Determination of the efficacy of two building decontamination strategies by surface sampling with culture and quantitative PCR analysis.

abstract：:The dispersion and initial transport of Cryptosporidium oocysts from fecal pats were investigated during artificial rainfall events on intact soil blocks (1,500 by 900 by 300 mm). Rainfall events of 55 mm h(-1) for 30 min and 25 mm h(-1) for 180 min were applied to soil plots with artificial fecal pats seeded with app...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Davies CM,Ferguson CM,Kaucner C,Krogh M,Altavilla N,Deere DA,Ashbolt NJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lowering the pH in bacterium-based succinate fermentation is considered a feasible approach to reduce total production costs. Newly isolated Enterobacter aerogenes strain AJ110637, a rapid carbon source assimilator under weakly acidic (pH 5.0) conditions, was selected as a platform for succinate production. Our previo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tajima Y,Yamamoto Y,Fukui K,Nishio Y,Hashiguchi K,Usuda Y,Sode K

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:Two strains of Vibrio cholerae serotype O1 Inaba were isolated from eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, collected from estuarine waters in Florida during April 1980. The oyster meats and waters from which the oysters were collected had low fecal coliform counts, and the area had no prior evidence of sewage contami...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hood MA,Ness GE,Rodrick GE

更新日期：1981-02-01 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：:A new thermostable dipeptidase gene was cloned from the thermophile Brevibacillus borstelensis BCS-1 by genetic complementation of the D-Glu auxotroph Escherichia coli WM335 on a plate containing D-Ala-D-Glu. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed that the gene included an open reading frame coding for a 307-amino-acid...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Baek DH,Song JJ,Kwon SJ,Park C,Jung CM,Sung MH

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Filamentous fungi are widely used for the production of homologous and heterologous proteins. Recently, there has been increasing interest in Aspergillus oryzae because of its ability to produce heterologous proteins in solid-state culture. To provide an overview of protein secretion by A. oryzae in solid-state cultur...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Oda K,Kakizono D,Yamada O,Iefuji H,Akita O,Iwashita K

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acid compositions in growing and resting cells of several strains of Pseudomonas putida (P8, NCTC 10936, and KT 2440) were studied, with a focus on alterations of the saturation degree, cis-trans isomerization, and cyclopropane formation. The fatty acid compositions of the strains were very similar under compara...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Härtig C,Loffhagen N,Harms H

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonribosomal peptides (NRPs) are a class of secondary metabolites usually produced by microorganisms. They are of paramount importance in different applications, including biocontrol and pharmacy. Brevibacillus spp. are a rich source of NRPs yet have received little attention. In this study, we characterize four novel...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Li Z,de Vries RH,Chakraborty P,Song C,Zhao X,Scheffers DJ,Roelfes G,Kuipers OP

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is a common hospital and household pathogen. Given the emergence of antibiotic-resistant derivatives of this pathogen resulting from the use of antibiotics as general treatment, development of alternative therapeutic strategies is urgently needed. Here, we assess the feasibility of killing S. aur...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chen C,Chen L,Yi Y,Chen C,Wu LF,Song T

更新日期：2016-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, the agent of Lyme disease in North America, has consequences for the performance of serological diagnostic tests and disease severity. To investigate B. burgdorferi diversity in Canada, where Lyme disease is emerging, bacterial DNA in 309 infected adult Ixod...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ogden NH,Margos G,Aanensen DM,Drebot MA,Feil EJ,Hanincová K,Schwartz I,Tyler S,Lindsay LR

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has long been assumed that prolonged holding of environmental samples at the ambient air temperature prior to bacteriological analysis is detrimental to isolation and detection of Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of pandemic cholera. The present study was aimed at understanding the effect of transporting enviro...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Alam M,Sadique A,Nur-A-Hasan,Bhuiyan NA,Nair GB,Siddique AK,Sack DA,Ahsan S,Huq A,Sack RB,Colwell RR

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high growth rate in bacterial cultures is usually achieved by optimizing growth conditions, but metabolism of the bacterium limits the maximal growth rate attainable on the carbon source used. This limitation can be circumvented by engineering the metabolism of the bacterium. Acinetobacter baylyi has become a model ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kannisto M,Aho T,Karp M,Santala V

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:The plasmid-free strain Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris BC101 produced an extracellular proteinase physicochemically similar to the proteinase encoded by the plasmid-linked prtP gene of other lactococcal strains. The absence of detectable plasmids in strain BC101 indicated that the prtP proteinase gene may be chrom...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nissen-Meyer J,Lillehaug D,Nes IF

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of sodium isoascorbate to the formulation for perishable canned comminuted cured meat markedly enhanced the efficacy of nitrite against Clostridium botulinum. This effect was reproducible through a series of three tests. In one test it was found that the initial addition of 50 microgram of sodium nitrite per ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tompkin RB,Christiansen LN,Shaparis AB

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The world's largest outbreak of waterborne toxoplasmosis occurred in a municipality in the western Canadian province of British Columbia. When drinking water emerged as a possible source of infection during the outbreak investigation, a laboratory method was needed to attempt detection of the parasite, Toxoplasma gond...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Isaac-Renton J,Bowie WR,King A,Irwin GS,Ong CS,Fung CP,Shokeir MO,Dubey JP

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome sequencing of the thermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 revealed a gene which had high sequence similarity to the gene encoding the carboxypeptidase of Sulfolobus solfataricus and also to that encoding the aminoacylase from Bacillus stearothermophilus. The gene from P. horikoshii comprises an open rea...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ishikawa K,Ishida H,Matsui I,Kawarabayasi Y,Kikuchi H

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When mixed ruminal bacteria were inoculated into semicontinuous cultures (25% transfer every other day) containing lactate, dulcitol, pectin, or xylose and Trypticase (1 g/liter) as the sole nitrogen source, the specific activity of ammonia production increased. The greatest enrichment was observed with lactate and xy...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Russell JB,Strobel HJ,Chen GJ

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mass spectral analysis of T-2 toxin formed during the growth of Fusarium sporotrichioides (ATCC 24043) in the presence of H(2)O showed incorporation of up to three O atoms per toxin molecule. The carbonyl oxygens of the acetates at C-4 and C-15 and of the isovalerate at C-8 were derived from H(2)O. Toxin formed in the...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Desjardins AE,Plattner RD,Vanmiddlesworth F

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae O1 strain TSI-4 (El Tor, Ogawa) can shift to a rugose colony morphology from its normal translucent colony morphology in response to nutrient starvation. We have investigated differences between the rugose and translucent forms of V. cholerae O1 strain TSI-4. Electron microscopic examination of the rug...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wai SN,Mizunoe Y,Takade A,Kawabata SI,Yoshida SI

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel single-step procedure for the purification of staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA), namely, dye ligand affinity chromatography with the triazine dye Red A, was developed. SEA purified by this method produced a single band when subjected to sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The yield from...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Reynolds D,Tranter HS,Sage R,Hambleton P

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noroviruses from mussels collected near sewage effluents were compared with local patient outbreak strains. Sequence analyses of RNA polymerase-capsid-poly(A)-3' (3.1-kilobase) regions confirmed the 99.9% similarity between genotype I.1 strains from mussels and patient strains from recreational-bathing outbreaks, indi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nenonen NP,Hannoun C,Horal P,Hernroth B,Bergström T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To get insight into the limiting factors existing for the efficient production of fungal peroxidase in filamentous fungi, the expression of the Phanerochaete chrysosporium lignin peroxidase H8 (lipA) and manganese peroxidase (MnP) H4 (mnp1) genes in Aspergillus niger has been studied. For this purpose, a protease-defi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Conesa A,van den Hondel CA,Punt PJ

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen Tn5-induced mutants of Rhizobium fredii HH303 defective in acidic exopolysaccharide synthesis were isolated by screening for lack of Calcofluor fluorescence. They were grouped by complementation analysis by using Rhizobium meliloti cosmids carrying exo genes. All of the 19 mutants were symbiotically effective...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kim CH,Tully RE,Keister DL

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenolic compounds are believed to be promising candidates as complementary therapeutics. Maple syrup, prepared by concentrating the sap from the North American maple tree, is a rich source of natural and process-derived phenolic compounds. In this work, we report the antimicrobial activity of a phenolic-rich maple sy...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Maisuria VB,Hosseinidoust Z,Tufenkji N

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversity of deep-sea high-pressure-adapted (piezophilic) microbes in isolated monoculture remains low. In this study, a novel obligately psychropiezophilic bacterium was isolated from seawater collected from the Puerto Rico Trench at a depth of ∼6,000 m. This isolate, designated YC-1, grew best in a nutrient-rich...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cao Y,Chastain RA,Eloe EA,Nogi Y,Kato C,Bartlett DH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodococcus erythropolis N1-36, a desulfurization strain, was grown in continuous culture at 10 different dilution rates with 50 (mu)M dibenzothiophene sulfone (DBTO(inf2)) as the growth-limiting nutrient. The steady-state biomass, concentrations of substrate (DBTO(inf2)) and product (monohydroxybiphenyl), saturation ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang P,Humphrey AE,Krawiec S

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleurotus ostreatus is widely cultivated in China. However, its cultivation is strongly affected by seasonal temperature changes, especially the high temperatures of summer. Nitric oxide (NO) was previously reported to alleviate oxidative damage to mycelia by regulating trehalose. In this study, we found that NO allev...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hou L,Zhao M,Huang C,Wu X,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon dioxide fixation is carried out primarily through the Calvin-Benson-Bassham reductive pentose phosphate cycle, in which ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO) is the key enzyme. The primary structure of the large subunit of form I RubisCO is well conserved; however, four distinct types, A, B...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Xu HH,Tabita FR

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00