Lignin Degradation and Modification by the Soil-Inhabiting Fungus Fusarium proliferatum.

abstract：:Intracellular pH (pH(in)) is a tightly regulated physiological parameter, which controls cell performance in all living systems. The purpose of this work was to evaluate if and how H(+) homeostasis is accomplished by an industrial wine strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae while fermenting real must under the harsh winer...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Viana T,Loureiro-Dias MC,Loureiro V,Prista C

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The restriction endonuclease Cac824I has been shown to be a major barrier to electrotransformation of Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 (L. D. Mermelstein, N. E. Welker, G. N. Bennett, and E. T. Papoutsakis, Bio/Technology 10:190-195, 1992). Methylation by the phi 3T I methyltransferase encoded by Bacillus subtilis ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mermelstein LD,Papoutsakis ET

更新日期：1993-04-01 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：:We report the construction of an Escherichia coli mutant that harbors two compatible plasmids and that is able to synthesize labeled 2-O-alpha-D-mannosyl-D-glycerate from externally added labeled mannose without the loss of specific isotopic enrichment. The strain carries a deletion in the manA gene, encoding phosphom...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sampaio MM,Santos H,Boos W

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus oryzae has been used in the food and beverage industry for centuries, and industrial strains have been produced by multiple rounds of selection. Targeted gene deletion technology is particularly useful for strain improvement in such strains, particularly when they do not have a well-characterized meiotic c...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hunter AJ,Morris TA,Jin B,Saint CP,Kelly JM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and a radiolabeled oligonucleotide probe were used to specifically detect proteolytic and nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum type B. Two synthetic primers deduced from the amino acid sequence data of type B neurotoxin were used to amplify a 1.5-kbp fragment corresponding to the li...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Szabo EA,Pemberton JM,Desmarchelier PM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biolog's identification system was used to identify 39 American Type Culture Collection reference taxa and 45 gram-negative isolates from water samples. Of the reference strains, 98% were identified to genus level and 76% to species level within 4 to 24 h. Identification of some authentic strains of Enterobacter, Kl...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Klingler JM,Stowe RP,Obenhuber DC,Groves TO,Mishra SK,Pierson DL

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A greenhouse experiment was conducted to determine the influence of two tropical isolates of Glomus fasciculatum and Glomus mosseae on the nutrient uptake and growth of Sesbania grandiflora. Inoculation of sterile soil with the fungi significantly improved growth and nutrient uptake by S. grandiflora, but the response...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Habte M,Aziz T

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellulase and xylanase cDNAs were isolated from a cDNA library of the polycentric anaerobic fungus Orpinomyces sp. strain PC-2 constructed in Escherichia coli. The cellulase cDNA (celB) was 1.8 kb long with an open reading frame (ORF) coding for a polypeptide of 471 amino acids, and the xylanase cDNA (xynA) was 1.2 kb...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Li XL,Chen H,Ljungdahl LG

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections caused by Toxoplasma gondii are widely prevalent in animals and humans throughout the world. In the United States, an estimated 23% of adolescents and adults have laboratory evidence of T. gondii infection. T. gondii has been identified as a major opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised individuals, in ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schwab KJ,McDevitt JJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) yield and deoxyribonuclease (DNase) activity of several yeasts were correlated. Debaryomyces castellii and Debaryomyces franciscae were found to contain active DNases which carry out DNA hydrolysis, whereas the amounts of DNA as determined by extraction with Sarkosyl buffer (pH 7.8) wer...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： El-Nakhal H,Phaff HJ

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential for removing uranium from contaminated groundwater by stimulating the in situ activity of dissimilatory metal-reducing microorganisms was evaluated in a uranium-contaminated aquifer located in Rifle, Colo. Acetate (1 to 3 mM) was injected into the subsurface over a 3-month period via an injection gallery...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Anderson RT,Vrionis HA,Ortiz-Bernad I,Resch CT,Long PE,Dayvault R,Karp K,Marutzky S,Metzler DR,Peacock A,White DC,Lowe M,Lovley DR

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mixed culture of nitrate-reducing bacteria degraded o-cresol in the presence of toulene as a primary growth substrate. No degradation of o-cresol was observed in the absence of toluene or when the culture grew on p-cresol and 2,4-dimethylphenol. In batch cultures, the degradation of o-cresol started after toluene wa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Flyvbjerg J,Jørgensen C,Arvin E,Jensen BK,Olsen SK

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microaerophilic bacterium Campylobacter jejuni is the most common cause of bacterial food-borne infections in the developed world. Tolerance to environmental stress relies on proteases and chaperones in the cell envelope, such as HtrA and SurA. HtrA displays both chaperone and protease activities, but little is kn...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Baek KT,Vegge CS,Skórko-Glonek J,Brøndsted L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of a bacterium (Pseudomonas chlororaphis) and a bactivorous protozoan (Uronema sp.) on transformations of labile dissolved organic carbon (DOC). In 36-day time series experiments, bacteria were grown on glucose both with and without protozoa. We measured bulk organic carbon pools and used electr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gruber DF,Simjouw JP,Seitzinger SP,Taghon GL

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two alpha-amylase genes from the thermophilic alkaliphile Anaerobranca gottschalkii were cloned, and the corresponding enzymes, AmyA and AmyB, were investigated after purification of the recombinant proteins. Based on their amino acid sequences, AmyA is proposed to be a lipoprotein with extracellular localization and ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ballschmiter M,Armbrecht M,Ivanova K,Antranikian G,Liebl W

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy metal resistance by bacteria is a topic of much importance to the bioremediation of contaminated soils and sediments. We report here the isolation of a highly cadmium-resistant Klebsiella planticola strain, Cd-1, from reducing salt marsh sediments. The strain grows in up to 15 mM CdCl(2) under a wide range of Na...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sharma PK,Balkwill DL,Frenkel A,Vairavamurthy MA

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two gram-positive, strictly anoxic, coccoid- to rod-shaped strains of bacteria, Clostridium coccoides 1410 and C. coccoides 3110, were isolated from human feces on the typical homoacetogenic substrates formate plus H2 plus CO2 (strain 1410) and vanillate plus H2 plus CO2 (strain 3110) in the presence of 2-bromoethanes...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kamlage B,Gruhl B,Blaut M

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 40 bacterial strains belonging to the cosmopolitan Polynucleobacter necessarius cluster (Betaproteobacteria) were isolated from a broad spectrum of freshwater habitats located in three climatic zones. Sequences affiliated with the freshwater P. necessarius cluster are among the most frequently detected in st...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hahn MW

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newly isolated rod-shaped, gram-negative anaerobic bacterium from human feces, named Julong 732, was found to be capable of metabolizing the isoflavone dihydrodaidzein to S-equol under anaerobic conditions. The metabolite, equol, was identified by using electron impact ionization mass spectrometry, (1)H and (13)C nu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang XL,Hur HG,Lee JH,Kim KT,Kim SI

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine infaunal burrows and tubes greatly enhance solute transport between sediments and the overlying water column and are sites of elevated microbial activity. Biotic and abiotic controls of the compositions and activities of burrow and tube microbial communities are poorly understood. The microbial communities in t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Matsui GY,Ringelberg DB,Lovell CR

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary observations in a large-scale fermentation process suggested that the lipase expression of Pseudomonas alcaligenes can be switched on by the addition of certain medium components, such as soybean oil. In an attempt to elucidate the mechanism of induction of lipase expression, we have set up a search method...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Krzeslak J,Gerritse G,van Merkerk R,Cool RH,Quax WJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bactericidal actions of the silver ion on Escherichia coli as a model microorganism were studied using energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM), two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE), and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). EFTEM observations d...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yamanaka M,Hara K,Kudo J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A molecular diagnostic system using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was developed to identify four Sclerotinia species: S. sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary, S. minor Jagger, S. trifoliorum Erikss., and the undescribed species Sclerotinia species 1. DNAs of samples are hybridized with each of five 15-bp oligonucleoti...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Andrew M,Kohn LM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borrelia spirochetes in bird-feeding ticks were studied in the Czech Republic. During the postbreeding period (July to September 2005), 1,080 passerine birds infested by 2,240 Ixodes ricinus subadult ticks were examined. Borrelia garinii was detected in 22.2% of the ticks, Borrelia valaisiana was detected in 12.8% of ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dubska L,Literak I,Kocianova E,Taragelova V,Sychra O

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first DNA sequences obtained from arbuscular endomycorrhizal fungi are reported. They were obtained by directly sequencing overlapping amplified fragments of the nuclear genes coding for the small subunit rRNA. These sequences were used to develop a polymerase chain reaction primer (VANS1) that enables the specifi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Simon L,Lalonde M,Bruns TD

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli is being developed as a biocatalyst for bulk chemical production from inexpensive carbohydrates derived from lignocellulose. Potential substrates include the soluble xylodextrins (xyloside, xylooligosaccharide) and xylobiose that are produced by treatments designed to expose cellulose for subsequent e...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Qian Y,Yomano LP,Preston JF,Aldrich HC,Ingram LO

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromium (VI) is toxic to microorganisms and can inhibit the biodegradation of organic pollutants in contaminated soils. We used microcosms amended with either glucose or protein (to drive bacterial community change) and Fe(III) (to stimulate iron-reducing bacteria) to study the effect of various concentrations of Cr(...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kourtev PS,Nakatsu CH,Konopka A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae is a reemerging pathogen which causes bacterial canker of kiwifruit (Actinidia sp.). Since 2008, a global outbreak of P. syringae pv. actinidiae has occurred, and in 2010 this pathogen was detected in New Zealand. The economic impact and the development of resistance in P. syringae ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Frampton RA,Taylor C,Holguín Moreno AV,Visnovsky SB,Petty NK,Pitman AR,Fineran PC

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for direct detection of Listeria monocytogenes in 25 ml of raw milk is presented. The detection limit can be situated between 10 and 5 CFU. The detection method is based on chemical extraction of the milk components and PCR amplification with two nested pairs of primers specific for Listeria monocytogenes. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Herman LM,De Block JH,Moermans RJ

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00