Improved inactivation of nonenveloped enteric viruses and their surrogates by a novel alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

abstract：:Significant knowledge gaps exist in our understanding of Campylobacter jejuni contamination of the poultry production continuum. Microbiological surveillance and genotypic characterization were undertaken on C. jejuni isolates longitudinally recovered from three poultry farms (weekly samples), the abattoir at which bi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Inglis GD,Ramezani N,Taboada EN,Boras VF,Uwiera RRE

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingomonas paucimobilis B90A is able to degrade the alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH). It contains the genes linA, linB, linC, linD, linE, and linR, which have been implicated in HCH degradation. In this study, dynamic expression of the lin genes was measured in chemostat-grown ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Suar M,van der Meer JR,Lawlor K,Holliger C,Lal R

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive pathogen that causes a variety of diseases, including bovine mastitis, which has severe economic consequences. Standard antibiotic treatment results in selection of resistant strains, leading to a need for alternative treatments, such as bacteriophage therapy. Forty-nine S. aur...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Synnott AJ,Kuang Y,Kurimoto M,Yamamichi K,Iwano H,Tanji Y

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute gastroenteritis caused by human norovirus is a significant public health issue. Fresh produce and seafood are examples of high-risk foods associated with norovirus outbreaks. Food contact surfaces also have the potential to harbor noroviruses if exposed to fecal contamination, aerosolized vomitus, or infected fo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yeap JW,Kaur S,Lou F,DiCaprio E,Morgan M,Linton R,Li J

更新日期：2015-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial communities from a subseafloor sediment core from the southwestern Sea of Okhotsk were evaluated by performing both cultivation-dependent and cultivation-independent (molecular) analyses. The core, which extended 58.1 m below the seafloor, was composed of pelagic clays with several volcanic ash layers contai...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Inagaki F,Suzuki M,Takai K,Oida H,Sakamoto T,Aoki K,Nealson KH,Horikoshi K

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cutinase gene-like genes from the basidiomycete Coprinopsis cinerea (Coprinus cinereus) found with a similarity search were cloned and expressed in Trichoderma reesei under the control of an inducible cbh1 promoter. The selected transformants of all three polyesterase constructs showed activity with p-nitropheny...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kontkanen H,Westerholm-Parvinen A,Saloheimo M,Bailey M,Rättö M,Mattila I,Mohsina M,Kalkkinen N,Nakari-Setälä T,Buchert J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bioassay method was developed to measure the average intensity within a UV disinfection reactor. The survival of spores of Bacillus subtilis was determined as a function of UV dose to prepare a standard curve. Spores were added to unknown systems, and the survival rate was used to determine the average intensity. A ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Qualls RG,Johnson JD

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An NAD(P)H-nicotine blue (quinone) oxidoreductase was discovered as a member of the nicotine catabolic pathway of Arthrobacter nicotinovorans. Transcriptional analysis and electromobility shift assays showed that the enzyme gene was expressed in a nicotine-dependent manner under the control of the transcriptional acti...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mihasan M,Chiribau CB,Friedrich T,Artenie V,Brandsch R

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between November 2002 and April 2003, 244 bottles and cartons of commercially pasteurized cow's milk were obtained at random from retail outlets throughout the Czech Republic. During the same period, samples of raw milk and of milk that was subsequently subjected to a minimum of 71.7 degrees C for 15 s in a local past...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ayele WY,Svastova P,Roubal P,Bartos M,Pavlik I

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bile salt hydrolase activity in intestinal homogenates reflects composite activities of the gastrointestinal microbial consortia. We have proposed that specific transformations of conjugated bile acids by the intestinal microflora result in the production of metabolites which depress the growth of poultry. The inf...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Feighner SD,Dashkevicz MP

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 34 strains of marine bacteria isolated on a general seawater medium, 5 were selected for detailed studies of their population dynamics in the plankton. The isolates were characterized as Aeromonas sp., Chromobacterium cf. lividum, Vibrio sp., and two Pseudomonas spp. Specific antibodies were produced by immunizatio...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dahle AB,Laake M

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aminotransferase capable of transaminating 2-oxo-4-[(hydroxy)(methyl)phosphinoyl]butyric acid to L-phosphinothricin [L-homoalanine-4-yl-(methyl)phosphinic acid], the active ingredient of the herbicide Basta (Hoechst AG), was purified to apparent homogeneity from Escherichia coli K-12. The enzyme catalyzes the trans...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schulz A,Taggeselle P,Tripier D,Bartsch K

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was made to detect the sensitivity of 12 yeast genera to T-2 toxin. Seventy-five yeasts isolated from various sources were tested for their susceptibility to T-2 toxin. The MIC of T-2 for these yeasts varied from 1.0 to greater than 8.0 micrograms/ml. Of the yeasts studied, Kluyveromyces fragilis showed the g...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sukroongreung S,Schappert KT,Khachatourians GG

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodesulfurization was monitored in a recombinant Pseudomonas putida CECT5279 strain. DszB desulfinase activity reached a sharp maximum at the early exponential phase, but it rapidly decreased at later growth phases. A model two-step resting-cell process combining sequentially P. putida cells from the late and early e...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Calzada J,Zamarro MT,Alcón A,Santos VE,Díaz E,García JL,Garcia-Ochoa F

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesophilic and psychrotrophic populations from refrigerated meat were identified in this study, and the spoilage potential of microbial isolates in packaged beef was evaluated by analyzing the release of volatile organic compounds (VOC) by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Fifty mesophilic and twenty-nine ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ercolini D,Russo F,Nasi A,Ferranti P,Villani F

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of phages to specifically interact with and lyse their host bacteria makes them ideal antibacterial agents. The range of applications of bacteriophage can be extended by their immobilization on inert surfaces. A novel method for the oriented immobilization of bacteriophage has been developed. The method wa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Anany H,Chen W,Pelton R,Griffiths MW

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbial degradation of tensile test pieces made of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB)] or a copolymer of 90% 3-hydroxybutyric acid and 10% 3-hydroxyvaleric acid was studied in soils incubated at a constant temperature of 15, 28, or 40 degrees C for up to 200 days. In addition, hydrolytic degradation in sterile buff...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mergaert J,Webb A,Anderson C,Wouters A,Swings J

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) test for assessing the tuberculocidal activity of disinfectants has been shown to be variable. A modified AOAC test, which substituted Middlebrook 7H9 broth as the primary subculture medium and used neutralization by dilution, was compared with the standard AOAC m...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cole EC,Rutala WA,Nessen L,Wannamaker NS,Weber DJ

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria able to perform dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium were isolated from low-oxygen masses in the Baltic Sea. In liquid media enriched with NO(3) and incubated anaerobically, the NH(4)-producing isolates transformed 25 to 72% of the NO(3) to NH(4). ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Samuelsson MO,Rönner U

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The haloalkane dehalogenase enzyme DmmA was identified by marine metagenomic screening. Determination of its crystal structure revealed an unusually large active site compared to those of previously characterized haloalkane dehalogenases. Here we present a biochemical characterization of this interesting enzyme with e...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Buryska T,Babkova P,Vavra O,Damborsky J,Prokop Z

更新日期：2018-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen Bacillus thuringiensis strains representing 13 serotypes were screened with five oligodeoxyribonucleotide probes specific for certain regions of two published sequences and one unpublished sequence of B. thuringiensis delta-endotoxin genes. Of the 15 cultures, 14 hybridized with at least one probe; the B. thur...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Prefontaine G,Fast P,Lau PC,Hefford MA,Hanna Z,Brousseau R

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haa1 is a transcription factor that adapts Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells to weak organic acid stresses by activating the expression of various genes. Many of these genes encode membrane proteins, such as TPO2 and YRO2 How Haa1 is activated by weak acids is not clear. Here, we show that casein kinase I isoform Hrr25 i...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Collins ME,Black JJ,Liu Z

更新日期：2017-06-16 00:00:00

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：:Although their exact function remains enigmatic, bifidobacteria are among the first colonizers of the newborn infant gut and further develop into abundant communities, notably in response to diet. Therefore, the transcriptional responses of bifidobacteria in rapidly processed fecal samples from young infants that were...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Klaassens ES,Boesten RJ,Haarman M,Knol J,Schuren FH,Vaughan EE,de Vos WM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA and peptide nucleic acid (PNA) molecular beacons were successfully used to detect rRNA in solution. In addition, PNA molecular beacon hybridizations were found to be useful for the quantification of rRNA: hybridization signals increased in a linear fashion with the 16S rRNA concentrations used in this experiment (...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Xi C,Balberg M,Boppart SA,Raskin L

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial rhizosphere communities of three host plants of the pathogenic fungus Verticillium dahliae, field-grown strawberry (Fragaria ananassa Duch.), oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.), and potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), were analyzed. We aimed to determine the degree to which the rhizosphere effect is plant depen...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Smalla K,Wieland G,Buchner A,Zock A,Parzy J,Kaiser S,Roskot N,Heuer H,Berg G

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristics of an obligately methylotrophic coccoid methanogen (strain GS-16) previously isolated from estuarine sediment are described. Growth was demonstrated on dimethyl sulfide (DMS) or trimethylamine (TMA), but not on methane thiol, methane thiol plus hydrogen, dimethyl disulfide, or methionine. DMS-grown cel...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Oremland RS,Kiene RP,Mathrani I,Whiticar MJ,Boone DR

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoids are 15-carbon plant secondary metabolites exuded in the rhizosphere that hosts several flavonoid-degrading bacteria. We studied flavonoid catabolism in a plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial strain of Pseudomonas by using a combination of biochemical and genetic approaches. Transposants carrying mini-Tn5gf...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pillai BV,Swarup S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:High-throughput sequencing (HTS) is revolutionizing environmental surveys of microbial diversity in the three domains of life by providing detailed information on which taxa are present in microbial assemblages. However, it is still unclear how the relative abundance of specific taxa gathered by HTS correlat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Giner CR,Forn I,Romac S,Logares R,de Vargas C,Massana R

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:For simultaneous identification of members of the betaproteobacterial order "Rhodocyclales" in environmental samples, a 16S rRNA gene-targeted oligonucleotide microarray (RHC-PhyloChip) consisting of 79 probes was developed. Probe design was based on phylogenetic analysis of available 16S rRNA sequences from all cultu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Loy A,Schulz C,Lücker S,Schöpfer-Wendels A,Stoecker K,Baranyi C,Lehner A,Wagner M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00