Genetic organization of the mle locus and identification of a mleR-like gene from Leuconostoc oenos.

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：:Clostridium botulinum 62A and ATCC 25763 spores required heat activation for maximum colony formation when plated on reinforced clostridial agar (BBL Microbiology Systems) but not when plated on botulinum assay medium. Spores from strains B-aphis and 53B did not exhibit heat activation when plated on either medium. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Montville TJ

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agricultural management practices affect bulk soil microbial communities and the functions they carry out, but it remains unclear how these effects extend to the rhizosphere in different agroecosystem contexts. Given close linkages between rhizosphere processes and plant nutrition and productivity, understanding how m...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schmidt JE,Vannette RL,Igwe A,Blundell R,Casteel CL,Gaudin ACM

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungus Cladosporium sphaerospermum was isolated from a biofilter used for the removal of toluene from waste gases. This is the first report describing growth of a eukaryotic organism with toluene as the sole source of carbon and energy. The oxygen consumption rates, as well as the measured enzyme activities, of to...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Weber FJ,Hage KC,de Bont JA

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenylurea herbicide diuron [N-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-N,N-dimethylurea] is widely used in a broad range of herbicide formulations, and consequently, it is frequently detected as a major water contaminant in areas where there is extensive use. We constructed a linuron [N-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-N-methoxy-N-methylurea]- ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sørensen SR,Albers CN,Aamand J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that a robust energy taxis response mediated by the Aer receptor can sometimes mask chemotaxis mediated by other methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCPs) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We identified PA2652 as a chemoreceptor for malate by screening aer mcp double mutants by using swarm plate assays. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Alvarez-Ortega C,Harwood CS

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aflatoxin B1 in a 5-micrograms/ml water solution was sensitive to ionizing radiation. Inactivation was assayed by the Ames microsome mutagenicity test and confirmed by thin-layer chromatography. Destruction of aflatoxin B1 had already begun at 2.5 kilograms (kGy; 1 kGy = 0.1 Mrad), but a dose exceeding 10 kGy was nece...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Van Dyck PJ,Tobback P,Feyes M,van de Voorde H

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three enteric isolates from Australian (Escherichia coli only) and United Kingdom (U.K.) (Salmonella sp., Citrobacter spp., and E. coli) piggeries were characterized with respect to their copper resistance. The copper resistance phenotypes of four new Australian E. coli isolates were comparable with that of the...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Williams JR,Morgan AG,Rouch DA,Brown NL,Lee BT

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two subpopulations of Bacillus megaterium spores (1.360 and 1.355 g/ml) were obtained by density gradient centrifugation. The heavier spores had a higher thermoresistance (e.g., D(80) = 186 versus 81 min) and a higher DNA content (1.25 x 10 versus 0.65 x 10 g per spore, apparently corresponding to digenomic versus mon...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Belliveau BH,Beaman TC,Gerhardt P

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dehalobacter and "Dehalococcoides" spp. were previously shown to be involved in the biotransformation of 1,1,2-trichloroethane (1,1,2-TCA) and 1,2-dichloroethane (1,2-DCA) to ethene in a mixed anaerobic enrichment culture. Here we report the further enrichment and characterization of a Dehalobacter sp. from this mixed...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Grostern A,Edwards EA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversity of microcystin-producing cyanobacteria in the western basin of Lake Erie was studied using sequence analysis of mcyA gene fragments. Distinct populations of potentially toxic Microcystis and Planktothrix were found in spatially isolated locations. This study highlights previously undocumented diversity o...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rinta-Kanto JM,Wilhelm SW

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas fluorescens 2-79 suppresses take-all, a major root disease of wheat caused by Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici. The bacteria produce an antibiotic, phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA), and a fluorescent pyoverdin siderophore. Previous studies have established that PCA has an important role in the biologi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hamdan H,Weller DM,Thomashow LS

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many cyanobacteria are known to tolerate environmental extremes. Motivated by an interest in selecting cyanobacteria for applications in space, we launched rocks from a limestone cliff in Beer, Devon, United Kingdom, containing an epilithic and endolithic rock-dwelling community of cyanobacteria into low Earth orbit (...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Olsson-Francis K,de la Torre R,Cockell CS

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:As part of the characterization of Yucca Mountain, Nev., as a potential repository for high-level nuclear waste, volcanic tuff was analyzed for microbial abundance and activity. Tuff was collected aseptically from nine sites along a tunnel in Yucca Mountain. Microbial abundance was generally low: direct microscopic ce...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kieft TL,Kovacik WP,Ringelberg DB,White DC,Haldeman DL,Amy PS,Hersman LE

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of leptospiral pathogenesis, which remains poorly understood, depends on reliable genetic tools for functional analysis of genes in pathogenic strains. In this study, we report the first demonstration of conjugation between Escherichia coli and Leptospira spp. by using RP4 derivative conjugative plas...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Picardeau M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bdellovibrios capable of axenic growth grow in a cell-free medium at a rate considerably lower than that attainable in a two-membered culture with Escherichia coli. The axenic growth rate may be improved either by adjustment of the osmosity of the medium or by the addition of low concentrations of spermine. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Varon M,Seijffers J

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acid-insoluble metal sulfides FeS2, MoS2, and WS2 are chemically attacked by iron(III) hexahydrate ions, generating thiosulfate, which is oxidized to sulfuric acid. Other metal sulfides are attacked by iron(III) ions and by protons, resulting in the formation of elemental sulfur via intermediary polysulfides. Sulf...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schippers A,Sand W

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:Spore-forming Bacillus strains that produce extracellular poly-γ-glutamic acid were screened for their application to natto (fermented soybean food) fermentation. Among the 424 strains, including Bacillus subtilis and B. amyloliquefaciens, which we isolated from rice straw, 59 were capable of fermenting natto. Biotin ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kubo Y,Rooney AP,Tsukakoshi Y,Nakagawa R,Hasegawa H,Kimura K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyanophycin (CGP) synthetase gene (cphANE1) of the transposon-induced argL mutant NE1 of the cyanobacterium Nostoc ellipsosporum, which exhibits a CGP-leaky phenotype during diazotrophical growth, was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli strain TOP10. Its amino acid sequence exhibited high similarities to CphA...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hai T,Frey KM,Steinbüchel A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To produce high levels of β-lactams, the filamentous fungus Penicillium rubens (previously named Penicillium chrysogenum) has been subjected to an extensive classical strain improvement (CSI) program during the last few decades. This has led to the accumulation of many mutations that were spread over the genome. Detai...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wu M,Crismaru CG,Salo O,Bovenberg RAL,Driessen AJM

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent increased detection of acetic acid bacteria (AAB) of the genus Asaia as symbionts of mosquitoes, such as Anopheles spp. and Aedes spp., prompted us to investigate the diversity of these symbionts and their relationships in different mosquito species and populations. Following cultivation-dependent and -inde...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chouaia B,Rossi P,Montagna M,Ricci I,Crotti E,Damiani C,Epis S,Faye I,Sagnon N,Alma A,Favia G,Daffonchio D,Bandi C

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostically important surface antigen pre-S2 of hepatitis B virus was produced in large amounts in the periplasmic space of Escherichia coli. The DNA fragments (pre-S2) coding the pre-S2 antigen were tandemly duplicated or triplicated and ligated in the same reading frame to a fragment containing the promoter a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kadokura H,Yoda K,Imai M,Yamasaki M

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hot and cold aqueous extracts were prepared from 22 commonly ingested fruits, vegetables, and seeds. When tested by agar diffusion, extracts from 13 and 10 of the foods formed precipitin bands with samples of normal rabbit serum and human saliva, respectively; extracts from four of the foods also reacted with antigen ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gibbons RJ,Dankers I

更新日期：1981-04-01 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：:The preformed antimicrobial compounds produced by maize, 2,4-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-2H-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one and its desmethoxy derivative 2,4-dihydroxy-2H-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one, are highly reactive benzoxazinoids that quickly degrade to the antimicrobials 6-methoxy-2-benzoxazolinone (MBOA) and 2-benzoxazolinone (BOA), res...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Glenn AE,Hinton DM,Yates IE,Bacon CW

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory studies of methane formation in peat samples from an acid subarctic mire in Sweden indicated the presence of a low-temperature-adapted methanogenic flora. Enrichment culture studies with ethanol, acetate, hydrogen, or a combination of these as substrate for methane formation provided evidence for the existe...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Svensson BH

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soils contain a tangle of minerals, water, nutrients, gases, plant roots, decaying organic matter, and microorganisms which work together to cycle nutrients and support terrestrial plant growth. Most soil microorganisms live in periodically interconnected communities closely associated with soil aggregates, i.e., smal...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wilpiszeski RL,Aufrecht JA,Retterer ST,Sullivan MB,Graham DE,Pierce EM,Zablocki OD,Palumbo AV,Elias DA

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bacterium capable of anaerobic growth via reductive dehalogenation of 2-chlorophenol was isolated from a culture enriched from sediment taken from a small stream near Lansing, Mich. The organism, designated strain 2CP-1, is a gram-negative rod ca. 3 by 0.5 micron in size and is a catalase-negative, oxidase-negative,...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cole JR,Cascarelli AL,Mohn WW,Tiedje JM

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00