abstract：:Soil organic carbon (SOC) plays an important role in regulating global climate change, carbon and nutrient cycling in soils, and soil moisture. Organic matter (OM) additions to soils can affect the rate at which SOC is mineralized by microbes, with potentially important effects on SOC stocks. Understanding how pyrogen...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Whitman T,DeCiucies S,Hanley K,Enders A,Woolet J,Lehmann J

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucoromycota representatives are known to harbour two types of endohyphal bacteria (EHB) - Burkholderia related endobacteria (BRE) and Mycoplasma related endobacteria (MRE). While both BRE and MRE occur in fungi representing all subphyla of Mucoromycota, their distribution is not well studied. Therefore, it is difficu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Okrasińska A,Bokus A,Duk K,Gęsiorska A,Sokołowska B,Miłobędzka A,Wrzosek M,Pawłowska J

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant knowledge gaps exist in our understanding of Campylobacter jejuni contamination of the poultry production continuum. Microbiological surveillance and genotypic characterization were undertaken on C. jejuni isolates longitudinally recovered from three poultry farms (weekly samples), the abattoir at which bi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Inglis GD,Ramezani N,Taboada EN,Boras VF,Uwiera RRE

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is an essential micronutrient for life. In mammals, dietary iron is absorbed primarily in the small intestine. Currently, the impacts of dietary iron on the taxonomic structure and function of the gut microbiome and reciprocal effects on the animal host are not well understood. Here, we establish a mouse model of...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Coe GL,Pinkham NV,Celis AI,Johnson C,DuBois JL,Walk ST

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fungal attacks on stored vegetable and fruits are responsible for losses of products. There is an active research field to develop alternative strategies for postharvest disease management, and the use of biocontrol agents represents a promising approach. Understanding the molecular bases of the biocontrol activity of...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Castoria R,Miccoli C,Barone G,Palmieri D,De Curtis F,Lima G,Heitman J,Ianiri G

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Wastewater management in the Canadian Arctic is challenging due to climate extremes, small population sizes, and lack of conventional infrastructure for wastewater treatment. Although many Northern communities use waste stabilization ponds (WSPs) as their primary form of wastewater treatment, few studies have explored...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gromala M,Neufeld JD,McConkey BJ

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Prodigiosin (PG), a red linear tripyrrole pigment normally secreted by Serratia marcescens, has received attention for its reported immunosuppressive, antimicrobial, and anticancer properties. Although several genes have been shown to be important for prodigiosin synthesis, information on the regulatory mechanisms beh...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Pan X,Tang M,You J,Liu F,Sun C,Osire T,Fu W,Yi G,Yang T,Yang ST,Rao Z

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Rumen-protected glucose (RPG) plays an important role in alleviating the negative energy balance of dairy cows. This study used a combination of rumen microbes 16S and metabolomics to elucidate the changes of rumen microbial composition and rumen metabolites of different doses of RPG's rumen degradation part in early-...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang Y,Nan X,Zhao Y,Wang Y,Jiang L,Xiong B

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio species, including the squid symbiont Vibrio fischeri, become competent to take up DNA under specific conditions. For example, V. fischeri becomes competent when grown in the presence of chitin oligosaccharides or upon overproduction of the competence regulatory factor TfoX. While little is known about the regu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cohen JJ,Eichinger SJ,Witte DA,Cook CJ,Fidopiastis PM,Tepavčević J,Visick KL

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper resistance mechanisms provide an important adaptive advantage to plant pathogenic bacteria under exposure to copper treatments. Copper resistance determinants have been described in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae (Pss) strains isolated from mango intimately associated with 62 kb plasmids belonging to the pPT...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Aprile F,Heredia-Ponce Z,Cazorla FM,de Vicente A,Gutiérrez-Barranquero JA

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently only five (SEA-SEE) out of 27 known staphylococcal enterotoxins can be analyzed using commercially available kits.Six genes (seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, and seu), encoding putative and undetectable enterotoxins, are located on the enterotoxin gene cluster (egc) which is part of the Staphylococcus aureus genomic...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schwendimann L,Merda D,Berger T,Denayer S,Feraudet Tarisse C,Kläui AJ,Messio S,Mistou MY,Nia Y,Hennekinne JA,Graber HU

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Current approaches used for dose-response modeling of low-dose exposures of pathogens rely on assumptions and extrapolations. These models are important for quantitative microbial risk assessment of food. A mechanistic framework has been advocated as an alternative approach for evaluating dose-response relationships. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Abe H,Koyama K,Koseki S

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A soil bacterial consortium that was grown on diesel fuel and consisted of more than 10 members from different genera was maintained through repetitive subculturing and was utilized as a practical model to investigate a bacterial community that was continuously exposed to petroleum hydrocarbons. Through metagenomics a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Mori JF,Kanaly RA

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that causes high rates of hospitalization and mortality in people infected. Contamination of fresh, ready to eat produce by this pathogen is especially troubling because of the ability of this bacterium to grow on produce under refrigeration temperatures. In this study, w...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tran TD,Del Cid C,Hnasko R,Gorski L,McGarvey JA

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the differences in microbial community abundance, composition and diversity throughout the depth profiles in soils collected from corn and soybean fields in lowa, USA using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. The results revealed decreased richness and diversity in microbial communities at increasing...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hao J,Chai YN,Lopes LD,Ordóñez RA,Wright EE,Archontoulis S,Schachtman DP

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The extensive use of antibiotics in hospitals and in the animal breeding industry has promoted antibiotic resistance in bacteria, which resulted in the emergence of a large number of antibiotic resistance genes in the intestinal tract of human and farmed animals. Genetic exchange of resistance genes between the two ec...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang C,Song Y,Tang N,Zhang G,Leclercq SO,Feng J

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Epimerization of sugar nucleotides is central to the structural diversification of monosaccharide building blocks for cellular biosynthesis. Epimerase applicability to carbohydrate synthesis can be limited, however, by the high degree of substrate specificity exhibited by most sugar nucleotide epimerases. Here, we dis...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rapp C,van Overtveldt S,Beerens K,Weber H,Desmet T,Nidetzky B

更新日期：2020-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The electron donor cytochrome b5 (CybE/Cyb5) fuels the activity of the ergosterol biosynthesis-related P450 enzymes/P450s by providing electrons to P450s to promote ergosterol biosynthesis. Previous studies reported that lack of Aspergillus fumigatus (A. fumigatus) CybE reduces the proportion of ergosterol in total st...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Zhang C,Ren Y,Gao L,Gu H,Lu L

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Identifying and overcoming the limitations preventing efficient high-yield production of chemicals remain important tasks in metabolic engineering. In an attempt to rewire Corynebacterium glutamicum to produce ethanol, we attained a low yield (63% of the theoretical) when using resting cells on glucose, and large amou...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Shen J,Chen J,Solem C,Jensen PR,Liu JM

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius has been described to synthesize trehalose via the maltooligosyltrehalose synthase (TreY) and maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase (TreZ) pathway, and the trehalose glycosyltransferring synthase (TreT) pathway has been predicted. Deletion mutant analysis of strains with si...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Stracke C,Meyer BH,Hagemann A,Jo E,Lee A,Albers SV,Cha J,Bräsen C,Siebers B

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonribosomal peptides (NRPs) are a class of secondary metabolites usually produced by microorganisms. They are of paramount importance in different applications, including biocontrol and pharmacy. Brevibacillus spp. are a rich source of NRPs yet have received little attention. In this study, we characterize four novel...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Li Z,de Vries RH,Chakraborty P,Song C,Zhao X,Scheffers DJ,Roelfes G,Kuipers OP

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) causes serious foodborne disease worldwide. It produces the very potent Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2). The Stx2-encoding genes are located on a prophage, and production of the toxin is linked to the synthesis of Stx phages. There is, currently, no good treatment for EHEC infections, as...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kijewski A,Witsø IL,Iversen H,Rønning HT,L'Abée-Lund T,Wasteson Y,Lindbäck T,Aspholm M

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular DNA (eDNA) is a biofilm component that contributes to the formation and structural stability of biofilms. Streptococcus mutans, a major cariogenic bacterium, induces eDNA-dependent biofilm formation under specific conditions. Since cell death can result in the release and accumulation of DNA, the dead ce...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nagasawa R,Yamamoto T,Utada AS,Nomura N,Obana N

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Acidophilic archaea of the archaeal Richmond Mine acidophilic nanoorganisms (ARMAN) group from the uncultured candidate phylum "Candidatus Micrarchaeota" have small genomes and cell sizes and are known to be metabolically dependent and physically associated with their Thermoplasmatales hosts. However, phylogenetically...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kadnikov VV,Savvichev AS,Mardanov AV,Beletsky AV,Chupakov AV,Kokryatskaya NM,Pimenov NV,Ravin NV

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is an invasive maize pest that has spread from the Americas into Africa and Asia and causes severe crop damage worldwide. Most populations of S. frugiperda show low susceptibility to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry1Ab or Cry1Ac toxins, which have been proved to be effective ag...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gómez I,Ocelotl J,Sánchez J,Aguilar-Medel S,Peña-Chora G,Lina-Garcia L,Bravo A,Soberón M

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron (Fe) is one of the most important micronutrients for most life forms on earth. While abundant in soil, Fe bioavailability in oxic soil is very low. Under environmental conditions, bacteria need to acquire sufficient Fe to sustain growth while limiting the energy cost of siderophore synthesis. Biofilm formation mi...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Rizzi A,Leroux J,Charron-Lamoureux V,Roy S,Beauregard PB,Bellenger JP

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Western Lake Erie (Laurentian Great Lakes) is prone to annual cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cHABs) dominated by Microcystis spp. that often yield microcystin toxin concentrations exceeding the federal EPA recreational contact advisory of 8 μg liter-1 In August 2014, microcystin levels were detected in finished ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： McKindles KM,Manes MA,DeMarco JR,McClure A,McKay RM,Davis TW,Bullerjahn GS

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:CRISPR-based systems are emerging as the premier method to manipulate many cellular processes. In this study, a simple and efficient CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) system for targeted gene repression in archaea was developed. The Methanosarcina acetivorans CRISPR-Cas9 system was repurposed by replacing Cas9 with the ca...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dhamad AE,Lessner DJ

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Contamination of soil and water with heavy metals and metalloids is a serious environmental problem. Cadmium and arsenic are major environmental contaminants that pose a serious threat to human health. Although toxicities of cadmium and arsenic to living organisms have been extensively studied, the molecular mechanism...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Techo T,Charoenpuntaweesin S,Auesukaree C

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in individual host responses have emerged as an issue regarding the health benefits of probiotics. Here, we applied ribosome engineering (RE) technology, developed in an actinomycete study, to Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG). RE can effectively enhance microbial potential by using antibiotics to indu...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Ishida M,Namai F,Shigemori S,Kajikawa S,Tsukagoshi M,Sato T,Ogita T,Shimosato T

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacillus iners is often associated with vaginal dysbiosis and bacterial vaginosis (BV), which are risk factors for adverse gynecological and obstetric outcomes. To discover natural inhibitors of L. iners, cell-free culture supernatants (CFSs) from 77 vaginal human Lactobacillus strains and 1 human intestinal stra...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Nilsen T,Swedek I,Lagenaur LA,Parks TP

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Hydroxypyridine (3HP) is an important natural pyridine derivative. Ensifer adhaerens HP1 can utilize 3HP as its sole sources of carbon, nitrogen, and energy to grow, but the genes responsible for the degradation of 3HP remain unknown. In this study, we predicted that a gene cluster, designated 3hpd, might be respons...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wang H,Wang X,Ren H,Wang X,Lu Z

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:NisI confers immunity against nisin, with high substrate specificity to prevent a suicidal effect in nisin-producing Lactococcus lactis strains. However, the NisI maturation process as well as its influence on nisin resistance has not been characterized. Here, we report the roles of lipoprotein signal peptidase II (Ls...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Liu J,Xiong H,Du Y,Wiwatanaratanabutr I,Wu X,Zhao G,Zhu H,Caiyin Q,Qiao J

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Deletion of the pcaHG genes, encoding protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase in Rhodococcus jostii RHA1, gives a gene deletion strain still able to grow on protocatechuic acid as the sole carbon source, indicating a second degradation pathway for protocatechuic acid. Metabolite analysis of wild-type R. jostii RHA1 grown on m...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Spence EM,Scott HT,Dumond L,Calvo-Bado L,di Monaco S,Williamson JJ,Persinoti GF,Squina FM,Bugg TDH

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature and relative humidity are major factors determining virus inactivation in the environment. This article reviews inactivation data regarding coronaviruses on surfaces and in liquids from published studies and develops secondary models to predict coronaviruses inactivation as a function of temperature and re...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Guillier L,Martin-Latil S,Chaix E,Thébault A,Pavio N,Le Poder S,Batéjat C,Biot F,Koch L,Schaffner DW,Sanaa M,Covid-19 Emergency Collective Expert Appraisal Group.

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the rapid expansion in microbial taxonomy, precise identification of common industrially and agriculturally relevant fungi such as Trichoderma species is challenging. In this study, we introduce the online multilocus identification system (MIST) for automated detection of 349 Trichoderma species based on a set ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Dou K,Lu Z,Wu Q,Ni M,Yu C,Wang M,Li Y,Wang X,Xie H,Chen J,Zhang C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of chitosan microparticles on the uterine microbiome of cows with metritis. Dairy cows with metritis (n = 89) were assigned to 1 of 3 treatments: chitosan microparticles (n = 21), in which the cows received an intrauterine infusion of chitosan microparticles at me...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Galvão KN,de Oliveira EB,Cunha F,Daetz R,Jones K,Ma Z,Jeong KC,Bicalho RC,Higgins CH,Rodrigues MX,Gonzalez Moreno C,Jeon S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromohalobacter salexigens DSM 3043 can grow on N,N-dimethylglycine (DMG) as the sole C, N, and energy source and utilize sarcosine as the sole N source under aerobic conditions. However, little is known about the genes and enzymes involved in the conversion of DMG to sarcosine in this strain. In the present study, g...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yang T,Shao YH,Guo LZ,Meng XL,Yu H,Lu WD

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective wastewater management is crucial to ensure the safety of water reuse projects and effluent discharge into surface waters. Multiple studies have demonstrated that municipal wastewater treatment with conventional activated sludge processes is inefficient for the removal of a wide spectrum of viruses in sewage....

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chacón L,Barrantes K,Santamaría-Ulloa C,Solano M,Reyes L,Taylor L,Valiente C,Symonds EM,Achí R

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymatic production of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) has gained interest in recent years, as FDCA is a renewable precursor of poly(ethylene-2,5-furandicarboxylate) (PEF). 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural oxidases (HMFOs) form a flavoenzyme family with genes annotated in a dozen bacte...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Viñambres M,Espada M,Martínez AT,Serrano A

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00