Simple method for determination of patulin production by Penicillium griseofulvum Dierckx.

abstract：:This study was aimed at assessing whether the repeated exposure of 12 strains of Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli, and Listeria monocytogenes to alternative nonthermal decontamination techniques with UV light (UV-C) and nonthermal atmospheric plasma (NTAP) may cause the emergence of variants showing increased resista...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Álvarez-Molina A,de Toro M,Ruiz L,López M,Prieto M,Alvarez-Ordóñez A

更新日期：2020-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 200 bacterial strains were selected for anaerobic growth at 50 degrees C and extracellular polysaccharide production in a sucrose-mineral salts medium with NaNO(3) and up to 10% NaCl. The predominant cell type was an encapsulated gram-positive, motile, facultative sporeforming rod similar to Bacillus species. Str...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pfiffner SM,McInerney MJ,Jenneman GE,Knapp RM

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant strains of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 carrying genetic expression cassettes with xylene oxygenase- and styrene monooxygenase-encoding genes on their chromosomes could be induced in shaking-flask experiments to specific activities that rivaled those of multicopy-plasmid-based Escherichia coli recombinants. S...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Panke S,de Lorenzo V,Kaiser A,Witholt B,Wubbolts MG

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We isolated a strain of Rhodopseudomonas palustris (RCB100) by selective enrichment in light on 3-chlorobenzoate to investigate the steps that it uses to accomplish anaerobic dechlorination. Analyses of metabolite pools as well as enzyme assays suggest that R. palustris grows on 3-chlorobenzoate by (i) converting it t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Egland PG,Gibson J,Harwood CS

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation showed by means of autoradiography that the cyanobacterium Microcystis wesenbergii did not incorporate [H]thymidine at nanomolar concentrations, whereas its associated heterotrophic bacteria appearing in the gelatinous cover of the cyanobacterium became labeled. Several other tested cyaobacte...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bern L

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysostaphin (Lst) is a potent bacteriolytic enzyme that kills Staphylococcus aureus, a common bacterial pathogen of humans and animals. With high activity against both planktonic cells and biofilms, Lst has the potential to be used in industrial products, such as commercial cleansers, for decontamination. However, Lst...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wu X,Kwon SJ,Kim D,Zha J,Mora-Pale M,Dordick JS

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe here a new enzyme-coupled assay for the quantitation of d-xylose using readily available enzymes that allows kinetic evaluation of hemicellulolytic enzymes using natural xylooligosaccharide substrates. Hydrogen peroxide is generated as an intermediary analyte, which allows flexibility in the choice of the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wagschal K,Franqui-Espiet D,Lee CC,Robertson GH,Wong DW

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydraulic flush waste removal systems coupled to solid/liquid separators and circulated treatment lagoons are commonly utilized to manage the large amounts of animal waste produced on high-intensity dairy farms. Although these systems are common, little is known about the microbial populations that inhabit them or how...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： McGarvey JA,Miller WG,Sanchez S,Stanker L

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:The occurrence, structure, and mobility of Tn1546-like elements were studied in environmental vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) isolated from municipal sewage, activated sludge, pharmaceutical waste derived from antibiotic production, seawater, blue mussels, and soil. Of 200 presumptive VRE isolates tested, 71 (3...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Guardabassi L,Dalsgaard A

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Comamonas sp. strain JS46, 3-nitrobenzoate (3Nba) is initially oxidized at the 3,4 position by a dioxygenase, which results in release of nitrite and production of protocatechuate. The locus coding for the 3Nba dioxygenase (designated mnb, for m-nitrobenzoate) was mobilized from strain JS46 using a plasmid capture ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Providenti MA,Shaye RE,Lynes KD,McKenna NT,O'brien JM,Rosolen S,Wyndham RC,Lambert IB

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 3-hydroxy fatty acids (3-OHFAs) in lipopolysaccharides (LPS) play an important role in determining endotoxin activity, and childhood exposure to endotoxin has recently been associated with reduced risk of atopic diseases. To characterize the 3-OHFAs in house dust (HD), we used gas chromatography-mass spectrometry ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Park JH,Szponar B,Larsson L,Gold DR,Milton DK

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio vulnificus naturally inhabits a variety of aquatic organisms, including oysters, and is the leading cause of seafood-related death in the United States. Strains of this bacterium are genetically classified into environmental (E) and clinical (C) genotypes, which correlate with source of isolation. E-genotype st...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Williams TC,Ayrapetyan M,Oliver JD

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 114 gram-negative fecal isolates from domestic pigs in herds with different histories of antimicrobial agent exposure were screened for the presence of plasmid DNA and specific tetracycline resistance determinants. More than 84% of the isolates harbored plasmid DNA, which ranged in size from 2.1 to 186 kb. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lee C,Langlois BE,Dawson KA

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gut microbiota is a diverse and dynamic ecological community that is increasingly recognized to play important roles in host metabolic, immunological, and behavioral functioning. As such, identifying new routes for manipulating the microbiota may provide valuable additional methods for improving host health. Dieta...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Reese AT,Carmody RN

更新日期：2019-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunoblot procedure for the strain-specific quantitative analysis of commercial Rhizobium inoculants was developed. The technique greatly reduced the time required for inoculant analysis. Correlation between immunoblot analysis and traditional plant nodule grow-out most-probable-number techniques was r = 0.90 for ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Olsen PE,Rice WA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus cells to heat stress was studied by use of a chemically defined medium. Two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) analysis was used to correlate the kinetics of heat shock protein (HSP) induction with cell recovery from heat injury. We demonstrated that enhanced...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gouesbet G,Jan G,Boyaval P

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the cloning and sequencing of the gene for proline dehydrogenase (putA) of Bradyrhizobium japonicum. An open reading frame coding for 1,016 amino acids was identified. The B. japonicum gene codes for a bifunctional protein with proline dehydrogenase and pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) dehydrogenase activi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Straub PF,Reynolds PH,Althomsons S,Mett V,Zhu Y,Shearer G,Kohl DH

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding how species interaction and assembly processes structure the abundant and rare bacterial biospheres in soils is crucial for predicting how biodiversity influences ecosystem functioning. Here, we profiled the bacterial communities across a salt marsh ecosystem gradient to investigate the co-occurrence pat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Du S,Dini-Andreote F,Zhang N,Liang C,Yao Z,Zhang H,Zhang D

更新日期：2020-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A Pseudomonas putida strain (MC4) that can utilize 2,3-dichloro-1-propanol (DCP) and several aliphatic haloacids and haloalcohols as sole carbon and energy source for growth was isolated from contaminated soil. Degradation of DCP was found to start with oxidation and concomitant dehalogenation catalyzed by a 72-kDa mo...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Arif MI,Samin G,van Leeuwen JG,Oppentocht J,Janssen DB

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of Escherichia coli as a pathogen has been the focus of considerable study, while much less is known about it as a commensal and how it adapts to and colonizes different environmental niches within the mammalian gut. In this study, we characterize Escherichia coli organisms (n = 146) isolated from different r...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Abraham S,Gordon DM,Chin J,Brouwers HJ,Njuguna P,Groves MD,Zhang R,Chapman TA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli is being developed as a biocatalyst for bulk chemical production from inexpensive carbohydrates derived from lignocellulose. Potential substrates include the soluble xylodextrins (xyloside, xylooligosaccharide) and xylobiose that are produced by treatments designed to expose cellulose for subsequent e...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Qian Y,Yomano LP,Preston JF,Aldrich HC,Ingram LO

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biofilm-associated bacteria are less sensitive to antibiotics than free-living (planktonic) cells. Furthermore, with variations in the concentration of antibiotics throughout a biofilm, microbial cells are often exposed to levels below inhibitory concentrations and may develop resistance. This, as well as the irrespon...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Algburi A,Comito N,Kashtanov D,Dicks LMT,Chikindas ML

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Two types of endosymbiotic bacteria were identified in the gastrodermis of the marine invertebrate Xenoturbella bocki (Xenoturbellida, Bilateria). While previously described Chlamydia-like endosymbionts were rare, Gammaproteobacteria distantly related to other endosymbionts and pathogens were abundant. The endosymbion...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kjeldsen KU,Obst M,Nakano H,Funch P,Schramm A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For simultaneous identification of members of the betaproteobacterial order "Rhodocyclales" in environmental samples, a 16S rRNA gene-targeted oligonucleotide microarray (RHC-PhyloChip) consisting of 79 probes was developed. Probe design was based on phylogenetic analysis of available 16S rRNA sequences from all cultu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Loy A,Schulz C,Lücker S,Schöpfer-Wendels A,Stoecker K,Baranyi C,Lehner A,Wagner M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Erwinia chrysanthemi to cope with environments of elevated osmolality is due in part to the transport and accumulation of osmoprotectants. In this study we have identified a high-affinity glycine betaine and choline transport system in E. chrysanthemi. By using a pool of Tn5-B21 ousA mutants, we isolate...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Choquet G,Jehan N,Pissavin C,Blanco C,Jebbar M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adsorbed bovine serum albumin was resistant to exchange with beta-lactoglobulin, and when albumin was adsorbed from a mixture, its surface concentration increased with time. The passivating character of adsorbed albumin and its resistance to desorption were consistent with the level of Listeria monocytogenes adhesion ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： al-Makhlafi H,Nasir A,McGuire J,Daeschel M

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cry19A operon of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. jegathesan encodes two proteins, mosquitocidal Cry19A (ORF1; 75 kDa) and an ORF2 (60 kDa) of unknown function. Expression of the cry19A operon in an acrystalliferous strain of B. thuringiensis (4Q7) yielded one small crystal per cell, whereas no crystals were produced...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Barboza-Corona JE,Park HW,Bideshi DK,Federici BA

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A seasonal study of the distribution of lysogenic bacteria in Tampa Bay, Florida, was conducted over a 13-month period. Biweekly water samples were collected and either were left unaltered or had the viral population reduced by filtration (pore size, 0.2 micro m) and resuspension in filtered (pore size, 0.2 micro m) w...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Williamson SJ,Houchin LA,McDaniel L,Paul JH

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotransformation plays an increasingly important role in the industrial production of fine chemicals due to its high product specificity and low energy requirement. One challenge in biotransformation is the toxicity of substrates and/or products to biocatalytic microorganisms and enzymes. Biofilms are known for their...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Li XZ,Webb JS,Kjelleberg S,Rosche B

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00