Gene cloning, purification, and characterization of a novel peptidoglutaminase-asparaginase from Aspergillus sojae.

abstract：:We investigated the prevalence of sapoviruses (SaVs) in the Tamagawa River in Japan from April 2003 to March 2004 and performed genetic analysis of the SaV genes identified in river water. A total of 60 river water samples were collected from five sites along the river, and 500 ml was concentrated using the cation-coa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kitajima M,Oka T,Haramoto E,Katayama H,Takeda N,Katayama K,Ohgaki S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for the rapid lysis of Listeria cells, employing a recombinant Listeria bacteriophage A118 lytic enzyme (PLY118), is described. The procedure can be used with all listerial species. It enables fast, efficient, and gentle recovery of DNA, RNA, or native cellular proteins from small-scale (2- to 5-ml) cultures....

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Loessner MJ,Schneider A,Scherer S

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine microbial communities often contain multiple closely related phylogenetic clades, but in many cases, it is still unclear what physiological traits differentiate these putative ecotypes. The numerically abundant marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus can be divided into at least 14 clades. In order to better unders...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ahlgren NA,Rocap G

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-acetylglucosaminidase LytB of Streptococcus pneumoniae is involved in nasopharyngeal colonization and is responsible for cell separation at the end of cell division; thus, ΔlytB mutants form long chains of cells. This paper reports the construction and properties of a defective pneumococcal mutant producing an i...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Domenech M,García E

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:For PCR detection of Coxiella burnetii in various clinical specimens we developed a sample preparation method in which silica binding of DNA was used. This method was found to be fast, easily performed with large numbers of samples, and equally sensitive for all of the specimens tested (livers, spleens, placentas, hea...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lorenz H,Jäger C,Willems H,Baljer G

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermophilic homoacetogenic bacterium Moorella sp. strain HUC22-1 ferments glyoxylate to acetate roughly according to the reaction 2 glyoxylate --> acetate + 2 CO(2). A batch culture with glyoxylate and yeast extract yielded 11.7 g per mol of cells per substrate, which was much higher than that obtained with H(2) ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sakai S,Inokuma K,Nakashimada Y,Nishio N

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified manganese peroxidase (MnP) from the white-rot basidiomycete Phlebia radiata was found to convert in vitro milled pine wood (MPW) suspended in an aqueous reaction solution containing Tween 20, Mn(2+), Mn-chelating organic acid (malonate), and a hydrogen peroxide-generating system (glucose-glucose oxidase). The...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hofrichter M,Lundell T,Hatakka A

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification and classification of Vibrio species have relied upon band pattern methods (e.g., amplified fragment length polymorphism) and DNA-DNA hybridization. However, data generated by these methods cannot be used to build an online electronic taxonomy. In order to overcome these limitations, we developed the fi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Thompson FL,Gomez-Gil B,Vasconcelos AT,Sawabe T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas putida F1 and Pseudomonas sp. strain JS150 initiate toluene degradation by incorporating molecular oxygen into the aromatic nucleus to form cis-1,2-dihydroxy-3-methylcyclohexa-3,5-diene. When toluene-grown cells were incubated with 2- and 3-nitrotoluene, the major products identified were 2- and 3-nitroben...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Robertson JB,Spain JC,Haddock JD,Gibson DT

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A proteinaceous substance with antibiotic-like activity, resembling that of a bacteriocin, was isolated from an industrial-scale acetone-butanol fermentation of Clostridium acetobutylicum. The substance, purified by acetone precipitation, diethylaminoethyl cellulose chromatography, and polyacrylamide gel electrophores...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Webster JR,Reid SJ,Jones DT,Woods DR

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain strains of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis contribute beneficially to animal health and food production, while others are associated with nosocomial infections. To determine whether there are structural and functional genomic features that are distinct between nonclinical (NC) and clinical (CL) ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kim EB,Marco ML

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus cereus endospores germinate in response to particular nutrients. Spores are able to sense these nutrients in the environment by receptors encoded by the gerA family of operons. Analysis of the Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 genome revealed seven gerA family homologues. Using a transposon Tn917-based insertional m...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hornstra LM,de Vries YP,de Vos WM,Abee T,Wells-Bennik MH

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactose is the only soluble and economically feasible carbon source for the production of cellulases or heterologous proteins regulated by cellulase expression signals by Hypocrea jecorina (Trichoderma reesei). We investigated the role of the major beta-galactosidase of H. jecorina in lactose metabolism and cellulase ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Seiboth B,Hartl L,Salovuori N,Lanthaler K,Robson GD,Vehmaanperä J,Penttilä ME,Kubicek CP

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While some species in the Bacillus cereus group are well-characterized human pathogens (e.g., B. anthracis and B. cereus sensu stricto), the pathogenicity of other species (e.g., B. pseudomycoides) either has not been characterized or is presently not well understood. To provide an updated characterization of the path...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Miller RA,Jian J,Beno SM,Wiedmann M,Kovac J

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty known penicillic acid (PA)-producing Aspergillus and Penicillium cultures were grown under various conditions in shaken flasks to determine the highest yielding strains and their requirements for maximum toxin production. Abilities of the cultures to utilize eight different carbon sources in Raulin-Thom medium ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lindenfelser LA,Ciegler A

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spiroplasma citri is transmitted from plant to plant by phloem-feeding leafhoppers. In an attempt to identify mechanisms involved in transmission, mutants of S. citri affected in their transmission must be available. For this purpose, transposon (Tn4001) mutagenesis was used to produce mutants which have been screened...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Boutareaud A,Danet JL,Garnier M,Saillard C

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory batch tests indicate that addition of sterile municipal sewage biosolids to clay soil from four depths increases the numbers of Escherichia coli isolates recoverable in EC-MUG broth (EC broth with 4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-glucuronide). This effect was most marked for the deeper soil layers, with increases ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Unc A,Gardner J,Springthorpe S

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The haloalkane dehalogenase enzyme DmmA was identified by marine metagenomic screening. Determination of its crystal structure revealed an unusually large active site compared to those of previously characterized haloalkane dehalogenases. Here we present a biochemical characterization of this interesting enzyme with e...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Buryska T,Babkova P,Vavra O,Damborsky J,Prokop Z

更新日期：2018-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a program that can accurately analyze the dynamic properties of tethered bacterial cells. The program works especially well with cells that tend to give rise to unstable rotations, such as polar-flagellated bacteria. The program has two novel components. The first dynamically adjusts the center of th...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Qian C,Wong CC,Swarup S,Chiam KH

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteolytic activity of Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens, a ubiquitously distributed bacterial species in the gastrointestinal tracts of ruminants and other mammals, was characterized. The relative proteolytic activity (micrograms of azocasein degraded per hour per milligram of protein) varied greatly with the strain: 0 ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cotta MA,Hespell RB

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Corynebacterium glutamicum, the ArgR protein, a transcriptional repressor, affects the expression level of the argB gene through binding to its promoter region. The argB promoter region (positions -77 to -25) has been found by in vitro electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) results and in silico analysis to be...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lee SY,Park JM,Lee JH,Chang ST,Park JS,Kim YH,Min J

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aeromonas caviae W-61, which was isolated from water samples at the Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, produced beta-1, 4-xylanase (1,4-beta-d-xylan xylanohydrolase; EC 3.2.1.8) extracellularly. The xylanase was purified to homogeneity by using DEAE-Sephadex A-50, CM-Sephadex C-50, and Sephadex G-100 column ch...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Viet DN,Kamio Y,Abe N,Kaneko J,Izaki K

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoids are 15-carbon plant secondary metabolites exuded in the rhizosphere that hosts several flavonoid-degrading bacteria. We studied flavonoid catabolism in a plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial strain of Pseudomonas by using a combination of biochemical and genetic approaches. Transposants carrying mini-Tn5gf...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pillai BV,Swarup S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genes encoding thermostable alpha- and beta-galactosidases from an extremely thermophilic bacterium, Thermus strain T2, were cloned in Escherichia coli. The alpha-galactosidase gene was located just downstream from the beta-galactosidase gene. The genes were introduced into Thermus thermophilus HB27 with the aid o...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Koyama Y,Okamoto S,Furukawa K

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examination of cucumber roots (Cucumis sativus L.) grown in bark compost media and of the surrounding edaphic substrate showed profiles of polar lipid fatty acids commonly found in bacteria. The composition of fatty acids in these profiles differed significantly between roots grown in a medium naturally suppressive to...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tunlid A,Hoitink HA,Low C,White DC

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estuarine systems are the major conduits for the transfer of nitrate from agricultural and other terrestrial-anthropogenic sources into marine ecosystems. Within estuarine sediments some microbially driven processes (denitrification and anammox) result in the net removal of nitrogen from the environment, while others ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Smith CJ,Nedwell DB,Dong LF,Osborn AM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic diversity of 138 strains of the Xanthomonas pathovar mangiferaeindicae, which were isolated from three different hosts (mango, ambarella, and pepper tree) in 14 different countries, was assessed with restriction fragment length polymorphism markers. An analysis of patterns obtained by hybridization with an...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gagnevin L,Leach JE,Pruvost O

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody designated 302 beta that is specific for the beta subunit of the oxygenase component (ISPTOL) of toluene dioxygenase from Pseudomonas putida F1 was used to prepare an immunoaffinity column. ISPTOL in cell extracts of Escherichia coli JM109(pDTG611) bound to the column, and an enzyme-linked immuno...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lynch NA,Jiang H,Gibson DT

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of human-pathogenic, enteric bacteria on the surface and in the interior of raw produce is a significant health concern. Several aspects of the biology of the interaction between these bacteria and alfalfa (Medicago sativa) seedlings are addressed here. A collection of enteric bacteria associated with alf...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dong Y,Iniguez AL,Ahmer BM,Triplett EW

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria forming light-organ symbiosis with deep-sea chlorophthalmid fishes (Aulopiformes: Chlorophthalmidae) are considered to belong to the species Photobacterium phosphoreum. The identification of these bacteria as P. phosphoreum, however, was based exclusively on phenotypic traits, which may not discriminate betwe...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dunlap PV,Ast JC

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00