NAH plasmid-mediated catabolism of anthracene and phenanthrene to naphthoic acids.

abstract：:Aphanothece halophytica is a halotolerant alkaliphilic cyanobacterium which can grow at NaCl concentrations up to 3.0 M and at pH values up to 11. The genome sequence revealed that the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 contains five putative Na+/H+ antiporters, two of which are homologous to NhaP of Pse...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wutipraditkul N,Waditee R,Incharoensakdi A,Hibino T,Tanaka Y,Nakamura T,Shikata M,Takabe T,Takabe T

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 199 fungal cultures isolated from some of the common cereals collected from different parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, 70 produced toxic metabolites. Of the 70 fungi isolated, 59 produced toxins which caused visible lesions in livers, kidneys, and spleens but did not cause mortality. Toxicity, graded in t...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gupta J,Pathak B,Sethi N,Vora VC

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio species, including the squid symbiont Vibrio fischeri, become competent to take up DNA under specific conditions. For example, V. fischeri becomes competent when grown in the presence of chitin oligosaccharides or upon overproduction of the competence regulatory factor TfoX. While little is known about the regu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cohen JJ,Eichinger SJ,Witte DA,Cook CJ,Fidopiastis PM,Tepavčević J,Visick KL

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Several cell surface characteristics of bacteriophage-resistant Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris SK110 were compared with those of its phage-sensitive derivative SK112. After centrifugation, SK110 cells resisted suspension more strongly than SK112 cells. SK112 was more negatively charged and had a more hydrophobic c...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sijtsma L,Jansen N,Hazeleger WC,Wouters JT,Hellingwerf KJ

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bacterial strain (strain S5) which grows aerobically with the sulfonated azo compound 4-carboxy-4'-sulfoazobenzene as the sole source of carbon and energy was isolated. This strain was obtained by continuous adaptation of "Hydrogenophaga palleronii" S1, which has the ability to grow aerobically with 4-aminobenzenesu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Blümel S,Contzen M,Lutz M,Stolz A,Knackmuss HJ

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homologous recombination plays an important role in the structuring of genetic variation of many bacteria; however, its importance in adaptive evolution is not well established. We investigated the association of intersubspecific homologous recombination (IHR) with the shift to a novel host (mulberry) by the plant-pat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nunney L,Schuenzel EL,Scally M,Bromley RE,Stouthamer R

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phosphocholine-substituted beta-1,3;1,6 cyclic glucan (PCCG), an unusual cyclic oligosaccharide, has been isolated from Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110 (D. B. Rolin, P. E. Pfeffer, S. F. Osman, B. S. Swergold, F. Kappler, and A. J. Benesi, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1116:215-225, 1992). Data presented here suggest tha...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pfeffer PE,Bécard G,Rolin DB,Uknalis J,Cooke P,Tu S

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two genes involved in aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) biosynthesis in Aspergillus parasiticus, nor-1 and ver-1, were localized to a 35-kb region on one A. parasiticus chromosome and to the genomic DNA fragment carried on a single cosmid, NorA. A physical and transcriptional map of the 35-kb genomic DNA insert in cosmid NorA was p...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Trail F,Mahanti N,Rarick M,Mehigh R,Liang SH,Zhou R,Linz JE

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike general peroxidases, Pleurotus ostreatus MnP2 was reported to have a unique property of direct oxidization of high-molecular-weight compounds, such as Poly R-478 and RNase A. To elucidate the mechanism for oxidation of polymeric substrates by MnP2, a series of mutant enzymes were produced by using a homologous ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tsukihara T,Honda Y,Sakai R,Watanabe T,Watanabe T

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sakacin G is a 37-amino-acid-residue-long class IIa bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus sake 2512, which is encoded by the duplicated structural genes skgA1 and skgA2. Sakacin G appears to be unique and seems to be an intermediate between pediocin-like bacteriocins, according to its double-disulfide bridges required...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Simon L,Fremaux C,Cenatiempo Y,Berjeaud JM

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human norovirus (NoV) is the leading cause of foodborne disease in the United States, and epidemiological studies have shown that fresh produce is one of the major vehicles for the transmission of human NoV. However, the mechanisms of norovirus contamination and persistence in fresh produce are poorly understood. The ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： DiCaprio E,Culbertson D,Li J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although only partially understood, multicellular behavior is relatively common in bacterial pathogens. Bacterial aggregates can resist various host defenses and colonize their environment more efficiently than planktonic cells. For the waterborne pathogen Legionella pneumophila, little is known about the roles of aut...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Abdel-Nour M,Duncan C,Prashar A,Rao C,Ginevra C,Jarraud S,Low DE,Ensminger AW,Terebiznik MR,Guyard C

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell size is a key ecological trait of soil microorganisms that determines a wide range of life history attributes, including the efficiency of nutrient acquisition. However, because of the methodological issues associated with determining cell sizes in situ, we have a limited understanding of how cell abundances vary...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Portillo MC,Leff JW,Lauber CL,Fierer N

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the hydrogen production properties of the unicellular, diazotrophic cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. strain ATCC 51142. This organism has a versatile metabolism and can grow in the presence or absence of combined nitrogen and can grow photosynthetically or mixotrophically and heterotrophically in the presenc...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Min H,Sherman LA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:rRNA internal transcribed spacer phylogeny showed that Chesapeake Bay is populated with diverse Synechococcus strains, including members of the poorly studied marine cluster B. Marine cluster B prevailed in the upper bay, while marine cluster A was common in the lower bay. Interestingly, marine cluster B Synechococcus...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chen F,Wang K,Kan J,Suzuki MT,Wommack KE

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：:The effects of environmental stress exposure on Listeria monocytogenes growth and virulence-associated characteristics were investigated. Specifically, we measured the effects of temperature (7 or 37 degrees C), pH (5.5 or 7.4), the presence of salt and organic acids (375 mM NaCl, 8.45 mM sodium diacetate [SD], 275 mM...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Garner MR,James KE,Callahan MC,Wiedmann M,Boor KJ

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The actions of cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferases (CGTase; EC 2.4.1.19) from alkalophilic Bacillus sp. strain A2-5a (A2-5a CGTase), Bacillus macerans (Bmac CGTase), and Bacillus stearothermophilus (Bste CGTase) on amylose were investigated. All three enzymes produced large cyclic alpha-1,4-glucans (cycloamyloses) a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Terada Y,Sanbe H,Takaha T,Kitahata S,Koizumi K,Okada S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridium-botulinum type A and type B spores were stored in tomato juice (pH 4.2) and citric acid-phosphate buffer (pH 4.2) at 4, 22, and 32 degrees C for 180 days. The spore count was determined at different intervals over the 180-day storage period. There was no significant decrease in the number of type A spores ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Odlaug TE,Pflug IJ

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental bacteria are exposed to a myriad of biotic interactions that influence their function and survival. The grazing activity of protozoan predators significantly impacts the dynamics, diversification, and evolution of bacterial communities in soil ecosystems. To evade protozoan predation, bacteria employ var...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mazzola M,de Bruijn I,Cohen MF,Raaijmakers JM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae can shift to a "rugose" phenotype, thereby producing copious exopolysaccharide (EPS), which promotes its environmental survival and persistence. We report conditions that promote high-frequency rugose EPS production (HFRP), whereby cells switch at high frequency (up to 80%) to rugose EPS production. HF...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ali A,Rashid MH,Karaolis DK

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the construction of an Escherichia coli mutant that harbors two compatible plasmids and that is able to synthesize labeled 2-O-alpha-D-mannosyl-D-glycerate from externally added labeled mannose without the loss of specific isotopic enrichment. The strain carries a deletion in the manA gene, encoding phosphom...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sampaio MM,Santos H,Boos W

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The filter exclusion method was used to isolate Frankia strains from Myrica pennsylvanica (bayberry) root nodules collected at diverse sites in New Jersey. A total of 16 isolates from five locations were cultured. The isolates were characterized by morphological, chemical, physiological, and plant infectivity criteria...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bloom RA,Lechevalier MP,Tate RL 3rd

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rates of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), formate, and acetate mineralization and/or assimilation were determined in 13 high-temperature (>73 °C) hot springs in Yellowstone National Park (YNP), Wyoming, in order to evaluate the relative importance of these substrates in supporting microbial metabolism. While 9 of the...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Urschel MR,Kubo MD,Hoehler TM,Peters JW,Boyd ES

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Searles Lake occupies a closed basin harboring salt-saturated, alkaline brines that have exceptionally high concentrations of arsenic oxyanions. Strain SLAS-1(T) was previously isolated from Searles Lake (R. S. Oremland, T. R. Kulp, J. Switzer Blum, S. E. Hoeft, S. Baesman, L. G. Miller, and J. F. Stolz, Science 308:1...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Blum JS,Han S,Lanoil B,Saltikov C,Witte B,Tabita FR,Langley S,Beveridge TJ,Jahnke L,Oremland RS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification and classification of Vibrio species have relied upon band pattern methods (e.g., amplified fragment length polymorphism) and DNA-DNA hybridization. However, data generated by these methods cannot be used to build an online electronic taxonomy. In order to overcome these limitations, we developed the fi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Thompson FL,Gomez-Gil B,Vasconcelos AT,Sawabe T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to bile is a prerequisite property of the gastrointestinal bacterial flora. Bile acids are powerful detergents, and resistance to sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) has therefore often been considered relevant to studies of bile resistance. We have studied the effects of bovine bile (BB) and SDS on Enterococcus f...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Solheim M,Aakra A,Vebø H,Snipen L,Nes IF

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemolithoautotrophic bacteria were enriched from mine water at incubation temperatures ranging from 4 to 46 degrees C, using elemental sulfur as a substrate in acid mineral salts media. Thiobacillus-type bacteria were successfully enriched for at all test temperatures except 46 degrees C. Changes in pH (-dpH/dt) were...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ahonen L,Tuovinen OH

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Divercin V41 (DV41) is a class IIa bacteriocin produced by Carnobacterium divergens V41. This antilisterial peptide is homologous to pediocin PA-1 and contains two disulfide bonds. To establish the structure-activity relationships of this specific family of bacteriocin, chemical modifications and enzymatic hydrolysis ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Bhugaloo-Vial P,Douliez JP,Moll D,Dousset X,Boyaval P,Marion D

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred seventy-eight mycoplasma strains isolated from South African poultry flocks between 2003 and 2015 were identified by full-genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene and were classified as follows: Mycoplasma gallisepticum (25%), M. gallinarum (25%), M. gallinaceum, (23%), M. pullorum ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Beylefeld A,Wambulawaye P,Bwala DG,Gouws JJ,Lukhele OM,Wandrag DBR,Abolnik C

更新日期：2018-10-17 00:00:00