RAPD analysis of Campylobacter isolates: DNA fingerprinting without the need to purify DNA.

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the ability of a mixture of phage K and six of its modified derivatives to prevent biofilm formation by Staphylococcus aureus and also to reduce the established biofilm density. METHODS AND RESULTS:The bioluminescence-producing Staph. aureus Xen29 strain was used in the study, and incubation of thi...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Kelly D,McAuliffe O,Ross RP,Coffey A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Samples were collected from 148 adult cats, processed for isolation of Staphylococcus species and tested for susceptibility to penicillin G, gentamicin, oxacillin, amoxycillin, ampicillin, cephalexin and rifampin. Methicillin resistance was also determined. Ninety-eight isolates were obtained (66% of samples). Coagula...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Lilenbaum W,Nunes EL,Azeredo MA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reagent-derived contamination can compromise the integrity of microbiome data, particularly in low microbial biomass samples. This contamination has recently been attributed to the 'kitome' (contamination introduced by the DNA extraction kit), prior to which attention was mostly paid to potential contamination introdu...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Stinson LF,Keelan JA,Payne MS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Bacterial vaginosis is a frequent dysbiosis, where the normal lactobacillus-dominated flora is replaced by an anaerob/aerob polymicrobial flora. Bacterial vaginosis increases the risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STI) including the most frequent Chlamydia trachomatis infections. Intravaginal...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Párducz L,Eszik I,Wagner G,Burián K,Endrész V,Virok DP

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth at low positive temperatures and induced phenotypic resistance to extreme cold temperature (freezing/thawing cycles) of Enterococcus faecalis were investigated. The effect of low temperatures on the specific growth rates was studied; use of Arrhenius profile and Ratkovsky 'square-root' model allowed determinati...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Thammavongs B,Corroler D,Panoff JM,Auffray Y,Boutibonnes P

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoaggregation was frequently encountered among intestinal lactobacilli isolated from weaned pigs. The aggregation mechanism was shown to be mediated by the production of a proteinaceous aggregation-promoting factor in two strains of Lactobacillus reuteri. A 32 kDa aggregation-promoting protein was detected in these ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Kmet V,Callegari ML,Bottazzi V,Morelli L

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and proportions of opportunistic pathogens harboured on orthodontic retainers. METHODS AND RESULTS:First, Staphylococcus spp. and Candida spp. were isolated from the retainer's inner surface and from other mucosal surfaces of the subject's mouth by routine bac...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Al Groosh D,Roudsari GB,Moles DR,Ready D,Noar JH,Pratten J

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Assessment of antibacterial as well as antiherpes virus activity of sulfonoquinovosyldiacylglyceride (SQDG), a glycolipid, isolated from the leaves of Azadirachta indica has been described. Antimicrobial activity was evaluated against Gram-positive, Gram-negative bacteria and herpes simplex virus. SQDG showe...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Bharitkar YP,Bathini S,Ojha D,Ghosh S,Mukherjee H,Kuotsu K,Chattopadhyay D,Mondal NB

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：UNLABELLED:The number of naphtha plants is being reduced due to a worldwide shift in energy sources. Consequently, a shortage of chemical materials heavily dependent on naphtha-oil, especially C4 compounds such as butene and butane-diol, is an urgent issue in chemical manufacturing. Erythritol is a rare C4 compound pro...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Kobayashi Y,Iwata H,Mizushima D,Ogihara J,Kasumi T

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Bacillus thuringiensis, STB-1, toxic against Spodoptera exigua, was isolated. Bacillus thuringiensis STB-1 produced bipyramidal inclusions and reacted with the H antiserum of B. thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki. The plasmid and protein profiles of B. thuringiensis STB-1 were compared with those of its reference...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Chang JH,Roh JY,Je YH,Park HW,Jin BR,Woo SD,Kang SK

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the susceptibility of 221 Listeria spp. (86 Listeria monocytogenes, 41 Listeria innocua and 94 Listeria seeligeri-Listeria welshimeri-Listeria ivanovii) isolated from catfish fillets and processing environment to 15 antibiotics. METHODS AND RESULTS:Listeria isolates were analysed by disc-diffusion ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Chen BY,Pyla R,Kim TJ,Silva JL,Jung YS

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To develop an assay for rapid screening of bacterial adhesion to various groups of biomolecules present in fish mucus. METHODS AND RESULTS:A novel assay was developed for investigation of bacterial adhesion to various groups of mucus biomolecules from fish. Lipid-, protein-, carbohydrate- and nucleic acid-rich co...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Tkachenko A,Da Silva L,Hearne J,Parveen S,Waguespack Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To test the efficacy of Lactobacillus johnsonii FI9785 in reducing the colonization and shedding of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis, Escherichia coli O78:K80 and Clostridium perfringens in poultry. METHODS AND RESULTS:Specific pathogen-free chicks (1 day old) were dosed with a single oral inoculum of 1x1...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： La Ragione RM,Narbad A,Gasson MJ,Woodward MJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The objective of the present study was to determine the optimal culture conditions for exo-biopolymer production by Cordyceps militaris in shake flask culture. METHODS AND RESULTS:The optimal temperature and initial pH for both mycelial growth and exo-biopolymer production by Cordyceps militaris in shake flask cu...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Park JP,Kim SW,Hwang HJ,Yun JW

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Isolation of local strains is mandatory for the success of control programs. However, clinical samples are typically contaminated by other bacteria, which impair leptospires growth. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of a previously reported EMJH-STAFF media in the recovery of pathogenic lepto...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Loureiro AP,Martins G,Pinto P,Narduche L,Teixeira RC,Lilenbaum W

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effect of starvation, heat, cold, acid, alkaline, chlorine and ethanol stresses on the resistance of Enterobacter sakazakii in powdered infant milk formula (PIMF) towards gamma radiation. METHODS AND RESULTS:Stressed cells of E. sakazakii ATCC 51329 and four other food isolate strains were mixed in...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Osaili T,Al-Nabulsi A,Shaker R,Ayyash M,Olaimat A,Abu Al-Hasan A,Kadora K,Holley R

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of the study was to investigate the antagonistic interactions of Trichoderma species against Rhizoctonia solani sclerotia by enhanced green fluorescence protein (EGFP)-tagged transformant of Trichoderma virens TY009. METHODS AND RESULTS:An EGFP was used as a report gene for transforming T. virens strain, ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Liu LN,Zhang JZ,Xu T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Adaptation of a colorimetric assay using [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide] (MTT) to evaluate the cytotoxicity of the extracellular products of micro-organisms pathogenic to fish. METHODS AND RESULTS:The optimal conditions for the colorimetric assay were determined and this method was...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Zorrilla I,Balebona MC,Moriñigo MA

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：AIM:To evaluate the efficacy of electrochemically activated solution (ECASOL) in decontaminating Bacillus anthracis Ames and Vollum 1B spores, with and without changing the source water hardness and final ECASOL pH. METHODS AND RESULTS:Five different ECASOL formulations were generated, in which the source water hardne...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Rogers JV,Ducatte GR,Choi YW,Early PC

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The influence of oenological factors on cold-active pectinases from 15 preselected indigenous yeasts belonging to Aureobasidium pullulans, Filobasidium capsuligenum, Rhodotorula dairenensis, Cryptococcus saitoi and Saccharomyces cerevisiae was investigated. Pectinolytic enzymes were constitutive or partially...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Merín MG,Morata de Ambrosini VI

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of Clostridium difficile contamination of retail chicken. METHODS AND RESULTS:Chicken legs, thighs and wings were purchased using a standardized method from retail outlets across Ontario, Canada. Selective culture was used for qualitative and quantitative detecti...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Weese JS,Reid-Smith RJ,Avery BP,Rousseau J

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:Enterococci were isolated from faecal droppings of chickens in broiler and layer farms and the susceptibilities to nine therapeutic antimicrobial agents and six growth-promoting antibiotics were determined by the agar dilution method. Resistance to therapeutic antimicrobial agents such as ampicillin, clindamycin, eryt...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Yoshimura H,Ishimaru M,Endoh YS,Kojima A

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was aimed at determining antimicrobial susceptibility by a CLSI standard microdilution testing protocol and detecting the resistance genes of motile Aeromonas species isolated from cultured fish. The importance of the minimum inhibitory concentrations was assessed based on statistically determined ep...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Duman M,Saticioglu IB,Altun S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigella spp. are water-borne pathogens responsible for mild to severe cases bacilli dysentery all around the world known as Shigellosis. The progressively increasing of antibiotic resistance among Shigella calls for developing and establishing novel alternative therapeutic methods. The present study aimed to evaluate...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Shahin K,Zhang L,Bao H,Hedayatkhah A,Soleimani-Delfan A,Komijani M,He T,Barazandeh M,Mansoorianfar M,Bouzari M,Wang R

更新日期：2020-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Blown pack spoilage (BPS) of vacuum packaged beef is caused by psychrotolerant and psychrophilic Clostridium species, primarily Clostridium estertheticum and Clostridium gasigenes. The aim of this study was to investigate the environmental niches and impact of season on these BPS Clostridium spp. on Irish beef farms. ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Esteves E,Whyte P,Gupta TB,Bolton DJ

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physical effects of high-intensity pulsed electric fields (PEF) on the inactivation of diarrhoeagenic Bacillus cereus cells suspended in 0.1% peptone water were examined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The levels of PEF-induced microbial cell death were determined by enumeration on tryptone soy yeast ex...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Rowan NJ,MacGregor SJ,Anderson JG,Fouracre RA,Farish O

更新日期：2000-08-01 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