Heat shock response enhances acid tolerance of Escherichia coli O157:H7.

abstract：:Leclercia adecarboxylata, a Gram-negative bacillus of family Enterobacteriaceae, is an uncommonly identified pathogen isolated from environmental and clinical specimens. Most of the human infections are polymicrobial and commonly occur in immunocompromised hosts, although nosocomial infections in immunocompetent hosts...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Choudhary M,Choudhary BK,Bhoyar S,Kale SB,Chaudhari SP,Bera BC,Jain A,Barbuddhe SB

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reagent-derived contamination can compromise the integrity of microbiome data, particularly in low microbial biomass samples. This contamination has recently been attributed to the 'kitome' (contamination introduced by the DNA extraction kit), prior to which attention was mostly paid to potential contamination introdu...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Stinson LF,Keelan JA,Payne MS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect staphylococcal enterotoxin B was developed using rat monoclonal antibodies as capture antibodies and as a biotinylated conjugate. This test was sensitive, less than 1 ng/ml of enterotoxin B was detected and interference by protein A was prevented by the use of rat...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Rogemond V,Da Costa Castro JM,Delaunay T,Cazaux C,Guinet RM

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:In this study, the relationship between morphology and cephalosporin C (CPC) production in a 30-l bioreactor culture of Cephalosporium acremonium M25 using a 3:7 seed mixture was investigated. In addition, the kinetic model was established and applied. METHODS AND RESULTS:CPC production was performed in a 30-l bi...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Kim JH,Lim JS,Kim CH,Kim SW

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to undertake a microbiological survey of foods, animal faeces and wastewater samples for Clostridium difficile, and determine the genotypes and antimicrobial susceptibilities of isolates. A total of 211 samples were tested for C. difficile using culture methods. Thirteen toxigenic C. di...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Rivas L,Dupont PY,Gilpin BJ,Cornelius AJ

更新日期：2020-01-01 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 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：AIMS:To investigate the use of a Staphylococcus epidermidis transcriptional regulator gene as target for species-specific determination. METHODS AND RESULTS:Staph. epidermidis genes encoding putative transcriptional regulators were retrieved from GenBank and those showing no homology with other bacterial sequences wer...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Liu D,Swiatlo E,Austin FW,Lawrence ML

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to identify and determine the diversity, occurrence and distribution of fungi in water used at a haemodialysis centre. METHODS AND RESULTS:Samples in the hydraulic circuit for the distribution of the water, dialysate samples and samples of sterilization solution from dialysers were colle...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Pires-Gonçalves RH,Sartori FG,Montanari LB,Zaia JE,Melhem MS,Mendes-Giannini MJ,Martins CH

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To isolate, characterize and identify lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in dochi (fermented black beans), a traditional fermented food in Taiwan. METHODS AND RESULTS:A total of 30 samples were collected from three different dochi producers and analysed after different periods of storage. Fifty-two cultures of LAB were i...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Chen YS,Yanagida F,Hsu JS

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate interactions, if any, between temperature, ferric ammonium citrate and glycine betaine on the growth of Listeria monocytogenes in modified Pine's medium (Pine et al. 1989). METHODS AND RESULTS:Modified Pine's medium containing 0, 0.044, 0.088 or 0.176 g l(-1) ferric ammonium citrate, and 0 or 1 mM ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Dykes GA,Dworaczek M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colicin V is a small, proteinaceous bacterial toxin, produced by many strains of Escherichia coli and other members of the Enterobacteriaceae, that fits the definition of class II bacteriocins of Gram-positive bacteria. Export of colicin V is dependent on specific ABC (ATP-binding cassette) secretion proteins which re...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： McCormick JK,Klaenhammer TR,Stiles ME

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Several serological diagnostics rely on enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect bacterial infections. However, for some pathogens, including Bartonella henselae, diagnosis still depends on manually intensive, time-consuming assays including micro-immunofluorescence, Western blotting or indirect i...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Ferrara F,Di Niro R,D'Angelo S,Busetti M,Marzari R,Not T,Sblattero D

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To study the viability of a culture of the rumen protozoon Entodinium caudatum after a cryopreservation procedure by a fluorescence microscopy staining method. METHODS AND RESULTS:Fluorescence method is based on the different colour of cells depending on their membrane integrity. When the temperature effect was s...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： de la Fuente G,Cebrián JA,Fondevila M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to detect the main pathogenic human RNA enteric viruses able to persist in the environment such as astrovirus, enterovirus, norovirus and hepatitis A virus (HAV) in shellfish collected from two locations in northern Tunisia. METHODS AND RESULTS:Viruses were eluted from digestive tissues ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Elamri DE,Aouni M,Parnaudeau S,Le Guyader FS

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:A : Comparison of two commercial miniaturized rapid systems for the identification of Ralstonia pickettii strains. METHODS AND RESULTS:Varying identification results were encountered using the bioMérieux API NE system and the Remel IDS RapID NF Plus commercial systems for R. pickettii. To compare these two ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Adley CC,Saieb FM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) stress response in Enterococcus faecalis ATCC19433 was investigated. A 2.4 mmol l-1 H2O2 pretreatment conferred protection against a lethal concentration (45 mmol l-1) of this agent. The relatively high concentrations of H2O2 used for adaptation and challenge treatments in Ent. faecalis em...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Flahaut S,Laplace JM,Frère J,Auffray Y

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To screen a pair of primers suitable for denaturing gradient gel electrophoretic (DGGE) analysis of ruminal methanogenic Archaea and to detect the archaeal communities in the rumen of goat. METHODS AND RESULTS:Nine primer pairs for 16S rDNA of methanogenic Archaea, including six for directed polymerase chain reac...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Cheng YF,Mao SY,Liu JX,Zhu WY

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The marine antimicrobial peptide NZ17074, a variant of arenicin-3 from Arenicola marina that has broad antimicrobial activity and high bioavailability, can be designed to treat bacterial and fungal diseases. To reduce the toxicity of NZ17074, N6 was designed by replacing a cysteine in positions 3 and 20 with alanine, ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Yang N,Wang X,Teng D,Mao R,Hao Y,Feng X,Wang J

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus, two bacterial strains commonly associated with biofilm-related medical infections and food poisoning, can rapidly colonize biotic and abiotic surfaces. The present study investigates the ability of anodic alumina surfaces with nanoporous surface topography to minim...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Feng G,Cheng Y,Worobo RW,Borca-Tasciuc DA,Moraru CI

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type strain Bacillus thuringiensis var. bolivia (serotype H63), isolated from the Bolivian high valleys, has been characterized at different levels. Its parasporal crystal has an unusual shape and it is composed of a protein of 155 kDa which shows two bands of 75 and 80 kDa after activation. Analysis by PCR shows ...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Ferrandis MD,Andrew R,Porcar M,Iriarte J,Cosmao-Dumanoir V,Lecadet MM,Caballero P,Ferré J

更新日期：1999-06-01 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

abstract：:In order to evaluate possible indicators of viral aerosol contamination in sewage treatment plants, a year-long study was carried out on the relationships between the presence of cytopathogenic viruses and the counts of total bacteria, faecal streptococci and somatic coliphages in samples collected at various distance...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Carducci A,Gemelli C,Cantiani L,Casini B,Rovini E

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fate of Salmonella enteritidis PT4 in home-made mayonnaise prepared with citric acid solution (citric acid concentration of > or = 4.98% (w/v)) was investigated. It was found that pH of mayonnaise is closely related to the ratio of egg yolk to citric acid, and the inactivation rate of the micro-organisms increases...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Xiong R,Xie G,Edmondson AS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the effect of glucose concentrations on the growth by Brettanomyces bruxellensis yeast strain in batch experiments and develop a mathematical model for kinetic behaviour analysis of yeast growing in batch culture. METHODS AND RESULTS:A Matlab algorithm was developed for the estimation of model parameters....

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Aguilar-Uscanga MG,Garcia-Alvarado Y,Gomez-Rodriguez J,Phister T,Delia ML,Strehaiano P

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of various types of virus-like particles (VLPs) has accelerated over the past two decades as the importance of VLPs for generating next-generation vaccines has been appreciated. Yeast has advantages such as scalable fermentation, low risk of contamination by adventitious agents, low production costs an...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Kim HJ,Kim HJ

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To measure the microbial removal capacity of a small-scale hydroponics wastewater treatment plant. METHODS AND RESULTS:Paired samples were taken from untreated, partly-treated and treated wastewater and analysed for faecal microbial indicators, i.e. coliforms, Escherichia coli, enterococci, Clostridium perfringen...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Ottoson J,Norström A,Dalhammar G

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:This study reports the development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) reaction for the detection of Pythium myriotylum. The primer set targeting the ITS sequence of P. myriotylum worked most efficiently at 60°C and allowed the detection of P. myriotylum DNA within 30 min by fluorescence monit...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Fukuta S,Takahashi R,Kuroyanagi S,Ishiguro Y,Miyake N,Nagai H,Suzuki H,Tsuji T,Hashizume F,Watanabe H,Kageyama K

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The objective of the study was to evaluate the variability of germination response of 10 strains of proteolytic Clostridium botulinum. METHODS AND RESULTS:An automated turbidometric method was used to follow the fall in optical density. Spores of proteolytic Cl. botulinum germinated in response to l-alanine alone...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Alberto F,Broussolle V,Mason DR,Carlin F,Peck MW

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was aimed at determining antimicrobial susceptibility by a CLSI standard microdilution testing protocol and detecting the resistance genes of motile Aeromonas species isolated from cultured fish. The importance of the minimum inhibitory concentrations was assessed based on statistically determined ep...

journal_title：Letters in applied microbiology

authors： Duman M,Saticioglu IB,Altun S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00