VanA-type enterococci from humans, animals, and food: species distribution, population structure, Tn1546 typing and location, and virulence determinants.

abstract：:1-Hydroxybenzotriazole, violuric acid, and N-hydroxyacetanilide are three N-OH compounds capable of mediating a range of laccase-catalyzed biotransformations, such as paper pulp delignification and degradation of polycyclic hydrocarbons. The mechanism of their enzymatic oxidation was studied with seven fungal laccases...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Xu F,Kulys JJ,Duke K,Li K,Krikstopaitis K,Deussen HJ,Abbate E,Galinyte V,Schneider P

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotoxin exposure occurs in homes and occupational environments and is known to cause adverse health effects. In order to compare results from different studies and establish standards, airborne endotoxin exposures should be assessed using standardized methods. Although the European Committee for Standardization (CEN...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Spaan S,Heederik DJ,Thorne PS,Wouters IM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although research has increasingly focused on the pathogenesis of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) infections and the "APEC pathotype" itself, little is known about the reservoirs of these bacteria. We therefore compared outbreak strains isolated from diseased chickens (n = 121) with nonoutbreak strains, inclu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ewers C,Antão EM,Diehl I,Philipp HC,Wieler LH

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis A virus disinfection was assessed on contaminated stainless-steel disks. Ten microliters of fecally suspended hepatitis A virus was deposited on the center of each disk, dried for 20 min, and then covered with 20 microliters of the test product for 1 min. Of the 20 formulations tested, only 2% glutaraldehyde...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mbithi JN,Springthorpe VS,Sattar SA

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysostaphin (Lst) is a potent bacteriolytic enzyme that kills Staphylococcus aureus, a common bacterial pathogen of humans and animals. With high activity against both planktonic cells and biofilms, Lst has the potential to be used in industrial products, such as commercial cleansers, for decontamination. However, Lst...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wu X,Kwon SJ,Kim D,Zha J,Mora-Pale M,Dordick JS

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The lysogenic bacteriophage APSE infects "Candidatus Hamiltonella defensa," a facultative endosymbiont of aphids and other sap-feeding insects. This endosymbiont has established a beneficial association with aphids, increasing survivorship following attack by parasitoid wasps. Although APSE and "Ca. Hamiltonella defen...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Degnan PH,Moran NA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A structural gene which codes for an extracellular lipase (EC 3.1.1.3) in Aeromonas hydrophila H3, which was isolated from a female hospitalized patient, was cloned in Escherichia coli by using pBR322 as a vector. Lipase purified from both A. hydrophila culture supernatant and the periplasmic fluids of E. coli contain...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Anguita J,Rodríguez Aparicio LB,Naharro G

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Sepiola (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae) contains 10 known species that occur in the Mediterranean Sea today. All Sepiola species have a light organ that contains at least one of two species of luminous bacteria, Vibrio fischeri and Vibrio logei. The two Vibrio species coexist in at least four Sepiola species (S. a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nishiguchi MK

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth kinetics of Flavobacterium sp. strain S12 specialized in the utilization of glycerol, and a number of oligo- and polysaccharides were determined in batch-culture experiments at 15 degrees C in pasteurized tap water supplied with very low amounts of substrates. Kss for the growth on maltotriose, maltotetraos...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： van der Kooij D,Hijnen WA

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternariol and alternariol methyl ether were tested in the Ames Salmonella typhimurium assay, and both were shown, with and without metabolic activation, to be nonmutagenic to strains TA98 and TA100. The finding of other investigators that alternariol methyl ether is weakly mutagenic to TA98 without metabolic activat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Davis VM,Stack ME

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quaternary ammonium compounds such as benzalkonium chloride (BC) are widely used as disinfectants in both food processing and medical environments. BC-resistant strains of Listeria monocytogenes have been implicated in multistate outbreaks of listeriosis and have been frequently isolated from food processing plants. H...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Elhanafi D,Dutta V,Kathariou S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence suggests that pesticides have played a role in the increased rate of honey bee colony loss. One of the most commonly used pesticides in the United States is the neonicotinoid imidacloprid. Although the primary mode of action of imidacloprid is on the insect nervous system, it has also been shown ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Raymann K,Motta EVS,Girard C,Riddington IM,Dinser JA,Moran NA

更新日期：2018-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Injury induced in Escherichia coli cells by chlorination was studied from a physiological standpoint. Predictable and reproducible injury was found to occur rapidly in 0.5 mg of chlorine per liter and was reversible under nonselective conditions. There was an extended lag period in the growth of chlorinated cells not ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Camper AK,McFeters GA

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel variants of Bacillus thuringiensis were isolated from the phylloplane of deciduous and conifer trees as well as of other plants. These isolates displayed a range of toxicity towards Trichoplusia ni. Immunoblot and toxin protein analysis indicate that these strains included representatives of the three principal ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Smith RA,Couche GA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial mercury methylation and methylmercury decomposition were examined in Lake Clara, an oligotrophic northern Wisconsin seepage lake, using radioisotopic tracers. Methylation activity was near background in the water column, was greatest in the profundal surficial sediments, and decreased with depth in sediment ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Korthals ET,Winfrey MR

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas putida aggressively colonizes root surfaces and is agglutinated by a root surface glycoprotein. Mutants of P. putida derived chemically or by Tn5 insertion demonstrated enhanced or decreased agglutinability. Two nonagglutinable Tn5 mutants (Agg) and two mutants with enhanced agglutinability (Agg) possessed...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Anderson AJ,Habibzadegah-Tari P,Tepper CS

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the relationship between bacterioplankton production (BP), respiration (BR), and community composition measured by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism in the southern North Sea over a seasonal cycle. Major changes in bacterioplankton richness were apparent from April to December. While ce...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Reinthaler T,Winter C,Herndl GJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The supernatant from centrifugation at 1,000 x g of strained rumen fluid was lyophilized, and the residue and sublimate fractions were used to replace fresh rumen fluid in a complete roll tube medium for enumeration of total rumen bacteria. Most of the growth-supporting nutrients in fresh rumen fluid were found in the...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dehority BA,Tirabasso PA

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient enrichment of staphylococcal cells displaying specific heterologous affinity ligands on their cell surfaces was demonstrated by using fluorescence-activated cell sorting. Using bacterial surface display of peptide or protein libraries for the purpose of combinatorial protein engineering has previously been i...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wernérus H,Samuelson P,Ståhl S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymatic production of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) has gained interest in recent years, as FDCA is a renewable precursor of poly(ethylene-2,5-furandicarboxylate) (PEF). 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural oxidases (HMFOs) form a flavoenzyme family with genes annotated in a dozen bacte...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Viñambres M,Espada M,Martínez AT,Serrano A

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene, pfa1, encoding an autotransporter was cloned from a pathogenic Pseudomonas fluorescens strain, TSS, isolated from diseased fish. The expression of pfa1 is enhanced during infection and is regulated by growth phase and growth conditions. Mutation of pfa1 significantly attenuates the overall bacterial virulence ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hu YH,Liu CS,Hou JH,Sun L

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bifidobacteria are a major component of the intestinal microbiota in humans, particularly breast-fed infants. Therefore, elucidation of the mechanisms by which these bacteria colonize the intestine is desired. One approach is transposon mutagenesis, a technique currently attracting much attention because, in combinati...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sakanaka M,Nakakawaji S,Nakajima S,Fukiya S,Abe A,Saburi W,Mori H,Yokota A

更新日期：2018-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Progesterone was converted to 5alpha-pregnane-3alpha-ol-20-one, delta4-pregnene-20alpha-ol-3-one, delta4-pregnene-14alpha-ol-3,20-dione, delta4-pregnene-7beta,14alpha-diol-3,20-dione, and delta4-pregnene-6beta,11alpha-diol-3,20-dione by cell cultures of Lycopersicon esculentum. Cell cultures of Capsicum frutescens (gr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yagen B,Gallili GE,Mateles RI

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helix alpha 4 of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins is thought to play a critical role in the toxins' mode of action. Accordingly, single-site substitutions of many Cry1Aa helix alpha 4 amino acid residues have previously been shown to cause substantial reductions in the protein's pore-forming activity. Changes in prot...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Girard F,Vachon V,Préfontaine G,Marceau L,Schwartz JL,Masson L,Laprade R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence and distribution of magnetotactic bacteria (MB) were studied as a function of the physical and chemical conditions in meromictic Salt Pond, Falmouth, Mass., throughout summer 2002. Three dominant MB morphotypes were observed to occur within the chemocline. Small microaerophilic magnetite-producing cocci...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Simmons SL,Sievert SM,Frankel RB,Bazylinski DA,Edwards KJ

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeasts grown in the presence of benzoic acid tolerated 40 to 100% higher benzoic acid concentrations than did those grown in the absence of weak-acid-type preservatives. They also accumulated less benzoate in the presence of glucose. In chemostat cultures, benzoic acid reduced growth yield and the rate of cell product...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Warth AD

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellulose is an abundant and renewable biopolymer that can be used for biofuel generation; however, structural entrapment with other cell wall components hinders enzyme-substrate interactions, a key bottleneck for ethanol production. Biomass is routinely subjected to treatments that facilitate cellulase-cellulose cont...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang H,Squina F,Segato F,Mort A,Lee D,Pappan K,Prade R

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of genes encoding polyamine transporters from plasmids and polyamine supplements increased furfural tolerance (growth and ethanol production) in ethanologenic Escherichia coli LY180 (in AM1 mineral salts medium containing xylose). This represents a new approach to increase furfural tolerance and may be usef...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Geddes RD,Wang X,Yomano LP,Miller EN,Zheng H,Shanmugam KT,Ingram LO

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the anaerobic biodegradation of 3-chlorobenzoate (3CBz) by microorganisms from an aquifer where chloroaromatic compounds were previously found to resist decay in the presence of sulfate. After a lengthy lag period, 3CBz was degraded in the presence of sulfate and concurrently with sulfate reduction. Ch...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Townsend GT,Ramanand K,Suflita JM

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cry1Fa insecticidal protein was successfully radiolabeled with (125)I-Na. Specific binding to brush border membrane vesicles was shown for the lepidopteran species Ostrinia nubilalis, Spodoptera frugiperda, Spodoptera exigua, Helicoverpa armigera, Heliothis virescens, and Plutella xylostella. Homologous competition as...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hernández-Rodríguez CS,Hernández-Martínez P,Van Rie J,Escriche B,Ferré J

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00