Effect of the deletion of qmoABC and the promoter-distal gene encoding a hypothetical protein on sulfate reduction in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough.

abstract：:Two types of mesophilic, methanogenic bacteria were isolated in pure culture from anaerobic freshwater and marine mud with 2-propanol as the hydrogen donor. The freshwater strain (SK) was a Methanospirillum species, the marine, salt-requiring strain (CV), which had irregular coccoid cells, resembled Methanogenium sp. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Widdel F

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solubilization of coal was demonstrated with filtrates (0.45-mum-pore-size filters) obtained from the broth in which Polyporus versicolor had grown. The rate and extent of solubilization were dependent on the age of the fungal cultures, the particle size of the coal, the pH of the filtrates, and the presence of protei...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cohen MS,Bowers WC,Aronson H,Gray ET

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Butane-oxidizing Arthrobacter (ATCC 27778) bacteria were shown to degrade low concentrations of methyl t-butyl ether (MTBE; range, 100 to 800 microg/liter) with an apparent half-saturation concentration (K(s)) of 2.14 mg/liter and a maximum substrate utilization rate (k(c)) of 0.43 mg/mg of total suspended solids per ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Liu CY,Speitel GE Jr,Georgiou G

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

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：:Acute gastroenteritis caused by human norovirus is a significant public health issue. Fresh produce and seafood are examples of high-risk foods associated with norovirus outbreaks. Food contact surfaces also have the potential to harbor noroviruses if exposed to fecal contamination, aerosolized vomitus, or infected fo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yeap JW,Kaur S,Lou F,DiCaprio E,Morgan M,Linton R,Li J

更新日期：2015-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydiae are important pathogens of humans and animals but diagnosis of chlamydial infections is still hampered by inadequate detection methods. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes is widely used for the investigation of uncultured bacteria in complex microbial commun...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Poppert S,Essig A,Marre R,Wagner M,Horn M

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of bioluminescence as a sensitive marker for detection of Pseudomonas spp. in the rhizosphere was investigated. Continuous expression of the luxCDABE genes, required for bioluminescence, was not detectable in the rhizosphere. However, when either a naphthalene-inducible luxCDABE construct or a constitutive lux...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： de Weger LA,Dunbar P,Mahafee WF,Lugtenberg BJ,Sayler GS

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyethylene glycol 6000 precipitation was found to be an effective concentration method that enhanced the chances for detecting human virus pathogens in environmental samples. Percent recoveries from eluates of fresh and estuarine waters with 8% polyethylene glycol 6000 averaged 86 for hepatitis A virus, 77 for human...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lewis GD,Metcalf TG

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of a complete set of glutamate decarboxylase (gad) mutants of Listeria monocytogenes strain LO28 (ΔgadD1, ΔgadDT1, ΔgadD2, ΔgadT2, and ΔgadD3 mutants) revealed that the ΔgadD1 mutant is impaired in its ability to tolerate exposure to both sublethal and lethal levels of the lantibiotic nisin. gadD1 is strain v...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Begley M,Cotter PD,Hill C,Ross RP

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Amazon rainforest, the largest equatorial forest in the world, is being cleared for pasture and agricultural use at alarming rates. Tropical deforestation is known to cause alterations in microbial communities at taxonomic and phylogenetic levels, but it is unclear whether microbial functional groups are altered. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mirza BS,Potisap C,Nüsslein K,Bohannan BJ,Rodrigues JL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletion of chromosomally inserted gene sequences from Clavibacter xyli subsp. cynodontis, a xylem-inhabiting endophyte, was studied in vitro and in planta. We found that nonreplicating plasmid pCG610, which conferred resistance to kanamycin and tetracycline and contained segments of C. xyli subsp. cynodontis genomic ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Turner JT,Lampel JS,Stearman RS,Sundin GW,Gunyuzlu P,Anderson JJ

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory conditions have been identified that cause the rapid death of cultures of cyanobacteria producing urease. Once the death phase had initiated in the stationary growth phase, cells were rapidly bleached of all pigmentation. Null mutations in the ureC gene, encoding the alpha subunit of urease, were constructe...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sakamoto T,Delgaizo VB,Bryant DA

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SslI, a type II restriction endonuclease, was purified from Streptococcus salivarius subsp. thermophilus strain BSN 45. SslI is an isoschizomer of BstNI. SslI activity was maximum at pH 8.8, 0 to 50 mM NaCl, 2 to 8 mM Mg2+, and 42 degrees C. Activity against phage DNA in vitro was demonstrated. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Benbadis L,Garel JR,Hartley DL

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extracellular serine protease produced by a mutant, M1, derived from Streptomyces albogriseolus S-3253 that no longer produces a protease inhibitor (Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor [SSI]) was isolated. A 20-kDa protein was purified by its affinity for SSI and designated SAM-P20. The amino acid sequence of the ami...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Taguchi S,Odaka A,Watanabe Y,Momose H

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:The actions of cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferases (CGTase; EC 2.4.1.19) from alkalophilic Bacillus sp. strain A2-5a (A2-5a CGTase), Bacillus macerans (Bmac CGTase), and Bacillus stearothermophilus (Bste CGTase) on amylose were investigated. All three enzymes produced large cyclic alpha-1,4-glucans (cycloamyloses) a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Terada Y,Sanbe H,Takaha T,Kitahata S,Koizumi K,Okada S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Broad-substrate-range monooygenase enzymes, including toluene-4-monooxygenase (T4MO), can catalyze the oxidation of indole. The indole oxidation products can then condense to form the industrially important dye indigo. Site-directed mutagenesis of T4MO resulted in the creation of T4MO isoforms with altered pigment pro...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： McClay K,Boss C,Keresztes I,Steffan RJ

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential for aerobic methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) degradation was investigated with microcosms containing aquifer sediment and groundwater from four MTBE-contaminated sites characterized by oxygen-limited in situ conditions. MTBE depletion was observed for sediments from two sites (e.g., 4.5 mg/liter degraded i...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kane SR,Beller HR,Legler TC,Koester CJ,Pinkart HC,Halden RU,Happel AM

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extracellular protein with strong absorption at 406 nm was purified from cell-free culture fluid of latex-grown Xanthomonas sp. strain 35Y. This protein was identical to the gene product of a recently characterized gene cloned from Xanthomonas sp., as revealed by determination of m/z values and sequencing of select...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Braaz R,Fischer P,Jendrossek D

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously identified insert expressing an endopeptidase from a Lactobacillus helveticus CNRZ32 genomic library was characterized. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame of 1,941 bp encoding a putative protein of 71.2 kDa which contained a zinc-protease motif. Protein homology searches revealed ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chen YS,Steele JL

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Vibrio cholerae showed a strong positive chemotactic response towards rum distillery wastewaters (mostos) and a high oxygen uptake rate in the presence of this complex substrate. Rum slops stimulated only motility in Aeromonas hydrophila and Escherichia coli. The A. hydrophila and E. coli is...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fuentes FA,Biamon EJ,Hazen TC

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Root-colonizing, saprophytic fluorescent pseudomonads of the Pseudomonas putida-P. fluorescens group express similar levels of catalase and superoxide dismutase activities during growth on a sucrose- and amino acid-rich medium. Increased specific activities of catalase but not superoxide dismutase were observed during...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Katsuwon J,Anderson AJ

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 247 clones of 16S rRNA genes from microorganisms captured by 0.2- and 0.1-microm-pore-size filters from sedimentary and granite rock aquifers were amplified and yielded 37 operational taxonomic units (OTUs). Fifteen OTUs captured by 0.1-microm-pore-size filters were affiliated with the candidate divisions O...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Miyoshi T,Iwatsuki T,Naganuma T

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously on the function of acyl coenzyme A (acyl-CoA) oxidase isozymes in the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica by investigating strains disrupted in one or several acyl-CoA oxidase-encoding genes (POX1 through POX5) (H. Wang et al., J. Bacteriol. 181:5140-5148, 1999). Here, these mutants were studied for lacto...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Waché Y,Laroche C,Bergmark K,Møller-Andersen C,Aguedo M,Le Dall MT,Wang H,Nicaud JM,Belin JM

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:Presently, the only effective treatment for celiac disease is a life-long gluten-free diet. In this work, we used a new mixture of selected sourdough lactobacilli and fungal proteases to eliminate the toxicity of wheat flour during long-time fermentation. Immunological (R5 antibody-based sandwich and competitive enzym...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rizzello CG,De Angelis M,Di Cagno R,Camarca A,Silano M,Losito I,De Vincenzi M,De Bari MD,Palmisano F,Maurano F,Gianfrani C,Gobbetti M

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biphasic systems can overcome the problem of low productivity in conventional media and have been exploited for biocatalysis. Solvent-tolerant microorganisms are useful in biotransformation with whole cells in biphasic reactions. A solvent-tolerant desulfurizing bacterium, Pseudomonas putida A4, was constructed by int...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tao F,Yu B,Xu P,Ma CQ

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the expression of the two major chitinase genes, ech42 (encoding the CHIT42 endochitinase) and nag1 (encoding the CHIT73 N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase), of the chitinolytic system of the mycoparasitic biocontrol fungus Trichoderma atroviride (= Trichoderma harzianum P1) was investigated by using a repo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mach RL,Peterbauer CK,Payer K,Jaksits S,Woo SL,Zeilinger S,Kullnig CM,Lorito M,Kubicek CP

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple anthropogenic disturbances to bacterial diversity have been investigated in coastal ecosystems, in which temporal variability in the bacterioplankton community has been considered a ubiquitous process. However, far less is known about the temporal dynamics of a bacterioplankton community responding to polluti...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang K,Zhang D,Xiong J,Chen X,Zheng J,Hu C,Yang Y,Zhu J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, a strain of anaerobic pentachlorophenol (PCP) degrader, Desulfitobacterium frappieri PCP-1, was used to augment a mixed bacterial community of an anaerobic upflow sludge bed reactor degrading PCP. To estimate the efficiency of augmentation, the population of PCP-1 in the reactor was enumerated by a compe...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tartakovsky B,Levesque M,Dumortier R,Beaudet R,Guiot SR

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00