Characterization of a symbiotic, heterocystous, N2-fixing cyanobacterium fromCycas coralloid roots.

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：:A novel Lactobacillus panis PM1 isolate was found to be capable of converting glycerol to 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PDO), an increasingly valuable commodity chemical. In this study the effects of various process parameters, including glucose and glycerol concentrations, inoculum size, temperature, aeration, pH, and carbon ...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Grahame DA,Kang TS,Khan NH,Tanaka T

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mushroom Flammulina velutipes and the white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor were cultivated separately on sugarcane bagasse for 40 days. Trametes versicolor produced laccase and manganese-peroxidase activities, showing a simultaneous degradation of lignin and holocellulose. However, only phenoloxidase activity was ...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Pal M,Calvo AM,Terrón MC,González AE

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhizoctonia bataticola produced oxalic acid in vitro and in vivo during pathogenesis of patato tuber. Polygalacturonase (PG) was also detected in culture filtrates of the rot-causing organism. Levels of maceration and cell death in tuber tissue were higher when a mixture of oxalic acid and PG was used than when either...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Amadioha AC

更新日期：1993-09-01 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：:Orange juice is a major agricultural product, and oranges are among the most widely sold fresh fruits in several countries. Citrus black spot (CBS), caused by the fungus Phyllosticta citricarpa, affects almost every species of citrus, causing a esthetic depreciation of the fruit and fruit drop, with consequent financi...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Kupper KC,Moretto RK,Fujimoto A

更新日期：2019-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease and it affects the respiratory and digestive systems. Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in Cystic Fibrosis are presented as the main cause for high mortality and morbidity rates. Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations can regulate their virulence gene expressions via the bacterial comm...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Gökalsın B,Sesal NC

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large patch disease, caused by Rhizoctonia solani AG2-2, is the most devastating disease in Zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica). Current large patch disease control strategies rely primarily upon the use of chemical pesticides. Streptomyces sp. S8 is known to possess exceptional antagonistic properties that could potentiall...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Jeon CW,Kim DR,Kwak YS

更新日期：2019-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellae are Gram-negative intracellular bacterial pathogens that infect humans and animals, bringing great economic burdens to developing countries. Live attenuated Brucella vaccines (strain M5-90 or others) are the most efficient means for prevention and control of animal brucellosis. However, these vaccines have s...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Zhang Y,Li T,Zhang J,Li Z,Zhang Y,Wang Z,Feng H,Wang Y,Chen C,Zhang H

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiazolidinedione (TD) derivatives have been found to have an algicidal effect on harmful algal bloom microalgae. In this study, 75 TD derivatives were synthesized and analyzed for algicidal activity. Among these synthetic TDs, 18 TD derivatives showed specific algicidal activity on two strains belonging to the classe...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Wu Y,Lee Y,Jung SG,Kim M,Eom CY,Kim SW,Cho H,Jin E

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One strain of algicidal bacterium, named as S088, was isolated from the intestine of healthy sea cucumbers (Stichopus horrens) in the South China Sea. Based on the analysis of its biochemical characteristics and 16S rDNA gene sequence, S088 was identified as Bowmanella denitrificans. Importantly, the algicidal activit...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Jiang X,Ren C,Hu C,Zhao Z

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fossil fuels consumption impacts the greenhouse gas emissions. Biofuels are considered as alternative renewable energy sources to reduce the fossil fuels dependency. Bioethanol produced by recombinant microorganisms is a widely suggested alternative to increase the yield in fermentation processes. However, ethanol and...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Martínez-Alcantar L,Díaz-Pérez AL,Campos-García J

更新日期：2019-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomass production of Cellulomonas was optimal with 1% (w/v) bagasse pith pre-treated with either 0.2 M NaOH for 1 h at 80°C or 0.4 M NaOH for 40 h at 28 to 30°C. Growth was similar to that obtained with a more severe treatment used as control and compared well with other reports for cellulolytic bacteria cultivated o...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Rodríguez H,Alvarez R,Enríquez A

更新日期：1993-03-01 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：: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：:Pseudomonas aeruginosa possesses an arcade of both cell-associated and extracellular cytotoxic virulence factors which are regulated by a multi-component quorum sensing system. Many research studies report success of lactonase in combating the pathogenicity of P. aeruginosa but delivery of lactonase remains a challeng...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Joshi S,Kaur A,Sharma P,Harjai K,Capalash N

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:Elicitation is an important strategy to improve production of secondary metabolites in vitro. Artemisinic acid was studied as a novel elicitor to enhance the yield of terpenoid indole alkaloids in the present paper. Our results demonstrated that the concentrations of vindoline and vinblastine were increased by sixfold...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Liu J,Zhu J,Tang L,Wen W,Lv S,Yu R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When 50MM FeSO4 was added to cow dung and poultry litter waste which had been processed in daily-fed batch digesters, digesters subsequently unfed showed a faster conversion of substrate and overloaded digesters stabilized within 48 h. Early stabilization of digesters was achieved by adding 20 or 50MM FeSO4 though the...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Preeti Rao P,Seenayya G

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay is a powerful and innovative gene amplification technique that specifically amplifies the target gene under isothermal conditions with a high degree of sensitivity, rapidity and specificity. The major advantage of the LAMP assay is monitoring of amplified products wi...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Jain N,Kumar JS,Parida MM,Merwyn S,Rai GP,Agarwal GS

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In surface cultures of Streptomyces cyaneus var. viridochromogenes, NaCl depressed water activity (a w) without supporting growth. Reducing a w from 0.987 to 0.951 led to 3- and 4-fold increases in intracellular and extracellular phenol oxidase activities, respectively. ...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Berrocal M,Huerta S,Rodríguez J,Pérez-Leblic M,Arias ME

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In appropriate environments containing 2-monochloropropionic acid (2MCPA), mutations in a population of nondehalogenatingPseudomonas putida, strain PP40-040 (parent population), resulted in the formation of 2mcpa(+) papillae as a result of the decryptification of adehII gene. Increasing the size of the parent populati...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Slater JH,Hope SJ

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variant ofLactobacillus hilgardii was immobilized by its own production of dextran gel, forming grains. The best rate of weight increase of the gel in continuous fermentation was 16.3±3.3%/h, at pH 4.8±0.1 and with a dilution rate of 0.22 to 0.26/h. Observation by scanning electron microscopy located most of the bac...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Pidoux M,Pilet MF,Ripoche V

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we developed a novel technique for preparing polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogel as an immobilizing matrix by the addition of sodium bicarbonate. This resulted in an increase in the specific surface area of PVA_sodium bicarbonate (PVA_SB) hydrogel beads to 65.23 m(2) g(-1) hydrogel beads, which was approxi...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Qiao S,Duan X,Zhou J,Cheng Y,Bhatti Z

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new products: 9,10-seco-1,3,5(10)-pregnatrien-3,17 a-dihydroxy-9,20-dione and 9,10-seco-1,3,5(10)-pregnatrien-3,17a,20-triol-9-one, have been isolated as 17 α-hydroxyprogesterone transformation products fromNocardia DSM 43298. The structures were established by spectroscopic methods. ...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Choudhry S,Halos S,Krischenowski D,Schmeda-Hirschmann G

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:Dissolved oxygen (DO) is a significant operational parameter in biological systems. In this study, a pilot-scale biofilter was constructed to investigate the removal efficiency of ammonia, iron and manganese, as well as the microbial community structure evolution at different DO concentrations. Results indicated that ...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Cheng Q,Huang Y,Nengzi L,Liu J,Zhang J

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The volumetric oxygen mass transfer coefficient ([Formula: see text]) is an essential parameter in aerobic high-cell density fermentation where the availability of oxygen to growing microorganisms is a limiting factor. Bioprocess teams looking to scale-up/down between the Eppendorf BioBLU 0.3f single-use vessel and th...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Olughu W,Galbraith D,Paget C,Ruscoe S,Smith J,Mason A

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultural tourism expanded in the last half of the twentieth century, and the interest of visitors has come to include caves containing archaeological remains. Some show caves attracted mass tourism, and economical interests prevailed over conservation, which led to a deterioration of the subterranean environment and t...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Saiz-Jimenez C

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular and surface polysaccharides produced by Rhizobium species constitute a composite macromolecular interface between the bacterial cell and its environment. Several of these polysaccharides are involved in the complex series of interactions leading to the establishment of an effective Rhizobium-legume s...

journal_title：World journal of microbiology & biotechnology

authors： Coronado C,Sánchez-Andújar B,Palomares AJ

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00