C-ring cleavage of flavonoids by human intestinal bacteria.

abstract：:The ability of Shewanella decolorationis S12 to obtain energy for growth by coupling the oxidation of various electron donors to dissimilatory azoreduction was investigated. This microorganism can reduce a variety of azo dyes by use of formate, lactate, pyruvate, or H(2) as the electron donor. Furthermore, strain S12 ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hong Y,Xu M,Guo J,Xu Z,Chen X,Sun G

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Volume 61, no. 4, p. 1211, column 2, line 40: this sentence should read as follows. "The viable-culture methods for Legionella sp. detection, however, often fail, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has turned, when necessary, to PCR for epidemiological investigations of Legionnaires' disease and Pontia...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Atlas RM,Williams JF,Huntington MK

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four new primers and one published primer were used to PCR amplify hypervariable regions within the protozoal 18S rRNA gene to determine which primer pair provided the best identification and statistical analysis. PCR amplicons of 394 to 498 bases were generated from three primer sets, sequenced using Roche 454 pyrose...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ishaq SL,Wright AD

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The luxS gene of Lactobacillus reuteri 100-23C was amplified by PCR, cloned, and then sequenced. To define a physiological and ecological role for the luxS gene in L. reuteri 100-23C, a luxS mutant was constructed by insertional mutagenesis. The luxS mutant did not produce autoinducers AI-2 or AI-3. Complementation of...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tannock GW,Ghazally S,Walter J,Loach D,Brooks H,Cook G,Surette M,Simmers C,Bremer P,Dal Bello F,Hertel C

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane proteins IIC and IID of the mannose phosphotransferase system (Man-PTS) together form a membrane-located complex that serves as a receptor for several different bacteriocins, including the pediocin-like class IIa bacteriocins and the class IIc bacteriocin lactococcin A. Bacterial strains sensitive to clas...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kjos M,Nes IF,Diep DB

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pure cultures of methylotrophs and methanotrophs are known to oxidize methyl bromide (MeBr); however, their ability to oxidize tropospheric concentrations (parts per trillion by volume [pptv]) has not been tested. Methylotrophs and methanotrophs were able to consume MeBr provided at levels that mimicked the tropospher...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Goodwin KD,Varner RK,Crill PM,Oremland RS

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We applied HNPP (2-hydroxy-3-naphthoic acid-2'-phenylanilide phosphate) to direct in situ PCR for the routine detection of specific bacterial cells at the single-cell level. PCR was performed on glass slides with digoxigenin-labeled dUTP. The digoxigenin-labeled PCR products were detected with alkaline phosphatase-lab...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tani K,Kurokawa K,Nasu M

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sclerotinia sclerotiorum acidifies its ambient environment by producing oxalic acid. This production of oxalic acid during plant infection has been implicated as a primary determinant of pathogenicity in this and other phytopathogenic fungi. We found that ambient pH conditions affect multiple processes in S. sclerotio...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rollins JA,Dickman MB

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostically important surface antigen pre-S2 of hepatitis B virus was produced in large amounts in the periplasmic space of Escherichia coli. The DNA fragments (pre-S2) coding the pre-S2 antigen were tandemly duplicated or triplicated and ligated in the same reading frame to a fragment containing the promoter a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kadokura H,Yoda K,Imai M,Yamasaki M

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of a letter intentionally filled with dried Bacillus anthracis spores in the office of a United States senator prompted the collection and quarantine of all mail in congressional buildings. This mail was subsequently searched for additional intentionally contaminated letters. A microbiological sampling s...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Beecher DJ

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exudates from Streptomyces griseoflavus Tü 2484 effectively mediated electron transfer between hydrogen sulfide and various nitrobenzenes. In general, pseudo-first-order kinetics were observed, except for the initial phase of the reaction at higher pH values. Under fixed pH and Dh conditions, linear free energy relati...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Glaus MA,Heijman CG,Schwarzenbach RP,Zeyer J

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acropora and Porites corals are important reef builders in the Indo-Pacific and Caribbean. Bacteria associated with mucus produced by Porites spp. and Acropora spp. from Caribbean (Punta Maroma, Mexico) and Indo-Pacific (Hoga and Sampela, Indonesia) reefs were determined. Analysis of pyrosequencing libraries showed th...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： McKew BA,Dumbrell AJ,Daud SD,Hepburn L,Thorpe E,Mogensen L,Whitby C

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common source of Salmonella infections in humans is food of poultry origin. Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis has a particular affinity for the contamination of the egg supply. In this study, the medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA), caproic, caprylic, and capric acid, were evaluated for the control of Salmo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Van Immerseel F,De Buck J,Boyen F,Bohez L,Pasmans F,Volf J,Sevcik M,Rychlik I,Haesebrouck F,Ducatelle R

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Legionella pneumophila, the agent of Legionnaires' disease, is an intracellular parasite of aquatic amoebae and human macrophages. A key factor for L. pneumophila in intracellular infection is its type II protein secretion system (Lsp). In order to more completely define Lsp output, we recently performed a proteomic a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rossier O,Dao J,Cianciotto NP

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antifungal protein AFP from Aspergillus giganteus is highly effective in restricting the growth of major human- and plant-pathogenic filamentous fungi. However, a fundamental prerequisite for the use of AFP as an antifungal drug is a complete understanding of its mode of action. In this study, we performed several...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hagen S,Marx F,Ram AF,Meyer V

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acylation of epsilon amino groups of lysyl side chains is a widespread modification of proteins and small molecules in cells of all three domains of life. Recently, we showed that Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus anthracis encode the GCN5-related N-acetyltransferase (GNAT) SatA that can acetylate and inactivate streptot...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Burckhardt RM,Escalante-Semerena JC

更新日期：2019-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity was determined during the growth cycle of unheated and heat-injured cells of Staphylococcus aureus MF-31. SOd activity levels dropped in unheated cells during the lag phase, increased during logarithmic phase, and became constant in the stationary phase. Cells which were sublethally...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bucker ER,Martin SE

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mixed methanogenic culture fed with glucose was perturbed with butyrate and formate to investigate the role of formate in the acetogenesis of butyrate. A free energy analysis suggests that formate rather than H(2) was the interspecies electron carrier for butyrate conversion into acetate for the culture studied. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bae J,McCarty PL

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a biphasic culture system consisting of 4 ml of brucella agar (BA) and 6 ml of brucella broth (BB) in 25-cm2 tissue culture flasks, which were incubated in air (BB/BAa) or in a gas mixture of 5% O2, 10% CO2, and 85% N2 (BB/BAg). These media were also used with a supplement consisting of ferrous sulfate, s...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rollins DM,Coolbaugh JC,Walker RI,Weiss E

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quorum sensing (QS) is mediated by small molecules and involved in diverse cellular functions, such as virulence, biofilm formation, secondary metabolism, and cell differentiation. In this study, we developed a rapid and effective screening tool based on a cell-free Escherichia coli-based expression system to identify...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yang YH,Kim TW,Park SH,Lee K,Park HY,Song E,Joo HS,Kim YG,Hahn JS,Kim BG

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1.5-kb region immediately downstream of the styABCD operon involved in styrene degradation in Pseudomonas putida CA-3 has been cloned. Sequence analysis revealed a 1,296-bp open reading frame, designated styE, and BLAST P database comparisons of the deduced StyE amino acid sequence revealed 33 to 98% identity with s...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mooney A,O'Leary ND,Dobson AD

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and rRNA slot blot hybridization with 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes were used to investigate the phylogenetic composition of a marine Arctic sediment (Svalbard). FISH resulted in the detection of a large fraction of microbes living in the top 5 cm of the sediment. U...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ravenschlag K,Sahm K,Amann R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides is capable of producing H2 via nitrogenase when grown photoheterotrophically in the absence of N2. By using 14C-labeled malate, it was found that greater than 95% of this substrate was catabolized completely to CO2 during H2 production. About 60% of this catabolism ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Macler BA,Bassham JA

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fate of 14C-labeled 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) in an activated-sludge system was investigated. No [14C]TNT could be detected in the contents of an aerated reactor after 3 to 5 days of incubation. No significant 14CO2 was formed, and the radioactivity was about equally divided between the floc and the supernatant....

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Carpenter DF,McCormick NG,Cornell JH,Kaplan AM

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellulose is an abundant and renewable biopolymer that can be used for biofuel generation; however, structural entrapment with other cell wall components hinders enzyme-substrate interactions, a key bottleneck for ethanol production. Biomass is routinely subjected to treatments that facilitate cellulase-cellulose cont...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang H,Squina F,Segato F,Mort A,Lee D,Pappan K,Prade R

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The design of fully or partly defined media for mycoplasma cultivation involves the need to provide the essential lipids, cholesterol and long-chain fatty acids, in an assimilable and nontoxic form. This study introduces cyclodextrins (CDs) as carriers of these lipids, thus suggesting alternatives to serum or bovine s...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Greenberg-Ofrath N,Terespolosky Y,Kahane I,Bar R

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organic matter in sewage, soil, and aquatic systems may enhance or inhibit the infectivity of viruses associated with particulates (e.g., clay minerals, sediments). The purpose of this investigation was to identify the mechanisms whereby organic matter, in the form of defined proteins, affects the adsorption of reovir...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lipson SM,Stotzky G

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported previously on the function of acyl coenzyme A (acyl-CoA) oxidase isozymes in the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica by investigating strains disrupted in one or several acyl-CoA oxidase-encoding genes (POX1 through POX5) (H. Wang et al., J. Bacteriol. 181:5140-5148, 1999). Here, these mutants were studied for lacto...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Waché Y,Laroche C,Bergmark K,Møller-Andersen C,Aguedo M,Le Dall MT,Wang H,Nicaud JM,Belin JM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single 10-bp primers were used to generate random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers from commercial and wild strains of the cultivated mushroom Agaricus bisporus via the polymerase chain reaction. Of 20 primers tested, 19 amplified A. bisporus DNA, each producing 5 to 15 scorable markers ranging from 0.5 to 3.0...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Khush RS,Becker E,Wach M

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Chloro-4,6-diamino-s-triazine (CAAT) is a metabolite of atrazine biodegradation in soils. Atrazine chlorohydrolase (AtzA) catalyzes the dechlorination of atrazine but is unreactive with CAAT. In this study, melamine deaminase (TriA), which is 98% identical to AtzA, catalyzed deamination of CAAT to produce 2-chloro-4...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Seffernick JL,Shapir N,Schoeb M,Johnson G,Sadowsky MJ,Wackett LP

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00