Survival of Vibrio parahaemolyticus after chilling in transport media: an explanation for divergent findings.

abstract：:Citrate metabolism by Enterococcus faecium FAIR-E 198, an isolate from Greek Feta cheese, was studied in modified MRS (mMRS) medium under different pH conditions and glucose and citrate concentrations. In the absence of glucose, this strain was able to metabolize citrate in a pH range from constant pH 5.0 to 7.0. At a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vaningelgem F,Ghijsels V,Tsakalidou E,De Vuyst L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique, coleopteran-active protein, termed eCry3.1Ab, was generated following variable-region exchange of a Bacillus thuringiensis lepidopteran-active protein, Cry1Ab, with a Cry3A region. Our results support the hypothesis that this variable-region exchange is responsible for imparting strong bioactivity against th...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Walters FS,deFontes CM,Hart H,Warren GW,Chen JS

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:POL-88, a mutant of the white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium, was selected for diminished phenol-oxidizing enzyme activity. A wide variety of phenolic compounds were degraded by ligninolytic cultures of this mutant. With several o-diphenolic substrates, degradation intermediates were produced that had UV spect...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Leatham GF,Crawford RL,Kirk TK

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fragment of about 500 base pairs of the beta-hemolysin gene from Listeria monocytogenes was used to screen different bacterial strains by DNA colony hybridization. The cells in the colonies were lysed by microwaves in the presence of sodium hydroxide. Of 52 different strains of Listeria species screened, only the DN...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Datta AR,Wentz BA,Hill WE

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fenton reactions are believed to play important roles in wood degradation by brown rot fungi. In this context, the effect of tropolone (2-hydroxycyclohepta-2,4,6-trienone), a metal chelator, on wood degradation by Poria placenta was investigated. Tropolone (50 micro M) strongly inhibits fungal growth on malt agar, but...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Diouf PN,Delbarre N,Perrin D,Gérardin P,Rapin C,Jacquot JP,Gelhaye E

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selenoprotein synthesis in Escherichia coli strictly depends on the presence of a specific selenocysteine insertion sequence (SECIS) following the selenocysteine-encoding UGA codon of the respective mRNA. It is recognized by the selenocysteine-specific elongation factor SelB, leading to cotranslational insertion of se...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gursinsky T,Gröbe D,Schierhorn A,Jäger J,Andreesen JR,Söhling B

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The moderately halophilic bacterium Halobacillus halophilus carries a homologue of LuxS, a protein involved in the activated methyl cycle and the production of autoinducer-2, which mediates quorum sensing between certain species. luxS of H. halophilus is part of an operon that encodes an S-adenosylmethionine-dependent...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sewald X,Saum SH,Palm P,Pfeiffer F,Oesterhelt D,Müller V

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the development and validation of a method for the qualitative analysis of complex bifidobacterial communities based on PCR and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Bifidobacterium genus-specific primers were used to amplify an approximately 520-bp fragment from the 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA), and...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Satokari RM,Vaughan EE,Akkermans AD,Saarela M,de Vos WM

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective growth inhibitors of Sphaerotilus natans were detected in the culture broths of several strains of Streptomyces. Anslimins A and B were isolated from the culture broth of Streptomyces oganonensis by adsorption on resinous adsorbent followed by elution with 50% aqueous acetone. The A and B components were the...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Takiguchi Y,Yoshikawa H,Terao M

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased demand for sterile products has created the need for rapid technologies capable of validating the hygiene of industrial production processes. Bacillus endospores are in standard use as biological indicators for evaluating the effectiveness of sterilization processes. Currently, culture-based methods, req...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yung PT,Ponce A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanisms for Fe(III) oxide reduction were investigated in Geothrix fermentans, a dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing microorganism found within the Fe(III) reduction zone of subsurface environments. Culture filtrates of G. fermentans stimulated the reduction of poorly crystalline Fe(III) oxide by washed cell suspensions,...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nevin KP,Lovley DR

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article on p. 469 in vol. 57.]. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors：

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacteriophage T4 denV gene encodes a well-characterized DNA repair enzyme involved in pyrimidine photodimer excision. We have discovered the first homologs of the denV gene in chlorella viruses, which are common in fresh water. This gene functions in vivo and also when cloned in Escherichia coli. Photodamaged viru...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Furuta M,Schrader JO,Schrader HS,Kokjohn TA,Nyaga S,McCullough AK,Lloyd RS,Burbank DE,Landstein D,Lane L,Van Etten JL

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 is a facultative anaerobe that derives energy by coupling organic matter oxidation to the reduction of a wide range of electron acceptors. Here, we quantitatively assessed the lactate and pyruvate metabolism of MR-1 under three distinct conditions: electron acceptor-limited growth on lactate...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pinchuk GE,Geydebrekht OV,Hill EA,Reed JL,Konopka AE,Beliaev AS,Fredrickson JK

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When 7-aminocephalosporanic acid (7-ACA) was used as a single carbon source in the enrichment culture medium for screening 7-ACA-degrading microorganisms, pink yeast colonies appeared frequently, and these were identified as Rhodotorula glutinis. These intact R. glutinis cells converted (i) 7-ACA to deacetyl-7-ACA (7-...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sakai Y,Abe T,Ohbayashi Y,Isaka K,Yamamoto K,Tani Y,Kato N

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saturation point mutagenesis was carried out at position 479 in the polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthase from Chromobacterium sp. strain USM2 (PhaC(Cs)) with specificities for short-chain-length (SCL) [(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB) and (R)-3-hydroxyvalerate (3HV)] and medium-chain-length (MCL) [(R)-3-hydroxyhexanoate (3H...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chuah JA,Tomizawa S,Yamada M,Tsuge T,Doi Y,Sudesh K,Numata K

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidium is a genus of waterborne protozoan parasites that causes significant gastrointestinal disease in humans. These parasites can accumulate in environmental biofilms and be subsequently released to contaminate water supplies. Natural microbial assemblages were collected each season from an eastern Pennsylv...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wolyniak EA,Hargreaves BR,Jellison KL

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recent outbreaks of toxoplasmosis were related to drinking water. We propose a strategy for Toxoplasma oocyst detection as part of an approach to detecting multiple waterborne parasites, including Giardia and Cryptosporidium spp., by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency method with the same sample. Water s...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Villena I,Aubert D,Gomis P,Ferté H,Inglard JC,Denis-Bisiaux H,Dondon JM,Pisano E,Ortis N,Pinon JM

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of mineral fertilizer (NPK) and organic manure on the community structure of soil ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) was investigated in a long-term (16-year) fertilizer experiment. The experiment included seven treatments: organic manure, half organic manure N plus half fertilizer N, fertilizer NPK, fertili...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chu H,Fujii T,Morimoto S,Lin X,Yagi K,Hu J,Zhang J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aseptic vacuum extraction technique was used to obtain xylem fluid from the roots of rough lemon (Citrus jambhiri Lush.) rootstock of Florida citrus trees. Bacteria were consistently isolated from vascular fluid of both healthy and young tree decline-affected trees. Thirteen genera of bacteria were found, the most ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gardner JM,Feldman AW,Zablotowicz RM

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wood extractives, commonly referred to as pitch, cause major problems in the manufacturing of pulp and paper. Treatment of nonsterile southern yellow pine chips for 14 days with Pseudomonas fluorescens, Pseudomonas sp., Xanthomonas campestris, and Serratia marcescens reduced wood extractives by as much as 40%. Control...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Burnes TA,Blanchette RA,Farrell RL

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For efficient generation of high-affinity protein-based binding molecules, fast and reliable downstream characterization platforms are needed. In this work, we have explored the use of staphylococcal cell surface display together with flow cytometry for affinity characterization of candidate affibody molecules directl...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Löfblom J,Sandberg J,Wernérus H,Ståhl S

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerobic, glucose-limited chemostat cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CEN.PK113-7D were grown with different nitrogen sources. Cultures grown with phenylalanine, leucine, or methionine as a nitrogen source contained high levels of the corresponding fusel alcohols and organic acids, indicating activity of the Ehrlich...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vuralhan Z,Luttik MA,Tai SL,Boer VM,Morais MA,Schipper D,Almering MJ,Kötter P,Dickinson JR,Daran JM,Pronk JT

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Xylella fastidiosa isolated from grape, almond, maple, and oleander were characterized by enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus sequence-, repetitive extragenic palindromic element (REP)-, and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)-PCR; contour-clamped homogeneous electric field (CHEF) gel electr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hendson M,Purcell AH,Chen D,Smart C,Guilhabert M,Kirkpatrick B

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory column studies were conducted at the Utah Water Research Laboratory, Logan, Utah, to evaluate reovirus removal from drinking water supplies by slow-rate sand filtration (SSF). Columns, constructed to simulate a full-scale SSF field operation, were inoculated with reovirus at ca. 1,000-times-greater concentr...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： McConnell LK,Sims RC,Barnett BB

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytolethal distending toxins (CDT) are potent cytotoxins of several Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria, including Escherichia coli, in which five types (CDT-I to CDT-V) have been identified so far. CDT-V is frequently associated with Shiga-toxigenic E. coli (STEC), enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) O157 strains, and str...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Sváb D,Horváth B,Maróti G,Dobrindt U,Tóth I

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many Lactobacillus strains used as probiotics are believed to modulate host immune responses, the molecular natures of the components of such probiotic microorganisms directly involved in immune modulation process are largely unknown. We aimed to assess the function of polysaccharide moiety of the cell wall o...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yasuda E,Serata M,Sako T

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An amylosucrase gene was subjected to high-rate segmental random mutagenesis, which was directed toward a segment encoding amino acids that influence the interaction with substrate molecules in subsites -1 to +3. A screen was used to identify enzyme variants with compromised glucan chain elongation. With an average mu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schneider J,Fricke C,Overwin H,Hofmann B,Hofer B

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress causes transient actin cytoskeleton depolarization and also provokes vacuole fragmentation in wild-type cells. Under conditions of oxidative stress induced by hydrogen peroxide, the Slt2 protein is required to repolarize the actin cytoskeleton and to promote vacuole fusion. In this study, we show that...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pujol-Carrion N,Petkova MI,Serrano L,de la Torre-Ruiz MA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00