OusB, a broad-specificity ABC-type transporter from Erwinia chrysanthemi, mediates uptake of glycine betaine and choline with a high affinity.

abstract：:Resting cells of Micrococcus luteus have been shown to remove strontium (Sr) from dilute aqueous solutions of SrCl(2) at pH 7. Loadings of 25 mg of Sr per g of cell dry weight were achieved by cells exposed to a solution containing 50 ppm (mg/liter) of Sr. Sr binding occurred in the absence of nutrients and did not re...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Faison BD,Cancel CA,Lewis SN,Adler HI

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While screening aerobic, heterotrophic marine bacteria for production of volatile organic compounds, we found that a group of isolates produced substantial amounts of acetone. Acetone production was confirmed by gas chromatography, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and high-performance liquid chromatography. The m...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nemecek-Marshall M,Wojciechowski C,Kuzma J,Silver GM,Fall R

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis are widely used for the large-scale industrial production of proteins. These strains can efficiently secrete proteins into the culture medium using the general secretion (Sec) pathway. A characteristic feature of all secreted proteins is their N-terminal signal peptides, wh...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Degering C,Eggert T,Puls M,Bongaerts J,Evers S,Maurer KH,Jaeger KE

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusarium tricinctum Fn-2B was grown on a rice substrate at room temperature (22 to 26 degrees C) for 2 weeks followed by growth at a low temperature (10 to 12 degrees C) for an additional 2 weeks. A total of 1.5 g of nivalenol and 80 mg of fusarenone-X were obtained from 2 kg of rice culture. The methods of production...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lee YW,Mirocha CJ

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Listeria monocytogenes to tolerate salt stress is of particular importance, as this pathogen is often exposed to such environments during both food processing and food preservation. In order to understand the survival mechanisms of L. monocytogenes, an initial approach using two-dimensional polyacrylami...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Duché O,Trémoulet F,Glaser P,Labadie J

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike general peroxidases, Pleurotus ostreatus MnP2 was reported to have a unique property of direct oxidization of high-molecular-weight compounds, such as Poly R-478 and RNase A. To elucidate the mechanism for oxidation of polymeric substrates by MnP2, a series of mutant enzymes were produced by using a homologous ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tsukihara T,Honda Y,Sakai R,Watanabe T,Watanabe T

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To overcome the limited availability of antibiotic resistance markers in filamentous fungi, we adapted the FLP/FRT recombination system from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae for marker recycling. We tested this system in the penicillin producer Penicillium chrysogenum using different experimental approaches. In a tw...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kopke K,Hoff B,Kück U

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the presence of the four main viruses responsible for human acute gastroenteritis in a hydrographic network impacted by a disordered urbanization process, a 1-year study was performed involving water sample collection from streams in the hydrographic basin surrounding the city of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Th...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Miagostovich MP,Ferreira FF,Guimarães FR,Fumian TM,Diniz-Mendes L,Luz SL,Silva LA,Leite JP

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported recently a unique fungal structure, called the spiny ball, on the vegetative hyphae of Coprinus comatus (O. F. Müll.:Fr.) Pers. Although some observations regarding the role of this structure were presented, its function remained largely unknown. In this study, we showed that purified (isolated and washed)...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Luo H,Liu Y,Fang L,Li X,Tang N,Zhang K

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene, designated cry11B, encoding a 81,293-Da crystal protein of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. jegathesan was cloned by using a gene-specific oligonucleotide probe. The sequence of the Cry11B protein, as deduced from the sequence of the cry11B gene, contains large regions of similarity with the Cry11A toxin (previou...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Delécluse A,Rosso ML,Ragni A

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maltose-limited, continuous growth of the hyperthermophile Thermotoga maritima at different temperatures and dilution rates (80 degrees C/0.25 h(-1), 80 degrees C/0.17 h(-1), and 85 degrees C/0.25 h(-1)) showed that transcriptome-wide variation in gene expression within mechanical steady states was minimal compared to...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Shockley KR,Scott KL,Pysz MA,Conners SB,Johnson MR,Montero CI,Wolfinger RD,Kelly RM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms for Fe(III) oxide reduction were investigated in Geothrix fermentans, a dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing microorganism found within the Fe(III) reduction zone of subsurface environments. Culture filtrates of G. fermentans stimulated the reduction of poorly crystalline Fe(III) oxide by washed cell suspensions,...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nevin KP,Lovley DR

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The facultative anaerobe Thauera aromatica strain AR-1 uses 3,5-dihydroxybenzoate (3,5-DHB) as a sole carbon and energy source under anoxic conditions using an unusual oxidative strategy to overcome aromatic ring stability. A 25-kb gene cluster organized in four main operons encodes the anaerobic degradation pathway f...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pacheco-Sánchez D,Molina-Fuentes Á,Marín P,Díaz-Romero A,Marqués S

更新日期：2019-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Human sapovirus sequences were identified in 12 (100%) influent and 7 (58%) effluent wastewater samples collected once a month for a year. The strains were characterized based on their partial capsid gene sequences and classified into 10 genotypes, demonstrating that genetically diverse sapovirus strains infect humans...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kitajima M,Haramoto E,Phanuwan C,Katayama H

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unidentified lactic acid bacterium (LAB) isolates which had mainly been detected in spoiled, marinated, modified atmosphere packaged (MAP) broiler meat products during two previous studies, were identified and analyzed for their phenotypic properties and the capability to produce biogenic amines. To establish the taxo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Koort J,Murros A,Coenye T,Eerola S,Vandamme P,Sukura A,Björkroth J

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：:Enteric microbiota play a variety of roles in intestinal health and disease. While bacteria in the intestine have been broadly characterized, little is known about the abundance or diversity of enteric fungi. This study utilized a culture-independent method termed oligonucleotide fingerprinting of rRNA genes (OFRG) to...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Scupham AJ,Presley LL,Wei B,Bent E,Griffith N,McPherson M,Zhu F,Oluwadara O,Rao N,Braun J,Borneman J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococci are one of the major facultative anaerobic bacterial groups that reside in the human gastrointestinal tract. In the present study, the composition of the enterococcal fecal flora in three healthy humans was analyzed before, during, and after the daily consumption of approximately 125 g of a raw-milk Chedda...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gelsomino R,Vancanneyt M,Cogan TM,Swings J

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Poplar, a plant species frequently used for phytoremediation of groundwater contaminated with organic solvents, was inoculated with the endophyte Burkholderia cepacia VM1468. This strain, whose natural host is yellow lupine, contains the pTOM-Bu61 plasmid coding for constitutively expressed toluene degradation. Nonino...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Taghavi S,Barac T,Greenberg B,Borremans B,Vangronsveld J,van der Lelie D

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cry1-type genes of Bacillus thuringiensis represent the largest cry gene family, which contains 50 distinct holotypes. It is becoming more and more difficult to identify cry1-type genes using current methods because of the increasing number of cry1-type genes. In the present study, an improved PCR-restriction frag...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Shu C,Liu D,Zhou Z,Cai J,Peng Q,Gao J,Song F,Zhang J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temporal and spatial distribution of Salmonella contamination in the coastal waters of Galicia (northwestern Spain) relative to contamination events with different environmental factors (temperature, wind, hours of sunlight, rainfall, and river flow) were investigated over a 4-year period. Salmonellae were isolate...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Martinez-Urtaza J,Saco M,de Novoa J,Perez-Piñeiro P,Peiteado J,Lozano-Leon A,Garcia-Martin O

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ergosterol, a fungus-specific sterol enriched in cell plasma membranes, is an effective antifungal drug target. However, current knowledge of the ergosterol biosynthesis process in the saprophytic human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus remains limited. In this study, we found that two endoplasmic reticulum-locali...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Long N,Xu X,Zeng Q,Sang H,Lu L

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ω-Transaminase (ω-TA) is a promising enzyme for use in the production of unnatural amino acids from keto acids using cheap amino donors such as isopropylamine. The small substrate-binding pocket of most ω-TAs permits entry of substituents no larger than an ethyl group, which presents a significant challenge to the pre...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Han SW,Park ES,Dong JY,Shin JS

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the relative merits of tryptone yeast extract agar, the same medium unbuffered, and medium M17 for the assay of nine bacteriophages of lactic streptococci, comparative plaque counts were made with an overlay of 3 or 9 ml. Four of the phages exhibited no significant difference in plating efficiency between me...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Keogh BP

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated rumen bacteria were examined for growth and, where appropriate, for their ability to degrade cellulose in the presence of the hydroxycinnamic acids trans-p-coumaric acid and trans-ferulic acid and the hydroxybenzoic acids vanillic acid and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid. Ferulic and p-coumaric acids proved to be the m...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chesson A,Stewart CS,Wallace RJ

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chlorosis-inducing phytotoxin coronatine is produced by several Pseudomonas syringae pathovars, including glycinea, morsprunorum, atropurpurea, and the closely related tomato and maculicola. To date, all coronatine-producing pv. glycinea, morsprunorum, and atropurpurea strains that have been examined carry the gen...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cuppels DA,Ainsworth T

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five genes encoding PhaP family proteins and one phaR gene have been identified in the genome of Burkholderia symbiont strain RPE75. PhaP proteins function as the surface proteins of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) granules, and the PhaR protein acts as a negative regulator of PhaP biosynthesis. Recently, we characterized ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jang SH,Jang HA,Lee J,Kim JU,Lee SA,Park KE,Kim BH,Jo YH,Lee BL

更新日期：2017-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic diversity of 35 Bacillus sphaericus strains was analyzed by a newly developed multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme, toxin gene pool survey, and mosquito bioassay. The results demonstrated that strains assigned to the same sequence type (ST) had the same occurrence of toxin genes. Further sequence analy...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ge Y,Hu X,Zheng D,Wu Y,Yuan Z

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding serine alkaline protease (SapSh) of the psychrotrophic bacterium Shewanella strain Ac10 was cloned in Escherichia coli. The amino acid sequence deduced from the 2,442-bp nucleotide sequence revealed that the protein was 814 amino acids long and had an estimated molecular weight of 85,113. SapSh exhib...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kulakova L,Galkin A,Kurihara T,Yoshimura T,Esaki N

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00