here, we report the purification and characterization of a laccase (...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Uthandi S,Saad B,Humbard MA,Maupin-Furlow JA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primers obtained from gene sequences coding for heat shock proteins (HSP) were used to specifically detect enteric protozoans of the genus Giardia. The HSP primers amplified Giardia DNA or the corresponding RNA sequences obtained from lysed cysts and gave a 163-bp product. Since the presence of the product did not ind...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Abbaszadegan M,Huber MS,Gerba CP,Pepper IL

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adsorbed bovine serum albumin was resistant to exchange with beta-lactoglobulin, and when albumin was adsorbed from a mixture, its surface concentration increased with time. The passivating character of adsorbed albumin and its resistance to desorption were consistent with the level of Listeria monocytogenes adhesion ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： al-Makhlafi H,Nasir A,McGuire J,Daeschel M

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization by partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing, ribotyping, and green fluorescent protein-based nisin bioassay revealed that 6 of 20 human milk samples contained nisin-producing Lactococcus lactis bacteria. This suggests that the history of humans consuming nisin is older than the tradition of consuming fermente...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Beasley SS,Saris PE

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a novel quantitative real-time PCR (Q-PCR) method for the soil actinomycete Rhodococcus equi, an important horse pathogen and emerging human pathogen. Species-specific quantification was achieved by targeting the chromosomal monocopy gene choE, universally conserved in R. equi. The choE Q-PCR included an ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rodríguez-Lázaro D,Lewis DA,Ocampo-Sosa AA,Fogarty U,Makrai L,Navas J,Scortti M,Hernández M,Vázquez-Boland JA

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to develop a molecular detection method that better estimates the potential risk associated with the presence of Vibrio vulnificus. For that purpose, we applied seminested reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) to viable but nonculturable (VBNC) populations of V. vulnificus and targeted the...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fischer-Le Saux M,Hervio-Heath D,Loaec S,Colwell RR,Pommepuy M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recalcitrance of xenobiotics may be caused by an absence of transforming enzymes or by their inability to enter microbial cells. A nondestructive method for differentiating between these two possibilities is described. The solid n-alkanes octadecane (C(18)) and hexatriacontane (C(36)) were encapsulated into phosph...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Miller RM,Bartha R

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas syringae is a common foliar bacterium responsible for many important plant diseases. We studied the population structure and dynamics of the core genome of P. syringae via multilocus sequencing typing (MLST) of 60 strains, representing 21 pathovars and 2 nonpathogens, isolated from a variety of plant hosts...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sarkar SF,Guttman DS

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodegradability screening tests of soil commonly measure 14CO2 evolution from radiolabeled test compounds, and glucose has often served as a positive control. When constant amounts of radiolabel were added to soil in combination with increasing amounts of unlabeled substrates, glucose and some related hexoses behaved...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Shen J,Bartha R

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenanthrene-degrading bacteria were isolated from a 1-m2 intertidal sediment site in Boston Harbor. Samples were taken six times over 2 years. A total of 432 bacteria were isolated and characterized by biochemical testing. When clustered on the basis of phenotypic characteristics, the isolates could be separated into...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Berardesco G,Dyhrman S,Gallagher E,Shiaris MP

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth kinetics of Flavobacterium sp. strain S12 specialized in the utilization of glycerol, and a number of oligo- and polysaccharides were determined in batch-culture experiments at 15 degrees C in pasteurized tap water supplied with very low amounts of substrates. Kss for the growth on maltotriose, maltotetraos...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： van der Kooij D,Hijnen WA

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00