Effect of culture conditions on microorganism identification by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry.

abstract：:Oxolinic acid (OA), a quinolone, inhibits the activity of DNA gyrase composed of GyrA and GyrB and shows antibacterial activity against Burkholderia glumae. Since B. glumae causes bacterial seedling rot and grain rot of rice, both of which are devastating diseases, the emergence of OA-resistant bacteria has important ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Maeda Y,Kiba A,Ohnishi K,Hikichi Y

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simulation of a heat process used in the terminal dry-heat decontamination of the Viking spacecraft is reported. Naturally occurring airborne bacterial spores were collected on Teflon ribbons in selected spacecraft assembly areas and subsequently subjected to dry heat. Thermal inactivation experiments were conducted a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Puleo JR,Bergstrom SL,Peeler JT,Oxborrow GS

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermophilic bacterium Bacillus thermoantarcticus produces two exocellular polysaccharides (EPS 1 and EPS 2), which can be obtained from the supernatant of liquid cultures by cold-ethanol precipitation, in yields as high as 400 mg liter(sup-1). The EPS fraction was produced with all substrates tested, although a h...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Manca MC,Lama L,Improta R,Esposito E,Gambacorta A,Nicolaus B

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of the fate and transport of biological warfare (BW) agents in landfills requires the development of specific and sensitive detection assays. The objective of the current study was to develop and validate SYBR green quantitative real-time PCR (Q-PCR) assays for the specific detection and quantification of s...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Saikaly PE,Barlaz MA,de Los Reyes FL 3rd

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Bradyrhizobium has been considered to be a taxonomically difficult group. In this study, phylogenetics and evolutionary genetics analyses were used to investigate divergence levels among Bradyrhizobium strains nodulating soybeans in China. Eleven genospecies were identified by sequence analysis of three phyl...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zhang XX,Guo HJ,Wang R,Sui XH,Zhang YM,Wang ET,Tian CF,Chen WX

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibility of a strain of Legionella pneumophila to disinfection by an organic halamine, free chlorine, and a mixture of the organic halamine and free chlorine was assessed. The organic halamine was found to have superior stability in solution and to exhibit adequate disinfectant potential over a period of 1 m...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Swango LJ,Wilt GR,Killen AD,Williams DE,Worley SD

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of Zymomonas mobilis ATCC 29191 and CP4 in a continuous stirred tank fermentor resulted in the selection of stable flocculating variants. Factors responsible for enhancing the system pressures selective for the morphological variants were identified. By incorporating some modifications into the design of the fe...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fein JE,Zawadzki BC,Lawford HG,Lawford GR

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acid modifications of the Thermobifida fusca Cel9A-68 catalytic domain or carbohydrate binding module 3c (CBM3c) were combined to create enzymes with changed amino acids in both domains. Bacterial crystalline cellulose (BC) and swollen cellulose (SWC) assays of the expressed and purified enzymes showed that thre...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Li Y,Irwin DC,Wilson DB

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:The thermal inactivation kinetics of Salmonella enteritidis PT4 between 49 and 60 degrees C were investigated. Using procedures designed to eliminate methodological artifacts, we found that the death kinetics deviated from the accepted model of first-order inactivation. When we used high-density stationary-phase popul...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Humpheson L,Adams MR,Anderson WA,Cole MB

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The routine production and storage of frozen doughs are still problematic. Although commercial baker's yeast is highly resistant to environmental stress conditions, it rapidly loses stress resistance during dough preparation due to the initiation of fermentation. As a result, the yeast loses gassing power significantl...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Teunissen A,Dumortier F,Gorwa MF,Bauer J,Tanghe A,Loïez A,Smet P,Van Dijck P,Thevelein JM

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of microbes in the nasal cavities of workers in three paper and board mills was investigated. A total of 234 persons exposed to microbial aerosols and splashes from paper machine wires and debarker drums formed the exposed group. The control group consisted of 294 workers from the dry working areas: the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Niemelä SI,Väätänen P,Mentu J,Jokinen A,Jäppinen P,Sillanpää P

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetaldehyde is a toxic compound produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells under several growth conditions. The adverse effects of this molecule are important, as significant amounts accumulate inside the cells. By means of global gene expression analyses, we have detected the effects of acetaldehyde addition in the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Aranda A,del Olmo ML

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural denitrification rates and activities of denitrifying enzymes were measured in an agricultural soil which had a 20-year past history of low pH (pH ca. 4) due to fertilization with acid-generating ammonium salts. The soil adjacent to this site had been limed and had a pH of ca. 6.0. Natural denitrification rates...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Parkin TB,Sexstone AJ,Tiedje JM

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation showed by means of autoradiography that the cyanobacterium Microcystis wesenbergii did not incorporate [H]thymidine at nanomolar concentrations, whereas its associated heterotrophic bacteria appearing in the gelatinous cover of the cyanobacterium became labeled. Several other tested cyaobacte...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bern L

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the storage lipid poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) in trichloroethylene transformation by methanotrophic mixed cultures was investigated. Naphthalene oxidation rates were used to assay for soluble methane monooxygenase activity. The PHB content of methanotrophic cells grown in reactors varied diurnally as w...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Henrysson T,McCarty PL

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus thuringiensis three-domain Cry toxins kill insects by forming pores in the apical membrane of larval midgut cells. Oligomerization of the toxin is an important step for pore formation. Domain I helix α-3 participates in toxin oligomerization. Here we identify an intramolecular salt bridge within helix α-3 of ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pacheco S,Gómez I,Sánchez J,García-Gómez BI,Soberón M,Bravo A

更新日期：2017-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae have been widely used as a model for studying eukaryotic cells and mapping the molecular mechanisms of many different human diseases. Industrial wine yeasts, on the other hand, have been selected on the basis of their adaptation to stringent environmental conditions and t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pizarro FJ,Jewett MC,Nielsen J,Agosin E

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dibenzothiophene (DBT) and its derivatives can be microbially desulfurized by enzymes DszC, DszA, and DszB, which are encoded by the operon dszABC and contribute to the conversion in tandem. We investigated the expression characteristics of the dsz operon. Our results revealed that the levels of transcription and tran...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Li GQ,Li SS,Zhang ML,Wang J,Zhu L,Liang FL,Liu RL,Ma T

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High concentrations of free metal ions in the environment can be detrimental to bacterial survival. However, bacteria utilize strategies, including the activation of stress response pathways and immobilizing chemical elements on their surface, to limit this toxicity. In this study, we characterized LA4131, the HtpX-li...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Henry R,Lo M,Khoo C,Zhang H,Boysen RI,Picardeau M,Murray GL,Bulach DM,Adler B

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast Torulaspora delbrueckii, which propagates as a haploid, was made into a diploid by treatment with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) on the regeneration of protoplasts. The diploid state was stably inherited; the cell volume was three times that of the parent strain and the cellular DNA content was two times that of ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sasaki T,Ohshima Y

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of environmental stress exposure on Listeria monocytogenes growth and virulence-associated characteristics were investigated. Specifically, we measured the effects of temperature (7 or 37 degrees C), pH (5.5 or 7.4), the presence of salt and organic acids (375 mM NaCl, 8.45 mM sodium diacetate [SD], 275 mM...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Garner MR,James KE,Callahan MC,Wiedmann M,Boor KJ

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the competitive relationship between two isolates of denitrifying bacteria, both of which grow well under aerobic conditions but differ in their ability to grow under denitrifying conditions. The growth and persistence of the two isolates, added to sterile soil or added to soil previously colonized by the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Murray RE,Parsons LL,Smith MS

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerobic biotransformation of the diaryl ethers 2,7-dichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin by the dibenzo-p-dioxin-utilizing strain Sphingomonas wittichii RW1, producing corresponding metabolites, was demonstrated for the first time. Our strain transformed 2,7-dichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, yieldin...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hong HB,Chang YS,Nam IH,Fortnagel P,Schmidt S

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene coding for an aminopeptidase (PepC) from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris AM2 was cloned by complementation of an Escherichia coli mutant lacking aminopeptidase activity. The nucleotide sequence was determined. A portion of the predicted amino acid sequence of PepC (436 amino acids) showed strong homology to ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chapot-Chartier MP,Nardi M,Chopin MC,Chopin A,Gripon JC

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A basal (BC) medium devoid of added carbohydrates, a complete (CC) medium containing nine carbohydrates were developed for enumerating rumen bacteria. The colony counts on the BC medium were 85 to 100% of those obtained on the CC medium. These colonies were pinpoint size (less than or equal to mm in diameter) but incr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Leedle JA,Hespell RB

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water samples from rivers, streams, ponds, and activated sewage were tested for the presence of bacteria which utilize 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) as a sole source of carbon. Seventy percent of the attempted enrichments yielded pure cultures of 2,4-D-metabolizing bacteria. All but 1 of the 30 isolates were ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Amy PS,Schulke JW,Frazier LM,Seidler RJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphotransferase system regulation domain (PRD)-containing activator, ManR, is required for glucose-controlled transcription of the mannose permease two (mpt) operon in Listeria innocua. His-871 in ManR PRD-II is needed for mpt repression in glucose-free media. His-506 in PRD-I is needed for mpt induction by glu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Xue J,Miller KW

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suspension of adenovirus type 5 in 2.0 ml of cell culture fluid at 37 degrees C were subjected to smoke from four cigarettes over a 4-h period. The cigarettes were smoked in a normal manner, and the inhaled smoke was exhaled through glass tubing into the virus-containing fluid. The virus suspensions were then titrated...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bardell D

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is an invasive maize pest that has spread from the Americas into Africa and Asia and causes severe crop damage worldwide. Most populations of S. frugiperda show low susceptibility to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry1Ab or Cry1Ac toxins, which have been proved to be effective ag...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gómez I,Ocelotl J,Sánchez J,Aguilar-Medel S,Peña-Chora G,Lina-Garcia L,Bravo A,Soberón M

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00