Discovery and Complete Genome Sequence of a Bacteriophage from an Obligate Intracellular Symbiont of a Cellulolytic Protist in the Termite Gut.

abstract：:Trichophyton ajelloi is a geophilic dermatophyte that specializes in the decomposition of native keratin. It exists in soil with a permanent influx of keratin matter. In the present study, two PCR-based methods were used for the identification and intra-species differentiation of T. ajelloi strains isolated from 3 typ...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Ciesielska A,Bohacz J,Korniłłowicz-Kowalska T,Stączek P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soybean plants host endosymbiotic dinitrogen (N2)-fixing bacteria from the genus Bradyrhizobium. Under oxygen-limiting conditions, Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens and Bradyrhizobium japonicum perform denitrification by sequentially reducing nitrate (NO3-) to nitrous oxide (N2O) or N2. The anaerobic reduction of NO3- to ...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Siqueira AF,Sugawara M,Arashida H,Minamisawa K,Sánchez C

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive survey of bacterial and archaeal community structures within granular sludges taken from twelve different types of full-scale, food-processing wastewater-treating, upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors was performed with a 16S rRNA gene-based clone library method. In total, 1,282 bacterial 16...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Narihiro T,Terada T,Kikuchi K,Iguchi A,Ikeda M,Yamauchi T,Shiraishi K,Kamagata Y,Nakamura K,Sekiguchi Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to reveal the eukaryotic diets of two economically important marine sediment-inhabiting worms, Sipunculus nudus (peanut worm) and Urechis unicinctus (spoon worm), using clone libraries and phylogenetic analyses of 18S rRNA genes. Fungal rDNA was also targeted and analyzed to reveal mycobiomes. ...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Wang Y,Shi T,Huang G,Gong J

更新日期：2018-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of microbes in the early development of ecosystems on new volcanic materials seems to be crucial to primary plant succession but is not well characterized. Here we analyzed the bacterial community colonizing 22-year-old volcanic deposits of the Miyake-jima Island (Japan) using culture-based and 16S rRNA gene ...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Lu H,Fujimura R,Sato Y,Nanba K,Kamijo T,Ohta H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microscopic and molecular analyses showed the presence of endobacteria inside the mycelia of four out of twelve nitrous oxide (N(2)O)-producing fungal isolates identified as Mortierella elongata. The 16S rRNA gene was successfully amplified with DNA extracted directly from the endobacterium-containing fungal strains a...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Sato Y,Narisawa K,Tsuruta K,Umezu M,Nishizawa T,Tanaka K,Yamaguchi K,Komatsuzaki M,Ohta H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Branched nonylphenol (BNP), a degradation product of nonylphenol polyethoxylates, exerts estrogenic effects on various organisms. The genes underlying BNP degradation by Sphingobium amiense DSM 16289T were analyzed by complete genome sequencing and compared with those of the versatile BNP-degrading Sphingobium cloacae...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Ootsuka M,Nishizawa T,Hasegawa M,Kurusu Y,Ohta H

更新日期：2018-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:HcRNAV is a small icosahedral virus that infects the shellfish-killing marine dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama, which harbors a dicistronic linear single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) genome ca. 4.4 kb in length. Its major capsid protein (MCP) gene sequence is not expressed by various strains of Escherichia coli, pos...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Wada K,Kimura K,Hasegawa A,Fukuyama K,Nagasaki K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of small non-coding RNAs that suppress the expression of target mRNAs. The seed sequence of miRNA plays a crucial role in recognizing the 3'-untranslated region of the target mRNA. Cells infected with a simian foamy virus (SFV) isolated from an African green monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops)...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Hashimoto-Gotoh A,Kitao K,Miyazawa T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred and fifty nine isolates of fluorescent pseudomonads were obtained from the leaves and roots of potato plants. Of these, 20 leaf isolates and 28 root isolates induced violacein production in two N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL)-reporter strains-Chromobacterium violaceum CV026 and VIR24. VIR24 is a new report...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Someya N,Morohoshi T,Okano N,Otsu E,Usuki K,Sayama M,Sekiguchi H,Ikeda T,Ishida S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the Legionella genus find suitable conditions for their growth and survival in nuclear power plant cooling circuits. To limit the proliferation of Legionella pathogenic bacteria in nuclear power plant cooling circuits, and ensure that levels remain below regulatory thresholds, monochloramine treatment can b...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Jakubek D,Guillaume C,Binet M,Leblon G,DuBow M,Le Brun M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid and continuous pressure treatment was realized using a hydraulic pump and the momentary decompression following high pressurization was used to inactivate bacteria. The number of colony-forming E. coli decreased to 1/1000 in response to 10 cycles of pressure treatment. In groundwater samples, repeated pressure t...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Baba T,Yamaguchi N,Tani K,Nasu M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of ferrihydrite to methanogenic microbial communities obtained from a thermophilic anaerobic digester suppressed methanogenesis in a dose-dependent manner. The amount of reducing equivalents consumed by the reduction of iron was significantly smaller than that expected from the decrease in the production ...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Yamada C,Kato S,Ueno Y,Ishii M,Igarashi Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fucose-containing oligosaccharides on the cell surface of some pathogenic bacteria are thought to be important for host-microbe interactions and to play a major role in the pathogenicity of bacterial pathogens. Here, we screened marine bacteria for glycosyltransferases using two methods: a one-pot glycosyltransferase ...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Kajiwara H,Toda M,Mine T,Nakada H,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genome of Streptomyces scabies, the predominant causal agent of potato common scab, encodes a potential cutinase, the protein Sub1, which was previously shown to be specifically induced in the presence of suberin. The sub1 gene was expressed in Escherichia coli and the recombinant protein Sub1 was purified and cha...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Jabloune R,Khalil M,Ben Moussa IE,Simao-Beaunoir AM,Lerat S,Brzezinski R,Beaulieu C

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terrestrial hydrocarbon seeps are an important source of naturally emitted methane over geological time. The exact community compositions responsible for carbon cycling beneath these surface features remain obscure. As sulfate reduction represents an essential process for anoxic organic mineralization, this study coll...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Cheng TW,Lin LH,Lin YT,Song SR,Wang PL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Terre Calde di Medolla" (TCM) (literally, "Hot Lands of Medolla") refers to a farming area in Italy with anomalously high temperatures and diffuse emissions of biogenic CO2, which has been linked to CH4 oxidation processes from a depth of 0.7 m to the surface. We herein assessed the composition of the total bacterial...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Cappelletti M,Ghezzi D,Zannoni D,Capaccioni B,Fedi S

更新日期：2016-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of drug-resistant bacteria is a severe problem in aquaculture. The ability of drug resistance genes to transfer from a bacterial cell to another is thought to be responsible for the wide dissemination of these genes in the aquaculture environment; however, little is known about the gene transfer mechanis...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Nonaka L,Maruyama F,Miyamoto M,Miyakoshi M,Kurokawa K,Masuda M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the Marseilleviridae family are large DNA viruses with icosahedral particle structures that infect Acanthamoeba cells. The first Marseillevirus to be discovered was isolated in 2009. Since then, several other members of the Marseilleviridae family have been reported, including Lausannevirus, Senegalvirus, C...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Takemura M

更新日期：2016-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerobic ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) play a crucial role in the global nitrogen cycle by oxidizing ammonia to nitrite, and nitric oxide (NO) is a key intermediate in AOA for sustaining aerobic ammonia oxidation activity. We herein heterologously expressed the NO-forming, copper-containing, dissimilatory nitrite red...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Kobayashi S,Hira D,Yoshida K,Toyofuku M,Shida Y,Ogasawara W,Yamaguchi T,Araki N,Oshiki M

更新日期：2018-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify altitudinal changes in the bacterial community on Gulkana Glacier in Alaska, we analyzed bacterial 16S rRNA gene by low-cycle PCR amplification, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), and culturing in a snowmelt medium at 4°C. Low-cycle PCR-based cloning revealed the presence of 100 bacterial OTUs;...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Segawa T,Takeuchi N,Ushida K,Kanda H,Kohshima S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various DNA extraction methods are often used interchangeably for the characterization of microbial communities despite indications that different techniques produce disparate results. The microbiomes of two ascidian species were herein characterized using two common DNA extraction kits, the DNeasy Blood and Tissue Ki...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Evans JS,López-Legentil S,Erwin PM

更新日期：2018-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultra-small microorganisms are ubiquitous in Earth's environments. Ultramicrobacteria, which are defined as having a cell volume of <0.1 μm3, are often numerically dominant in aqueous environments. Cultivated representatives among these bacteria, such as members of the marine SAR11 clade (e.g., "Candidatus Pelagibacte...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Nakai R

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rhizobial type III secretion system secretes effector proteins into host plant cells, which may either promote or inhibit symbiosis with legumes. We herein demonstrated that the type III secretion system of Bradyrhizobium sp. SUTN9-2 obstructed symbiosis with Lotus japonicus Miyakojima, L. japonicus Gifu, and Lotu...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Hashimoto S,Goto K,Pyromyou P,Songwattana P,Greetatorn T,Tittabutr P,Boonkerd N,Teaumroong N,Uchiumi T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological flux and lifetime of methanol in anoxic marine sediments are largely unknown. We herein reported, for the first time, quantitative methanol removal rates in subsurface sediments. Anaerobic incubation experiments with radiotracers showed high rates of microbial methanol consumption. Notably, methanol oxi...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Yanagawa K,Tani A,Yamamoto N,Hachikubo A,Kano A,Matsumoto R,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2016-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study describes the occurrence of a unique archaeal ammonia monooxygenase alpha subunit (amoA) gene in nitrifying acid-sulfate soil microcosms at pH 3.5. The soil was collected from an abandoned paddy field in Thailand. Microcosms were incubated in the dark at 30°C for 372 days with the following three tre...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Nakaya A,Onodera Y,Nakagawa T,Satoh K,Takahashi R,Sasaki S,Tokuyama T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diazotrophs had not previously been identified among bacterial species in the phylum Bacteroidetes until the rapid expansion of bacterial genome sequences, which revealed the presence of nitrogen fixation (nif) genes in this phylum. We herein determined the draft genome sequences of Bacteroides graminisolvens JCM 1509...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Inoue J,Oshima K,Suda W,Sakamoto M,Iino T,Noda S,Hongoh Y,Hattori M,Ohkuma M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth inhibition due to continuous cropping of asparagus is a major problem; the yield of asparagus in replanted fields is low compared to that in new fields, and missing plants occur among young seedlings. Although soil-borne disease and allelochemicals are considered to be involved in this effect, this is still con...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Urashima Y,Sonoda T,Fujita Y,Uragami A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbes interact with each other in multicellular communities and this interaction enables certain microorganisms to survive in various environments. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a highly adaptable bacterium that ubiquitously inhabits diverse environments including soil, marine habitats, plants and animals. Behind this ...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Tashiro Y,Yawata Y,Toyofuku M,Uchiyama H,Nomura N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs) are used as quorum-sensing signaling molecules by many Gram-negative bacteria. Here, 413 bacterial strains were obtained from the roots of potato plants and screened for AHL-degrading bacteria using Chromobacterium violaceum reporter strains. Sixty one isolates degraded N-hexanoyl-L-ho...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Rashid R,Morohoshi T,Someya N,Ikeda T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00