Magnetospirillum bellicus sp. nov., a novel dissimilatory perchlorate-reducing alphaproteobacterium isolated from a bioelectrical reactor.

abstract：:Pediocin PA-1 is an antimicrobial peptide (called bacteriocin) that shows inhibitory activity against the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. To elucidate which residue(s) is responsible for this function, the antimicrobial activities of pediocin PA-1 mutants were evaluated and compared. Each of the 44 native ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tominaga T,Hatakeyama Y

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrasonic determination of microbial population was carried out by using a new apparatus composed of two piezoelectric membranes. When the apparatus was immersed in a medium containing cells and an arbitrary voltage was charged on a piezoelectric membrane, an output voltage was obtained from the other membrane. T...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ishimori Y,Karube I,Suzuki S

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonselected and natural populations of Escherichia coli from 12 animal sources and humans were examined for the presence and types of 14 tetracycline resistance determinants. Of 1,263 unique E. coli isolates from humans, pigs, chickens, turkeys, sheep, cows, goats, cats, dogs, horses, geese, ducks, and deer, 31% were ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bryan A,Shapir N,Sadowsky MJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A resting culture of Rhizopus arrhizus (ATCC 11145) transformed verrucarin A into 16-hydroxyverrucarin A, whereas R. arrhizus transformed verrucarin B into a mixture of 16-hydroxyverrucarin B and 3'-hydroxyverrucarin A. Relative to verrucarins A and B, the 16-hydroxy derivatives showed marked increases in activity, as...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pavanasasivam G,Jarvis BB

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method capable of detecting as little as 0.11 U of xylanase activity in polyacrylamide gels was developed. The method entails incubation of protein gels in contact with substrate gels containing unmodified xylan, followed by immersion of substrate gels in 95% ethanol. Resulting zymograms contain transparent bands co...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Royer JC,Nakas JP

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon-starved cultures of strain Ant-300, a psychrophilic marine vibrio isolated from the Antarctic Convergence, were compared with their nonstarved counterparts for resistance to heat. Specifically, starved and unstarved cells were exposed to 17 degrees C, which is 4 degrees C above the maximum growth temperature, a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Preyer JM,Oliver JD

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple microplate method was devised to assay spore production by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides by growing the fungus on 1 ml of solid media in the wells of tissue culture plates. Growth and sporulation on microplates were compared at days 4 and 8 with growth and sporulation in 100-ml liquid batch cultures that inv...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Slade SJ,Harris RF,Smith CS,Andrews JH,Nordheim EV

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low concentrations of furfural are formed as a side product during the dilute acid hydrolysis of hemicellulose. Growth is inhibited by exposure to furfural but resumes after the complete reduction of furfural to the less toxic furfuryl alcohol. Growth-based selection was used to isolate a furfural-resistant mutant of ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Miller EN,Jarboe LR,Yomano LP,York SW,Shanmugam KT,Ingram LO

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor-like proteins were found to be distributed widely in streptomycetes by using the combination of the convenient, newly developed plate assay system and an established liquid culture assay. Almost all the strains formerly categorized as Streptoverticillium species produced proteins that...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Taguchi S,Kikuchi H,Suzuki M,Kojima S,Terabe M,Miura K,Nakase T,Momose H

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aerobic intestinal microflora of 2-week-old herring (Clupea harengus) larvae was characterized by using conventional microbiological methods and electron microscopy. Larvae were hatched and kept in filtered seawater or in seawater with penicillin and streptomycin. The gastrointestinal tract of herring larvae is es...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hansen GH,Strøm E,Olafsen JA

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of Escherichia coli infection has lead to concerns over pathogenic bacteria in our food supply and a demand for therapeutics. Glycolipids on gut cells serve as receptors for the Shiga-like toxin produced by E. coli. Oligosaccharide moiety analogues of these glycolipids can compete with receptors for the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Liu Z,Lu Y,Zhang J,Pardee K,Wang PG

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biodegradation of benzene, toluene, and chlorobenzenes by Pseudomonas putida involves the initial conversion of the parent molecules to cis-dihydrodiols by dioxygenase enzyme systems. The cis-dihydrodiols are then converted to the corresponding catechols by dihydrodiol dehydrogenase enzymes. Pseudomonas sp. strain...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Spain JC,Gibson DT

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cattle are a known reservoir of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli. The prevalence and stability of Shiga toxin and/or Shiga toxin genes among native wild ungulates in Idaho were investigated. The frequency of both Shiga genes and toxin was similar to that reported for Idaho cattle ( approximately 19%). ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gilbreath JJ,Shields MS,Smith RL,Farrell LD,Sheridan PP,Spiegel KM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli is a widely utilized indicator of the sanitary quality of bivalve molluscan shellfish sold for human consumption. However, it is now well documented that shellfish that meet the E. coli standards for human consumption may contain human enteric viruses that cause gastroenteritis and hepatitis. In this ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Doré WJ,Henshilwood K,Lees DN

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assay has been developed to detect bacterial glycosidases in colonies grown on the surface of agar plates. Advantages of this technique over previously described methods include elimination of the need for replica plating, better visualization of chromagenic reaction products, and a simple permeabilization step to ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Paoni NF,Arroyo RL

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus suis is an important pathogen of pigs and may cause serious disease in humans. Serotyping is an important tool for detection and epidemiological studies of S. suis Thirty-three reference serotypes and nine novel cps loci (NCLs) are recognized in S. suis To gain a better understanding of the prevalence an...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Qiu X,Bai X,Lan R,Zheng H,Xu J

更新日期：2016-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Hot and cold aqueous extracts were prepared from 22 commonly ingested fruits, vegetables, and seeds. When tested by agar diffusion, extracts from 13 and 10 of the foods formed precipitin bands with samples of normal rabbit serum and human saliva, respectively; extracts from four of the foods also reacted with antigen ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gibbons RJ,Dankers I

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work reports on the identification and molecular characterization of a two-component regulatory system (2CRS), encoded by serRK, which is believed to control the expression of the ser(2003) locus in Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003. The ser(2003) locus consists of two genes, Bbr_1319 (sagA) and Bbr_1320 (serU), whic...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Alvarez-Martin P,O'Connell Motherway M,Turroni F,Foroni E,Ventura M,van Sinderen D

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that a robust energy taxis response mediated by the Aer receptor can sometimes mask chemotaxis mediated by other methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCPs) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We identified PA2652 as a chemoreceptor for malate by screening aer mcp double mutants by using swarm plate assays. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Alvarez-Ortega C,Harwood CS

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While filamentous cyanobacteria play a crucial role in food web dynamics and biogeochemical cycling of many aquatic ecosystems around the globe, the knowledge regarding the phages infecting them is limited. Here, we describe the complete genome of the virulent cyanophage vB_AphaS-CL131 (here, CL 131), a Siphoviridae p...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Šulčius S,Šimoliūnas E,Alzbutas G,Gasiūnas G,Jauniškis V,Kuznecova J,Miettinen S,Nilsson E,Meškys R,Roine E,Paškauskas R,Holmfeldt K

更新日期：2018-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:During the summer of 1981, 3,887 sucrose-negative vibrios were isolated from seawater, sediment, plankton, and animal samples taken from 80 sites from Miami, Fla., to Portland, Maine. Of these, 4.2% were able to ferment lactose. The lactose-positive strains isolated from the various samples correlated positively with ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Oliver JD,Warner RA,Cleland DR

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the influences of grazing by the bacterivorous nanoflagellate Poterioochromonas sp. strain DS on ultramicrobacterial Actinobacteria affiliated with the Luna-2 cluster and ultramicrobacterial Betaproteobacteria of the species Polynucleobacter cosmopolitanus. These bacteria were almost identical in size (<0....

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tarao M,Jezbera J,Hahn MW

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of currently available decontamination strategies for the treatment of indoor furnishings contaminated with bioterrorism agents is poorly understood. Efficacy testing of decontamination products in a controlled environment is needed to ensure that effective methods are used to decontaminate domestic and w...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Buttner MP,Cruz P,Stetzenbach LD,Klima-Comba AK,Stevens VL,Cronin TD

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：:Cyanobacteria can synthesize alkanes and alkenes, which are considered to be infrastructure-compatible biofuels. In terms of physiological function, cyanobacterial hydrocarbons are thought to be essential for membrane flexibility for cell division, size, and growth. The genetic basis for the biosynthesis of terminal o...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zhu T,Scalvenzi T,Sassoon N,Lu X,Gugger M

更新日期：2018-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that the human intestinal isolate Bifidobacterium bifidum MIMBb75 strongly adhered to Caco-2 cells. Proteinase K and lithium chloride treatments showed that proteins play a key role in MIMBb75 adhesion to Caco-2 cells. By studying the cell wall-associated proteins, we identified a surface protein, which we la...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Guglielmetti S,Tamagnini I,Mora D,Minuzzo M,Scarafoni A,Arioli S,Hellman J,Karp M,Parini C

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To ascertain its physiological similarity to other methanogenic bacteria, Methanospirillum hungatii, the type species of the genus, was characterized nutritionally and biochemically. Good growth occurred in a medium consisting of mineral salts, cysteine sulfide reducing buffer, and an H2-CO2 (80:20) atmosphere. Additi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ferry JG,Wolfe RS

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cup of coffee is the final product of a complex chain of operations. Wet postharvest processing of coffee is one of these operations, which involves a fermentation that inevitably has to be performed on-farm. During wet coffee processing, the interplay between microbial activities and endogenous bean metabolism resu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zhang SJ,De Bruyn F,Pothakos V,Torres J,Falconi C,Moccand C,Weckx S,De Vuyst L

更新日期：2019-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Listeria comprises food-borne pathogens associated with severe infections and a high mortality rate. Endolysins from bacteriophages infecting Listeria are promising tools for both their detection and control. These proteins feature a modular organization, consisting of an N-terminal enzymatically active doma...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schmelcher M,Shabarova T,Eugster MR,Eichenseher F,Tchang VS,Banz M,Loessner MJ

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mineralization of [U-(14)C]methyl t-butyl ether (MTBE) to (14)CO(2) without accumulation of t-butyl alcohol (TBA) was observed in surface-water sediment microcosms under denitrifying conditions. Methanogenic activity and limited transformation of MTBE to TBA were observed in the absence of denitrification. Results ind...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bradley PM,Chapelle FH,Landmeyer JE

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00