The explosive-degrading cytochrome P450 system is highly conserved among strains of Rhodococcus spp.

abstract：:Representatives of only four well-characterized bacterial phyla were isolated from a pasture soil by using liquid serial dilution culture. In contrast, members of Acidobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, and Gemmatimonadetes and of other poorly represented bacterial lineages were isolated in earlier experiments with solidified...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schoenborn L,Yates PS,Grinton BE,Hugenholtz P,Janssen PH

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To cause an infection, bacteriophages must penetrate the alginate exopolysaccharide of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to reach the bacterial surface. Despite a lack of intrinsic motility, phage were shown to diffuse through alginate gels at alginate concentrations up to 8% (wt/vol) and to bring about a 2-log reduction in the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hanlon GW,Denyer SP,Olliff CJ,Ibrahim LJ

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The function of small secreted proteins (SSPs) in saprotrophic fungi is, for the most part, unknown. The white-rot mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus produces considerable amounts of SSPs at the onset of secondary metabolism, during colony development, and in response to chemical compounds such as 5-hydroxymethylfurfural an...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Feldman D,Amedi N,Carmeli S,Yarden O,Hadar Y

更新日期：2019-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Time series incubations were conducted to provide estimates for the size selectivities and rates of protistan grazing that may be occurring in a sandy, contaminated aquifer. The experiments involved four size classes of fluorescently labeled groundwater bacteria (FLB) and 2- to 3-microns-long nanoflagellates, primaril...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kinner NE,Harvey RW,Blakeslee K,Novarino G,Meeker LD

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three particulate methane monooxygenase PCR primer sets (A189-A682, A189-A650, and A189-mb661) were investigated for their ability to assess methanotroph diversity in soils from three sites, i.e., heath, oak, and sitka, each of which was capable of oxidizing atmospheric concentrations of methane. Each PCR primer set w...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bourne DG,McDonald IR,Murrell JC

更新日期：2001-09-01 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 alphaproteobacterium Hyphomonas neptunium proliferates by a unique budding mechanism in which daughter cells emerge from the end of a stalk-like extension emanating from the mother cell body. Studies of this species so far have been hampered by the lack of a genetic system and of molecular tools allowing the regul...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jung A,Eisheuer S,Cserti E,Leicht O,Strobel W,Möll A,Schlimpert S,Kühn J,Thanbichler M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Clostridium perfringens type A is a common source of foodborne illness (FBI) in humans. Vegetative cells sporulate in the small intestinal tract and produce the major pathogenic factor C. perfringens enterotoxin. Although sporulation plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of FBI, the mechanisms inducing s...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yasugi M,Okuzaki D,Kuwana R,Takamatsu H,Fujita M,Sarker MR,Miyake M

更新日期：2016-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The heat destruction characteristics of Clostridium botulinum spores suspended in tomato juice and phosphate buffer were determined by the survivor curve method with aluminum thermal death time tubes. Two type A strains of C. botulinum and a type B strain were evaluated. Strains A16037 and B15580 were implicated in ou...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Odlaug TE,Pflug IJ

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-eight cultures of Legionella pneumophila isolated from surface waters were characterized by their morphological, tinctorial, biochemical, and serological properties and by their ability to produce disease in guinea pigs. Their susceptibility to antimicrobial agents also was tested. When they were compared with...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Orrison LH,Cherry WB,Fliermans CB,Dees SB,McDougal LK,Dodd DJ

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined growth of mixed microbial cultures (13 fungal species and one actinomycete species) and production of volatile compounds (VOCs) in typical building materials in outside walls, separating walls, and bathroom floors at various relative humidities (RHs) of air. Air samples from incubation chambers were adsorb...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Korpi A,Pasanen AL,Pasanen P

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medium-chain-length (mcl) poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) (PHAs) are storage polymers that are produced from various substrates and accumulate in Pseudomonas strains belonging to rRNA homology group I. In experiments aimed at increasing PHA production in Pseudomonas strains, we generated an mcl PHA-overproducing mutant of P...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Klinke S,Dauner M,Scott G,Kessler B,Witholt B

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiosphaera pantotropha is capable of simultaneous heterotrophic nitrification and aerobic denitrification. Consequently, its nitrification potential could not be judged from nitrite accumulation, but was estimated from complete nitrogen balances. The maximum rate of nitrification obtained during these experiments was...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Robertson LA,van Niel EW,Torremans RA,Kuenen JG

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether the pathogenic variant of Lyme disease spirochetes, isolate A14S, is perpetuated in a particular reservoir-vector relationship, we screened vector ticks in various Central European sites for a related spirochete and determined its host association. A14S-like spirochetes infect numerous questing ti...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Richter D,Schlee DB,Allgöwer R,Matuschka FR

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial precipitation of barite (BaSO(4)) under laboratory conditions is reported for the first time. The bacterium Myxococcus xanthus was cultivated in a solid medium with a diluted solution of barium chloride. Crystallization occurred as a result of the presence of live bacteria and the bacterial metabolic activit...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： González-Muñoz MT,Fernández-Luque B,Martínez-Ruiz F,Ben Chekroun K,Arias JM,Rodríguez-Gallego M,Martínez-Cañamero M,de Linares C,Paytan A

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the genes involved in the initial attack on fluorene by Sphingomonas sp. strain LB126 were investigated. The alpha and beta subunits of a dioxygenase complex (FlnA1-FlnA2), showing 63 and 51% sequence identity, respectively, to the subunits of an angular dioxygenase from the gram-positive dibenzofuran d...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schuler L,Ní Chadhain SM,Jouanneau Y,Meyer C,Zylstra GJ,Hols P,Agathos SN

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differing incidences of Vibrio parahaemolyticus reported by separate government agencies are attributable to sample handling and subsequent isolation techniques. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Clark AG

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A soil-inhabiting Fusarium proliferatum strain was capable of transforming or degrading nonlabeled and (sup14)C-labeled industrial, natural, and synthetic lignin. The mineralization rate per day (expressed as the percentage of added radioactivity recovered as to (sup14)CO(inf2)) was maximal during primary metabolism. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Regalado V,Rodriguez A,Perestelo F,Carnicero A,De La Fuente G,Falcon MA

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli is a widely utilized indicator of the sanitary quality of bivalve molluscan shellfish sold for human consumption. However, it is now well documented that shellfish that meet the E. coli standards for human consumption may contain human enteric viruses that cause gastroenteritis and hepatitis. In this ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Doré WJ,Henshilwood K,Lees DN

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Killer toxin activity of Pichia anomala WC65 appeared fungicidal for P. bimundalis WC38 and fungistatic for Candida albicans RC1. Inhibitory activity against sensitive C. albicans showed a linear relationship between toxin concentrations and the inverse of the reduced growth rates. The plot of toxin concentrations aga...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sawant AD,Abdelal AT,Ahearn DG

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rep-PCR DNA fingerprint technique, which uses repetitive intergenic DNA sequences, was investigated as a way to differentiate between human and animal sources of fecal pollution. BOX and REP primers were used to generate DNA fingerprints from Escherichia coli strains isolated from human and animal sources (geese, ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dombek PE,Johnson LK,Zimmerley ST,Sadowsky MJ

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：:We designed experiments to assess the effect of chlorine injury on the virulence of waterborne enteropathogens. Higher chlorine doses (0.9 to 1.5 mg/liter) were necessary to produce injured Yersinia enterocolitica, Salmonella typhimurium, and Shigella spp. than to produce injured enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli or co...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： LeChevallier MW,Singh A,Schiemann DA,McFeters GA

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in biological activities (hemagglutination, hemolytic, leukotoxic, and virulence) and ribotypes between the two subspecies of Fusobacterium necrophorum of bovine ruminal and liver abscess origins were investigated. Hemagglutination activity was present in all hepatic, but only some ruminal, strains of Fuso...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Okwumabua O,Tan Z,Staats J,Oberst RD,Chengappa MM,Nagaraja TG

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An epoxyalkane:coenzyme M (CoM) transferase (EaCoMT) enzyme was recently found to be active in the aerobic vinyl chloride (VC) and ethene assimilation pathways of Mycobacterium strain JS60. In the present study, EaCoMT activity and genes were investigated in 10 different mycobacteria isolated on VC or ethene from dive...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Coleman NV,Spain JC

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously identified insert expressing an endopeptidase from a Lactobacillus helveticus CNRZ32 genomic library was characterized. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame of 1,941 bp encoding a putative protein of 71.2 kDa which contained a zinc-protease motif. Protein homology searches revealed ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chen YS,Steele JL

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanuric acid, a metabolic intermediate in the degradation of many s-triazine compounds, is further metabolized by cyanuric acid hydrolase. Cyanuric acid also accumulates in swimming pools due to the breakdown of the sanitizing agents di- and trichloroisocyanuric acid. Structurally stable cyanuric acid hydrolases are ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Li Q,Seffernick JL,Sadowsky MJ,Wackett LP

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently described a new method to activate antibiotic production in bacteria by introducing a mutation conferring resistance to a drug such as streptomycin, rifampin, paromomycin, or gentamicin. This method, however, enhanced antibiotic production by only up to an order of magnitude. Working with Streptomyces coel...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang G,Hosaka T,Ochi K

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long-term epidemiological study of Cryptosporidium molnari in aquacultured European sea bass (ESB) and gilthead sea bream (GSB) was performed in different types of facilities on the Atlantic, Cantabric, and Mediterranean coasts. Four types of studies were carried out. In study A, fish raised from juveniles to market...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sitjà-Bobadilla A,Padrós F,Aguilera C,Alvarez-Pellitero P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate that enhanced lysozyme resistance of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli requires the plasmid-encoded regulator, Per, and is mediated by factors outside the locus for enterocyte effacement. EspC, a Per-activated serine protease autotransporter protein, conferred enhanced resistance on nonpathogenic E. col...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Salinger N,Kokona B,Fairman R,Okeke IN

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00