Effect of parental growth on dynamics of conjugative plasmid transfer in the pea spermosphere.

abstract：:The susceptibility of a strain of Legionella pneumophila to disinfection by an organic halamine, free chlorine, and a mixture of the organic halamine and free chlorine was assessed. The organic halamine was found to have superior stability in solution and to exhibit adequate disinfectant potential over a period of 1 m...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Swango LJ,Wilt GR,Killen AD,Williams DE,Worley SD

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four membrane filter methods for the enumeration of fecal coliforms were compared for accuracy, specificity, and recovery. Water samples were taken several times from 13 marine, 1 estuarine, and 4 freshwater sites around Puerto Rico, from pristine waters and waters receiving treated and untreated sewage and effluent f...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Santiago-Mercado J,Hazen TC

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of different sediment types on the staining effectiveness of the fluorochrome DAPI (4'-6-diamidino-2-phenylindole dihydrochloride) over a wide range of concentrations and on the masking effect of sediment particles on DAPI-stained bacteria. Sediment type greatly affects the staining efficiency o...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schallenberg M,Kalff J,Rasmussen JB

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistant and susceptible populations of the diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) were tested with crystalline, solubilized, and partially and fully activated forms of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac delta-endotoxin. Fully activated toxin greatly reduced the resistance ratio (ratio of the 50% lethal concentration ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sayyed AH,Gatsi R,Kouskoura T,Wright DJ,Crickmore N

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to hops is a prerequisite for the capability of lactic acid bacteria to grow in beer and thus cause beer spoilage. Bactericidal hop compounds, mainly iso-alpha-acids, are described as ionophores which exchange H+ for cellular divalent cations, e.g., Mn2+, and thus dissipate ion gradients across the cytoplas...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Behr J,Israel L,Gänzle MG,Vogel RF

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved method of dot-blot hybridization to detect hepatitis A virus (HAV) was developed with single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) probes. Radioactive and nonradioactive ssRNA probes were generated by in vitro transcription of HAV templates inserted into the plasmid pGEM-1. 32P-labeled ssRNA probes were at least eightfold ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jiang X,Estes MK,Metcalf TG

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to understand the role of the mar locus in Salmonella with regard to multiple antibiotic resistance, cyclohexane resistance, and outer membrane protein F (OmpF) regulation, a marA::gfp reporter mutant was constructed in an antibiotic-sensitive Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium DT104 background. Salicyla...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Randall LP,Woodward MJ

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole cells of the parent strain of Beijerinckia, grown with succinate and biphenyl, oxidized dibenzo-p-dioxin and several chlorinated dioxins. The rate of oxidation of the chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins decreased with an increasing degree of chlorine substitution. A mutant strain (B8/36) of Beijerinckia oxidized diben...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Klecka GM,Gibson DT

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past 10 years, the number of endosymbionts described within the bacterial order Rickettsiales has constantly grown. Since 2006, 18 novel Rickettsiales genera inhabiting protists, such as ciliates and amoebae, have been described. In this work, we characterize two novel bacterial endosymbionts from Paramecium co...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Szokoli F,Castelli M,Sabaneyeva E,Schrallhammer M,Krenek S,Doak TG,Berendonk TU,Petroni G

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Two PCR primer pairs, based on the virD2 and ipt genes, detected a wide variety of pathogenic Agrobacterium strains. The endonuclease domain of VirD2 protein, which cleaves transferred DNA (T-DNA) border sequences, is highly conserved; primer oligonucleotides specific for the endonuclease portion of virD2 detected all...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Haas JH,Moore LW,Ream W,Manulis S

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins that are produced for commercial purposes in Bacillus subtilis are commonly secreted via the Sec pathway. Despite its high secretion capacity, the secretion of heterologous proteins via the Sec pathway is often unsuccessful. Alternative secretion routes, like the Tat pathway, are therefore of interest. Two pa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kolkman MA,van der Ploeg R,Bertels M,van Dijk M,van der Laan J,van Dijl JM,Ferrari E

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：:A study of six child care centers was conducted to assess the microbiological quality of three food contact surfaces (one food serving surface and two food preparation surfaces) and one non-food contact surface (diaper changing surface) to determine the effectiveness of cleaning and sanitization procedures within the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cosby CM,Costello CA,Morris WC,Haughton B,Devereaux MJ,Harte F,Davidson PM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Olavius crassitunicatus is a small symbiont-bearing worm that occurs at high abundance in oxygen-deficient sediments in the East Pacific Ocean. Using comparative 16S rRNA sequence analysis and fluorescence in situ hybridization, we examined the diversity and phylogeny of bacterial symbionts in two geographically dista...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Blazejak A,Erséus C,Amann R,Dubilier N

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:beta-D-Galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.23) was extracted from Streptococcus thermophilus grown in deproteinized cheese whey. Cultural conditions optimum for maximum enzyme production were pH 7.0, 40 degrees C, and 24 h. Proteose peptone (2.0%, wt/vol) and corn steep liquor (2.8%, wt/vol) were highly stimulatory, increasing th...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rao MV,Dutta SM

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was made to detect the sensitivity of 12 yeast genera to T-2 toxin. Seventy-five yeasts isolated from various sources were tested for their susceptibility to T-2 toxin. The MIC of T-2 for these yeasts varied from 1.0 to greater than 8.0 micrograms/ml. Of the yeasts studied, Kluyveromyces fragilis showed the g...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sukroongreung S,Schappert KT,Khachatourians GG

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple synthetic liquid medium containing a single amino acid, glucose, salts, trace metals, and thiamine was developed for cultivation of Cercospora rosicola Passerini. Thiamine was shown to be important to growth. Culture of C. rosicola Passerini in a chemically defined medium makes possible studies of (+)-abscisi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Norman SM,Maier VP,Echols LC

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcription factors sinR and abrB are involved in the control of sporulation initiation in Bacillus subtilis. We identified a single homologue to sinR and three highly similar homologues to abrB, designated abrB310, abrB1941, and abrB3647, in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824. Using reporter vectors, we showed...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Scotcher MC,Rudolph FB,Bennett GN

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three species of colonic bacteria can ferment the mucopolysaccharide chondroitin sulfate: Bacteroides ovatus, Bacteroides sp. strain 3452A (an unnamed DNA homology group), and B. thetaiotaomicron. Proteins associated with the utilization of chondroitin sulfate by B. thetaiotaomicron have been characterized previously....

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lipeski L,Guthrie EP,O'Brien M,Kotarski SF,Salyers AA

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exopolysaccharides (EPSs) produced by some bacteria are potential growth substrates for other bacteria in soil. We used stable-isotope probing (SIP) to identify aerobic soil bacteria that assimilated the cellulose produced by Gluconacetobacter xylinus or the EPS produced by Beijerinckia indica. The latter is a het...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang X,Sharp CE,Jones GM,Grasby SE,Brady AL,Dunfield PF

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterococci are one of the major facultative anaerobic bacterial groups that reside in the human gastrointestinal tract. In the present study, the composition of the enterococcal fecal flora in three healthy humans was analyzed before, during, and after the daily consumption of approximately 125 g of a raw-milk Chedda...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gelsomino R,Vancanneyt M,Cogan TM,Swings J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dissimilatory Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-reducing bacterium was isolated from bottom sediments of the Great Bay estuary, New Hampshire. The isolate was a facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rod which did not appear to fit into any previously described genus. It was temporarily designated strain BrY. BrY grew anaerobicall...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Caccavo F,Blakemore RP,Lovley DR

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Divercin V41 (DV41) is a class IIa bacteriocin produced by Carnobacterium divergens V41. This antilisterial peptide is homologous to pediocin PA-1 and contains two disulfide bonds. To establish the structure-activity relationships of this specific family of bacteriocin, chemical modifications and enzymatic hydrolysis ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bhugaloo-Vial P,Douliez JP,Moll D,Dousset X,Boyaval P,Marion D

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous molecular analysis of the Octopus Spring cyanobacterial mat revealed numerous genetically distinct 16S rRNA sequences from predominant Synechococcus populations distantly related to the readily cultivated unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus lividus. Patterns in genotype distribution relative to temperatu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Allewalt JP,Bateson MM,Revsbech NP,Slack K,Ward DM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The food-borne pathogenic bacterium Listeria is known for relatively low morbidity and high mortality rates, reaching up to 25 to 30%. Listeria is a hardy organism, and its control in foods represents a significant challenge. Many naturally occurring compounds, including the bacteriocin nisin and a number of plant ess...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Field D,Daly K,O'Connor PM,Cotter PD,Hill C,Ross RP

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here a new enzyme-coupled assay for the quantitation of d-xylose using readily available enzymes that allows kinetic evaluation of hemicellulolytic enzymes using natural xylooligosaccharide substrates. Hydrogen peroxide is generated as an intermediary analyte, which allows flexibility in the choice of the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wagschal K,Franqui-Espiet D,Lee CC,Robertson GH,Wong DW

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethane oxidation was studied in ethane-grown resting cells (mycelia) of an Acremonium sp. and in cell-free preparations of such mycelia. From resting cell experiments evidence was found for a pathway of ethane oxidation via ethanol, acetaldehyde, and acetic acid. In vitro studies indicated that ethane-oxidizing activi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Davies JS,Wellman AM,Zajic JE

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) is important in assisting the folding and maturation of secretory proteins in eukaryotes. A gene, pdiA, encoding PDIA was previously isolated from Aspergillus niger, and we report its functional characterization here. Functional analysis of PDIA showed that it catalyzes the refolding ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ngiam C,Jeenes DJ,Punt PJ,Van Den Hondel CA,Archer DB

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extracellular serine protease produced by a mutant, M1, derived from Streptomyces albogriseolus S-3253 that no longer produces a protease inhibitor (Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor [SSI]) was isolated. A 20-kDa protein was purified by its affinity for SSI and designated SAM-P20. The amino acid sequence of the ami...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Taguchi S,Odaka A,Watanabe Y,Momose H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00