Effect of subinhibitory concentrations of antimicrobial agents (quinolones and macrolide) on the production of verotoxin by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7.

abstract：:The effect of atmospheric composition and storage temperature on growth and survival of uninjured and sublethally heat-injured Escherichia coli O157:H7, inoculated onto brain heart infusion agar containing 0.3% beef extract (BEM), was determined. BEM plates were packaged in barrier bags in air, 100% CO2, 100% N2, 20% ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Semanchek JJ,Golden DA,Williams RC

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When oxylipin and mitochondrion probes, i.e., fluorescing antibodies specific for 3-hydroxy fatty acids (3-OH oxylipins) and rhodamine 123 (Rh123), were added to yeast cells, these probes accumulated mainly in the sexual cells (i.e., both associated with ascospores) and not in the vegetative cells. This suggests incre...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Ncango DM,Swart CW,Goldblatt ME,Pohl CH,Van Wyk PW,Botes PJ,Kock JL

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fermentative hydrogen production was carried out by Enterobacter cloacae DM11, using glucose as the substrate. The effects of initial substrate concentration, initial medium pH, and temperature were investigated. Results showed that at an initial glucose concentration of 1.0% (m/v), the molar yield of hydrogen was 3.3...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Nath K,Kumar A,Das D

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of Neisseria perflava, Neisseria cinerea, and Neisseria sicca strain Kirkland in media supplemented with sucrose (0.5 to 5.0% w/v) resulted in the formation of giant cells. Response to sucrose was specific in that a variety of other carbohydrates did not mediate giant cell formation. Giant cells appeared only u...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Johnson KG,McDonald IJ

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas maltophilia has been identified in the rhizosphere of several cultured plants: cabbage, rape, mustard, corn, beet. In comparison with nonrhizospheric soil, all the rhizospheric samples analysed contain more of this Pseudomonas and the most important stimulation is supplied by cruciferous plants. The possib...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Debette J,Blondeau R

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Methyl lysine was investigated as a potential inhibitor of lysine transport in Escherichia coli and Bacillus sphaericus. At equimolar concentrations, no inhibition was observed in either organism, but at 10X and 100X the lysine concentration, alpha-methyl lysine caused a 20-50% reduction in the initial rate of l...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Regenstreif CA,Kelland JG,Pansare SV,Vederas JC,Pickard MA

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we reported the metabolic responses of Pseudomonas sp. strain HF-1, a nicotine-degrading bacterium, to nicotine stress. However, the metabolic effects of nicotine on non-nicotine-degrading bacteria that dominate the environment are still unclear. Here, we have used nuclear magnetic resonance based metabolo...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Ding L,Chen J,Zou J,Zhang L,Ye Y

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present investigation was to isolate a probiotic strain from 23 samples of yurts cheese and 21 samples of kumiss (collected from scattered households in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia), and from eN-Lac Capsules, a health-promoting product. The isolates were subjected to biochemical characterization analysi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Kou X,Chen Q,Ju X,Liu H,Chen W,Xue Z

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bacterium C1010, isolated from the rhizospheres of cucumbers in fields in Korea, degraded the microbial quorum-sensing molecules, hexanoyl homoserine lactone (HHSL), and octadecanoyl homoserine lactone (OHSL). Morphological characteristics and 16S rRNA sequence analysis identified C1010 as Acinetobacter sp. strain C...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Kang BR,Lee JH,Ko SJ,Lee YH,Cha JS,Cho BH,Kim YC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the four known isoforms of the staphylococcal exfoliative toxins (ETs), only ETA and ETB are the major causative agents. General knowledge is that the gene for ETA is located on the chromosome, whereas that for ETB is located on a large plasmid. Yoshizawa and co-workers (2000, Microbiol. Immunol. 44(3): 189-191) ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Sahin F,Karasartova D,Özsan TM,Kiyan M,Karahan CZ,Tekeli A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of cold shock proteins (csps) and cold acclimation proteins (caps) was characterized in the psychrotrophic bacterium Pseudomonas putida Q5 and its transconjugant P. putida Q5T which contains the toluene-degradative TOL (pWWO) plasmid, using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and computing scanning lase...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Gumley AW,Inniss WE

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human astrovirus (HAstV) was an important cause of viral gastroenteritis in infants in Wuhan city based on our previous study. The aim of the study was to investigate the nature of HAstV infection in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, especially in adults. Stool specimens were collected from 361 children and 301 adult...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Wang F,Wang YH,Peng JS,Zhou X,Tang L,Kobayashi N,Hu Q,Zhou DJ,Huang HJ,Liu MQ

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The techniques in current use for detection of pathogens in environmental samples are restricted to those organisms whose replication in either culture media or cell culture is feasible. These methods lack the selectivity and sensitivity necessary for their unequivocal detection and identification. We have developed a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Toranzos GA,Alvarez AJ

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for new antimicrobial compounds involves finding novel sources of chemotherapeutic compounds or manipulating and combining structures from existing molecules. Small antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are components of innate immune defenses characterized in greatest detail in insect-derived AMPs. We have generat...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Plunkett RM,Murray SI,Lowenberger CA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peptidoglycan of Escherichia coli K-12 strain AB264 was isolated by treating whole cells with sodium dodecyl sulfate and was purified by deoxyribonuclease, ribonuclease, and trypsin treatment. Like the peptidoglycan of Bacillus subtilis, this peptidoglycan proved able to bind substantial amounts of metallic ions f...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Hoyle BD,Beveridge TJ

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal cultures were grown by a new microslide method and by the traditional slide-culture method. Sporulation results were similar by both methods. The microslide method has the advantages of increased safety to the user and ease of storage. ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Hofherr L

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rumen microbiota plays a major role in the metabolism and absorption of indigestible food sources. Xinjiang brown cattle (Bos taurus), Tarim red deer (Cervus elaphus yarkandensis), and Karakul sheep (Ovis aries) are important ruminant species for animal husbandry in the Tarim Basin. However, the microbiota and rum...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Qian W,Li Z,Ao W,Zhao G,Wu J,Li G

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mercuric ion-reducing flavoprotein was purified from Yersinia enterocolitica 138A14 using dye matrix affinity chromatography. The purified enzyme had a characteristic absorption spectrum similar to those of flavin compounds, and FAD was detected as a part of the purified enzyme by thin-layer chromatography. Freshly ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Blaghen M,Vidon DJ,el Kebbaj MS

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a mixture of three mono nitrophenols as sole carbon, nitrogen and energy sources, mixed cultures were enriched from municipal activated sludge to degrade both nitrophenols and nitrobenzene. Bacterial growth and degradation rate could be increased by supplementing the medium with 0.1% YE. Microorganisms were isol...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Zhao JS,Ward OP

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A purified lipopolysaccharide (LPS) isolated from the rickettsial agent of Q fever, Coxiella burnetii phase 1, possesses some of the in vivo and in vitro biological properties previously only associated with bacterial endotoxins. The Coxiella LPS is mitogenic for guinea pig leukocytes, induces non-specific resistance ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Paquet A Jr,Rael ED,Klassen D,Martinez I,Baca OG

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The N5,N10-methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum strain Marburg has been purified with reasonable yield and much higher specific activity than previously reported. For the first time it has been shown that both N5,N10-methylenetetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenase and...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Mukhopadhyay B,Daniels L

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of water activity (aw, 0.994-0.90 identical to 0.4-14.0 (-)MPa water potential), temperature (4-45 degrees C), and pH (3.6, 5.5, 7.0), and their interactions on growth of isolates of Fusarium moniliforme and Fusarium proliferatum were determined in vitro on a maize extract agar medium. Growth of two isolat...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Marín S,Sanchis V,Magan N

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycoplasma pneumoniae is an important causative agent of atypical pneumonia. This study was to determine the ability of a DNA expression vector, which encodes the carboxy terminal region of the M. pneumoniae P1 protein (P1C), to induce humoral and cellular immune responses and to protect against M. pneumoniae infecti...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Zhu C,Wu Y,Chen S,Yu M,Zeng Y,You X,Xiao J,Wang S

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells were examined by scanning scanning electron microscopy before and after extraction of the mannans of the cell wall. The surfaces of control cells were smooth; after mannan extraction they were rough and showed erosions which were particularly striking within the area...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Koch Y,Rademacher KH

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to reduce human exposure to adenoviruses through drinking water, we determined the effectiveness of sequential disinfection with an alternative ultraviolet (UV) technology (medium-pressure (MP) UV) and monochloramine. The results of this study showed that MP UV was much more effective than traditional UV ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Shin GA,Lee JK

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized two mutants of Rhizobium meliloti L5-30 obtained by random mutagenesis using Mu-lacZ that were defective in transport of C4-dicarboxylic acids. These mutants induced ineffective nodules on alfalfa. Mutations in the two strains appeared to be located in a dctA gene. Levels of dctA gene expression ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Batista S,Castro S,Aguilar OM,Martínez-Drets G

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the Clostridium difficile toxin were examined in HeLa and mouse adrenal tumor (MAT) cells. Cytotoxicity was evaluated by vital dye exclusion and 51Cr release. In both HeLa and MAT cells, C. difficile toxin caused rounding of virtually 100% of cells. This rounding was distinguishable from rounding produc...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Gurwith MJ,Langston C,Dunsmore B

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus paragallinarum secretes metalloproteases into different culture media lacking serum. Secreted proteins, concentrated by precipitation with 70% ammonium sulphate ((NH(4))(2)SO(4)) or methanol, displayed proteolytic activity at >100 kDa molecular mass in 10% polyacrylamide gels co-polymerized with porcine ge...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Rivero-García PC,Cruz CV,Alonso PS,Vaca S,Negrete-Abascal E

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fatty acid pattern in Mycobacterium vaccae strain JOB5 was examined after growth on n-alkanes (C14-C18), 1-alkenes (C14-C18), 2- or 3-methyl octadecane, and 8-heptadecene. It was evident that monoterminal oxidation of n-alkanes was followed by beta-oxidation and that both parent fatty acid and products of beta-oxi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： King DH,Perry JJ

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A proline dehydrogenase which catalyzes the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) dependent oxidation of proline and the NADH-dependent reduction of delta 1-pyrroline 5-carboxylic acid (PCA) was purified from extracts of Clostridium sporogenes. Following purification, only one protein band was found on analytical po...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Monticello DJ,Costilow RN

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00