Response of free-living nitrogen-fixing microorganisms to land use change in the Amazon rainforest.

abstract：:Secondary sewage effluent and renovated water from four wells at the Flushing Meadows Wastewater Renovation Project near Phoenix, Arizona, in operation since 1967, were assayed approximately every 2 months in 1974 for viruses and enteric bacteria during flooding periods. No viruses of Salmonella sp. were detected in a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gilbert RG,Gerba CP,Rice RC,Bouwer H,Wallis C,Melnick JL

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fecal coliforms and enterococci are indicator organisms used worldwide to monitor water quality. These bacteria are used in microbial source tracking (MST) studies, which attempt to assess the contribution of various host species to fecal pollution in water. Ideally, all strains of a given indicator organism (IO) woul...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Anderson KL,Whitlock JE,Harwood VJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maximum growth temperature, the optimal growth temperature, and the estimated normal physiological range for growth of Shewanella gelidimarina are functions of water activity (a(w)), which can be manipulated by changing the concentration of sodium chloride. The growth temperatures at the boundaries of the normal p...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nichols DS,Olley J,Garda H,Brenner RR,McMeekin TA

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A methanol-utilizing bacterium, Protaminobacter ruber, produced a large amount of vitamin B(12). The compounds were isolated from the cells and identified as methylcobalamin (methyl-B(12)) and adenosylcobalamin (adenosyl-B(12)) by various tests. The variation in the form of B(12) during cultivation was examined by bio...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sato K,Ueda S,Shimizu S

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty fungal genera, including 14 Fusarium species, were examined for ice nucleation activity at -5.0 degrees C, and this activity was found only in Fusarium acuminatum and Fusarium avenaceum. This characteristic is unique to these two species. Ice nucleation activity of F. avenaceum was compared with ice nucleation ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pouleur S,Richard C,Martin JG,Antoun H

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat-treated Escherichia coli producing Thermus polyphosphate kinase regenerated ATP by using exogenous polyphosphate. This recombinant could be used as a platform to produce valuable compounds in combination with thermostable phosphorylating or energy-requiring enzymes. In this work, we demonstrated the production of...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Iwamoto S,Motomura K,Shinoda Y,Urata M,Kato J,Takiguchi N,Ohtake H,Hirota R,Kuroda A

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:Type III protein secretion systems play a key role in the virulence of many pathogenic proteobacteria, but they also occur in nonpathogenic, plant-associated bacteria. Certain type III protein secretion genes (e.g., hrcC) have been found in Pseudomonas sp. strain SBW25 (and other biocontrol pseudomonads), but other ty...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rezzonico F,Défago G,Moënne-Loccoz Y

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasmid-free strain Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris BC101 produced an extracellular proteinase physicochemically similar to the proteinase encoded by the plasmid-linked prtP gene of other lactococcal strains. The absence of detectable plasmids in strain BC101 indicated that the prtP proteinase gene may be chrom...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nissen-Meyer J,Lillehaug D,Nes IF

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Samples of a sandy loam soil taken from a long-term liming experiment in southeast England were amended with solutions of metal sulfate salts. Soils with a range of pHs were amended to contain Cu, Cd, or Zn at concentrations around the maximum permissible values for these metals in agricultural land receiving sewage s...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Knight BP,McGrath SP,Chaudri AM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The filter exclusion method was used to isolate Frankia strains from Myrica pennsylvanica (bayberry) root nodules collected at diverse sites in New Jersey. A total of 16 isolates from five locations were cultured. The isolates were characterized by morphological, chemical, physiological, and plant infectivity criteria...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bloom RA,Lechevalier MP,Tate RL 3rd

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noroviruses (NoV) in 78 wastewater samples from Luxembourg were quantified, cloned, and sequenced in 2008-2009. The concentrations of NoV genogroup II and the relative occurrences of certain genotypes changed significantly during the winter season. NoV genogroup I was frequently detected by real-time reverse transcrip...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Skraber S,Langlet J,Kremer JR,Mossong J,De Landtsheer S,Even J,Muller CP,Hoffmann L,Cauchie HM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temperate bacteriophage BK5-T was isolated from Streptococcus cremoris BK5 by induction with mitomycin C. Electron microscopy revealed that BK5-T DNA consists of linear molecules, ranging in size from 39.7 to 46 kilobase pairs. Restriction analysis of self-ligated BK5-T DNA showed that the ends of the DNA were not...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lakshmidevi G,Davidson BE,Hillier AJ

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-nine isolates of fungi obtained from foodstuffs and soil samples from various parts of the world have been identified. The isolates were grown on a solid rice medium, and extracts were prepared with 50% aqueous methanol. The extracts were examined for toxicity in the following systems: (i) cytotoxicity to cultu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Abbas HK,Mirocha CJ,Shier WT

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A field evaluation of double violet agar for the isolation and presumptive identification of Klebsiella pneumoniae from water has been performed. Water from the North Oconee River, Clarke County, Ga., was cultured for presence of klebsiellae using the membrane filter technique. Colonies were presumptively identified a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Campbell LM,Roth IL,Klein RD

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae were sampled from two bulk soils, rhizosphere, and nodules of host legumes, fava bean (Vicia faba) and pea (Pisum sativum) grown in the same soils. Additional populations nodulating peas, fava beans, and vetches (Vicia sativa) grown in other soils and fava bean-nodu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Laguerre G,Louvrier P,Allard MR,Amarger N

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new nickel-resistant strains of Alcaligenes species were selected from a large number (about 400) of strains isolated from ecosystems polluted by heavy metals and were studied on the physiological and molecular level. Alcaligenes xylosoxydans 31A is a heterotrophic bacterium, and Alcaligenes eutrophus KTO2 is an a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schmidt T,Stoppel RD,Schlegel HG

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria such as Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413 use an uptake hydrogenase, encoded by hupSL, to recycle hydrogen gas that is produced as an obligate by-product of nitrogen fixation. The regulation of hupSL in A. variabilis is likely to differ from that of the closely related Anabaena sp. strain PC...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Weyman PD,Pratte B,Thiel T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vegetative cells of Bacillus cereus were subjected to low doses of nisin (0.06 microg/ml) and mild pulsed-electric field treatment (16.7 kV/cm, 50 pulses each of 2-micros duration). Combining both treatments resulted in a reduction of 1.8 log units more than the sum of the reductions obtained with the single treatment...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pol IE,Mastwijk HC,Bartels PV,Smid EJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leuconostoc mesenteroides strains that are resistant to high levels of nisin (up to 25,000 IU/ml in broth) were isolated. These nisin-resistant mutants were evaluated to determine their potential use as starter culture strains for cabbage fermentations. We found that some L. mesenteroides strains could be adapted to h...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Breidt F,Crowley KA,Fleming HP

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450 BM-3, a self-sufficient P450 enzyme from Bacillus megaterium that catalyzes the subterminal hydroxylation of long-chain fatty acids, has been engineered into a catalyst for the oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The activities of a triplet mutant (A74G/F87V/L188Q) towards naphthalene, fluor...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Li QS,Ogawa J,Schmid RD,Shimizu S

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cryptic plasmid pDM6 was isolated from late exponential-phase cells of Clostridium acetobutylicum NCIB 6444 by either alkaline lysis or electroporation. The application of high voltage during electroporation resulted in higher DNA yield than did the alkaline lysis procedure. However, electroporation-induced plasmi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kim AY,Vertes AA,Blaschek HP

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enumeration of lactic acid streptococci from dairy starter cultures on Elliker agar was improved by the addition of 0.4% (wt/vol) diammonium phosphate. Agar plate counts were up to 7.75 times greater due to improved buffering by the phosphate salt. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Barach JT

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of Pseudomonas pseudoflava to produce poly-beta-hydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from pentoses was studied. This organism was able to use a hydrolysate from the hemicellulosic fraction of poplar wood as a carbon and energy source for its growth. However, in batch cultures, growth was inhibited completely at hydr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bertrand JL,Ramsay BA,Ramsay JA,Chavarie C

更新日期：1990-10-01 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：:Thiopeptide antibiotics are an important class of natural products resulting from posttranslational modifications of ribosomally synthesized peptides. Cyclothiazomycin is a typical thiopeptide antibiotic that has a unique bridged macrocyclic structure derived from an 18-amino-acid structural peptide. Here we reported ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang J,Yu Y,Tang K,Liu W,He X,Huang X,Deng Z

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poultry are considered the major reservoir for Campylobacter jejuni, a leading bacterial cause of human food-borne diarrhea. To understand the ecology of C. jejuni and develop strategies to control C. jejuni infection in the animal reservoir, we initiated studies to examine the potential role of anti-Campylobacter mat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sahin O,Zhang Q,Meitzler JC,Harr BS,Morishita TY,Mohan R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pseudomonas putida KT2440 TOL upper pathway is repressed under nonlimiting conditions in cells growing in chemostat with succinate as a carbon source. We show that the ptsN gene product IIA(Ntr) participates in this repression. Crc, involved in yeast extract-dependent repression in batch cultures, did not influenc...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Aranda-Olmedo I,Marín P,Ramos JL,Marqués S

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High numbers (10(7) to 10(10) cells per g [dry weight]) of heterotrophic, gram-negative, rod-shaped, non-sporeforming, aerobic, thermophilic bacteria related to the genus Thermus were isolated from thermogenic composts at temperatures between 65 and 82 degrees C. These bacteria were present in different types of waste...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Beffa T,Blanc M,Lyon PF,Vogt G,Marchiani M,Fischer JL,Aragno M

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Miniaturized growth systems for heterogeneous culture collections are not only attractive in reducing demands for incubation space and medium but also in making the parallel handling of large numbers of strains more practicable. We report here on the optimization of oxygen transfer rates in deep-well microtiter plates...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Duetz WA,Rüedi L,Hermann R,O'Connor K,Büchs J,Witholt B

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00