L-alanine auxotrophy of Lactobacillus johnsonii as demonstrated by physiological, genomic, and gene complementation approaches.

abstract：:Free fatty acids are important flavor compounds in cheese. Propionibacterium freudenreichii is the main agent of their release through lipolysis in Swiss cheese. Our aim was to identify the esterase(s) involved in lipolysis by P. freudenreichii. We targeted two previously identified esterases: one secreted esterase, P...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Abeijón Mukdsi MC,Falentin H,Maillard MB,Chuat V,Medina RB,Parayre S,Thierry A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the influences of grazing by the bacterivorous nanoflagellate Poterioochromonas sp. strain DS on ultramicrobacterial Actinobacteria affiliated with the Luna-2 cluster and ultramicrobacterial Betaproteobacteria of the species Polynucleobacter cosmopolitanus. These bacteria were almost identical in size (<0....

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tarao M,Jezbera J,Hahn MW

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies, if any, have addressed the adhesion of enterococci to the intestinal mucosa and their interference with the adhesion of pathogens, although more than 60% of probiotic preparations in the market contain strains of enterococci. The objective of this study was to investigate if Enterococcus faecium 18C23 has...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jin LZ,Marquardt RR,Zhao X

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth and succinate versus lactate production from glucose by Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens was regulated by the level of available carbon dioxide and culture pH. At pH 7.2, the generation time was almost doubled and extensive amounts of lactate were formed in comparison with growth at pH 6.2. The succinate y...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Samuelov NS,Lamed R,Lowe S,Zeikus JG

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanin is a pigment produced by organisms throughout all domains of life. Due to its unique physicochemical properties, biocompatibility, and biostability, there has been an increasing interest in the use of melanin for broad applications. In the vast majority of studies, melanin has been either chemically synthesize...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang Z,Tschirhart T,Schultzhaus Z,Kelly EE,Chen A,Oh E,Nag O,Glaser ER,Kim E,Lloyd PF,Charles PT,Li W,Leary D,Compton J,Phillips DA,Dhinojwala A,Payne GF,Vora GJ

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Most copper bioleaching plants operate with a high concentration of sulfate salts caused by the continuous addition of sulfuric acid and the recycling of the leaching solution. Since the bacteria involved in bioleaching have been generally isolated at low sulfate concentrations, the bacterial population in ores leache...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Espejo RT,Romero J

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of DNA probes for Shiga-like toxin I (SLT-I) and SLT-II for detection of SLT-producing Escherichia coli (SLTEC) in foods and calf fecal samples was evaluated. Enrichment cultures were prepared from food or fecal samples. Colonies formed by plating of enrichment cultures were probed for SLTEC by colony hybridiz...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Samadpour M,Liston J,Ongerth JE,Tarr PI

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The symbiotic association between the roseobacter Silicibacter sp. strain TM1040 and the dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida involves bacterial chemotaxis to dinoflagellate-produced dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), DMSP demethylation, and ultimately a biofilm on the surface of the host. Biofilm formation is coincide...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Geng H,Bruhn JB,Nielsen KF,Gram L,Belas R

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjugal transfer of lactose-fermenting ability (Lac+), nisin resistance (Nisr), and phage resistance (Hsp+) was demonstrated in matings between Streptococcus lactis ME2 (donor) and Streptococcus cremoris M43a (recipient), a derivative of M12R. Transconjugants were detected by transfer of Lac+ and were found to exhibi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Steenson LR,Klaenhammer TR

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial plasmids are fragments of extrachromosomal double-stranded DNA that can contain a variety of genes that are beneficial to the host organism, like those responsible for antimicrobial resistance. The objective of this study was to characterize a collection of 437 Salmonella enterica isolates from different ani...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lindsey RL,Fedorka-Cray PJ,Frye JG,Meinersmann RJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusarium graminearum is an important fungal pathogen of cereal crops and produces mycotoxins, such as the trichothecenes nivalenol and deoxynivalenol. This species may be subdivided into a series of genetic lineages or phylogenetic species. We identified strains of F. graminearum from the Republic of Korea to lineage,...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lee J,Chang IY,Kim H,Yun SH,Leslie JF,Lee YW

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:In the plant-beneficial bacterium Pseudomonas putida KT2440, three genes have been identified that encode posttranscriptional regulators of the CsrA/RsmA family. Their regulatory roles in the motile and sessile lifestyles of P. putida have been investigated by generating single-, double-, and triple-null mut...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Huertas-Rosales Ó,Ramos-González MI,Espinosa-Urgel M

更新日期：2016-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and survival of bacteria in soil was investigated by applying different inoculation protocols. The soil was inoculated with Sphingomonas paucimobilis BA 2 and strain BP 9, which are able to degrade anthracene and pyrene, respectively. CFU of soil bacteria and of t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kästner M,Breuer-Jammali M,Mahro B

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-nine isolates of fungi obtained from foodstuffs and soil samples from various parts of the world have been identified. The isolates were grown on a solid rice medium, and extracts were prepared with 50% aqueous methanol. The extracts were examined for toxicity in the following systems: (i) cytotoxicity to cultu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Abbas HK,Mirocha CJ,Shier WT

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current approaches used for dose-response modeling of low-dose exposures of pathogens rely on assumptions and extrapolations. These models are important for quantitative microbial risk assessment of food. A mechanistic framework has been advocated as an alternative approach for evaluating dose-response relationships. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Abe H,Koyama K,Koseki S

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A pair of vectors for expression of heterologous genes in Lactococcus lactis was constructed. In addition to an origin of replication that has a broad host range, these vectors contain a multiple cloning site flanked by gene expression signals originating from L. lactis subsp. cremoris Wg2. The two vectors, about 3.7 ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： van de Guchte M,van der Vossen JM,Kok J,Venema G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a chemiluminometric assay of beta-galactosidase in coliform bacteria, using a phenylgalactose-substituted 1,2-dioxetane derivative as a substrate. Permeabilization of cells is required to ensure the efficient cellular uptake of this compound. By this method, one coliform seeded in 100 ml of sterile water ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Van Poucke SO,Nelis HJ

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to develop a rapid and specific detection test for bacteria in soil, we improved a method based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Each step of the protocol, including direct lysis of cells, DNA purification, and PCR amplification, was optimized. To increase the efficiency of lysis, a step particularly c...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Picard C,Ponsonnet C,Paget E,Nesme X,Simonet P

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A push-pull method, previously used in groundwater analyses, was successfully adapted for measuring sulfide turnover rates in situ at different depths in the meromictic Lake Cadagno. In the layer of phototrophic bacteria at about 12 m in depth net sulfide consumption was observed during the day, indicating active bact...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lüthy L,Fritz M,Bachofen R

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first inducible Arthrobacter overexpression system, based on the promoter/operator and the repressor of the 6-D-hydroxynicotine oxidase gene of Arthrobacter nicotinovorans, is described here. Nicotine-dependent overproduction and affinity purification of recombinant proteins are presented. The system will allow th...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sandu C,Chiribau CB,Sachelaru P,Brandsch R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nervous necrosis virus (NNV) is a member of the Betanodavirus genus that causes fatal diseases in over 40 species of fish worldwide. Mortality among NNV-infected fish larvae is almost 100%. In order to elucidate the mechanisms responsible for the susceptibility of fish larvae to NNV, we exposed zebrafish larvae to NNV...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Morick D,Faigenbaum O,Smirnov M,Fellig Y,Inbal A,Kotler M

更新日期：2015-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:High-cell-density fermentation for industrial production of chemicals can impose numerous stresses on cells due to high substrate, product, and by-product concentrations; high osmolarity; reactive oxygen species; and elevated temperatures. There is a need to develop platform strains of industrial microorganisms that a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lennen RM,Herrgård MJ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the Frankia strains capable of establishing a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with actinorrhizal plants, in planta sporangial formation is not universal and has led to the distinction between spore-positive (Sp+) and spore-negative (Sp-) nodules. Numerous Frankia strains have been isolated in pure culture from Sp+ nod...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Simonet P,Bosco M,Chapelon C,Moiroud A,Normand P

更新日期：1994-04-01 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：:The adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) pathotype, which has been associated with Crohn's disease, shows similar traits to human and animal extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC) with respect to their phylogenetic origin and virulence gene profiles. Here, we demonstrate that animal ExPEC strains generally do...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Martinez-Medina M,Garcia-Gil J,Barnich N,Wieler LH,Ewers C

更新日期：2011-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Wax-coated capsules containing selective ingredients (brilliant green and oxgall) were added at the time of inoculation of most-probable-number media (modified lactose broths). The inhibitory ingredients gradually diffused from the capsules into the nonselective media, imparting selectivity to the media. Concentration...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lanz WW,Hartman PA

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread use and relative persistence of s-triazine compounds such as atrazine and simazine have led to increasing concern about environmental contamination by these compounds. Few microbial isolates capable of transforming substituted s-triazines have been identified. Rhodococcus corallinus NRRL B-15444 has pre...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mulbry WW

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Listeria monocytogenes to tolerate salt stress is of particular importance, as this pathogen is often exposed to such environments during both food processing and food preservation. In order to understand the survival mechanisms of L. monocytogenes, an initial approach using two-dimensional polyacrylami...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Duché O,Trémoulet F,Glaser P,Labadie J

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two gram-positive, strictly anoxic, coccoid- to rod-shaped strains of bacteria, Clostridium coccoides 1410 and C. coccoides 3110, were isolated from human feces on the typical homoacetogenic substrates formate plus H2 plus CO2 (strain 1410) and vanillate plus H2 plus CO2 (strain 3110) in the presence of 2-bromoethanes...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kamlage B,Gruhl B,Blaut M

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of pigmented bacteria in potable water, from raw source water through treatment to distribution water, including dead-end locations, was compared at sample sites in a large municipal water system. Media used to enumerate heterotrophic bacteria and differentiate pigmented colonies were standard method pl...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Reasoner DJ,Blannon JC,Geldreich EE,Barnick J

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00