Vapour-phase hydrogen peroxide inactivates Yersinia pestis dried on polymers, steel, and glass surfaces.

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the effect of molasses concentration, initial pH of molasses medium, and inoculum's size to maximize ethanol and minimize methanol, fusel alcohols, acetic acid and aldehydes in the fermentation mash in industrial fermentors. METHODS AND RESULTS:Initial studies to optimize temperature, nitrogen sour...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Arshad M,Khan ZM,Khalil-ur-Rehman,Shah FA,Rajoka MI

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study the cellular growth and morphology of Yarrowia lipolytica W29 and its lipase and protease production under increased air pressures. METHODS AND RESULTS:Batch cultures of the yeast were conducted in a pressurized bioreactor at 4 and 8 bar of air pressure and the cellular behaviour was compared with cultur...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Lopes M,Gomes N,Gonçalves C,Coelho MA,Mota M,Belo I

更新日期：2008-02-01 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:To evaluate the effect of oregano essential oil on Listeria monocytogenes cytoplasmic membrane. METHODS AND RESULTS:Nitroxide free-radical Electron Paramagnetic Resonance was applied on L. monocytogenes after 30 min exposure to oregano essential oil concentrations ranging from 0 to 1.25%. The impact of essential ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Serio A,Chiarini M,Tettamanti E,Paparella A

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) agar was evaluated for its ability to recover one isolate of each of three serotypes (O157:H7, O26 and O113:H21) of shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) from raw mince, pasteurized milk and salami after enrichment. The method detected around one colony-forming unit (cfu) in 2...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Hudson JA,Nicol C,Capill J,Bennett J

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：:Using a novel capillary thermal cycler, randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) generated DNA fingerprints were obtained in 3 h. The RAPD profiles were produced using a random 10-mer primer (5'-ACCGCCTGCT-3') which discriminated between different Listeria spp. Unique fragment profiles of Listeria monocytogenes serot...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Black SF,Gray DI,Fenlon DR,Kroll RG

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：UNLABELLED:In this study, we identified five strains isolated from soil and sediments able to degrade kraft lignin, aromatic dyes and lignin derivatives. Using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, the isolates were identified as Serratia sp. JHT01, Serratia liquefacien PT01, Pseudomonas chlororaphis PT02, Stenotrophomonas maltoph...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Tian JH,Pourcher AM,Peu P

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：: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：AIMS:A commercial biochemical panel ID kit was used to identify presumptive enterococci isolates of veterinary or agricultural origin obtained during different steps of culture. METHODS AND RESULTS:Fifty isolates identified as enterococci using a genus PCR assay were tested for genus and species identification using t...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Hudson CR,Fedorka-Cray PJ,Jackson-Hall MC,Hiott LM

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) is a dsDNA virus causing White Spot Syndrome Disease (WSSD) in shrimp with almost 100% morality rate within 3-10 days. In Bangladesh, WSSD is one of the major impediments of shrimp farming. This study first investigated the prevalence and distribution of WSSV in cultured shrimps of the...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Hossain A,Nandi SP,Siddique MA,Sanyal SK,Sultana M,Hossain MA

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a crossover study, volunteers consumed a diet supplemented with either wheat or rye bread. Levels of faecal mucus were determined and the adhesion of five selected probiotics to immobilized intestinal mucus, was assessed. No significant difference in the concentration of faecal mucus or adhesion of the probiotics t...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Ouwehand AC,Gråsten S,Niemi P,Mykkänen H,Salminen S

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emulsions of the fatty acids linoleic (C18:2 n-6), alpha-linolenic (C18:3 n-3) and arachidonic acid (C20:4 n-6) were incubated for 4 h under anaerobic conditions with human faecal suspensions. Linoleic acid was significantly decreased (P < 0.001) and there was a significant rise (P < 0.05) in its hydrogenation product...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Howard FA,Henderson C

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:2-Keto-4-methylthiobutyric acid (KMBA) is an established intermediate in microbial biosynthesis of ethylene from methionine. This study demonstrates the kinetics and effects of trace elements and electron complexes on substrate (KMBA)-derived C2H4 biosynthesis in soil. METHODS AND RESULTS:We have previously repor...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Arshad M,Nazli ZH,Khalid A,Zahir ZA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the genetic diversity within the species Paenibacillus polymyxa. METHODS:Southern hybridization was performed on 102 strains of P. polymyxa using DNA from the phage IPy1 as a probe. RESULTS:All 102 strains hybridized to phage IPy1 DNA. Data from different hybridization patterns obtained were used to ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Santos SC,Rodrigues Coelho MR,Seldin L

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The present study was designed to determine the individual and combined effects of acidified sodium chlorite (ASC, 0.1%, 24 +/- 1 degrees C), cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC, 0.5%, 24 +/- 1 degrees C) and hot water (HW, 93 +/- 1 degrees C) treatments on the survival of Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureu...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Ozdemir H,Koluman A,Yildirim Y

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Nine sets of PCR primers targeting Salmonella were evaluated for their specificity with pure cultures of intestinal-associated bacteria prior to their application to Salmonella detection in faecal samples. METHODS AND RESULTS:Gene targets of PCR primers included: 16S rDNA, a Salmonella pathogenicity island I viru...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Ziemer CJ,Steadham SR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To characterize and identify a novel contaminant of aviation fuel. METHODS AND RESULTS:Micro-organisms (yeasts and bacteria) were isolated from samples of aviation fuel. A yeast that proved to have been unrecorded previously was isolated from more than one fuel sample. This novel yeast proved to be a new species ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Buddie AG,Bridge PD,Kelley J,Ryan MJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Saccharomyces cerevisiae was used for studying the physiological effects of hydrostatic pressure. METHODS AND RESULTS:The effects of hydrostatic pressure on the ultrastructure of wild-type and trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (tps1) mutant cells were investigated by transmission electron microscopy. Pressure induce...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Fernandes PM,Farina M,Kurtenbach E

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The objective of this study was to subtype Arcobacter butzleri isolates using RAPD-PCR. METHODS AND RESULTS:Thirty-five A. butzleri isolates obtained from chicken carcasses were examined. PCR-mediated DNA fingerprinting technique with primers of the variable sequence motifs was used to detect polymorphism within ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Atabay HI,Bang DD,Aydin F,Erdogan HM,Madsen M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific detection and enumeration of Lactobacillus brevis LB62, Carnobacterium divergens V14 and Carnobacterium piscicola VI were studied by in situ hybridization-flow cytometry. The method was performed on the exponential growth phase with three probes targeting 16S rRNA labelled with fluorescein isothicyanate (...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Connil N,Dousset X,Onno B,Pilet MF,Breuil MF,Montel MC

更新日期：1998-11-01 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：:Microsomal chitinase from yeast and hyphal cells of Candida albicans was activated endogenously by incubation at 30 degrees C and exogenously by trypsin. The putative activating factor of yeast cells was separated from chitinase activity by fractionation of lysed protoplasts on an Iodixanol density gradient. The vacuo...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Jackson DJ,Saunders VA,Humphreys AM

更新日期：1996-09-01 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：:Many strains of Pseudomonas fluorescens show potential for biological control of phytopathogens especially root pathogens. In taxonomic terms, several of them are indeed P. fluorescens sensu stricto, while others belong in fact to neighbouring species of the 'P. fluorescens' complex or to ill-defined related species w...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Couillerot O,Prigent-Combaret C,Caballero-Mellado J,Moënne-Loccoz Y

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To develop a PCR-based method for quantitative detection of Fusarium asiaticum (Fa) and Fusarium graminearum (Fg) in wheat seeds. METHODS AND RESULTS:Based on the sequences of the cyp51A gene, two primer pairs FaF + FaR and FgF + FgR were developed for the species-specific detection of Fa and Fg, respectively. To...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Yin Y,Liu X,Ma Z

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00