Rates of mineralization of trace concentrations of aromatic compounds in lake water and sewage samples.

abstract：:Thiosulfate dehydrogenase is known to play a significant role in thiosulfate oxidation in the acidophilic, obligately chemolithoautotroph, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Enzyme activity measured using ferricyanide as the electron acceptor was detected in cell extracts of A. ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 grown on tetrathion...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kikumoto M,Nogami S,Kanao T,Takada J,Kamimura K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low levels of tetracyclines found as residues in milk inhibited the biosynthesis of beta-galactosidase in Escherichia coli. To produce the same effect, other antibacterials had to occur in concentrations that were more than 10-fold higher. This relative selectivity was exploited for the development of a screening test...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： D'Haese E,Nelis HJ,Reybroeck W

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spore-forming Bacillus strains that produce extracellular poly-γ-glutamic acid were screened for their application to natto (fermented soybean food) fermentation. Among the 424 strains, including Bacillus subtilis and B. amyloliquefaciens, which we isolated from rice straw, 59 were capable of fermenting natto. Biotin ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kubo Y,Rooney AP,Tsukakoshi Y,Nakagawa R,Hasegawa H,Kimura K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nonlinear thermal inactivation of Aspergillus niger spores in phosphate-citrate buffer was studied. The thermal inactivation pattern of the spore consisted of a shoulder, an accelerated decline, and a tail at various constant temperatures around 60 degrees C. The pattern fitted a thermotolerant subpopulation model...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fujikawa H,Itoh T

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA was degraded at 60 degrees C for 24 h by halophilic nuclease H in supernatants from broth cultures of Micrococcus varians subsp. halophilus containing 12% NaCl. Since contaminating 5'-nucleotidase exhibited almost no activity under these conditions, the 5'-GMP formed could be recovered from the reaction mixture, a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kamekura M,Hamakawa T,Onishi H

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We modeled mold growth on a solid culture medium at various temperatures and NaCl concentrations by using five common food spoilage molds (Penicillium roqueforti, Trichoderma harzianum, Paecilomyces variotii, Aspergillus niger, and Emericella nidulans). For the description of the growth rate (expressed as the increase...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cuppers HG,Oomes S,Brul S

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several transposable elements were isolated from the genome of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. These elements and an avirulence gene isolated from X. oryzae pv. oryzae were used as hybridization probes for a collection of X. oryzae pv. oryzae strains from the Philippines. Each of the sequences was present in multiple c...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nelson RJ,Baraoidan MR,Cruz CM,Yap IV,Leach JE,Mew TW,Leung H

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:O island 48 (OI-48) of Escherichia coli consists of three functional gene clusters that encode urease, tellurite resistance (Te(r)), and putative adhesins Iha and AIDA-1. The functions of these clusters in enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) O157:H7 infection are unknown. Deletion mutants for these three regions were con...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yin X,Wheatcroft R,Chambers JR,Liu B,Zhu J,Gyles CL

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adhesion of Pseudomonas fluorescens (ATCC 17552) to nonpolarized and negatively polarized thin films of gold was studied in situ by contrast microscopy using a thin-film electrochemical flow cell. The influence of the electrochemical potential was evaluated at two different ionic strengths (0.01 and 0.1 M NaCl; pH...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Busalmen JP,de Sánchez SR

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus are naturally occurring estuarine bacteria and are the leading causes of seafood-associated infections and mortality in the United States. Though multiple-antibiotic-resistant V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus strains have been reported, resistance patterns in vibrios ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Elmahdi S,Parveen S,Ossai S,DaSilva LV,Jahncke M,Bowers J,Jacobs J

更新日期：2018-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A point mutation (E115K) resulting in slower growth of Escherichia coli DH5alpha and XL1-Blue in minimal media was identified in the purB gene, coding for adenylosuccinate lyase (ASL), through complementation with an E. coli K-12 genomic library and serial subcultures. Chromosomal modification reversing the mutation t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jung SC,Smith CL,Lee KS,Hong ME,Kweon DH,Stephanopoulos G,Jin YS

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gram-negative bacterium which hydrolyzed aryl N-methylcarbamate insecticides was isolated from an agricultural soil which quickly degraded these pesticides. This organism, designated strain ER2, grew on carbofuran as a sole source of carbon and nitrogen with a doubling time of 3 h in a mineral salts medium. The arom...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Topp E,Hanson RS,Ringelberg DB,White DC,Wheatcroft R

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiplex fluorogenic PCR assay for simultaneous detection of pathogenic Salmonella strains and Escherichia coli O157:H7 was developed and evaluated for use in detecting very low levels of these pathogens in meat and feces. Two sets of primers were used to amplify a junctional segment of virulence genes sipB and sip...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sharma VK,Carlson SA

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lysogenic bacteriophage APSE infects "Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa," a facultative endosymbiont of aphids and other sap-feeding insects. This endosymbiont has established a beneficial association with aphids, increasing survivorship following attack by parasitoid wasps. Although APSE and "Ca. Hamiltonella defen...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Degnan PH,Moran NA

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:A method to detect viable Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts was developed. Polyclonal immunoglobulin G against C. parvum oocyst and sporozoite surface antigens was purified from rabbit immune serum, biotinylated, and bound to streptoavidin-coated magnetic particles. C. parvum oocysts were captured by a specific antigen-a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Deng MQ,Cliver DO,Mariam TW

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protocol was developed to detect bacteria inhabiting microarthropods by means of small-subunit rRNA-targeted fluorescence in situ hybridization and microscopy. The protocol is based on cryosections of whole specimens. In contrast to more commonly applied paraffin-embedding techniques, the protocol is quicker and red...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Thimm T,Tebbe CC

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Killer toxin activity of Pichia anomala WC65 appeared fungicidal for P. bimundalis WC38 and fungistatic for Candida albicans RC1. Inhibitory activity against sensitive C. albicans showed a linear relationship between toxin concentrations and the inverse of the reduced growth rates. The plot of toxin concentrations aga...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sawant AD,Abdelal AT,Ahearn DG

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory-scale soil microcosms containing different soils were permeated with CH(inf4) for up to 6 months to investigate their capacity to develop a methanotrophic community. Methane emissions were monitored continuously until steady states were established. The porous, coarse sand soil developed the greatest methan...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kightley D,Nedwell DB,Cooper M

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal variation in the phylogenetic composition of Synechococcus assemblages in estuarine and coastal waters of Hong Kong was examined through pyrosequencing of the rpoC1 gene. Sixteen samples were collected in 2009 from two stations representing estuarine and ocean-influenced coastal waters, respectively. Synechoc...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Xia X,Vidyarathna NK,Palenik B,Lee P,Liu H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of uptake of propanoic acid and the cell dimensions were measured for 23 yeasts differing in their resistance to weak-acid-type preservatives. Relationships between reciprocal uptake rate, reciprocal permeability, cell volume, cell area, volume/area, and the MICs of benzoic acid and propanoic acid for the yea...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Warth AD

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses are now recognized as a key component in pelagic systems, but their role in marine sediment has yet to be assessed. In this study bacterial and viral densities were determined at nine deep-sea stations selected from three main sites (i.e., the Sporades Basin, the Cretan Sea, and the Ierapetra Trench at depths ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Danovaro R,Serresi M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), produced by neurotoxigenic clostridia, is the most potent biological toxin known and the causative agent of the paralytic disease botulism. The nutritional, environmental, and genetic regulation of BoNT synthesis, activation, stability, and toxin complex (TC) formation is not well studied....

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fredrick CM,Lin G,Johnson EA

更新日期：2017-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Bactericidal actions of the silver ion on Escherichia coli as a model microorganism were studied using energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM), two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE), and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). EFTEM observations d...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yamanaka M,Hara K,Kudo J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast extract agar, pork infusion agar, and modifications of these media were used to recover heated Clostridium botulinum spores. The D- and z-values were determined. Two type A strains and one type B strain of C. botulinum were studied. In all cases the D-values were largest when the spores were recovered in yeast e...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Odlaug TE,Pflug IJ

更新日期：1977-10-01 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 kinetics of oxygen reduction by Desulfovibrio salexigens Mast1 and the role of polyglucose in this activity were examined and compared with those of strains of D. desulfuricans and D. gigas. Oxidation rates were highest at air saturation (up to 40 nmol of O(2) min mg of protein) and declined with decreasing oxygen...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： van Niel EW,Gottschal JC

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PhiHAU8, a temperate Micromonospora phage, which is capable of infecting Micromonospora sp. strains 40027 and A-M-01, was isolated. The PhiHAU8 virion has a polyhedral head and a flexible tail and has a small genome (ca. 42.5 kb) with double-stranded DNA and cohesive ends. PhiHAU8 was most stable at 4 degrees C in Dif...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Li X,Zhou X,Deng Z

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two genes involved in aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) biosynthesis in Aspergillus parasiticus, nor-1 and ver-1, were localized to a 35-kb region on one A. parasiticus chromosome and to the genomic DNA fragment carried on a single cosmid, NorA. A physical and transcriptional map of the 35-kb genomic DNA insert in cosmid NorA was p...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Trail F,Mahanti N,Rarick M,Mehigh R,Liang SH,Zhou R,Linz JE

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidium is a genus of waterborne protozoan parasites that causes significant gastrointestinal disease in humans. These parasites can accumulate in environmental biofilms and be subsequently released to contaminate water supplies. Natural microbial assemblages were collected each season from an eastern Pennsylv...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wolyniak EA,Hargreaves BR,Jellison KL

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00