A group II intron-type open reading frame from the thermophile Bacillus (Geobacillus) stearothermophilus encodes a heat-stable reverse transcriptase.

abstract：:Tannins are a diverse group of plant-produced, polyphenolic compounds with metal-chelating and antimicrobial properties that are prevalent in many soils. Using transcriptomics, we determined that tannic acid, a form of hydrolysable tannin, broadly affects the expression of genes involved in iron and zinc homeostases, ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lim CK,Penesyan A,Hassan KA,Loper JE,Paulsen IT

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of nitroaromatic compounds, including 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), were reduced by hydrogen in the presence of enzyme preparations from Veillonella alkalescens. Consistent with the proposed reduction pathway, R-NO2 H2 leads to R-NO H2 leads to R-NHOH H2 leads to R-NH2, 3 mol of H2 was utilized per mol of nit...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： McCormick NG,Feeherry FE,Levinson HS

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was initiated to determine if reduced sulfur contained in coal gasifier ash and slag was available for microbial and chemical oxidation because eventual large-quantity landfill disposal of these solid wastes is expected. Continuous application of distilled water to a column containing a high-sulfur-content ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Strayer RF,Davis EC

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SAR11 bacteria are small, heterotrophic, marine alphaproteobacteria found throughout the oceans. They thrive at the low nutrient concentrations typical of open ocean conditions, although the adaptations required for life under those conditions are not well understood. To illuminate this issue, we used cryo-electron to...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zhao X,Schwartz CL,Pierson J,Giovannoni SJ,McIntosh JR,Nicastro D

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated enteropathy triggered by the ingestion of cereal gluten proteins. This disorder is associated with imbalances in the gut microbiota composition that could be involved in the pathogenesis of CD. The aim of this study was to characterize the composition and diversity of the cult...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sánchez E,Donat E,Ribes-Koninckx C,Fernández-Murga ML,Sanz Y

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-threonine can be made by the amino acid-producing bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum. However, in the course of this process, some of the L-threonine is degraded to glycine. We detected an aldole cleavage activity of L-threonine in crude extracts with an activity of 2.2 nmol min(-1) (mg of protein)(-1). In order t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Simic P,Willuhn J,Sahm H,Eggeling L

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While filamentous cyanobacteria play a crucial role in food web dynamics and biogeochemical cycling of many aquatic ecosystems around the globe, the knowledge regarding the phages infecting them is limited. Here, we describe the complete genome of the virulent cyanophage vB_AphaS-CL131 (here, CL 131), a Siphoviridae p...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Šulčius S,Šimoliūnas E,Alzbutas G,Gasiūnas G,Jauniškis V,Kuznecova J,Miettinen S,Nilsson E,Meškys R,Roine E,Paškauskas R,Holmfeldt K

更新日期：2018-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobic degradation of monochlorophenols and monochlorobenzoates in a variety of aquatic sediments was compared under four enrichment conditions. A broader range of compounds was degraded in enrichments inoculated with sediment exposed to industrial effluents. Degradation of chloroaromatic compounds was observed mos...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Genthner BR,Price WA,Pritchard PH

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recreational and potable water supplies polluted with human wastewater can pose a direct health risk to humans. Therefore, sensitive detection of human fecal pollution in environmental waters is very important to water quality authorities around the globe. Microbial source tracking (MST) utilizes human fecal markers (...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ahmed W,Sidhu JPS,Smith K,Beale DJ,Gyawali P,Toze S

更新日期：2015-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a wealth of studies examining the toxicity of engineered nanomaterials, current knowledge on their cytotoxic mechanisms (particularly from a physical perspective) remains limited. In this work, we imaged and quantitatively characterized the biomechanical (hardness and elasticity), adhesive, and surface electri...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zhang W,Hughes J,Chen Y

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most yeast species can ferment sugars to ethanol, but only a few can grow in the complete absence of oxygen. Oxygen availability might, therefore, be a key parameter in spoilage of food caused by fermentative yeasts. In this study, the oxygen requirement and regulation of alcoholic fermentation were studied in batch c...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rodrigues F,Côrte-Real M,Leão C,van Dijken JP,Pronk JT

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bile salt hydrolase activity in intestinal homogenates reflects composite activities of the gastrointestinal microbial consortia. We have proposed that specific transformations of conjugated bile acids by the intestinal microflora result in the production of metabolites which depress the growth of poultry. The inf...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Feighner SD,Dashkevicz MP

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletion of chromosomally inserted gene sequences from Clavibacter xyli subsp. cynodontis, a xylem-inhabiting endophyte, was studied in vitro and in planta. We found that nonreplicating plasmid pCG610, which conferred resistance to kanamycin and tetracycline and contained segments of C. xyli subsp. cynodontis genomic ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Turner JT,Lampel JS,Stearman RS,Sundin GW,Gunyuzlu P,Anderson JJ

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many food-grade bacteria produce exopolysaccharides (EPS) that affect the texture of fermented food products and that may be involved in probiotic properties. Propionibacterium freudenreichii is a Gram-positive food-grade bacterium with reported probiotic capabilities that is widely used as starter in Swiss-type chees...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Deutsch SM,Le Bivic P,Hervé C,Madec MN,LaPointe G,Jan G,Le Loir Y,Falentin H

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the changes in the global proteome of Salmonella in response to desiccation and thermal treatment were investigated by using an iTRAQ multiplex technique. A Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strain was dried, equilibrated at high (1.0) and low (0.11) water activity (aw), and thermally treated at 7...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Maserati A,Lourenco A,Diez-Gonzalez F,Fink RC

更新日期：2018-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of psychrotrophic strains (those able to grow at or below 7 degreesC) of the Bacillus cereus group (Bacillus cereus, Bacillus thuringiensis, and Bacillus mycoides) in food products is at present extremely slow with conventional microbiology. This is due to an inability to discriminate these cold-adapted stra...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Francis KP,Mayr R,von Stetten F,Stewart GS,Scherer S

更新日期：1998-09-01 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：:Enteric bacteria deposited into the environment by animal hosts are subject to diverse selective pressures. These pressures may act on phenotypic differences in bacterial populations and select adaptive mutations for survival in stress. As a model to study phenotypic diversity in environmental bacteria, we examined mu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chiang SM,Dong T,Edge TA,Schellhorn HE

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant surfaces, colonized by numerous and diverse bacterial species, are often considered hot spots for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) between plants and bacteria. Plant DNA released during the degradation of plant tissues can persist and remain biologically active for significant periods of time, suggesting that soil...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pontiroli A,Rizzi A,Simonet P,Daffonchio D,Vogel TM,Monier JM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The comparative adherence of seven strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis to plastic surfaces was measured by an agar overlay technique in which adherent organisms were counted by their ability to form colonies under an agar overlay. The degree of adherence to plastics decreased in the order polystyrene, polyvinyl chlo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mackenzie AM,Rivera-Calderon RL

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genome-wide search was performed to identify simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci among the available sequence databases from four strains of Xylella fastidiosa (strains causing Pierce's disease, citrus variegated chlorosis, almond leaf scorch, and oleander leaf scorch). Thirty-four SSR loci were selected for SSR prime...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lin H,Civerolo EL,Hu R,Barros S,Francis M,Walker MA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The filamentous, nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 accumulates sucrose as a compatible solute against salt stress. Sucrose-phosphate synthase activity, which is responsible for the sucrose synthesis, is increased by salt stress, but the mechanism underlying the regulation of sucrose synthesis...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ehira S,Kimura S,Miyazaki S,Ohmori M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae O1 in plankton samples collected from ponds and rivers between February 1987 and January 1990 in Matlab, Bangladesh, was detected by the fluorescent-monoclonal antibody (FA) technique. Samples were collected at sites which were monitored fortnightly (fixed sites) as well as at sites that were part of a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Huq A,Colwell RR,Rahman R,Ali A,Chowdhury MA,Parveen S,Sack DA,Russek-Cohen E

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis established the linkage between recalled chocolate milk and a multistate invasive listeriosis outbreak during a four-product recall period. Listeria monocytogenes isolates from four hospitalized patients and an environmental dairy sample displayed AscI restriction endonuclease digestio...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Proctor ME,Brosch R,Mellen JW,Garrett LA,Kaspar CW,Luchansky JB

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) is a widely used explosive and a serious environmental pollutant. Nineteen strains of Rhodococcus spp. capable of utilizing RDX as the sole nitrogen source have been isolated. The cytochrome P450 system XplA-XplB, which is responsible for RDX breakdown, is present in 18 of...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Seth-Smith HM,Edwards J,Rosser SJ,Rathbone DA,Bruce NC

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-Aminoglutaric acid, a nonprotein amino acid isomer of glutamic acid, was found in the free amino acid pool of a marine bacterium, Alteromonas luteoviolacea. It was also found in a mixed culture of fermenting bacteria enriched from an anoxic marine sediment. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Henrichs SM,Cuhel R

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A PCR-based method and a reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR)-based method were developed for the detection of pathogenic bacteria in organic waste, using Salmonella spp., Listeria monocytogenes, Yersinia enterocolitica, and Staphylococcus aureus as model organisms. In seeded organic waste samples, detection limits of l...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Burtscher C,Wuertz S

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient production of heterologous proteins with yeasts and other eukaryotic hosts is often hampered by inefficient secretion of the product. Limitation of protein secretion has been attributed to a low folding rate, and a rational solution is the overexpression of proteins supporting folding, like protein disulfide...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gasser B,Sauer M,Maurer M,Stadlmayr G,Mattanovich D

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein with a silent activity against the Colorado potato beetle is described. The crystal proteins are produced as bipyramidal crystals. These crystals contain a protein of 129 kDa with a trypsin-resistant core fragment of 72 kDa. Neither a spore-crystal mixture nor in vitro-so...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lambert B,Höfte H,Annys K,Jansens S,Soetaert P,Peferoen M

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-temperature ecosystems represent the largest biosphere on Earth, and yet our understanding of the roles of bacteriophages in these systems is limited. Here, the influence of the cold-active filamentous phage SW1 on the phenotype and gene transcription of its host, Shewanella piezotolerans WP3 (WP3), was investigat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jian H,Xiao X,Wang F

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00