Weak activity of haloalkane dehalogenase LinB with 1,2,3-trichloropropane revealed by X-Ray crystallography and microcalorimetry.

abstract：:Certain strains of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis contribute beneficially to animal health and food production, while others are associated with nosocomial infections. To determine whether there are structural and functional genomic features that are distinct between nonclinical (NC) and clinical (CL) ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kim EB,Marco ML

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidneys showing renal changes characteristic for mycotoxic porcine nephropathy were collected during the period 1 April 1982 to 31 March 1983 from 225,000 swine processed in a large slaughterhouse in the district of Poznań, Poland. Of 113 kidneys suspected of mycotoxic porcine nephropathy, 27 exhibited ochratoxin A le...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Goliński P,Hult K,Grabarkiewicz-Szczesna J,Chełkowski J,Kneblewski P,Szebiotko K

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychrotolerant acidophile Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans has been identified from cold environments and has been shown to use ferrous iron and inorganic sulfur compounds as its energy sources. A bioinformatic evaluation presented in this study suggested that Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans utilized a ferrous iron ox...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Liljeqvist M,Rzhepishevska OI,Dopson M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plasmid marker rescue system based on restoration of the nptII gene was established in Streptococcus gordonii to study the transfer of bacterial and transgenic plant DNA by transformation. In vitro studies revealed that the marker rescue efficiency depends on the type of donor DNA. Plasmid and chromosomal DNA of bac...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kharazmi M,Sczesny S,Blaut M,Hammes WP,Hertel C

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of pressure and temperature on the fatty acid composition in a barotolerant deep-sea bacterium that had branched-chain fatty acids were examined. The major fatty acids of the strain at atmospheric pressure were iso-C(15:0), C(16:1), iso-C(17:0), and iso-C(17:1). As the growth pressure increased, the propor...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kamimura K,Fuse H,Takimura O,Yamaoka Y

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of neurotoxic species within the genus Alexandrium along the U.S. coastline has raised concern of potential poisoning through the consumption of contaminated seafood. Paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) detected in shellfish provide evidence that these harmful events have increased in frequency and severity...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Garneau MÈ,Schnetzer A,Countway PD,Jones AC,Seubert EL,Caron DA

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome c(3) from Desulfovibrio vulgaris Miyazaki F was successfully expressed in the facultative aerobe Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 under anaerobic, microaerophilic, and aerobic conditions, with yields of 0.3 to 0.5 mg of cytochrome/g of cells. A derivative of the broad-host-range plasmid pRK415 containing the cyto...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ozawa K,Tsapin AI,Nealson KH,Cusanovich MA,Akutsu H

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of limiting concentrations of ammonium on the metabolic activity of Nitrosomonas europaea, an obligate ammonia-oxidizing soil bacterium, were investigated. Cells were harvested during late logarithmic growth and were incubated for 24 h in growth medium containing 0, 15, or 50 mM ammonium. The changes in ni...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Stein LY,Arp DJ

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azotobacter vinelandii OP was grown to stationary phase in defined medium. The cell-free culture medium was analyzed for cytokinin content by XAD-2 and Sephadex LH-20 chromatography, thin-layer chromatography, tobacco callus bioassay, and enzyme immunoassay. Three cytokinin-active fractions were detected and tentative...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Taller BJ,Wong TY

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of 135 Staphylococcus strains isolated from Spanish dry-cured hams to produce enterotoxins in culture was investigated by the reversed passive latex agglutination method. A high percentage of enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus strains (85.9%) was recorded, and 54.3% of these produced enterotoxin A. One ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Marín ME,de la Rosa MC,Cornejo I

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microflora in strained rumen fluid did not methylate or volatilize 203Hg2+ at detectable rates. However, there was an exponential decay in the concentration of added CH3Hg+, which was attributed to demethylation. The major product of demethylation was metallic mercury (Hg0), and it was released as a volatile produ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kozak S,Forsberg CW

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellobiose labeled either at the reducing end (4-O-beta-d-glucopyranosyl-d-[U-C]glucopyranose) or at the nonreducing end (4-O-beta-d-[U-C]glucopyranosyl-d -glucopyranose) was synthesized with Clostridium thermocellum cellobiose phosphorylase at greater than 98% purity. The radioactive cellobioses were identical to aut...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ng TK,Zeikus JG

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Mycoplasmas are minimal, wall-less bacteria but have retained the ability to secrete complex carbohydrate polymers that constitute a glycocalyx. In members of the Mycoplasma mycoides cluster, which are important ruminant pathogens, the glycocalyx includes both cell-attached and cell-free polysaccharides. Thi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gaurivaud P,Baranowski E,Pau-Roblot C,Sagné E,Citti C,Tardy F

更新日期：2016-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Arthrobacter aurescens strain TC1 metabolizes atrazine to cyanuric acid via TrzN, AtzB, and AtzC. The complete sequence of a 160-kb bacterial artificial chromosome clone indicated that trzN, atzB, and atzC are linked on the A. aurescens genome. TrzN, AtzB, and AtzC were shown to be functional in Escherichia coli. Hybr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sajjaphan K,Shapir N,Wackett LP,Palmer M,Blackmon B,Tomkins J,Sadowsky MJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia albertii is a recently described species that has been associated with gastroenteritis in humans and with healthy and ill birds. Most recently, it has been identified as the causative agent in a food-borne outbreak in Japan. The distribution and clinical importance of E. albertii are not well studied becau...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lindsey RL,Fedorka-Cray PJ,Abley M,Turpin JB,Meinersmann RJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gram-negative rod, identified as a Pseudomonas sp., was isolated from soil by using bromacil as the sole source of carbon and energy. During growth on bromacil or 5-bromouracil, almost stoichiometric amounts of bromide were released. The bacterium was shown to harbor two plasmids approximately 60 and 100 kilobases i...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chaudhry GR,Cortez L

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucoromycota representatives are known to harbour two types of endohyphal bacteria (EHB) - Burkholderia related endobacteria (BRE) and Mycoplasma related endobacteria (MRE). While both BRE and MRE occur in fungi representing all subphyla of Mucoromycota, their distribution is not well studied. Therefore, it is difficu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Okrasińska A,Bokus A,Duk K,Gęsiorska A,Sokołowska B,Miłobędzka A,Wrzosek M,Pawłowska J

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 30 strains of the pathogenic free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri were investigated by using the randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) method. The present study confirmed our previous finding that RAPD variation is not correlated with geographical origin. In particular, Mexican strains belong to the...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pélandakis M,De Jonckheere JF,Pernin P

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we compared different methods-including transmission electron microscopy-and various nucleic acid labeling methods in which we used the fluorochromes 4',6'-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI), 4-[3-methyl-2,3-dihydro-(benzo-1, 3-oxazole)-2-methylmethyledene]-1-(3'-trimethyl ammoniumpropyl)-quinilinium diioi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bettarel Y,Sime-Ngando T,Amblard C,Laveran H

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Citrate and pyruvate metabolism by nongrowing cells of Leuconostoc oenos was investigated. (sup13)C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was used to elucidate the pathway of citrate breakdown and to probe citrate or pyruvate utilization, noninvasively, in living cell suspensions. The utilization of isotopical...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ramos A,Lolkema JS,Konings WN,Santos H

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Washed cell suspensions of Desulfovibrio vulgaris rapidly reduced Cr(VI) to Cr(III) with H(2) as the electron donor. The c(3) cytochrome from this organism functioned as a Cr(VI) reductase. D. vulgaris may have advantages over previously described Cr(VI) reducers for the bioremediation of Cr(VI)-contaminated waters. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lovley DR,Phillips EJ

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli ATCC 12806 was exposed to increasing subinhibitory concentrations of three biocides widely used in food industry facilities: trisodium phosphate (TSP), sodium nitrite (SNI), and sodium hypochlorite (SHY). The cultures exhibited an acquired tolerance to biocides (especially to SNI and SHY) after exposu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Capita R,Riesco-Peláez F,Alonso-Hernando A,Alonso-Calleja C

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetotactic bacteria comprise a phylogenetically diverse group that is capable of synthesizing intracellular magnetic particles. Although various morphotypes of magnetotactic bacteria have been observed in the environment, bacterial strains available in pure culture are currently limited to a few genera due to diffi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Arakaki A,Shibusawa M,Hosokawa M,Matsunaga T

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of Vibrio cholerae with zooplankton has been suggested as an important factor in transmission of human epidemic cholera, and the ability to colonize zooplankton surfaces may play a role in the temporal variation and predominance of the two different serogroups (V. cholerae O1 El Tor and O139) in the aq...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rawlings TK,Ruiz GM,Colwell RR

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorhexidine (CHX) is a broad-spectrum antiseptic widely used in community and clinical contexts for many years that has recently acquired higher relevance in nosocomial infection control worldwide. Despite this, CHX tolerance among Enterococcus faecium bacteria, representing one of the leading agents causing nosocom...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Duarte B,Pereira AP,Freitas AR,Coque TM,Hammerum AM,Hasman H,Antunes P,Peixe L,Novais C

更新日期：2019-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusarium tricinctum Fn-2B was grown on a rice substrate at room temperature (22 to 26 degrees C) for 2 weeks followed by growth at a low temperature (10 to 12 degrees C) for an additional 2 weeks. A total of 1.5 g of nivalenol and 80 mg of fusarenone-X were obtained from 2 kg of rice culture. The methods of production...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lee YW,Mirocha CJ

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjugal transfer of lactose-fermenting ability (Lac+), nisin resistance (Nisr), and phage resistance (Hsp+) was demonstrated in matings between Streptococcus lactis ME2 (donor) and Streptococcus cremoris M43a (recipient), a derivative of M12R. Transconjugants were detected by transfer of Lac+ and were found to exhibi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Steenson LR,Klaenhammer TR

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growth medium and test were developed for rapid detection of urease in fermentative anaerobic bacteria. Using nonselective rumen fluid roll-tube agar medium and the new test, it was confirmed that Peptostreptococcus productus is often the most numerous urease-forming species in human feces. Also, some fecal strains ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wozny MA,Bryant MP,Holdeman LV,Moore WE

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty fungal genera, including 14 Fusarium species, were examined for ice nucleation activity at -5.0 degrees C, and this activity was found only in Fusarium acuminatum and Fusarium avenaceum. This characteristic is unique to these two species. Ice nucleation activity of F. avenaceum was compared with ice nucleation ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pouleur S,Richard C,Martin JG,Antoun H

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ophthalmic acid (OA; l-γ-glutamyl-l-2-aminobutyryl-glycine) is an analog of glutathione (GSH; l-γ-glutamyl-l-cysteinyl-glycine) in which the cysteine moiety is replaced by l-2-aminobutyrate. OA is a useful peptide for the pharmaceutical and/or food industries. Herein, we report a method for the production of OA using ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ito T,Tokoro M,Hori R,Hemmi H,Yoshimura T

更新日期：2018-03-19 00:00:00