Novel peroxidases of Marasmius scorodonius degrade beta-carotene.

abstract：:A looming global energy crisis has directly increased biomethanation processes using anaerobic digestion technology. However, much knowledge on the microbial community structure, their distribution within the digester and related functions remains extremely scanty and unavailable in some cases, yet very valuable in th...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Ambuchi JJ,Liu J,Wang H,Shan L,Zhou X,Mohammed MO,Feng Y

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variable domains of heavy chains of camelid heavy-chain antibodies (VHHs) are known as nanobodies. Nanobodies are approximately 15 kDa in size with high affinity to their antigens. They can be easily manipulated and produced in microorganisms. In this study, an alpaca was immunized with purified green fluorescence pro...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Fang Z,Cao D,Qiu J

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lantibiotic nukacin ISK-1 is produced by Staphylococcus warneri ISK-1. The dual functional transporter NukT, an ABC transporter maturation and secretion protein, contributes to cleavage of the leader peptide from the prepeptide (modified NukA) and the final transport of nukacin ISK-1. NukT consists of an N-terminal pe...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Zheng S,Nagao JI,Nishie M,Zendo T,Sonomoto K

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Hydroxyalkanoates (2HAs) have become the new monomeric constituents of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). PHAs containing 2HA monomers, lactate (LA), glycolate (GL), and 2-hydroxybutyrate (2HB) can be synthesized by engineered microbes in which the broad substrate specificities of PHA synthase and propionyl-CoA...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Matsumoto K,Taguchi S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is a major cause of mortalities and morbidities worldwide. It is associated with hyperlipidemia and inflammation, and become chronic by triggering metabolites in different metabolic pathways. Disturbance in the human gut microbiota is now considered a critical factor in the atherosclerosis. Trimethylam...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Din AU,Hassan A,Zhu Y,Yin T,Gregersen H,Wang G

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria is a parasitic, mosquito-borne, infectious disease that threatens nearly half of the global population. The last decade has seen a dramatic drop in the number of malaria-related deaths because of vector control methods and anti-malarial drugs. Unfortunately, this strategy is not sustainable because of the emer...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Gregory JA,Mayfield SP

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane integrity has been used as a criterion for the definition of cell viability. In the present work, staining conditions (time and dye concentration) for the evaluation of membrane integrity in a fluorescence microplate reader, using the membrane-impermeant nucleic-acid dye SYTOX Green, were optimized. Incubatin...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Machado MD,Soares EV

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to stringent (relA+) cells of Escherichia coli, relaxed (relA) cells excreted recombinant proteins (beta-lactamase, interferon alpha 1) into the culture medium during amino acid limitation. Comparative analyses of overall fatty acid composition in relA+ cells and relA cells were performed and revealed that...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Gitter B,Diefenbach R,Keweloh H,Riesenberg D

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Gram-positive, red-pigment-producing bacterial strain, designated JS520 was isolated from the pristine sediment from the cave on mountain Miroc in Serbia. Strain was confirmed to belong to Streptomyces genus based on phenotypic and genetic analysis. Streptomyces sp. JS520 has the ability to produce exceptionally hig...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Stankovic N,Radulovic V,Petkovic M,Vuckovic I,Jadranin M,Vasiljevic B,Nikodinovic-Runic J

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baicalin (baicalein 7-O-β-D-glucuronide) is one of the major flavonoid glucuronides found in traditional herbal medicines. Because its aglycone, baicalein, is absorbed more quickly and shows more effective properties than baicalin, the conversion of baicalin into baicalein by β-glucuronidase (GUS) has drawn the attent...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Sakurama H,Kishino S,Uchibori Y,Yonejima Y,Ashida H,Kita K,Takahashi S,Ogawa J

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of poly-ethylene-co-vinyl acetate (EVA) films incorporating different concentrations (0.1%, 0.5% and 1%) of nisin on the biofilm-forming ability of Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 7644, Staphylococcus aureus 815 and Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCC 35984. Nisin was incorpora...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Nostro A,Scaffaro R,Ginestra G,D'Arrigo M,Botta L,Marino A,Bisignano G

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A set of mutants was generated by targeted deletion of the hsdR loci of two type I restriction modification systems (RMS) identified in Bacillus licheniformis DSM13. Single as well as double knock-outs resulted in strains being readily transformable with plasmids isolated from Bacilli. Introduction of shuttle plasmids...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Waschkau B,Waldeck J,Wieland S,Eichstädt R,Meinhardt F

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the last 20 years, bacteria of the genus Acinetobacter have been the leading cause of hospital-acquired infections. In addition to the ability of Acinetobacter species to acquire rapid antibiotic resistance, limited knowledge on the mechanisms of multidrug resistance to antibiotics limits the treatment options f...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Shin B,Park C,Park W

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetic acid bacteria are well-known for their membrane-bound dehydrogenases rapidly oxidizing a variety of substrates in the periplasm. Since many acetic acid bacteria have not been successfully cultured in the laboratory yet, studying membrane-bound dehydrogenases directly from a metagenome of vinegar microbiota seem...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Peters B,Mientus M,Kostner D,Daniel R,Liebl W,Ehrenreich A

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus aureus-induced bovine mastitis causes significant losses to the dairy industry and available vaccines do not confer adequate protection. As a more attractive alternative, we propose the use of antibody (Ab) therapy. In our previous study, we constructed a bovine single-chain variable fragment (scFv) Ab ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Wang M,Wang T,Guan Y,Wang F,Zhu J

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A thermophilic Bacillus coagulans WCP10-4 with tolerance to high concentration of glucose was isolated from soil and used to produce optically pure L-lactic acid from glucose and starch. In batch fermentation at pH 6.0, 240 g/L of glucose was completely consumed giving 210 g/L of L-lactic acid with a yield of 95 % and...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Zhou X,Ye L,Wu JC

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to its potential in preventing or slowing the occurrence of many diseases, resveratrol (3,5,4'-trihydroxystilbene) has attracted great research interest. The objective of this study was to identify microorganisms from selected plants that produce resveratrol and to optimize the conditions for resveratrol productio...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Shi J,Zeng Q,Liu Y,Pan Z

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polygalacturonases (PG) have evolved in the past years from a pectinase "simply" being used for food processing to an important parameter in plant-fungal interaction. PG-inhibiting proteins (PGIP) that are synthesised in plants as a specific response to PGs of pathogenic fungi, have become a focus as a possible target...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Lang C,Dörnenburg H

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypsin is commonly used in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cell culture-based influenza vaccine production to facilitate virus infection by proteolytic activation of viral haemagglutinin, which enables multi-cycle replication. In this study, we were able to demonstrate that trypsin also interferes with pathogen defe...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Seitz C,Isken B,Heynisch B,Rettkowski M,Frensing T,Reichl U

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to produce ricinoleic acid (RA), an important natural raw material with great values as a petrochemical replacement, in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, we introduced Claviceps purpurea oleate Δ12-hydroxylase gene (CpFAH12) to S. pombe, putting it under the control of an inducible nmt1 promoter. However, RA was...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Yazawa H,Holic R,Kumagai H,Uemura H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Winemaking, brewing and baking are some of the oldest biotechnological processes. In all of them, alcoholic fermentation is the main biotransformation and Saccharomyces cerevisiae the primary microorganism. Although a wide variety of microbial species may participate in alcoholic fermentation and contribute to the sen...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Albergaria H,Arneborg N

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terminal disinfection and daily cleaning have been performed in hospitals in Taiwan for many years to reduce the risks of healthcare-associated infections. However, the effectiveness of these cleaning approaches and dynamic changes of surface microbiota upon cleaning remain unclear. Here, we report the surface changes...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Chen CH,Tu CC,Kuo HY,Zeng RF,Yu CS,Lu HH,Liou ML

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dibenzothiophene (DBT) desulfurizing operon, dsz, was introduced into various benzothiophene (BT)-desulfurizing bacteria using a Rhodococcus-E. coli shuttle vector. Of the tested recombinant bacteria, only those from Rhodococcus sp. strain T09 grew with both DBT and BT as the sole sulfur source. These recombinant ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Matsui T,Hirasawa K,Konishi J,Tanaka Y,Maruhashi K,Kurane R

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a high number of chickens carry Campylobacter jejuni, the mechanistic action of colonization in the intestine is still poorly understood. The current study was therefore designed to investigate the effects of C. jejuni on glucose uptake, amino acids availability in digesta, and intracellular calcium [Ca(2+)]i...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Awad WA,Smorodchenko A,Hess C,Aschenbach JR,Molnár A,Dublecz K,Khayal B,Pohl EE,Hess M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent use of photosynthetic organisms such as Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in biomedical applications has demonstrated their potential for the treatment of acute and chronic tissue hypoxia. Moreover, transgenic microalgae have been suggested as an alternative in situ drug delivery system. In this study, we set out t...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Jarquín-Cordero M,Chávez MN,Centeno-Cerdas C,Bohne AV,Hopfner U,Machens HG,Egaña JT,Nickelsen J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human neutrophil peptide 1 (HNP1) is a small (3.44 kDa) cationic peptide that is a distinct member of the defensin family. HNP1 plays a crucial role in controlling bacterial infections, particularly by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, through membrane perforation patterns. The structural characteristics of HNP1's three ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Zhang X,Jiang A,Qi B,Yu H,Xiong Y,Zhou G,Qin M,Dou J,Wang J

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intervention strategies for obesity are global issues that require immediate attention. The objective of this study was to assess the possibility that Clostridium butyricum and its potential components could reduce lipogenesis. Co-culture experiments of Caco-2 cells and 1 × 10(6), 1 × 10(7), and 1 × 10(8) CFU/ml of C....

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Zhao X,Guo Y,Liu H,Gao J,Nie W

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brazzein is an intensely sweet-tasting plant protein with good stability, which makes it an attractive alternative to sucrose. A brazzein gene has been designed, synthesized, and expressed in Escherichia coli at 30 degrees C to yield brazzein in a soluble form and in considerable quantity. Antibodies have been produce...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Berlec A,Jevnikar Z,Majhenic AC,Rogelj I,Strukelj B

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyme borreliosis is a bacterial infection that can be spread to humans by infected ticks and may severely affect many organs and tissues. Nearly four decades have elapsed since the discovery of the disease agent called Borrelia burgdorferi. Although there is a plethora of knowledge on the infectious agent and thousand...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Strnad M,Grubhoffer L,Rego ROM

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corynebacterium glutamicum shows a great potential for the production of the polyamide monomer putrescine (1,4-diaminobutane). Previously, we constructed the putrescine-producing strain PUT1 by deletion of argF, the gene for ornithine transcarbamoylase (OTC), and argR, encoding the L-arginine repressor, combined with ...

journal_title：Applied microbiology and biotechnology

authors： Schneider J,Eberhardt D,Wendisch VF

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00