Nitric Oxide Production from Nitrite Reduction and Hydroxylamine Oxidation by Copper-containing Dissimilatory Nitrite Reductase (NirK) from the Aerobic Ammonia-oxidizing Archaeon, Nitrososphaera viennensis.

abstract：:Chemosynthetic microbial communities develop and form dense cell aggregates in slightly alkaline sulfidic hot springs in the temperature range of 70-86°C at Nakabusa, Japan. Nitrogenase activity has recently been detected in the microbial communities collected. To identify possible members capable of nitrogen fixation...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Nishihara A,Thiel V,Matsuura K,McGlynn SE,Haruta S

更新日期：2018-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gram-negative marine propylene-assimilating bacterium, strain PE-TB08W, was isolated from surface seawater. A structural gene analysis using the 16S rRNA gene showed 96, 94, and 95% similarities to Halioglobus species, Haliea sp. ETY-M, and Haliea sp. ETY-NAG, respectively. A phylogenetic tree analysis showed that...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Suzuki T,Yazawa T,Morishita N,Maruyama A,Fuse H

更新日期：2019-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Small cyanobacteria (<2 µm, pico-cyanobacteria) are abundant in waters deeper than the oxic-anoxic zone in the halocline of a saline meromictic lake, Lake Suigetsu, Fukui, Japan. We have isolated 101 strains that were grouped into six groups by means of the phycobiliprotein composition and sequence homology of the int...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Ohki K,Yamada K,Kamiya M,Yoshikawa S

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：:Over the past few decades, degradative plasmids have been isolated from bacteria capable of degrading a variety of both natural and man-made compounds. Degradative plasmids belonging to three incompatibility (Inc) groups in Pseudomonas (IncP-1, P-7, and P-9) have been well studied in terms of their replication, mainte...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Shintani M,Takahashi Y,Yamane H,Nojiri H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nifV gene encodes homocitrate synthase, the enzyme that catalyzes the formation of homocitrate, which is essential for arranging the FeMo-cofactor in the catalytic center of nitrogenase. Some host plants, such as Lotus japonicus, supply homocitrate to their symbionts, in this case, Mesorhizobium loti, which lacks ...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

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

更新日期：2019-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine fungus-like eukaryotic unicellular protists (thraustochytrids) are considered to play an important role in the marine microbial food web. However, their abundance, distribution, and relative biomass in coastal waters have not yet been examined in detail. By using a flow cytometry method (FCM) for the rapid enum...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Duan Y,Sen B,Xie N,Paterson JS,Chen Z,Wang G

更新日期：2018-07-04 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：:Potato peels consist of a tissue called phellem, which is formed by suberized cell layers. The degradation of suberin, a lipidic and recalcitrant polymer, is an ecological process attributed to soil fungal populations; however, previous studies have suggested that Streptomyces scabiei, the causal agent of potato commo...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Beaulieu C,Sidibé A,Jabloune R,Simao-Beaunoir AM,Lerat S,Monga E,Bernards MA

更新日期：2016-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotics in animal husbandry are used to maintain welfare, but lead to the generation of resistant strains. We analyzed commensal multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli from pigs at the beginning and end of the production cycle in a farm with a farrow-to-finish system in order to investigate whether clonal spread or ...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Mazurek J,Bok E,Baldy-Chudzik K

更新日期：2018-09-29 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：: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：:Due to their obligate symbiotic nature and lack of long-term storage methods, the strain collection of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi requires periodic proliferation using a pot culture with host plants. Therefore, a method to evaluate the purity of proliferated AM fungal cultures is critical for the quality contro...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Ohtomo R,Oka N,Morimoto S

更新日期：2019-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A newly-developed molecular method, hierarchical oligonucleotide primer extension (HOPE), was used to analyze various groups within the species Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii. PCR-amplified internally transcribed spacer sequences of 16S-23S from C. raciborskii in reservoir samples of Taiwan and Kinmen were examined. O...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Wu JH,Hsu MH,Hung CH,Tseng IC,Lin TF

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the prokaryotic community structure of the anaerobic ciliate, Metopus sp. using rRNA sequencing, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Metopus sp. was physically separated from anaerobic granular sludge in a domestic waste...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Hirakata Y,Oshiki M,Kuroda K,Hatamoto M,Kubota K,Yamaguchi T,Harada H,Araki N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversity and abundance of Burkholderia species in sugarcane field soils were investigated by a 16S rRNA gene-based approach using genus-specific primers. A total of 365,721 sequences generated by the Illumina MiSeq platform were assigned to the genus Burkholderia. Nearly 58% of these sequences were placed in a pr...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Tago K,Itoh H,Kikuchi Y,Hori T,Sato Y,Nagayama A,Okubo T,Navarro R,Aoyagi T,Hayashi K,Hayatsu M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated biofilm formation on biodegradable plastics in freshwater samples. Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) (PHBH) was covered by a biofilm after an incubation in freshwater samples. A next generation sequencing analysis of the bacterial communities of biofilms that formed on PHBH films revealed t...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Morohoshi T,Oi T,Aiso H,Suzuki T,Okura T,Sato S

更新日期：2018-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a nitrogen-fixing tree, black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), on the distribution of bacterial species were examined in a Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergii) and black locust-dominated area. DNA was extracted from the soil at depths of 0-5 and 5-10 cm, collected at the border between a Japanese black ...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Taniguchi T,Kataoka R,Tamai S,Yamanaka N,Futai K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to survey cultivable heterotrophic bacteria from sea ice samples collected from Peter the Great Bay of the Sea of Japan, and to test the isolates for antagonistic activity. A total of 195 strains were isolated and investigated by a phenotypic approach. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis of th...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Romanenko LA,Tanaka N,Uchino M,Kalinovskaya NI,Mikhailov VV

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the bacterial community in soil-water suspensions during the enrichment period of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T degraders were examined using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis of the 16S rRNA gene. The nucleotide sequences of almost all major bands at the degradation of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T correspon...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Huong NL,Itoh K,Suyama K

更新日期：2008-01-01 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

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：: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：:A Gram-positive marine bacterium, Exiguobacterium sp. SBH81, was isolated as a hydrophilic organic-solvent tolerant bacterium, and exhibited high tolerance to various types of toxic hydrophilic organic solvents, including acetonitrile, at relatively high concentrations (up to 6% [v/v]) under the growing conditions. In...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Kongpol A,Kato J,Tajima T,Vangnai AS

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Oligosaline lakes in arid regions provide indispensable water resources for humans; however, information on the bacterial community composition (BCC) of this ecosystem is limited. In the present study, we explored seasonal and vertical variations in BCC in Lake Bosten, a unique oligosaline lake (1.2‰ salinity) in arid...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Tang X,Xie G,Shao K,Dai J,Chen Y,Xu Q,Gao G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrazine is a triazine herbicide that is widely used to control broadleaf weeds. Its widespread use over the last 50 years has led to the potential contamination of soils, groundwater, rivers, and lakes. Its main route of complete degradation is via biological means, which is carried out by soil microbiota using a 6-s...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Fernandes AFT,Wang P,Staley C,Aparecida Silva Moretto J,Miguel Altarugio L,Chagas Campanharo S,Guedes Stehling E,Jay Sadowsky M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated concentrations of atmospheric CO2 ([CO2]) enhance the production and emission of methane in paddy fields. In the present study, the effects of elevated [CO2], elevated temperature (ET), and no nitrogen fertilization (LN) on methanogenic archaeal and methane-oxidizing bacterial community structures in a free-a...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Liu D,Tago K,Hayatsu M,Tokida T,Sakai H,Nakamura H,Usui Y,Hasegawa T,Asakawa S

更新日期：2016-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past few decades, anammox bacteria have been recognized as key players that contribute significantly to the release of large amounts of nitrogen in the global marine nitrogen cycle. In the present study, the diversity, community composition, and abundance of anammox bacteria from the sediments of four diverse...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Shehzad A,Liu J,Yu M,Qismat S,Liu J,Zhang XH

更新日期：2016-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effects of ammonia on two different degradation pathways of methanogenic acetate were evaluated using a pure culture (Methanosaeta thermophila strain PT) and defined co-culture (Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus strain TM and Thermacetogenium phaeum strain PB), which represented aceticlastic and sy...

journal_title：Microbes and environments

authors： Kato S,Sasaki K,Watanabe K,Yumoto I,Kamagata Y

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00