Mechanism of action of the peptide antibiotic nisin in liposomes and cytochrome c oxidase-containing proteoliposomes.

abstract：:Dual-trap laser tweezers Raman spectroscopy (LTRS) and elastic light scattering (ELS) were used to investigate dynamic processes during high-temperature treatment of individual spores of Bacillus cereus, Bacillus megaterium, and Bacillus subtilis in water. Major conclusions from these studies included the following. (...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zhang P,Kong L,Setlow P,Li YQ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In natural environments such as anaerobic digesters, bacteria are frequently subjected to the stress of nutrient fluxes because of the continual changes in the flow of nutrients, and to survive, they must be capable of adapting readily to nutrient changes. In this study, the metabolic activities of Escherichia coli, S...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kearney TE,Larkin MJ,Levett PN

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of Yersinia ruckeri in a French fish farm was investigated. Y. ruckeri was isolated mainly from algae and sediment samples rather than from water. Twenty-two Y. ruckeri isolates were obtained, and three strains were distinguished by enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus PCR amplification. These ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Coquet L,Cosette P,Quillet L,Petit F,Junter GA,Jouenne T

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental and in silico PCR analysis targeting ISAba11 and TnAbaR islands in 196 epidemiologically unrelated Acinetobacter strains representative of ≥19 species were performed. The first two Acinetobacter baumannii ISAba11 elements identified had been found to map to the same site on TnAbaR transposons. However, no...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rieck B,Tourigny DS,Crosatti M,Schmid R,Kochar M,Harrison EM,Ou HY,Turton JF,Rajakumar K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fermentative production of succinic acid from glucose by Escherichia coli was significantly increased by overexpression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase. In contrast, overexpression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase had no effect. Under optimized conditions, induction of the carboxylase resulted in a 3.5-fold inc...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Millard CS,Chao YP,Liao JC,Donnelly MI

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initiation of methanogenesis in refuse occurs under high volatile fatty acid (VFA) concentration and low pH (5.5 to 6.25), which generally are reported to inhibit methanogenic Archaea. One hypothesized mechanism for the initiation of methanogenesis in refuse decomposition is the presence of pH-neutral niches withi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Staley BF,de Los Reyes FL 3rd,Barlaz MA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains were recently found to be capable of efficiently utilizing inulin, but genetic mechanisms of inulin hydrolysis in yeast remain unknown. Here we report functional characteristics of invertase SUC2 from strain JZ1C and demonstrate that SUC2 is the key enzyme responsible for inul...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang SA,Li FL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using an autoradiographic technique, one can follow, during ripening of a cheese, the distribution, size, and metabolic activity of microcolonies. Fragments of cheese were labeled with [H]leucine, fixed, and mounted in epoxy resin. After exposure and development, sections were examined by optical microscopy. In Cam...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Reyrolle J,Letellier F

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wastewater management in the Canadian Arctic is challenging due to climate extremes, small population sizes, and lack of conventional infrastructure for wastewater treatment. Although many Northern communities use waste stabilization ponds (WSPs) as their primary form of wastewater treatment, few studies have explored...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gromala M,Neufeld JD,McConkey BJ

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Five species of the genus Dunaliella (D. tertiolecta, D. primolecta, D. parva, D. bardawil, and D. salina) were examined for glycerol accumulation, growth rate, cell density, and protein and chlorophyll content. The suitability of each algal species for use as a fermentation substrate was judged according to glycerol ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nakas JP,Schaedle M,Parkinson CM,Coonley CE,Tanenbaum SW

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunoblot procedure for the strain-specific quantitative analysis of commercial Rhizobium inoculants was developed. The technique greatly reduced the time required for inoculant analysis. Correlation between immunoblot analysis and traditional plant nodule grow-out most-probable-number techniques was r = 0.90 for ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Olsen PE,Rice WA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Algal biofuels represent one of the most promising means of sustainably replacing liquid fuels. However, significant challenges remain before alga-based fuels become competitive with fossil fuels. One of the largest challenges is the ability to harvest the algae in an economical and low-energy manner. In this article,...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Powell RJ,Hill RT

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Procedures based on DNA hybridization and PCR were developed for quality control of Rhizobium inoculants. Inoculants for pea and goat's rue were produced by Elomestari Ltd., Juva, Finland, in sterile dry fine peat by the standard procedure used by the company. The inoculants contained Rhizobium galegae HAMBI 1174 and ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tas E,Saano A,Leinonen P,Lindström K

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fully grown broth cultures of various fast- and slow-growing rhizobia were deliberately diluted with various diluents before their aseptic incorporation into autoclaved peat in polypropylene bags (aseptic method) or mixed with the peat autoclaved in trays (tray method). In a factorial experiment with the aseptic metho...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Somasegaran P

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The MK filter is an electropositively charged filter that can be used to concentrate enteroviruses from large volumes (400 to 1,000 liters) of water. This filter is less expensive than the commonly used 1MDS electropositive filter. In this study, we compared the recovery of poliovirus 1 (PV1) and that of coxsackieviru...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ma JF,Naranjo J,Gerba CP

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To secure food and water safety, quantitative information on multiple pathogens is important. In this study, we developed a microfluidic quantitative PCR (MFQPCR) system to simultaneously quantify 11 major human viral pathogens, including adenovirus, Aichi virus, astrovirus, enterovirus, human norovirus, rotavirus, sa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ishii S,Kitamura G,Segawa T,Kobayashi A,Miura T,Sano D,Okabe S

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recent outbreaks of toxoplasmosis were related to drinking water. We propose a strategy for Toxoplasma oocyst detection as part of an approach to detecting multiple waterborne parasites, including Giardia and Cryptosporidium spp., by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency method with the same sample. Water s...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Villena I,Aubert D,Gomis P,Ferté H,Inglard JC,Denis-Bisiaux H,Dondon JM,Pisano E,Ortis N,Pinon JM

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for protozoa for the proliferation of Legionella pneumophila in aquatic habitats is still not fully understood and is even questioned by some investigators. This study shows the in vivo growth of L. pneumophila in protozoa in aquatic biofilms developing at high concentrations on plasticized polyvinyl chloride...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kuiper MW,Wullings BA,Akkermans AD,Beumer RR,van der Kooij D

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kraft pulps, prepared from softwoods, and small chips of birch wood were treated with heme and tert-butyl hydroperoxide in aqueous solutions at reflux temperature. Analyses of treated pulps showed decreases in kappa number (a measure of lignin content) from about 36 to less than 2, with concomitant increases in bright...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Paszczyński A,Crawford RL,Blanchette RA

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although several microorganisms that produce and degrade methanethiol (MT) and dimethyl sulfide (DMS) have been isolated from various habitats, little is known about the numbers of these microorganisms in situ. This study reports on the identification and quantification of microorganisms involved in the cycling of MT ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lomans BP,Luderer R,Steenbakkers P,Pol A,van Der Drift C,Vogels GD,Op den Camp HJ

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis was detected in artificially inoculated eggs within 24 h through a rapid monoclonal antibody-based dot blot immunoassay. Detection in poultry and other products required 28 h. Samples were directly enriched in homogenized egg without the need for pre- or postenrichment steps. Se...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yoshimasu MA,Zawistowski J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular pathogens Legionella micdadei and Legionella pneumophila are the two most common Legionella species that cause Legionnaires' disease. Intracellular replication within pulmonary cells is the hallmark of Legionnaires' disease. In the environment, legionellae are parasites of protozoans, and intracellul...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Abu Kwaik Y,Venkataraman C,Harb OS,Gao LY

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A beta-mannanase (EC 3.2.1.78) from Vibrio sp. strain MA-138 was purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation and several chromatographic procedures including gel filtration, adsorption, and ion-exchange chromatographies. The final ion-exchange chromatography Mono Q yielded one major active fraction and three minor acti...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tamaru Y,Araki T,Amagoi H,Mori H,Morishita T

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic diversity of 35 Bacillus sphaericus strains was analyzed by a newly developed multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme, toxin gene pool survey, and mosquito bioassay. The results demonstrated that strains assigned to the same sequence type (ST) had the same occurrence of toxin genes. Further sequence analy...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ge Y,Hu X,Zheng D,Wu Y,Yuan Z

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to bile is a prerequisite property of the gastrointestinal bacterial flora. Bile acids are powerful detergents, and resistance to sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) has therefore often been considered relevant to studies of bile resistance. We have studied the effects of bovine bile (BB) and SDS on Enterococcus f...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Solheim M,Aakra A,Vebø H,Snipen L,Nes IF

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hydrogen utilizing exoelectrogenic bacterium (Geobacter sulfurreducens) was compared to both a nonhydrogen oxidizer (Geobacter metallireducens) and a mixed consortium in order to compare the hydrogen production rates and hydrogen recoveries of pure and mixed cultures in microbial electrolysis cells (MECs). At an app...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Call DF,Wagner RC,Logan BE

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obligate aerobic organisms rely on a functional electron transport chain for energy conservation and NADH oxidation. Because of this essential requirement, the genes of this pathway are likely constitutively and highly expressed to avoid a cofactor imbalance and energy shortage under fluctuating environmental conditio...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nies SC,Dinger R,Chen Y,Wordofa GG,Kristensen M,Schneider K,Büchs J,Petzold CJ,Keasling JD,Blank LM,Ebert BE

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) causes serious foodborne disease worldwide. It produces the very potent Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2). The Stx2-encoding genes are located on a prophage, and production of the toxin is linked to the synthesis of Stx phages. There is, currently, no good treatment for EHEC infections, as...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kijewski A,Witsø IL,Iversen H,Rønning HT,L'Abée-Lund T,Wasteson Y,Lindbäck T,Aspholm M

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Patulin production by Penicillium griseofulvum was monitored with Sep-Pak cartridges and high-pressure liquid chromatography. Determination and quantification of this metabolite proved to be very simple, and our method saved time and a large amount of organic solvents. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Torres M,Sanchis V,Riba M,Canela R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diverse nifH and nifH-like gene sequences were obtained from the deep-sea surface sediments of the methane hydrate-bearing Okhotsk Sea. Some sequences formed novel families of the NifH or NifH-like proteins, of currently unresolved bacterial or archaeal origin. Comparison with other marine environments indicates envir...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dang H,Luan X,Zhao J,Li J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00