Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection induces apoptosis in HL-60 cells.

abstract：:Drotaverine [1-(3,4-diethoxybenzylidene)-6,7-diethoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline] hydrochloride, an antispasmodic drug derived from benzylisoquinoline was evaluated for its biodegradability using a bacterial strain Rhodococcus rhodochrous IEGM 608. The experiments were performed under aerobic conditions with rhodo...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Ivshina IB,Vikhareva EV,Richkova MI,Mukhutdinova AN,Karpenko JN

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prebiotic Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) escape metabolism in upper GI tract undergo microbial metabolism in colon and thereby influence the nature, type and number of intestinal microbiota to improve host's health. The present study focuses on the ability of Lactobacillus plantarum CFR 2194 to utilize FOS as a selectiv...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Arenahalli Ningegowda M,Siddalingaiya Gurudutt P

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penicillium citrinum, using rice husks in a solid state fermentation, produced maximum cellulase yields (37 Units/g) after 12 days with a cellulose utilization of more than 70%. Enzyme yields were three times higher than in shake-flask cultures. ...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Kuhad RC,Singh A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy-metal chromium [Cr(VI)] is a ubiquitous environmental pollutant. Comparing with chemical reduction, microbiological reduction is considered to be a friendly and cheaper way to decrease the damage caused by chromate. A bacterial strain, CR-07, which is resistant to and capable of reducing chromate was isolated fr...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Liu Z,Wu Y,Lei C,Liu P,Gao M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diastatic power of four 'improved' Nigerian sorghum cultivars was produced principally by α-amylolytic activity, unlike that of Nigerian Proctor barley which came principally from β-amylolytic activity. Free amino nitrogen levels and extracts of the sorghums were higher than those of barley when the sorghum was ma...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Etokakpan OU

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A symbiotic, heterocystous, N2-fixing blue-green alga, isolated from the coralloid roots of a xerophytic plant,Cycas revoluta, grew best in liquid medium supplemented with 4 mM NO 3 (-) . Morphologically, the isolated alga was identical to that of the natural endophyte but the cell size had decreased markedly. The alg...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Sharma A,Mishra DP,Kumar A

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil contamination due to cadmium (Cd) is a ubiquitous environmental problem for which inexpensive remediation alternatives are required. Phytoaccumulation, the use of plants to extract and accumulate heavy metals from the contaminated environment, is such an alternative. In this study, we aimed at establishing effect...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Ahsan MT,Tahseen R,Ashraf A,Mahmood A,Najam-Ul-Haq M,Arslan M,Afzal M

更新日期：2019-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In natural environments, microorganisms form microbial aggregates called biofilms able to adhere to a multitude of different surfaces. Yeasts make no exception to this rule, being able to form biofilms in a plethora of environmental niches. In food realms, yeast biofilms may cause major problems due to their alterativ...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Zara G,Budroni M,Mannazzu I,Fancello F,Zara S

更新日期：2020-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Olive trees play an important role in cultural, ecological, environmental and social fields, constituting in large part the Mediterranean landscape. In Tuscany, an important economic activity is based on olive. Unfortunately, the Verticillium wilt affects this species and causes vascular disease. In the present study,...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Ceccherini MT,Luchi N,Pantani OL,Ascher J,Capretti P,Pietramellara G

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of indigenous bacterial strains is a valuable bioremediation strategy for cleaning the environment from hydrocarbon pollutants. The isolation and selection of hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria is therefore crucial for obtaining the most promising strains for site decontamination. Two different media, a minimal me...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Bučková M,Puškarová A,Chovanová K,Kraková L,Ferianc P,Pangallo D

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus coagulans, when grown on casein at 20°C, produced an inducible, metalloprotease of 28 kDa at 1.6 U/mg cell protein. (NH4)2SO4 at 2 g/l decreased enzyme production irrespective of carbon source. ...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Ram MS,Singh L,Alam SI,Aggarwal MK

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quaternary ammonium salts (QASs) are ubiquitous in nature, being found in organisms ranging from microorganisms to vertebrates (e.g., glycine betaine, carnitine) where they have important cellular functions. QASs are also obtained by chemical synthesis. These compounds, due to their diverse chemical structure (e.g. mo...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Obłąk E,Futoma-Kołoch B,Wieczyńska A

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This work reports the production of MEL-A using coconut water as the carbon source. Proximate analysis of coconut water indicated the presence of nutrients necessary for growth of the organism and production of desired metabolite. The amount of MEL produced using coconut water was 3.85 g/L (± 0.35) with 74% of it bein...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Madihalli C,Sudhakar H,Doble M

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Ergosterol is the predominant nature sterol constituent of plasma membrane in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Herein, the biosynthetic pathway of ergosterol was proposed to be metabolically engineered for the efficient production of ergosta-5,7-dien-3β-ol, which is the precursor of vitamin D4. By target disruption of erg5, ...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Ma BX,Ke X,Tang XL,Zheng RC,Zheng YG

更新日期：2018-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichoderma harzianum produced RNA-depolymerase with maximum activity after 72 to 120 h of growth. Addition of K2HPO4 repressed enzyme production by the fungus. The optimal activity was at pH 7.8 and 40 to 50°C. The enzyme was stable at pH 3.2 to 9.0 and 80% of activity remained after 60 min at 40°C. EDTA and p-chloro...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Vasileva-Tonkova ES

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 3-week period, samples of fresh, chopped, pork meat were taken every morning and afternoon from 50 meat stalls. Microbiological examination revealed that the samples had (c.f.u./g): total microbes, 1×10(3) to 2.14×10(6); mean probable numbers of coliforms and Escherichia coli, 1.51×10(3) to 1.15×10(4); and yeas...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： O'Toole DK

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized the culturable, heterotrophic bacterial community in soil collected from a former alpine military site contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons. The physiologically active eubacterial community, as revealed by fluorescence-in situ-hybridization, accounted for 14.9 % of the total (DAPI-stained) bacteri...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Zhang D,Margesin R

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atmospheric and room temperature plasma (ARTP) was first employed to generate mutants of Actinomyces JN537 for improving acarbose production. To obtain higher acarbose producing strains, the method of screening the strains for susceptibility to penicillin was used after treatment with ARTP. The rationale for the strat...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Ren F,Chen L,Tong Q

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cloning and expression of toxic proteins in bacteria have posed a great challenge because of the leaky expression in inducible expression systems. Using artificial gene synthesis and clone screening methods, we identified a mutant T5 promoter, which significantly reduced leaky expression of lac operator. The mutan...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Guo J,Jia R

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate whether immobilizing a probiotic strain Lactobacillus reuteri DPC16 in chitosan-coated alginate microcapsules affected their inhibitory performance against food-borne pathogens. The probiotic strain was encapsulated in sub-100 μm alginate microspheres which were further coated wit...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Chen S,Cao Y,Ferguson LR,Shu Q,Garg S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chromosomal gene, required for nodule development on Phaseolus bean, was characterized from Rhizobium etli strain TAL182. MLC640 is a Tn5 insertion mutant of TAL182 which shows decreased motility in soft TY agar and is defective in nodule development. The site of Tn5 insertion in MLC640 mapped to a 3.6-kb EcoRI chro...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Pooyan S,George ML,Borthakur D

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An α-amylase from a hyper-producing strain of Bacillus (sp. E2) was stable at 70°C for 30 min but was quickly inactivated at higher temperatures. In the presence of 10MM Ca(2+) and starch (20% w/v), however, the enzyme was stable at 90°C for 10 min and after 30 min at 100°C still retained 26% of its initial activity. ...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Goyal N,Sidhu GS,Chakrabarti T,Gupta JK

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adhesion ability is a primary criterion for the selection of probiotic microorganisms. Lactic acid bacteria contribute the majority of microorganisms with probiotic properties. They have several important mechanisms for intestinal epithelial cell adhesion. In order to adhere to the intestinal cells, they generally use...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Alp D,Kuleaşan H

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria are crucial components in lake sediments and play important role in various environmental processes. Urban lakes in the densely populated cities are often small, shallow, highly artificial and hypereutrophic compared to rural and natural lakes and have been overlooked for a long time. In the present study, ba...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Zhao D,Huang R,Zeng J,Yan W,Wang J,Ma T,Wang M,Wu QL

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive usage of antibiotics has led to the emergence of drug-resistant strains of pathogens and hence, there is an urgent need for alternative antimicrobial agents. Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) of bacterial origin have shown the potential to replace some conventional antibiotics. In the present study, an AMP was i...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Taggar R,Jangra M,Dwivedi A,Bansal K,Patil PB,Bhattacharyya MS,Nandanwar H,Sahoo DK

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Microorganisms associated with fermentation ofmasa wereLactobacillus plantarum, Pediococcus acidilactici, Lactobacillus fermentum andSaccharomyces cerevisiae. During the fermentation of maize grains, the temperature and moisture increased and the pH decreased. Most amino acids decreased in concentration during ferment...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Oyeyiola GP

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become increasingly important because it is the most common cause of hospital-acquired infections, which have become globally epidemic. Our study specifically focused on the MRSA strain USA300, which was shown in 2014 to be responsible for the most current pandemi...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Zhou X,Liu S,Li W,Zhang B,Liu B,Liu Y,Deng X,Peng L

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cr(VI) is a highly toxic metal produced by anthropogenic activity which may impact the environment, affecting plants and animals. In plants, chromium both as Cr(III) or Cr(VI) can be absorbed by roots, is poorly translocated and affects negatively plant growth. Plants used in phytoremediation need to cope with chromiu...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Francisco R,Branco R,Schwab S,Baldani JI,Morais PV

更新日期：2017-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Nikkomycin Z (NZ) is a competitive inhibitor of chitin synthase III in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Myosin type II-deficient yeast strains (myo1) display a dramatic reduction in growth when chitin synthase III activity is inhibited by NZ, supporting the contention that actomyosin motility plays an important rol...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Rivera-Molina FE,González-Crespo S,Maldonado-De la Cruz Y,Ortiz-Betancourt JM,Rodríguez-Medina JR

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Pleurotus ostreatus was grown in tomato pomace as sole carbon source for production of laccase. The culture of P. ostreatus revealed a peak of laccase activity (147 U/L of fermentation broth) on the 4th day of culture with a specific activity of 2.8 U/mg protein. Differential chromatographic behaviour of l...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Freixo Mdo R,Karmali A,Arteiro JM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00