Sucker-like structures on the pathogenic amoeba Naegleria fowleri.

abstract：:Endotoxin exposure occurs in homes and occupational environments and is known to cause adverse health effects. In order to compare results from different studies and establish standards, airborne endotoxin exposures should be assessed using standardized methods. Although the European Committee for Standardization (CEN...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Spaan S,Heederik DJ,Thorne PS,Wouters IM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious salmon anemia (ISA) is a serious disease of marine-farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) caused by ISA virus (ISAV), belonging to the genus Isavirus, family Orthomyxoviridae. There is an urgent need to understand the virulence factors and pathogenic mechanisms of ISAV and to develop new vaccine approaches. U...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Toro-Ascuy D,Tambley C,Beltran C,Mascayano C,Sandoval N,Olivares E,Medina RA,Spencer E,Cortez-San Martín M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) ST398 isolated from pigs raised in conventional farms was previously reported. Here we report a study on 25 farms adhering to an alternative system. LA-MRSA ST398 was not detected in nasal swabs from 178 pigs or from 89 humans working and livin...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cuny C,Friedrich AW,Witte W

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long periods of experimental incubation with acetylene led to a multifold enhancement of acetylene-reducing activity in Anabaena cylindrica, Anabaenopsis circularis, Rhodospirillum rubrum, and Azotobacter vinelandii. Rates of acetylene reduction showed a gradual increase and reached a peak after 2 to 6 h of continuous...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： David KA,Fay P

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the contribution of Bacteria to bioremediation of oil-contaminated shorelines is well established, the response of Archaea to spilled oil and bioremediation treatments is unknown. The relationship between archaeal community structure and oil spill bioremediation was examined in laboratory microcosms and in a bio...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Röling WF,de Brito Couto IR,Swannell RP,Head IM

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An acetate-fermenting strain of Methanosarcina was isolated from an acetate enrichment culture inoculated with anaerobic sludge from a waste treatment digestor. In pure culture, this organism fermented acetate in the absence of added hydrogen at rates comparable in magnitude to those found in digestor systems. This ra...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mah RA,Smith MR,Baresi L

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacillus plantarum is a versatile bacterium that occupies a wide range of environmental niches. In this study, we found that a bifunctional aldehyde-alcohol dehydrogenase-encoding gene, adhE, was responsible for L. plantarum being able to utilize mannitol and sorbitol through cross-regulation by two DNA-binding r...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yang X,Teng K,Su R,Li L,Zhang T,Fan K,Zhang J,Zhong J

更新日期：2019-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A physiological, unbalanced model is presented that explicitly describes growth of the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium sp. at the expense of N(2) (diazotrophy). The model involves the dynamics of intracellular reserves of carbon and nitrogen and allows the uncoupling of the metabolism of these elements. The result...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rabouille S,Staal M,Stal LJ,Soetaert K

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pellet softening reactors are used in centralized and decentralized drinking water treatment plants for the removal of calcium (hardness) through chemically induced precipitation of calcite. This is accomplished in fluidized pellet reactors, where a strong base is added to the influent to increase the pH and facilitat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hammes F,Boon N,Vital M,Ross P,Magic-Knezev A,Dignum M

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：: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 consumption of fresh tomatoes has been linked to numerous food-borne outbreaks involving various serovars of Salmonella enterica. Recent advances in our understanding of plant-microbe interactions have shown that human enteric pathogenic bacteria, including S. enterica, are adapted to survive in the plant environm...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zheng J,Allard S,Reynolds S,Millner P,Arce G,Blodgett RJ,Brown EW

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli ATCC 12806 was exposed to increasing subinhibitory concentrations of three biocides widely used in food industry facilities: trisodium phosphate (TSP), sodium nitrite (SNI), and sodium hypochlorite (SHY). The cultures exhibited an acquired tolerance to biocides (especially to SNI and SHY) after exposu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Capita R,Riesco-Peláez F,Alonso-Hernando A,Alonso-Calleja C

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:Five strains of Rhizobium trifolii were evaluated in competition with indigenous populations in nodulating red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) cv. Kenland in two different soils in Mississippi. Double antibiotic resistance acquisition was used to measure the proportion of nodules occupied by the introduced mutant strai...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Materon LA,Hagedorn C

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus megaterium P1, a bacterial strain capable of hydrolyzing chitosan, was isolated from soil samples. Chitosan-degrading activity was induced by chitosan but not by its constituent d-glucosamine. Extracellular secretion of chitosanase reached levels corresponding to 1 U/ml under optimal conditions. Three chitosa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pelletier A,Sygusch J

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laccases couple the oxidation of phenolic compounds to the reduction of molecular oxygen and thus span a wide variety of applications. While laccases of eukaryotes and bacteria are well characterized, these enzymes have not been described in archaea. Here, we report the purification and characterization of a laccase (...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Uthandi S,Saad B,Humbard MA,Maupin-Furlow JA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic and "fingerprinting" analyses of the 16S rRNA genes of prokaryotes have been a mainstay of microbial ecology during the last two decades. However, many methods and results from studies that rely on the 16S rRNA gene for detection and quantification of specific microbial taxa have seemingly received only c...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Morales SE,Holben WE

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surfaces made of copper or its alloys have strong antimicrobial properties against a wide variety of microorganisms. However, the molecular mode of action responsible for the antimicrobial efficacy of metallic copper is not known. Here, we show that dry copper surfaces inactivate Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cer...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Quaranta D,Krans T,Espírito Santo C,Elowsky CG,Domaille DW,Chang CJ,Grass G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant plasmid pM25 containing the celE gene of Clostridium thermocellum, which codes for an enzymatically active endoglucanase, was transformed into Lactobacillus plantarum by electroporation. Strains harboring pM25 expressed thermostable endoglucanase, which was found predominantly in the culture medium. Two ot...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bates EE,Gilbert HJ,Hazlewood GP,Huckle J,Laurie JI,Mann SP

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When mixed ruminal bacteria were inoculated into semicontinuous cultures (25% transfer every other day) containing lactate, dulcitol, pectin, or xylose and Trypticase (1 g/liter) as the sole nitrogen source, the specific activity of ammonia production increased. The greatest enrichment was observed with lactate and xy...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Russell JB,Strobel HJ,Chen GJ

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae normally cannot assimilate mannitol, a promising brown macroalgal carbon source for bioethanol production. The molecular basis of this inability remains unknown. We found that cells capable of assimilating mannitol arose spontaneously from wild-type S. cerevisiae during prolonged culture in ma...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chujo M,Yoshida S,Ota A,Murata K,Kawai S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduction of hexavalent chromium (chromate) to less-toxic trivalent chromium was studied by using cell suspensions and cell-free supernatant fluids from Pseudomonas putida PRS2000. Chromate reductase activity was associated with soluble protein and not with the membrane fraction. The crude enzyme activity was heat lab...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ishibashi Y,Cervantes C,Silver S

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scarcity of fresh water in the Mediterranean region necessitates the search for halotolerant agents of biological control of plant diseases that can be applied in arid-zone agriculture irrigated with saline water. Among 29 Trichoderma strains previously isolated from Mediterranean Psammocinia sp. sponges, the grea...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gal-Hemed I,Atanasova L,Komon-Zelazowska M,Druzhinina IS,Viterbo A,Yarden O

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A latent virus-like agent, which we designated zooxanthella filamentous virus 1 (ZFV1), was isolated from Symbiodinium sp. strain CCMP 2465 and characterized. Transmission electron microscopy and analytical flow cytometry revealed the presence of a new group of distinctive filamentous virus-like particles after exposu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lohr J,Munn CB,Wilson WH

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methanogens can use H(2) produced by cathodic depolarization-mediated oxidation of elemental iron to produce methane. Thermodynamic consideration of the cathodic depolarization mechanism predicts more oxidation of Fe at lower pH. Methanogenic responses to pH by Methanococcus deltae, Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus,...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Boopathy R,Daniels L

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human beta-hexosaminidase A (HexA) is a heterodimeric glycoprotein composed of alpha- and beta-subunits that degrades GM2 gangliosides in lysosomes. GM2 gangliosidosis is a lysosomal storage disease in which an inherited deficiency of HexA causes the accumulation of GM2 gangliosides. In order to prepare a large amount...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Akeboshi H,Chiba Y,Kasahara Y,Takashiba M,Takaoka Y,Ohsawa M,Tajima Y,Kawashima I,Tsuji D,Itoh K,Sakuraba H,Jigami Y

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of hydroxyl radical (OH) production via quinone redox cycling in white-rot fungi was investigated to improve pollutant degradation. In particular, we examined the influence of 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (anisaldehyde), Mn(2+), and oxalate on Pleurotus eryngii OH generation. Our standard quinone redox cycling ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gómez-Toribio V,García-Martín AB,Martínez MJ,Martínez AT,Guillén F

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation of dental plaque is a developmental process involving initial and late colonizing species that form polymicrobial communities. Fusobacteria are the most numerous gram-negative bacteria in dental plaque, but they become prevalent after the initial commensal colonizers, such as streptococci and actinomyces, ha...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Periasamy S,Chalmers NI,Du-Thumm L,Kolenbrander PE

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhizonin is a hepatotoxic cyclopeptide isolated from cultures of a fungal Rhizopus microsporus strain that grew on moldy ground nuts in Mozambique. Reinvestigation of this fungal strain by a series of experiments unequivocally revealed that this "first mycotoxin from lower fungi" is actually not produced by the fungus...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Partida-Martinez LP,de Looss CF,Ishida K,Ishida M,Roth M,Buder K,Hertweck C

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00