Cloning, overexpression, and characterization of a novel thermostable penicillin G acylase from Achromobacter xylosoxidans: probing the molecular basis for its high thermostability.

abstract：:A novel sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from fuel-contaminated subsurface soil, strain PRTOL1, mineralizes toluene as the sole electron donor and carbon source under strictly anaerobic conditions. The mineralization of 80% of toluene carbon to CO2 was demonstrated in experiments with [ring-U-14C]toluene; 15% of to...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Beller HR,Spormann AM,Sharma PK,Cole JR,Reinhard M

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose metabolism and the mechanisms of NADH oxidation by Treponema hyodysenteriae were studied. Under an N2 atmosphere, washed cell suspensions of the spirochete consumed glucose and produced acetate, butyrate, H2, and CO2. Approximately twice as much H2 as CO2 was produced. Determinations of radioactivity in produc...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Stanton TB

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of ethyl picolinate on germination, outgrowth, and sporulation of Bacillus cereus T were studied in a synthetic medium containing glucose. Ethyl picolinate specifically inhibited at two stages, outgrowth and sporulation. The initiation of germination and cell division was not affected. The inhibition of ou...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pandey NK,Gollakota KG

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MK filter is an electropositively charged filter that can be used to concentrate enteroviruses from large volumes (400 to 1,000 liters) of water. This filter is less expensive than the commonly used 1MDS electropositive filter. In this study, we compared the recovery of poliovirus 1 (PV1) and that of coxsackieviru...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ma JF,Naranjo J,Gerba CP

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two methods were used to evaluate bacterial recovery from beef, pork, and lamb adipose tissue. Higher counts were obtained with a tissue removal and fluid agitation technique (shaking) than with surface swabbing, but only when bacterial levels were low. Bacterial recovery by both methods was unaffected by specie origi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Berry BW,Joseph AL,Chen AA

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nisin is a small gene-encoded antimicrobial protein produced by Lactococcus lactis that contains unusual dehydroalanine and dehydrobutyrine residues. The reactivity of these residues toward nucleophiles was explored by reacting nisin with a variety of mercaptans. The kinetics of reaction with 2-mercaptoethane-sulfonat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Liu W,Hansen JN

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus megaterium P1, a bacterial strain capable of hydrolyzing chitosan, was isolated from soil samples. Chitosan-degrading activity was induced by chitosan but not by its constituent d-glucosamine. Extracellular secretion of chitosanase reached levels corresponding to 1 U/ml under optimal conditions. Three chitosa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pelletier A,Sygusch J

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotoxin exposure occurs in homes and occupational environments and is known to cause adverse health effects. In order to compare results from different studies and establish standards, airborne endotoxin exposures should be assessed using standardized methods. Although the European Committee for Standardization (CEN...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Spaan S,Heederik DJ,Thorne PS,Wouters IM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe useful vectors to select double-crossover events directly in site-directed marker exchange mutagenesis in gram-negative bacteria. These vectors contain the gusA marker gene, providing colorimetric screens to identify bacteria harboring those sequences. The applicability of these vectors was shown by mappin...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Katzen F,Becker A,Ielmini MV,Oddo CG,Ielpi L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-nine typical and atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains belonging to different serotypes and isolated from humans, pets (cats and dogs), farm animals (bovines, sheep, and rabbits), and wild animals (monkeys) were investigated for virulence markers and clonal similarity by pulsed-field gel elec...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Moura RA,Sircili MP,Leomil L,Matté MH,Trabulsi LR,Elias WP,Irino K,Pestana de Castro AF

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyester-rayon blend wipes were evaluated for efficiency of extraction and recovery of powdered Bacillus atrophaeus spores from stainless steel and painted wallboard surfaces. Method limits of detection were also estimated for both surfaces. The observed mean efficiency of polyester-rayon blend wipe recovery from sta...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Brown GS,Betty RG,Brockmann JE,Lucero DA,Souza CA,Walsh KS,Boucher RM,Tezak M,Wilson MC,Rudolph T

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of a complete set of glutamate decarboxylase (gad) mutants of Listeria monocytogenes strain LO28 (ΔgadD1, ΔgadDT1, ΔgadD2, ΔgadT2, and ΔgadD3 mutants) revealed that the ΔgadD1 mutant is impaired in its ability to tolerate exposure to both sublethal and lethal levels of the lantibiotic nisin. gadD1 is strain v...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Begley M,Cotter PD,Hill C,Ross RP

更新日期：2010-10-01 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 factor in normal sera primarily responsible for the enhancement of transfection (and transformation) of Staphylococcus aureus was identified as fibronectin. Serum samples which were depleted of fibronectin by affinity chromatography showed a marked decrease in enhancing activity. Fibronectin isolated from sera of ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Thompson NE,Bergdoll MS,Pattee PA

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of long-term heavy metal deposition on microbial community structure and the level of bacterial community tolerance were studied along two different gradients in Scandinavian coniferous forest soils. One was near the Harjavalta smelter in Finland, and one was at Ronnskar in Sweden. Phospholipid fatty acid ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pennanen T,Frostegard A,Fritze H,Baath E

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extremely thermophilic anaerobic archaeon strain B1001 was isolated from a hot-spring environment in Japan. The cells were irregular cocci, 0.5 to 1.0 micrometers in diameter. The new isolate grew at temperatures between 60 and 95 degrees C (optimum, 85 degrees C), from pH 5.0 to 9.0 (optimum, pH 7.0), and from 1....

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tachibana Y,Kuramura A,Shirasaka N,Suzuki Y,Yamamoto T,Fujiwara S,Takagi M,Imanaka T

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Sepiola (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae) contains 10 known species that occur in the Mediterranean Sea today. All Sepiola species have a light organ that contains at least one of two species of luminous bacteria, Vibrio fischeri and Vibrio logei. The two Vibrio species coexist in at least four Sepiola species (S. a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nishiguchi MK

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：:Mercury is a redox-active heavy metal that reacts with active thiols and depletes cellular antioxidants. Active resistance to the mercuric ion is a widely distributed trait among bacteria and results from the action of mercuric reductase (MerA). Protein phylogenetic analysis of MerA in bacteria indicated the occurrenc...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Simbahan J,Kurth E,Schelert J,Dillman A,Moriyama E,Jovanovich S,Blum P

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemolithoautotrophic bacteria were enriched from mine water at incubation temperatures ranging from 4 to 46 degrees C, using elemental sulfur as a substrate in acid mineral salts media. Thiobacillus-type bacteria were successfully enriched for at all test temperatures except 46 degrees C. Changes in pH (-dpH/dt) were...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ahonen L,Tuovinen OH

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method for the rapid and sensitive detection of Legionella pneumophila in hot water systems has been developed. The method is based on an IF assay combined with detection by solid-phase cytometry. This method allowed the enumeration of L. pneumophila serogroup 1 and L. pneumophila serogroups 2 to 6, 8 to 10, and...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Aurell H,Catala P,Farge P,Wallet F,Le Brun M,Helbig JH,Jarraud S,Lebaron P

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：:The rate of uptake of propanoic acid and the cell dimensions were measured for 23 yeasts differing in their resistance to weak-acid-type preservatives. Relationships between reciprocal uptake rate, reciprocal permeability, cell volume, cell area, volume/area, and the MICs of benzoic acid and propanoic acid for the yea...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Warth AD

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) causes serious foodborne disease worldwide. It produces the very potent Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2). The Stx2-encoding genes are located on a prophage, and production of the toxin is linked to the synthesis of Stx phages. There is, currently, no good treatment for EHEC infections, as...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kijewski A,Witsø IL,Iversen H,Rønning HT,L'Abée-Lund T,Wasteson Y,Lindbäck T,Aspholm M

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Exopolysaccharide-producing Lactobacillus casei CG11 was isolated from soft, white, homemade cheese. In basal minimal medium, it produces a neutral heteropolysaccharide consisting predominantly of glucose (about 75%) and rhamnose (about 15%). Plasmid curing experiments revealed that exopolysaccharide production by str...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kojic M,Vujcic M,Banina A,Cocconcelli P,Cerning J,Topisirovic L

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody (BA11) has been produced against Clostridium botulinum type A neurotoxin by the fusion of myeloma cells (P3 NS1/1-Ag4-1) with spleen cells from BALB/c mice immunized with botulinum type A neurotoxoid. The antibody bound specifically to botulinum type A neurotoxin, showing no cross-reactivity with...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Shone C,Wilton-Smith P,Appleton N,Hambleton P,Modi N,Gatley S,Melling J

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temperature-driven adaptation of the bacterial community in peat was studied, by altering temperature to simulate self-heating and a subsequent return to mesophilic conditions. The technique used consisted of extracting the bacterial community from peat using homogenization-centrifugation and measuring the rates o...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ranneklev SB,Bååth E

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiobacillus ferrooxidans is an acidophilic organism important to metal leaching of low-grade ores. The aforementioned importance is related to the ability of the bacterium to oxidize reduced iron and sulfur, principally found in nature as pyrite (FeS2). The present study dealt with sulfide oxidation at low pH values ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tano T,Lundgren D

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biofilm-forming strain of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB), isolated from a naturally occurring mixed biofilm and identified by 16S rDNA analysis as a strain of Desulfomicrobium norvegicum, rapidly removed 200 micro M selenite from solution during growth on lactate and sulfate. Elemental selenium and elemental sulfur...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hockin SL,Gadd GM

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic DNA was isolated from Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts by a specific immunomagnetic separation-in vitro excystation procedure and subjected to randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis using sequence-independent primers. An estuary C. parvum isolate was easily differentiated from several bovine isolates, while...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Deng MQ,Cliver DO

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00