Corynebacterium glutamicum contains 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthases that display novel biochemical features.

abstract：:Bacterial utilization of crude oil components, such as the n-alkanes, requires complex cell surface adaptation to allow adherence to oil. To better understand microbial cell surface adaptation to growth on crude oil, the cell surface characteristics of two Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains, U1 and U3, both isolated from ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Norman RS,Frontera-Suau R,Morris PJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myxococcus xanthus is a gram-negative soil bacterium best known for its remarkable life history of social swarming, social predation, and multicellular fruiting body formation. Very little is known about genetic diversity within this species or how social strategies might vary among neighboring strains at small spatia...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vos M,Velicer GJ

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When sucrose is provided as a substrate for glucosyltransferase (GTF), Spp+ cells of the oral bacteria Streptococcus gordonii grow embedded in an insoluble glucan mass associated with surfaces. Spp- phase variants with lower GTF activity, which either arise from or are grown with Spp+ cells, segregate preferentially a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vickerman MM,Clewell DB,Jones GW

更新日期：1991-12-01 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：:In this study, the feasibility of fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) for measurement of RNA:DNA ratios in microorganisms was assessed. The fluorescence lifetime of a nucleic acid-specific probe (SYTO 13) was used to directly measure the RNA:DNA ratio inside living bacterial cells. In vitro, SYTO 13 showed shorter fl...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Walczysko P,Kuhlicke U,Knappe S,Cordes C,Neu TR

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is an essential micronutrient for life. In mammals, dietary iron is absorbed primarily in the small intestine. Currently, the impacts of dietary iron on the taxonomic structure and function of the gut microbiome and reciprocal effects on the animal host are not well understood. Here, we establish a mouse model of...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Coe GL,Pinkham NV,Celis AI,Johnson C,DuBois JL,Walk ST

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique, coleopteran-active protein, termed eCry3.1Ab, was generated following variable-region exchange of a Bacillus thuringiensis lepidopteran-active protein, Cry1Ab, with a Cry3A region. Our results support the hypothesis that this variable-region exchange is responsible for imparting strong bioactivity against th...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Walters FS,deFontes CM,Hart H,Warren GW,Chen JS

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hadal environments sustain diverse microorganisms. A few studies have investigated hadal microbial communities consisting of free-living or particle-associated bacteria and archaea. However, animal-associated microbial communities in hadal environments remain largely unexplored, and comparative analyses of animal gut ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zhang W,Watanabe HK,Ding W,Lan Y,Tian RM,Sun J,Chen C,Cai L,Li Y,Oguri K,Toyofuku T,Kitazato H,Drazen JC,Bartlett D,Qian PY

更新日期：2018-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Six microorganisms that produced acetoin or diacetyl or both from glucose were tested for the production of 2,3-butylene glycol from lactose. Bacillus polymyxa and Streptococcus faecalis gave positive results and were tested in unmodified wheys. Cottage cheese whey was unsatisfactory, but B. polymyxa produced large am...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Speckman RA,Collins EB

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epiphytic fitness of Salmonella enterica was assessed on cilantro plants by using a strain of S. enterica serovar Thompson that was linked to an outbreak resulting from cilantro. Salmonella serovar Thompson had the ability to colonize the surface of cilantro leaves, where it was detected by confocal laser scanning...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Brandl MT,Mandrell RE

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The arginine deiminase system was found to function in protecting bacterial cells against the damaging effects of acid environments. For example, as little as 2.9 mM arginine added to acidified suspensions of Streptococcus sanguis at a pH of 4.0 resulted in ammonia production and protection against killing. The argini...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Casiano-Colón A,Marquis RE

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactic acid bacteria have a good potential as agents for the delivery of heterologous proteins to the gastrointestinal mucosa and thus for the reequilibration of inappropriate immune responses to food antigens. Bovine beta-lactoglobulin (BLG) is considered a major allergen in cow's milk allergy. We have designed recom...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bernasconi E,Germond JE,Delley M,Fritsché R,Corthésy B

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolbachia, a common bacterial endosymbiont of insects, has been shown to protect its hosts against a wide range of pathogens. However, not all strains exert a protective effect on their host. Here we assess the effects of two divergent Wolbachia strains, wAlbB from Aedes albopictus and wMelPop from Drosophila melanoga...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hughes GL,Vega-Rodriguez J,Xue P,Rasgon JL

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiopeptide antibiotics are an important class of natural products resulting from posttranslational modifications of ribosomally synthesized peptides. Cyclothiazomycin is a typical thiopeptide antibiotic that has a unique bridged macrocyclic structure derived from an 18-amino-acid structural peptide. Here we reported ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang J,Yu Y,Tang K,Liu W,He X,Huang X,Deng Z

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microwave radiation in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis cell suspensions resulted in a dramatic reduction of the viable counts as well as increases in the amounts of DNA and protein released from the cells according to the increase of the final temperature of the cell suspensions. However, no significant reducti...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Woo IS,Rhee IK,Park HD

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three species of colonic bacteria can ferment the mucopolysaccharide chondroitin sulfate: Bacteroides ovatus, Bacteroides sp. strain 3452A (an unnamed DNA homology group), and B. thetaiotaomicron. Proteins associated with the utilization of chondroitin sulfate by B. thetaiotaomicron have been characterized previously....

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lipeski L,Guthrie EP,O'Brien M,Kotarski SF,Salyers AA

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simulation of a heat process used in the terminal dry-heat decontamination of the Viking spacecraft is reported. Naturally occurring airborne bacterial spores were collected on Teflon ribbons in selected spacecraft assembly areas and subsequently subjected to dry heat. Thermal inactivation experiments were conducted a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Puleo JR,Bergstrom SL,Peeler JT,Oxborrow GS

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enrichment and isolation of thermophilic bacteria capable of rubber [poly(cis-1,4-isoprene)] degradation revealed eight different strains exhibiting both currently known strategies used by rubber-degrading mesophilic bacteria. Taxonomic characterization of these isolates by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis demonstr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ibrahim EM,Arenskötter M,Luftmann H,Steinbüchel A

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG is a lactic acid bacterium widely marketed by the food industry. Its genomic analysis led to the identification of a gene cluster encoding mucus-binding SpaCBA pili, which is located in a genomic island enriched in insertion sequence (IS) elements. In the present study, we analyzed...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Douillard FP,Ribbera A,Xiao K,Ritari J,Rasinkangas P,Paulin L,Palva A,Hao Y,de Vos WM

更新日期：2016-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:To further study mechanisms of coping with osmotic stress-low water activity, mutants of Staphylococcus aureus with transposon Tn917-lacZ-induced NaCl sensitivity were selected for impaired ability to grow on solid defined medium containing 2 M NaCl. Southern hybridization experiments showed that NaCl-sensitive mutant...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vijaranakul U,Nadakavukaren MJ,Bayles DO,Wilkinson BJ,Jayaswal RK

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) may serve as an environmental reservoir of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts and Giardia sp. cysts for source water. We conducted a cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence of and associated demographic and environmental risk factors for the shedding of C. parvum oocysts an...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Atwill ER,Sweitzer RA,Pereira MG,Gardner IA,Van Vuren D,Boyce WM

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Across evolution, N-glycosylation involves oligosaccharyltransferases that transfer lipid-linked glycans to selected Asn residues of target proteins. While these enzymes catalyze similar reactions in each domain, differences exist in terms of the chemical composition, length and degree of phosphorylation of the lipid ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cohen-Rosenzweig C,Guan Z,Shaanan B,Eichler J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of phytoplasma-insect vector interactions and epidemiological surveys of plant yellows associated with the stolbur phytoplasma (StolP) require the identification of relevant candidate genes and typing markers. A recent StolP genome survey identified a partial coding sequence, SR01H10, having no homologue in th...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cimerman A,Pacifico D,Salar P,Marzachì C,Foissac X

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of Mycobacterium avium complex-related lung disorders were associated with two poorly maintained spa pools by genotypic investigations. Inadequate disinfection of the two spas had reduced the load of environmental bacteria to less than 1 CFU/ml but allowed levels of M. avium complex of 4.3 x 10(4) and 4.5 ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lumb R,Stapledon R,Scroop A,Bond P,Cunliffe D,Goodwin A,Doyle R,Bastian I

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a tool for controlled expression of heterologous or ectopic genes in the chestnut pathogen Cryphonectria parasitica using the promoter region from a putative copper-regulated transporter gene. In addition, we have found that expression control via this system is not affected by the virulence-attenuat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Willyerd KL,Kemp AM,Dawe AL

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological factors important in the penetration of Escherichia coli through anaerobic, nutrient-saturated, Ottawa sand-packed cores were studied under static conditions. In cores saturated with galactose-peptone medium, motile strains of E. coli penetrated four times faster than mutants defective only in flagellar...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Reynolds PJ,Sharma P,Jenneman GE,McInerney MJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of 2 mg of Pb2+/g of soil concident with or after amendment with starch or maltose resulted in 75 and 50% decreases in net synthesis of amylase and alpha-glucosidase, respectively. Invertase synthesis in sucrose-amended soil was transiently reduced after Pb2+ addition. Amylase activity was several times less ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cole MA

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine microbiologists commonly assay lipase activities by using a synthetic fluorescent analog, 4-methylumbelliferyl (MUF)-oleate. The technique is convenient, but it is considered to be unspecific because of the structure of this analog. This study reports the design of a new specific and sensitive lipase assay base...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bourguet N,Torréton JP,Galy O,Arondel V,Goutx M

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have extended the technique of electroporation as a genetic tool for manipulating the Agrobacterium tumefaciens chromosome. We used this technique to introduce chromosomal DNA into recipient A. tumefaciens strains by electroporation and constructed isogenic chvE mutants that share the same chromosomal background bu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Charles TC,Doty SL,Nester EW

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of Bartonella spp. was investigated in domestic ungulates grazing in communal pastures from a mountain area in northern Spain, where 18.3% (17/93) of cattle were found to be positive by PCR combined with a reverse line blot (PCR/RLB), whereas sheep (n = 133) or horses (n = 91) were found not to be infecte...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Antequera-Gómez ML,Lozano-Almendral L,Barandika JF,González-Martín-Niño RM,Rodríguez-Moreno I,García-Pérez AL,Gil H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00