Isolation and characterization of an anaerobic ruminal bacterium capable of degrading hydrolyzable tannins.

abstract：:Sludges derived from wastewater treatment are foul-smelling, biologically unstable substances. As well as containing numerous pathogenic microorganisms, they also consist of organic matter that can be used as agricultural fertilizer. Legislation nevertheless requires sludges to be virologically tested prior to spreadi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Monpoeho S,Maul A,Bonnin C,Patria L,Ranarijaona S,Billaudel S,Ferré V

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaf-cutter ants use plant matter to culture the obligate mutualistic basidiomycete Leucoagaricus gongylophorus. This fungus mediates ant nutrition on plant resources. Furthermore, other microbes living in the fungus garden might also contribute to plant digestion. The fungus garden comprises a young sector with recen...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Somera AF,Lima AM,Dos Santos-Neto ÁJ,Lanças FM,Bacci M Jr

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of the important flavor compound 4-hydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-3[2H]-furanone (HDMF; Furaneol) from D-fructose-1,6-bisphosphate by the yeast Zygosaccharomyces rouxii was studied with regard to the identification of intermediates present in the culture medium. Addition of o-phenylenediamine, a trapping reagent f...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hauck T,Brühlmann F,Schwab W

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathway of electrons required for the reduction of sulfate in sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) is not yet fully characterized. In order to determine the role of a transmembrane protein complex suggested to be involved in this process, a deletion in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough was created by marker exchange...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zane GM,Yen HC,Wall JD

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outer membrane of microbial cells forms an effective barrier for hydrophobic compounds, potentially causing an uptake limitation for hydrophobic substrates. Low bioconversion activities (1.9 U g(cdw)(-1)) have been observed for the ω-oxyfunctionalization of dodecanoic acid methyl ester by recombinant Escherichia c...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Julsing MK,Schrewe M,Cornelissen S,Hermann I,Schmid A,Bühler B

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus niger JTS 191 was selected from many microorganisms tested as capable of converting ionones to other compounds having aromas. The individual transformation products from beta-ionone were isolated and identified by comparison with synthetically derived compounds. The major products were (R)-4-hydroxy-beta-i...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mikami Y,Fukunaga Y,Arita M,Kisaki T

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycogen branching enzymes (GBE) or 1,4-alpha-glucan branching enzymes (EC 2.4.1.18) introduce alpha-1,6 branching points in alpha-glucans, e.g., glycogen. To identify structural features in GBEs that determine their branching pattern specificity, the Deinococcus geothermalis and Deinococcus radiodurans GBE (GBE(Dg) a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Palomo M,Kralj S,van der Maarel MJ,Dijkhuizen L

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei is a saprophytic bacterium which is the causative agent of melioidosis, a common cause of fatal bacterial pneumonia and sepsis in the tropics. The incidence of melioidosis is clustered spatially and temporally and is heavily linked to rainfall and extreme weather events. Clinical case cluster...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Baker A,Tahani D,Gardiner C,Bristow KL,Greenhill AR,Warner J

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The changes in motility, chemotactic responsiveness, and flagellation of Rhizobium meliloti RMB7201, L5-30, and JJ1c10 were analyzed after transfer of the bacteria to buffer with no available C, N, or phosphate. Cells of these three strains remained viable for weeks after transfer to starvation buffer (SB) but lost al...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wei X,Bauer WD

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolates of the obligately biotrophic fungus Uncinula necator cluster in three distinct genetic groups (groups I, II, and III). We designed PCR primers specific for these groups in order to monitor field populations of U. necator. We used the nucleotide sequences of the gene that encodes eburicol 14alpha-demethylase (...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Délye C,Ronchi V,Laigret F,Corio-Costet MF

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five media, formulated from the seeds of five legume varieties, dried cow blood, and mineral salts, were assessed for the growth and production of insecticidal properties of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Bacterial powders prepared from the broth cultures were assayed against the larvae of Aedes aegypti, C...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Obeta JA,Okafor N

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ionic and nonionic surfactants sodium dodecyl sulfate and Triton X-100, respectively, eluted two viruses, phi X174 and PRD1, which were adsorbed to the ionic and nonionic binding membranes cationic polysulfone and nitrocellulose, respectively. Results indicated that complete elution was readily achieved only when ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fujito BT,Lytle CD

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae identification based on molecular sequence data has been hampered by a lack of sequence variation from the closely related Vibrio mimicus. The two species share many genes coding for proteins, such as ctxAB, and show almost identical 16S DNA coding for rRNA (rDNA) sequences. Primers targeting conserved...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chun J,Huq A,Colwell RR

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bifidobacteria are a major component of the intestinal microbiota in humans, particularly breast-fed infants. Therefore, elucidation of the mechanisms by which these bacteria colonize the intestine is desired. One approach is transposon mutagenesis, a technique currently attracting much attention because, in combinati...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sakanaka M,Nakakawaji S,Nakajima S,Fukiya S,Abe A,Saburi W,Mori H,Yokota A

更新日期：2018-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A d-xylose reductase mutant of Pachysolen tannophilus was isolated on the basis of its poor growth on d-xylose but normal growth on xylitol and d-glucose. Fractionation of cell extracts indicated that the mutant was deficient in d-xylose reductase activity that used NADPH exclusively as a cofactor, but not in activity...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schneider H,Lee H,Barbosa Mde F,Kubicek CP,James AP

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding affinities and specificities of six truncated S-layer homology domain (SLH) polypeptides of mosquitocidal Bacillus sphaericus strain C3-41 with the purified cell wall sacculi have been assayed. The results indicated that the SLH polypeptide comprised of amino acids 31 to 210 was responsible for anchoring t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Li J,Hu X,Yan J,Yuan Z

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has been used to identify bacteria based upon protein signatures. This research shows that while some different proteins are produced by vegetative bacteria when they are cultured in different growth media, positive identificat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Valentine N,Wunschel S,Wunschel D,Petersen C,Wahl K

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Algal-virus-specific PCR primers were used to amplify DNA polymerase gene (pol) fragments (683 to 689 bp) from the virus-sized fraction (0.02 to 0.2 microns) concentrated from inshore and offshore water samples collected from the Gulf of Mexico. Algal-virus-like DNA pol genes were detected in five samples collected fr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chen F,Suttle CA,Short SM

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was combined with the genetic detection of six genetic markers, ansB, dmsA, ggt, cj1585c, cjj81176-1367/71 (cj1365c), and the two-gene marker tlp7 (cj0951c plus cj0952c), to assess if their presence correlated with different C. jejuni clonal groups. Using a collection o...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zautner AE,Herrmann S,Corso J,Tareen AM,Alter T,Gross U

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of preexposure of soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) roots to Rhizobium japonicum strains and subsequent establishment of other strains in the nodules were investigated by using combinations of effective strains (USDA 110 and USDA 138) and effective-ineffective strains (USDA 110 and SM-5). Strain USDA 110 wa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kosslak RM,Bohlool BB,Dowdle S,Sadowsky MJ

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of transgenic plants into agricultural ecosystems has raised the question of the ecological impact of these plants on nontarget organisms, such as soil bacteria. Although differences in both the genetic structure and the metabolic function of the microbial communities associated with some transgenic p...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dunfield KE,Germida JJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromium (VI) is toxic to microorganisms and can inhibit the biodegradation of organic pollutants in contaminated soils. We used microcosms amended with either glucose or protein (to drive bacterial community change) and Fe(III) (to stimulate iron-reducing bacteria) to study the effect of various concentrations of Cr(...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kourtev PS,Nakatsu CH,Konopka A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restriction endonuclease fragment patterns of the deoxyribonucleic acid genomes of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (multiply embedded type) and Trichoplusia ni nuclear polyhedrosis virus (multiply embedded type) demonstrate that the two viruses are distinct but closely related variants. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Miller LK,Dawes KP

更新日期：1978-06-01 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：:We reported recently a unique fungal structure, called the spiny ball, on the vegetative hyphae of Coprinus comatus (O. F. Müll.:Fr.) Pers. Although some observations regarding the role of this structure were presented, its function remained largely unknown. In this study, we showed that purified (isolated and washed)...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Luo H,Liu Y,Fang L,Li X,Tang N,Zhang K

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basidiomycetes that cause brown rot of wood are essential biomass recyclers in coniferous forest ecosystems and a major cause of failure in wooden structures. Recent work indicates that distinct lineages of brown rot fungi have arisen independently from ligninolytic white rot ancestors via loss of lignocellulolytic en...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Korripally P,Timokhin VI,Houtman CJ,Mozuch MD,Hammel KE

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phages play a key role in the marine environment by regulating the transfer of energy between trophic levels and influencing global carbon and nutrient cycles. The diversity of marine phage communities remains difficult to characterize because of the lack of a signature gene common to all phages. Recent studies have d...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Goldsmith DB,Crosti G,Dwivedi B,McDaniel LD,Varsani A,Suttle CA,Weinbauer MG,Sandaa RA,Breitbart M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important feature of microbial biofilms is the development of four-dimensional physical and chemical gradients in space and time. There is need for novel approaches to probe these so-called microenvironments to determine their effect on biofilm-specific processes. In this study, we describe the use of seminaphthorh...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hunter RC,Beveridge TJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new detection system, the magnetic immuno-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay (MIPA) has been developed to detect Listeria monocytogenes in food. This method separates Listeria cells from PCR-inhibitory factors present in enrichment broths containing food samples by using magnetic beads coated with specific monocl...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fluit AC,Torensma R,Visser MJ,Aarsman CJ,Poppelier MJ,Keller BH,Klapwijk P,Verhoef J

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free-living amoebae are frequent hosts for bacterial endosymbionts. In this study, the symbionts of eight novel environmental Acanthamoeba strains isolated from different locations worldwide were characterized. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that they were related to one of four evolutionary lineages of amoeba symbion...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schmitz-Esser S,Toenshoff ER,Haider S,Heinz E,Hoenninger VM,Wagner M,Horn M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00