Extracellular enzyme activities during cassava fermentation for 'fufu' production.

abstract：:Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris is one of the most spoilage-causing bacteria in fruit juices. Control of A. acidoterrestris in fruit juices by bificin C6165 (Pei et al. in J Appl Microbiol 114(5):1273-1284, 2013), a bacteriocin produced by Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. animalis CICC 6165, was described in this stud...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Pei J,Yue T,Yuan Y

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of quaternary bis-phosphonium and bis-ammonium salts of pyridoxine with lipophilic substituents on the survival and morphology of Staphylococcus aureus cells. We found that, while originating from the same base, they exhibit considerably different antimicrobial mechanisms. In the presence of Ca(...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Nikitina EV,Zeldi MI,Pugachev MV,Sapozhnikov SV,Shtyrlin NV,Kuznetsova SV,Evtygin VE,Bogachev MI,Kayumov AR,Shtyrlin YG

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Filamentous fungi, isolated from the enriched surface of garden soil, were screened for α-galactosidase production after growing on wheat-bran/carbohydrate substrate. One isolate,Aspergillus niger, had the highest enzyme activity (5.1×10(-2) units/mg protein) at pH 5.0 and 50°C. Treatment of cowpea flour with the crud...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Somiari RI,Balogh E

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic relatedness of 20 Salmonella isolates comprising 16 serotypes was analysed by restriction endonuclease digestion of the total DNA with six endonucleases individually. The rDNA fingerprints generated by EcoRI were more polymorphic, each serotype showed a unique fingerprint sharing several core (monomorphic) ban...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Koh-Luar SI,Chew ST,Lau E,Chua SB

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have emerged as a promising technology for sustainable wastewater treatment coupled with electricity generation. A MFC is a device that uses microbes as catalysts to convert chemical energy present in biomass into electrical energy. Among the various mechanisms that drive the operation of a...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Aiyer KS

更新日期：2020-01-18 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：:Higher Basidiomycota have been used in natural medicine throughout the world for centuries. One of such fungi is Fomitopsis betulina (formerly Piptoporus betulinus), which causes brown rot of birch wood. Annual white to brownish fruiting bodies of the species can be found on trees in the northern hemisphere but F. bet...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Pleszczyńska M,Lemieszek MK,Siwulski M,Wiater A,Rzeski W,Szczodrak J

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terpenoids are a large class of compounds that have far-reaching applications and economic value, particularly those most commonly found in plants; however, the extraction and synthesis of these compounds is often expensive and technically challenging. Recent advances in microbial metabolic engineering comprise a brea...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Ma T,Deng Z,Liu T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chemically defined medium called KGm medium was used to isolate from a sample of sea water a bacterial strain, MW3A, capable of using N-3-oxohexanoyl-L: -homoserine lactone as the sole carbon source. MW3A was clustered closely to Pseudomonas aeruginosa by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis. It degraded both N-acylh...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Wong CS,Yin WF,Choo YM,Sam CK,Koh CL,Chan KG

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tween 80 (0.1%, v/v) added to Thermomonospora curvata growing in minimal medium caused a transient lowering of the dry cell mass, decreased the optimal growth temperature of the thermophile from 62 to 54°C, and increased extracellular esterase activity. Cells grown in the presence of Tween 80 had decreased concentrati...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Thies E,Jenkins T,Stutzenberger F

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common reed (Phragmites australis) and narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia L.) are two plant species used widely in artificial wetlands constructed to treat wastewater. In this study, the community structure and diversity of root-associated bacteria of common reed and narrow-leaved cattail growing in the Beijing...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Li YH,Zhu JN,Liu QF,Liu Y,Liu M,Liu L,Zhang Q

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is important widely grown vegetable in India and its productivity is affected by bacterial wilt disease infection caused by Ralstonia solanacearum. To prevent this disease infection a study was conducted to isolate and screen effective plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) antago...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Ramadasappa S,Rai AK,Jaat RS,Singh A,Rai R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recently described marine gliding bacterium Rapidithrix thailandica strain TISTR 1741 was isolated from biofilm specimen collected from the Andaman Sea in Thailand. Four liters fermentation broth of R. thailandica TISTR 1741 cultivated in VY/2 medium were extracted with methanol to yield a novel amino phenyl pyrroli...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Sangnoi Y,Plubrukarn A,Arunpairojana V,Kanjana-Opas A

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the potential production and desiccation tolerance of microsclerotia (MS) by Brazilian strains of Metarhizium anisopliae (Ma), M. acridum (Mc) and M. robertsii (Mr). These fungi were grown in a liquid medium containing 16 g carbon l⁻¹ with a carbon:nitrogen ratio of 50:1. One hundred milliliters cultur...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Mascarin GM,Kobori NN,de Jesus Vital RC,Jackson MA,Quintela ED

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biosurfactant-producing microorganisms inhabiting oil reservoirs are of great potential in industrial applications. Yet, till now, the knowledge about the structure and physicochemical property of their metabolites are still limited. The aim of this study was to purify and structurally characterize the biosurfactant f...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Liu JF,Wu G,Yang SZ,Mu BZ

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both β-proteobacterial aerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (ANAMMOX) bacteria were investigated in the hyporheic zone of a contaminated river in China containing high ammonium levels and low chemical oxygen demand. Fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH), denaturing gradient ge...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Wang Z,Qi Y,Wang J,Pei Y

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The threat of heavy metal pollution to environmental health is getting worldwide attention due to their persistence and non-biodegradable nature. Ineffectiveness of various physicochemical methods due to economical and technical constraints resulted in the search for a cost-effective and eco-friendly biological techni...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Hansda A,Kumar V,Anshumali

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:Chymosin can specifically break down the Phe105-Met106 peptide bond of milk κ-casein to form insoluble para-κ-casein, resulting in milk coagulation, a process that is used in making cheese. In this study, in order to obtain an alternative milk coagulant which is safe and efficient, and simultaneously can produce chees...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Jiang XP,Yin ML,Chen P,Yang Q

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Onion production in Argentina generates a significant amount of waste. Finding an effective method to recycle it is a matter of environmental concern. Among organic waste reuse techniques, anaerobic digestion could be a valuable alternative to current practices. Substrate inoculation with appropriate bacterial strains...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Rinland ME,Gómez MA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, three different suicide vectors were evaluated for the possibility of performing gene mutagenesis in strain OH11 using the chiA gene (accession number: DQ888611) as a new reporter. Suicide vector pEX18GM was selected, and it was successfully applied for disruption and in-frame deletions in the chiA gene in strai...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Qian G,Wang Y,Qian D,Fan J,Hu B,Liu F

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The competitiveness of fourRhizobium sp. strains infectingAcacia senegal and originating in the Sudan was assessed in a growth chamber experiment using Sudanese soil, WhenAcacia senegal was inoculated with pure cultures of the strains, there were statistically significant differences among the strains with respect to ...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Zhang X,Karsisto M,Lindström K

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of biogas in batch digesters at 30°C from sheep droppings produced 93 l gas/kg dry matter whereas cattle dung yielded 234 l/kg dry matter. When the sheep droppings and cattle dung were used at 25:75 (w/w), gas production per kg dry matter was equal to that of cattle dung only. The methane content of the bio...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Kanwar SS,Kalia AK

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal morphogenesis is a regulated series of events, leading to changes from one state to another, in which proteolysis could be regarded as one of the controlling functions. Proteinases are essential for the supply of amino acids, selective inactivation of specific growth phase proteins not required during developme...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Deshpande MV

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury-resistance genes were detected byin situ hybridization using new synthetic oligonucleotide probes specific formerA andmerB genes according to the published sequences of the corresponding enzymes. These DNA probes were used for the detection of specific mercury-resistant microorganisms isolated from the Rhine R...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Mirgain I,Hagnere C,Green GA,Harf C,Monteil H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungal genus Ustilago consists of intimidating pathogens associated with disease manifestations in plants of agricultural importance and gravity. Rapid progress of genome sequencing has opened the floodgates for biological research. Availability of Ustilago genomes provides a scope to explore complex codon and ami...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Roy A,van Staden J

更新日期：2019-07-22 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：:An inhibitory factor (IF) produced byAspergillus niger strain 19, and which inhibits the action of glucoamylase on starch, has the ability to be tightly adsorbed on to various raw starches, though the amount differs from starch to starch. Based on the hydrolysis of the IF-starch complex by glucoamylase, the inhibition...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Towprayoon S,Fujio Y,Ueda S

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huperzia serrata has many important medicinal properties with proven pharmacological potential. Some of these properties may be mediated by its endophytic fungi. To test this hypothesis, in the present study, we provided a first insights into evaluating the species composition and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Wang Y,Lai Z,Li XX,Yan RM,Zhang ZB,Yang HL,Zhu D

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential use of Sporosarcina pasteurii in possible biotechnological applications on a large scale (ground improvement, consolidation of building structures and ornamental stone, or in developing bio-materials for the building industry), is based on its ability to produce high amounts of carbonate in a short perio...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Cuzman OA,Richter K,Wittig L,Tiano P

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00