Effect of gene amplification on mercuric ion reduction activity of Escherichia coli.

abstract：:Methods to assess the impact of goose fecal contamination are needed as the result of the increasing number of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) near North American inland waters. However, there is little information on goose fecal microbial communities, and such data are important for the development of host-specific ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lu J,Santo Domingo JW,Hill S,Edge TA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanin is a pigment produced by organisms throughout all domains of life. Due to its unique physicochemical properties, biocompatibility, and biostability, there has been an increasing interest in the use of melanin for broad applications. In the vast majority of studies, melanin has been either chemically synthesize...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang Z,Tschirhart T,Schultzhaus Z,Kelly EE,Chen A,Oh E,Nag O,Glaser ER,Kim E,Lloyd PF,Charles PT,Li W,Leary D,Compton J,Phillips DA,Dhinojwala A,Payne GF,Vora GJ

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Rumen-protected glucose (RPG) plays an important role in alleviating the negative energy balance of dairy cows. This study used a combination of rumen microbes 16S and metabolomics to elucidate the changes of rumen microbial composition and rumen metabolites of different doses of RPG's rumen degradation part in early-...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Nan X,Zhao Y,Wang Y,Jiang L,Xiong B

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Pili (fimbriae) were observed on cells of each of the five strains of Bradyrhizobium japonicum and the one strain of Rhizobium trifolii examined. Pili on B. japonicum were about 4 nm in diameter and polarly expressed. Piliated cells were estimated by transmission electron microscopy and hydrophobic attachment to polys...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vesper SJ,Bauer WD

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 has a natural reservoir in the intestinal tracts of cattle. Colonization is asymptomatic and transient, but it is not clear if protective immunity is induced. This study demonstrates that prior colonization induces humoral immune responses to bacterial antigens and reduces ba...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Naylor SW,Flockhart A,Nart P,Smith DG,Huntley J,Gally DL,Low JC

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) ST398 isolated from pigs raised in conventional farms was previously reported. Here we report a study on 25 farms adhering to an alternative system. LA-MRSA ST398 was not detected in nasal swabs from 178 pigs or from 89 humans working and livin...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cuny C,Friedrich AW,Witte W

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An optical method to quantify the fungal hyphae within decomposing leaves of deciduous trees was developed. The plant matrix was partially destroyed under hydrolytic conditions, and fungal hyphae and cellulose residues within the leaves were stained with Calcofluor M2R. Cellulose residues were subsequently depolymeriz...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Daniel O,Schonholzer F,Zeyer J

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective wastewater management is crucial to ensure the safety of water reuse projects and effluent discharge into surface waters. Multiple studies have demonstrated that municipal wastewater treatment with conventional activated sludge processes is inefficient for the removal of a wide spectrum of viruses in sewage....

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chacón L,Barrantes K,Santamaría-Ulloa C,Solano M,Reyes L,Taylor L,Valiente C,Symonds EM,Achí R

更新日期：2020-08-18 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：:A "repair-detection" procedure consisting of pour plating of food samples with Trypticase soy agar, followed by 1-h repair incubation at room temperature and subsequent overlay with violet red bile agar, was found to be an effective method for the detection of injuried and uninjuried coliforms from dairy products. Thi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ray B,Speck ML

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a phylogenetic analysis of nine strains of symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria isolated from nodules of tagasaste (Chamaecytisus proliferus) and other endemic woody legumes of the Canary Islands, Spain. These and several reference strains were characterized genotypically at different levels of taxonomic reso...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vinuesa P,Rademaker JL,de Bruijn FJ,Werner D

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The medicinal value associated with complex polyketide and nonribosomal peptide natural products has prompted biosynthetic schemes dependent upon heterologous microbial hosts. Here we report the successful biosynthesis of yersiniabactin (Ybt), a model polyketide-nonribosomal peptide hybrid natural product, using Esche...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pfeifer BA,Wang CC,Walsh CT,Khosla C

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleic acid-based analytical methods, ranging from species-targeted PCRs to metagenomics, have greatly expanded our understanding of microbiological diversity in natural samples. However, these methods provide only limited information on the activities and physiological states of microorganisms in samples. Even the m...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cangelosi GA,Meschke JS

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization of the mle locus harboring the malolactic enzyme gene mleA and malate permease gene mleP from Leuconostoc oenos was completed in this study by mRNA analysis. Northern (RNA) blot experiments revealed a 2.6-kb transcript, suggesting an operon structure harboring mleA and mleP genes. Primer extension ana...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Labarre C,Diviès C,Guzzo J

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to explore the biochemical scope of ochratoxin A-producing penicillia, we screened 48 Penicillium verrucosum isolates for the production of secondary metabolites. Fungal metabolites were analyzed by high-pressure liquid or gas chromatography coupled to diode array detection or mass spectrometry. The following...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Larsen TO,Svendsen A,Smedsgaard J

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases (BVMOs), designated BoBVMO and AmBVMO, were discovered from Bradyrhizobium oligotrophicum and Aeromicrobium marinum, respectively. Both monooxygenases displayed novel features for catalyzing the asymmetric sulfoxidation of bulky and pharmaceutically relevant thioethers. Evolutionary ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zhang Y,Liu F,Xu N,Wu YQ,Zheng YC,Zhao Q,Lin G,Yu HL,Xu JH

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilms are composed of bacterial cells encased in a self-synthesized, extracellular polymeric matrix. Poly-beta(1,6)-N-acetyl-d-glucosamine (PNAG) is a major biofilm matrix component in phylogenetically diverse bacteria. In this study we investigated the physical and chemical properties of the PNAG matrix in biofilm...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ganeshnarayan K,Shah SM,Libera MR,Santostefano A,Kaplan JB

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chickens on a broiler farm in southern England were found to be colonized with Campylobacter jejuni of a single serotype, Lior 1 Penner 4. The farm was the sole supplier of a local slaughterhouse associated with a campylobacter outbreak in 1984 caused by this serotype. The serotype persisted on the farm for at least 1...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pearson AD,Greenwood M,Healing TD,Rollins D,Shahamat M,Donaldson J,Colwell RR

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:So far, only scarce and rather diffuse information is available on bacteriophages infecting members of the genus Bifidobacterium. In the current study, we investigated the genetic organization, phylogenetic relationships, and, in some cases, transcription profiles and inducibility of 19 prophage-like elements present ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ventura M,Turroni F,Lima-Mendez G,Foroni E,Zomer A,Duranti S,Giubellini V,Bottacini F,Horvath P,Barrangou R,Sela DA,Mills DA,van Sinderen D

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different Cd(2+) uptake systems were identified in Lactobacillus plantarum. One is a high-affinity, high-velocity Mn(2+) uptake system which also takes up Cd(2+) and is induced by Mn(2+) starvation. The calculated K(m) and V(max) are 0.26 microM and 3.6 micromol g of dry cell(-1) min(-1), respectively. Unlike Mn(2...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hao Z,Reiske HR,Wilson DB

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The composition of predominant soil bacteria during grassland succession was investigated in the Dutch Drentse A area. Five meadows, taken out of agricultural production at different time points, and one currently fertilized plot represented different stages of grassland succession. Since fertilization and agricultura...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Felske A,Wolterink A,Van Lis R,De Vos WM,Akkermans AD

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil samples were screened to select microorganisms with the capability to oxidize organic sulfides into the corresponding sulfoxides with differential enantioselectivities. Several bacterial strains that preferentially produced the S-configured sulfoxide enantiomer were isolated. Surprisingly, one bacterial strain, g...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Adam W,Heckel F,Saha-Möller CR,Taupp M,Meyer JM,Schreier P

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-throughput sequencing of the taxonomically informative 16S rRNA gene provides a powerful approach for exploring microbial diversity. Here we compare the performances of two common "benchtop" sequencing platforms, Illumina MiSeq and Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine (PGM), for bacterial community profiling by 16...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Salipante SJ,Kawashima T,Rosenthal C,Hoogestraat DR,Cummings LA,Sengupta DJ,Harkins TT,Cookson BT,Hoffman NG

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：:Marine microbial communities often contain multiple closely related phylogenetic clades, but in many cases, it is still unclear what physiological traits differentiate these putative ecotypes. The numerically abundant marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus can be divided into at least 14 clades. In order to better unders...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ahlgren NA,Rocap G

更新日期：2006-11-01 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

abstract：:The D-values of Bacillus pumilus spores on various devices ranged from 0.14 to 0.23 Mrads. The majority of devices displayed D-values equal to or less than the value obtained on filter paper. Increased resistivity was also encountered. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Prince HN

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-component regulatory systems are one primary mechanism for environmental sensing and signal transduction. Annotation of the complete genome sequence of the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM revealed nine two-component regulatory systems. In this study, the histidine protein kinase of a two-compone...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Azcarate-Peril MA,McAuliffe O,Altermann E,Lick S,Russell WM,Klaenhammer TR

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Citrus canker, caused by Xanthomonas citri pv. citri, is a serious disease of citrus plants worldwide. Earlier phylogenetic studies using housekeeping genes revealed that X. citri pv. citri is related to many other pathovars, which can be collectively referred as Xanthomonas citri pathovars (XCPs). From the present st...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bansal K,Midha S,Kumar S,Patil PB

更新日期：2017-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The Amazon rainforest, the largest equatorial forest in the world, is being cleared for pasture and agricultural use at alarming rates. Tropical deforestation is known to cause alterations in microbial communities at taxonomic and phylogenetic levels, but it is unclear whether microbial functional groups are altered. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mirza BS,Potisap C,Nüsslein K,Bohannan BJ,Rodrigues JL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00