Comparison of gull feces-specific assays targeting the 16S rRNA genes of Catellicoccus marimammalium and Streptococcus spp.

abstract：:The natural abundance of stable carbon isotopes measured in bacterial nucleic acids extracted from estuarine bacterial concentrates was used to trace sources of organic matter for bacteria in aquatic environments. The stable carbon isotope ratios of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and nucleic acids extracted from cultures rese...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Coffin RB,Velinsky DJ,Devereux R,Price WA,Cifuentes LA

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noroviruses, which are members of the Caliciviridae family, represent the leading cause of nonbacterial gastroenteritis in developed countries; such norovirus infections result in high economic costs for health protection. Person-to-person contact, contaminated water, and foods, especially raw shellfish, vegetables, a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Buckow R,Isbarn S,Knorr D,Heinz V,Lehmacher A

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe useful vectors to select double-crossover events directly in site-directed marker exchange mutagenesis in gram-negative bacteria. These vectors contain the gusA marker gene, providing colorimetric screens to identify bacteria harboring those sequences. The applicability of these vectors was shown by mappin...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Katzen F,Becker A,Ielmini MV,Oddo CG,Ielpi L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xenorhabdus nematophila engages in a mutualistic association with the nematode Steinernema carpocapsae. The nematode invades and traverses the gut of susceptible insects. X. nematophila is released in the insect blood (hemolymph), where it suppresses host immune responses and functions as a pathogen. X. nematophila pr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Singh S,Reese JM,Casanova-Torres AM,Goodrich-Blair H,Forst S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symbiotic microorganisms are widespread in nature and can play a major role in the ecology and evolution of animals. The aphid-Serratia symbiotica bacterium interaction provides a valuable model to study the mechanisms behind these symbiotic associations. The recent discovery of cultivable S. symbiotica strains with a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pons I,Renoz F,Noël C,Hance T

更新日期：2019-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of two recently isolated antigenic variants of echovirus type 25 (Montpellier 76-1262 and Thionville 86-222) to glutaraldehyde (GTA) at low concentrations was compared with that of the JV-4 prototype strain. The purified viruses were treated under the same conditions with GTA at concentrations ranging ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chambon M,Bailly JL,Peigue-Lafeuille H

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned and sequenced the Cercospora nicotianae gene for the carotenoid biosynthetic enzyme phytoene dehydrogenase. Analysis of the derived amino acid sequence revealed it has greater than 50% identity with its counterpart in Neurospora crassa and approximately 30% identity with prokaryotic phytoene dehydrogena...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ehrenshaft M,Daub ME

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium was grown at salt concentrations ranging from 0.5 to 7.5% in minimal medium with and without added osmoprotectant and in a rich medium. In minimal medium, the cells showed an initial decline period, and consequently the definition of the lag time of the resultant log count curve...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zhou K,George SM,Métris A,Li PL,Baranyi J

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that overexpression of the soxS or robA gene causes in several Escherichia coli strains the acquisition of higher organic solvent tolerance and also increased resistance to a number of antibiotics (H. Nakajima, K. Kobayashi, M. Kobayashi, H. Asako, and R. Aono, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:2302-...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Asako H,Nakajima H,Kobayashi K,Kobayashi M,Aono R

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of 0.6 M sucrose of 0.016 M Mg2+ to the enumeration medium was required for early expression of heat resistance (10 min at 70 degrees C) in stage V Bacillus cereus forspores. The addition of Mg2+ to the sporulation medium did not remove this requirment for sucrose of Mg2+. The heat damage did not affect f...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Busta FF,Baillie E,Murrell WG

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 4430 in vol. 63.]. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Restrepo S,Verdier V

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Citrate and pyruvate metabolism by nongrowing cells of Leuconostoc oenos was investigated. (sup13)C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was used to elucidate the pathway of citrate breakdown and to probe citrate or pyruvate utilization, noninvasively, in living cell suspensions. The utilization of isotopical...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ramos A,Lolkema JS,Konings WN,Santos H

更新日期：1995-04-01 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：:Population sizes of algae, bacteria, heterotrophic flagellates, and viruses were observed through the 1989 spring diatom bloom in Raunefjorden in western Norway. The culmination of the diatom bloom was followed by a peak in the concentration of bacteria and an increase in the concentration of heterotrophic flagellates...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bratbak G,Heldal M,Norland S,Thingstad TF

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The volatile substances present in a eutrophic shallow lake were determined qualitatively and quantitatively during the growing season, allowing a first-time analysis of the dynamics of these compounds in a water body. The major compounds found were beta-cyclocitral, alpha-cyclocitral, beta-ionone, 1,3,3-trimethylcycl...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jüttner F

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several variations in the scintillation mixture and the filter paper arrangements for double-vial radiorespirometry were compared. Improved efficiencies (44%) and shorter response times were found by adding wetting agents and methanolic NaOH to the scintillation mixture in the filter paper. The scintillation chemicals...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： McKinley VL,Federle TW,Vestal JR

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of the virulence determinants of phytopathogenic Rhodococcus fascians has been hampered by the lack of a system for introducing exogenous DNA. We investigated the possibility of genetic transformation of R. fascians by high-voltage electroporation of intact bacterial cells in the presence of plasmid DNA. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Desomer J,Dhaese P,Montagu MV

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current work, we describe genome diversity and core genome sequences among representatives of three bifidobacterial species, i.e., Bifidobacterium adolescentis, Bifidobacterium catenulatum, and Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum, by employing a polyphasic approach involving analysis of 16S rRNA gene and 16S-23S ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Duranti S,Turroni F,Milani C,Foroni E,Bottacini F,Dal Bello F,Ferrarini A,Delledonne M,van Sinderen D,Ventura M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computer program was developed to identify anaerobic bacteria by using simultaneous pattern recognition via a Bayesian probabilistic model. The system is intended for use as a rapid, precise, and reproducible aid in the identification of unknown isolates. The program operates on a data base of 28 genera comprising 2...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kelley RW,Kellogg ST

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of pectolytic enzymes (pectate lyase [Pel] and polygalacturonase [Peh]), cellulase (Cel), and protease (Prt) is activated in the soft rot bacterium Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora by aepA (activator of extracellular protein production) and celery extract (Y. Liu, H. Murata, A. Chatterjee, and A. K....

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Murata H,Chatterjee A,Liu Y,Chatterjee AK

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A glycosyltransferase, involved in the synthesis of cyclic maltosylmaltose [CMM; cyclo-{-->6)-alpha-D-Glcp(1-->4)-alpha-D-Glcp(1-->6)-alpha-D-Glcp(1-->4)-alpha-D-Glcp(1-->}] from starch, was purified to homogeneity from the culture supernatant of Arthrobacter globiformis M6. The CMM-forming enzyme had a molecular mass...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mukai K,Watanabe H,Kubota M,Chaen H,Fukuda S,Kurimoto M

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acid compositions in growing and resting cells of several strains of Pseudomonas putida (P8, NCTC 10936, and KT 2440) were studied, with a focus on alterations of the saturation degree, cis-trans isomerization, and cyclopropane formation. The fatty acid compositions of the strains were very similar under compara...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Härtig C,Loffhagen N,Harms H

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil bacteria adapt to diverse and rapidly changing environmental conditions by sensing and responding to environmental cues using a variety of sensory systems. Two-component systems are a widespread type of signal transduction system present in all three domains of life and typically are comprised of a sensor kinase ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Luu RA,Schomer RA,Brunton CN,Truong R,Ta AP,Tan WA,Parales JV,Wang YJ,Huo YW,Liu SJ,Ditty JL,Stewart V,Parales RE

更新日期：2019-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different cadA cadmium resistance determinants (cadA1, first identified in Tn5422, and cadA2, associated with pLM80) were detected among cadmium-resistant Listeria monocytogenes strains from turkey processing plants. Prevalence of cadA1 versus cadA2 was serotype associated. Cadmium-resistant isolates that were als...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mullapudi S,Siletzky RM,Kathariou S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quaternary ammonium compounds such as benzalkonium chloride (BC) are widely used as disinfectants in both food processing and medical environments. BC-resistant strains of Listeria monocytogenes have been implicated in multistate outbreaks of listeriosis and have been frequently isolated from food processing plants. H...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Elhanafi D,Dutta V,Kathariou S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The world's largest outbreak of waterborne toxoplasmosis occurred in a municipality in the western Canadian province of British Columbia. When drinking water emerged as a possible source of infection during the outbreak investigation, a laboratory method was needed to attempt detection of the parasite, Toxoplasma gond...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Isaac-Renton J,Bowie WR,King A,Irwin GS,Ong CS,Fung CP,Shokeir MO,Dubey JP

更新日期：1998-06-01 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：:The continuous addition of toluene as a solute of treated ballast water from oil tankers into a well-defined estuary facilitated the study of the dynamics of dissolved hydrocarbon metabolism in seawater. Most rates of toluene oxidation were in the range of 1 to 30 pg/liter per h at 0.5 mug of toluene per liter. Near t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Button DK,Robertson BR,Craig KS

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The changes in motility, chemotactic responsiveness, and flagellation of Rhizobium meliloti RMB7201, L5-30, and JJ1c10 were analyzed after transfer of the bacteria to buffer with no available C, N, or phosphate. Cells of these three strains remained viable for weeks after transfer to starvation buffer (SB) but lost al...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wei X,Bauer WD

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of light as an energy source for slightly aereated cultures of halobacteria was studied, using continuous cultures with low nutrient concentrations and a low oxygen supply. A series of experiments were carried out with non-illuminated and differently illuminated cultures and with different oxygen transfer rat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rodriguez-Valera F,Nieto JJ,Ruiz-Berraquero F

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00