Reduction of ferric iron by acidophilic heterotrophic bacteria: evidence for constitutive and inducible enzyme systems in Acidiphilium spp.

abstract：AIMS:The goal of this study was to develop and test the efficacy of a PCR assay for the environmental detection of the nifH gene of Methanobrevibacter smithii, a methanogen found in human faeces and sewage. METHODS AND RESULTS:PCR primers for the nifH gene of M. smithii were designed, tested and used to detect the pre...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Ufnar JA,Wang SY,Christiansen JM,Yampara-Iquise H,Carson CA,Ellender RD

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrinsic resistance to antibiotics is a serious therapeutic problem in the case of many bacterial species. The Gram-positive human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is intrinsically resistant to broad spectrum cephalosporin antibiotics, which are commonly used in therapy of bacterial infections. Besides three penicilli...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Krawczyk-Balska A,Markiewicz Z

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the applicability of the 16S-23S rDNA internal spacer regions (ISR) as targets for PCR detection of Azospirillum ssp. and the phytostimulatory plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria seed inoculant Azospirillum lipoferum CRT1 in soil. METHODS AND RESULTS:Primer sets were designed after sequence analysis of...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Baudoin E,Couillerot O,Spaepen S,Moënne-Loccoz Y,Nazaret S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species of Bacillus and related genera have long been troublesome to food producers on account of their resistant endospores. These organisms have undergone huge taxonomic changes in the last 30 years, with numbers of genera and species now standing at 56 and over 545, respectively. Despite this expansion, relatively ...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Logan NA

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Poor colonization of the rhizosphere is a major constraint of seed treatment biological control. The objectives of this study were to; examine the colonization of the rhizosphere of sugar beet seedlings by selected rhizobacteria; determine the influence of the host rhizosphere and percolating water on the distribu...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Walker R,Rossall S,Asher MJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the presence of virulence genes in environmental and foodborne Escherichia coli isolates using the TaqMan PCR system. METHODS AND RESULTS:Three TaqMan pathogen detection kits called O157:H7, StxI and StxII were used to investigate the presence of virulence genes in Escherichia coli isolates. All 54 food...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Davis KC,Nakatsu CH,Turco R,Weagant SD,Bhunia AK

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this work was to investigate the effects of biodynamic management with and without the addition of green manure, in comparison with organic management, on the microbiota in vineyards soil. METHODS AND RESULTS:High throughput sequencing was used to compare the taxonomic structure of the soil bacterial a...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Longa CMO,Nicola L,Antonielli L,Mescalchin E,Zanzotti R,Turco E,Pertot I

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:A Portable Multi-use Automated Concentration System (PMACS) concentrates micro-organisms from large volumes of water through automated dead-end ultrafiltration and backflushing. The ability to detect microbial targets from ground, surface and cooling tower waters collected using standard methods was compared with ...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Leskinen SD,Kearns EA,Jones WL,Miller RS,Bevitas CR,Kingsley MT,Brigmon RL,Lim DV

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The study was performed to evaluate the safety of whole and RTE vegetables and to investigate the effectiveness of different preventive strategies for the quality assurance of RTE vegetables collected from three Italian production systems. Producer 1, applied a strict system in compliance with GAP- GMP - HACCP, Pr...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： De Giusti M,Aurigemma C,Marinelli L,Tufi D,De Medici D,Di Pasquale S,De Vito C,Boccia A

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Production of isomaltulose by newly isolated Klebsiella sp. LX3. METHODS AND RESULTS:The bacterial isolate LX3, which transforms sucrose to isomaltulose and trehalulose, has been isolated from a soil sample in Singapore. Morphological and biochemical analysis, as well as 16s rRNA sequence demonstrated that the is...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Li X,Zhao C,An Q,Zhang D

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine whether the beer-spoilage ability is an intrinsic character of Lactobacillus paracollinoides and identify a genetic marker for differentiating the beer-spoilage ability of strains belonging to this species. METHODS AND RESULTS:The ribotype of a nonspoilage strain, Lact. brevis ATCC8291, was found to ...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Suzuki K,Ozaki K,Yamashita H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To develop a predictive model for Escherichia coli using deep neural networks. METHODS AND RESULTS:Batch experiments are conducted at different temperatures closer to optimum value (36·5°C, 37°C, 37·5°C, 38°C and 38·5°C) to obtain the growth curves of E .coli K-12. Two primary models namely modified Gompertz and ...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Chitra M,Sutha S,Pappa N

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Probiotics are live micro-organisms with beneficial effects on human health, which have the ability to counteract infections at different locations of the body. Clinical trials have shown that probiotics can be used as preventive and therapeutic agents in upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) and otitis. Their me...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Popova M,Molimard P,Courau S,Crociani J,Dufour C,Le Vacon F,Carton T

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study investigates the antimicrobial effects of fish oil-based formulas rich in omega-3 fatty acids (free fatty acids, ethyl esters or triacylglycerols), against cystic fibrosis (CF) pathogens (Burkholderia cenocepacia K56-2 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1), often resistant to multiple antibiotics. METHODS AN...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Mil-Homens D,Ferreira-Dias S,Fialho AM

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The present study aimed to determine the microsatellite length polymorphism (MLP) genotypic patterns and antifungal susceptibility profiles of Candida albicans isolated from patients with candiduria. METHODS AND RESULTS:DNA of 50 C. albicans isolates was used for molecular identification based on the ITS1 -5.8s-I...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Gharaghani M,Rezaei-Matehkolaei A,Hardani AK,Zarei Mahmoudabadi A

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the influence of 15 microbial isolates on the prevalence of charge-heterogeneous and charge-homogeneous Enterococcus faecalis strains, all isolated from biliary stents, in mixed-species biofilms. METHODS AND RESULTS:Six Enterococcus faecalis strains were paired with 15 other microbial isolates to form mix...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： van Merode AE,Pothoven DC,van der Mei HC,Busscher HJ,Krom BP

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The study was undertaken to investigate the occurrence of glutamate dehydrogenase activity in different species of lactobacilli, and to determine, in a series of cheese-making trials, the effects of glutamate dehydrogenase-producing adjunct cultures on sensory attribute development during the maturation of cheddar...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Williams AG,Withers SE,Brechany EY,Banks JM

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aims of this study were to characterize the antibacterial activity and the chemotype of Litsea cubeba leaf essential oil (EO) harvested in North Vietnam and to investigate the biological effects induced by the leaf powder on growth, nonspecific immunity and survival of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) challenged ...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Nguyen HV,Caruso D,Lebrun M,Nguyen NT,Trinh TT,Meile JC,Chu-Ky S,Sarter S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty isolates of Listeria monocytogenes and 18 of L. innocua obtained from different short-ripened cheeses manufactured in Asturias (northern Spain), were compared with each other and with reference strains using serotype, phage type and pulsed-field restriction endonuclease digestion profiles analysis of the total ...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Margolles A,Mayo B,de los Reyes-Gavilán CG

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the structure of the chimeric chromosome X of bottom-fermenting yeasts. METHODS AND RESULTS:Eight cosmid clones carrying DNA from chromosome X of bottom-fermenting yeasts were selected by end-sequencing. Four of the cosmid clones had Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC)-type and Saccharomyces bayanus (SB)-ty...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Ogata T,Izumikawa M,Tadami H

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess the antimicrobial action of three natural-derived products (essential oil, decoction and hydrosol of Satureja thymbra) against biofilms, composed of useful, spoilage and pathogenic bacteria (formed as monoculture or/and mixed-culture), and to compare their efficiency with three standard acid and alkaline...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Chorianopoulos NG,Giaouris ED,Skandamis PN,Haroutounian SA,Nychas GJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine whether strains of Geobacillus stearothermophilus isolated from a milk powder manufacturing plant were different in their ability to form biofilms and produce spores. In addition, this study evaluated whether there were other physiological characteristics that could differentiate these strains. METHO...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Burgess SA,Flint SH,Lindsay D

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In vitro experiments were undertaken to evaluate biocide formulations commonly used in cooling water systems against protozoa previously isolated from cooling towers. The investigations evaluated the efficacy of these formulations against amoebic cysts and trophozoites. METHODS AND RESULTS:Laboratory challenges a...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Critchley M,Bentham R

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to characterize the subtypes of Salmonella typhi which cause sporadic disease in Taiwan, 55 isolates of Salm. typhi obtained from unrelated patients of sporadic cases during 1992-96 were subjected to chromosomal DNA digestion and pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). When DNAs of these 55 Salm. typhi strai...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Tsen HY,Lin JS,Hu HH,Liu PR,Wang TK

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study aims to evaluate the impact of solid-state fermentation (SSF) by Trichoderma reesei on the phenolic content, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of garden cress seeds (GCS). METHODS AND RESULTS:The factorial statistical design was employed to optimize the SSF conditions, incubation time, pH, tempe...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Abdel-Aty AM,Bassuiny RI,Barakat AZ,Mohamed SA

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare the production of recombinant cellulase enzymes in two Saccharomyces species so as to ascertain the most suitable heterologous host for the degradation of cellulose-based biomass and its conversion into bioethanol. METHOD AND RESULTS:cDNA copies of genes representing the three major classes of cellulas...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Fitzpatrick J,Kricka W,James TC,Bond U

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The study of a protease secreted by Candida caseinolytica for use in future industrial applications. METHODS AND RESULTS:Growth of Candida caseinolytica on a medium containing milk induced a rapid production of an extracellular enzyme able to hydrolyse casein. The crude extract was applied to both Sephacryl S-200...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Poza M,de Miguel T,Sieiro C,Villa TG

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aims of this study were to identify the Fusarium isolates based on translation elongation factor (tef) 1α sequence, to determine the genetic diversity among isolates and species using selected microsatellite markers and to examine the pathogenicity of Fusarium isolates causing fruit rot disease of banana. MET...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Abd Murad NB,Mohamed Nor NMI,Shohaimi S,Mohd Zainudin NAI

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aims of the study were to characterize the O91 O-antigen gene cluster from Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O91 and to provide the basis for a specific PCR test for rapid detection of E. coli O91. METHODS AND RESULTS:The published primers complementary to JUMPstart and gnd gene, the conserved fla...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Perelle S,Dilasser F,Grout J,Fach P

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of electroporation (very short duration pulses of high voltage electricity) on the viability of Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts, and on the viability of these organisms in the presence of free chlorine, combined chlorine, hydrogen peroxide and potassium permanganate, was examined. While electropor...

journal_title：Journal of applied microbiology

authors： Haas CN,Aturaliye D

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00