Improved antimicrobial activities of synthetic-hybrid bacteriocins designed from enterocin E50-52 and pediocin PA-1.

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 4430 in vol. 63.]. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Restrepo S,Verdier V

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fenton reactions are believed to play important roles in wood degradation by brown rot fungi. In this context, the effect of tropolone (2-hydroxycyclohepta-2,4,6-trienone), a metal chelator, on wood degradation by Poria placenta was investigated. Tropolone (50 micro M) strongly inhibits fungal growth on malt agar, but...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Diouf PN,Delbarre N,Perrin D,Gérardin P,Rapin C,Jacquot JP,Gelhaye E

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data from analyses of continuous culture fermentation of insoluble cellulose by Ruminococcus albus 7 were used to derive constants for the rate of cellulose hydrolysis and fermentation, growth yield, and maintenance. Cellulose concentration was 1% in the nutrient reservoir, and hydraulic retention times of 0.5, 1.0, 1...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pavlostathis SG,Miller TL,Wolin MJ

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lowering the pH in bacterium-based succinate fermentation is considered a feasible approach to reduce total production costs. Newly isolated Enterobacter aerogenes strain AJ110637, a rapid carbon source assimilator under weakly acidic (pH 5.0) conditions, was selected as a platform for succinate production. Our previo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tajima Y,Yamamoto Y,Fukui K,Nishio Y,Hashiguchi K,Usuda Y,Sode K

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strain DCB-1 is an obligately anaerobic bacterium which carries out the reductive dehalogenation of halobenzoates and was previously known to grow only on pyruvate plus 20% ruminal fluid. When various electron acceptors were supplied, thiosulfate and sulfite were found to stimulate growth. Sulfide was produced from th...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Stevens TO,Linkfield TG,Tiedje JM

更新日期：1988-12-01 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：UNLABELLED:Raw sausages are perishable foodstuffs; reducing their salt content raises questions about a possible increased spoilage of these products. In this study, we evaluated the influence of salt reduction (from 2.0% to 1.5% [wt/wt]), in combination with two types of packaging (modified atmosphere [50% mix of CO2-...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fougy L,Desmonts MH,Coeuret G,Fassel C,Hamon E,Hézard B,Champomier-Vergès MC,Chaillou S

更新日期：2016-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A long-term epidemiological study of Cryptosporidium molnari in aquacultured European sea bass (ESB) and gilthead sea bream (GSB) was performed in different types of facilities on the Atlantic, Cantabric, and Mediterranean coasts. Four types of studies were carried out. In study A, fish raised from juveniles to market...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sitjà-Bobadilla A,Padrós F,Aguilera C,Alvarez-Pellitero P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bifidobacteria are a major component of the intestinal microbiota in humans, particularly breast-fed infants. Therefore, elucidation of the mechanisms by which these bacteria colonize the intestine is desired. One approach is transposon mutagenesis, a technique currently attracting much attention because, in combinati...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sakanaka M,Nakakawaji S,Nakajima S,Fukiya S,Abe A,Saburi W,Mori H,Yokota A

更新日期：2018-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciprofloxacin (CIP), a fluoroquinolone antibacterial drug, is widely used in the treatment of serious infections in humans. Its degradation by basidiomycetous fungi was studied by monitoring 14CO2 production from [14C]CIP in liquid cultures. Sixteen species inhabiting wood, soil, humus, or animal dung produced up to 3...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wetzstein HG,Stadler M,Tichy HV,Dalhoff A,Karl W

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Values of Delta(34)S (=delta(34)S(HS)-delta(34)S(SO(4)), where delta(34)S(HS) and delta(34)S(SO(4)) indicate the differences in the isotopic compositions of the HS(-) and SO(4)(2-) in the eluent, respectively) for many modern marine sediments are in the range of -55 to -75 per thousand, much greater than the -2 to -46...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Davidson MM,Bisher ME,Pratt LM,Fong J,Southam G,Pfiffner SM,Reches Z,Onstott TC

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains produce extracellular cellulose, a long polymer of glucose with β-1-4 glycosidic bonds. This study evaluated the efficacies of selected enzymatic and chemical treatments in inactivating STEC and degrading/removing the cellulose on STEC surfaces. Six cellulose-...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Park YJ,Chen J

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adaptation of Lactobacillus sakei to a meat environment is reflected in its metabolic potential. For instance, the ability to utilize arginine through the arginine deiminase (ADI) pathway, resulting in additional ATP, represents a competitive benefit. In L. sakei CTC 494, the arc operon (arcABCTDR) shows the same ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rimaux T,Rivière A,Illeghems K,Weckx S,De Vuyst L,Leroy F

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haa1 is a transcription factor that adapts Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells to weak organic acid stresses by activating the expression of various genes. Many of these genes encode membrane proteins, such as TPO2 and YRO2 How Haa1 is activated by weak acids is not clear. Here, we show that casein kinase I isoform Hrr25 i...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Collins ME,Black JJ,Liu Z

更新日期：2017-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To produce recombinant hemoglobin in Escherichia coli, sufficient intracellular heme must be present, or the protein folds improperly and is degraded. In this study, coexpression of human hemoglobin genes and Plesiomonas shigelloides heme transport genes enhanced recombinant hemoglobin production in E. coli BL21(DE3) ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Villarreal DM,Phillips CL,Kelley AM,Villarreal S,Villaloboz A,Hernandez P,Olson JS,Henderson DP

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xenorhabdus nematophila, a bacterium pathogenic for insects associated with the nematode Steinernema carpocapsae, releases high quantities of proteases, which may participate in the virulence against insects. Zymogram assays and cross-reactions of antibodies suggested that two distinct proteases were present. The majo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Caldas C,Cherqui A,Pereira A,Simões N

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malic acid is a potential biomass-derivable "building block" for chemical synthesis. Since wild-type Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains produce only low levels of malate, metabolic engineering is required to achieve efficient malate production with this yeast. A promising pathway for malate production from glucose proce...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zelle RM,de Hulster E,van Winden WA,de Waard P,Dijkema C,Winkler AA,Geertman JM,van Dijken JP,Pronk JT,van Maris AJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new primer set was designed to specifically amplify ca. 1,100 bp of aoxB genes encoding the As(III) oxidase catalytic subunit from taxonomically diverse aerobic As(III)-oxidizing bacteria. Comparative analysis of AoxB protein sequences showed variable conservation levels and highlighted the conservation of essential...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Quéméneur M,Heinrich-Salmeron A,Muller D,Lièvremont D,Jauzein M,Bertin PN,Garrido F,Joulian C

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bcep22-like phages are a recently described group of podoviruses that infect strains of Burkholderia cenocepacia. We have isolated and characterized a novel member of this group named DC1. This podovirus shows many genomic similarities to BcepIL02 and Bcep22, but it infects strains belonging to multiple Burkholderia c...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lynch KH,Stothard P,Dennis JJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of bacteria in salted anchovies during and at the end of the curing process was investigated. Attempts to isolate bacteria under aerobic or anaerobic conditions led to the isolation of only bacteria of the genus Pediococcus which were identified as Pediococcus halophilus. The isolates correspond to a rath...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Villar M,de Ruiz Holgado AP,Sanchez JJ,Trucco RE,Oliver G

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand how microbial communities and functional genes respond to arsenic contamination in the rhizosphere of Pteris vittata, five soil samples with different arsenic contamination levels were collected from the rhizosphere of P. vittata and nonrhizosphere areas and investigated by Biolog, geochemical, and funct...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Xiong J,Wu L,Tu S,Van Nostrand JD,He Z,Zhou J,Wang G

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of pathogens in contaminated food products by PCR can result in false-positive data due to the amplification of DNA from nonviable cells. A new method based on reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) amplification of mRNA for the specific detection of viable Listeria monocytogenes was developed. The expression of...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Klein PG,Juneja VK

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 221 strains of Lactobacillus isolated from meat and meat products were screened for antagonistic activities under conditions that eliminated the effects of organic acids and hydrogen peroxide. Nineteen strains of Lactobacillus sake, three strains of Lactobacillus plantarum, and one strain of Lactobacillus c...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schillinger U,Lücke FK

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistant and susceptible populations of the diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) were tested with crystalline, solubilized, and partially and fully activated forms of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac delta-endotoxin. Fully activated toxin greatly reduced the resistance ratio (ratio of the 50% lethal concentration ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sayyed AH,Gatsi R,Kouskoura T,Wright DJ,Crickmore N

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterotoxin B produced by Staphylococus aureus 243 in brain heart infusion broth was concentrated by dialysis against 40% polyethylene glycol (20 M), partially purified on a Sephadex G-100 column and heated at 110 degrees C in thermal death time cans. Various heating menstrua included 0.04 M Veronal buffer (pH 7.4), b...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lee IC,Stevenson KE,Harmon LG

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout four field trials, compost heaps covered with finished compost maintained temperatures under the physical covering that were ca. 7 to 15.5°C higher, resulting in rapid Escherichia coli O157:H7 reduction, than those of the heaps covered with fresh straw or left uncovered. Our results validated recommendation...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Shepherd MW Jr,Kim J,Jiang X,Doyle MP,Erickson MC

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The respiratory and photosynthetic quinones of microbial mats which occurred in Japanese sulfide-containing neutral-pH hot springs at different temperatures were analyzed by spectrochromatography and mass spectrometry. All of the microbial mats that developed at high temperatures (temperatures above 68 degreesC) were ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hiraishi A,Umezawa T,Yamamoto H,Kato K,Maki Y

更新日期：1999-01-01 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

abstract：:A number of hydrothermal vent sites exist on the summit of the Loihi Seamount, a shield volcano that is part of the Hawaiian archipelago. The vents are 1,100 to 1,325 m below the surface and range in temperature from slightly above ambient (10 degrees C) to high temperature (167 degrees C). The vent fluid is character...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Emerson D,Moyer CL

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vortex flow filtration (VFF) was used to concentrate viruses and dissolved DNA from freshwater and seawater samples taken in Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Bahamas Bank. Recoveries of T2 phage and calf thymus DNA added to artificial seawater and concentrated by VFF were 72.8 and 80%, respectively. Virus concentr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Paul JH,Jiang SC,Rose JB

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00