Survival of bactericidal antibiotic treatment by a persister subpopulation of Listeria monocytogenes.

abstract：:Different nutrient receptors varied in triggering germination of Bacillus subtilis spores with a pressure of 150 MPa, the GerA receptor being more responsive than the GerB receptor and even more responsive than the GerK receptor. This hierarchy in receptor responsiveness to pressure was the same as receptor responsive...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Black EP,Koziol-Dube K,Guan D,Wei J,Setlow B,Cortezzo DE,Hoover DG,Setlow P

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Equations defining the reaction of microbial alginase on commercial sodium alginate are presented with respect to the viscometric assay of enzyme activity. The negative log of K was found to be linearly related to the concentration of algin, where K is defined as the change in the reciprocal of relative viscosity with...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Stevens RA,Levin RE

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast Torulaspora delbrueckii, which propagates as a haploid, was made into a diploid by treatment with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) on the regeneration of protoplasts. The diploid state was stably inherited; the cell volume was three times that of the parent strain and the cellular DNA content was two times that of ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sasaki T,Ohshima Y

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) pattern was analyzed in a forest humus and in an arable soil experimentally polluted with Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, or Zn at different concentrations. In both soil types, there were gradual changes in the PLFA patterns for the different levels of metal contamination. The changes in the forest ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Frostegård A,Tunlid A,Bååth E

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) is critical for genome stability because of its roles in double-strand break repair. Ku and ligase D (LigD) are the crucial proteins in this process, and strains expressing Ku and LigD can cyclize linear DNA in vivo Here, we established a proof-of-concept single-homology-arm linear DNA...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lu S,Nie Y,Wang M,Xu HX,Ma DL,Liang JL,Wu XL

更新日期：2018-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Malic acid has great potential for replacing petrochemical building blocks in the future. For this application, high yields, rates, and titers are essential in order to sustain a viable biotechnological production process. Natural high-capacity malic acid producers like the malic acid producer Aspergillus flavus have ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Knuf C,Nookaew I,Brown SH,McCulloch M,Berry A,Nielsen J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Filamentous, gliding, sulfide-oxidizing bacteria of the genus Thioploca were found on sediments in profundal areas of Lake Biwa, a Japanese freshwater mesotrophic lake, and were characterized morphologically and phylogenetically. The Lake Biwa Thioploca resembled morphologically Thioploca ingrica, a brackish water spe...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kojima H,Teske A,Fukui M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curli are adhesive fimbriae of Enterobacteriaceae and are involved in surface attachment, cell aggregation, and biofilm formation. Here, we report that both inter- and intrastrain variations in curli production are widespread in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7. The relative proportions of curli-producing va...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Carter MQ,Brandl MT,Louie JW,Kyle JL,Carychao DK,Cooley MB,Parker CT,Bates AH,Mandrell RE

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaf-cutter ants use plant matter to culture the obligate mutualistic basidiomycete Leucoagaricus gongylophorus. This fungus mediates ant nutrition on plant resources. Furthermore, other microbes living in the fungus garden might also contribute to plant digestion. The fungus garden comprises a young sector with recen...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Somera AF,Lima AM,Dos Santos-Neto ÁJ,Lanças FM,Bacci M Jr

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis A virus (HAV) and Norwalk-like virus (NLV) were detected by reverse transcription-PCR in clams imported into the United States from China. An epidemiological investigation showed that these clams were associated with five cases of Norwalk-like gastroenteritis in New York State in August 2000 (Food and Drug A...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kingsley DH,Meade GK,Richards GP

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A four-step flavanone biosynthetic pathway was constructed and introduced into Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The recombinant yeast strain was fed with phenylpropanoid acids and produced the flavanones naringenin and pinocembrin 62 and 22 times more efficiently compared to previously reported recombinant prokaryotic strain...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yan Y,Kohli A,Koffas MA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial signaling is an important part of community life, but little is known about the signal transduction pathways of the as-yet-uncultured members of microbial communities. To address this gap, we aimed to identify genes directing the synthesis of signals in uncultured bacteria associated with the midguts of gyps...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Guan C,Ju J,Borlee BR,Williamson LL,Shen B,Raffa KF,Handelsman J

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developing intestinal microbiota of breast-fed infants is considered to play an important role in the priming of the infants' mucosal and systemic immunity. Generally, Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus predominate the microbiota of breast-fed infants. In intervention trials it has been shown that lactobacilli can ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Haarman M,Knol J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodococcus rhodochrous NCIMB 13259 grows on styrene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and benzene as sole carbon sources. Simultaneous induction tests with cells grown on styrene or toluene showed high rates of oxygen consumption with toluene cis-glycol and 3-methylcatechol, suggesting the involvement of a cis-glycol pathway. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Warhurst AM,Clarke KF,Hill RA,Holt RA,Fewson CA

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a new enzymatic functionality for the surface layer (S-layer) of Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC 4356, namely, an endopeptidase activity against the cell wall of Salmonella enterica serovar Newport, assayed via zymograms and identified by Western blotting. Based on amino acid sequence comparisons, the hydro...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Prado Acosta M,Mercedes Palomino M,Allievi MC,Sanchez Rivas C,Ruzal SM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The industrial production of beta-carotene with the zygomycete Blakeslea trispora involves the joint cultivation of mycelia of opposite sex in the presence of beta-ionone and other chemical activators. We have obtained improved strains by mutation and heterokaryosis. We chose wild strains on the basis of their growth ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mehta BJ,Obraztsova IN,Cerdá-Olmedo E

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new virulent phage belonging to the Siphoviridae family and able to infect Lactococcus garvieae strains was isolated from compost soil. Phage GE1 has a prolate capsid (56 by 38 nm) and a long noncontractile tail (123 nm). It had a burst size of 139 and a latent period of 31 min. Its host range was limited to only tw...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Eraclio G,Tremblay DM,Lacelle-Côté A,Labrie SJ,Fortina MG,Moineau S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bifidobacterial and lactobacillus populations of fecal samples collected from 10 human subjects were studied. The numbers of bifidobacteria were similar in the fecal samples of all of the subjects, but lactobacillus numbers varied, even between samples collected from the same individual. Analysis of the compositio...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kimura K,McCartney AL,McConnell MA,Tannock GW

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water delivered by dental unit water systems (DUWS) in general dental practices can harbor high numbers of bacteria, including opportunistic pathogens. Biofilms on tubing within DUWS provide a reservoir for microorganisms and should be controlled. This study compared disinfection products for their ability to meet the...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schel AJ,Marsh PD,Bradshaw DJ,Finney M,Fulford MR,Frandsen E,Østergaard E,ten Cate JM,Moorer WR,Mavridou A,Kamma JJ,Mandilara G,Stösser L,Kneist S,Araujo R,Contreras N,Goroncy-Bermes P,O'Mullane D,Burke F,O'Reilly P

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methanobacterium espanolae, an acidiphilic methanogen, required acetate for maximal growth on H(2)-CO(2). In the presence of 5 to 15 mM acetate, at a growth pH of 5.5, the mu(max) was 0.05 h. M. espanolae consumed 12.3 mM acetate during 96 h of incubation at 35 degrees C with shaking at 100 rpm. At initial acetate lev...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Patel GB,Sprott D,Ekiel I

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural gene coding for the lysine-sensitive aspartokinase II of the methylotrophic thermotolerant Bacillus sp. strain MGA3 was cloned from a genomic library by complementation of an Escherichia coli auxotrophic mutant lacking all three aspartokinase isozymes. The nucleotide sequence of the entire 2.2-kb PstI f...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schendel FJ,Flickinger MC

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pseudomonas genus contains a metabolically versatile group of organisms that are known to occupy numerous ecological niches, including the rhizosphere and endosphere of many plants. Their diversity influences the phylogenetic diversity and heterogeneity of these communities. On the basis of average amino acid iden...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jun SR,Wassenaar TM,Nookaew I,Hauser L,Wanchai V,Land M,Timm CM,Lu TY,Schadt CW,Doktycz MJ,Pelletier DA,Ussery DW

更新日期：2015-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we evaluated the effect of soil clay content on RNA isolation and on quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (qRT-PCR) quantification of microbial gene transcripts. The amount of clay significantly altered RNA isolation yields and qRT-PCR analyses. Recommendations are made for quantifying microbial gene ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Novinscak A,Filion M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nonmotile, gram-positive, spherical organism was isolated from the intestinal tracts of rabbits. Both hydrogen and methanol were required for growth. No methane was produced from hydrogen-carbon dioxide, formate, acetate, methylamines, ethanol, or isopropanol. The optimum pH was 6.8, and the optimum temperature was ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Biavati B,Vasta M,Ferry JG

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Fingerprints" of strains of methanol-oxidizing bacteria were obtained by exposing them to a set of chemicals which could stimulate or inhibit the growth. The chemicals gave quantitative results, which were used to calculate the similarities between the strains. The method has been used for establishing identity or no...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kühn I

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate predictions of carbon and energy cycling rates in the environment depend on sampling frequencies and on the spatial variability associated with biological activities. We examined the variability associated with anaerobic biodegradation rates at two sites in an alluvial sand aquifer polluted by municipal landf...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Adrian NR,Robinson JA,Suflita JM

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study demonstrates that elution of enteroviruses from a mixture of primary- and activated-sludge solids with beef extract at pH 9.2 +/- 0.2 may be less efficient than elution with beef extract at pH 7.2 +/- 0.2 and that elution of enteroviruses from extended-aeration-sludge solids with beef extract is at best no ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Berg G,Sullivan G

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Across evolution, N-glycosylation involves oligosaccharyltransferases that transfer lipid-linked glycans to selected Asn residues of target proteins. While these enzymes catalyze similar reactions in each domain, differences exist in terms of the chemical composition, length and degree of phosphorylation of the lipid ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cohen-Rosenzweig C,Guan Z,Shaanan B,Eichler J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of methanogenesis and sulfate reduction to trimethylamine, choline, and glycine betaine was examined in surface sediments from the intertidal region of Lowes Cove, Maine. Addition of these substrates markedly stimulated methanogenesis in the presence of active sulfate reduction, whereas addition of other ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： King GM

更新日期：1984-10-01 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