Conjugal transfer of a toxin-coding megaplasmid from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis to mosquitocidal strains of Bacillus sphaericus.

abstract：:This study presents population analyses of microbial communities inhabiting a site of extreme acid mine drainage (AMD) production. The site is the inactive underground Richmond mine at Iron Mountain, Calif., where the weathering of a massive sulfide ore body (mostly pyrite) produces solutions with pHs of approximately...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bond PL,Druschel GK,Banfield JF

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genes encoding thermostable alpha- and beta-galactosidases from an extremely thermophilic bacterium, Thermus strain T2, were cloned in Escherichia coli. The alpha-galactosidase gene was located just downstream from the beta-galactosidase gene. The genes were introduced into Thermus thermophilus HB27 with the aid o...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Koyama Y,Okamoto S,Furukawa K

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory-grown strains of chemoautotrophic Thiomicrospira sp. strain L-12 and Thiobacillus neapolitanus produced cell carbon that was 24.6 to 25.1 ppt (24.6 to 25.1 mg/g) lower in C isotope abundance than the ambient source of carbon dioxide and bicarbonate. This degree of C isotope depletion was comparable to that ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ruby EG,Jannasch HW,Deuser WG

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Washed cell suspensions of the facultative methylotroph strain IMB-1 grown on methyl bromide (MeBr) were able to consume methyl chloride (MeCl) and methyl iodide (MeI) as well as MeBr. Consumption of >100 microM MeBr by cells grown on glucose, acetate, or monomethylamine required induction. Induction was inhibited by ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schaefer JK,Oremland RS

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA probes that are specific for each of five predominant species of human colonic Bacteroides (B. thetaiotaomicron, B. uniformis, B. distasonis, "Bacteroides group 3452-A", and B. ovatus) were used to detect and enumerate these species in fecal samples from two adult volunteers. These five species are capable of ferm...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kuritza AP,Shaughnessy P,Salyers AA

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions of soybean with Bradyrhizobium japonicum 123 (serogroup 123) and 138 (serogroup c1) were used to examine the relationship between early infection rates, competition for nodulation, and patterns of nodule occupancy. Both strains formed more infections in autoclaved soil (sterile soil) than in untreated soi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zdor RE,Pueppke SG

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfolobus solfataricus is an aerobic crenarchaeal hyperthermophile with optimum growth at temperatures greater than 80°C and pH 2 to 4. Within the crenarchaeal group of Sulfolobales, N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) has been shown to be a component of exopolysaccharides, forming their biofilms, and of the N-glycan decora...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Iacono R,Strazzulli A,Maurelli L,Curci N,Casillo A,Corsaro MM,Moracci M,Cobucci-Ponzano B

更新日期：2019-01-09 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：:Nonribosomal peptides (NRPs) are a class of secondary metabolites usually produced by microorganisms. They are of paramount importance in different applications, including biocontrol and pharmacy. Brevibacillus spp. are a rich source of NRPs yet have received little attention. In this study, we characterize four novel...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Li Z,de Vries RH,Chakraborty P,Song C,Zhao X,Scheffers DJ,Roelfes G,Kuipers OP

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Fructansucrase enzymes polymerize the fructose moiety of sucrose into levan or inulin fructans, with beta(2-6) and beta(2-1) linkages, respectively. The probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus johnsonii strain NCC 533 possesses a single fructansucrase gene (open reading frame AAS08734) annotated as a putative levansucrase p...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Anwar MA,Kralj S,van der Maarel MJ,Dijkhuizen L

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plant-pathogenic fungus Fusarium oxysporum was successfully transformed with the beta-D-glucuronidase gene from Escherichia coli (gusA) (GUS system) in combination with the gene for nitrate reductase (niaD) as the selectable marker. The frequency of cotransformation, as determined by GUS expression on plates conta...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Couteaudier Y,Daboussi MJ,Eparvier A,Langin T,Orcival J

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of CO2 availability on cell size, shape, and aggregation in continuous cultures of Candida utilis was studied in minimal medium with glucose or ethanol as the sole carbon and energy source. Enrichment with CO2 was achieved (i) by using the substrate with more C atoms, (ii) by using pure oxygen and thus decr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Straskrabová V,Páca J,Králícková E

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selective incorporation of precursors specific for individual fatty acids in germinating and outgrowing spores of Bacillus thuringiensis is described. The specific precursors utilized were [C]butyrate, -isobutyrate, -valerate, and -isovalerate, which were incorporated into even-numbered normal-chain isomers, even-...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nickerson KW,Bulla LA

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two isolates of Neodiprion sertifer (Geoffr.) nuclear polyhedrosis virus from Britain and North America were compared using three biochemical techniques. Alkaline protease assays of polyhedra revealed the presence of endogenous enzyme activity in the British isolate but not in the North American isolate. Sodium dodecy...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Brown DA

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stability of foreign DNA transformed into a novel host is an important parameter in decisions to permit the release of genetically engineered microorganisms into the environment. Meiotic instability of transformed DNA has been reported in fungi such as Ascobolus, Aspergillus, and Neurospora. We used strains of Gibbere...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Leslie JF,Dickman MB

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Stress-induced abdominal dysfunction is an attractive target for probiotics. To investigate the effects of the probiotic Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota on abdominal dysfunction, a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted with healthy medical students undertaking an authorized nationwide exami...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kato-Kataoka A,Nishida K,Takada M,Kawai M,Kikuchi-Hayakawa H,Suda K,Ishikawa H,Gondo Y,Shimizu K,Matsuki T,Kushiro A,Hoshi R,Watanabe O,Igarashi T,Miyazaki K,Kuwano Y,Rokutan K

更新日期：2016-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Through genome-wide transcript analysis of a reference strain and two recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains with different rates of galactose uptake, we obtained information about the global transcriptional response to metabolic engineering of the GAL gene regulatory network. One of the recombinant strains over...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bro C,Knudsen S,Regenberg B,Olsson L,Nielsen J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restriction fragment length polymorphism and virulence analyses were used to evaluate the population structure of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, the rice bacterial blight pathogen, from several rice-growing countries in Asia. Two DNA sequences from X. oryzae pv. oryzae, IS1112, an insertion sequence, and avrXa10, a me...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Adhikari TB,Cruz C,Zhang Q,Nelson RJ,Skinner DZ,Mew TW,Leach JE

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial growth in biofilms is the major cause of recalcitrant biofouling in industrial processes and of persistent infections in clinical settings. The use of bacteriophage treatment to lyse bacteria in biofilms has attracted growing interest. In particular, many natural or engineered phages produce depolymerases to...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pei R,Lamas-Samanamud GR

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ammonia monooxygenase of Nitrosomonas europaea catalyzes the oxidation of alkanes (up to C(8)) to alcohols and alkenes (up to C(5)) to epoxides and alcohols in the presence of ammonium ions. Straight-chain, N-terminal alkynes (up to C(10)) all exhibited a time-dependent inhibition of ammonia oxidation without effects ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hyman MR,Murton IB,Arp DJ

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several Bacillus and Paenibacillus species were isolated from Fe and Mn oxide minerals precipitating at a deep subsurface oxic-anoxic interface at Henderson Molybdenum Mine, Empire, CO. The isolates were investigated for their Mn(II)-oxidizing potential and interrogated for possession of the mnxG gene, a gene that cod...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mayhew LE,Swanner ED,Martin AP,Templeton AS

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The wood decay basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium was grown under standard ligninolytic or cellulolytic conditions and subjected to whole-genome expression microarray analysis and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry of extracellular proteins. A total of 545 genes were flagged on the basis of signific...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vanden Wymelenberg A,Gaskell J,Mozuch M,Kersten P,Sabat G,Martinez D,Cullen D

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactococcin G and enterocin 1071 are two homologous two-peptide bacteriocins. Expression vectors containing the gene encoding the putative lactococcin G immunity protein (lagC) or the gene encoding the enterocin 1071 immunity protein (entI) were constructed and introduced into strains sensitive to one or both of the b...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Oppegård C,Emanuelsen L,Thorbek L,Fimland G,Nissen-Meyer J

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard plate count (SPC) bacteria were isolated from a drinking-water treatment facility and from the river supplying the facility. All isolates were identified and tested for their resistance to six antibiotics to determine if drug-resistant bacteria were selected for as a consequence of water treatment. Among the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Armstrong JL,Calomiris JJ,Seidler RJ

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Techniques and media for the production and regeneration of stable Clostridium acetobutylicum protoplasts are described. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Allcock ER,Reid SJ,Jones DT,Woods DR

更新日期：1982-03-01 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：:We have cloned the homoserine dehydrogenase genes (hom) from the gram-negative obligate methylotrophs Methylobacillus glycogenes ATCC 21276 and ATCC 21371 by complementation of an Escherichia coli homoserine dehydrogenase-deficient mutant. The 4.15-kb DNA fragment cloned from M. glycogenes ATCC 21371 also complemented...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Motoyama H,Maki K,Anazawa H,Ishino S,Teshiba S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here a biochemical study of resistance to azole antifungal agents in a field isolate (S-27) of a fungal phytopathogen. Isolates of Septoria tritici were compared in vitro, and their responses reflected that observed in the field, with S-27 exhibiting resistance relative to RL2. In untreated cultures, both RL...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Joseph-Horne T,Hollomon D,Manning N,Kelly SL

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus and Micavibrio aeruginosavorus are highly motile Gram-negative predatory bacteria with the potential of being used as biocontrol agents or living antibiotics. It was suggested previously that sugar-binding proteins play a role in M. aeruginosavorus and B. bacteriovorus host specificity and p...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dashiff A,Keeling TG,Kadouri DE

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid degradation of marine infrastructure at the low tide level due to accelerated low-water corrosion (ALWC) is a problem encountered worldwide. Despite this, there is limited understanding of the microbial communities involved in this process. We obtained samples of the orange-colored tubercles commonly associa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Phan HC,Wade SA,Blackall LL

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00