Environmental factors influencing the inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes by pulsed electric fields.

abstract：:The effect of relative humidity (RH) on the antimicrobial efficacy of chlorine dioxide (ClO2 ) gas against foodborne pathogens on tomatoes was evaluated. Also, levels of ClO2 residues on tomatoes after exposure to ClO2 gas under different RH conditions were measured to determine the quantity of solubilized ClO2 gas on...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Park SH,Kim WJ,Kang DH

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 is a worldwide concern. Cattle are their main reservoir and may contaminate watercourses through manure. We characterized a collection of 38 STEC O157:H7 strains isolated from surface water in feedlots areas (puddles inside pens formed after the rainfall or by spil...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Tanaro JD,Pianciola LA,D'Astek BA,Piaggio MC,Mazzeo ML,Zolezzi G,Rivas M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Andrias davidianus has been known as a traditional Chinese medicine for a long time. Its blood is considered as a waste or by-product of the meat production industry. Although there are reports on isolation of the antimicrobial peptides from different resources, there are no reports of their isolation from A. davi...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Pei J,Feng Z,Ren T,Sun H,Han H,Jin W,Dang J,Tao Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen strains of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolated from 10 of 75 (13.3%) tenderloin beef samples were examined for resistance to selected antibiotics, presence of plasmids, and genetic diversity by random amplification of polymorphic DNA analysis. All strains showed multiple resistant to the antibi...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Son R,Nimita F,Rusul G,Nasreldin E,Samuel L,Nishibuchi M

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vacuum-packaged poultry cooked sausages were pressure-treated at 500 MPa by combinations of time (5-45 min) and temperature (2-80 degrees C) and later stored at 6-8 degrees C for 12 we. Mesophile and psychrotrophe counts were determined 1 d, 3, 6, 9 and 12 we after treatment and compared with those of cooked sausages ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Yuste J,Mor-Mur M,Capellas M,Pla R

更新日期：1999-10-01 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:The study was aimed to evaluate the Mycobacterium leprae recombinant early secreted antigenic target-6 (rESAT-6) for its serological performance in leprosy patients. METHODS AND RESULTS:Employing enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), serum samples were tested for prevalence of immunoglobulin G antibodies aga...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Parkash O,Pandey R,Kumar A,Kumar A

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Chrysanthemum plants are subject to serious virus diseases, so detection and identification of virus pathogens is important to prevent the virus spread. A reliable one-step multiplex RT-PCR was developed to simultaneously detect two viruses and two viriods: chrysanthemum virus B, tomato Aspermy virus, chrysa...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Song A,You Y,Chen F,Li P,Jiang J,Chen S

更新日期：2013-01-01 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 examine the ability of Agrobacterium to attach to Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum strain CG423 under co-cultivation and to develop an Agrobacterium-mediated method of gene delivery into strain CG423, a promising agent for biological control of grasshoppers. METHODS AND RESULTS:The co-cultivation of Agrobac...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Duarte RT,Staats CC,Fungaro MH,Schrank A,Vainsten MH,Furlaneto-Maia L,Nakamura CV,de Souza W,Furlaneto MC

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Strains of Clostridium butyricum have been increasingly used as probiotics for both animals and humans. The aim of this study was to develop a growth medium for cultivating C. butyricum ZJUCB using a statistical methodology. METHODS AND RESULTS:Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to evaluate the effects o...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： He GQ,Kong Q,Ding LX

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:Escherichia coli O157:H7 (O157) has unusual acid tolerance. The influence of heat shock on acid tolerance of O157 was studied. Seven strains of O157 and E. coli K-12 were tested for their ability to survive in minimum glucose medium (pH 2.5) at 37 degrees C. The survival of heat-shocked (10 min at 48 degrees C) cells ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Wang G,Doyle MP

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to undertake a microbiological survey of foods, animal faeces and wastewater samples for Clostridium difficile, and determine the genotypes and antimicrobial susceptibilities of isolates. A total of 211 samples were tested for C. difficile using culture methods. Thirteen toxigenic C. di...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Rivas L,Dupont PY,Gilpin BJ,Cornelius AJ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To demonstrate that produce rinsates used for RT-qPCR detection of foodborne viruses may cause significant PCR inhibition and propose a means to reduce its impact on sensitivity. METHODS AND RESULTS:Here, it is shown that rinsing and concentration from spinach and precut lettuce have the potential to generate RNA...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Plante D,Bélanger G,Leblanc D,Ward P,Houde A,Trottier YL

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate interactions between rumen protozoa and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and to ascertain whether it is likely that rumen protozoa act as ruminant hosts for STEC. METHODS AND RESULTS:The presence of stx genes in different microbial fractions recovered from cattle and sheep rumen conten...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Burow LC,Gobius KS,Vanselow BA,Klieve AV

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The aim of this study was to assess the genetic diversity of Vibrio cholerae isolated from 2012 and 2013 outbreaks in Iran, with regard to their virulence properties. A total of 20 V. cholerae strains were collected from Sistan-Baluchestan province of Iran during 2012 and 2013 outbreaks. Hybridization assays...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Bakhshi B

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar are two microscopically indistinguishable amoebae living in the human colon. The former is a pathogen, whereas the latter is a nonpathogenic commensal. Using a model system of in vitro cocultures and PCR detection of the Entamoeba species, we found that the nonpathogenic spec...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Pysova I,Tumova P,Tolarova V,Nohynkova E

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The present study describes the implementation of real-time PCR to tetrathionate broth enrichment step of Salmonella detection in poultry. METHODS AND RESULTS:Real-time PCR with Salmonella invA-specific primers and a standard bacteriological method was applied to detect Salmonella in tetrathionate enrichment cult...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Eyigor A,Carli KT,Unal CB

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of pure cultures of Clostridium perfringens (ATCC 12922) and Cl. sporogenes (PA 3679) in five non-selective media, fluid thioglycollate medium (FTM), rapid perfringens medium (RPM), Columbia broth Malthus (CBM), reinforced clostridial medium (RCM) and lactose sulphite (LS), was monitored using conductance m...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Dromigny E,Bourrion F,Rugraf Y,Bolton FJ,Leden N

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Oenococcus oeni is a lactic acid bacterium used in wine fermentation. Two open reading frames (orfB and orfC) were identified in the upstream region of the hsp18 gene, encoding the small heat-shock protein Lo18. Expression of these genes in conditions of acid stress was studied in Escherichia coli. METHODS AND RE...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Morel F,Delmas F,Jobin MP,Diviès C,Guzzo J

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In the present study, two different optimization techniques were used to determine the suitable operating parameters for exo-biopolymer production in submerged mycelial cultures of two entomopathogenic fungi Paecilomyces japonica and Paecilomyces tenuipes. METHODS AND RESULTS:First, the rotating simplex method, a...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Xu CP,Sinha J,Bae JT,Kim SW,Yun JW

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To provide comparative genome sequence data for two related model strains of Staphylococcus aureus (SH1000 and 8325-4) that are used extensively in laboratory research. METHODS AND RESULTS:Comparative genome sequencing was used to identify genetic differences between Staph. aureus SH1000 and the fully genome-sequ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： O'Neill AJ

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Industrial biotechnology uses microbiological cells to produce a wide range of products. While the organisms in question are well understood regarding their genetic and molecular properties, less is known about their mechanical properties. Previous work has established a testing procedure for single Saccharo...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Overbeck A,Kampen I,Kwade A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fate of Salmonella enteritidis PT4 in home-made mayonnaise prepared with citric acid solution (citric acid concentration of > or = 4.98% (w/v)) was investigated. It was found that pH of mayonnaise is closely related to the ratio of egg yolk to citric acid, and the inactivation rate of the micro-organisms increases...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Xiong R,Xie G,Edmondson AS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To identify and compare microbiota in Chinese liquor Daqu, which were produced in the different regions using different production process. METHODS AND RESULTS:The DNA exacted from Daqu samples was used as a template for PCR with universal primers of 16S rRNA, 26S rRNA and 18S rRNA, respectively. The amplicons we...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Wang HY,Gao YB,Fan QW,Xu Y

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：: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

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：AIMS:To find a supplemental ingredient that can be added to routinely used growth media to increase conidial production and decrease aflatoxin biosynthesis in small sclerotial (S strain) isolates of Aspergillus flavus. METHODS AND RESULTS:Molasses was added to three commonly used culture media: coconut agar (CAM), pot...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Chang PK,Hua SS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00