Role of chemotaxis in the ecology of denitrifiers.

abstract：:The 10-mer primer OPM-01 (5'-GTT GGT GGC T-3') was used to generate random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) profiles by polymerase chain reaction for 91 strains of Listeria monocytogenes from raw milk, food, and veterinary, medical, and food-environmental sources. The profiles obtained contained 1 to 10 bands w...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lawrence LM,Harvey J,Gilmour A

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of genes encoding polyamine transporters from plasmids and polyamine supplements increased furfural tolerance (growth and ethanol production) in ethanologenic Escherichia coli LY180 (in AM1 mineral salts medium containing xylose). This represents a new approach to increase furfural tolerance and may be usef...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Geddes RD,Wang X,Yomano LP,Miller EN,Zheng H,Shanmugam KT,Ingram LO

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolates of Escherichia coli belonging to clonal group A (CGA), a recently described disseminated cause of drug-resistant urinary tract infections in humans, were present in four of seven sewage effluents collected from geographically dispersed areas of the United States. All 15 CGA isolates (1% of the 1,484 isolates ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Boczek LA,Rice EW,Johnston B,Johnson JR

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Submicronic fungal fragments have been observed in in vitro aerosolization experiments. The occurrence of these particles has therefore been suggested to contribute to respiratory health problems observed in mold-contaminated indoor environments. However, the role of submicronic fragments in exacerbating adverse healt...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Afanou KA,Straumfors A,Skogstad A,Nayak AP,Skaar I,Hjeljord L,Tronsmo A,Eduard W,Green BJ

更新日期：2015-09-01 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 possible origin of beef contamination and genetic diversity of Escherichia coli populations in beef cattle, on carcasses and ground beef, was examined by using random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis of the fliC gene. E. coli was recovered...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Aslam M,Nattress F,Greer G,Yost C,Gill C,McMullen L

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobic incubation of membrane filter cultures significantly enhanced detection of fecal coliforms in surface-water samples from recreational beaches. In contrast to standard aerobic incubation, anaerobic incubation suppressed overgrowth of masking, noncoliform bacteria but did not increase the frequency of fecal co...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Doyle JD,Tunnicliff B,Brickler SK,Kramer RE,Sinclair NA

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Application of a mycorrhizal inoculum could be one way to increase the yield of rice plants and reduce the application of fertilizer. We therefore studied arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in the roots of wetland rice (Oryza sativa L.) collected at the seedling, tillering, heading, and ripening stages in four paddy w...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Li T,Li Y,Björn LO,Rosendahl S,Olsson PA,Li S,Fu X

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A membrane filter technique has been developed for the enumeration of bifidobacteria in natural aquatic environments. The technique is quantitative, selective, and differential. The medium (YN-6) contains: yeast extract, 2.0 g; agar, 1.5 g; polypeptone peptone, 1.0 g; vitamin-free Casamino Acids, 0.8 g; sodium chlorid...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Resnick IG,Levin MA

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six laboratories actively involved in water virology research participated in a methods evaluation study, conducted under the auspices of the American Society for Testing and Materials Committee on Viruses in the Aquatic Environment, Task Force on Drinking Water. Each participant was asked to examine the Viradel (viru...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Melnick JL,Safferman R,Rao VC,Goyal S,Berg G,Dahling DR,Wright BA,Akin E,Stetler R,Sorber C

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utilization by Alcaligenes faecalis of electrodes as the electron donor for denitrification was investigated in this study. The denitrification rate of A. faecalis with a poised potential was greatly enhanced compared with that of the controls without poised potentials. For nitrate reduction, although A. faecalis ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang X,Yu P,Zeng C,Ding H,Li Y,Wang C,Lu A

更新日期：2015-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of DNA photoproducts in organisms exposed to ambient levels of UV-B radiation can lead to death and/or reduced population growth in aquatic systems. Dependence on photoenzymatic repair to reverse DNA damage caused by UV-B radiation is demonstrated for Paraphysomonas sp., a member of a widely distributed ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Macaluso AL,Mitchell DL,Sanders RW

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：:In light of recent proposals that iron (Fe) availability may play an important role in controlling oceanic primary production and nutrient flux, its regulatory impact on N(2) fixation and production dynamics was investigated in the widespread and biogeochemically important diazotrophic, planktonic cyanobacteria Tricho...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Paerl HW,Prufert-Bebout LE,Guo C

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of water activity (aw, 0.955 to 0.970), pH (4.75 to 5.75), and storage time (up to 60 days) on toxin production by Clostridium botulinum in cooked, vacuum-packed potatoes were studied by using factorial design experiments and most-probable-number methodology. Samples were inoculated with 10(3), 10(4), or 1...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dodds KL

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of and production of protease, alpha-amylase, alpha-galactosidase, and lipase by Actinomucor taiwanensis in relation to temperature and relative humidity during the preparation of sufu (Chinese cheese) pehtze were investigated. The incubation temperature, humidity, and cultivation time greatly affected the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chou CC,Ho FM,Tsai CS

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus, which are native to estuaries globally, are agents of seafood-borne or wound infections, both potentially fatal. Like all vibrios autochthonous to coastal regions, their abundance varies with changes in environmental parameters. Sea surface temperature (SST), sea surface ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Johnson CN,Bowers JC,Griffitt KJ,Molina V,Clostio RW,Pei S,Laws E,Paranjpye RN,Strom MS,Chen A,Hasan NA,Huq A,Noriea NF 3rd,Grimes DJ,Colwell RR

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental and in silico PCR analysis targeting ISAba11 and TnAbaR islands in 196 epidemiologically unrelated Acinetobacter strains representative of ≥19 species were performed. The first two Acinetobacter baumannii ISAba11 elements identified had been found to map to the same site on TnAbaR transposons. However, no...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rieck B,Tourigny DS,Crosatti M,Schmid R,Kochar M,Harrison EM,Ou HY,Turton JF,Rajakumar K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the biological conversion of nitrite to nitrate is a well-known process, studies of Nitrobacter populations are hindered by their physiological characteristics. This report describes a new method for detecting and counting Nitrobacter populations in situ with the PCR. Two primers from the 16S rRNA gene were u...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Degrange V,Bardin R

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Cd2+, Cu2+, Mg2+, and Zn2+ on the decomposition of citric acid by a Klebsiella sp. were studied by monitoring the degradation of [14C]citrate. The carbon concentration used was 10 micrograms of C liter-1, and the media were designed to provide at least 95% of the citrate complexed to the metal studied. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Brynhildsen L,Rosswall T

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellulosomes produced by Clostridium cellulovorans are organized by the specific interactions between the cohesins in the scaffolding proteins and the dockerins of the catalytic components. Using a cohesin biomarker, we identified a cellulosomal enzyme which belongs to the glycosyl hydrolase family 5 and has a dom...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jeon SD,Lee JE,Kim SJ,Park SH,Choi GW,Han SO

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A spontaneous rpsL mutant of Thermus thermophilus was isolated in a search for new selection markers for this organism. This new allele, named rpsL1, encodes a K47R/K57E double mutant S12 ribosomal protein that confers a streptomycin-dependent (SD) phenotype to T. thermophilus. Models built on the available three-dime...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Blas-Galindo E,Cava F,López-Viñas E,Mendieta J,Berenguer J

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultures of 10 different bacteria were used to serve as food sources for axenically grown Acanthamoeba castellanii, Acanthamoeba polyphaga, and Hartmannella vermiformis. The nonpigmented enterobacteriaceae Escherichia coli K-12 and Klebsiella aerogenes appeared to be excellent feed to all three amoebae. Hardly any gro...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Weekers PH,Bodelier PL,Wijen JP,Vogels GD

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In various sediments in which Fe(III) reduction was the terminal electron-accepting process, [C]glucose was fermented to C-fatty acids in a manner similar to that observed in methanogenic sediments. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that, in Fe(III)-reducing sediments, fermentable substrates are oxidize...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lovley DR,Phillips EJ

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A device for sampling at depths of up to 6,000 m is described in which 3 liters of seawater is concentrated over a Nucleopore filter to about 13 ml and retrieved under in situ pressure and temperature. Subsamples can be withdrawn into transfer units that are equipped with individual gas accumulators for preventing los...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jannasch HW,Wirsen CO

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediocin PA-1 is an antimicrobial peptide (called bacteriocin) that shows inhibitory activity against the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. To elucidate which residue(s) is responsible for this function, the antimicrobial activities of pediocin PA-1 mutants were evaluated and compared. Each of the 44 native ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tominaga T,Hatakeyama Y

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aseptic vacuum extraction technique was used to obtain xylem fluid from the roots of rough lemon (Citrus jambhiri Lush.) rootstock of Florida citrus trees. Bacteria were consistently isolated from vascular fluid of both healthy and young tree decline-affected trees. Thirteen genera of bacteria were found, the most ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gardner JM,Feldman AW,Zablotowicz RM

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developing intestinal microbiota of breast-fed infants is considered to play an important role in the priming of the infants' mucosal and systemic immunity. Generally, Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus predominate the microbiota of breast-fed infants. In intervention trials it has been shown that lactobacilli can ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Haarman M,Knol J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA sequence of a 359-bp fragment of nifH was determined for the heterocystous strains Anabaena sp. strain CA (ATCC 33047), Nostoc muscorum UTEX 1933, a Nostoc sp., Gloeothece sp. strain ATCC 27152, Lyngbya lagerheimii UTEX 1930, and Plectonema boryanum IU 594. Results confirmed that the DNA sequence of the 359-bp...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ben-Porath J,Zehr JP

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infection has been increasing; however, the sources of infection remain unclear. Therefore, we investigated the involvement of meat as a possible mediator of CA-MRSA infection. We examined the distribution of MRSA strains in comm...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ogata K,Narimatsu H,Suzuki M,Higuchi W,Yamamoto T,Taniguchi H

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00