Nitrogen fixation in the muskeg ecosystem of the James Bay Lowlands, Northern Ontario.

abstract：:We report some characteristics of a ruminal bacterium (strain NPOH1) that metabolizes 3-nitropropanol, the toxic principle of various milk vetchs that are distributed worldwide. The gram-positive bacterium was nonmotile and did not produce spores. Growth of strain NPOH1 occurred under anaerobic conditions and was supp...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Anderson RC,Rasmussen MA,DiSpirito AA,Allison MJ

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The suitability of two types of membrane filters for scanning and transmission electron-microscopical examination of chlamydospores formed from macroconidia of Fusarium solani from soil was tested. An improved method to incubate propagules in soil and to collect them free from soil particles for electron-microscopical...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Van Eck WH

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A baseline serotype distribution was established by age and region for 2058 invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates collected during the implementation period of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) program in many parts of Canada in 2010. Serotypes 19A, 7F, and 3 were the most prevalent in all ag...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Demczuk WH,Martin I,Griffith A,Lefebvre B,McGeer A,Shane A,Zhanel GG,Tyrrell GJ,Gilmour MW,Toronto Invasive Bacterial Diseases Network.,Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network.

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains can be grouped or differentiated (auxotyped) by their requirements for none, or any one or more of proline, uracil, hypoxanthine, and citrulline or ornithine. Most strains were readily assessed because they responded with growth or no growth on each defined auxanographic medium. Other str...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Hendry AT

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present work was to evaluate the relevance of the 2-methylcitric acid cycle (2MCC) to the catabolism of propionate in Burkholderia sacchari. Two B. sacchari mutants unable to grow on propionate were obtained: one disrupted in acnM, and the other in acnM and prpC deleted. An operative 2MCC signific...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Pereira EM,Silva-Queiroz SR,Cabrera Gomez JG,Silva LF

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique is described that employs vapor fixation and a simple vapor diffusion dehydration apparatus to minimize the disturbance of delicate fungal structures during preparation for scanning electron microscopy. The technique is applicable to fungi grown on agar media or on natural substrates. ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： King EJ,Brown MF

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When Caryophanon latum was exposed to egg white lysozyme in isotonic sucrose and observed by phase-contrast microscopy, protoplasts emerged along the length of the trichomes, apparently at sites corresponding to cross septa. Electron microscopy of sections revealed that this enzyme initially attacked the core of the s...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Trentini WC,Murray RG

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing the use of nitrogen fertilizers in tea orchards has led to intense nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. Foliar application of Paenibacillus polymyxa biofertilizer has been proven to be beneficial for organic tea production. In this study, tea yield and quality were significantly improved after application of P. p...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Zhou S,Zeng X,Xu Z,Bai Z,Xu S,Jiang C,Zhuang G,Xu S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Passive protective activities of three different classes of monoclonal antibodies in mice against challenge with strain ATCC 31432 (capsular type I) of Staphylococcus epidermidis were examined. Monoclonal IgM antibody passively protected mice against challenge with the homologous strain, whereas monoclonal IgG1 and Ig...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Ichiman Y,Usui Y,Suganuma M,Yoshida K

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fine structure of conidia and immature resting spores of the entomogenous fungus Entomophthora apiculata is described. The two cell types contain comparable organelles and quantities of lipid, and possess a similar cell wall structure. The large quantity of stored lipid and numerous mitochondria in each cell type ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Lambiase JT,Yendol WG

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The marine sponge Mycale sp., a potential source of natural bioactive products, is widely distributed along the coast of Fujian, China. The cultivable bacterial community associated with Mycale sp., the antibacterial activities, and the PKS (polyketide synthase) and NRPS (nonribosomal peptide synthetase) gene diversit...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Su P,Wang DX,Ding SX,Zhao J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A stable enrichment culture converting acetic acid to methane was successfully obtained from a pear waste digester, using a synthetic substrate solution with acetic acid as the main carbon source. This enrichment culture converted up to 10 mmol of acetic acid per litre per day at 35 degrees C and did not use hydrogen ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： van den Berg L,Patel GB,Clark DS,Lentz CP

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of antituberculous immunity by crude ribosomal fractions isolated from Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain H37Ra, M. bovis strain BCG, and M. smegmatis was studied in CF-1 mice. Levels of antituberculous immunity similar to that induced by live BCG were induced by the BCG and H37Ra ribosomal fractions wher...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Portelance V,Beaudet R

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil bacteria that utilize inositol hexaphosphate (IHP) were isolated from a range of soils using defined selection media. An analysis of 200 randomly selected isolates indicated that less than 0.5% of the culturable population of soil bacteria were capable of using IHP as a sole source of C and P. From a further 238 ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Richardson AE,Hadobas PA

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth of Neisseria perflava, Neisseria cinerea, and Neisseria sicca strain Kirkland in media supplemented with sucrose (0.5 to 5.0% w/v) resulted in the formation of giant cells. Response to sucrose was specific in that a variety of other carbohydrates did not mediate giant cell formation. Giant cells appeared only u...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Johnson KG,McDonald IJ

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An Escherichia coli K-12 biofilm was grown at a dilution rate of 0.028 h(-1) for 48 h in a glucose-limited chemostat coupled to a modified Robbins' device to determine its susceptibility to infection by bacteriophage T4. Bacteriophage T4 at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 10 caused a log reduction in biofilm dens...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Corbin BD,McLean RJ,Aron GM

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A visual micromethod for measuring antifungal effects on germination and growth is described. The antifungal agent griseofulvin and the fungus Trichophyton mentagrophytes were used as materials to compare the micromethod with a standard assay based on dry mycelial weight. The micromethod was more sensitive than the we...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Kerbs S,Hutton RD,Hollister JW

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudomonas maltophilia has been identified in the rhizosphere of several cultured plants: cabbage, rape, mustard, corn, beet. In comparison with nonrhizospheric soil, all the rhizospheric samples analysed contain more of this Pseudomonas and the most important stimulation is supplied by cruciferous plants. The possib...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Debette J,Blondeau R

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the seroprevalence of Norwalk virus and whether Norwalk virus contributed to an observed increase in illness in tap water drinkers participating in a prospective epidemiological study, sera collected during the study were examined for changes in Norwalk virus antibody titer, using a specific enzyme immuno...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Payment P,Franco E,Fout GS

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microplaque reduction assay for human and mouse interferons is described, using plastic disposable multicompartmental plates with flat-bottomed wells of 6 mm in diameter. The procedure is rapid and reproducible and lends itself to a considerable degree of automation. Its potential application in other areas of virol...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Campbell JB,Grunberger T,Kochman MA,White SL

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The types of bacteria and fungi present in the air of a municipal solid waste recovery system have been characterized and the population densities estimated. Conventional methods were successful in enumerating coagulase-positive staphylococci, Klebsiella spp., gram-negative bacteria, fungi, and common indicator organi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Lembke LL,Kniseley RN

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial strains and consortia of bacteria have been isolated for their ability to degrade, under anaerobic conditions, homocyclic monoaromatic compounds, such as phenolic compounds, methylbenzenes, and aminobenzenes. As opposed to aerobic conditions where these compounds are degraded via dihydroxyl intermediates int...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Villemur R

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five strains of Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae, out of eight strains tested, produced extracellular haemolysin(s) when grown in liquid culture in the presence, but not in the absence, of RNA. The haemolysin produced by the neotype strain was unstable, heat labile, and sensitive to degradation by pronase, trypsin, and ch...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Martin PG,Lachance P,Niven DF

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured alveolar and peritoneal macrophages obtained from normal and immunized rabbits were used to induce wall-defective microbial variants of Pseudomonas pseudomallei. Variants were iduced only by normal alveolar macrophages. The variants reverted to typical Pseudomonas forms either spontaneously or upon transfer i...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Kishimoto RA,Eveland WC

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Boron (B) is toxic to living cells at levels above a certain threshold. We isolated several B-tolerant bacterial strains from soil samples and studied them for possible mechanisms of B tolerance. 16S rRNA gene sequencing and comparative phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the isolates belong to the following 6 gen...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Ahmed I,Fujiwara T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for the production of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) from linoleic acid (LA) using growing cultures of Propionibacterium freudenreichii ssp. shermanii JS was developed. The growth inhibitory effect of LA was eliminated by dispersing it in a sufficient concentration of polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate deter...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Rainio A,Vahvaselkä M,Suomalainen T,Laakso S

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epiphytic tracer bacteris (a Pseudomonas sp. and an Arthrobacter sp.) from soybean buds were introduced into open flowers of greenhouse-grown soybean plants. Of the 177 resulting pods cultured after surface disinfection, tracers were recovered from within 24. Seed from two of these pods also carried tracers. ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Leben C

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caldibacillus debilis strains GB1 and Tf display distinct phenotypes. Caldibacillus debilis GB1 is capable of anaerobic growth and can synthesize ethanol while C. debilis Tf cannot. Comparison of the GB1 and Tf genome sequences revealed that the genomes were highly similar in gene content and showed a high level of sy...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Wushke S,Froese A,Fristensky B,Zhang XL,Spicer V,Krokhin OV,Levin DB,Sparling R

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transmission of multi-drug resistant pathogens and antimicrobial-resistant genes is an arising problem with multiple factors involved (humans, domestic animals, wildlife). The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of Escherichia coli isolates with different antimicrobial resistance genes from backyard ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Talavera-Gonzalez JM,Talavera-Rojas M,Soriano-Vargas E,Vazquez-Navarrete J,Salgado-Miranda C

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Fermentative hydrogen production was carried out by Enterobacter cloacae DM11, using glucose as the substrate. The effects of initial substrate concentration, initial medium pH, and temperature were investigated. Results showed that at an initial glucose concentration of 1.0% (m/v), the molar yield of hydrogen was 3.3...

journal_title：Canadian journal of microbiology

authors： Nath K,Kumar A,Das D

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00