Clustering of marine bacteria in seawater enrichments.

abstract：:In the United States, the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus (pH1N1) infected almost 20% of the population and caused >200,000 hospitalizations and >10,000 deaths from April 2009 to April 2010. On 24 April 2009, the CDC posted interim guidance on infection control measures in health care settings explicitly for pH...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Coulliette AD,Perry KA,Edwards JR,Noble-Wang JA

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many Lactobacillus strains used as probiotics are believed to modulate host immune responses, the molecular natures of the components of such probiotic microorganisms directly involved in immune modulation process are largely unknown. We aimed to assess the function of polysaccharide moiety of the cell wall o...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yasuda E,Serata M,Sako T

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the entomopathogenic bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophila, cell-to-cell variation in the abundance of the Lrp transcription factor leads to virulence modulation; low Lrp levels are associated with a virulent phenotype and suppression of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in Manduca sexta insects, while cells that lack lrp ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Casanova-Torres ÁM,Shokal U,Morag N,Eleftherianos I,Goodrich-Blair H

更新日期：2017-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The acI lineage of freshwater Actinobacteria is a cosmopolitan and often numerically dominant member of lake bacterial communities. We conducted a survey of acI 16S rRNA genes and 16S-23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer regions from 18 Wisconsin lakes and used standard nonphylogenetic and phylogenetic statistical app...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Newton RJ,Jones SE,Helmus MR,McMahon KD

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presumptive bacteriophage P1 transductants of Escherichia coli, isolated from soil inoculated with lysates of transducing phage P1 and E. coli, were confirmed to be lysogenic for phage P1 by hybridization with a biotinylated DNA probe prepared from the 1.2-kilobase-pair HindIII 3 fragment of bacteriophage P1. No P1 ly...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zeph LR,Stotzky G

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure and stability of the dominant lactic acid bacterium population were assessed during wheat flour sourdough type I propagation by using singly nine strains of Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis. Under back-slopping propagation with wheat flour type 0 F114, cell numbers of presumptive lactic acid bacteria varie...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Siragusa S,Di Cagno R,Ercolini D,Minervini F,Gobbetti M,De Angelis M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Across evolution, N-glycosylation involves oligosaccharyltransferases that transfer lipid-linked glycans to selected Asn residues of target proteins. While these enzymes catalyze similar reactions in each domain, differences exist in terms of the chemical composition, length and degree of phosphorylation of the lipid ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cohen-Rosenzweig C,Guan Z,Shaanan B,Eichler J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intact core tetraether membrane lipids of marine planktonic Crenarchaeota were quantified in water column-suspended particulate matter obtained from four depth intervals ( approximately 70, 500, 1,000 and 1,500 m) at seven stations in the northwestern Arabian Sea to investigate the distribution of the organisms at var...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sinninghe Damsté JS,Rijpstra WI,Hopmans EC,Prahl FG,Wakeham SG,Schouten S

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Ascochyta rabiei which are pathogenic to chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) readily catabolized the main chickpea isoflavone biochanin A (5,7-dihydroxy-4'-methoxyisoflavone). 3'-Hydroxylation and O-demethylation reactions led to the isoflavones pratensein, genistein, and orobol, which were rapidly further degrad...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kraft B,Barz W

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 2006, Geomyces destructans, the causative agent of white nose syndrome (WNS), has killed over 5.7 million bats in North America. The current hypothesis suggests that this novel fungus is an invasive species from Europe, but little is known about the diversity within the genus Geomyces and its distribution on bat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Johnson LJ,Miller AN,McCleery RA,McClanahan R,Kath JA,Lueschow S,Porras-Alfaro A

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of four pathways are known for the catabolism by microorganisms of gentisate (2,5-dihydroxybenzoate) and homogentisate (2,5-dihydroxyphenylacetate). Both of these dihydric phenols can be degraded by either a glutathione-dependent or a glutathione-independent reaction sequence. We found that it is not always po...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Crawford RL,Frick TD

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decisions as to the disposition of swine carcasses with lesions attributable to a mycobacterial infection are based upon a lesion criterion which is used as a diagnostic test by federal meat inspectors. Using this criterion, a federal meat inspector classified 58 of 100 pigs as "passed for cooking" and the other 42 pi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Brown J,Neuman MA

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 1,962 bacterial isolates from a smear-surface soft cheese (Munster cheese) screened for activity against Listeria monocytogenes, six produced antilisterial compounds other than organic acids. The bacterial strain WHE 92, which displayed the strongest antilisterial effect, was identified at the DNA level as Lacto...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ennahar S,Aoude-Werner D,Sorokine O,Van Dorsselaer A,Bringel F,Hubert JC,Hasselmann C

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relationships between the hyphae of Agaricus bisporus (Lang) Sing and bacteria from the mushroom bed casing layer were examined with a scanning electron microscope. Hyphae growing in the casing layer differed morphologically from compost-grown hyphae. Whereas the compost contained thin single hyphae surrounded by calc...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Masaphy S,Levanon D,Tchelet R,Henis Y

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To observe real-time interactions between green fluorescent protein-labeled immune cells and invading bacteria in the zebrafish (Danio rerio), a series of plasmids was constructed for the red fluorescent protein (RFP) labeling of a variety of fish and human pathogens. The aim of this study was to create a collection o...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Singer JT,Phennicie RT,Sullivan MJ,Porter LA,Shaffer VJ,Kim CH

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary cell cultures, a continuous cell line, and a diploid cell line were grown on an artificial capillary system. The cells were subsequently infected with Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, and viral replication was studied. Extracellular fluids harvested from this system contained high titers of virus and were...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Johnson AD,Eddy GA,Gangemi JD,Ramsburg HH,Metzger JF

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the complex microecology and microenvironment of dental plaque, novel caries prevention strategies require modulating the microbial communities ecologically and reducing the cariogenic properties effectively. Antimicrobial peptide GH12 reduced the lactic acid production and exopolysaccharide (EPS) synthesis of ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jiang W,Wang Y,Luo J,Chen X,Zeng Y,Li X,Feng Z,Zhang L

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The currently used microbial decontamination method for spacecraft and components uses dry-heat microbial reduction at temperatures of >110°C for extended periods to prevent the contamination of extraplanetary destinations. This process is effective and reproducible, but it is also long and costly and precludes the us...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pottage T,Macken S,Giri K,Walker JT,Bennett AM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel catabolic transformation of vanillic acid (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid) by microorganisms is reported. Several strains of Bacillus megaterium and a strain of Streptomyces are shown to convert vanillate to guaiacol (o-methoxyphenol) and CO2 by nonoxidative decarboxylation. Use of a modified most-probable-nu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Crawford RL,Olson PP

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DysI is identified as the protein that confers specific immunity to dysgalacticin, a plasmid-encoded streptococcal bacteriocin. dysI is transcribed as part of the copG-repB-dysI replication-associated operon. DysI appears to function at the membrane level to prevent the inhibitory effects of dysgalacticin on glucose t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Swe PM,Heng NC,Cook GM,Tagg JR,Jack RW

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Degradation of cotton cellulose by Trichoderma reesei endoglucanase I (EGI) and cellobiohydrolase II (CBHII) was investigated by analyzing the insoluble cellulose fragments remaining after enzymatic hydrolysis. Changes in the molecular-size distribution of cellulose after attack by EGI, alone and in combination with C...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kleman-Leyer KM,Siika-Aho M,Teeri TT,Kirk TK

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upflow, anaerobic, fixed-bed, activated charcoal biotreatment columns capable of operating at free cyanide concentrations of greater than 100 mg liter-1 with a hydraulic retention time of less than 48 h were developed. Methanogenesis was maintained under a variety of feed medium conditions which included ethanol, phen...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fallon RD,Cooper DA,Speece R,Henson M

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio tubiashii is a recently reemerging pathogen of larval bivalve mollusks, causing both toxigenic and invasive disease. Marine Vibrio spp. produce an array of extracellular products as potential pathogenicity factors. Culture supernatants of V. tubiashii have been shown to be toxic to oyster larvae and were report...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hasegawa H,Lind EJ,Boin MA,Häse CC

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By taking advantage of MazF, an ACA codon-specific mRNA interferase, Escherichia coli cells can be converted into a bioreactor producing only a single protein of interest by using an ACA-less mRNA for the protein. In this single-protein production (SPP) system, we engineered MazF by replacing two tryptophan residues i...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vaiphei ST,Mao L,Shimazu T,Park JH,Inouye M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique to determine which nutrients limit bacterial growth in soil was developed. The method was based on measuring the thymidine incorporation rate of bacteria after the addition of C, N, and P in different combinations to soil samples. First, the thymidine incorporation method was tested in two different soils:...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Aldén L,Demoling F,Bååth E

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method has been described which can compare the efficacy of different nongermicidal handwashing protocols for removal of transient microbial flora without the necessity of establishing or relying on a previously determined baseline for an individual subject. The wash effluent is collected, and colony counts for the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vesley D,Lillquist DR,Le CT

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pure cultures of methylotrophs and methanotrophs are known to oxidize methyl bromide (MeBr); however, their ability to oxidize tropospheric concentrations (parts per trillion by volume [pptv]) has not been tested. Methylotrophs and methanotrophs were able to consume MeBr provided at levels that mimicked the tropospher...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Goodwin KD,Varner RK,Crill PM,Oremland RS

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emulsan is a polyanionic heteropolysaccharide bioemulsifier produced by Acinetobacter calcoaceticus RAG-1. A mixed bacterial population was obtained by enrichment culture that was capable of degrading emulsan and using it as a carbon source. From this mixed culture, an emulsan-degrading bacterium, termed YUV-1, was is...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Shoham Y,Rosenberg M,Rosenberg E

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lantibiotic (lanthionine-containing antibiotic) mersacidin is an antimicrobial peptide consisting of 20 amino acids and is produced by Bacillus sp. strain HIL Y-85,54728. The structural gene (mrsA) and the genes for producer self-protection, modification enzymes, transport proteins, and regulator proteins are orga...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schmitz S,Hoffmann A,Szekat C,Rudd B,Bierbaum G

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-agarase C gene (agaC) of a marine bacterium, Vibrio sp. strain PO-303, consisted of 1,437 bp encoding 478 amino acid residues. beta-Agarase C was identified as the first beta-agarase that cannot hydrolyze neoagarooctaose and smaller neoagarooligosaccharides and was assigned to a novel glycoside hydrolase fami...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dong J,Hashikawa S,Konishi T,Tamaru Y,Araki T

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00