Identification of lacto-N-Biose I phosphorylase from Vibrio vulnificus CMCP6.

abstract：:The distribution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato genospecies in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks from ecologically distinct habitats in Latvia was analyzed. A significant variation in the frequency of the genospecies across sites was observed, pointing to the importance of the host community in the ecology of Lyme bor...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Etti S,Hails R,Schäfer SM,De Michelis S,Sewell HS,Bormane A,Donaghy M,Kurtenbach K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The deposition of manganese in a water distribution system with manganese-related "dirty water" problems was studied over a 1-year period. Four monitoring laboratories with Robbins biofilm sampling devices fitted to the water mains were used to correlate the relationship among manganese deposition, the level of mangan...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sly LI,Hodgkinson MC,Arunpairojana V

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although molecular techniques have identified Helicobacter pylori in drinking water-associated biofilms, there is a lack of studies reporting what factors affect the attachment of the bacterium to plumbing materials. Therefore, the adhesion of H. pylori suspended in distilled water to stainless steel 304 (SS304) coupo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Azevedo NF,Pinto AR,Reis NM,Vieira MJ,Keevil CW

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we fused six self-assembling amphipathic peptides (SAPs) with cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase (CGTase) from Paenibacillus macerans to catalyze 2-O-D-glucopyranosyl-L-ascorbic acid (AA-2G) production with cheap substrates, including maltose, maltodextrin, and soluble starch as glycosyl donors. The resul...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Han R,Li J,Shin HD,Chen RR,Liu L,Du G,Chen J

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP uses the herbicide atrazine as the sole nitrogen source. We have devised a simple atrazine degradation assay to determine the effect of other nitrogen sources on the atrazine degradation pathway. The atrazine degradation rate was greatly decreased in cells grown on nitrogen sources that supp...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： García-González V,Govantes F,Shaw LJ,Burns RG,Santero E

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A polyphasic approach involving cultivation, direct viable counts, rRNA-based phylogenetic classification, and in situ probing was applied for the characterization of the dominant microbial population in a municipal drinking water distribution system. A total of 234 bacterial strains cultivated on R2A medium were scre...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kalmbach S,Manz W,Szewzyk U

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A culture-independent method called mRNA profiling has been developed for the analysis of fecal enterobacteria and their physiological status in environmental samples. This taxon-specific approach determines the single-cell content of selected gene transcripts whose abundance is either directly or inversely proportion...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chen H,Ponniah G,Salonen N,Blum P

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined physiological adaptations which allow the psychrotroph Rhodococcus sp. strain Q15 to assimilate alkanes at a low temperature (alkanes are contaminants which are generally insoluble and/or solid at low temperatures). During growth at 5 degrees C on hexadecane or diesel fuel, strain Q15 produced a cell surfa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Whyte LG,Slagman SJ,Pietrantonio F,Bourbonnière L,Koval SF,Lawrence JR,Inniss WE,Greer CW

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we report that a modified gentamicin cassette and a PCR-based method can be used for targeted mutagenesis of the oral spirochete Treponema denticola. This approach minimizes polar effects and spontaneous antibiotic resistance. Therefore, it can serve as a reliable tool for genetic manipulation of T. denticola....

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bian J,Fenno JC,Li C

更新日期：2012-03-01 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 fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is an invasive maize pest that has spread from the Americas into Africa and Asia and causes severe crop damage worldwide. Most populations of S. frugiperda show low susceptibility to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry1Ab or Cry1Ac toxins, which have been proved to be effective ag...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gómez I,Ocelotl J,Sánchez J,Aguilar-Medel S,Peña-Chora G,Lina-Garcia L,Bravo A,Soberón M

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Both Bacillus sphaericus and Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis produce mosquitocidal toxins during sporulation and are extensively used in the field for control of mosquito populations. All the known toxins of the latter organism are known to be encoded on a large plasmid, pBtoxis. In an attempt to combine the...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gammon K,Jones GW,Hope SJ,de Oliveira CM,Regis L,Silva Filha MH,Dancer BN,Berry C

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three Methocel methylcellulose ethers of 1.9 degree of substitution with [14C]methyl labels were shown to be biodegradable using batch-type activated sludge tests. The maximum rate for conversion to 14CO2, attained after 1 week, was only 0.62 mg of methylcellulose/g of mixed liquor volatile solids per day. In 20 days,...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Blanchard FA,Takahashi IT,Alexander HC

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current project was developed to examine inactivation of biofilm bacteria and to characterize the interaction of biocides with pipe surfaces. Unattached bacteria were quite susceptible to the variety of disinfectants tested. Viable bacterial counts were reduced 99% by exposure to 0.08 mg of hypochlorous acid (pH 7...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： LeChevallier MW,Cawthon CD,Lee RG

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A real-time immunoquantitative PCR (iqPCR) method for detection of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin B (SEB) was developed and evaluated using both pure cultures and foods. The assay consisted of immunocapture of SEB and real-time PCR amplification of the DNA probe linked to the detection antibody. iqPCR was compared ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rajkovic A,El-Moualij B,Uyttendaele M,Brolet P,Zorzi W,Heinen E,Foubert E,Debevere J

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial community composition of a linuron-degrading enrichment culture and the role of the individual strains in linuron degradation have been determined by a combination of methods, such as denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of the total 16S rRNA gene pool, isolation and identification of strains, and bio...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dejonghe W,Berteloot E,Goris J,Boon N,Crul K,Maertens S,Höfte M,De Vos P,Verstraete W,Top EM

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depending on the moment of cellobiose starvation, Clostridium cellulolyticum cells behave in different ways. Cells starved during the exponential phase of growth sporulate at 30%, whereas exhaustion of the carbon substrate at the beginning of growth does not provoke cell sporulation. Growth in the presence of excess c...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gehin A,Gelhaye E,Raval G,Petitdemange H

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oil field bacteria were characterized by cloning and sequencing of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA genes. A variety of gram-negative, sulfate-reducing bacteria was detected (16 members of the family Desulfovibrionaceae and 8 members of the family Desulfobacteriaceae). In contrast, a much more limited number of anaerobic, ferme...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Voordouw G,Armstrong SM,Reimer MF,Fouts B,Telang AJ,Shen Y,Gevertz D

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methanotrophs have multiple methane monooxygenases that are well known to be regulated by copper, i.e., a "copper switch." At low copper/biomass ratios the soluble methane monooxygenase (sMMO) is expressed while expression and activity of the particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) increases with increasing availabil...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Farhan Ul Haque M,Kalidass B,Bandow N,Turpin EA,DiSpirito AA,Semrau JD

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the hydrogen production properties of the unicellular, diazotrophic cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. strain ATCC 51142. This organism has a versatile metabolism and can grow in the presence or absence of combined nitrogen and can grow photosynthetically or mixotrophically and heterotrophically in the presenc...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Min H,Sherman LA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors affecting the production of [14C]patulin from [1-14C]acetate by replacement cultures of Penicillium patulum have been investigated. Incorporation of [1-14C]acetate into patulin reached a maximum with 6- to 8-day-old cultures incubated at 28 degrees C for 8 h in a replacement medium containing 0.1 M glucose, in...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nip WK,Chu FS

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In bacteriophage (phage) therapy against Gram-positive bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, and Enterococcus faecalis, members of a genus of SPO1-like viruses are typically employed because of their extreme virulence and broad host spectrum. Phage φEF24C, which is a SPO1-like virus infectin...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Uchiyama J,Takemura I,Hayashi I,Matsuzaki S,Satoh M,Ujihara T,Murakami M,Imajoh M,Sugai M,Daibata M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ammonia monooxygenase of Nitrosomonas europaea catalyzes the oxidation of alkanes (up to C(8)) to alcohols and alkenes (up to C(5)) to epoxides and alcohols in the presence of ammonium ions. Straight-chain, N-terminal alkynes (up to C(10)) all exhibited a time-dependent inhibition of ammonia oxidation without effects ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hyman MR,Murton IB,Arp DJ

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ring-hydroxylating dioxygenases (RHDs) play a crucial role in the biodegradation of a range of aromatic hydrocarbons found on polluted sites, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Current knowledge on RHDs comes essentially from studies on culturable bacterial strains, while compelling evidence indicates ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chemerys A,Pelletier E,Cruaud C,Martin F,Violet F,Jouanneau Y

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Comamonas testosteroni strain was isolated from activated sludge on the basis of its ability to coaggregate with yeast cells. On agar plates the following two types of colonies were formed: colonies with a mucoid appearance and colonies with a nonmucoid appearance. On plates this strain alternated between the two fo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bossier P,Verstraete W

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutaminase is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of l-glutamine to l-glutamate, and it plays an important role in the production of fermented foods by enhancing the umami taste. By using the genome sequence and expressed sequence tag data available for Aspergillus oryzae RIB40, we cloned a novel glutaminase gene...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ito K,Matsushima K,Koyama Y

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The luxS gene of Lactobacillus reuteri 100-23C was amplified by PCR, cloned, and then sequenced. To define a physiological and ecological role for the luxS gene in L. reuteri 100-23C, a luxS mutant was constructed by insertional mutagenesis. The luxS mutant did not produce autoinducers AI-2 or AI-3. Complementation of...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tannock GW,Ghazally S,Walter J,Loach D,Brooks H,Cook G,Surette M,Simmers C,Bremer P,Dal Bello F,Hertel C

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A molecular analysis of betaproteobacterial ammonia oxidizers and a N(2)O isotopomer analysis were conducted to study the sources of N(2)O emissions during the cow manure composting process. Much NO(2)(-)-N and NO(3)(-)-N and the Nitrosomonas europaea-like amoA gene were detected at the surface, especially at the top ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Maeda K,Toyoda S,Shimojima R,Osada T,Hanajima D,Morioka R,Yoshida N

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:Formate stimulates growth of a new bacterium from human feces. With high formate, it ferments glucose to acetate via the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway. The original isolate fermented vegetable cellulose and carboxymethylcellulose, but it lost this ability after storage at -76 degrees C. 16S rRNA gene sequencing identifies it...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wolin MJ,Miller TL,Collins MD,Lawson PA

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00