Structure of an endo-beta-1,4-glucanase gene from Clostridium acetobutylicum P262 showing homology with endoglucanase genes from Bacillus spp.

abstract：:The N-unregulated white rot fungus Bjerkandera sp. strain BOS55 was cultured in 1 liter of peptone-yeast extract medium to produce lignin peroxidase (LiP). During the LiP assay, the oxidation of veratryl alcohol to veratraldehyde was inhibited due to tyrosine present in the peptone and the yeast extract. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： ten Have R,Hartmans S,Field JA

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five strains of Aspergillus fumigatus (A, B, D, H, and K) isolated from sawmills were used to expose groups of three rats by intratracheal intubation. The dose was 10(9) spores per rat. At 48 h after administration, two rats from the D group and all rats from the K group died with symptoms of strong dyspnea and tachyp...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Land CJ,Sostarić B,Fuchs R,Lundström H,Hult K

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA was degraded at 60 degrees C for 24 h by halophilic nuclease H in supernatants from broth cultures of Micrococcus varians subsp. halophilus containing 12% NaCl. Since contaminating 5'-nucleotidase exhibited almost no activity under these conditions, the 5'-GMP formed could be recovered from the reaction mixture, a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kamekura M,Hamakawa T,Onishi H

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial communities play important roles in the functioning of coral reef communities. However, extensive autofluorescence of coral tissues and endosymbionts limits the application of standard fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) techniques for the identification of the coral-associated bacterial communities. T...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ainsworth TD,Fine M,Blackall LL,Hoegh-Guldberg O

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined growth of mixed microbial cultures (13 fungal species and one actinomycete species) and production of volatile compounds (VOCs) in typical building materials in outside walls, separating walls, and bathroom floors at various relative humidities (RHs) of air. Air samples from incubation chambers were adsorb...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Korpi A,Pasanen AL,Pasanen P

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper resistance mechanisms provide an important adaptive advantage to plant pathogenic bacteria under exposure to copper treatments. Copper resistance determinants have been described in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae (Pss) strains isolated from mango intimately associated with 62 kb plasmids belonging to the pPT...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Aprile F,Heredia-Ponce Z,Cazorla FM,de Vicente A,Gutiérrez-Barranquero JA

更新日期：2020-12-23 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：:Ten laboratories participated in an interlaboratory comparison of determination of bioleaching rates of a pyrite reference material. A standardized procedure and a single strain of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans were used in this study. The mean rate of bioleaching of the pyrite reference material was 12.4 mg of Fe per lit...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Olson GJ

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogeny and the distribution of symbiotic bacteria in the mixed segment of the wood-eating termite Nasutitermes takasagoensis (Shiraki) were studied. Bacterial 16S rRNA genes (rDNA) were amplified from the mixed segment of the gut by PCR, and two kinds of sequences were identified. The phylogenetic tree was construc...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tokuda G,Yamaoka I,Noda H

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bactericidal actions of the silver ion on Escherichia coli as a model microorganism were studied using energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM), two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE), and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). EFTEM observations d...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yamanaka M,Hara K,Kudo J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel variants of Bacillus thuringiensis were isolated from the phylloplane of deciduous and conifer trees as well as of other plants. These isolates displayed a range of toxicity towards Trichoplusia ni. Immunoblot and toxin protein analysis indicate that these strains included representatives of the three principal ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Smith RA,Couche GA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this field study was to provide insight into three distinct populations of microorganisms involved in in situ metabolism of phenol. Our approach measured 13CO2 respired from [13C]phenol and stable isotope probing (SIP) of soil DNA at an agricultural field site. Traditionally, SIP-based investigations have ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： DeRito CM,Pumphrey GM,Madsen EL

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen different broth media were autoclaved under anaerobic conditions and then exposed to atmospheric oxygen. The hydrogen peroxide and superoxide radical formation as well as the bactericidal effect of the media were studied. The rate of killing of Peptostreptococcus anaerobius VPI 4330-1 was high in media that r...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Carlsson J,Nyberg G,Wrethén J

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NAD and its reduced form NADH function as essential redox cofactors and have major roles in determining cellular metabolic features. NAD can be synthesized through the deamidated and amidated pathways, for which the key reaction involves adenylylation of nicotinic acid mononucleotide (NaMN) and nicotinamide mononucleo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang X,Zhou YJ,Wang L,Liu W,Liu Y,Peng C,Zhao ZK

更新日期：2017-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of acetic acid by Clostridium thermoaceticum was studied by using batch fermentations. In a pH-controlled fermentation with sodium hydroxide (pH 6.9), this organism was able to produce 56 g of acetic acid per liter. On the other hand, when the pH was not controlled and was decreased during fermentation ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang G,Wang DI

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high risk associated with biological threat agents dictates that any suspicious sample be handled under strict surety and safety controls and processed under high-level containment in specialized laboratories. This study attempted to find a rapid, reliable, and simple method for the complete inactivation of a wide...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sagripanti JL,Hülseweh B,Grote G,Voss L,Böhling K,Marschall HJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four bacteria, Bacillus cereus, B. subtilis, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, were examined for the ability to remove Ag+, Cd2+, Cu2+, and La3+ from solution by batch equilibration methods. Cd and Cu sorption over the concentration range 0.001 to 1 mM was described by Freundlich isotherms. At 1 mM concent...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mullen MD,Wolf DC,Ferris FG,Beveridge TJ,Flemming CA,Bailey GW

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because dihydrostreptomycin can remain as a slowly removed antibiotic residue in dairy animals and because of the need for more sensitive procedures with which to provide information concerning antibiotic residues in food products, procedures were developed in more sensitive assays of dihydrostreptomycin in milk and s...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Inglis JM,Katz SE

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Listeria monocytogenes strains are classified in at least three distinct phylogenetic lineages. There are correlations between lineage classification and source of bacterial isolation; e.g., human clinical and food isolates usually are classified in either lineage I or II. However, human clinical isolates are overrepr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Oliver HF,Orsi RH,Wiedmann M,Boor KJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effects of sterigmatocystin, O-methylsterigmatocystin, and 5,6-dimethoxysterigmatocystin on the ATP synthesis system in mitochondria were compared with that of aflatoxin B1, which disturbs the respiratory chain in mitochondria. Sterigmatocystin and 5,6-dimethoxysterigmatocystin were found to uncouple th...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kawai K,Nakamaru T,Nozawa Y,Maebayashi Y,Yamazaki M,Natori S

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IncQ marker plasmids were previously constructed to enable the analysis of the survival of populations of Pseudomonas putida released into lake water (C. Winstanley, J. A. W. Morgan, R. W. Pickup, J. G. Jones, and J. R. Saunders, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 55:771-777, 1989). We constructed equivalent IncP plasmids, pLV...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Winstanley C,Morgan JA,Pickup RW,Saunders JR

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demineralization reduced heat resistance of B. subtilis spores, but the pattern and magnitude of the reduction depended on sporulation temperature and on heating menstruum pH. The differences in heat resistance of native spores caused by sporulation temperature almost disappeared after demineralization. Demineralized ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Palop A,Sala FJ,Condón S

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter sp. strain P6 has previously been reported to utilize biphenyl (BP) and chlorinated BPs, with accumulation of corresponding chlorobenzoic acids. Arthrobacter sp. strain M5 was isolated as a contaminant in the culture of Acinetobacter sp. strain P6 growing on 4-chlorobiphenyl and showed properties similar...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Furukawa K,Chakrabarty AM

更新日期：1982-09-01 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：: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：:Households provide environments that encourage the formation of microbial communities, often as biofilms. Such biofilms constitute potential reservoirs for pathogens, particularly for immune-compromised individuals. One household environment that potentially accumulates microbial biofilms is that provided by vinyl sho...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kelley ST,Theisen U,Angenent LT,St Amand A,Pace NR

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The internal pH of Clostridium acetobutylicum was determined at various stages during the growth of the organism. Even in the presence of significant quantities of acetic, butyric, and lactic acids, an internal pH of 6.2 was maintained. Experiments using N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide indicated that a functioning H+-AT...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bowles LK,Ellefson WL

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultivation-independent analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences in vaginal samples revealed two previously unrecognized, uncultivated Megasphaera-like phylotypes. Phylogenetic analysis and environmental distribution suggest that these Megasphaera types may be unique to the vaginal environment. Quantitative PCR suggests th...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zozaya-Hinchliffe M,Martin DH,Ferris MJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many Lactobacillus strains used as probiotics are believed to modulate host immune responses, the molecular natures of the components of such probiotic microorganisms directly involved in immune modulation process are largely unknown. We aimed to assess the function of polysaccharide moiety of the cell wall o...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yasuda E,Serata M,Sako T

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elevate the production level of heterologous polyketide in Streptomyces venezuelae, an additional copy of the positive regulatory gene pikD was introduced into the pikromycin (Pik) polyketide synthase (PKS) deletion mutant of S. venezuelae ATCC 15439 expressing tylosin PKS genes. The resulting mutant strain showed ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jung WS,Jeong SJ,Park SR,Choi CY,Park BC,Park JW,Yoon YJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00