Evidence that bacteria can form new cells in airborne particles.

abstract：:Through use of commercially available DnaK proteins and anti-DnaK monoclonal antibodies, a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed to quantify this heat shock protein in Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 subjected to various heating regimens. For a given process lethality (F(70)(10) of 1, 3, and 5 min), ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Seyer K,Lessard M,Piette G,Lacroix M,Saucier L

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plasmid marker rescue system based on restoration of the nptII gene was established in Streptococcus gordonii to study the transfer of bacterial and transgenic plant DNA by transformation. In vitro studies revealed that the marker rescue efficiency depends on the type of donor DNA. Plasmid and chromosomal DNA of bac...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kharazmi M,Sczesny S,Blaut M,Hammes WP,Hertel C

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods for the production and regeneration of Lactobacillus casei protoplasts are described. Protoplasts of L. casei strains were obtained by treatment with mutanolysin or with mutanolysin and lysozyme together in a protoplast formation buffer containing 0.02 M HEPES (N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulfonic ac...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lee-Wickner LJ,Chassy BM

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A complex network regulates virulence in Ralstonia solanacearum (formerly Pseudomonas solanacearum); central to this system is PhcA, a LysR-type transcriptional regulator. We report here that two PhcA-regulated virulence factors, endoglucanase (Egl) and acidic exopolysaccharide I (EPS I), and motility are expressed di...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Clough SJ,Flavier AB,Schell MA,Denny TP

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protoplasts of Claviceps purpurea were prepared by treatment of mycelium with a lytic mixture of snail gut enzyme and cellulase from Trichoderma viride. Such protoplasts could be efficiently lysed by Triton X-100 treatment at high osmotic pressure without Ca or Mg, allowing the release of intact vacuoles in high yield...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Keller U,Madry N,Kleinkauf H,Glund K

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total extracted DNA from two heavily polychlorobiphenyl-contaminated soils was analyzed with respect to biphenyl dioxygenase sequences and activities. This was done by PCR amplification and cloning of a DNA segment encoding the active site of the enzyme. The translated sequences obtained fell into three similarity clu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Standfuss-Gabisch C,Al-Halbouni D,Hofer B

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA expression library of Trichoderma reesei RutC-30 was constructed in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Two genes, abf1 and bxl1, were isolated by screening the yeast library for extracellular alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase activity with the substrate p-nitrophenyl-alpha-L-arabinofuranoside. The genes abf1 and bxl...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Margolles-Clark E,Tenkanen M,Nakari-Setälä T,Penttilä M

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microorganisms associated with the stems and roots of nonnodulated (Nod(-)), wild-type nodulated (Nod(+)), and hypernodulated (Nod(++)) soybeans [Glycine max (L.) Merril] were analyzed by ribosomal intergenic transcribed spacer analysis (RISA) and automated RISA (ARISA). RISA of stem samples detected no bands specific...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ikeda S,Rallos LE,Okubo T,Eda S,Inaba S,Mitsui H,Minamisawa K

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In soil ecosystems, bacteria must cope with predation activity, which is attributed mainly to protists. The development of antipredation strategies may help bacteria maintain higher populations and persist longer in the soil. We analyzed the interaction between the root-colonizing and biocontrol strain Pseudomonas flu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jousset A,Lara E,Wall LG,Valverde C

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A thermophilic strain (D2) identified as a Bacillus sp. was isolated from an aerobic digestor of swine waste after several months of operation at 55 degrees C. Aerobic thermophilic batch treatment of swine waste inoculated with strain D2 was studied in a 4-liter fixed-bed reactor. Stabilization of the waste was achiev...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Beaudet R,Gagnon C,Bisaillon JG,Ishaque M

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of viruses in aquatic ecosystem functioning has been widely described. However, few studies have examined tropical aquatic ecosystems. Here, we evaluated for the first time viruses and their relationship with other planktonic communities in an Amazonian freshwater ecosystem. Coupling between viruses and...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Barros N,Farjalla VF,Soares MC,Melo RC,Roland F

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1,2,3-Trichloropropane (TCP) is a highly toxic and recalcitrant compound. Haloalkane dehalogenases are bacterial enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of a carbon-halogen bond in a wide range of organic halogenated compounds. Haloalkane dehalogenase LinB from Sphingobium japonicum UT26 has, for a long time, been consider...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Monincová M,Prokop Z,Vévodová J,Nagata Y,Damborsky J

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sequenced the Staphylococcus aureus phospho-beta-galactosidase gene. The protein product of this gene consisted of 470 amino acids, giving a molecular weight of 54,557. This gene appears to be transcribed as the terminal sequence on a polycistronic message. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Breidt F Jr,Stewart GC

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:α-Amylase-binding streptococci (ABS) are a heterogeneous group of commensal oral bacterial species that comprise a significant proportion of dental plaque microfloras. Salivary α-amylase, one of the most abundant proteins in human saliva, binds to the surface of these bacteria via specific surface-exposed α-amylase-bi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nikitkova AE,Haase EM,Scannapieco FA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rep-PCR DNA fingerprint technique, which uses repetitive intergenic DNA sequences, was investigated as a way to differentiate between human and animal sources of fecal pollution. BOX and REP primers were used to generate DNA fingerprints from Escherichia coli strains isolated from human and animal sources (geese, ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dombek PE,Johnson LK,Zimmerley ST,Sadowsky MJ

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-nine Campylobacter coli isolates were examined by bacterial restriction endonuclease DNA analysis (BRENDA) with HindIII. Isolates from poultry from the same environment had identical patterns, patterns of isolates carried by suckling piglets were generally the same as those of isolates recovered from their dams...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kakoyiannis CK,Winter PJ,Marshall RB

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insecticidal crystal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis in sprays and transgenic crops are extremely useful for environmentally sound pest management, but their long-term efficacy is threatened by evolution of resistance by target pests. The diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) is the first insect to evolve resist...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ballester V,Granero F,Tabashnik BE,Malvar T,Ferré J

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:Escherichia coli, commonly used in chemotaxis studies, is attracted mostly by amino acids, sugars, and peptides. We envisioned modifying the chemotaxis specificity of E. coli by expressing heterologous chemoreceptors from Pseudomonas putida enabling attraction either to toluene or benzoate. The mcpT gene encoding the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Roggo C,Clerc EE,Hadadi N,Carraro N,Stocker R,van der Meer JR

更新日期：2018-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytopathology for rat neuroblastoma cells (B-103) and the pathogenicity for B6C3F1 mice of four species of Naegleria have been compared. Both live amoebae and cell-free extracts of N. australiensis, N. fowleri, N. gruberi, and N. lovaniensis added to 51Cr-labeled B-103 cells caused release of radiolabel. All four ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Marciano-Cabral FM,Fulford DE

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid population growth and urban development along waterways and coastal areas have led to decreasing water quality. To examine the effects of upstream anthropogenic activities on microbiological water quality, methods for source-specific testing are required. In this study, molecular assays targeting human enterovir...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fong TT,Griffin DW,Lipp EK

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) are a group of small molecules with a diverse ecological distribution among microorganisms. MAAs have a range of physiological functions, including protection against UV radiation, making them important from a biotechnological perspective. In the present study, we iden...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： D'Agostino PM,Javalkote VS,Mazmouz R,Pickford R,Puranik PR,Neilan BA

更新日期：2016-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymes with high specific activities at low temperatures have potential uses for chemical conversions when low temperatures are required, as in the food industry. Psychrotrophic microorganisms which grow at low temperatures may be a valuable source of cold-active enzymes that have higher activities at low temperature...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Trimbur DE,Gutshall KR,Prema P,Brenchley JE

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major barrier to the use of nitrogen-fixing inoculum strains for the enhancement of legume productivity is the inability of commercially available strains to compete with indigenous rhizobia for nodule formation. Despite extensive research on nodulation competitiveness, there are no examples of field efficacy studie...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Robleto EA,Kmiecik K,Oplinger ES,Nienhuis J,Triplett EW

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methanogenic bacteria, which are presently identified on the basis of cell morphology and substrate conversion to CH(4), can be differentiated from nonmethanogens and identified in pure or mixed culture on the basis of their autofluorescence under ultraviolet illumination. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mink RW,Dugan PR

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased listerial barotolerance at elevated osmolarity is attributed, in part, to the presence of accumulated betaine and L-carnitine. The percentage of listerial survival following exposure to 400 MPa for 5 min increased from 0.008 to 0.02% with added L-carnitine (5 mM) and to 0.05% with added betaine (5 mM). Furth...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Smiddy M,Sleator RD,Patterson MF,Hill C,Kelly AL

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the biochemical basis of the differences in the insecticidal spectrum of Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal crystal proteins (ICPs), we performed membrane binding and toxicity assays with three different ICPs and three lepidopteran species. The three ICPs have different toxicity patterns in the three s...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Van Rie J,Jansens S,Höfte H,Degheele D,Van Mellaert H

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlortetracycline and the macrolide tylosin were identified as commonly used antimicrobials for growth promotion and prophylaxis in swine production. Resistance to these antimicrobials was measured throughout the waste treatment processes at five swine farms by culture-based and molecular methods. Conventional farm sa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Jindal A,Kocherginskaya S,Mehboob A,Robert M,Mackie RI,Raskin L,Zilles JL

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in individual host responses have emerged as an issue regarding the health benefits of probiotics. Here, we applied ribosome engineering (RE) technology, developed in an actinomycete study, to Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG). RE can effectively enhance microbial potential by using antibiotics to indu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ishida M,Namai F,Shigemori S,Kajikawa S,Tsukagoshi M,Sato T,Ogita T,Shimosato T

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris is widely used to produce recombinant proteins, taking advantage of this species' high-density cell growth and strong ability to secrete proteins. Circular plasmids containing the P. pastoris-specific autonomously replicating sequence (PARS1) permit transformation of P. pastori...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nakamura Y,Nishi T,Noguchi R,Ito Y,Watanabe T,Nishiyama T,Aikawa S,Hasunuma T,Ishii J,Okubo Y,Kondo A

更新日期：2018-07-17 00:00:00