Purification and characterization of two alpha-L-arabinofuranosidases from Streptomyces diastaticus.

abstract：:The application of whole cells containing cytochrome P-450BM-3 monooxygenase [EC 1.14.14.1] for the bioconversion of long-chain saturated fatty acids to omega-1, omega-2, and omega-3 hydroxy fatty acids was investigated. We utilized pentadecanoic acid and studied its conversion to a mixture of 12-, 13-, and 14-hydroxy...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schneider S,Wubbolts MG,Sanglard D,Witholt B

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wieners and sausages were prepared which contained the most heat-tolerant representative of the Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare complex we were able to obtain. They also were prepared with infected tissues obtained from tuberculous swine. Processing conditions were as varied as possible. Neither incor...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Merkal RS,Crawford JA,Whipple DL

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological succession that occurs during the first year of life in the gut of infants in Western countries is broadly predictable in terms of the increasing complexity of the composition of microbiotas. Less information is available about microbiotas in Asian countries, where environmental, nutritional, and cultur...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lawley B,Otal A,Moloney-Geany K,Diana A,Houghton L,Heath AM,Taylor RW,Tannock GW

更新日期：2019-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Stepwise deletions in the only plasmid in Thermus thermophilus HB27, megaplasmid pTT27, showed that two distantly located loci were important for maintenance of the plasmid. One is a minimum replicon including one gene, repT, coding a replication initiator, and the other encodes subunits of class I ribonucleotide redu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ohtani N,Tomita M,Itaya M

更新日期：2015-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Values of Delta(34)S (=delta(34)S(HS)-delta(34)S(SO(4)), where delta(34)S(HS) and delta(34)S(SO(4)) indicate the differences in the isotopic compositions of the HS(-) and SO(4)(2-) in the eluent, respectively) for many modern marine sediments are in the range of -55 to -75 per thousand, much greater than the -2 to -46...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Davidson MM,Bisher ME,Pratt LM,Fong J,Southam G,Pfiffner SM,Reches Z,Onstott TC

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae identification based on molecular sequence data has been hampered by a lack of sequence variation from the closely related Vibrio mimicus. The two species share many genes coding for proteins, such as ctxAB, and show almost identical 16S DNA coding for rRNA (rDNA) sequences. Primers targeting conserved...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chun J,Huq A,Colwell RR

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoids are 15-carbon plant secondary metabolites exuded in the rhizosphere that hosts several flavonoid-degrading bacteria. We studied flavonoid catabolism in a plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial strain of Pseudomonas by using a combination of biochemical and genetic approaches. Transposants carrying mini-Tn5gf...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pillai BV,Swarup S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several anaerobic bacteria isolated from the sediments of Contrary Creek, an iron-rich environment, produced magnetite when cultured in combinations but not when cultured alone in synthetic iron oxyhydroxide medium. When glucose was added as a carbon source, the pH of the medium decreased (to 5.5) and no magnetite was...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bell PE,Mills AL,Herman JS

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short-chain-length-medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates were synthesized in Saccharomyces cerevisiae from intermediates of the beta-oxidation cycle by expressing the polyhydroxyalkanoate synthases from Aeromonas caviae and Ralstonia eutropha in the peroxisomes. The quantity of polymer produced was increased by us...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： De Oliveira VC,Maeda I,Delessert S,Poirier Y

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diploscapter, a thermotolerant, free-living soil bacterial-feeding nematode commonly found in compost, sewage, and agricultural soil in the United States, was studied to determine its potential role as a vehicle of Salmonella enterica serotype Poona, enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Listeria monocytogen...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gibbs DS,Anderson GL,Beuchat LR,Carta LK,Williams PL

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three species of saltmarsh ascomycetes were grown in the presence of all of the constituents of their natural substrate (leaves of cordgrass) or were presented only with aqueous extracts of the leaves. These two growth-condition treatments had no significant effect on total ergosterol content of the fungal mycelia, co...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Newell SY

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA dot blot hybridizations with a cryV-specific probe and a cryI-specific probe were performed to screen 24 Bacillus thuringiensis strains for their cryV-type (lepidopteran- and coleopteran-specific) and cryI-type (lepidopteran-specific) insecticidal crystal protein gene contents, respectively. The cryV-specific prob...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Shin BS,Park SH,Choi SK,Koo BT,Lee ST,Kim JI

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relatedness between Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris and L. lactis subsp. lactis was assessed by Southern hybridization analysis, with cloned chromosomal genes as probes. The results indicate that strains of the two subspecies form two distinct groups and that the DNA sequence divergence between L. lactis subsp. lac...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Godon JJ,Delorme C,Ehrlich SD,Renault P

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerobic, glucose-limited chemostat cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CEN.PK113-7D were grown with different nitrogen sources. Cultures grown with phenylalanine, leucine, or methionine as a nitrogen source contained high levels of the corresponding fusel alcohols and organic acids, indicating activity of the Ehrlich...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vuralhan Z,Luttik MA,Tai SL,Boer VM,Morais MA,Schipper D,Almering MJ,Kötter P,Dickinson JR,Daran JM,Pronk JT

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple microplate method was devised to assay spore production by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides by growing the fungus on 1 ml of solid media in the wells of tissue culture plates. Growth and sporulation on microplates were compared at days 4 and 8 with growth and sporulation in 100-ml liquid batch cultures that inv...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Slade SJ,Harris RF,Smith CS,Andrews JH,Nordheim EV

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed at investigating the antifungal activity of Wickerhamomyces anomalus and sourdough lactic acid bacteria to extend the shelf life of wheat flour bread. The antifungal activity was assayed by agar diffusion, growth rate inhibition, and conidial germination assays, using Penicillium roqueforti DPPMAF1 as...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Coda R,Cassone A,Rizzello CG,Nionelli L,Cardinali G,Gobbetti M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soils contain a tangle of minerals, water, nutrients, gases, plant roots, decaying organic matter, and microorganisms which work together to cycle nutrients and support terrestrial plant growth. Most soil microorganisms live in periodically interconnected communities closely associated with soil aggregates, i.e., smal...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wilpiszeski RL,Aufrecht JA,Retterer ST,Sullivan MB,Graham DE,Pierce EM,Zablocki OD,Palumbo AV,Elias DA

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the complex microecology and microenvironment of dental plaque, novel caries prevention strategies require modulating the microbial communities ecologically and reducing the cariogenic properties effectively. Antimicrobial peptide GH12 reduced the lactic acid production and exopolysaccharide (EPS) synthesis of ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jiang W,Wang Y,Luo J,Chen X,Zeng Y,Li X,Feng Z,Zhang L

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The key enzymes and pathways involved in polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biosynthesis in haloarchaea have been identified in recent years, but the haloarchaeal enzymes for PHA degradation remain unknown. In this study, a patatin-like PHA depolymerase, PhaZh1, was determined to be located on the PHA granules in the haloarch...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Liu G,Hou J,Cai S,Zhao D,Cai L,Han J,Zhou J,Xiang H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary sewage effluent containing about 3 X 10(4) plaque-forming units of polio virus type 1 (LSc) per ml was passed through columns 250 cm in length packed with calcareous sand from an area in the Salt River bed used for ground-water recharge of secondary sewage effluent. Viruses were not detected in 1-ml samples ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lance JC,Gerba CP,Melnick JL

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine enteroviruses belong to the family Picornaviridae. Little is known about their pathogenic potential; however, they cause asymptomatic infections in cattle and are excreted in feces. In the present study, viruses isolated from environmental samples were sequenced. According to phylogenetic analyses and standard ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Shaukat S,Angez M,Alam MM,Sharif S,Khurshid A,Malik F,Rana MS,Mahmood T,Zaidi SS

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitic chytrid fungi can inflict significant mortality on cyanobacteria but frequently fail to keep cyanobacterial dominance and bloom formation in check. Our study tested whether oligopeptide production, a common feature in many cyanobacteria, can be a defensive mechanism against chytrid parasitism. The study empl...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rohrlack T,Christiansen G,Kurmayer R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assay has been developed to detect bacterial glycosidases in colonies grown on the surface of agar plates. Advantages of this technique over previously described methods include elimination of the need for replica plating, better visualization of chromagenic reaction products, and a simple permeabilization step to ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Paoni NF,Arroyo RL

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimations of the bacterial content of air can be more easily made now than a decade ago, with colony formation the method of choice for enumeration of airborne bacteria. However, plate counts are subject to error because bacteria exposed to the air may remain viable yet lose the ability to form colonies, i.e., they ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Heidelberg JF,Shahamat M,Levin M,Rahman I,Stelma G,Grim C,Colwell RR

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azospirillum is a rhizobacterial genus containing plant growth-promoting species associated with different crops worldwide. Azospirillum brasilense strains exhibit a growth-promoting effect by means of phytohormone production and possibly by N2 fixation. However, one of the most important factors for achieving an incr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Stets MI,Alqueres SM,Souza EM,Pedrosa Fde O,Schmid M,Hartmann A,Cruz LM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NAD and its reduced form NADH function as essential redox cofactors and have major roles in determining cellular metabolic features. NAD can be synthesized through the deamidated and amidated pathways, for which the key reaction involves adenylylation of nicotinic acid mononucleotide (NaMN) and nicotinamide mononucleo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang X,Zhou YJ,Wang L,Liu W,Liu Y,Peng C,Zhao ZK

更新日期：2017-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Facultative endosymbionts can benefit insect hosts in a variety of ways, including context-dependent roles, such as providing defense against pathogens. The role of some symbionts in defense may be overlooked, however, when pathogen infection is transient, sporadic, or asymptomatic. The facultative endosymbiont Ricket...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hendry TA,Hunter MS,Baltrus DA

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to identify the origin of the fecal contamination observed in French estuaries, two library-independent microbial source tracking (MST) methods were selected: (i) Bacteroidales host-specific 16S rRNA gene markers and (ii) F-specific RNA bacteriophage genotyping. The specificity of the Bacteroidales markers wa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gourmelon M,Caprais MP,Ségura R,Le Mennec C,Lozach S,Piriou JY,Rincé A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodococcus erythropolis BG43 is able to degrade the Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing signal molecules PQS (Pseudomonas quinolone signal) [2-heptyl-3-hydroxy-4(1H)-quinolone] and HHQ [2-heptyl-4(1H)-quinolone] to anthranilic acid. Based on the hypothesis that degradation of HHQ might involve hydroxylation to PQS ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Müller C,Birmes FS,Rückert C,Kalinowski J,Fetzner S

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation of auxotrophic mutants, which is a prerequisite for a substantial genetic analysis and metabolic engineering of obligate methylotrophs, remains a rather complicated task. We describe a novel method of constructing mutants of the bacterium Methylophilus methylotrophus AS1 that are auxotrophic for aromatic...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yomantas YA,Tokmakova IL,Gorshkova NV,Abalakina EG,Kazakova SM,Gak ER,Mashko SV

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00