Organic solvent tolerance and antibiotic resistance increased by overexpression of marA in Escherichia coli.

abstract：:Commercial Atlantic blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) were exposed to 2.0x10(4) infectious waterborne oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum. The study demonstrated that blue crabs can transfer C. parvum oocysts to persons involved in handling or preparing crabs and that they may contaminate other surfaces or products durin...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Graczyk TK,McOliver C,Silbergeld EK,Tamang L,Roberts JD

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene coding for an aminopeptidase (PepC) from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris AM2 was cloned by complementation of an Escherichia coli mutant lacking aminopeptidase activity. The nucleotide sequence was determined. A portion of the predicted amino acid sequence of PepC (436 amino acids) showed strong homology to ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chapot-Chartier MP,Nardi M,Chopin MC,Chopin A,Gripon JC

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The colonization of granular activated carbon columns by bacteria can have both beneficial and potentially detrimental consequences. Bacterial growth on the carbon surface can remove adsorbed organics and thus partially regenerate the carbon bed. However, growth can also increase the levels of bacteria in the column e...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Shimp RJ,Pfaender FK

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insertion sequence IS629, which is highly prevalent in Escherichia coli O157:H7 genomes, was found to be absent in O157:H- strains, which are on a divergent pathway in the emergence of O157:H7. Although O157:H- is deficient in IS629, it permits IS629 transposition, with an excision frequency higher than that of an...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rump LV,Fischer M,González-Escalona N

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When carbon sources are changed, Saccharomyces cerevisiae transcriptional patterns drastically change. To identify genes whose transcription can be used to quantitatively measure sugar concentrations, we searched genomic expression databases for a set of genes that are highly induced during the diauxic shift, and we u...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chambers P,Issaka A,Palecek SP

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanobacterial hepatotoxins, microcystins, are specific inhibitors of serine/threonine protein phosphatases and potent tumor promoters. They have caused several poisonings of animals and also pose a health hazard for humans through the use of water for drinking and recreation. Different strains of the same cyanobacter...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rapala J,Sivonen K,Lyra C,Niemelä SI

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of Escherichia coli infection has lead to concerns over pathogenic bacteria in our food supply and a demand for therapeutics. Glycolipids on gut cells serve as receptors for the Shiga-like toxin produced by E. coli. Oligosaccharide moiety analogues of these glycolipids can compete with receptors for the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Liu Z,Lu Y,Zhang J,Pardee K,Wang PG

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In May 1999, field surveys of Lyme disease spirochetes were conducted around the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwestern People's Republic of China. Ixodes persulcatus ticks were obtained in a Tianchi Lake valley with primary forest, while the tick fauna was poor in the semidesert or at ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Takada N,Masuzawa T,Ishiguro F,Fujita H,Kudeken M,Mitani H,Fukunaga M,Tsuchiya K,Yano Y,Ma XH

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi strain NCPPB 3335 is a model bacterial pathogen for studying the molecular basis of disease production in woody hosts. We report the sequencing of the hrpS-to-hrpZ region of NCPPB 3335, which has allowed us to determine the phylogenetic position of this pathogen with respect to pr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pérez-Martínez I,Rodríguez-Moreno L,Lambertsen L,Matas IM,Murillo J,Tegli S,Jiménez AJ,Ramos C

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statistical models were used to predict the effects of tryptone, glucose, yeast extract (TGY) and Mn on biomass formation of the highly radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans. Results suggested that glucose had marginal effect on biomass buildup, but Mn was a significant factor for biomass formation. Mn also...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zhang YM,Wong TY,Chen LY,Lin CS,Liu JK

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of the microbial spoilage population for air- and vacuum-packaged meat (beef and pork) stored at 4 degrees C was investigated over 11 days. We monitored the viable counts (mesophilic total aerobic bacteria, Pseudomonas spp., Enterobacteriaceae, lactic acid bacteria, and Enterococcus spp.) by the microbio...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mayr D,Margesin R,Klingsbichel E,Hartungen E,Jenewein D,Schinner F,Märk TD

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poultry are considered the major reservoir for Campylobacter jejuni, a leading bacterial cause of human food-borne diarrhea. To understand the ecology of C. jejuni and develop strategies to control C. jejuni infection in the animal reservoir, we initiated studies to examine the potential role of anti-Campylobacter mat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sahin O,Zhang Q,Meitzler JC,Harr BS,Morishita TY,Mohan R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial pathogen Vibrio vulnificus is found naturally in brackish coastal waters but can be greatly concentrated by filter-feeding organisms such as shellfish. Numerous experiments in which exogenous V. vulnificus cells are added to oysters in an attempt to measure uptake and depuration have been performed. In n...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Froelich B,Oliver J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major barrier to the use of nitrogen-fixing inoculum strains for the enhancement of legume productivity is the inability of commercially available strains to compete with indigenous rhizobia for nodule formation. Despite extensive research on nodulation competitiveness, there are no examples of field efficacy studie...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Robleto EA,Kmiecik K,Oplinger ES,Nienhuis J,Triplett EW

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taxonomic and phylogenetic fingerprinting based on sequence analysis of gene fragments from the large-subunit rRNA (LSU) gene or the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region is becoming an integral part of fungal classification. The lack of an accurate and robust classification tool trained by a validated sequence dat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Liu KL,Porras-Alfaro A,Kuske CR,Eichorst SA,Xie G

更新日期：2012-03-01 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 bacterial epiphyte Pseudomonas syringae MF714R was cultured on agar or in broth or collected from colonized leaves; it was then inoculated onto greenhouse-grown bean plants incubated in a growth chamber at low relative humidity or in the field or onto field-grown bean plants. Cells cultured in liquid medium surviv...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wilson M,Lindow SE

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel enterotoxin gene was cloned from Bacillus cereus FM1, and its nucleotide sequence was determined. Previously, a 45-kDa protein causing characteristic enterotoxin symptoms in higher animals had been isolated (K. Shinagawa, p. 181-193, in A. E. Pohland et al., ed., Microbial Toxins in Foods and Feeds, 1990) from...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Asano SI,Nukumizu Y,Bando H,Iizuka T,Yamamoto T

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：:Cholera is a severe diarrheal disease caused by specific serogroups of Vibrio cholerae that are pathogenic to humans. The disease does not persist in a chronic state in humans or animals. The pathogen is naturally present as a free-living organism in the environment. Recently, it was suggested that egg masses of the n...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Halpern M,Gancz H,Broza M,Kashi Y

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomes of 10 Aeromonas isolates identified and designated Aeromonas hydrophila WI, Riv3, and NF1 to NF4; A. dhakensis SSU; A. jandaei Riv2; and A. caviae NM22 and NM33 were sequenced and annotated. Isolates NF1 to NF4 were from a patient with necrotizing fasciitis (NF). Two environmental isolates (Riv2 and -3) we...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Grim CJ,Kozlova EV,Ponnusamy D,Fitts EC,Sha J,Kirtley ML,van Lier CJ,Tiner BL,Erova TE,Joseph SJ,Read TD,Shak JR,Joseph SW,Singletary E,Felland T,Baze WB,Horneman AJ,Chopra AK

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

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：:Aryl-alcohol oxidase (AAO) is an extracellular flavoprotein that supplies ligninolytic peroxidases with H2O2 during natural wood decay. With a broad substrate specificity and highly stereoselective reaction mechanism, AAO is an attractive candidate for studies into organic synthesis and synthetic biology, and yet the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Viña-Gonzalez J,Gonzalez-Perez D,Ferreira P,Martinez AT,Alcalde M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microorganisms in diverse terrestrial surface and subsurface environments can anaerobically catalyze the oxidative dissolution of uraninite. While a limited quantity (∼5 to 12 μmol liter(-1)) of uranium is oxidatively dissolved in pure culture studies, the metabolism is coupled to electron transport, providing the pot...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Weber KA,Thrash JC,Van Trump JI,Achenbach LA,Coates JD

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated associations of species of the Bacteroides fragilis group with Japanese cedar pollinosis (JCPsis). Cell numbers of Bacteroides fragilis and Bacteroides intestinalis were significantly higher in JCPsis subjects than in non-JCPsis subjects before the pollen season. They correlated positively with both sy...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Odamaki T,Xiao JZ,Sakamoto M,Kondo S,Yaeshima T,Iwatsuki K,Togashi H,Enomoto T,Benno Y

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A postgastric, fermentative breakdown of structural plant tissue was demonstrated for green turtles. About 90% cellulose was hydrolyzed. Bacterial and protozoan numbers compared with those of the rumen. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Fenchel TM,McRoy CP,Ogden JC,Parker P,Rainey WE

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sterol demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides are widely used to control fungi pathogenic to humans and plants. Resistance to DMIs is mediated either through alterations in the structure of the target enzyme CYP51 (encoding 14alpha-demethylase), through increased expression of the CYP51 gene, or through increased ex...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ma Z,Proffer TJ,Jacobs JL,Sundin GW

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence analysis of the five genes (gutRMCBA) downstream from the previously described sorbitol-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-encoding Lactobacillus casei gutF gene revealed that they constitute a sorbitol (glucitol) utilization operon. The gutRM genes encode putative regulators, while the gutCBA genes encode the EIIC, E...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Alcántara C,Sarmiento-Rubiano LA,Monedero V,Deutscher J,Pérez-Martínez G,Yebra MJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estuarine systems are the major conduits for the transfer of nitrate from agricultural and other terrestrial-anthropogenic sources into marine ecosystems. Within estuarine sediments some microbially driven processes (denitrification and anammox) result in the net removal of nitrogen from the environment, while others ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Smith CJ,Nedwell DB,Dong LF,Osborn AM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to develop a rapid and specific detection test for bacteria in soil, we improved a method based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Each step of the protocol, including direct lysis of cells, DNA purification, and PCR amplification, was optimized. To increase the efficiency of lysis, a step particularly c...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Picard C,Ponsonnet C,Paget E,Nesme X,Simonet P

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00