Does calculation of the 95th percentile of microbiological results offer any advantage over percentage exceedence in determining compliance with bathing water quality standards?

abstract：AIMS:To develop an intergeneric conjugation system for rimocidin-producing Streptomyces rimosus. METHODS AND RESULTS:High efficiencies of conjugation [10(-2)-10(-3) transconjugants/recipient colony forming units (CFU)] were obtained when spores of S. rimosus were heat treated at 40 degrees C for 10 min prior to mixing...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Phornphisutthimas S,Sudtachat N,Bunyoo C,Chotewutmontri P,Panijpan B,Thamchaipenet A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain VUN 10,003 to degrade and detoxify high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was evaluated in a basal liquid medium. Using high cell density inocula of strain VUN 10,003, the concentration of pyrene, fluoranthene, benz[a]anthracene, benzo[a]pyrene,...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Juhasz AL,Stanley GA,Britz ML

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The genetic diversity of Vibrio cholerae isolated from black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) aquaculture farms was determined using three PCR typing methods based on enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC) sequences, ribosomal gene spacer (RS) sequence and repetitive extragenic palindromic (REP) sequ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Rao BM,Surendran PK

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leclercia adecarboxylata, a Gram-negative bacillus of family Enterobacteriaceae, is an uncommonly identified pathogen isolated from environmental and clinical specimens. Most of the human infections are polymicrobial and commonly occur in immunocompromised hosts, although nosocomial infections in immunocompetent hosts...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Choudhary M,Choudhary BK,Bhoyar S,Kale SB,Chaudhari SP,Bera BC,Jain A,Barbuddhe SB

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：AIMS:To immobilize Methylobacterium sp. NP3 and Acinetobacter sp. PK1 to silica and determine the ability of the immobilized bacteria to degrade high concentrations of phenol. METHODS AND RESULTS:The phenol degradation activity of suspended and immobilized Methylobacterium sp. NP3 and Acinetobacter sp. PK1 bacteria wa...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Khongkhaem P,Intasiri A,Luepromchai E

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yield of purified recombinant alpha-sarcin increases approximately three- to fourfold when this toxin is co-expressed in Escherichia coli with thioredoxin. This increased production is attributed to the existence, in the presence of thioredoxin, of a reducing environment which allows rearrangement of incorrect dis...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： García-Ortega L,Lacadena J,Lacadena V,Masip M,De Antonio C,Martínez-Ruiz A,Martínez Del Pozo A

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To establish species-specific PCR and DNA probe methods for Streptococcus salivarius and to clarify the distribution of dextranase in oral isolates of Strep. salivarius. METHODS AND RESULTS:A pair of PCR primers and a DNA probe were designed based on the nucleotide sequence of the dextranase gene of Strep. saliva...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Igarashi T,Yano Y,Yamamoto A,Sasa R,Goto N

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the effect of interacting conditions of water activity (aw, 0.99-0.85), temperature (15, 25 degrees C) and time (40 days) on growth and production of the mycotoxins deoxynivalenol (DON) and nivalenol (NIV) by Fusarium culmorum on a wheat-based agar medium. METHODS AND RESULTS:Fusarium culmorum grew o...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Hope R,Magan N

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Human bikunin is a glycoprotein that exhibits trypsin inhibitory activity against serine proteases, and is effective in clinic. However, limited productivity and high price of human bikunin retard its further application. In this study, a high-yield, low-cost process of recombinant human bikunin (rh-bikunin)...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Yao M,Zhang J,Wang X

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the underlying substrate utilization mechanism in the logistic equation for batch microbial growth by revealing the relationship between the logistic and Monod kinetics. Also, to determine the logistic rate constant in terms of Monod kinetic constants. METHODS AND RESULTS:The logistic equation used t...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Kargi F

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For pyruvate-producing strains, intracellular reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) accumulation is the main reason for the glycolysis inhibition. Comparing with glucose, using sodium gluconate as carbon source brought a decrease in NADH production and an increase in pyruvate production in engineered strain...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Yang M,Mu T,Zhong W,Olajuyin AM,Xing J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:  To show that application of copper hydroxide citrus sprays mixed with field source water (possibly contaminated) will not support Escherichia coli on plant surfaces. Environmental stresses of transient phyllosphere bacteria and presence of copper will eradicate these bacteria before harvest. METHODS AND RESULTS...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Narciso JA,Ference CM,Ritenour MA,Widmer WW

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare a range of enrichment broths and enrichment temperatures for the isolation of Escherichia coli O157 by immunomagnetic separation (IMS) from sandy, loam and clay soils. METHODS AND RESULTS:Soils were spiked with cocktails of four atoxigenic strains of E. coli O157 and four strains of commensal E. coli. ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Hepburn NF,MacRae M,Johnston M,Mooney J,Ogden ID

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small particle aerosols of plate-grown Salmonella enteritidis and Salm. typhimurium were generated and maintained within a rotating drum at 75% relative humidity and 24 degrees C for 2 h. Plate-grown organisms were found to be more aerosol-stable than broth-grown organisms. Differences were observed between the two sp...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： McDermid AS,Lever MS

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study was conducted to clarify the taxonomic status of Bacteroides type A strains with high vitamin B(12)-producing ability that is widely distributed in the intestinal tracts of freshwater fish. METHODS AND RESULTS:Seventeen strains of Bacteroides type A isolated from five fish species were all rod-shaped a...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Tsuchiya C,Sakata T,Sugita H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Catfishes of the genus Panaque are known for their ability to feed on wood and hence to process cellulose fibres in their digestive systems. The paper industry uses cellulose fibres and thus has an interest in exploiting this property biomimetically: it could be employed as a pretreatment to lessen the energ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Di Maiuta N,Schwarzentruber P,Schenker M,Schoelkopf J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the growth of salmonellae on sprouting alfalfa seeds as affected by the inoculum size, microbial load and Pseudomonas fluorescens 2-79. METHODS AND RESULTS:Alfalfa seeds pre-inoculated with < or =10(1)-10(3) CFU g(-1) of salmonellae and with or without Ps. fluorescens 2-79 were sprouted in glass ja...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Liao CH

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Clostridium perfringens is recommended as a suitable indicator bacterium for human enteric viruses, Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts in finished water and in the assessment and evaluation of water treatment. Several agars and confirmation procedures were evaluated in parallel with the Australian/New Zeala...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Wohlsen T,Bayliss J,Gray B,Bates J,Katouli M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanobacteria, also known as calcifying nanoparticles (CNP), are controversial infectious agents not matching the current criteria for 'living organism'. Despite the controversy of their classification, they propagate and cause cell death in vitro and are associated or found in many human diseases. Thus, more efforts s...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Kajander EO

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to detect the occurrence of beta-lactamase and biofilm producing Enterobacteriaceae in healthy ducks. A total 202 cloacal swabs were collected from ducks kept in organized (n = 92) and backyard (n = 110) farms in West Bengal (India). The ducks had no history of antibiotic intake. Among the 87...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Banerjee A,Bardhan R,Chowdhury M,Joardar SN,Isore DP,Batabyal K,Dey S,Sar TK,Bandyopadhyay S,Dutta TK,Samanta I

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of buoyant density centrifugation (BDC) to prepare samples for PCR analysis of food pathogens is described. Blue cheese and milk homogenates were inoculated with Shigella flexneri and layered on top of Percoll media. After BDC, the food homogenates remained in the upper part of the centrifuge tube, separated f...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Lindqvist R,Norling B,Lambertz ST

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotinic acid (NA) is ubiquitous in nature and its microbial degradation mechanisms are diverse. In this study, Pusillimonas sp. strain T2 was found to be capable of utilizing NA as sole carbon and nitrogen sources. This strain could completely degrade 300 mg l-1 NA within 3·5 h at 30°C and pH 7·0 and one of the degr...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Yuan M,Zhang Y,Zhao L,Ma Y,He Q,He J,Qiu J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Several serological diagnostics rely on enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect bacterial infections. However, for some pathogens, including Bartonella henselae, diagnosis still depends on manually intensive, time-consuming assays including micro-immunofluorescence, Western blotting or indirect i...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Ferrara F,Di Niro R,D'Angelo S,Busetti M,Marzari R,Not T,Sblattero D

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR primers were selected from the flagellin gene sequences flaA and flaB of Campylobacter coli to amplify DNA from Camp. jejuni and Camp. coli. When the PCR products were analysed by hybridization to an internal probe immobilized in microtitre wells, positive reactions were observed only for strains of Camp. jejuni a...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Rasmussen HN,Olsen JE,Jørgensen K,Rasmussen OF

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida species are increasingly important fungal pathogens. The reaction of rat alveolar macrophages (AM) to Candida albicans was compared with that to C. glabrata and C. krusei. Phagocytosis of C. glabrata was similar to that of C. albicans, but significantly slower for C. krusei due to reduced attachment. After ops...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Nessa K,Johansson A,Jarstrand C,Camner P

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding mechanisms of the novel SARS-CoV2 infection and progression can provide potential novel targets for prevention and/or treatment. This could be achieved via the inhibition of viral entry and/or replication, or by suppression of the immunologic response that is provoked by the infection (known as the cytok...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Akour A

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In this study, we compared different methods of colistin susceptibility testing, disc diffusion, agar dilution and Etest using a set of Enterobacteriaceae isolates that included colistin-resistant strains. METHODS AND RESULTS:Susceptibility of 200 clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae to colistin was tested to ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Maalej SM,Meziou MR,Rhimi FM,Hammami A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the effect of cold storage on the survival of Erwinia amylovora. METHODS AND RESULTS:The survival of E. amylovora was assessed during storage at 2 degrees C. Populations of E. amylovora inoculated into phosphate-buffered saline remained static, whereas in nutrient media populations increased at low t...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Taylor RK,Hale CN

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulation of proline and glycine betaine occurs via three transport systems in Staphylococcus aureus (Pourkomailian and Booth 1992, 1994). A 35 kDa membrane protein was identified to be missing from a mutant, BP108, which lacks activity of the low affinity osmolyte transport system. The loss in activity of the low ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Pourkomaillan B

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00