Naturally occurring DNA transfer system associated with membrane vesicles in cellulolytic Ruminococcus spp. of ruminal origin.

abstract：:Biobleaching of hardwood unbleached kraft pulp (UKP) by Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Trametes versicolor was studied in the solid-state fermentation system with different culture media. In this fermentation system with low-nitrogen and high-carbon culture medium, pulp brightness increased by 15 and 30 points after ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Katagiri N,Tsutsumi Y,Nishida T

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ever-increasing industrial demand for biocatalysis necessitates innovations in the preparation and stabilization of biocatalysts. In this study, we demonstrated that beta-galactosidase (beta-Gal) displayed on Bacillus spores by fusion to the spore coat proteins (CotG) may be used as a whole-cell immobilized biocat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kwon SJ,Jung HC,Pan JG

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of PCR inhibitors in water samples is well known and contributes to the fact that a practical PCR assay has not been developed for legionella surveillance. In this study, we devised a new seminested PCR assay for detection of Legionella spp. in water samples as a means of overriding the PCR inhibitors wit...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Miyamoto H,Yamamoto H,Arima K,Fujii J,Maruta K,Izu K,Shiomori T,Yoshida S

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) in anoxic waters and sediments are the major producers of methylmercury in aquatic systems. Although a considerable amount of work has addressed the environmental factors that control methylmercury formation and the conditions that control bioavailability of inorganic mercury to SRB, li...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ekstrom EB,Morel FM,Benoit JM

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By taking advantage of MazF, an ACA codon-specific mRNA interferase, Escherichia coli cells can be converted into a bioreactor producing only a single protein of interest by using an ACA-less mRNA for the protein. In this single-protein production (SPP) system, we engineered MazF by replacing two tryptophan residues i...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vaiphei ST,Mao L,Shimazu T,Park JH,Inouye M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the microbial populations involved in the reduction of Fe(III) in an acidic, iron-rich sediment, the anaerobic flow of supplemental carbon and reductant was evaluated in sediment microcosms at the in situ temperature of 12 degrees C. Supplemental glucose and cellobiose stimulated the formation of Fe(II); 4...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Küsel K,Dorsch T,Acker G,Stackebrandt E

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total extracted DNA from two heavily polychlorobiphenyl-contaminated soils was analyzed with respect to biphenyl dioxygenase sequences and activities. This was done by PCR amplification and cloning of a DNA segment encoding the active site of the enzyme. The translated sequences obtained fell into three similarity clu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Standfuss-Gabisch C,Al-Halbouni D,Hofer B

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several formulations of brilliant green agar with an added H2S indicator were evaluated. Results were optimum with variations of a basic formula consisting of 40 g of tryptic soy agar (Difco), 8 g of lactose, 8 g of sucrose, 80 mg of phenol red, 1 g of sulfanilamide, 1.5 g of ferric ammonium citrate, 5 g of sodium thi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Moats WA,Kinner JA

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five cases of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis associated with swimming in freshwater lakes have been recorded in Florida over the past 14 years. The present study demonstrated that pathogenic Naegleria, the causative agent, is relatively widespread. Twelve of 26 lakes sampled only once yielded the amoeba. Populati...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wellings FM,Amuso PT,Chang SL,Lewis AL

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pantoea vagans C9-1 is a biocontrol strain that produces at least two antibiotics inhibiting the growth of Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight disease of pear and apple. One antibiotic, herbicolin I, was purified from culture filtrates of P. vagans C9-1 and determined to be 2-amino-3-(oxirane-2,3-dicarb...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kamber T,Lansdell TA,Stockwell VO,Ishimaru CA,Smits TH,Duffy B

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane integrity of a cell is a well-accepted criterion for characterizing viable (active or inactive) cells and distinguishing them from damaged and membrane-compromised cells. This information is of major importance in studies of the function of microbial assemblages in natural environments, in order to assign...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Grégori G,Citterio S,Ghiani A,Labra M,Sgorbati S,Brown S,Denis M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella species are pathogenic bacteria often detected in sewage, freshwater, marine coastal water, and groundwater. Salmonella spp. can survive for long periods in natural waters, and the persistence of specific and epidemic strains is of great concern in public health. However, the diversity of species found in t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Baudart J,Lemarchand K,Brisabois A,Lebaron P

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the increasing knowledge of Synechococcus spp. and their co-occurring cyanophages in oceanic and coastal water, little is known about their abundance, distribution, and interactions in the Chesapeake Bay estuarine ecosystem. A 5-year interannual survey shows that Synechococcus spp. and their phages are persist...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang K,Wommack KE,Chen F

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phragmidium violaceum causes leaf rust on the European blackberry (Rubus fruticosus L. aggregate). Multiple strains of this pathogen have been introduced into southern Australia for the biological control of at least 15 taxa of European blackberry, a nonindigenous, invasive plant. In climates conducive to leaf rust, t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gomez DR,Evans KJ,Baker J,Harvey PR,Scott ES

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poultry are considered the major reservoir for Campylobacter jejuni, a leading bacterial cause of human food-borne diarrhea. To understand the ecology of C. jejuni and develop strategies to control C. jejuni infection in the animal reservoir, we initiated studies to examine the potential role of anti-Campylobacter mat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sahin O,Zhang Q,Meitzler JC,Harr BS,Morishita TY,Mohan R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The different serotyping systems, based on thermostable O antigens, reported for Vibrio anguillarum and V. ordalii were compared by quantitative agglutination, sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and subsequent silver staining or Western blotting (immunoblotting) of purified lipopolysaccharide (...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Grisez L,Ollevier F

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Submicronic particles released from fungal cultures have been suggested to be additional sources of personal exposure in mold-contaminated buildings. In vitro generation of these particles has been studied with particle counters, eventually supplemented by autofluorescence, that recognize fragments by size and discrim...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Afanou KA,Straumfors A,Skogstad A,Nilsen T,Synnes O,Skaar I,Hjeljord L,Tronsmo A,Green BJ,Eduard W

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the anaerobic biodegradation of 3-chlorobenzoate (3CBz) by microorganisms from an aquifer where chloroaromatic compounds were previously found to resist decay in the presence of sulfate. After a lengthy lag period, 3CBz was degraded in the presence of sulfate and concurrently with sulfate reduction. Ch...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Townsend GT,Ramanand K,Suflita JM

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid population growth and urban development along waterways and coastal areas have led to decreasing water quality. To examine the effects of upstream anthropogenic activities on microbiological water quality, methods for source-specific testing are required. In this study, molecular assays targeting human enterovir...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fong TT,Griffin DW,Lipp EK

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzothiazole-2-sulfonate (BTSO3) is one of the side products occurring in 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) production wastewater. We are the first to isolate an axenic culture capable of BTSO3 degradation. The isolate was identified as a Rhodococcus erythropolis strain and also degraded 2-hydroxybenzothiazole (OBT) and ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： De Wever H,Vereecken K,Stolz A,Verachtert H

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:beta-d-Mannanase from Bacillus pumilus was purified into two components, A and B, which exhibited homogeneity on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. These components had molecular weights of 55,000 (A) and 37,000 (B); carbohydrate contents of 15.3% (A) and 7.2% (B); specific activities of 78 (A) and 1,616 (B) U/mg; pH...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Araujo A,Ward OP

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taxonomic and phylogenetic fingerprinting based on sequence analysis of gene fragments from the large-subunit rRNA (LSU) gene or the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region is becoming an integral part of fungal classification. The lack of an accurate and robust classification tool trained by a validated sequence dat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Liu KL,Porras-Alfaro A,Kuske CR,Eichorst SA,Xie G

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of Lactococcus lactis (the most extensively characterized lactic acid bacterium) as a delivery organism for heterologous proteins is, in some cases, limited by low production levels and poor-quality products due to surface proteolysis. In this study, we combined in one L. lactis strain use of the nisin-inducib...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Miyoshi A,Poquet I,Azevedo V,Commissaire J,Bermudez-Humaran L,Domakova E,Le Loir Y,Oliveira SC,Gruss A,Langella P

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A xylose reductase (XR) gene was identified from the Neurospora crassa whole-genome sequence, expressed heterologously in Escherichia coli, and purified as a His6-tagged fusion in high yield. This enzyme is one of the most active XRs thus far characterized and may be used for the in vitro production of xylitol. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Woodyer R,Simurdiak M,van der Donk WA,Zhao H

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An early warning system using a rapid enzymatic semiautomated method suitable for fecal coliform detection in recreational waters within 8 h was developed further and evaluated in this study. This rapid method was compared to the standard method followed in the United Kingdom. We used 1,011 samples originating from 20...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Anglès d'Auriac MB,Roberts H,Shaw T,Sirevåg R,Hermansen LF,Berg JD

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microorganisms in diverse terrestrial surface and subsurface environments can anaerobically catalyze the oxidative dissolution of uraninite. While a limited quantity (∼5 to 12 μmol liter(-1)) of uranium is oxidatively dissolved in pure culture studies, the metabolism is coupled to electron transport, providing the pot...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Weber KA,Thrash JC,Van Trump JI,Achenbach LA,Coates JD

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetic acid bacteria, especially Gluconobacter species, have been known to catalyze the extensive oxidation of sugar alcohols (polyols) such as D-mannitol, glycerol, D-sorbitol, and so on. Gluconobacter species also oxidize sugars and sugar acids and uniquely accumulate two different keto-D-gluconates, 2-keto-D-glucon...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Matsushita K,Fujii Y,Ano Y,Toyama H,Shinjoh M,Tomiyama N,Miyazaki T,Sugisawa T,Hoshino T,Adachi O

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed changes in bacterioplankton morphology and composition during enhanced protozoan grazing by image analysis and fluorescent in situ hybridization with group-specific rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes. Enclosure experiments were conducted in a small, fishless freshwater pond which was dominated by the cla...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jürgens K,Pernthaler J,Schalla S,Amann R

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing interest in the application of human-associated fecal source identification quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) technologies for water quality management. The transition from a research tool to a standardized protocol requires a high degree of confidence in data quality across laboratories. Data quality...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Shanks OC,Kelty CA,Oshiro R,Haugland RA,Madi T,Brooks L,Field KG,Sivaganesan M

更新日期：2016-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA primers corresponding to conserved motifs in bacterial repetitive (REP, ERIC, and BOX) elements and PCR were used to show that REP-, ERIC-, and BOX-like DNA sequences are widely distributed in phytopathogenic Xanthomonas and Pseudomonas strains. REP-, ERIC, and BOX-PCR (collectively known as rep-PCR) were used to ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Louws FJ,Fulbright DW,Stephens CT,de Bruijn FJ

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00