Treatment with chlorous acid to inhibit spores of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris in aqueous suspension and on apples.

abstract：:A rapid and simple method (24M) using 24 well microtitre plates was developed to determine the presence of Listeria monocytogenes or Listeria spp. in food samples. The 24M was composed of two 24 well microtitre plates connected with a yellow tip. The 24M was evaluated with pathogen cocktails and ground beef samples an...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Kang DH,Fung DY

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：AIMS:The gram-positive bacterial genus Lactococcus has been taxonomically classified into seven species (Lactococcus lactis, Lactococcus garvieae, Lactococcus piscium, Lactococcus plantarum, Lactococcus raffinolactis, Lactococcus chungangensis and Lactococcus fujiensis). This study aimed to develop a novel multiplex po...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Odamaki T,Yonezawa S,Kitahara M,Sugahara Y,Xiao JZ,Yaeshima T,Iwatsuki K,Ohkuma M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine which citric acid-producing strain of Aspergillus niger utilized wet corn distillers grains most effectively to produce citric acid. METHODS AND RESULTS:Citric acid and biomass production by the fungal strains were analysed on the untreated grains or autoclaved grains using an enzyme assay and a grav...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Xie G,West TP

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This study assessed the plant growth-promoting ability of the bacterial strains Ochrobactrum intermedium (isolate CrT-1) and Bacillus cereus (isolate S-6). METHODS AND RESULTS:Two chromium resistant bacterial strains isolated from chromium-contaminated wastewater and soils were identified as O. intermedium CrT-1 ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Faisal M,Hasnain S

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：: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：AIMS:To identify the abattoir source(s) of psychrophilic clostridia causing 'blown pack' spoilage of vacuum-packed chilled meats. METHODS AND RESULTS:Molecular procedures were used to detect the presence of specific 16S rRNA gene fragments of blown pack-causing clostridia in samples collected from a commercial abattoi...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Boerema JA,Broda DM,Bell RG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to identify and determine the diversity, occurrence and distribution of fungi in water used at a haemodialysis centre. METHODS AND RESULTS:Samples in the hydraulic circuit for the distribution of the water, dialysate samples and samples of sterilization solution from dialysers were colle...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Pires-Gonçalves RH,Sartori FG,Montanari LB,Zaia JE,Melhem MS,Mendes-Giannini MJ,Martins CH

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：:Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used after a short pre-enrichment culture to detect Salmonella subspecies in chicken fillets. A direct PCR assay performed with chicken meat inoculated with Salmonella Typhimurium produced no PCR products. Six different DNA extraction protocols were tested to recover efficiently Sal...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Soumet C,Ermel G,Fach P,Colin P

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine whether isolates of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana are more closely associated to their summer hosts compared with overwintering hosts, with recently developed molecular tools based on mitochondrial regions. METHODS AND RESULTS:Primers for the traditional ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 region and two mi...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Kouvelis VN,Ghikas DV,Edgington S,Typas MA,Moore D

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the effect of cold storage on the survival of Erwinia amylovora. METHODS AND RESULTS:The survival of E. amylovora was assessed during storage at 2 degrees C. Populations of E. amylovora inoculated into phosphate-buffered saline remained static, whereas in nutrient media populations increased at low t...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Taylor RK,Hale CN

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To develop a colorimetric colony-screening assay to facilitate the isolation of micro-organisms capable of defluorination. METHODS AND RESULTS:A metal-dye chelate, zirconium-xylenol orange was used to detect fluoride ions released from a fluorinated substrate through microbial metabolism. Depolymerised zirconium ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Davis CK,Denman SE,Sly LI,McSweeney CS

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：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：: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：AIMS:The aim of the study was to determine Campylobacter jejuni contamination and prevalence on fomites moving between broiler farms and the processing plant in the period after cleaning and before departure to harvest chickens. In addition, changes in the proportion of contaminated fomites in the course of a day were ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Ramabu SS,Boxall NS,Madie P,Fenwick SG

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural enzyme inhibitors have been widely described in literature because of its pharmacological and cosmetic applications. Fungi found in caves represent a promising source of bioactive substances that are still little explored scientifically. Thus, the present work evaluated the presence of enzymatic modulators in ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Cardoso MGB,Trento MVC,Reis CH,Marcussi S,Cardoso PG

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect staphylococcal enterotoxin B was developed using rat monoclonal antibodies as capture antibodies and as a biotinylated conjugate. This test was sensitive, less than 1 ng/ml of enterotoxin B was detected and interference by protein A was prevented by the use of rat...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Rogemond V,Da Costa Castro JM,Delaunay T,Cazaux C,Guinet RM

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aims of this study are to obtain the draft genome sequence of Streptomyces coelicoflavus ZG0656, which produces novel acarviostatin family α-amylase inhibitors, and then to reveal the putative acarviostatin-related gene cluster and the biosynthetic pathway. METHODS AND RESULTS:The draft genome sequence of S. ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Guo X,Geng P,Bai F,Bai G,Sun T,Li X,Shi L,Zhong Q

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently used alum precipitated and oil adjuvant vaccines against HS caused by Pasteurella multocida B:2, have side effects and short-lived immunity, leading to regular catastrophic outbreaks in bovines in Asian subcontinent. The need for the development of an improved vaccine with longer immunity and the ability to ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Qureshi S,Saxena HM,Imam N,Kashoo Z,Sharief Banday M,Alam A,Malik MZ,Ishrat R,Bhat B

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In this study, we report a new, simple methodology for the monitoring of Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts in drinking water samples, ranging from 10- to 1000-l, which combines a new ARAD microfibre filtration of the (oo)cysts from drinking water and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) of a human...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Plutzer J,Törökné A,Karanis P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the incidence, virulence and antibiotic properties in Vibrio spp. isolated from cockles (Tegillarca granosa) marketed in Korea. A total of 32 Vibrio spp. isolates including V. parahaemolyticus (n = 4), V. alginolyticus (n = 11), V. diabolicus (n = 14) and V. harveyi (n = 3) were ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Dahanayake PS,Hossain S,Wickramanayake MVKS,Heo GJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：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：:Salmonella enteritidis-inoculated poultry sausages were pressurized at 500 MPa by combining different times (10 and 30 min) and temperatures (50, 60 and 70 degrees C) or heat treated with the same temperature-time combinations and a standard cooking (75 degrees C for 30 min). Counts of Salm. enteritidis and mesophilic...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Yuste J,Pla R,Mor-Mur M

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：:Anti-MRSA activity of sophoraflavanone G (SFG) and synergism between SFG and antibacterial agents against MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) were evaluated by means of Minimal Inhibitory Concentrations (MIC). The MICs of SFG against 27 strains of MRSA ranged from 3.13 to 6.25 micrograms ml-1. Synergism...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Sakagami Y,Mimura M,Kajimura K,Yokoyama H,Linuma M,Tanaka T,Ohyama M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus, two bacterial strains commonly associated with biofilm-related medical infections and food poisoning, can rapidly colonize biotic and abiotic surfaces. The present study investigates the ability of anodic alumina surfaces with nanoporous surface topography to minim...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Feng G,Cheng Y,Worobo RW,Borca-Tasciuc DA,Moraru CI

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00