Carbohydrate metabolism in mutants of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 defective in glycogen synthesis.

abstract：:An organism tentatively identified as Ralstonia eutropha was isolated from enrichment cultures containing tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA) as the sole source of carbon and energy. The strain was able to tolerate up to 200 mM THFA in mineral salt medium. The degradation was initiated by an inducible ferricyanide-depen...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zarnt G,Schräder T,Andreesen JR

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crude extracts from 14 species of sulfate-reducing bacteria comprising the genera Desulfovibrio, Desulfotomaculum, Desulfobulbus, and Desulfosarcina and from three species of sulfide-oxidizing bacteria were tested in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with polyclonal antisera to adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate reductase...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Odom JM,Jessie K,Knodel E,Emptage M

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of DNA probes for Shiga-like toxin I (SLT-I) and SLT-II for detection of SLT-producing Escherichia coli (SLTEC) in foods and calf fecal samples was evaluated. Enrichment cultures were prepared from food or fecal samples. Colonies formed by plating of enrichment cultures were probed for SLTEC by colony hybridiz...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Samadpour M,Liston J,Ongerth JE,Tarr PI

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acclimation of a sandy soil to an air-natural gas mixture stimulated the biological oxidation of chloroform to carbon dioxide. Acetylene and methane inhibited chloroform oxidation. Chloroform oxidation continued up to 31 days in the absence of methane. Chloroform oxidation rates increased at chloroform concentrations ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Strand SE,Shippert L

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genome-wide search was performed to identify simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci among the available sequence databases from four strains of Xylella fastidiosa (strains causing Pierce's disease, citrus variegated chlorosis, almond leaf scorch, and oleander leaf scorch). Thirty-four SSR loci were selected for SSR prime...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lin H,Civerolo EL,Hu R,Barros S,Francis M,Walker MA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cryptic plasmid pDM6 was isolated from late exponential-phase cells of Clostridium acetobutylicum NCIB 6444 by either alkaline lysis or electroporation. The application of high voltage during electroporation resulted in higher DNA yield than did the alkaline lysis procedure. However, electroporation-induced plasmi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kim AY,Vertes AA,Blaschek HP

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective adhesion to only certain epithelia is particularly common among the bacterial members of the indigenous microflora of mammals. We have found that the stratified squamous epithelium of the nonsecreting area of horse stomach is colonized by gram-positive rods. The microscopic features of a dense layer of these...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yuki N,Shimazaki T,Kushiro A,Watanabe K,Uchida K,Yuyama T,Morotomi M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-component regulatory systems are one primary mechanism for environmental sensing and signal transduction. Annotation of the complete genome sequence of the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM revealed nine two-component regulatory systems. In this study, the histidine protein kinase of a two-compone...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Azcarate-Peril MA,McAuliffe O,Altermann E,Lick S,Russell WM,Klaenhammer TR

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholera is a severe diarrheal disease caused by specific serogroups of Vibrio cholerae that are pathogenic to humans. The disease does not persist in a chronic state in humans or animals. The pathogen is naturally present as a free-living organism in the environment. Recently, it was suggested that egg masses of the n...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Halpern M,Gancz H,Broza M,Kashi Y

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus, which are native to estuaries globally, are agents of seafood-borne or wound infections, both potentially fatal. Like all vibrios autochthonous to coastal regions, their abundance varies with changes in environmental parameters. Sea surface temperature (SST), sea surface ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Johnson CN,Bowers JC,Griffitt KJ,Molina V,Clostio RW,Pei S,Laws E,Paranjpye RN,Strom MS,Chen A,Hasan NA,Huq A,Noriea NF 3rd,Grimes DJ,Colwell RR

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aureobasidium pullulans, a cosmopolitan yeast-like fungus, colonizes leaf surfaces and has potential as a biocontrol agent of pathogens. To assess the feasibility of rRNA as a target for A. pullulans-specific oligonucleotide probes, we compared the nucleotide sequences of the small-subunit rRNA (18S) genes of 12 geogr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Li S,Cullen D,Hjort M,Spear R,Andrews JH

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While screening aerobic, heterotrophic marine bacteria for production of volatile organic compounds, we found that a group of isolates produced substantial amounts of acetone. Acetone production was confirmed by gas chromatography, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and high-performance liquid chromatography. The m...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nemecek-Marshall M,Wojciechowski C,Kuzma J,Silver GM,Fall R

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlortetracycline and the macrolide tylosin were identified as commonly used antimicrobials for growth promotion and prophylaxis in swine production. Resistance to these antimicrobials was measured throughout the waste treatment processes at five swine farms by culture-based and molecular methods. Conventional farm sa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jindal A,Kocherginskaya S,Mehboob A,Robert M,Mackie RI,Raskin L,Zilles JL

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mesophilic acetogenic bacterium (MPOB) oxidized propionate to acetate and CO(2) in cocultures with the formate- and hydrogen-utilizing methanogens Methanospirillum hungatei and Methanobacterium formicicum. Propionate oxidation did not occur in cocultures with two Methanobrevibacter strains, which grew only with hydr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dong X,Plugge CM,Stams AJ

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current approaches used for dose-response modeling of low-dose exposures of pathogens rely on assumptions and extrapolations. These models are important for quantitative microbial risk assessment of food. A mechanistic framework has been advocated as an alternative approach for evaluating dose-response relationships. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Abe H,Koyama K,Koseki S

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins with high catalytic efficiency and selectivity under mild conditions have long been appreciated by industrial and medicinal fields. These proteins, which are commonly multimeric, often possess low stability, impeding wider application. Currently, strategies to improve the stability of multimeric proteins conc...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zhu L,Wang S,Tian W,Zhang Y,Song Y,Zhang J,Mu B,Peng C,Deng Z,Ma H,Qu X

更新日期：2017-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila, the agent of Legionnaires' disease, is an intracellular parasite of aquatic amoebae and human macrophages. A key factor for L. pneumophila in intracellular infection is its type II protein secretion system (Lsp). In order to more completely define Lsp output, we recently performed a proteomic a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rossier O,Dao J,Cianciotto NP

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant surfaces, colonized by numerous and diverse bacterial species, are often considered hot spots for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) between plants and bacteria. Plant DNA released during the degradation of plant tissues can persist and remain biologically active for significant periods of time, suggesting that soil...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pontiroli A,Rizzi A,Simonet P,Daffonchio D,Vogel TM,Monier JM

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The form of a previously developed Bĕlehrádek type of growth rate model was used to develop a probability model for defining the growth/no growth interface as a function of temperature (10 to 37 degrees C), pH (pH 2.8 to 6.9), lactic acid concentration (0 to 500 mM), and water activity (0.955 to 0.999; NaCl was used a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Presser KA,Ross T,Ratkowsky DA

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenic oomycete Aphanomyces invadans is the primary etiological agent in ulcerative mycosis, an ulcerative skin disease caused by a fungus-like agent of wild and cultured fish. We developed sensitive PCR and fluorescent peptide nucleic acid in situ hybridization (FISH) assays to detect A. invadans. Laboratory-...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vandersea MW,Litaker RW,Yonnish B,Sosa E,Landsberg JH,Pullinger C,Moon-Butzin P,Green J,Morris JA,Kator H,Noga EJ,Tester PA

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) is critical for genome stability because of its roles in double-strand break repair. Ku and ligase D (LigD) are the crucial proteins in this process, and strains expressing Ku and LigD can cyclize linear DNA in vivo Here, we established a proof-of-concept single-homology-arm linear DNA...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lu S,Nie Y,Wang M,Xu HX,Ma DL,Liang JL,Wu XL

更新日期：2018-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The worldwide decline in honeybee colonies during the past 50 years has often been linked to the spread of the parasitic mite Varroa destructor and its interaction with certain honeybee viruses. Recently in the United States, dramatic honeybee losses (colony collapse disorder) have been reported; however, there remain...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Highfield AC,El Nagar A,Mackinder LC,Noël LM,Hall MJ,Martin SJ,Schroeder DC

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preinfection development in Colletotrichum spp. exhibits three morphologies (conidia, germ tubes, and appressoria) and is directed by a complex interplay of environmental signals. Germ tube morphogenesis for Colletotrichum trifolii and the related fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. aeschynomene was shown to ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Buhr TL,Dickman MB

更新日期：1997-06-01 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：:Bacterial communities associated with marine algae are often dominated by members of the Roseobacter clade, and in the present study, we describe Roseobacter phenotypes that may provide this group of bacteria with selective advantages when colonizing this niche. Nine of 14 members of the Roseobacter clade, of which ha...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bruhn JB,Gram L,Belas R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The decarboxylation of phthalic acids was studied with Bacillus sp. strain FO, a marine mixed culture ON-7, and Pseudomonas testosteroni. The mixed culture ON-7, when grown anaerobically on phthalate but incubated aerobically with chloramphenicol, quantitatively converted phthalic acid to benzoic acid. Substituted pht...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Taylor BF,Ribbons DW

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some effects of visible light on the survival of Escherichia coli in waters of the Butrón river were studied by comparing illuminated and nonilluminated systems. The following count methods were used: CFU on a selective medium (eosin-methylene blue agar), CFU on a medium of recuperation (Trypticase soy agar with yeast...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Barcina I,González JM,Iriberri J,Egea L

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the development and validation of a method for the qualitative analysis of complex bifidobacterial communities based on PCR and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Bifidobacterium genus-specific primers were used to amplify an approximately 520-bp fragment from the 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA), and...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Satokari RM,Vaughan EE,Akkermans AD,Saarela M,de Vos WM

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydraulic flush waste removal systems coupled to solid/liquid separators and circulated treatment lagoons are commonly utilized to manage the large amounts of animal waste produced on high-intensity dairy farms. Although these systems are common, little is known about the microbial populations that inhabit them or how...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： McGarvey JA,Miller WG,Sanchez S,Stanker L

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here the development of a single-reaction multiplex PCR assay for the enterotoxin genes from Staphylococcus aureus that utilizes a universal toxin gene primer in combination with toxin-specific primers to amplify characteristic toxin gene products. In combination with a new DNA purification method, the ass...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sharma NK,Rees CE,Dodd CE

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00