Cellulose acetate-based composites with antimicrobial properties from embedded molybdenum trioxide particles.

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：: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：:Sodium pyrithione and zinc pyrithione (NaPT and ZnPT, respectively) are widely used as cosmetic preservatives and metal chelating agents. They are commonly assayed using thin layer chromatography (TLC) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). However, a simple quantitative colorimetric assay has not been pre...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Dinning AJ,al-Adham IS,Austin P,Collier PJ

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：:Results of biocide efficacy testing on laboratory-generated microbial biofilms containing Legionella bozemanii is presented. These show that chlorine is effective at recommended concentrations in cooling towers; at least 48 h contact between free chlorine and the biofilm is necessary. Of five commercial biocides teste...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Green PN

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the spatial organization of endogenous and exogenously applied Lactobacillus communities at specific locations in the adult gastrointestinal tract of different hosts. METHODS AND RESULTS:Samples of the human, murine and avian gastrointestinal tract of subjects that received or not received a Lactob...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Lebeer S,Verhoeven TL,Claes IJ,De Hertogh G,Vermeire S,Buyse J,Van Immerseel F,Vanderleyden J,De Keersmaecker SC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Taylorella is composed of two species: (i) Taylorella equigenitalis, the causative agent of CEM, a venereally transmitted infection of Equidae and (ii) Taylorella asinigenitalis, a closely related species considered to be nonpathogenic, although experimental infection of mares with this bacterium resulted in...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Hébert L,Rincé I,Sanna C,Laugier C,Rincé A,Petry S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent rise in the awareness of the occurrence of toxic cyanobacterial blooms in aquatic environments, with associated human health problems and animal deaths, has increased the need for rapid, reliable and sensitive methods of determining cyanobacterial toxicity. A luminescent bacterial toxicity test was assessed...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Lawton LA,Campbell DL,Beattie KA,Codd GA

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine the effects of urine, a urease inhibitor and/or an odour-reducing antimicrobial compound, on zoonotic pathogens in swine manure slurries. METHODS AND RESULTS:Swine faeces were collected and blended with different amounts of urine. Marker strains of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimur...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Wells JE,Varel VH

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine the ability of Agrobacterium to attach to Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum strain CG423 under co-cultivation and to develop an Agrobacterium-mediated method of gene delivery into strain CG423, a promising agent for biological control of grasshoppers. METHODS AND RESULTS:The co-cultivation of Agrobac...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Duarte RT,Staats CC,Fungaro MH,Schrank A,Vainsten MH,Furlaneto-Maia L,Nakamura CV,de Souza W,Furlaneto MC

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ATCC 27774 was screened for reactivity against aromatic compounds during lactate-dependent, nitrate-dissimilating growth. Only aromatic aldehydes (benzaldehyde, 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde, 3-hydroxybenzaldehyde, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, vanillin, iso-vanillin and o-vanillin) were reactive and, wit...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Parekh M,Drake HL,Daniel SL

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The aim of this study was to assess the genetic diversity of Vibrio cholerae isolated from 2012 and 2013 outbreaks in Iran, with regard to their virulence properties. A total of 20 V. cholerae strains were collected from Sistan-Baluchestan province of Iran during 2012 and 2013 outbreaks. Hybridization assays...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Bakhshi B

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A native isolate Lactobacillus farciminis MD isolated from fermenting mushroom exhibited a high degree of sensitivity to the majority of the bacteriocins produced by strains of lactobacilli, leuconostoc and pediococci. Also, the efficacy of Lact. farciminis MD as a sensitive strain for antibiotic assay was established...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Halami PM,Chandrashekar A,Nand K

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The goal of the study was to develop a reliable, reproducible and rapid method of culture in order to screen a large number of fungal transformants. METHODS AND RESULTS:The method is based upon miniaturized cell cultures and automated expression screening in microwell plates. For the method development, 50 recomb...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Alberto F,Navarro D,de Vries RP,Asther M,Record E

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:AIMIS: Draft WHO guidance is likely to suggest a calculated 95th percentile method, rather than percentage exceedence, in assessing compliance of bathing waters with microbiological standards. This study set out to determine whether this was an appropriate development. METHODS AND RESULTS:A series of Monte ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Hunter PR

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Most of the current research into the quantification of soil-borne pathogenic oomycetes lacks determination of DNA extraction efficiency, probably leading to an incorrect estimation of DNA quantity. In this study, we developed a convenient method by using a 100 bp artificially synthesized DNA sequence derive...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Li M,Ishiguro Y,Kageyama K,Zhu Z

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：AIMS:To develop a specific, fast and simple molecular method useful to detect the entomopathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas entomophila. METHODS AND RESULTS:The use of bioinformatics tools allowed the identification of unique genes present in P. entomophila genome. Using such genes, we designed primers aiming to detect s...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Papagiannoulis A,Mathiopoulos KD,Mossialos D

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：AIM:To investigate the viability, surface characteristics and ability of spores of a Geobacillus sp. isolated from a milk powder production line to adhere to stainless steel surfaces before and after a caustic (NaOH) wash used in clean-in-place regimes. METHODS AND RESULTS:Exposing sessile spores to 1% NaOH at 65°C fo...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Brent Seale R,Flint SH,James McQuillan A,Bremer PJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To apply scanning electron microscopy, image analysis and a fluorescent viability stain to assess lethal and sublethal injury in food-borne bacteria exposed to pulsed-plasma gas discharges (PPGD). METHODS AND RESULTS:The fluorescent redox probe 5-cyano-2,3-ditolyl tetrazolium chloride (CTC) was used for enumerati...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Rowan NJ,Espie S,Harrower J,Farrell H,Marsili L,Anderson JG,MacGregor SJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 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:To develop a novel method for rapid construction of Campylobacter jejuni deletion mutants. METHODS AND RESULTS:We used overlapping extension PCR protocol to amplify a target sequence region of Camp. jejuni genomic DNA in which an internal fragment, Cj0618 coding sequence, was replaced by a chloramphenicol resista...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Hansen CR,Khatiwara A,Ziprin R,Kwon YM

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：:Pinellia ternata is a traditional Chinese herb that has been shown to suffer from continuous cropping. Deterioration in continuous P. ternata cropping soils and the effect of alteration of crop rotation on the soil were evaluated by using Illumina high-throughput sequencing technology. Soil physicochemical properties ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： He Z,Chen H,Liang L,Dong J,Liang Z,Zhao L

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Catfishes of the genus Panaque are known for their ability to feed on wood and hence to process cellulose fibres in their digestive systems. The paper industry uses cellulose fibres and thus has an interest in exploiting this property biomimetically: it could be employed as a pretreatment to lessen the energ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Di Maiuta N,Schwarzentruber P,Schenker M,Schoelkopf J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to select a suitable indicator for monitoring the pathogen regrowth potential of composted biosolids, the growth kinetics of selected bacteria were investigated. Growth parameters of six serovars of Salmonella and three strains of Escherichia coli in sterilized compost were compared. Seeded Salmonella and E. ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Sidhu J,Gibbs RA,Ho GE,Unkovich I

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three groups of substances were identified which inhibit the bactericidal activity of bacitracin. Beside two divalent metals, Mg2+ and Ca2+, and a metabolite with chelating properties, citrate, the most pronounced effect was observed with pyrophosphate. Metals probably prevent access of bacitracin to the lipid carrier...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Podlesek Z,Comino A

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：AIM:The biotransformation of pentoxifylline (PTX), propentofylline (PPT) and their racemic hydroxy metabolites ((+/-)-OHPTX and (+/-)-OHPPT) by using the fungus Cunninghamella echinulata NRRL 1384. METHODS AND RESULTS:A fungus Cunninghamella echinulata NRRL 1384 was used to catalyse the (S)-selective oxidation of the ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Pekala E,Kochan M,Carnell AJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00