BTI1, an azoreductase with pH-dependent substrate specificity.

abstract：:Lactobacillus isolates were identified by PCR amplification and sequencing of the region between the 16S and 23S rRNA genes (spacer region). The sequences obtained from the isolates were compared to those of reference strains held in GenBank. A similarity of 97.5% or greater was considered to provide identification. T...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tannock GW,Tilsala-Timisjarvi A,Rodtong S,Ng J,Munro K,Alatossava T

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When 7-aminocephalosporanic acid (7-ACA) was used as a single carbon source in the enrichment culture medium for screening 7-ACA-degrading microorganisms, pink yeast colonies appeared frequently, and these were identified as Rhodotorula glutinis. These intact R. glutinis cells converted (i) 7-ACA to deacetyl-7-ACA (7-...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sakai Y,Abe T,Ohbayashi Y,Isaka K,Yamamoto K,Tani Y,Kato N

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermoanaerobacter sp. strain X514 has great potential in biotechnology due to its capacity to ferment a range of C(5) and C(6) sugars to ethanol and other metabolites under thermophilic conditions. This study investigated the central metabolism of strain X514 via (13)C-labeled tracer experiments using either glucose ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Feng X,Mouttaki H,Lin L,Huang R,Wu B,Hemme CL,He Z,Zhang B,Hicks LM,Xu J,Zhou J,Tang YJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The S85 type strain of Fibrobacter succinogenes, a major ruminal fibrolytic species, was isolated 49 years ago from a bovine rumen and has been used since then as a model for extensive studies. To assess the validity of this model, we compared the cellulase- and xylanase-degrading activities of several other F. succin...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Béra-Maillet C,Ribot Y,Forano E

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The harvesting of rainwater is gaining acceptance among many governmental authorities in countries such as Australia, Germany, and South Africa, among others. However, conflicting reports on the microbial quality of harvested rainwater have been published. To monitor the presence of potential pathogenic bacteria durin...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dobrowsky PH,De Kwaadsteniet M,Cloete TE,Khan W

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryparin is a cell-surface-associated hydrophobin of the filamentous ascomycete Cryphonectria parasitica. This protein contains a signal peptide that directs it to the vesicle-mediated secretory pathway. We detected a glycosylated form of cryparin in a secretory vesicle fraction, but secreted forms of this protein are...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： McCabe PM,Van Alfen NK

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial communities in cores obtained from methane hydrate-bearing deep marine sediments (down to more than 300 m below the seafloor) in the forearc basin of the Nankai Trough near Japan were characterized with cultivation-dependent and -independent techniques. Acridine orange direct count data indicated that cell n...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Reed DW,Fujita Y,Delwiche ME,Blackwelder DB,Sheridan PP,Uchida T,Colwell FS

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidation of acetate in salt marsh sediment was inhibited by the addition of fluoroacetate, and also by the addition of molybdate, an inhibitor of sulfate-reducing bacteria. Molybdate had no effect upon the metabolism of acetate in a freshwater sediment in the absence of sulfate. The inhibitory effect of molybdate on ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Banat IM,Lindström EB,Nedwell DB,Balba MT

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Separating dietary fiber from other polysaccharides in digesta and feces is necessary to understand its mechanisms of action. A gravimetric method that separates fecal plant and bacterial matter based on size and density was evaluated and modified to determine the plant and bacterial mass of lyophilized whole and blen...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cabotaje LM,López-Guisa JM,Shinnick FL,Marlett JA

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus sp. strain SS, an aerobic, gram-positive sporeformer, was isolated from seeds of Astragalus crotalariae, a selenium-accumulating plant. This bacillus grew in a nutrient broth (containing beef extract and peptone) if the medium was supplemented with high concentrations of selenium. Concentrations of Na(2)SeO(3...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lindblow-Kull C,Shrift A,Gherna RL

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae can shift to a "rugose" phenotype, thereby producing copious exopolysaccharide (EPS), which promotes its environmental survival and persistence. We report conditions that promote high-frequency rugose EPS production (HFRP), whereby cells switch at high frequency (up to 80%) to rugose EPS production. HF...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ali A,Rashid MH,Karaolis DK

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group-specific PCR-based denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) method was developed and combined with group-specific clone library analysis to investigate the diversity of the Clostridium leptum subgroup in human feces. PCR products (length, 239 bp) were amplified using C. leptum cluster-specific primers an...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Shen J,Zhang B,Wei G,Pang X,Wei H,Li M,Zhang Y,Jia W,Zhao L

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mixed population, enriched and established in a defined medium, from a sewage sludge inoculum was capable of complete mineralization of 4-chlorobenzoate. An organism, identified as Arthrobacter sp., was isolated from the consortium and shown to be capable of utilizing 4-chlorobenzoate as the sole carbon and energy s...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Marks TS,Smith AR,Quirk AV

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven of 13 Enterobacteriaceae species tested grew in moist stored wheat, highlighting a potential risk of this energy-saving airtight storage method. When Hansenula anomala was coinoculated, all Enterobacteriaceae species were significantly inhibited after 2 months of storage, six of them to below the detection limi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Olstorpe M,Schnürer J,Passoth V

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the potential use of natural-abundance stable carbon isotope ratios of lipids for determining substrate usage by sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB). Four SRB were grown under autotrophic, mixotrophic, or heterotrophic growth conditions, and the delta13C values of their individual fatty acids (FA) were determi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Londry KL,Jahnke LL,Des Marais DJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：:Antialgal allelochemicals were isolated from Phragmites communis Tris. The isolated allelopathic fraction showed strong inhibition activity on the growth of Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Microcystis aeruginosa but had no inhibition on Chlorella vulgaris. The 50% effective concentrations (EC50) of the allelopathic fraction...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Li FM,Hu HY

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From Bradyrhizobium japonicum highly reiterated sequence-possessing (HRS) strains indigenous to Niigata and Tokachi in Japan with high copy numbers of the repeated sequences RSalpha and RSbeta (K. Minamisawa, T. Isawa, Y. Nakatsuka, and N. Ichikawa, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:1845-1851, 1998), several insertion sequ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Isawa T,Sameshima R,Mitsui H,Minamisawa K

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A real-time PCR-based method targeting the 18S rRNA gene was developed for the quantitative detection of Hartmannella vermiformis, a free-living amoeba which is a potential host for Legionella pneumophila in warm water systems and cooling towers. The detection specificity was validated using genomic DNA of the closely...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kuiper MW,Valster RM,Wullings BA,Boonstra H,Smidt H,van der Kooij D

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The undefined microbial floras derived from the surface of ripe cheese which are used for the ripening of commercial red smear cheeses have a strong impact on the growth of Listeria spp. In some cases, these microbial consortia inhibit Listeria almost completely. From such undefined industrial cheese-ripening floras, ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Eppert I,Valdés-Stauber N,Götz H,Busse M,Scherer S

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Escherichia coli MV1184 to accumulate inorganic phosphate (Pi) was enhanced by manipulating the genes involved in the transport and metabolism of Pi. The high-level Pi accumulation was achieved by modifying the genetic regulation and increasing the dosage of the E. coli genes encoding polyphosphate kina...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kato J,Yamada K,Muramatsu A,Hardoyo,Ohtake H

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single 10-bp primers were used to generate random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers from commercial and wild strains of the cultivated mushroom Agaricus bisporus via the polymerase chain reaction. Of 20 primers tested, 19 amplified A. bisporus DNA, each producing 5 to 15 scorable markers ranging from 0.5 to 3.0...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Khush RS,Becker E,Wach M

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first study to characterize the environmental conditions which contribute to the presence and proliferation of environmental mycobacteria in a major freshwater river. Over 20 different species of environmental mycobacteria were isolated, including the pathogenic M. avium and M. kansasii. Species of the rap...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bland CS,Ireland JM,Lozano E,Alvarez ME,Primm TP

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three common food pathogenic microorganisms were exposed to treatments simulating those used in food processing. Treated cell suspensions were then analyzed for reduction in growth by plate counting. Flow cytometry (FCM) and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) were carried out on treated cells stained for membr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kennedy D,Cronin UP,Wilkinson MG

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Citrate metabolism by Enterococcus faecium FAIR-E 198, an isolate from Greek Feta cheese, was studied in modified MRS (mMRS) medium under different pH conditions and glucose and citrate concentrations. In the absence of glucose, this strain was able to metabolize citrate in a pH range from constant pH 5.0 to 7.0. At a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vaningelgem F,Ghijsels V,Tsakalidou E,De Vuyst L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A real-time PCR assay was developed for the quantitative detection of Campylobacter jejuni in foods after enrichment culture. The specificity of the assay for C. jejuni was demonstrated with a diverse range of Campylobacter species, related organisms, and unrelated genera. The assay had a linear range of quantificatio...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sails AD,Fox AJ,Bolton FJ,Wareing DR,Greenway DL

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The strictly anaerobic pathogenic bacterium Clostridium difficile occurs in the human gut and is able to thrive from fermentation of leucine. Thereby the amino acid is both oxidized to isovalerate plus CO(2) and reduced to isocaproate. In the reductive branch of this pathway, the dehydration of (R)-2-hydroxyisocaproyl...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kim J,Darley D,Selmer T,Buckel W

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Lactococcus lactis, which is widely used as a starter in the cheese industry, the first step of aromatic and branched-chain amino acid degradation is a transamination which is catalyzed by two major aminotransferases. We have previously purified and characterized biochemically and genetically the aromatic aminotran...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yvon M,Chambellon E,Bolotin A,Roudot-Algaron F

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of plasterboard composition on the growth and sporulation of Stachybotrys chartarum as well as on the inflammatory potential of the spores were studied. S. chartarum was grown on 13 modified plasterboards under saturated humidity conditions. The biomass was estimated by measuring the ergosterol content of ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Murtoniemi T,Nevalainen A,Hirvonen MR

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanobacterium Plectonema boryanum IU 594 and cyanophage LPP-1 were used as indicator organisms in a bioassay of 16 pesticides. Experiments such as spot tests, disk assays, growth curves, and one-step growth experiments were used to examine the effects of pesticides on the host and virus. Also, experiments were done i...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mallison SM 3rd,Cannon RE

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00