Climate and tick seasonality are predictors of Borrelia burgdorferi genotype distribution.

abstract：:We studied injury of Escherichia coli O157:H7 cells in 11 food items during freeze storage and methods of isolating freeze-injured E. coli O157:H7 cells from foods. Food samples inoculated with E. coli O157:H7 were stored for 16 weeks at -20 degrees C in a freezer. Noninjured and injured cells were counted by using tr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hara-Kudo Y,Ikedo M,Kodaka H,Nakagawa H,Goto K,Masuda T,Konuma H,Kojima T,Kumagai S

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NisI confers immunity against nisin, with high substrate specificity to prevent a suicidal effect in nisin-producing Lactococcus lactis strains. However, the NisI maturation process as well as its influence on nisin resistance has not been characterized. Here, we report the roles of lipoprotein signal peptidase II (Ls...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Liu J,Xiong H,Du Y,Wiwatanaratanabutr I,Wu X,Zhao G,Zhu H,Caiyin Q,Qiao J

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A toluene-degrading methanogenic consortium enriched from creosote-contaminated aquifer material was maintained on toluene as the sole carbon and energy source for 10 years. The species in the consortium were characterized by using a molecular approach. Total genomic DNA was isolated, and 16S rRNA genes were amplified...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ficker M,Krastel K,Orlicky S,Edwards E

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：:An efficient insertion mutagenesis strategy for bacterial genomes based on the phage Mu DNA transposition reaction was developed. Incubation of MuA transposase protein with artificial mini-Mu transposon DNA in the absence of divalent cations in vitro resulted in stable but inactive Mu DNA transposition complexes, or t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lamberg A,Nieminen S,Qiao M,Savilahti H

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of an endo-beta-1,4-glucanase gene of Clostridium acetobutylicum contained two putative extended promoter consensus sequences, a Shine-Dalgarno sequence and a TTG initiation codon. The nucleotide sequence of the gene coding for the C-terminal region of this enzyme was not required for activity....

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zappe H,Jones WA,Jones DT,Woods DR

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vortex flow filtration (VFF) was used to concentrate viruses and dissolved DNA from freshwater and seawater samples taken in Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Bahamas Bank. Recoveries of T2 phage and calf thymus DNA added to artificial seawater and concentrated by VFF were 72.8 and 80%, respectively. Virus concentr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Paul JH,Jiang SC,Rose JB

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of high diurnal water quality fluctuations in raw municipal wastewater, the use of proportional autosampling over a period of 24 h at municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to evaluate carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus removal has become a standard in many countries. Microbial removal or load estimation ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mayer RE,Vierheilig J,Egle L,Reischer GH,Saracevic E,Mach RL,Kirschner AK,Zessner M,Sommer R,Farnleitner AH

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus and Micavibrio aeruginosavorus are highly motile Gram-negative predatory bacteria with the potential of being used as biocontrol agents or living antibiotics. It was suggested previously that sugar-binding proteins play a role in M. aeruginosavorus and B. bacteriovorus host specificity and p...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dashiff A,Keeling TG,Kadouri DE

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungus Cladosporium sphaerospermum was isolated from a biofilter used for the removal of toluene from waste gases. This is the first report describing growth of a eukaryotic organism with toluene as the sole source of carbon and energy. The oxygen consumption rates, as well as the measured enzyme activities, of to...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Weber FJ,Hage KC,de Bont JA

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of indigenous Rhizobium leguminosarum and Rhizobium meliloti to use organic nutrients as growth substrates in soil was assessed by indirect bacteriophage analysis. A total of 17 organic compounds, including 9 carbohydrates, 3 organic acids, and 5 amino acids, were tested (1,000 mug g) in three soils with d...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Germida JJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xylella fastidiosa is a gram-negative, xylem-limited bacterium affecting economically important crops (e.g., grapevine, citrus, and coffee). The citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC) strain of X. fastidiosa is the causal agent of this severe disease of citrus in Brazil and represents the first plant-pathogenic bacterium f...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Monteiro PB,Teixeira DC,Palma RR,Garnier M,Bové JM,Renaudin J

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of viruses in marine microbial ecology has been established over the past decade. Specifically, viruses influence bacterial abundance and community composition through lysis and alter bacterial genetic diversity through transduction and lysogenic conversion. By contrast, the abundance and distribution o...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Williamson KE,Radosevich M,Wommack KE

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of sulfate respiration in the microbial mat found in the low-sulfate thermal outflow of Mushroom Spring in Yellowstone National Park was evaluated using a combination of molecular, microelectrode, and radiotracer studies. Despite very low sulfate concentrations, this mat community was shown to sustain a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dillon JG,Fishbain S,Miller SR,Bebout BM,Habicht KS,Webb SM,Stahl DA

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper explores the relationship between the genetic diversity of rhizobia and the morphological diversity of their plant hosts. Rhizobium galegae strains were isolated from nodules of wild Galega orientalis and Galega officinalis in the Caucasus, the center of origin for G. orientalis. All 101 isolates were chara...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Andronov EE,Terefework Z,Roumiantseva ML,Dzyubenko NI,Onichtchouk OP,Kurchak ON,Dresler-Nurmi A,Young JP,Simarov BV,Lindström K

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of Clostridium thermocellum in batch cultures was studied over a broad range of cellobiose concentrations. Cultures displayed important differences in their substrate metabolism as determined by the end product yields. Bacterial growth was severely limited when the initial cellobiose concentration was 0.2 (wt/v...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Brener D,Johnson BF

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis are extensively exploited by the food industry as health-promoting bacteria, although the genetic variability of members belonging to this taxon has so far not received much scientific attention. In this article, we describe the complete genetic makeup of the B. animal...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Milani C,Duranti S,Lugli GA,Bottacini F,Strati F,Arioli S,Foroni E,Turroni F,van Sinderen D,Ventura M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biogenic amines may reach concentrations of public health concern in some cheeses. To minimize biogenic amine buildup in raw milk cheese, high-pressure treatments of 400 or 600 MPa for 5 min were applied on days 21 and 35 of ripening. On day 60, counts of lactic acid bacteria, enterococci, and lactobacilli were 1 to 2...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Calzada J,del Olmo A,Picón A,Gaya P,Nuñez M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sputter coating of leaf litter microbe samples provides scanning electron microscope images with greater information content than either vacuum evaporation of thin metal coatings or tissue conductance. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Draggan S

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to develop a strategy to isolate a morphologically stable mutant of Streptomyces ambofaciens ATCC 15154 which produced high titers of spiramycin. The rationale was to grow a nitrosoguanidine-mutated population for many generations under nonselective conditions followed by two cycles of protopl...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ford LM,Eaton TE,Godfrey OW

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adsorbed bovine serum albumin was resistant to exchange with beta-lactoglobulin, and when albumin was adsorbed from a mixture, its surface concentration increased with time. The passivating character of adsorbed albumin and its resistance to desorption were consistent with the level of Listeria monocytogenes adhesion ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： al-Makhlafi H,Nasir A,McGuire J,Daeschel M

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report demonstrates the applicability of a combination of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) and chemometrics for rapid and reliable identification of vegetative cells of the causative agent of anthrax, Bacillus anthracis. Bacillus cultures were prepared ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lasch P,Beyer W,Nattermann H,Stämmler M,Siegbrecht E,Grunow R,Naumann D

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A highly specific medium was developed for the enumeration of lactate-utilizing bacteria in the rumen of sheep. This medium, which contained 2.0% lactate, 2.0% Trypticase, 0.2% yeast extract, and volatile fatty acids, hemin, and trace elements in place of rumen fluid, enabled high counts (42 x 10 to 190 x 10/g of inge...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mackie RI,Heath S

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of four pathways are known for the catabolism by microorganisms of gentisate (2,5-dihydroxybenzoate) and homogentisate (2,5-dihydroxyphenylacetate). Both of these dihydric phenols can be degraded by either a glutathione-dependent or a glutathione-independent reaction sequence. We found that it is not always po...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Crawford RL,Frick TD

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transpositional mutagenesis of Thiobacillus novellus by Tn501 was achieved by means of the incompatibility of IncP plasmids. Tn501 insertion caused three types of mutant phenotypes: isoleucine auxotrophy, lysine auxotrophy, and a reduced ability to oxidize reduced sulfur compounds and to fix CO(2). Oxidation rates for...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Davidson MS,Roy P,Summers AO

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During microaerophilic growth of magnetic spirillum MS-1 on tartrate and nitrate, a maximal cell density was obtained at an initial oxygen partial pressure of 17 Pa. A transient accumulation of nitrous oxide and a 1:2 (mol/mol) stoichiometry between tartrate oxidation and nitrate reduction were observed, indicating th...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Escalante-Semerena JC,Blakemore RP,Wolfe RS

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The LlaDII restriction/modification (R/M) system was found on the naturally occurring 8.9-kb plasmid pHW393 in Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris W39. A 2.4-kb PstI-EcoRI fragment inserted into the Escherichia coli-L. lactis shuttle vector pCI3340 conferred to L. lactis LM2301 and L. lactis SMQ86 resistance against re...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Madsen A,Josephsen J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent outbreaks linked to Salmonella-contaminated produce heightened the need to develop simple, rapid, and accurate detection methods, particularly those capable of determining cell viability. In this study, we examined a novel strategy for the rapid detection and quantification of viable salmonellae in produce by c...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chen S,Wang F,Beaulieu JC,Stein RE,Ge B

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding a novel 5-oxoprolinase without ATP-hydrolyzing activity from Alcaligenes faecalis N-38A was cloned and characterized. The coding region of this gene is 1,299 bp long. The predicted primary protein is composed of 433 amino acid residues, with a 31-amino-acid signal peptide. The mature protein is compo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nishimura A,Oyama H,Hamada T,Nobuoka K,Shin T,Murao S,Oda K

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penicillium decumbens is able to epoxidize cis-propenylphosphonic acid (cPA) to produce the antibiotic fosfomycin [FOM; also referred to as phosphonomycin and (-)-cis-1,2-epoxypropylphosphonic acid], a bioconversion of considerable commercial significance. We sought to improve the efficiency of the process by overexpr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Watanabe M,Sumida N,Murakami S,Anzai H,Thompson CJ,Tateno Y,Murakami T

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00