Existence of a hydrogen sulfide:ferric ion oxidoreductase in iron-oxidizing bacteria.

abstract：:Cellulosilyticum ruminicola H1 is a newly described bacterium isolated from yak (Bos grunniens) rumen and is characterized by its ability to grow on a variety of hemicelluloses and degrade cellulosic materials. In this study, we performed the whole-genome sequencing of C. ruminicola H1 and observed a comprehensive set...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cai S,Li J,Hu FZ,Zhang K,Luo Y,Janto B,Boissy R,Ehrlich G,Dong X

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene, pfa1, encoding an autotransporter was cloned from a pathogenic Pseudomonas fluorescens strain, TSS, isolated from diseased fish. The expression of pfa1 is enhanced during infection and is regulated by growth phase and growth conditions. Mutation of pfa1 significantly attenuates the overall bacterial virulence ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hu YH,Liu CS,Hou JH,Sun L

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plasmid marker rescue system based on restoration of the nptII gene was established in Streptococcus gordonii to study the transfer of bacterial and transgenic plant DNA by transformation. In vitro studies revealed that the marker rescue efficiency depends on the type of donor DNA. Plasmid and chromosomal DNA of bac...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kharazmi M,Sczesny S,Blaut M,Hammes WP,Hertel C

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius has been described to synthesize trehalose via the maltooligosyltrehalose synthase (TreY) and maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase (TreZ) pathway, and the trehalose glycosyltransferring synthase (TreT) pathway has been predicted. Deletion mutant analysis of strains with si...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Stracke C,Meyer BH,Hagemann A,Jo E,Lee A,Albers SV,Cha J,Bräsen C,Siebers B

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli O157:H7 causes hemorrhagic colitis and life-threatening complications. Because healthy cattle are reservoirs for the bacterium, ruminant infection models have applications in analyzing the relationship between cattle and this human pathogen and in testing interventions to reduce or prevent bovine colo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sheng H,Davis MA,Knecht HJ,Hovde CJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bacterial strain, designated KSM-7358, that can use alpha-cedrene for growth was isolated. The strain was identified as a member of the genus Rhodococcus and catalyzed the novel allylic oxidation of alpha-cedrene regiospecifically to produce (R)-10-hydroxycedrene (sec-cedrenol) with a very high yield. alpha-Curcumen...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Takigawa H,Kubota H,Sonohara H,Okuda M,Tanaka S,Fujikura Y,Ito S

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus thermophilus is a facultative anaerobic bacterium that has the ability to grow and survive in aerobic environments, but the mechanism for this remains unclear. In this study, the efeB gene, encoding a dye-decolorizing peroxidase, was identified in the genome of Streptococcus thermophilus CGMCC 7.179, and...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zhang C,Xin Y,Wang Y,Guo T,Lu S,Kong J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two strains of 1,1,1-trichloroethane (TCA)-degrading bacteria, TA5 and TA27, were isolated from soil and identified as Mycobacterium spp. Strains TA5 and TA27 could degrade 25 and 75 mg. liter of TCA(-1) cometabolically in the presence of ethane as a carbon source, respectively. The compound 2,2,2-trichloroethanol was...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yagi O,Hashimoto A,Iwasaki K,Nakajima M

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactose is the only soluble and economically feasible carbon source for the production of cellulases or heterologous proteins regulated by cellulase expression signals by Hypocrea jecorina (Trichoderma reesei). We investigated the role of the major beta-galactosidase of H. jecorina in lactose metabolism and cellulase ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Seiboth B,Hartl L,Salovuori N,Lanthaler K,Robson GD,Vehmaanperä J,Penttilä ME,Kubicek CP

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterioplankton are fundamental components of marine ecosystems and influence the entire biosphere by contributing to the global biogeochemical cycles of key elements. Yet, there is a significant gap in knowledge about their diversity and specific activities, as well as environmental factors that shape their communit...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Richa K,Balestra C,Piredda R,Benes V,Borra M,Passarelli A,Margiotta F,Saggiomo M,Biffali E,Sanges R,Scanlan DJ,Casotti R

更新日期：2017-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of the fate and transport of biological warfare (BW) agents in landfills requires the development of specific and sensitive detection assays. The objective of the current study was to develop and validate SYBR green quantitative real-time PCR (Q-PCR) assays for the specific detection and quantification of s...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Saikaly PE,Barlaz MA,de Los Reyes FL 3rd

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium acetobutylicum is not able to grow on glycerol as the sole carbon source since it cannot reoxidize the excess of NADH generated by glycerol catabolism. Nevertheless, when the pSPD5 plasmid, carrying the NADH-consuming 1,3-propanediol pathway from C. butyricum VPI 3266, was introduced into C. acetobutylicum...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： González-Pajuelo M,Meynial-Salles I,Mendes F,Soucaille P,Vasconcelos I

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some Listeria monocytogenes internalins are recognized as contributing to invasion of mammalian tissue culture cells. While PrfA is well established as a positive regulator of L. monocytogenes virulence gene expression, the stress-responsive sigma(B) has been recognized only recently as contributing to expression of v...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： McGann P,Wiedmann M,Boor KJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conversion of ochratoxin C to ochratoxin A was studied in rats after oral and intravenous administration. The concentration of ochratoxin A in the blood as a function of time was the same after oral administration of equivalent amounts of either ochratoxin C or ochratoxin A. The maximum ochratoxin A concentrations...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fuchs R,Hult K,Peraica M,Radić B,Plestina R

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spatial and temporal variations in sediment microbial community structure in a eutrophic lake polluted with inorganic mercury were identified using polar lipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis. Microbial community structure was strongly related to mercury methylation potential, sediment organic carbon content, and lake loca...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Macalady JL,Mack EE,Nelson DC,Scow KM

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laying hens were individually caged at 20 weeks of age and tested for fecal excretion of Campylobacter jejuni (minimum level of detection was 100 cfu/g) during a 42-week period. Peak rates of C. jejuni isolation (approximately 25% of hens positive) occurred at two different times, in October and in late April to early...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Doyle MP

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diel nitrogen fixation studies were conducted with assemblages of cyanobacteria sampled from surface blooms on Sanctuary Lake, Pa. The studies were conducted between July and September of 1982 to 1985 by using the acetylene reduction technique. Assemblages with the lowest cell concentrations (0.9 x 10 to 1.0 x 10 cell...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Storch TA,Saunders GW,Ostrofsky ML

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:4-Ethoxy-3-methoxyphenylglycerol-gamma-formyl ester (compound IV) was identified as a degradation product of both 4-ethoxy-3-methoxyphenylglycerol-beta-syringaldehyde ether (compound I) and 4-ethoxy-3-methoxyphenylglycerol-beta-2,6-dimethoxyphenyl ether (compound II) by a ligninolytic culture of Coriolus versicolor. A...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kawai S,Umezawa T,Higuchi T

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:rRNA internal transcribed spacer phylogeny showed that Chesapeake Bay is populated with diverse Synechococcus strains, including members of the poorly studied marine cluster B. Marine cluster B prevailed in the upper bay, while marine cluster A was common in the lower bay. Interestingly, marine cluster B Synechococcus...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chen F,Wang K,Kan J,Suzuki MT,Wommack KE

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 247 clones of 16S rRNA genes from microorganisms captured by 0.2- and 0.1-microm-pore-size filters from sedimentary and granite rock aquifers were amplified and yielded 37 operational taxonomic units (OTUs). Fifteen OTUs captured by 0.1-microm-pore-size filters were affiliated with the candidate divisions O...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Miyoshi T,Iwatsuki T,Naganuma T

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selenoprotein synthesis in Escherichia coli strictly depends on the presence of a specific selenocysteine insertion sequence (SECIS) following the selenocysteine-encoding UGA codon of the respective mRNA. It is recognized by the selenocysteine-specific elongation factor SelB, leading to cotranslational insertion of se...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gursinsky T,Gröbe D,Schierhorn A,Jäger J,Andreesen JR,Söhling B

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AbiV is an abortive infection protein that inhibits the lytic cycle of several virulent phages infecting Lactococcus lactis, while a mutation in the phage gene sav confers insensitivity to AbiV. In this study, we have further characterized the effects of the bacterial AbiV and its interaction with the phage p2 protein...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Haaber J,Samson JE,Labrie SJ,Campanacci V,Cambillau C,Moineau S,Hammer K

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The luminescence signal of luxAB-encoded bacterial luciferase strongly depends on the metabolic state of the host cell, which restricts the use of this reporter system to metabolically active bacteria. Here we show that in stationary-phase cells of Lactococcus lactis, detection of luciferase is significantly improved ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bachmann H,Santos F,Kleerebezem M,van Hylckama Vlieg JE

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current models suggest that (i) filamentous bacteria are protected against predation by nanoflagellates, (ii) prey size is positively correlated with prey-predator contact probability, and (iii) contact probability is mainly responsible for size-selective predation by interception-feeding flagellates. We used five str...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wu QL,Boenigk J,Hahn MW

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic manipulation of the category B select agents Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei has been stifled due to the lack of compliant selectable markers. Hence, there is a need for additional select-agent-compliant selectable markers. We engineered a selectable marker based on the gat gene (encoding gly...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Norris MH,Kang Y,Lu D,Wilcox BA,Hoang TT

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used the technique of waiting time modeling to analyze the combined effects of temperature, pH, carbohydrate, protein, and lipid on the time-to-toxicity of Clostridium botulinum 56A. Waiting time models can be used whenever the time to the occurrence of some event is the variable of interest. In the case of...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schaffner DW,Ross WH,Montville TJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lake Fryxell is a perennially ice-covered lake in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, with a sharp oxycline in a water column that is density stabilized by a gradient in salt concentration. Dissolved oxygen falls from 20 mg liter(-1) to undetectable over one vertical meter from 8.9- to 9.9-m depth. We provide the fir...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jungblut AD,Hawes I,Mackey TJ,Krusor M,Doran PT,Sumner DY,Eisen JA,Hillman C,Goroncy AK

更新日期：2015-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:pBV-1, a recombinant plasmid that contains a chromosomal DNA fragment from Bacteroides vulgatus, hybridized to DNA from B. vulgatus but not to DNA from other colonic Bacteroides species. This plasmid was used as a DNA probe to detect and enumerate B. vulgatus in pure culture, in mixed cultures, and in a bacterial frac...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kuritza AP,Salyers AA

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of the virulence determinants of phytopathogenic Rhodococcus fascians has been hampered by the lack of a system for introducing exogenous DNA. We investigated the possibility of genetic transformation of R. fascians by high-voltage electroporation of intact bacterial cells in the presence of plasmid DNA. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Desomer J,Dhaese P,Montagu MV

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural gene coding for the lysine-sensitive aspartokinase II of the methylotrophic thermotolerant Bacillus sp. strain MGA3 was cloned from a genomic library by complementation of an Escherichia coli auxotrophic mutant lacking all three aspartokinase isozymes. The nucleotide sequence of the entire 2.2-kb PstI f...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schendel FJ,Flickinger MC

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00