Polyethylene glycol precipitation for recovery of pathogenic viruses, including hepatitis A virus and human rotavirus, from oyster, water, and sediment samples.

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

abstract：:A phosphocholine-substituted beta-1,3;1,6 cyclic glucan (PCCG), an unusual cyclic oligosaccharide, has been isolated from Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110 (D. B. Rolin, P. E. Pfeffer, S. F. Osman, B. S. Swergold, F. Kappler, and A. J. Benesi, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1116:215-225, 1992). Data presented here suggest tha...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pfeffer PE,Bécard G,Rolin DB,Uknalis J,Cooke P,Tu S

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactose is the only soluble and economically feasible carbon source for the production of cellulases or heterologous proteins regulated by cellulase expression signals by Hypocrea jecorina (Trichoderma reesei). We investigated the role of the major beta-galactosidase of H. jecorina in lactose metabolism and cellulase ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Seiboth B,Hartl L,Salovuori N,Lanthaler K,Robson GD,Vehmaanperä J,Penttilä ME,Kubicek CP

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hindguts of lower termites and Cryptocercus cockroaches are home to a distinct community of archaea, bacteria, and protists (primarily parabasalids and some oxymonads). Within a host species, the composition of these hindgut communities appears relatively stable, but the evolutionary and ecological factors structu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tai V,James ER,Nalepa CA,Scheffrahn RH,Perlman SJ,Keeling PJ

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Piriformospora indica (Hymenomycetes, Basidiomycota) is a newly described cultivable endophyte that colonizes roots. Inoculation with the fungus and application of fungal culture filtrate promotes plant growth and biomass production. Due to its ease of culture, this fungus provides a model organism for the study of be...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Varma A,Savita Verma,Sudha,Sahay N,Butehorn B,Franken P

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A compound required for the luxuriant growth of Lactobacillus sanfrancisco in laboratory media was isolated from a freshly prepared yeast extract, purified, and characterized. The stimulant was identified as a small peptide with a molecular weight of approximately 1,065, containing aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic ac...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Berg RW,Sandine WE,Anderson AW

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing interest in the use of microbial fermentation for the generation of high-demand, high-purity chemicals using cheap feedstocks in an environmentally friendly manner. One example explored here is the production of isoprene (C5H8), a hemiterpene, which is primarily polymerized to polyisoprene in synthe...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Diner BA,Fan J,Scotcher MC,Wells DH,Whited GM

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediocin PA-1 is an antimicrobial peptide (called bacteriocin) that shows inhibitory activity against the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. To elucidate which residue(s) is responsible for this function, the antimicrobial activities of pediocin PA-1 mutants were evaluated and compared. Each of the 44 native ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tominaga T,Hatakeyama Y

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assayed the tolerance to solvents of three toluene-degrading Pseudomonas putida strains and Pseudomonas mendocina KR1 in liquid and soil systems. P. putida DOT-T1 tolerated concentrations of heptane, propylbenzene, octanol, and toluene of at least 10% (vol/vol), while P. putida F1 and EEZ15 grew well in the presenc...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Huertas MJ,Duque E,Marqués S,Ramos JL

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microorganisms inhabiting a 91 degrees C hot spring in Yellowstone National Park were characterized by sequencing 5S rRNAs isolated from the mixed, natural microflora without cultivation. By comparisons of these sequences with reference sequences, the phylogenetic relationships of the hot spring organisms to bette...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Stahl DA,Lane DJ,Olsen GJ,Pace NR

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac toxin was characterized in a population of Helicoverpa zea larvae previously shown not to have an alteration in toxin binding as the primary resistance mechanism to this toxin. Cry1Ac-selected larvae (AR1) were resistant to protoxins and toxins of Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac, and the cor...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Caccia S,Moar WJ,Chandrashekhar J,Oppert C,Anilkumar KJ,Jurat-Fuentes JL,Ferré J

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of psychrotrophic strains (those able to grow at or below 7 degreesC) of the Bacillus cereus group (Bacillus cereus, Bacillus thuringiensis, and Bacillus mycoides) in food products is at present extremely slow with conventional microbiology. This is due to an inability to discriminate these cold-adapted stra...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Francis KP,Mayr R,von Stetten F,Stewart GS,Scherer S

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bacterium, strain BIS-6, that grew aerobically on dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) was isolated from an intertidal mud sample. Strain BIS-6 quantitatively demethylated DMSP and 3-methiolpropionate to 3-mercaptopropionate. Strain BIS-6 was a versatile methylotroph growing on the osmolytes DMSP and glycine betaine an...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Visscher PT,Taylor BF

更新日期：1994-12-01 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：:The biological factors important in the penetration of Escherichia coli through anaerobic, nutrient-saturated, Ottawa sand-packed cores were studied under static conditions. In cores saturated with galactose-peptone medium, motile strains of E. coli penetrated four times faster than mutants defective only in flagellar...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Reynolds PJ,Sharma P,Jenneman GE,McInerney MJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 98 suspected food-borne Clostridium perfringens isolates obtained from a nationwide survey by the Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority in The Netherlands, 59 strains were identified as C. perfringens type A. Using PCR-based techniques, the cpe gene encoding enterotoxin was detected in eight isolates, showing ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Xiao Y,Wagendorp A,Moezelaar R,Abee T,Wells-Bennik MH

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we report the cloning and expression of lipase gene from Pseudomonas fluorescens B52, a psychrotrophic spoilage bacterium isolated from refrigerated raw milk. Sequence analysis revealed one major open reading frame of 1,428 nucleotides that was predicted to encode a protein with a molecular weight of 50...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tan Y,Miller KJ

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus normally grows on compost or hay but is also able to colonize environments such as the human lung. In order to survive, this organism needs to react to a multitude of external stimuli. Although extensive work has been carried out to investigate intracellular signal transduc...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gehrke A,Heinekamp T,Jacobsen ID,Brakhage AA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium vaccae can catabolize a number of major groundwater pollutants. When added singly, acetone, cyclohexane, styrene, benzene, ethylbenzene, propylbenzene, dioxane, and 1,2-dichloroethylene can be catabolized by M. vaccae. Catabolism of a number of these chemicals was monitored by gas-chromatographic analysi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Burback BL,Perry JJ

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Populations of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) may serve as an environmental reservoir of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts and Giardia sp. cysts for source water. We conducted a cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence of and associated demographic and environmental risk factors for the shedding of C. parvum oocysts an...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Atwill ER,Sweitzer RA,Pereira MG,Gardner IA,Van Vuren D,Boyce WM

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two methods, digestion and elution, were used to recover parasitic nematodes from 470 flatfish belonging to species in the family Pleuronectidae. Samples of similar fish were collected from market lots; half of each sample was subjected to digestion, and half was subjected to elution (sedimentation). The edible (flesh...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jackson GJ,Bier JW,Payne WL,McClure FD

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alphaproteobacterium Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense has the intriguing ability to navigate within magnetic fields, a behavior named magnetotaxis, governed by the formation of magnetosomes, intracellular membrane-enveloped crystals of magnetite. Magnetosomes are aligned in chains along the cell's motility axis by...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pfeiffer D,Schüler D

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding of functional diversity of microbial populations has lagged description of their molecular diversity. Differences in substrate specificity, kinetics, products, and regulation can dramatically influence phenotypic variation among closely related strains, features that are missed when the strains studied a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rhodes AN,Fulthorpe RR,Tiedje JM

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leaf colonization strategies of two bacterial strains were investigated. The foliar pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strain B728a and the nonpathogen Pantoea agglomerans strain BRT98 were marked with a green fluorescent protein, and surface (epiphytic) and subsurface (endophytic) sites of bean and maize ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sabaratnam S,Beattie GA

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive pathogen that causes a variety of diseases, including bovine mastitis, which has severe economic consequences. Standard antibiotic treatment results in selection of resistant strains, leading to a need for alternative treatments, such as bacteriophage therapy. Forty-nine S. aur...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Synnott AJ,Kuang Y,Kurimoto M,Yamamichi K,Iwano H,Tanji Y

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodococcus erythropolis N1-36, a desulfurization strain, was grown in continuous culture at 10 different dilution rates with 50 (mu)M dibenzothiophene sulfone (DBTO(inf2)) as the growth-limiting nutrient. The steady-state biomass, concentrations of substrate (DBTO(inf2)) and product (monohydroxybiphenyl), saturation ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang P,Humphrey AE,Krawiec S

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dissimilatory Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-reducing bacterium was isolated from bottom sediments of the Great Bay estuary, New Hampshire. The isolate was a facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rod which did not appear to fit into any previously described genus. It was temporarily designated strain BrY. BrY grew anaerobicall...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Caccavo F,Blakemore RP,Lovley DR

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three different gels (Sepharose 4B, Sephadex G-200, and Sephadex G-50) were evaluated as a means of removing humic contaminants from DNA extracts of environmental samples. Sepharose 4B gave superior separation of DNA from humics, and DNA purified in this way showed consistently greater amplification than DNA purified ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jackson CR,Harper JP,Willoughby D,Roden EE,Churchill PF

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetaldehyde is a toxic compound produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells under several growth conditions. The adverse effects of this molecule are important, as significant amounts accumulate inside the cells. By means of global gene expression analyses, we have detected the effects of acetaldehyde addition in the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Aranda A,del Olmo ML

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors affecting the production of [14C]patulin from [1-14C]acetate by replacement cultures of Penicillium patulum have been investigated. Incorporation of [1-14C]acetate into patulin reached a maximum with 6- to 8-day-old cultures incubated at 28 degrees C for 8 h in a replacement medium containing 0.1 M glucose, in...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nip WK,Chu FS

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00