Adaptation of an [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide] assay to evaluate the cytotoxicity of the extracellular products of micro-organisms pathogenic to fish.

abstract：AIMS:We propose to apply the Wirtz-Conklin staining technique to evaluate spore germination. METHODS AND RESULTS:Spores at different stages of germination were stained with modified spore stain (Wirtz-Conklin) and evaluated for staining properties. Bacillus spores suspended in deionized water, which does not support g...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Hamouda T,Shih AY,Baker JR Jr

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurotoxins produced by Clostridium botulinum are amongst the most potent known to man. Toxin production is detected by a mouse bioassay, which requires several days for a result and is not acceptable for routine use unless there is a high level of suspicion. The Rapid ID32 A kit produced by bioMerieux gives an id...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Brett MM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Dynamic microbial characterization of the colonization of organic carrier during a model biofiltration experiment using methanol as air pollutant. METHODS AND RESULTS:A model biofilter was used in order to characterize the micro-organisms involved in the colonization of a model organic carrier. The model system c...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Pineda R,Alba J,Thalasso F,Ponce-Noyola T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat stable antifungal factor (HSAF) is considered to be a potential biological pesticide due to its broad antifungal activity and novel mode of action. However, few studies have reported on HSAF production during fermentation. Thus, this work was executed to optimize the medium composition to maximize HSAF production...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Tang B,Zhao YC,Shi XM,Xu HY,Zhao YY,Dai CC,Liu FQ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Multiplex PCR-based assay (m-PCR) with three sets of primers was developed for the detection of all serotypes of Salmonella enterica and the identification of Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium. This method was evaluated against a bacteriological method for the analysis of environmental swabs of poult...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Soumet C,Ermel G,Rose N,Rose V,Drouin P,Salvat G,Colin P

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the effect of glucose concentrations on the growth by Brettanomyces bruxellensis yeast strain in batch experiments and develop a mathematical model for kinetic behaviour analysis of yeast growing in batch culture. METHODS AND RESULTS:A Matlab algorithm was developed for the estimation of model parameters....

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Aguilar-Uscanga MG,Garcia-Alvarado Y,Gomez-Rodriguez J,Phister T,Delia ML,Strehaiano P

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:A commercial biochemical panel ID kit was used to identify presumptive enterococci isolates of veterinary or agricultural origin obtained during different steps of culture. METHODS AND RESULTS:Fifty isolates identified as enterococci using a genus PCR assay were tested for genus and species identification using t...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Hudson CR,Fedorka-Cray PJ,Jackson-Hall MC,Hiott LM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Current understanding of risk factors for acquisition is limited and so the aim of this study was to examine a large sample of environmental waters from diverse sources. Environmental wa...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Caskey S,Stirling J,Moore JE,Rendall JC

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) agar was evaluated for its ability to recover one isolate of each of three serotypes (O157:H7, O26 and O113:H21) of shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) from raw mince, pasteurized milk and salami after enrichment. The method detected around one colony-forming unit (cfu) in 2...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Hudson JA,Nicol C,Capill J,Bennett J

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of glucose was studied in Lactococcus lactis subsp. CNRZ 125 by 13C NMR. The initial rate of glucose utilization was higher for exponential phase cells than for stationary phase cells [150 vs 85 nmol g (dry wt)-1 s -1]. 31P NMR was used to determine changes in glycolytic phosphorylated intermediates (fr...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Foucaud C,Herve M,Neumann JM,Hemme D

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-D-galactosidase activity of viable but non-culturable (vnc) Escherichia coli cells in seawater was investigated using a rapid fluorimetric enzyme assay. Results from microcosm studies showed that loss of culturability did not necessarily result in loss of the ability to produce the galactosidase enzyme. Even ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Davies CM,Apte SC,Peterson SM

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphotericin B (AmB), a typical polyene macrolide antifungal agent, is widely used to treat systemic mycoses. In the present study, we show that the fungicidal activity of AmB was enhanced by benzyl isothiocyanate (BITC), a cruciferous plant-derived compound, in the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In addition...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Yamada N,Murata W,Yamaguchi Y,Fujita KI,Ogita A,Tanaka T

更新日期：2020-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for developing a single-transposon-insertion mutant from a double-insertion mutant in Rhizobium is described. An exopolysaccharide (EPS)-defective mutant containing two Tn5-lacZ insertions was complemented with cloned wild-type DNA for EPS synthesis. One of the Tn5-lacZ insertions from the mutant was transfer...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Parveen N,Borthakur D

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate a new dual priming oligonucleotide (DPO)-based multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for detection of six sexually transmitted pathogens, including Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum and Trichomonas vaginalis. METHO...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Horii T,Ohtsuka H,Osaki M,Ohkuni H

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In this study, we report a new, simple methodology for the monitoring of Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts in drinking water samples, ranging from 10- to 1000-l, which combines a new ARAD microfibre filtration of the (oo)cysts from drinking water and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) of a human...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Plutzer J,Törökné A,Karanis P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Several cases of campylobacteriosis reported worldwide seemingly conflict with the strict growth requirements and sensitivity to environmental stress of Campylobacter jejuni. In this study, the need for a micro-aerobic environment [dissolved oxygen tension (DOT): 0.1-90%; 100% air saturation)] and the adaptive res...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Verhoeff-Bakkenes L,Arends AP,Snoep JL,Zwietering MH,de Jonge R

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protoplasts of Streptomyces flavopersicus with the highest regeneration frequency were isolated from late log phase mycelium grown in a two-stage culture system with 2% glycine in the medium. Of the 11 regeneration media tested, R9 was selected as the most efficient with 29 degrees C as the best temperature. ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Lyutzkanova D,Nikolova B,Stoilova-Discheva M,Todorov T

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the diversity of streptomycetes causing potato scab using phenotypic identification, 16S rRNA sequence, and pathogenicity measurements. Pathogenicity did not correlate well with taxonomic identification, nor with phylogenetic position. This result suggests that neither phenotypic nor 16S characteri...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Bramwell PA,Wiener P,Akkermans AD,Wellington EM

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To explore the effect of Lactobacillus on redox state of colon chyme. METHODS AND RESULTS:Nine Lactobacillus strains were studied for the inhibition of lipid peroxide formation in Fe(2+)/ascorbate system and for their ability to chelate 'free' ferrous ion. The result shows both properties were strain specific and...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Sun J,Hu XL,Le GW,Shi YH

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The study aim was to determine the presence of total and faecal coliforms on kitchen surfaces, in tap water and on the hands of caregivers in households on both sides of the US-Mexico border. METHODS AND RESULTS:Samples were collected in 135 randomly selected households in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texa...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Carrasco L,Mena KD,Mota LC,Ortiz M,Behravesh CB,Gibbs SG,Bristol JR,Mayberry L,Cardenas VM

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:A : Comparison of two commercial miniaturized rapid systems for the identification of Ralstonia pickettii strains. METHODS AND RESULTS:Varying identification results were encountered using the bioMérieux API NE system and the Remel IDS RapID NF Plus commercial systems for R. pickettii. To compare these two ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Adley CC,Saieb FM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the use of a Staphylococcus epidermidis transcriptional regulator gene as target for species-specific determination. METHODS AND RESULTS:Staph. epidermidis genes encoding putative transcriptional regulators were retrieved from GenBank and those showing no homology with other bacterial sequences wer...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Liu D,Swiatlo E,Austin FW,Lawrence ML

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quillaja saponin (QS) was incubated at 39 degrees C in an in vitro medium containing rumen liquor from a cow fed a roughage diet. No degradation of QS was observed up to 6 h of fermentation. Incubation for 9, 12 and 24 h decreased the content of QS by 16%, 45% and 100%. The content of QS did not decrease when incubate...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Makkar HP,Becker K

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The objective of this study was to subtype Arcobacter butzleri isolates using RAPD-PCR. METHODS AND RESULTS:Thirty-five A. butzleri isolates obtained from chicken carcasses were examined. PCR-mediated DNA fingerprinting technique with primers of the variable sequence motifs was used to detect polymorphism within ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Atabay HI,Bang DD,Aydin F,Erdogan HM,Madsen M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lead-resistant bacteria isolated from soil contaminated with car battery waste were identified as Providencia alcalifaciens based on biochemical characteristics, FAME profile and 16S rRNA sequencing and designated as strain 2EA. It resists lead nitrate up to 0·0014 mol l(-1) by precipitating soluble lead as insolubl...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Naik MM,Khanolkar D,Dubey SK

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To develop and evaluate a new and reliable real-time PCR detection protocol on chromosomal DNA of the contagious plant pathogenic bacterium Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight. METHODS AND RESULTS:A Taqman minor-groove-binder real-time PCR assay targeting a hypothetical protein coding gene of Erw. ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Gottsberger RA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To measure rates of release of small molecules during pressure germination of Bacillus subtilis spores, and the role of SpoVA proteins in dipicolinic acid (DPA) release. METHODS AND RESULTS:Rates of DPA release during B. subtilis spore germination with pressures of 150 or 500 megaPascals were much higher in spore...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Vepachedu VR,Hirneisen K,Hoover DG,Setlow P

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An efficient method is described for the purification of Ti plasmid DNA from Agrobacterium. The procedure is based on the relative binding capacity of ethidium bromide to supercoiled plasmid DNA and linear DNA and on the high solubility of ethidium bromide in phenol. Following treatment with ethidium bromide, more tha...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Zhang L,Kerr A

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Aeromonas hydrophila is recognized as a human pathogen following wound exposure or ingestion of contaminated water and food. For rapid identification of this bacterium, a TaqMan-based real-time PCR assay has been developed. METHODS AND RESULTS:Primers and probes that target specific sequences of the 16S rRNA gene...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Trakhna F,Harf-Monteil C,Abdelnour A,Maaroufi A,Gadonna-Widehem P

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly, molecular methods have become important in identification and confirmation of bacteria at the species level. Rapid molecular methods provide sensitivity and specificity while reducing cost and resources. The primary goal of this study was to develop a real-time PCR assay for identification of Escherichia...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Tillman GE,Simmons M,Wasilenko JL,Narang N,Cray WC Jr,Bodeis-Jones S,Martin G,Gaines S,Seal BS

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00