Enhancement of isoleucine hydroxamate-mediated growth inhibition and improvement of isoleucine-producing strains of Serratia marcescens.

abstract：:Phage therapy is being reexamined as a strategy for bacterial control in medical and other environments. As microorganisms often live in mixed populations, we examined the effect of Escherichia coli bacteriophage λW60 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophage PB-1 infection on the viability of monoculture and mixed-spe...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kay MK,Erwin TC,McLean RJ,Aron GM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of the gram-negative bacterium Ralstonia sp. strain SBUG 290 grown in the presence of biphenyl are able to cooxidize dibenzofuran which has been 1,2-hydroxylated. Meta cleavage of the 1, 2-dihydroxydibenzofuran between carbon atoms 1 and 9b produced 2-hydroxy-4-(3'-oxo-3'H-benzofuran-2'-yliden)but-2-enoic acid, ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Becher D,Specht M,Hammer E,Francke W,Schauer F

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：: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：:Low-temperature ecosystems represent the largest biosphere on Earth, and yet our understanding of the roles of bacteriophages in these systems is limited. Here, the influence of the cold-active filamentous phage SW1 on the phenotype and gene transcription of its host, Shewanella piezotolerans WP3 (WP3), was investigat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jian H,Xiao X,Wang F

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible existence of endemism among microorganisms resulting from and preserved by geographic isolation is one of the most controversial topics in microbial ecology. We isolated 31 strains of "Spumella-like" flagellates from remote sampling sites from all continents, including Antarctica. These and another 23 iso...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Boenigk J,Pfandl K,Garstecki T,Harms H,Novarino G,Chatzinotas A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spent sulfite liquor (SSL) is a waste effluent from sulfite pulping that contains monomeric sugars which can be fermented to ethanol. However, fermentative yeasts used for the fermentation of the sugars in SSL are adversely affected by the inhibitory substances in this complex feedstock. To overcome this limitation, e...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pinel D,D'Aoust F,del Cardayre SB,Bajwa PK,Lee H,Martin VJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections caused by Toxoplasma gondii are widely prevalent in animals and humans throughout the world. In the United States, an estimated 23% of adolescents and adults have laboratory evidence of T. gondii infection. T. gondii has been identified as a major opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised individuals, in ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schwab KJ,McDevitt JJ

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A yellow-pigmented marine bacterium, designated strain SD-21, was isolated from surface sediments of San Diego Bay, San Diego, Calif., based on its ability to oxidize soluble Mn(II) to insoluble Mn(III, IV) oxides. 16S rRNA analysis revealed that this organism was most closely related to members of the genus Erythroba...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Francis CA,Co EM,Tebo BM

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper explores the relationship between the genetic diversity of rhizobia and the morphological diversity of their plant hosts. Rhizobium galegae strains were isolated from nodules of wild Galega orientalis and Galega officinalis in the Caucasus, the center of origin for G. orientalis. All 101 isolates were chara...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Andronov EE,Terefework Z,Roumiantseva ML,Dzyubenko NI,Onichtchouk OP,Kurchak ON,Dresler-Nurmi A,Young JP,Simarov BV,Lindström K

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In natural environments such as anaerobic digesters, bacteria are frequently subjected to the stress of nutrient fluxes because of the continual changes in the flow of nutrients, and to survive, they must be capable of adapting readily to nutrient changes. In this study, the metabolic activities of Escherichia coli, S...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kearney TE,Larkin MJ,Levett PN

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli O157:H7 causes hemorrhagic colitis and life-threatening complications. Because healthy cattle are reservoirs for the bacterium, ruminant infection models have applications in analyzing the relationship between cattle and this human pathogen and in testing interventions to reduce or prevent bovine colo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sheng H,Davis MA,Knecht HJ,Hovde CJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of integron abundance and diversity in soil amended with pig slurry were studied. Real-time PCR illustrated a significant increase in class 1 integron prevalence after slurry application, with increased prevalence still evident at 10 months after application. Culture-dependent data revealed 10 genera, inclu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Byrne-Bailey KG,Gaze WH,Zhang L,Kay P,Boxall A,Hawkey PM,Wellington EM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wood-degrading fungi use a sequence of oxidative and hydrolytic mechanisms to loosen lignocellulose and then release and metabolize embedded sugars. These temporal sequences have recently been mapped at high resolution using directional growth on wood wafers, revealing previously obscured dynamics as fungi progressive...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Presley GN,Panisko E,Purvine SO,Schilling JS

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli, a commensal bacterium from the intestinal tracts of humans and vertebrate animals, has been used as one of two bacterial indicators of fecal contamination, along with intestinal enterococci, to monitor the microbiological quality of water. However, water environments are now recognized as a secondary...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Berthe T,Ratajczak M,Clermont O,Denamur E,Petit F

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In May 1999, field surveys of Lyme disease spirochetes were conducted around the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwestern People's Republic of China. Ixodes persulcatus ticks were obtained in a Tianchi Lake valley with primary forest, while the tick fauna was poor in the semidesert or at ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Takada N,Masuzawa T,Ishiguro F,Fujita H,Kudeken M,Mitani H,Fukunaga M,Tsuchiya K,Yano Y,Ma XH

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While filamentous cyanobacteria play a crucial role in food web dynamics and biogeochemical cycling of many aquatic ecosystems around the globe, the knowledge regarding the phages infecting them is limited. Here, we describe the complete genome of the virulent cyanophage vB_AphaS-CL131 (here, CL 131), a Siphoviridae p...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Šulčius S,Šimoliūnas E,Alzbutas G,Gasiūnas G,Jauniškis V,Kuznecova J,Miettinen S,Nilsson E,Meškys R,Roine E,Paškauskas R,Holmfeldt K

更新日期：2018-12-13 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：: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：:The effects in the chicken embryo assay of four Alternaria metabolites (alternariol [AOH], alternariol methyl ether [AME], altenuene [ALT], and tenuazonic acid [TA]) were investigated. Administered to 7-day-old chicken embryos by yolk sac injection, AOH, AME, and ALT caused no mortality or teratogenic effect at doses ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Griffin GF,Chu FS

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microflora in strained rumen fluid did not methylate or volatilize 203Hg2+ at detectable rates. However, there was an exponential decay in the concentration of added CH3Hg+, which was attributed to demethylation. The major product of demethylation was metallic mercury (Hg0), and it was released as a volatile produ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kozak S,Forsberg CW

更新日期：1979-10-01 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

abstract：:Pseudomonas fluorescens 2-79 suppresses take-all, a major root disease of wheat caused by Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici. The bacteria produce an antibiotic, phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA), and a fluorescent pyoverdin siderophore. Previous studies have established that PCA has an important role in the biologi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hamdan H,Weller DM,Thomashow LS

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simultaneous production of penicillic acid and patulin by an atypical strain of Penicillium roqueforti isolated from cheddar cheese is reported. Mycotoxin production was confirmed by thin-layer and gas-liquid chromatography and by ultraviolet, infrared, and mass spectral analyses. Culture extracts were toxic to Bacill...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Olivigni FJ,Bullerman LB

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid, high-throughput assays that detect and quantify botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) activity in diverse matrices are required for environmental, clinical, pharmaceutical, and food testing. The current standard, the mouse bioassay, is sensitive but is low in throughput and precision. In this study, we present three bioc...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dunning FM,Ruge DR,Piazza TM,Stanker LH,Zeytin FN,Tucker WC

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the first steps in characterizing an ecosystem is to describe the organisms inhabiting it. For microbial studies, experimental limitations have hindered the ability to depict diverse communities. Here we describe oligonucleotide fingerprinting of rRNA genes (OFRG), a method that permits identification of arraye...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Valinsky L,Della Vedova G,Scupham AJ,Alvey S,Figueroa A,Yin B,Hartin RJ,Chrobak M,Crowley DE,Jiang T,Borneman J

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody against nivalenol tetraacetate (tetra-Ac-NIV) was prepared by immunization of rabbits with triacetyl-15-pimelate-NIV conjugated to bovine serum albumin. By using tritiated tetra-Ac-NIV as the test ligand, antibody titers were demonstrated as early as 4 weeks after immunization. Useful antibody for radioimmuno...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang CR,Chu FS

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carnobacteriocin B2 is a well-characterized class II bacteriocin produced by a 61-kb plasmid from Carnobacterium piscicola LV17. Export of this bacteriocin is dependent on specific ABC (ATP-binding cassette) secretion proteins. Divergicin A is a strongly hydrophobic narrow-spectrum bacteriocin produced by a 3.4-kb pla...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： McCormick JK,Worobo RW,Stiles ME

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ring-hydroxylating dioxygenases (RHDs) play a crucial role in the biodegradation of a range of aromatic hydrocarbons found on polluted sites, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Current knowledge on RHDs comes essentially from studies on culturable bacterial strains, while compelling evidence indicates ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chemerys A,Pelletier E,Cruaud C,Martin F,Violet F,Jouanneau Y

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work we investigated the antibacterial properties of differently shaped silver nanoparticles against the gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli, both in liquid systems and on agar plates. Energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy images revealed considerable changes in the cell membranes upon treatme...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pal S,Tak YK,Song JM

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00