Molecular and Physiological Characterization of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato and Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola Strains That Produce the Phytotoxin Coronatine.

abstract：:The doses of UV irradiation necessary to inactivate selected enteric viruses on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Contaminant Candidate List were determined. Three-log reductions of echovirus 1, echovirus 11, coxsackievirus B3, coxsackievirus B5, poliovirus 1, and human adenovirus type 2 were effected by doses ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gerba CP,Gramos DM,Nwachuku N

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hybrubins are "unnatural" alkaloids with the same 4'-methoxy-2,2'-bipyrrole-5'-methine moiety found in prodiginines and a different ring derived from tetramic acids. Here, we demonstrated that RedH, a homologue of prodigiosin synthetase PigC, was responsible for the biosynthesis of hybrubins A and B in Streptomyces li...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Long Q,Jeffries DE,Lin S,Chen X,He W,Wang Y,Deng Z,Lindsley CW,Tao M

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined the membrane fluidity of clostridial endospores during treatment with heat and pressure with nisin or reutericyclin. Heating (90°C) reduced laurdan (6-dodecanoyl-2-dimethylaminonaphthalene) general polarization, corresponding to membrane fluidization. Pressure (200 MPa) stabilized membrane order....

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hofstetter S,Winter R,McMullen LM,Gänzle MG

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of antibiotic production on rhizosphere microbial communities of field-grown Phaseolus vulgaris were assessed by using ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis. Inoculum strains of Rhizobium etli CE3 differing only in trifolitoxin production were used. Trifolitoxin production dramatically reduced the diversity...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Robleto EA,Borneman J,Triplett EW

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pyrene-degrading Mycobacterium sp. strain AP1 grew in nutrient-supplemented artificial seawater with a heavy fuel oil as the sole carbon source, causing the complete removal of all linear (C(12) to C(40)) and branched alkanes from the aliphatic fraction, as well as an extensive degradation of the three- and four-r...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vila J,Grifoll M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria in the genus Streptomyces and its close relatives are prolific producers of secondary metabolites with antibiotic activity. Genome sequencing of these bacteria has revealed a rich source of potentially new antibiotic pathways, whose products have never been observed. Moreover, these new pathways can provide n...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fayed B,Ashford DA,Hashem AM,Amin MA,El Gazayerly ON,Gregory MA,Smith MC

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presently, the only effective treatment for celiac disease is a life-long gluten-free diet. In this work, we used a new mixture of selected sourdough lactobacilli and fungal proteases to eliminate the toxicity of wheat flour during long-time fermentation. Immunological (R5 antibody-based sandwich and competitive enzym...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rizzello CG,De Angelis M,Di Cagno R,Camarca A,Silano M,Losito I,De Vincenzi M,De Bari MD,Palmisano F,Maurano F,Gianfrani C,Gobbetti M

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The utilization of the fuel oxygenate methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and related compounds by microorganisms was investigated in a mainly theoretical study based on the Y(ATP) concept. Experiments were conducted to derive realistic maintenance coefficients and K(s) values needed to calculate substrate fluxes available...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Müller RH,Rohwerder T,Harms H

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio fischeri colonizes the squid Euprymna scolopes in a mutualistic symbiosis. Hatchling squid lack these bacterial symbionts, and V. fischeri strains must compete to occupy this privileged niche. We cloned a V. fischeri gene, designated pilA, that contributes to colonization competitiveness and encodes a protein s...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Stabb EV,Ruby EG

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：:Wild animals living close to cattle and pig farms (four each) were examined for verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC; also known as Shiga toxin-producing E. coli). The prevalence of VTEC among the 260 samples from wild animals was generally low. However, VTEC isolates from a starling (Sturnus vulgaris) and a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nielsen EM,Skov MN,Madsen JJ,Lodal J,Jespersen JB,Baggesen DL

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the development and validation of a method for the qualitative analysis of complex bifidobacterial communities based on PCR and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Bifidobacterium genus-specific primers were used to amplify an approximately 520-bp fragment from the 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA), and...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Satokari RM,Vaughan EE,Akkermans AD,Saarela M,de Vos WM

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the prevalences of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in feces, hide, and carcasses of meat goats at a U.S. processing plant. Prevalences were 11.1%, 2.7%, and 2.7%, respectively. Sixteen pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) subtypes were identified among 49 E. coli O157:H7 isolates, some of which were present ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jacob ME,Foster DM,Rogers AT,Balcomb CC,Sanderson MW

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different amounts of enterotoxin A-, B-, and C1-producing staphylococci were added to dry sausage prepared by normal processes, either alone or in conjunction with a starter culture (micrococci and lactobacilli). The sausage was examined after 0, 3, 7, 14, and 30 days for staphylococci, micrococci, and lactobacilli, a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Niskanen A,Nurmi E

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Raw sausages are perishable foodstuffs; reducing their salt content raises questions about a possible increased spoilage of these products. In this study, we evaluated the influence of salt reduction (from 2.0% to 1.5% [wt/wt]), in combination with two types of packaging (modified atmosphere [50% mix of CO2-...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fougy L,Desmonts MH,Coeuret G,Fassel C,Hamon E,Hézard B,Champomier-Vergès MC,Chaillou S

更新日期：2016-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus mutans 6715-15 and Streptococcus sanguis 10558 were grown together in continuous culture with glucose as the limiting carbon source. The relationship of growth rate to substrate concentration was determined for pure cultures of each organism in continuous and batch cultures. A model based on competition ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kemp CW,Robrish SA,Curtis MA,Sharer SA,Bowen WH

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Commercial Atlantic blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) were exposed to 2.0x10(4) infectious waterborne oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum. The study demonstrated that blue crabs can transfer C. parvum oocysts to persons involved in handling or preparing crabs and that they may contaminate other surfaces or products durin...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Graczyk TK,McOliver C,Silbergeld EK,Tamang L,Roberts JD

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:The pathogenic oomycete Aphanomyces invadans is the primary etiological agent in ulcerative mycosis, an ulcerative skin disease caused by a fungus-like agent of wild and cultured fish. We developed sensitive PCR and fluorescent peptide nucleic acid in situ hybridization (FISH) assays to detect A. invadans. Laboratory-...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vandersea MW,Litaker RW,Yonnish B,Sosa E,Landsberg JH,Pullinger C,Moon-Butzin P,Green J,Morris JA,Kator H,Noga EJ,Tester PA

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：:Extracellular electron transfer (EET) is a strategy for respiration in which electrons generated from metabolism are moved outside the cell to a terminal electron acceptor, such as iron or manganese oxide. EET has primarily been studied in two model systems, Shewanella oneidensis and Geobacter sulfurreducens Metal red...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Conley BE,Intile PJ,Bond DR,Gralnick JA

更新日期：2018-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The biosynthesis of the major carotenoid spirilloxanthin by the purple nonsulfur bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum is thought to occur via a linear pathway proceeding through phytoene and, later, lycopene as intermediates. This assumption is based solely on early chemical evidence (B. H. Davies, Biochem. J. 116:93-99, 1...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang GS,Grammel H,Abou-Aisha K,Sägesser R,Ghosh R

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:A high-throughput method which is applicable for rapid screening, identification, and delineation of isolates of Vibrio cholerae, sensitive to genome variation, and capable of providing phylogenetic inferences enhances environmental monitoring of this bacterium. We have developed and optimized a method for genomic fin...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chokesajjawatee N,Zo YG,Colwell RR

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells in desiccated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium rdar (red, dry, and rough) morphotype colonies were examined for culturability and infectivity after 30 months. Culturability decreased only 10-fold; however, cells were underrepresented on Salmonella selective media containing bile salts. These cells were mi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Apel D,White AP,Grassl GA,Finlay BB,Surette MG

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GELRITE, a new gelling agent with good thermal stability and clarity, was evaluated in media for culturing selected thermophilic microorganisms. It was also evaluated for performing counts of thermophilic bacteria from soil samples. In most cases, GELRITE was shown to be superior to agar for these applications. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lin CC,Casida LE

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aeromonas caviae W-61, which was isolated from water samples at the Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, produced beta-1, 4-xylanase (1,4-beta-d-xylan xylanohydrolase; EC 3.2.1.8) extracellularly. The xylanase was purified to homogeneity by using DEAE-Sephadex A-50, CM-Sephadex C-50, and Sephadex G-100 column ch...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Viet DN,Kamio Y,Abe N,Kaneko J,Izaki K

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasmid profiles of 619 cultures of Bacillus anthracis which had been isolated and stored between 1954 and 1989 were analyzed using the Laboratory Response Network real-time PCR assay targeting a chromosomal marker and both virulence plasmids (pXO1 and pXO2). The cultures were stored at ambient temperature on tryp...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Marston CK,Hoffmaster AR,Wilson KE,Bragg SL,Plikaytis B,Brachman P,Johnson S,Kaufmann AF,Popovic T

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of an endo-beta-1,4-glucanase gene of Clostridium acetobutylicum contained two putative extended promoter consensus sequences, a Shine-Dalgarno sequence and a TTG initiation codon. The nucleotide sequence of the gene coding for the C-terminal region of this enzyme was not required for activity....

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zappe H,Jones WA,Jones DT,Woods DR

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Europe, Borrelia burgdorferi genospecies causing Lyme borreliosis are mainly transmitted by the tick Ixodes ricinus. Since its discovery, B. burgdorferi has been the subject of many epidemiological studies to determine its prevalence and the distribution of the different genospecies in ticks. In the current study w...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rauter C,Hartung T

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00