Complex physiology and compound stress responses during fermentation of alkali-pretreated corn stover hydrolysate by an Escherichia coli ethanologen.

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae, an environmental organism, is a facultative human pathogen. Here, we report the virulence profiles, comprising 18 genetic markers, of 102 clinical and 692 environmental V. cholerae strains isolated in Bangladesh between March 2004 and January 2006, showing the variability of virulence determinants wit...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hasan NA,Ceccarelli D,Grim CJ,Taviani E,Choi J,Sadique A,Alam M,Siddique AK,Sack RB,Huq A,Colwell RR

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of Vibrio cholerae with zooplankton has been suggested as an important factor in transmission of human epidemic cholera, and the ability to colonize zooplankton surfaces may play a role in the temporal variation and predominance of the two different serogroups (V. cholerae O1 El Tor and O139) in the aq...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rawlings TK,Ruiz GM,Colwell RR

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of phages to specifically interact with and lyse their host bacteria makes them ideal antibacterial agents. The range of applications of bacteriophage can be extended by their immobilization on inert surfaces. A novel method for the oriented immobilization of bacteriophage has been developed. The method wa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Anany H,Chen W,Pelton R,Griffiths MW

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arthrobacter sp. strain PBA metabolized phenylboronic acid to phenol. The oxygen atom in phenol was shown to be derived from the atmosphere using (18)O(2). 1-Naphthalene-, 2-naphthalene-, 3-cyanophenyl-, 2,5-fluorophenyl-, and 3-thiophene-boronic acids were also transformed to monooxygenated products. The oxygen atom ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Negrete-Raymond AC,Weder B,Wackett LP

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extracellular H(inf2)O(inf2)-requiring Remazol brilliant blue R (RBBR) decolorizing enzymatic activity was found in the culture medium of Pleurotus ostreatus. The enzymatic activity was maximally obtained in idiophase, and the optimum C/N ratio was 24. High C/N ratios repressed the enzymatic activity, and addition ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Shin K,Oh I,Kim C

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown that certain opportunistic pathogenic species of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) can be present in distributed drinking water. However, detailed information about NTM population composition in drinking water is lacking. Therefore, NTM communities in unchlorinated drinking water from the distributi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： van der Wielen PW,Heijnen L,van der Kooij D

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The known archaeal family B DNA polymerases are unable to participate in the PCR in the presence of uracil. Here, we report on a novel archaeal family B DNA polymerase from Nanoarchaeum equitans that can successfully utilize deaminated bases such as uracil and hypoxanthine and on its application to PCR. N. equitans fa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Choi JJ,Song JG,Nam KH,Lee JI,Bae H,Kim GA,Sun Y,Kwon ST

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenanthrene-degrading bacteria were isolated from a 1-m2 intertidal sediment site in Boston Harbor. Samples were taken six times over 2 years. A total of 432 bacteria were isolated and characterized by biochemical testing. When clustered on the basis of phenotypic characteristics, the isolates could be separated into...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Berardesco G,Dyhrman S,Gallagher E,Shiaris MP

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated winter losses of managed honeybee colonies are a major concern, but the underlying mechanisms remain controversial. Among the suspects are the parasitic mite Varroa destructor, the microsporidian Nosema ceranae, and associated viruses. Here we hypothesize that pathogens reduce the life expectancy of winter be...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dainat B,Evans JD,Chen YP,Gauthier L,Neumann P

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giardia muris cysts were separated from fecal contaminants in primary isolates by unit gravity velocity sedimentation. Crude isolates obtained by centrifugation over 1.0 M sucrose were overlaid onto a Percoll density gradient, 1.01 to 1.03 g/ml. G. muris cysts were well separated from faster-sedimenting fecal debris a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sauch JF

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arthrobacter aurescens strain TC1 metabolizes atrazine to cyanuric acid via TrzN, AtzB, and AtzC. The complete sequence of a 160-kb bacterial artificial chromosome clone indicated that trzN, atzB, and atzC are linked on the A. aurescens genome. TrzN, AtzB, and AtzC were shown to be functional in Escherichia coli. Hybr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sajjaphan K,Shapir N,Wackett LP,Palmer M,Blackmon B,Tomkins J,Sadowsky MJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predictive models, based on environmental and water quality variables, have been used to improve the timeliness and accuracy of recreational water quality assessments, but their effectiveness has not been studied in inland waters. Sampling at eight inland recreational lakes in Ohio was done in order to investigate usi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Francy DS,Stelzer EA,Duris JW,Brady AM,Harrison JH,Johnson HE,Ware MW

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the characterization of a group of seven novel Brucella strains isolated in 1964 from three native rodent species in North Queensland, Australia, during a survey of wild animals. The strains were initially reported to be Brucella suis biovar 3 on the basis of microbiological test results. Our results indi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tiller RV,Gee JE,Frace MA,Taylor TK,Setubal JC,Hoffmaster AR,De BK

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic and "fingerprinting" analyses of the 16S rRNA genes of prokaryotes have been a mainstay of microbial ecology during the last two decades. However, many methods and results from studies that rely on the 16S rRNA gene for detection and quantification of specific microbial taxa have seemingly received only c...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Morales SE,Holben WE

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microporous polyethylene hollow-fiber membrane has a unique microfibrile structure throughout its depth and has been found to possess the functions of filtration and adsorption of endotoxin in water. The membrane has a maximum pore diameter of approximately 0.04 micron, a diameter which is within the range of micr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sawada Y,Fujii R,Igami I,Kawai A,Kamiki T,Niwa M

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degradation of bisphenol A and nonylphenol involves the unusual rearrangement of stable carbon-carbon bonds. Some nonylphenol isomers and bisphenol A possess a quaternary alpha-carbon atom as a common structural feature. The degradation of nonylphenol in Sphingomonas sp. strain TTNP3 occurs via a type II ipso subs...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kolvenbach B,Schlaich N,Raoui Z,Prell J,Zühlke S,Schäffer A,Guengerich FP,Corvini PF

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To overcome the limited availability of antibiotic resistance markers in filamentous fungi, we adapted the FLP/FRT recombination system from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae for marker recycling. We tested this system in the penicillin producer Penicillium chrysogenum using different experimental approaches. In a tw...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kopke K,Hoff B,Kück U

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobic activation of benzene is expected to represent a novel biochemistry of environmental significance. Therefore, benzene metabolism was investigated in Geobacter metallireducens, the only genetically tractable organism known to anaerobically degrade benzene. Trace amounts (<0.5 μM) of phenol accumulated in cult...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zhang T,Tremblay PL,Chaurasia AK,Smith JA,Bain TS,Lovley DR

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli and many other microorganisms synthesize aromatic amino acids through the condensation reaction between phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) and erythrose 4-phosphate to form 3-deoxy-D-arabinoheptulosonate 7-phosphate (DAHP). It has been shown that overexpression of transketolase increases the production of DAHP...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Patnaik R,Liao JC

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 3-phenoxybenzoate (3-PBA) 1',2'-dioxygenase gene cluster (pbaA1A2B cluster), which is responsible for catalyzing 3-phenoxybenzoate to 3-hydroxybenzoate and catechol, is inducibly expressed in Sphingobium wenxiniae strain JZ-1(T) by its substrate 3-PBA. In this study, we identified a transcriptional activator of th...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cheng M,Chen K,Guo S,Huang X,He J,Li S,Jiang J

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the identification of novel archaea living in close association with bacteria in the cold (approximately 10 degrees C) sulfurous marsh water of the Sippenauer Moor near Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. These microorganisms form a characteristic, macroscopically visible structure, morphologically comparable to a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rudolph C,Wanner G,Huber R

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to explore the biochemical scope of ochratoxin A-producing penicillia, we screened 48 Penicillium verrucosum isolates for the production of secondary metabolites. Fungal metabolites were analyzed by high-pressure liquid or gas chromatography coupled to diode array detection or mass spectrometry. The following...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Larsen TO,Svendsen A,Smedsgaard J

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A membrane filtration method incorporating a combination of anaerobic and aerobic incubation has been developed for the enumeration of Aeromonas spp. in drinking water. The use of anaerobic incubation improved the detection of Aeromonas spp. by reducing the growth of nonaeromonads. The confirmation rate of presumptive...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cunliffe DA,Adcock P

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blooms of the cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis are a major worldwide problem due to their production of a range of toxins, in particular the neurotoxins anatoxin-a and paralytic shellfish poisons (PSPs). Although there is a worldwide distribution of A. circinalis, there is a geographical segregation of neurotoxin pr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Beltran EC,Neilan BA

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen-fixing symbiosis between bacteria and the tree legume mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) is important for the maintenance of many desert ecosystems. Genes essential for nodulation and for extending the host range to mesquite were isolated from cosmid libraries of Rhizobium (mesquite) sp. strain HW17b and Bradyrhi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Thomas PM,Golly KF,Virginia RA,Zyskind JW

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The control of promoter activity by oxygen availability appears to be an intriguing system for heterologous protein production. In fact, during cell growth in a bioreactor, an oxygen shortage is easily obtained simply by interrupting the air supply. The purpose of our work was to explore the possible use of hypoxic in...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Camattari A,Bianchi MM,Branduardi P,Porro D,Brambilla L

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of silicic acid on the growth of Thermus thermophilus TMY, an extreme thermophile isolated from a siliceous deposit formed from geothermal water at a geothermal power plant in Japan, were examined at 75 degrees C. At concentrations higher than the solubility of amorphous silica (400 to 700 ppm SiO(2)), a s...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Doi K,Fujino Y,Inagaki F,Kawatsu R,Tahara M,Ohshima T,Okaue Y,Yokoyama T,Iwai S,Ogata S

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis A virus disinfection was assessed on contaminated stainless-steel disks. Ten microliters of fecally suspended hepatitis A virus was deposited on the center of each disk, dried for 20 min, and then covered with 20 microliters of the test product for 1 min. Of the 20 formulations tested, only 2% glutaraldehyde...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mbithi JN,Springthorpe VS,Sattar SA

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutritional and physical factors which influence the germination of akinetes of Nodularia spumigena (Cyanobacteriaceae) were examined. Low concentrations of phosphorus (<0.9 muM) were required for germination. Nitrate had no effect, but ammonia, at concentrations of >45 muM, inhibited germination. Salinities of >20 pe...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Huber AL

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The factor in normal sera primarily responsible for the enhancement of transfection (and transformation) of Staphylococcus aureus was identified as fibronectin. Serum samples which were depleted of fibronectin by affinity chromatography showed a marked decrease in enhancing activity. Fibronectin isolated from sera of ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Thompson NE,Bergdoll MS,Pattee PA

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00