Lecithin agar for detection of microbial phospholipases.

abstract：:Anthrax is a fatal infection of humans and livestock that is caused by the gram-positive bacterium Bacillus anthracis. The virulent strains of B. anthracis are encapsulated and toxigenic. In this paper we describe the development of a PCR technique for identifying spores of B. anthracis. Two 20-mer oligonucleotide pri...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Reif TC,Johns M,Pillai SD,Carl M

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norwalk virus and other human caliciviruses (noroviruses) are major agents of gastroenteritis, and water is a major route of their transmission. In an effort to control Norwalk virus in drinking water, Norwalk virus reduction by bench-scale ozone disinfection was determined using quantitative reverse transcription (RT...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Shin GA,Sobsey MD

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two strains of mesophilic lactic acid bacteria, Streptococcus cremoris AM2 and Leuconostoc lactis CNRZ 1091, were grown in pure and mixed cultures in the presence or absence of citrate (15 mM) and at controlled (pH 6.5) or uncontrolled pH. Microbial cell densities at the end of growth, maximum growth rates, the pH dec...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Boquien CY,Corrieu G,Desmazeaud MJ

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of airborne mycotoxins in mold-contaminated buildings has long been hypothesized to be a potential occupant health risk. However, little work has been done to demonstrate the presence of these compounds in such environments. The presence of airborne macrocyclic trichothecene mycotoxins in indoor environm...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Brasel TL,Martin JM,Carriker CG,Wilson SC,Straus DC

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypticase soy agar supplemented with sucrose, sodium chloride, bile salts, and triphenyltetrazolium chloride is an improved plating medium for the isolation of Vibrio parahaemolyticus from samples of seawater, permitting better differentiation of this organism from Vibrio alginolyticus and other bacteria. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kourany M

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microporous polyethylene hollow-fiber membrane has a unique microfibrile structure throughout its depth and has been found to possess the functions of filtration and adsorption of endotoxin in water. The membrane has a maximum pore diameter of approximately 0.04 micron, a diameter which is within the range of micr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sawada Y,Fujii R,Igami I,Kawai A,Kamiki T,Niwa M

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven of 13 Enterobacteriaceae species tested grew in moist stored wheat, highlighting a potential risk of this energy-saving airtight storage method. When Hansenula anomala was coinoculated, all Enterobacteriaceae species were significantly inhibited after 2 months of storage, six of them to below the detection limi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Olstorpe M,Schnürer J,Passoth V

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiplex fluorogenic PCR assay for simultaneous detection of pathogenic Salmonella strains and Escherichia coli O157:H7 was developed and evaluated for use in detecting very low levels of these pathogens in meat and feces. Two sets of primers were used to amplify a junctional segment of virulence genes sipB and sip...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sharma VK,Carlson SA

更新日期：2000-12-01 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：:The production of microcystins (MC) from Microcystis aeruginosa UTEX 2388 was investigated in a P-limited continuous culture. MC (MC-LR, MC-RR, and MC-YR) from lyophilized M. aeruginosa were extracted with 5% acetic acid, purified by a Sep-Pak C(18) cartridge, and then analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatograph...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Oh HM,Lee SJ,Jang MH,Yoon BD

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 is a gram-negative facultative anaerobe capable of utilizing a broad range of electron acceptors, including several solid substrates. S. oneidensis MR-1 can reduce Mn(IV) and Fe(III) oxides and can produce current in microbial fuel cells. The mechanisms that are employed by S. oneidensis MR-...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bretschger O,Obraztsova A,Sturm CA,Chang IS,Gorby YA,Reed SB,Culley DE,Reardon CL,Barua S,Romine MF,Zhou J,Beliaev AS,Bouhenni R,Saffarini D,Mansfeld F,Kim BH,Fredrickson JK,Nealson KH

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Campylobacter jejuni isolates possess multiple adhesive proteins termed adhesins, which promote the organism's attachment to epithelial cells. Based on the proposal that one or more adhesins are shared among C. jejuni isolates, we hypothesized that C. jejuni strains would compete for intestinal and cecal colonization ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Konkel ME,Christensen JE,Dhillon AS,Lane AB,Hare-Sanford R,Schaberg DM,Larson CL

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of methanogenic and sulfate-reducing bacteria was examined in sediments from three sites off the coast of eastern Connecticut and five sites in Long Island Sound. Both bacterial groups were detected at all sites. Three distributional patterns were observed: (i) four sites exhibited methanogenic and su...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hines ME,Buck JD

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme levanase encoded by the sacC gene from Bacillus subtilis was overexpressed in Escherichia coli with the strong, inducible tac promoter. The enzyme was purified from crude E. coli cell lysates by salting out with ammonium sulfate and chromatography on DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B, S-Sepharose, and MonoQ-Sepharose. T...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wanker E,Huber A,Schwab H

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azospirillum spp. were shown to utilize both straw and xylan, a major component of straw, for growth with an adequate combined N supply and also under N-limiting conditions. For most strains examined, a semisolid agar medium was satisfactory, but several strains appeared to be capable of slow metabolism of the agar. S...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Halsall DM,Turner GL,Gibson AH

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In prokaryotic cells the ATP-dependent proteases Lon and ClpP (Clp proteolytic subunit) are involved in the turnover of misfolded proteins and the degradation of regulatory proteins, and depending on the organism, these proteases contribute variably to stress tolerance. We constructed mutants in the lon and clpP genes...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cohn MT,Ingmer H,Mulholland F,Jørgensen K,Wells JM,Brøndsted L

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A glycosyltransferase, involved in the synthesis of cyclic maltosylmaltose [CMM; cyclo-{-->6)-alpha-D-Glcp(1-->4)-alpha-D-Glcp(1-->6)-alpha-D-Glcp(1-->4)-alpha-D-Glcp(1-->}] from starch, was purified to homogeneity from the culture supernatant of Arthrobacter globiformis M6. The CMM-forming enzyme had a molecular mass...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mukai K,Watanabe H,Kubota M,Chaen H,Fukuda S,Kurimoto M

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A real-time PCR-based method targeting the 18S rRNA gene was developed for the quantitative detection of Hartmannella vermiformis, a free-living amoeba which is a potential host for Legionella pneumophila in warm water systems and cooling towers. The detection specificity was validated using genomic DNA of the closely...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kuiper MW,Valster RM,Wullings BA,Boonstra H,Smidt H,van der Kooij D

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia is encountered frequently by Candida albicans during systemic infection of the human host. We tested if hypoxia allows biofilm formation by C. albicans, which is a major cause of perseverance and antifungal resistance in C. albicans infections. Using an in vitro biofilm system, we unexpectedly discovered that ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Stichternoth C,Ernst JF

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of hydrothermal vent sites exist on the summit of the Loihi Seamount, a shield volcano that is part of the Hawaiian archipelago. The vents are 1,100 to 1,325 m below the surface and range in temperature from slightly above ambient (10 degrees C) to high temperature (167 degrees C). The vent fluid is character...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Emerson D,Moyer CL

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various Listeria monocytogenes strains may contaminate a single food product, potentially resulting in simultaneous exposure of consumers to multiple strains. However, due to bias in strain recovery, L. monocytogenes strains isolated from foods by selective enrichment (SE) might not always represent those that can bet...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zilelidou E,Karmiri CV,Zoumpopoulou G,Mavrogonatou E,Kletsas D,Tsakalidou E,Papadimitriou K,Drosinos E,Skandamis P

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IncQ marker plasmids were previously constructed to enable the analysis of the survival of populations of Pseudomonas putida released into lake water (C. Winstanley, J. A. W. Morgan, R. W. Pickup, J. G. Jones, and J. R. Saunders, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 55:771-777, 1989). We constructed equivalent IncP plasmids, pLV...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Winstanley C,Morgan JA,Pickup RW,Saunders JR

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Miniaturized growth systems for heterogeneous culture collections are not only attractive in reducing demands for incubation space and medium but also in making the parallel handling of large numbers of strains more practicable. We report here on the optimization of oxygen transfer rates in deep-well microtiter plates...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Duetz WA,Rüedi L,Hermann R,O'Connor K,Büchs J,Witholt B

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential for removing uranium from contaminated groundwater by stimulating the in situ activity of dissimilatory metal-reducing microorganisms was evaluated in a uranium-contaminated aquifer located in Rifle, Colo. Acetate (1 to 3 mM) was injected into the subsurface over a 3-month period via an injection gallery...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Anderson RT,Vrionis HA,Ortiz-Bernad I,Resch CT,Long PE,Dayvault R,Karp K,Marutzky S,Metzler DR,Peacock A,White DC,Lowe M,Lovley DR

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：:Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP uses the herbicide atrazine as the sole nitrogen source. We have devised a simple atrazine degradation assay to determine the effect of other nitrogen sources on the atrazine degradation pathway. The atrazine degradation rate was greatly decreased in cells grown on nitrogen sources that supp...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： García-González V,Govantes F,Shaw LJ,Burns RG,Santero E

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The strain Burkholderia cepacia G4 aerobically mineralized trichloroethene (TCE) to CO(2) over a time period of approximately 20 h. Three biodegradation experiments were conducted with different bacterial optical densities at 540 nm (OD(540)s) in order to test whether isotope fractionation was consistent. The resultin...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Barth JA,Slater G,Schüth C,Bill M,Downey A,Larkin M,Kalin RM

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renibacterium salmoninarum, a gram-positive diplococcobacillus, causes bacterial kidney disease, a condition that can result in extensive morbidity and mortality among stocks of fish. An immunodominant extracellular protein, called major soluble antigen (MSA), is encoded by two identical genes, msa1 and msa2. We found...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rhodes LD,Coady AM,Deinhard RK

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：:The control of promoter activity by oxygen availability appears to be an intriguing system for heterologous protein production. In fact, during cell growth in a bioreactor, an oxygen shortage is easily obtained simply by interrupting the air supply. The purpose of our work was to explore the possible use of hypoxic in...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Camattari A,Bianchi MM,Branduardi P,Porro D,Brambilla L

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00