Rapid aggregation of biofuel-producing algae by the bacterium Bacillus sp. strain RP1137.

abstract：:Aquaglyceroporins (GlpFs) that transport glycerol along with water and other uncharged solutes are involved in osmoregulation in myriad species. Fungal species form a large group of eukaryotic organisms, and their GlpFs may be diverse, exhibiting various activities. However, few filamentous fungal GlpFs have been biol...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Liu XD,Wei Y,Zhou XY,Pei X,Zhang SH

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have engineered Escherichia coli to overproduce saturated and monounsaturated aliphatic methyl ketones in the C₁₁ to C₁₅ (diesel) range; this group of methyl ketones includes 2-undecanone and 2-tridecanone, which are of importance to the flavor and fragrance industry and also have favorable cetane numbers (as we re...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Goh EB,Baidoo EE,Keasling JD,Beller HR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biodegradation of tert-butylphenyl diphenyl phosphate (BPDP) was examined in microcosms containing sediment and water from five different ecosystems as part of our studies to elucidate the environmental fate of phosphate ester flame retardants. Biodegradation of [14C]BPDP was monitored in the environmental microco...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Heitkamp MA,Freeman JP,Cerniglia CE

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenolic compounds are believed to be promising candidates as complementary therapeutics. Maple syrup, prepared by concentrating the sap from the North American maple tree, is a rich source of natural and process-derived phenolic compounds. In this work, we report the antimicrobial activity of a phenolic-rich maple sy...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Maisuria VB,Hosseinidoust Z,Tufenkji N

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence analysis of the five genes (gutRMCBA) downstream from the previously described sorbitol-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-encoding Lactobacillus casei gutF gene revealed that they constitute a sorbitol (glucitol) utilization operon. The gutRM genes encode putative regulators, while the gutCBA genes encode the EIIC, E...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Alcántara C,Sarmiento-Rubiano LA,Monedero V,Deutscher J,Pérez-Martínez G,Yebra MJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy were used to study the metabolism of deuterated n-alkanes (C6 to C12) and 1-13C-labeled n-hexane by a highly enriched sulfate-reducing bacterial culture. All substrates were activated via fumarate addition to form the corresponding alkyls...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Davidova IA,Gieg LM,Nanny M,Kropp KG,Suflita JM

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent functional genomics and genome-scale modeling approaches indicated that B(12) production in Lactobacillus reuteri could be improved by optimization of the medium. Here we show that a series of systematic single-amino-acid omissions could significantly modulate the production of B(12) from nearly undetectable le...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Santos F,Teusink B,Molenaar D,van Heck M,Wels M,Sieuwerts S,de Vos WM,Hugenholtz J

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We designed experiments to assess the effect of chlorine injury on the virulence of waterborne enteropathogens. Higher chlorine doses (0.9 to 1.5 mg/liter) were necessary to produce injured Yersinia enterocolitica, Salmonella typhimurium, and Shigella spp. than to produce injured enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli or co...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： LeChevallier MW,Singh A,Schiemann DA,McFeters GA

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we developed a new mariner-based transposition system for Listeria monocytogenes. The mariner-based system has a high rate of transposition and a low rate of plasmid retention, and transposition is very random, making it an ideal tool for high-throughput transposon mutagenesis in L. monocytogenes. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cao M,Bitar AP,Marquis H

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major taxon of obligate marine bacteria within the order Actinomycetales has been discovered from ocean sediments. Populations of these bacteria (designated MAR 1) are persistent and widespread, spanning at least three distinct ocean systems. In this study, 212 actinomycete isolates possessing MAR 1 morphologies wer...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mincer TJ,Jensen PR,Kauffman CA,Fenical W

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of six child care centers was conducted to assess the microbiological quality of three food contact surfaces (one food serving surface and two food preparation surfaces) and one non-food contact surface (diaper changing surface) to determine the effectiveness of cleaning and sanitization procedures within the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cosby CM,Costello CA,Morris WC,Haughton B,Devereaux MJ,Harte F,Davidson PM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resources from the Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021 open reading frame (ORF) plasmid libraries were used in a medium-throughput method to construct a set of 50 overlapping deletion mutants covering all of the Rm1021 pSymA megaplasmid except the replicon region. Each resulting pSymA derivative carried a defined deletion o...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yurgel SN,Mortimer MW,Rice JT,Humann JL,Kahn ML

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristics of an obligately methylotrophic coccoid methanogen (strain GS-16) previously isolated from estuarine sediment are described. Growth was demonstrated on dimethyl sulfide (DMS) or trimethylamine (TMA), but not on methane thiol, methane thiol plus hydrogen, dimethyl disulfide, or methionine. DMS-grown cel...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Oremland RS,Kiene RP,Mathrani I,Whiticar MJ,Boone DR

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene fragment belonging to the cytochrome P-450 superfamily has been cloned and identified from stationary cultures of the filamentous fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium by reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR. A set of degenerate primers homologous to highly conserved regions of known cytochrome P-450 sequences were used...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kullman SW,Matsumura F

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strain selection and improvement in the baker's yeast industry have aimed to increase the speed of maltose fermentation in order to increase the leavening activity of industrial baking yeast. We identified two groups of baker's strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that can be distinguished by the mode of regulation of ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Higgins VJ,Braidwood M,Bell P,Bissinger P,Dawes IW,Attfield PV

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain a predictive understanding of the interspecies interactions within microbial communities that govern community function, the genomic complement of every member population must be determined. Although metagenomic sequencing has enabled the de novo reconstruction of some microbial genomes from environmental comm...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nelson WC,Maezato Y,Wu YW,Romine MF,Lindemann SR

更新日期：2015-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila is an intracellular parasite of protozoa and human phagocytes. To examine adaptation of this bacterium to parasitize protozoa, the sequence of events of the intracellular infection of the amoeba Hartmannella vermiformis was examined. The previously described uptake phenomenon of coiling phagocyt...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Abu Kwaik Y

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three Methocel methylcellulose ethers of 1.9 degree of substitution with [14C]methyl labels were shown to be biodegradable using batch-type activated sludge tests. The maximum rate for conversion to 14CO2, attained after 1 week, was only 0.62 mg of methylcellulose/g of mixed liquor volatile solids per day. In 20 days,...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Blanchard FA,Takahashi IT,Alexander HC

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The practical task of adapting an original potentiometric technique to the bacteriological analysis of water is discussed. Various laboratory strains of organisms belonging to the usual aquatic flora were inoculated one by one in a minimal lactose broth supplied with lipoic (thioctic) acid. The time evolution of the r...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Charriere G,Jouenne T,Lemeland JF,Selegny E,Junter GA

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a novel quantitative real-time (Q)-PCR assay for Listeria monocytogenes based on the coamplification of a target hly gene fragment and an internal amplification control (IAC). The IAC is a chimeric double-stranded DNA containing a fragment of the rapeseed BnACCg8 gene flanked by the hly-specific target seq...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rodríguez-Lázaro D,Pla M,Scortti M,Monzó HJ,Vázquez-Boland JA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between physiochemical surface parameters and adhesion of bacterial cells to negatively charged polystyrene was studied. Cell surface hydrophobicity and electrokinetic potential were determined by contact angle measurement and electrophoresis, respectively. Both parameters influence cell adhesion. The...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： van Loosdrecht MC,Lyklema J,Norde W,Schraa G,Zehnder AJ

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bifidobacterial and lactobacillus populations of fecal samples collected from two human subjects during a 12-month period were studied. The total numbers of bifidobacteria were stable throughout the study period in both subjects, but lactobacillus numbers were less constant. Analysis of the composition of the bifi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： McCartney AL,Wenzhi W,Tannock GW

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A molecular diagnostic system using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was developed to identify four Sclerotinia species: S. sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary, S. minor Jagger, S. trifoliorum Erikss., and the undescribed species Sclerotinia species 1. DNAs of samples are hybridized with each of five 15-bp oligonucleoti...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Andrew M,Kohn LM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A soil bacterium capable of utilizing fluoranthene as the sole source of carbon and energy for growth was purified from a seven-member bacterial community previously isolated from a creosote waste site for its ability to degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. By standard bacteriological methods, this bacterium was ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mueller JG,Chapman PJ,Blattmann BO,Pritchard PH

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 1743 in vol. 64, PMID: 9572946.]. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kaucner C,Stinear T

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic deoxyoligonucleotide probes that hybridized against the region at positions 455 through 480 of 16S rRNA were developed for the identification of all five Xenorhabdus species. Sequence variation in the respective rRNA region between two strains of Xenorhabdus luminescens in addition allowed the construction o...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pütz J,Meinert F,Wyss U,Ehlers RU,Stackebrandt E

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When sucrose is provided as a substrate for glucosyltransferase (GTF), Spp+ cells of the oral bacteria Streptococcus gordonii grow embedded in an insoluble glucan mass associated with surfaces. Spp- phase variants with lower GTF activity, which either arise from or are grown with Spp+ cells, segregate preferentially a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vickerman MM,Clewell DB,Jones GW

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanin is a pigment produced by organisms throughout all domains of life. Due to its unique physicochemical properties, biocompatibility, and biostability, there has been an increasing interest in the use of melanin for broad applications. In the vast majority of studies, melanin has been either chemically synthesize...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang Z,Tschirhart T,Schultzhaus Z,Kelly EE,Chen A,Oh E,Nag O,Glaser ER,Kim E,Lloyd PF,Charles PT,Li W,Leary D,Compton J,Phillips DA,Dhinojwala A,Payne GF,Vora GJ

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Stachybotrys atra is the etiologic agent of stachybotryotoxicosis, and this fungus and its trichothecene mycotoxins were recently implicated in an outbreak of unexplained illness in homes. S. atra was grown on sterile rice, autoclaved, dried, and then aerosolized by acoustic vibration. The distribution of particles (m...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sorenson WG,Frazer DG,Jarvis BB,Simpson J,Robinson VA

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined the membrane fluidity of clostridial endospores during treatment with heat and pressure with nisin or reutericyclin. Heating (90°C) reduced laurdan (6-dodecanoyl-2-dimethylaminonaphthalene) general polarization, corresponding to membrane fluidization. Pressure (200 MPa) stabilized membrane order....

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hofstetter S,Winter R,McMullen LM,Gänzle MG

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00