Styrofoam cup-membrane assembly for studying microorganism-root interactions.

abstract：:Six strains of a new species, Legionella sainthelensi, were isolated from freshwater in areas affected by the volcanic eruptions of Mt. St. Helens in the state of Washington. Strains of L. sainthelensi are culturally and biochemically similar to other legionellae. They grow on buffered charcoal yeast agar but not on m...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Campbell J,Bibb WF,Lambert MA,Eng S,Steigerwalt AG,Allard J,Moss CW,Brenner DJ

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Searles Lake occupies a closed basin harboring salt-saturated, alkaline brines that have exceptionally high concentrations of arsenic oxyanions. Strain SLAS-1(T) was previously isolated from Searles Lake (R. S. Oremland, T. R. Kulp, J. Switzer Blum, S. E. Hoeft, S. Baesman, L. G. Miller, and J. F. Stolz, Science 308:1...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Blum JS,Han S,Lanoil B,Saltikov C,Witte B,Tabita FR,Langley S,Beveridge TJ,Jahnke L,Oremland RS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gut microbiota is a diverse and dynamic ecological community that is increasingly recognized to play important roles in host metabolic, immunological, and behavioral functioning. As such, identifying new routes for manipulating the microbiota may provide valuable additional methods for improving host health. Dieta...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Reese AT,Carmody RN

更新日期：2019-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Two constructs derived from the alpha-amylase gene (amyA) of Lactobacillus amylovorus were expressed in Lactobacillus plantarum, and their expression products were purified, characterized, and compared. These products correspond to the complete (AmyA) and truncated (AmyADelta) forms of alpha-amylase; AmyADelta lacks t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rodriguez Sanoja R,Morlon-Guyot J,Jore J,Pintado J,Juge N,Guyot JP

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven Azospirillum strains induced more deformation of root hairs of wheat than did strains of Rhizobium leguminosarum, Azotobacter chroococcum, or Escherichia coli. Azospirillum sp. strain Sp245 caused the most deformation. Strain Sp245 (isolated from surface sterile roots of wheat) and strain Sp7 (isolated from the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jain DK,Patriquin DG

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant plasmids containing fusion proteins composed of two different modules were constructed and expressed in Escherichia coli. The modules encoded the lactase LacA (LacZ) from the thermophilic bacterium Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus and the cellulase CelD, a cellulose-binding module (CBM) from Anaerocellum the...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Velikodvorskaya GA,Tikhonova TV,Gurvits ID,Karyagina AS,Lavrova NV,Sergienko OV,Tashlitskii VN,Lunina NA,Lunin VG

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence and distribution of magnetotactic bacteria (MB) were studied as a function of the physical and chemical conditions in meromictic Salt Pond, Falmouth, Mass., throughout summer 2002. Three dominant MB morphotypes were observed to occur within the chemocline. Small microaerophilic magnetite-producing cocci...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Simmons SL,Sievert SM,Frankel RB,Bazylinski DA,Edwards KJ

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolation of amoebae from the surface and internal tissues of edible mushrooms was investigated. Samples tested over a 3-year period included mushrooms cultivated from six geographic localities. Of 168 mushroom surfaces tested, 161 (96%) yielded amoebae. Of 166 samples of internal stalk and cap tissues tested, only 1 ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Napolitano JJ

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rates of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), formate, and acetate mineralization and/or assimilation were determined in 13 high-temperature (>73 °C) hot springs in Yellowstone National Park (YNP), Wyoming, in order to evaluate the relative importance of these substrates in supporting microbial metabolism. While 9 of the...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Urschel MR,Kubo MD,Hoehler TM,Peters JW,Boyd ES

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Agrobacterium tumefaciens, the balance between acquiring enough iron and avoiding iron-induced toxicity is regulated in part by Fur (ferric uptake regulator). A fur mutant was constructed to address the physiological role of the regulator. Atypically, the mutant did not show alterations in the levels of siderophore...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kitphati W,Ngok-Ngam P,Suwanmaneerat S,Sukchawalit R,Mongkolsuk S

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymatic production of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) has gained interest in recent years, as FDCA is a renewable precursor of poly(ethylene-2,5-furandicarboxylate) (PEF). 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural oxidases (HMFOs) form a flavoenzyme family with genes annotated in a dozen bacte...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Viñambres M,Espada M,Martínez AT,Serrano A

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The accurate description of a microbial community is an important first step in understanding the roles of its components in ecosystem function. A method for surveying microbial communities termed serial analysis of rRNA genes (SARD) is described here. Through a series of molecular cloning steps, short DNA sequence ta...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ashby MN,Rine J,Mongodin EF,Nelson KE,Dimster-Denk D

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the inactivation of human norovirus (HuNoV) GI.1 and GII.4 by chlorine under conditions mimicking sewage treatment. Using a porcine gastric mucin-magnetic bead (PGM-MB) assay, no statistically significant loss in HuNoV binding (inactivation) was observed for secondary effluent treatments of ≤25 ppm...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kingsley DH,Fay JP,Calci K,Pouillot R,Woods J,Chen H,Niemira BA,Van Doren JM

更新日期：2017-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of research exploring the feasibility of using antibody fragments to inhibit the growth of organisms implicated in dandruff, we isolated antibody fragments that bind to a cell surface protein of Malassezia furfur in the presence of shampoo. We found that phage display of llama single-domain antibody fragments ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dolk E,van der Vaart M,Lutje Hulsik D,Vriend G,de Haard H,Spinelli S,Cambillau C,Frenken L,Verrips T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Safe and effective nuclear waste disposal, as well as accidental radionuclide releases, necessitates our understanding of the fate of radionuclides in the environment, including their interaction with microorganisms. We examined the sorption of Pu(IV) and Pu(V) to Pseudomonas sp. strain EPS-1W, an aerobic bacterium is...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Boggs MA,Jiao Y,Dai Z,Zavarin M,Kersting AB

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Mexico is located in a transition zone between the Nearctic and Neotropical biogeographical regions and contains a rich and unique biodiversity. A total of 496 Bacillus thuringiensis strains were isolated from 503 soil samples collected from the five macroregions of the country. The characterization of the strain coll...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bravo A,Sarabia S,Lopez L,Ontiveros H,Abarca C,Ortiz A,Ortiz M,Lina L,Villalobos FJ,Peña G,Nuñez-Valdez ME,Soberón M,Quintero R

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotavirus virus-like particles (VLPs) and MS2 bacteriophages were bioaccumulated in bivalve mollusks to evaluate viral persistence in shellfish during depuration and relaying under natural conditions. Using this nonpathogenic surrogate virus, we were able to demonstrate that about 1 log10 of VLPs was depurated after 1...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Loisy F,Atmar RL,Le Saux JC,Cohen J,Caprais MP,Pommepuy M,Le Guyader FS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A culture-independent method called mRNA profiling has been developed for the analysis of fecal enterobacteria and their physiological status in environmental samples. This taxon-specific approach determines the single-cell content of selected gene transcripts whose abundance is either directly or inversely proportion...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chen H,Ponniah G,Salonen N,Blum P

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xenorhabdus nematophila, a bacterium pathogenic for insects associated with the nematode Steinernema carpocapsae, releases high quantities of proteases, which may participate in the virulence against insects. Zymogram assays and cross-reactions of antibodies suggested that two distinct proteases were present. The majo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Caldas C,Cherqui A,Pereira A,Simões N

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of fixation on the cell volume of marine heterotrophic nanoflagellates and planktonic ciliates were investigated. Decreases in cell volume depended on the combination of the protozoan taxa and the particular fixative. For a particular fixative and protozoan species, degree of shrinkage was independent of p...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Choi JW,Stoecker DK

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus niger JTS 191 was selected from many microorganisms tested as capable of converting ionones to other compounds having aromas. The individual transformation products from beta-ionone were isolated and identified by comparison with synthetically derived compounds. The major products were (R)-4-hydroxy-beta-i...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mikami Y,Fukunaga Y,Arita M,Kisaki T

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report that two species of basidiomycete fungi (Polyporus versicolor and Poria monticola) grow in minimal liquid or solid medium when supplemented with crushed lignite coal. The fungi also grow directly on crushed lignite coal. The growth of both fungi was observed qualitatively as the production and extension of h...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cohen MS,Gabriele PD

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Francisella tularensis is found in a wide variety of hosts and extrahost environments, making culture recovery a diagnostic challenge. Here we demonstrate improved recovery times and good sensitivity (90%) when cultures were inoculated on the site of an investigation using fresh tissues. For contaminated specimens, an...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Petersen JM,Schriefer ME,Gage KL,Montenieri JA,Carter LG,Stanley M,Chu MC

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrolytic extracellular enzymes degrading host tissues potentially play a role in bacterial pathogenesis. Flavobacterium psychrophilum is an important bacterial pathogen of salmonid fish reared in freshwater throughout the world. Diversity among isolates has been described at the phenotypic, serological, and genomic ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rochat T,Pérez-Pascual D,Nilsen H,Carpentier M,Bridel S,Bernardet JF,Duchaud E

更新日期：2019-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Maximum yields of amylase were produced by the thermophilic actinomycete Thermomonospora viridis in a modified Simpson and McCoy medium containing 1.5% corn starch and 0.5% mycological peptone with an initial pH 7.0. Best yields of amylase were obtained after incubation for 48 h, when the pH of the medium had risen to...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Upton ME,Fogarty WM

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stachybotrys atra is the etiologic agent of stachybotryotoxicosis, and this fungus and its trichothecene mycotoxins were recently implicated in an outbreak of unexplained illness in homes. S. atra was grown on sterile rice, autoclaved, dried, and then aerosolized by acoustic vibration. The distribution of particles (m...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sorenson WG,Frazer DG,Jarvis BB,Simpson J,Robinson VA

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symbiotic microorganisms have been found in the hemolymph (blood) of many aquatic invertebrates, such as crabs, shrimp, and oysters. Hemolymph is a critical site in the host immune response. Currently, studies on hemolymph microorganisms are mostly performed with culture-dependent strategies using selective media (e.g...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zhang X,Sun Z,Zhang X,Zhang M,Li S

更新日期：2018-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Listeria app, isolated from 13 of 129 (10%) corn silage samples, 21 of 76 (28%) hay silage samples, and 3 of 5 (60%) grass silage samples during a previous Vermont survey were subjected to automated ribotype (RT) analysis. The 13 positive corn silage samples contained 3 Listeria monocytogenes isolated (three RTs, incl...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ryser ET,Arimi SM,Donnelly CW

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious salmon anemia (ISA) is a serious disease of marine-farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) caused by ISA virus (ISAV), belonging to the genus Isavirus, family Orthomyxoviridae. There is an urgent need to understand the virulence factors and pathogenic mechanisms of ISAV and to develop new vaccine approaches. U...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Toro-Ascuy D,Tambley C,Beltran C,Mascayano C,Sandoval N,Olivares E,Medina RA,Spencer E,Cortez-San Martín M

更新日期：2015-02-01 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