Species diversity of and toxin production by Gibberella fujikuroi species complex strains isolated from native prairie grasses in Kansas.

abstract：:We investigated whether the yield of the B vitamin folic acid could be elevated in Bacillus subtilis. Strategies for increasing the folic acid yield were investigated by employing computer-aided flux analysis and mutation. Controlling the activity of the enzyme pyruvate kinase by placing it under inducible control was...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zhu T,Pan Z,Domagalski N,Koepsel R,Ataai MM,Domach MM

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper resistance mechanisms provide an important adaptive advantage to plant pathogenic bacteria under exposure to copper treatments. Copper resistance determinants have been described in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae (Pss) strains isolated from mango intimately associated with 62 kb plasmids belonging to the pPT...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Aprile F,Heredia-Ponce Z,Cazorla FM,de Vicente A,Gutiérrez-Barranquero JA

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonselected and natural populations of Escherichia coli from 12 animal sources and humans were examined for the presence and types of 14 tetracycline resistance determinants. Of 1,263 unique E. coli isolates from humans, pigs, chickens, turkeys, sheep, cows, goats, cats, dogs, horses, geese, ducks, and deer, 31% were ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bryan A,Shapir N,Sadowsky MJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three 16S rRNA hybridization probes were developed and tested for genus-specific detection of Bifidobacterium species in the human fecal flora. Variable regions V2, V4, and V8 of the 16S rRNA contained sequences unique to this genus and proved applicable as target sites for oligodeoxynucleotide probes. Determination o...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Langendijk PS,Schut F,Jansen GJ,Raangs GC,Kamphuis GR,Wilkinson MH,Welling GW

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of Bradyrhizobium japonicum were grown in media containing either 1.0 mM or 0.5 muM phosphorus. In growth pouch experiments, infection of the primary root of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) by B. japonicum USDA 31, 110, and 142 was significantly delayed when P-limited cells were applied to the root. In a greenh...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mullen MD,Israel DW,Wollum AG

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a program that can accurately analyze the dynamic properties of tethered bacterial cells. The program works especially well with cells that tend to give rise to unstable rotations, such as polar-flagellated bacteria. The program has two novel components. The first dynamically adjusts the center of th...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Qian C,Wong CC,Swarup S,Chiam KH

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Each year, thousands of new protistan 18S rRNA sequences are detected in environmental samples. Many of these sequences are molecular signatures of new protistan species, classes, and/or kingdoms that have never been seen before. The main goal of this study was to enable visualization of these novel organisms and to c...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Stoeck T,Fowle WH,Epstein SS

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current project was developed to examine inactivation of biofilm bacteria and to characterize the interaction of biocides with pipe surfaces. Unattached bacteria were quite susceptible to the variety of disinfectants tested. Viable bacterial counts were reduced 99% by exposure to 0.08 mg of hypochlorous acid (pH 7...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： LeChevallier MW,Cawthon CD,Lee RG

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of an endo-beta-1,4-glucanase gene of Clostridium acetobutylicum contained two putative extended promoter consensus sequences, a Shine-Dalgarno sequence and a TTG initiation codon. The nucleotide sequence of the gene coding for the C-terminal region of this enzyme was not required for activity....

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zappe H,Jones WA,Jones DT,Woods DR

更新日期：1988-05-01 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 presence of neurotoxic species within the genus Alexandrium along the U.S. coastline has raised concern of potential poisoning through the consumption of contaminated seafood. Paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) detected in shellfish provide evidence that these harmful events have increased in frequency and severity...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Garneau MÈ,Schnetzer A,Countway PD,Jones AC,Seubert EL,Caron DA

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 896 samples of retail fresh meats and poultry was assayed for Escherichia coli serogroup O157:H7 by a hydrophobic grid membrane filter-immunoblot procedure developed specifically to isolate the organism from foods. The procedure involves several steps, including selective enrichment, filtration of enrichmen...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Doyle MP,Schoeni JL

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermoanaerobacter sp. strain X514 has great potential in biotechnology due to its capacity to ferment a range of C(5) and C(6) sugars to ethanol and other metabolites under thermophilic conditions. This study investigated the central metabolism of strain X514 via (13)C-labeled tracer experiments using either glucose ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Feng X,Mouttaki H,Lin L,Huang R,Wu B,Hemme CL,He Z,Zhang B,Hicks LM,Xu J,Zhou J,Tang YJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of leptospiral pathogenesis, which remains poorly understood, depends on reliable genetic tools for functional analysis of genes in pathogenic strains. In this study, we report the first demonstration of conjugation between Escherichia coli and Leptospira spp. by using RP4 derivative conjugative plas...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Picardeau M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phage therapy is being reexamined as a strategy for bacterial control in medical and other environments. As microorganisms often live in mixed populations, we examined the effect of Escherichia coli bacteriophage λW60 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophage PB-1 infection on the viability of monoculture and mixed-spe...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kay MK,Erwin TC,McLean RJ,Aron GM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Western Lake Erie (Laurentian Great Lakes) is prone to annual cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cHABs) dominated by Microcystis spp. that often yield microcystin toxin concentrations exceeding the federal EPA recreational contact advisory of 8 μg liter-1 In August 2014, microcystin levels were detected in finished ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： McKindles KM,Manes MA,DeMarco JR,McClure A,McKay RM,Davis TW,Bullerjahn GS

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial content of specially treated cottons used by other investigators to test human pulmonary responses to cotton dust was examined. Cotton from Lubbock, Tex. and Stoneville, Miss. were either (i) harvested by machine and handled as commercial bale cotton, (ii) harvested as closed bolls with bracts intact and...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Millner PD,Ericson KE,Marsh PB

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To ascertain its physiological similarity to other methanogenic bacteria, Methanospirillum hungatii, the type species of the genus, was characterized nutritionally and biochemically. Good growth occurred in a medium consisting of mineral salts, cysteine sulfide reducing buffer, and an H2-CO2 (80:20) atmosphere. Additi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ferry JG,Wolfe RS

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective growth inhibitors of Sphaerotilus natans were detected in the culture broths of several strains of Streptomyces. Anslimins A and B were isolated from the culture broth of Streptomyces oganonensis by adsorption on resinous adsorbent followed by elution with 50% aqueous acetone. The A and B components were the...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Takiguchi Y,Yoshikawa H,Terao M

更新日期：1980-06-01 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：:Strains of Ascochyta rabiei which are pathogenic to chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) readily catabolized the main chickpea isoflavone biochanin A (5,7-dihydroxy-4'-methoxyisoflavone). 3'-Hydroxylation and O-demethylation reactions led to the isoflavones pratensein, genistein, and orobol, which were rapidly further degrad...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kraft B,Barz W

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversity of microcystin-producing cyanobacteria in the western basin of Lake Erie was studied using sequence analysis of mcyA gene fragments. Distinct populations of potentially toxic Microcystis and Planktothrix were found in spatially isolated locations. This study highlights previously undocumented diversity o...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rinta-Kanto JM,Wilhelm SW

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lantibiotic nisin is produced by several strains of Lactococcus lactis. The complete gene cluster for nisin biosynthesis in L. lactis 6F3 comprises 15 kb of DNA. As described previously, the structural gene nisA is followed by the genes nisB, nisT, nisC, nisI, nisP, nisR, and nisK. Further analysis revealed three ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Siegers K,Entian KD

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biolog's identification system was used to identify 39 American Type Culture Collection reference taxa and 45 gram-negative isolates from water samples. Of the reference strains, 98% were identified to genus level and 76% to species level within 4 to 24 h. Identification of some authentic strains of Enterobacter, Kl...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Klingler JM,Stowe RP,Obenhuber DC,Groves TO,Mishra SK,Pierson DL

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acid-insoluble metal sulfides FeS2, MoS2, and WS2 are chemically attacked by iron(III) hexahydrate ions, generating thiosulfate, which is oxidized to sulfuric acid. Other metal sulfides are attacked by iron(III) ions and by protons, resulting in the formation of elemental sulfur via intermediary polysulfides. Sulf...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schippers A,Sand W

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b produces an extracellular copper-binding ligand (CBL) with high affinity for copper. Wild-type cells and mutants that express soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO) in the presence and absence of copper (sMMOc) were used to obtain cell exudates that were separated and analyzed by size exc...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Téllez CM,Gaus KP,Graham DW,Arnold RG,Guzman RZ

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial and archaeal diversity was examined in a sediment core from Lake Bonney, Antarctica. Members of the Archaea showed both low abundance and diversity, whereas bacterial diversity was moderately high and some phyla were fairly abundant, even in geologically old samples. Microbial diversity correlated with sampl...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tang C,Madigan MT,Lanoil B

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphological changes of Vibrio parahaemolyticus from rods to spheres took place after a culture was subjected to starvation at a wide range of temperatures. Scanning electron micrographs revealed that starved spherical cells gradually developed a rippled cell surface with blebs and an extracellular filamentous substa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jiang X,Chai TJ

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel, semicontinuous solid-phase fermentation system was used to produce fuel ethanol from sweet sorghum. The process was at an intermediate scale. In the process, dried and shredded sweet sorghum was rehydrated to 70% moisture, acidified to pH 2.0 to 3.0, and either pasteurized (12 h at 70 to 80 degrees C) or not ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gibbons WR,Westby CA,Dobbs TL

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel β-(1,3)-glucanase gene designated lamC, cloned from Corallococcus sp. strain EGB, contains a fascin-like module and a glycoside hydrolase family 16 (GH16) catalytic module. LamC displays broad hydrolytic activity toward various polysaccharides. Analysis of the hydrolytic products revealed that LamC is an exo-a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zhou J,Li Z,Wu J,Li L,Li D,Ye X,Luo X,Huang Y,Cui Z,Cao H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00