Discrimination of Arcobacter butzleri isolates by polymerase chain reaction-mediated DNA fingerprinting.

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:To examine changes in membrane fatty acid profile attributed to the physiological adaptation of Lactobacillus helveticus during vacuum drying. METHODS AND RESULTS:The viability and membrane integrity of the cells after vacuum drying were measured by plate counts and DNA fluorescence dyes. The physiological adapta...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Santivarangkna C,Kulozik U,Kienberger H,Foerst P

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To optimize the production of linolenic acid by disrupted mycelia of Mortierella isabellina. METHODS AND RESULTS:Effects of incubation conditions such as incubation time, pH of reaction mixture, concentration of Mg2+ or malate and incubation temperature on production of linolenic acid were studied. The production...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Xian M,Nie J,Meng Q,Liu J,Zhou C,Kang Y,Zhen K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare the fermentative capacity of wild and domesticated isolates of the genus Saccharomyces. METHODS AND RESULTS:The fermentative capacity of yeasts from a variety of wild and domesticated sources was tested in synthetic dough media that mimic major bread dough types. Domesticated yeast strains were found t...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Bell PJ,Higgins VJ,Attfield PV

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Alpha-galactosidase is applied in food and feed industries for hydrolysing raffinose series oligosaccharides (RO) that are the factors primarily responsible for flatulence upon ingestion of soybean-derived products. The objective of the current work was to develop an optimal culture medium for the production of al...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Liu CQ,Chen QH,Tang B,Ruan H,He GQ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The current standard culture methods are unable to detect nongrowing bacteria and, thus, might not be sufficient for precise monitoring of the microbiological quality of waters. The use of a molecular method such as PCR could be a valid alternative to detect bacterial faecal contamination indicators such as Escher...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Lleo MM,Bonato B,Tafi MC,Signoretto C,Pruzzo C,Canepari P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) is proving to be a useful technique in studying the epidemiology of micro-organisms. The technique can be troublesome and time consuming to establish due to the essentially empirical approach to optimization. By standardization of certain parameters and use of a commercia...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Hilton AC,Banks JG,Penn CW

更新日期：1997-04-01 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：AIMS:The development of a simple, rapid and sensitive method for the screening of chitinase inhibitors using Ostazin Brilliant Red labelled chitin as a substrate for chitinase assay. METHODS AND RESULTS:The colloidal substrate prepared from the Ostazin Brilliant Red labelled chitin was used in the estimation of chitin...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Shirazi F,Kulkarni M,Deshpande MV

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The effect of high organic loading rate (OLR) on the physical characteristics of aerobic granules was studied. METHODS AND RESULTS:Two column-type sequential aerobic sludge blanket reactors were fed with either glucose or acetate as the main carbon source, and the OLR was gradually raised from 6 to 9, 12 and 15 k...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Moy BY,Tay JH,Toh SK,Liu Y,Tay ST

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:Five phage types have been identified in 38 strains of Salmonella enteritidis isolated in Turkey in the 20-month period June 1992-January 1994. Strains belonging to phage type 4 predominated. Within phage type 4, plasmid profile typing has proved a useful method of strain discrimination and has confirmed the identity ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Erdem B,Threlfall EJ,Schofield SL,Ward LR,Rowe B

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate whether intranasal Lactobacillus administration protects host animals from influenza virus (IFV) infection by enhancing respiratory immune responses in a mouse model. METHODS AND RESULTS:After 3 days of intranasal exposure to Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG), BALB/c mice were infected with IFV A/PR...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Harata G,He F,Hiruta N,Kawase M,Kubota A,Hiramatsu M,Yausi H

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To develop a specific, fast and simple molecular method useful to detect the entomopathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas entomophila. METHODS AND RESULTS:The use of bioinformatics tools allowed the identification of unique genes present in P. entomophila genome. Using such genes, we designed primers aiming to detect s...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Papagiannoulis A,Mathiopoulos KD,Mossialos D

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that Salmonella shedding status affects sows' microbiota during gestation and that these modifications are reflected in the faecal microbiota of their piglets at weaning. The aims of this study were: (a) to evaluate the persistence, up to the fattening period, of the previously measured link ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Larivière-Gauthier G,Thibodeau A,Yergeau É,Fravalo P

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The following polymers were developed: polyethylene (PE), a PE and polyethylene oxide (70% PE and 30% PEO; PE + PEO) blend, PE and nisin (PE + nisin), PE, nisin, and EDTA (PE + nisin + EDTA), and PE + PEO with nisin (PE + PEO + nisin). METHODS AND RESULTS:Of the polymers tested, PE and PE + PEO did not exhibit an...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Cutter CN,Willett JL,Siragusa GR

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In this study, the relationship between morphology and cephalosporin C (CPC) production in a 30-l bioreactor culture of Cephalosporium acremonium M25 using a 3:7 seed mixture was investigated. In addition, the kinetic model was established and applied. METHODS AND RESULTS:CPC production was performed in a 30-l bi...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Kim JH,Lim JS,Kim CH,Kim SW

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：UNLABELLED:Newly synthesized erythromycin derivatives were screened for synergy with oxacillin and other β-lactam antibiotics against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). MRSA ATCC43300 and some clinically isolated MRSA were used. Several erythromycin derivatives were found to possess high synergism with...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Li Z,He M,Dong X,Lin H,Ge H,Shen S,Li J,Ye RD,Chen D

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pinellia ternata is a traditional Chinese herb that has been shown to suffer from continuous cropping. Deterioration in continuous P. ternata cropping soils and the effect of alteration of crop rotation on the soil were evaluated by using Illumina high-throughput sequencing technology. Soil physicochemical properties ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： He Z,Chen H,Liang L,Dong J,Liang Z,Zhao L

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate fusion expression between Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein and a foreign protein, the expression of a fusion protein comprised of Cry1Ac, and enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) in B. thuringiensis Cry(-)B strain was examined. METHODS AND RESULTS:The N-terminal fusion expression of EGFP...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Roh JY,Li MS,Chang JH,Choi JY,Shim HJ,Shin SC,Boo KS,Je YH

更新日期：2004-01-01 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:This work aims to investigate the binding capability of certain domains at N terminus of the protein NP_785232 of Lactobacillus plantarum to Caco-2 cells and to test the usage of affinity chromatography to isolate the human mucus component that interacts with them. METHODS AND RESULTS:Recombinant proteins contain...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Du L,Liu F,Ju X,Huo G

更新日期：2010-10-01 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: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：:A Coxiella sp. closely related to the agent of Q-fever, Coxiella burnetii, has been associated with mortalities in redclaw crayfish, (Cherax quadricarinatus), in farms and experimental facilities for three decades. Limited sequence data including 16S rRNA have placed the rickettsial species as a new species, candidatu...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Ruth Elliman J,Owens L

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was made of the incidence of Campylobacter upsaliensis among dogs and cats suffering from acute or chronic diarrhoea; 225 dogs and cats were examined and 51 strains were identified, 16 (7%) of which were Camp. upsaliensis. When rectal swabs were taken from a control group of 126 dogs and cats without clinical ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Steinhauserova I,Fojtikova K,Klimes J

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel findings in microbiology question the long-standing paradigm that a healthy pregnancy implies a sterile uterus. It now seems that the placenta is frequently colonized with bacteria, and a placental microbiome has been identified. Recent literature findings are summarized here, and an attempt is made to separate ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Wassenaar TM,Panigrahi P

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (STEC-HUS), caused by Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), is a serious, life-threating disease that mainly affects children. Bacteriological and genetic tests are commonly used in the routine laboratory diagnosis of STEC-HUS; however, serological methods have emerge...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Rastawicki W,Śmietańska K,Rokosz-Chudziak N,Wołkowicz T

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Palm wine produced traditionally and consumed by many people in the South-West of Burkina Faso is subject to alteration. In this study, we carried out a follow-up of two palm wines' fermentation during the 10 days in which palm wines are classically produced and consumed. We monitored biochemical characteris...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Tapsoba F,Savadogo A,Legras JL,Zongo C,Traore AS

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00