Pgas, a Low-pH-Induced Promoter, as a Tool for Dynamic Control of Gene Expression for Metabolic Engineering of Aspergillus niger.

abstract：:Phragmidium violaceum causes leaf rust on the European blackberry (Rubus fruticosus L. aggregate). Multiple strains of this pathogen have been introduced into southern Australia for the biological control of at least 15 taxa of European blackberry, a nonindigenous, invasive plant. In climates conducive to leaf rust, t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gomez DR,Evans KJ,Baker J,Harvey PR,Scott ES

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus thuringiensis vegetative insecticidal proteins (Vip3A) have been recently introduced in important crops as a strategy to delay the emerging resistance to the existing Cry toxins. The mode of action of Vip3A proteins has been studied in Spodoptera frugiperda with the aim of characterizing their binding to the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chakroun M,Ferré J

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycogen debranching enzyme (GDE) has 4-alpha-glucanotransferase and amylo-1,6-glucosidase activities in the single polypeptide chain. We analyzed the detailed action profile of GDE from Saccharomyces cerevisiae on amylose and tested whether GDE catalyzes cyclization of amylose. GDE treatment resulted in a rapid reduc...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yanase M,Takata H,Takaha T,Kuriki T,Smith SM,Okada S

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biogeochemical transformations occurring in the anoxic zones of stratified sedimentary microbial communities can profoundly influence the isotopic and organic signatures preserved in the fossil record. Accordingly, we have determined carbon isotope discrimination that is associated with both heterotrophic and lithotro...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Londry KL,Des Marais DJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of three key nitrogen regulatory genes, glnB (encoding the P(II) protein), glnZ (encoding the P(z) protein), and glnD (encoding the GlnD protein), in regulation of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) biosynthesis by ammonia in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 was investigated. It was observed that glnB glnZ and glnD muta...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sun J,Van Dommelen A,Van Impe J,Vanderleyden J

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heat resistance of susceptible and multiantimicrobial-resistant Salmonella strains grown to stationary phase in glucose-free tryptic soy broth supplemented with 0.6% yeast extract (TSBYE-G; nonadapted), in regular (0.25% glucose) TSBYE, or in TSBYE-G with 1.00% added glucose (TSBYE+G; acid adapted) was determined ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bacon RT,Ransom JR,Sofos JN,Kendall PA,Belk KE,Smith GC

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many Helicobacter pylori genetic studies would benefit from an ability to move DNA sequences easily between strains by transformation and homologous recombination, without needing to leave a conventional drug resistance determinant at the targeted locus. Presented here is a two-gene cassette that can be selected both ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dailidiene D,Dailide G,Kersulyte D,Berg DE

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diel nitrogen fixation studies were conducted with assemblages of cyanobacteria sampled from surface blooms on Sanctuary Lake, Pa. The studies were conducted between July and September of 1982 to 1985 by using the acetylene reduction technique. Assemblages with the lowest cell concentrations (0.9 x 10 to 1.0 x 10 cell...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Storch TA,Saunders GW,Ostrofsky ML

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An acetate-fermenting strain of Methanosarcina was isolated from an acetate enrichment culture inoculated with anaerobic sludge from a waste treatment digestor. In pure culture, this organism fermented acetate in the absence of added hydrogen at rates comparable in magnitude to those found in digestor systems. This ra...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mah RA,Smith MR,Baresi L

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas aureofaciens PGS12 produces three phenazine antibiotics, in addition to siderophores, hydrogen cyanide, pyrrolnitrin, and indoleacetic acid. Tn5-259.7 transposon mutagenesis was carried out to identify and clone a chromosomal locus involved in phenazine biosynthesis. Three classes of mutants were obtained:...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Georgakopoulos DG,Hendson M,Panopoulos NJ,Schroth MN

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A six-step biochemical key is presented for the identification of all recognized Enterococcus spp. The key consists of 12 tests, but no more than 6 are needed for the most complicated identification. The reliability of the key has been evaluated with collection type strains and clinical and environmental isolates. Thi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Manero A,Blanch AR

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitic chytrid fungi can inflict significant mortality on cyanobacteria but frequently fail to keep cyanobacterial dominance and bloom formation in check. Our study tested whether oligopeptide production, a common feature in many cyanobacteria, can be a defensive mechanism against chytrid parasitism. The study empl...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rohrlack T,Christiansen G,Kurmayer R

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:The kinetics of the enzymatic formation of 7,8-epoxy-1-octene, 1,2-7,8-diepoxyoctane, and 1,2-epoxyoctane by growing and resting cell suspensions of Pseudomonas oleovorans are described. Formation of 1,2-epoxyoctane occurs concurrently with exponential growth on 1-octene, providing that 1-octene is in excess. Conversi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schwartz RD,McCoy CJ

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microscopic eukaryotes are known to have important ecosystem functions, but their diversity in most environments remains vastly unexplored. Here we analyzed an 18S rRNA gene library from a subsurface iron- and sulfur-oxidizing microbial community growing in highly acidic (pH < 0.9) runoff within the Richmond Mine at I...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Baker BJ,Tyson GW,Goosherst L,Banfield JF

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actinomycetes secrete into their surroundings a suite of enzymes involved in the biodegradation of plant lignocellulose; these have been reported to include both hydrolytic and oxidative enzymes, including peroxidases. Reports of secreted peroxidases have been based upon observations of peroxidase-like activity associ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mason MG,Ball AS,Reeder BJ,Silkstone G,Nicholls P,Wilson MT

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transpositional mutagenesis of Thiobacillus novellus by Tn501 was achieved by means of the incompatibility of IncP plasmids. Tn501 insertion caused three types of mutant phenotypes: isoleucine auxotrophy, lysine auxotrophy, and a reduced ability to oxidize reduced sulfur compounds and to fix CO(2). Oxidation rates for...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Davidson MS,Roy P,Summers AO

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungus Cunninghamella elegans ATCC 36112 metabolized approximately 80% of the 3-14C-labeled fluoranthene (FA) added within 72 h of incubation. C. elegans metabolized FA to trans-2,3-dihydroxy-2,3-dihydrofluoranthene (trans-2,3-dihydrodiol), 8- and 9-hydroxyfluoranthene trans-2,3-dihydrodiol, 3-fluoranthene-beta-gl...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pothuluri JV,Freeman JP,Evans FE,Cerniglia CE

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1-Hydroxybenzotriazole, violuric acid, and N-hydroxyacetanilide are three N-OH compounds capable of mediating a range of laccase-catalyzed biotransformations, such as paper pulp delignification and degradation of polycyclic hydrocarbons. The mechanism of their enzymatic oxidation was studied with seven fungal laccases...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Xu F,Kulys JJ,Duke K,Li K,Krikstopaitis K,Deussen HJ,Abbate E,Galinyte V,Schneider P

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group-specific primer, F243 (positions 226 to 243, Escherichia coli numbering), was developed by comparison of sequences of genes encoding 16S rRNA (16S rDNA) for the detection of actinomycetes in the environment with PCR and temperature or denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (TGGE or DGGE, respectively). The sp...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Heuer H,Krsek M,Baker P,Smalla K,Wellington EM

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadmium is an important heavy metal pollutant. For this study, we investigated the effects of cadmium exposure on the oxidative stress responses of Xanthomonas campestris, a soil and plant pathogenic bacterium. The exposure of X. campestris to low concentrations of cadmium induces cross-protection against subsequent k...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Banjerdkij P,Vattanaviboon P,Mongkolsuk S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been few reports on the epidemiological analysis of environmental Leptospira isolates. This is probably because the isolation of leptospires from the environment was usually unsuccessful due to the overgrowth of contaminants and the slow growth of Leptospira. In this study, we collected a total of 88 sample...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Saito M,Villanueva SY,Chakraborty A,Miyahara S,Segawa T,Asoh T,Ozuru R,Gloriani NG,Yanagihara Y,Yoshida S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhizobium fredii USDA 206 harbors four large plasmids, one of which carries nodulation and nitrogen fixation genes. Previously isolated groups of plasmid-cured derivatives of strain USDA 206 were compared with each other to determine possible plasmid functions. Mutant strain 206CANS was isolated as a nonmucoid (Muc) d...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Barbour WM,Elkan GH

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effective flux between phospholipids and neutral lipids is critical for a high level of biosynthesis and accumulation of very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (VLCPUFAs), such as arachidonic acid (ARA; 20:4n-6), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; 20:5n-3), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6n-3). Here we describe a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chen Y,Chi HY,Meesapyodsuk D,Qiu X

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stability of the plasmid pKK223-200 in Escherichia coli JM105 was studied for both free and immobilized cells during continuous culture. The relationship between plasmid copy number, xylanase activity, which was coded for by the plasmid, and growth rate and culture conditions involved complex interactions which determ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： de Taxis du Poët P,Arcand Y,Bernier R Jr,Barbotin JN,Thomas D

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six strains of Clostridium thermocellum isolated from various environments were characterized as to growth rate, production of reducing sugars, ethanol, and acetic acid from cellulose, base composition of DNA, and the abilities to adapt to ethanol and to grow at 45 degrees C. Five of the six new isolates produced 7 to...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bender J,Vatcharapijarn Y,Jeffries TW

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:H(2) generated from renewable resources holds promise as an environmentally innocuous fuel that releases only energy and water when consumed. In biotechnology, photoautotrophic oxygenic diazotrophs could produce H(2) from water and sunlight using the cells' endogenous nitrogenases. However, nitrogenases have low turno...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gärtner K,Lechno-Yossef S,Cornish AJ,Wolk CP,Hegg EL

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water samples were collected from four locations on two rivers in Washington State and analyzed by membrane filtration-immunofluorescence assay to establish Cryptosporidium oocyst concentrations. Sampling locations were selected to evaluate effects of watershed character, from pristine mountain to downstream agricultu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hansen JS,Ongerth JE

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative assessment of growth of filamentous microorganisms, such as streptomycetes, is generally restricted to determination of dry weight. Here, we describe a straightforward methylene blue-based sorption assay to monitor microbial growth quantitatively, simply, and rapidly. The assay is equally applicable to un...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fischer M,Sawers RG

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the communities of soil basidiomycetes in agroecosystems that differ in tillage history at the Kellogg Biological Station Long-Term Ecological Research site near Battle Creek, Michigan. The approach combined soil DNA extraction through a bead-beating method modified to increase recovery of fungal DNA, PCR ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lynch MD,Thorn RG

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00