Publications
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| metabolism of phloridzin by erwinia herbicola: nature of the degradation products, and the purification and properties of phloretin hydrolase. | erwinia herbicola y46 degrades phloridzin to yield phloretin, phloroglucinol, and phloretic acid, when grown on defined medium containing phloridzin as the sole source of carbon. the identities of the intermediates isolated from culture filtrates were established by co-chromatography and by ultraviolet absorption spectra. only 3 of 11 strains of this species, and none of the 12 species of bacterial phytopathogens tested could effect this breakdown. some of the latter organisms possessed beta-glu ... | 1969 | 5354935 |
| some observations on the physiology of erwinia herbicola and its possible implication as a factor antagonistic to erwinia amylovora in the "fire-blight" syndrome. | 1969 | 5798523 | |
| induction of nonpigmented variants of erwinia herbicola by incubation at supraoptimal temperatures. | several strains of erwinia herbicola produce white variants at high frequency when grown in yeast beef broth at 37 c. the relationships of the variants of e. herbicola y46 to the parent strain have been studied with respect to cultural, morphological, physiological and serological features. all the white variants are auxotrophic, showing a requirement for thiamine, and no instance of reversion was observed. representative variants show reactions similar to the parent strain on treatment with bot ... | 1971 | 5540997 |
| recognition and differential diagnosis of erwinia herbicola strains isolated in the hospital. | 1971 | 4930339 | |
| transfer among erwinia spp. and other enterobacteria of antibiotic resistance carried on r factors. | antibiotic resistance carried on r factors was transferred by conjugation from escherichia coli b/r and shigella flexneri 1a to erwinia spp. tetracycline resistance (tetr) carried on r factor r100 drd-56 was transferred from e. coli b/r to strains of erwinia amylovora, e. aroideae, e. atroseptica, e. chrysanthemi, e. cytolytica, e. dissolvens, e. herbicola, e. nigrifluens, and e. nimipressuralis, but not to strains of erwinia carotovora, e. carnegieana, e. dieffenbachiae, e. oleraceae, and e. qu ... | 1972 | 4562410 |
| clinical and bacteriologic observations on the proposed species, enterobacter agglomerans (the herbicola-lathyri bacteria). | 1972 | 4344106 | |
| genetic transfer of episomic elements among erwinia species and other enterobacteria: f'lac+. | the episomic element f'lac(+) was transferred, probably by conjugation, from escherichia coli to lac(-) strains of erwinia herbicola, erwinia amylovora, and erwinia chrysanthemi (but not to several other erwinia spp. in preliminary trials). the lac genes in the exconjugants of the erwinia spp. showed varying degrees of stability depending on the strain (stable in e. herbicola strains y46 and y74 and e. amylovora strain ea178, but markedly unstable in e. chrysanthemi strain ec16). the lac genes a ... | 1972 | 4591473 |
| microbial metabolism of amino alcohols. metabolism of ethanolamine and 1-aminopropan-2-ol in species of erwinia and the roles of amino alcohol kinase and amino alcohol o-phosphate phospho-lyase in aldehyde formation. | 1. growth of erwinia carotovora n.c.p.p.b. 1280 on media containing 1-aminopropan-2-ol compounds or ethanolamine as the sole n source resulted in the excretion of propionaldehyde or acetaldehyde respectively. the inclusion of (nh(4))(2)so(4) in media prevented aldehyde formation. 2. growth, microrespirometric and enzymic evidence implicated amino alcohol o-phosphates as aldehyde precursors. an inducibly formed atp-amino alcohol phosphotransferase was partially purified and found to be markedly s ... | 1973 | 4357716 |
| transmission of lac by the sex factor e in erwinia strains from human clinical sources. | lactose-utilizing (lac(+)) strains of erwinia spp. from human clinical material transfer lac by conjugation to plant strains of erwinia herbicola and erwinia amylovora, to other erwinia strains from human clinical sources, and also to escherichia coli, paracolobactrum arizonae, salmonella typhimurium, and shigella dysenteriae. the frequency of this transfer varies with the donor and recipient strains employed. the lac genes appear stable in these exconjugants, and they are not cured by acridine ... | 1973 | 4582635 |
| the ortho-nitrophenol (onpg) test and acid from lactose in gram-negative genera. | the results are given of the ortho-nitrophenol test for beta-galactosidase production (onpg test) on 588 strains of 123 aerobic species of bacteria, representing 30 genera. apart from some strains of erwinia herbicola (synonym chromobacterium typhiflavum) and of yersinia spp, these strains were not members of the enterobacteriaceae, in which family the onpg test is widely used and well documented. the strains were also tested for acid production from 1, 5, and 10% lactose and the findings are di ... | 1973 | 4587939 |
| simultaneous contamination of transfusion blood with enterobacter agglomerans and pseudomonas fluorescens, supposedly from the pilot tubes. | 1973 | 4726336 | |
| variation in the occurrence of extracellular diffusible antigens in temperature-induced variants of erwinia herbicola y46, and observations of their relationships with erwinia amylovora. | 1974 | 4208906 | |
| clinical study of the use of the new aminoglycoside tobramycin for therapy of infections due to gram-negative bacteria. | tobramycin, a new aminoglycoside antimicrobial, was evaluated as therapy for infections due to gram-negative bacilli in 15 seriously ill patients with underlying diseases. three of 10 patients with gram-negative bacteremias also had urinary tract infections. two patients had respiratory tract infections, one had cellulitis, one had a urinary tract infection, and another had septic phlebitis. twelve patients were cured of their infections. eosinophilia was observed in one patient and another deve ... | 1974 | 4599125 |
| in-use contamination of intravenous infusion fluid. | during the 1970 to 1971 nationwide epidemic of septicemias caused by enterobacter cloacae and enterobacter agglomerans traced to intrinsic contamination of abbott intravenous infusion products, 94 infusion systems manufactured by baxter laboratories were studied microbiologically and epidemiologically during hospital use. intravenous fluid from 10 systems (11%) contained microorganisms, usually staphylococcus or bacillus species; one infusion was heavily contaminated with klebsiella pneumoniae. ... | 1974 | 4613269 |
| [a new species of enterobacteria found in medical bacteriology: enterobacter agglomerans (ex-erwinia herbicola). biochemical study of 205 strains]. | 1974 | 4617535 | |
| partial purification and properties of a beta-glucosidase from erwinia herbicola y46. | a constitutive beta-glucosidase of erwinia herbicola y46 was studied as a prerequisite to an assessment of its significance in the release of bacteriotoxic aglycones from plant beta-glucosides, and the possible effects of the aglycones on the course of such plant diseases as "fire-blight". the enzyme was purified 86.5-fold from crude extracts of cells grown on yeast beef broth. ammonium sulfate precipitation, deae-cellulose fractionation, and gel filtration through sephadex g-100 resulted in a p ... | 1975 | 235359 |
| the isolation and characterization of a temperate phage, y46/(e2), from erwinia herbicola y40. | a temperate phage was induced from exponential phase cells of erwinia herbicola y46 by treatment with mitomycin c. the phage was purified by single plaque isolation, and produced in bulk by successive cultivation in young cultures of e. herbicola y 178. phages were concentrated from culture filtrates by rate zonal centrifugation and resuspension in 0.02 m tris buffer, ph 7.2, twice, yielding suspensions of about 5 times 10(11) pfu/ml. purification was achieved by centrifugation in buffered sucro ... | 1975 | 238732 |
| [properties of enterobacter agglomerans strains isolated from different sources (author's transl)]. | 1975 | 127663 | |
| chronic polymicrobial bacteremia. | a 13-year-old girl had chronic polymicrobial bacteremia with enterobacter hafnia and enterobacter agglomerans in the absence of any demonstrable underlying illness, use of immunosuppressive drugs, or discovery of portal of entry of the bacteria. she was treated successfully with a prolonged course of carbenicillin and aminoglycoside antibiotics which were tolerated well. the only side effect of the therapy was a transient episode of vestibular dysfunction which was reversible following cessation ... | 1975 | 1078798 |
| polypectate digestion by yersinia. | the ability of yersinia to digest polypectate may be of some value in differentiating y. enterocolitica and y. pseudotuberculosis from some of the other fermenting gram-negative bacilli, such as enterobacter agglomerans, with which they can be confused. pectolytic activity in yersinia may also have some teleologic or taxonomic significance about which we do not care to speculate. | 1975 | 1206110 |
| some biological properties and an in vivo evaluation of tyrosine phenol-lyase on growth of b-16 melanoma. | tyrosine phenol-lyase from erwinia herbicola was purified with the goal of assessing its effect on growth of malignant melanoma. ammonium sulfate-sodium citrate fractionation and diethylaminoethyl cellulose-hydroxylapatite chromatography were used. the purified enzyme was shown to reduce plasma tyrosine levels when administered to normal c57bl x dba/2 f1 mice. the plasma half-life value of the enzyme was found to be 6 to 7 hr. unlike results reported with glutaminase and asparaginase preparation ... | 1976 | 1247996 |
| nationwide epidemic of septicemia caused by contaminated intravenous products. i. epidemiologic and clinical features. | between mid-1970 and april 1, 1971, enterobacter cloacae or e. agglomerans septicemia developed in 378 patients in 25 american hospitals while they were receiving intravenous products manufactured by one company. each of the hospitals noted a marked increase in the incidence of such septicemia during this period. enterobacter agglomerans (formerly designated erwinia, herbicola-lathyri group) was better known as a plant pathogen and had been a human blood pathogen only rarely in the past. septice ... | 1976 | 1274981 |
| nucleoside phosphotransferase from erwinia herbicola, a new membrane-bound enzyme. | a nucleoside phosphotransferase, which catalyzes the phosphorylation of nucleosides to nucleotides by low energy phosphate esters, has been isolated and purified 500-fold from the membrane fraction of erwinia herbicola. its most noteworthy difference from other enzymes of this class is that it is membrane bound and can be isolated and handled only in the presence of a detergent. with a ribonucleoside acceptor, adenosine, the reaction product is exclusively 5'-amp; with deoxyadenosine, 5'- and 3' ... | 1976 | 1083386 |
| traumatic endophthalmitis caused by an erwinia species. | a previously healthy 70-year-old white man sustained a plant injury to his left eye while gardening and was admitted here because of an ensuing perforated cornea and endophthalmitis. the lens was opaque and its anterior capsule was ruptured. culture of fluid obtained by anterior chamber paracentesis yielded a species of the erwinia herbicolalathyri group (enterobacter agglomerans). thirty-seven days after a course of cefazolin and gentamicin therapy, corneal edema necessitated a planned extracap ... | 1976 | 1087119 |
| [sepsis due to enterobacter agglomerans erwinia herbicola]. | 1976 | 935595 | |
| bacteria within ovules and seeds. | surface-sterilized ovules and seeds of 27 species of plants were cultured in the water of syneresis of a nutrient medium low in agar content. bacteria were obtained from 30% of the ovules, 15% of the seeds of herbaceous plants, 16% of the seeds of woody plants, 5.4% of the overwintered noncereal seeds, and 13.5% of overwintered cereal seeds. in no instance did every ovule or seed of a plant species contain bacteria. no bacteria were obtained from the hard, waxy seeds of mimosa or yellowwood. the ... | 1976 | 984839 |
| vaginal discharge and enterobacter agglomerans. | 1976 | 990772 | |
| [formation and structure of oval aggregates of erwinia herbicola cells]. | formation and structure of oval aggregates were studied by electron and light microscopy of the cells of erwinia herbicola. some cells in these cultures were found to synthesize extracellular slime which caused the formation of the aggregates. as has been established by cytochemical techniques, the slime consists mainly of polysaccharides. the aggregates are compact groups of cells submerged into the slime whose bulk is located at the periphery. formation of slime synthesizing cells in the cultu ... | 1976 | 1004271 |
| numerical taxonomy of some yellow-pigmented bacteria isolated from plants. | phenetic data on over 60 heterotrophic, gram-negative, yellow chromogenic bacteria from plant material were collected and analysed using numerical taxonomic methods. marker strains representing 42 taxa were included in the analyses. at similarity levels of 80% or above, eight distinct clusters were obtained, the first four of which included yellow chromogens. custer i contained isolates from green healthy leaves of agrostis tenuis, festuca rubra, holcus lanata, lolium perenne and poa pratensis, ... | 1976 | 1011010 |
| studies on endotoxin of erwinia herbicola and their biological activity. | the endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide) preparations were extracted by the boivin method from 10 strains of erwinia herbicola isolated from the air of grain mills and from human and animal sources. it was found in assays for biological activity that these preparations had true endotoxic properties: lethality for mice, ability to produce primary inflammatory lesions in rabbit skin and ability to prepare rabbit skin for the local shwartzman reaction. endotoxins obtained from five e. herbicola isolates ... | 1976 | 1015031 |
| less frequently reported gram-negative fermentative rods. | the clinical significance and distinguishing characteristics of less frequently reported gram-negative fermentative rods (pasteurella, yersinia, vibrio, aeromonas and plesiomonas, enterobacter agglomerans, and chromobacterium) are described. increased awareness of these organisms, a knowledge of possible sites in which they cause infection, and identification criteria which will separate them from similar bacteria will prepare the clinical microbiologist for the isolation and identification of t ... | 1976 | 769548 |
| derivation and properties of f-prime factors in escherichia coli carrying nitrogen fixation genes from klebsiella pneumoniae. | a his+ nif+ escherichia coli k12, hfr strain (unf43) was constructed by an intergeneric mating between a klebsiella pneumoniae donor strain (hf3) and a his-hfr e. coli strain (sbi824) which transfers his as an early marker. an f-prime nif plasmid, fn39, carrying genes which correspond to the e. coli chromosomal region, metg gnd his shia, but excluding purf and arod, was isolated from unf43. translocation of carbenicillin resistance genes from a p-type r-factor, r68, to fn39 increased the stabili ... | 1976 | 772161 |
| acceptance and transfer of r-factor rp1 by members of the "herbicola" group of the genus erwinia. | the r-factor rp1 was transferred by conjugation from pseudomonas aeruginosa pao12r(rpi) to various strains of erwinia herbicola and to one strain of erwinia stewartii. the exconjugate strains had minimum inhibitory concentration values for carbenicillin, kanamycin, neomycin, and tetracycline somewhat lower than the corresponding values for the pseudomonad rp1 donor strain. the biochemical characteristics of the exconjugant strains displayed minor variation in some instances from those of the cor ... | 1976 | 824272 |
| [effect of dissolved oxygen concentration on the growth of pseudomonas]. | the effect of concentration of oxygen dissolved in the medium (o2) on growth was studied with pseudomonas herbicola, ps. non-liquefaciens, ps. aeruginosa, and ps. desmolytica. growth of all studied pseudomonas cultures was decelerated when (o2) fell beyond 30-50% of saturation of the medium with oxygen; (o2) critical for respiration was within the range of 11-17% saturation, i. e. was 2-3 times lower that for growth. a decrease in the specific growth rate was usually accompanied with a decrease ... | 1976 | 826764 |
| acetylene reduction (nitrogen fixation) by enterobacteriaceae isolated from paper mill process waters. | using selective media containing galactitol, over 130 enterobacteriaceae have been isolated from paper mill process waters collected from different localities. these bacteria were extensively characterized and tested for acetylene-reducing (nitrogen-fixing) activity under anaerobic conditions. high activity was found in representatives of klebsiella pneumoniae, enterobacter aerogenes, enterobacter cloacae, erwinia herbicola, citrobacter freundii, citrobacter intermedius, and escherichia coli. un ... | 1976 | 16345168 |
| enterobacter agglomerans: the clinically important plant pathogen. | during a 5-month period enterobacter agglomerans, now described as a member of the phytopathogenic genus erwinia, was isolated from 13 patients in a general hospital; in 1 patient it was isolated from two sites. in six instances the organism was the sole pathogen isolated, in two instances it may have contributed to infection and in the remaining instances it was probably a transient saprophyte. the strains showed some variation in biochemical reactions but were similar in colonial morphology an ... | 1977 | 837319 |
| nitrogen-fixing enterobacter agglomerans isolated from guts of wood-eating termites. | two strains of facultatively anaerobic, n2-fixing bacteria were isolated from guts of coptotermes formosanus and identified as enterobacter agglomerans. the deoxyribonucleic acid base composition of isolates was 52.6 and 53.1 mol% guanine plus cytosine. both isolates and a known strain of e. agglomerans carried out a mixed acid type of glucose fermentation. n2 fixation by e. agglomerans was inhibited by o2; consequently, n2 served as an n source only for cells growing anaerobically in media lack ... | 1977 | 848958 |
| differential diagnosis of enterobacter agglomerans. | on a number of instances, attempts to identify strains related to ent. agglomerans by some of their characters were exemplified. correlation with the tables proposed by ewing et al. was employed. | 1977 | 899373 |
| a special report: four-year study of a boy with combined immune deficiency maintained in strict reverse isolation from birth. | a 4-year study of a boy with combined immune deficiency is presented, and the impact of this disease on various aspects of his growth and development is examined. there is no evidence of immune deficiency in either parent or in the genetic background on the maternal side. three children of a brother of the mother's father may have had immune deficiencies but two have grown to be teenagers with no problems. another died. at autopsy, however, lymph nodes appeared normal. the deceased older brother ... | 1977 | 401538 |
| taxonomy of the genus serratia. | one hundred and fifty-six strains of serratia and related bacteria including representatives of enterobacter liquefaciens, enterobacter cloacae, enterobacter aerogenes, erwinia carotovora, erwinia chrysanthemi, erwinia herbicola and erwinia nimipressuralis were studied using 223 morphological, physiological, biochemical and carbon source utilization tests. the results were subjected to computer analysis. at the 80% similarity level all strains, except two, grouped into eight phenons representing ... | 1977 | 319202 |
| characterization of enterobacter agglomerans (erwinia spp.) from clinical specimens. | the biochemical reactions of 18 anaerogenic and 45 aerogenic isolates of enterobacter agglomerans are described and used for subdivision in the biogroups suggested by ewing & fife. the presence of special cultural characteristics (symplasmata and biconvex bodies) was also recorded and was found to be unrelated to formation of gas from glucose. previous authors have reported such structures in anaerogenic cultures only. the amount of gas produced varied to a great extent between strains and also ... | 1977 | 320820 |
| enzymatic degradation of polygalacturonic acid by yersinia and klebsiella species in relation to clinical laboratory procedures. | as scored by several specified plating procedures, clinical and environmental strains of yersinia enterocolitica, yersinia pseudotuberculosis, and klebsiella pneumoniae "oxytocum" showed detectable, albeit generally weak, ability to digest polygalacturonic (pectic) acid. none of these bacterial strains had the vigorous and rapid pectolytic activity on these polygalacturonic acid-containing media that is typical of soft-rot erwinia species, although some of the oxytocum strains came fairly close. ... | 1977 | 334794 |
| clinical study of the use of the new aminoglycoside tobramycin for therapy of infections due to gram-negative bacteria. | tobramycin, a new aminoglycoside antimicrobial, was evaluated as therapy for infections due to gram-negative bacilli in 15 seriously ill patients with underlying diseases. three of 10 patients with gram-negative bacteraemia also had a urinary tract infection. two patients had a respiratory tract infection, one had cellulitis, one had a urinary tract infection, and another had septic phlebitis. twelve patients were cured of their infections. eosinophilia was observed in one patient, and another d ... | 1977 | 600202 |
| nitrogen fixation (acetylene reduction) associated with roots of winter wheat and sorghum in nebraska. | root segments and root-soil cores (6.5-cm diameter) from fields and nurseries of winter wheat and sorghum were tested for n2 fixation by using the acetylene reduction assay. wheat samples (approximately 1,200) from 109 sites generally had low or no activity (0 to 3.1 nmol of c2h4 produced per h per g [dry weight] of root segments), even after 24 h of incubation. however, a commercial field of scout 66, located in western nebraska, exhibited appreciable activity (290 nmol of c2h4 produced per h p ... | 1978 | 623458 |
| microflora analysis of a child with severe combined immune deficiency. | an infant with severe combined immune deficiency was delivered by caesarean section and continuously maintained in an isolator in an effort to restrict microbial contact. however, during the past 5 years the child came in contact with at least 54 different microbial contaminants. his skin autoflora was similar to the reference group of healthy male adults in numbers of different species and the number of viable cells present per square centimeter of surface area. the subject's autoflora differed ... | 1978 | 631877 |
| septic arthritis caused by enterobacter agglomerans. | a case of septic arthritis was caused by enterobacter agglomerans, an association that to our knowledge has not been described previously. the right knee joint of a previously healthy 11-year-old boy became infected when the organism was introduced through the overlying skin by a contaminated wooden splinter. conservative management with antibiotic therapy and repeated arthrocenteses was successful. enterobacter agglomerans is a known plant pathogen, and a relationship between human infections c ... | 1978 | 646543 |
| the role of nationwide nosocomial infection surveillance in detecting epidemic bacteremia due to contaminated intravenous fluids. | since january, 1970, the center for disease control (cdc) has corridnated surveillance of nosocomial infections in a group of voluntarily cooperating hispitals in the united states. in 1970, this surveillance system failed to realize one of its major goals: detection of a nationwide epidemic of septicemia caused by contaminated intravenous products. however, retrospective review of infections reported to cdc revealed that the data received were sufficient for the outbreak to have been recognized ... | 1978 | 707489 |
| exposure to dust-borne bacteria in agriculture. i. environmental studies. | in order to evaluate the exposure of agricultural workers to dust-borne bacteria, microbiological examinations of the air were performed in grain storing and processing plants and in animal houses. large concentrations of viable microorganisms, ranging from 129.2 to 1289.9 thousands/m3 of air, were found in the rooms contaminated with grain dust and much lower in those contaminated with flour dust (22.6 thousands/m3). bacteria predominated in the air of grain plants, whereas actinomycetes and fu ... | 1978 | 708119 |
| [numerical taxonomic studies on enterobacteria of surface-water (author's transl)]. | 435 enterobacterial strains of surface-water were tested in 35 physiological characters and classified numerically by a single-linkage procedure. the relations of similarity are shown in a "vernetzungsdiagramm" (connected graph, fig. 1). tab. 1 specifies the characters of the taxa, which were formed graphically. the following facts are the result of this taxonomic classification: 1. 32% of the escherichia group are kcn-positive. in addition it was found that 60% of the e. coli isolated from the ... | 1978 | 735569 |
| distribution of ice nucleation-active bacteria on plants in nature. | a replica plating method for rapid quantitation of ice nucleation-active (ina) bacteria was developed. leaf washings of plant samples from california, colorado, florida, louisiana, and wisconsin were tested for the presence of ina bacteria. of the 95 plant species sampled, 74 were found to harbor ina bacteria. only the conifers were, as a group, unlikely to harbor ina bacteria. all of the ina bacteria isolated resembled either pseudomonas syringae or erwinia herbicola. sufficient numbers of ina ... | 1978 | 736541 |
| thorn-induced periostitis associated with enterobacter agglomerans infection. | 1978 | 737644 | |
| endotoxin in germfree, gnotobiotic, or conventional-flora sprague-dawley rats. | the limulus assay for bacterial endotoxin was performed on serum and (or) plasma from animals monoassociated with clostridium species, staphylococcus aureus, escherichia coli, proteus mirabilis, enterobacter agglomerans, bacteroides fragilis, klebsiella pneumoniae, or candida albicans. plasma from animals monoassociated with the gram-negative bacteria or c. albicans consistently showed a positive limulus test while conventional-flora controls, germfree rats, and gnotobiotic animals monoassociate ... | 1978 | 371771 |
| nosocomial meningitis and bacteremia due to contaminated amphotericin b. | nosocomial gram-negative bacillary meningitis and bacteremia occurred in a patient who was receiving intrathecal and intravenous amphotericin b. an epidemiologic investigation found the amphotericin b to be contaminated with enterobacter agglomerans, pseudomonas fluorescens, and p aeruginosa. these contaminants were traced to a lot ot sodium phosphate buffer that was added to all intrathecal and intravenous amphotericin b preparations. the phosphate buffer underwent prolonged storage at room tem ... | 1978 | 413939 |
| exposure to dust-borne bacteria in agriculture. ii. immunological survey. | in order to investigate whether high exposure to erwinia herbicola causes sensitization in grain handlers, immunological tests (agargel precipitation, complement fixation, passive cutaneous anaphylaxis, and intradermal) with the extracts of these bacteria were performed in different groups of grain workers and in other groups of population. tests with extracts of grain dust and other microorganisms were also performed. grain workers showed in all the tests high incidence of positive reactions to ... | 1978 | 101155 |
| enterobacteria of emerging pathogenic significance from clinical cases in man and animals and detection of toads and wall lizards as their reservoirs. | a total of 416 samples comprising faecal samples from diarrhoeic cases of man, calves, sheep and goats, and urine samples from patients with urinary tract infections, were examined for the presence of enterobacteria of emerging pathogenic significance. citrobacter freundii from 20, c. intermedius biotype-a from four, serratia marcescens (serotype 05:h13, bactericin type 16) from one and erwinia herbicola from two human stool samples were isolated. only two urine samples yielded c. freundii. citr ... | 1978 | 582096 |
| [biological properties of erwinia herbicola (duggeli) dye isolated from plants of the cucurbitaceous family]. | 1979 | 530119 | |
| differential toxicities of mercury to bacteria and bacteriophages in sea and in lake water. | mixtures of anionic hgcl3-/hgcl4(2)-complexes were less toxic to terrestrial bacteria (erwinia herbicola, agrobacterium tumefaciens), to marine bacteria (acinetobacter sp., aeromonas sp.), and to bacteriophages (phi 11 m 15 of staphylococcus aureus and p1 of escherichia coli) than were equivalent concentrations of hg as cationic hg2+. the toxicity of 1 ppm hg to a. tumefaciens. aeromonas sp., and phi 11 m 15 was less in seawater than in lake water. inasmuch as the hg-cl species are formed in env ... | 1979 | 161510 |
| nitrogen fixation in a biotype of erwinia herbicola resembling escherichia coli. | 1979 | 383675 | |
| nitrogen fixation associated with 'park' kentucky bluegrass (poa pratensis l.). | associative nitrogen fixation in kentucky bluegrass (poa pratensis l.) turfs inoculated with five nitrogen-fixing bacterial isolates was evaluated using the acetylene reduction assay and nitrogen accumulation as indicators of fixation. 'park' and 'nugget' kentucky bluegrass turfs were grown in controlled environment chambers and inoculated with klebsiella pneumoniae (w-2, w-6, and w-14), erwinia herbicola (w-8), and enterobacter cloacae (w-11). 'park' inoculated with k. pneumoniae (w-6) had sign ... | 1979 | 394819 |
| potential hazards associated with microbial contamination of in-line filters during intravenous therapy. | the survival and multiplication of enterobacter agglomerans, klebsiella pneumoniae, serratia marcescens, and pseudomonas aeruginosa in 0.45- and 0.22-micrometer in-line filter sets during simulated infusions were studied to evaluate the ability of each filter type to prevent infusions of these bacteria into patients. bacteria were found to proliferate in the upstream compartment of sets housing both filter porosities. none of the 0.22-micrometer in-line filters were penetrated by the test bacter ... | 1980 | 6796597 |
| acceptance by erwinia spp. of r plasmid r68.45 and its ability to mobilize the chromosome of erwinia chrysanthemi. | r plasmid r68.45 was transferred in broth matings from escherichia coli to strains of erwinia amylovora, e. carotovora subsp. atroseptica, e. chrysanthemi, and e. herbicola (enterobacter agglomerans); the frequency of transfer ranged from 2 x 10(-8) to 5 x 10(-4) per input donor cell depending on the bacterial species. the drug resistance markers tet(+), amp(+), and kan(+) were stable in these erwinia species. transconjugants of erwinia spp., but not of the wild-type parent erwinia strains, acqu ... | 1980 | 6989797 |
| expression of klebsiella his and nif genes in serratia marcescens, erwinia herbicola and proteus mirabilis. | plasmid prd1, an r plasmid of the p incompatibility group which carries his and nif genes from klebsiella pneumoniae in addition to drug resistance markers derived from rp4, was transferred to his- mutants of serratia marcescens, erwinia herbicola and proteus mirabilis. his+ transconjugants were obtained at low but different frequencies according to recipient genus. transconjugants all acquired the drug resistance, and were nif+ in s. marcescens and e. herbicola, having acetylene-reducing activi ... | 1980 | 7000024 |
| chemical structure and inhalation toxicity of lipopolysaccharides from bacteria on cotton. | lipopolysaccharides from different bacteria isolated from cotton were purified and chemically analyzed. their pulmonary toxicity to animals was tested in inhalation tests. lipopolysaccharides from agrobacterium and xanthomonas were shown to differ from the others in that they contained no heptose and no non-hydroxylated fatty acids with a chain length of 12, 14, or 16 carbon atoms. lipopolysaccharides from pseudomonas putida, enterobacter agglomerans, and klebsiella oxytoca were found to cause a ... | 1980 | 7000706 |
| [isolation, purification and some properties of tyrosine-phenol-lyase from citrobacter freundii cells]. | a new procedure for isolation of tyrosine-phenol-lyase from the cells of c. freundii strain 62 allowing to obtain a highly purified enzyme with a high yield at a reduced time expenditure has been developed. the procedure described differs from the well-known method for isolation of the enzyme from the cells of escherichia intermedia and erwinia herbicola. some properties of the enzyme from c. freundii 62, e.g. stability, dependence of the enzyme activity on some mono- and bivalent cations and ph ... | 1980 | 7378508 |
| [experimental rabbit corneal infection caused by erwinia hervicola--virulence of erwinia herbicola and effect of corticosteroid (author's transl)]. | 1980 | 7386316 | |
| fermentation of polysaccharides by klebsielleae and other facultative bacilli. | fermentations of 10 polysaccharides by species of the family enterobacteriaceae were examined. algin, guar, karaya, xanthan, and xylan were not fermented by any of the strains tested. most of the activity was found in the tribe klebsielleae. klebsiella oxytoca fermented amylopectin (97% of the strains studied), carrageenan (100%), inulin (68%), polypectate (100%), and tragacanth (100%). klebsiella pneumoniae fermented amylopectin (91%), carrageenan (100%), and tragacanth (86%). carrageenan was a ... | 1980 | 7396489 |
| herbicolins--new peptide antibiotics from erwinia herbicola. | erwinia herbicols (strain a 111) produces two acylated peptide antibiotics herbicolins a and b. isolation of herbicolins was performed by adsorption on a polystryrol adsorbent followed by elution with methanol. further purification was achieved by gel filtration on sephadex lh-20, counter-current distribution or by tlc. herbicolin a was chemically characterized, containing 2 glycines, 1 l-threonine, 1 d-allo-threonine, 1 d-glutamic acid, 1 d-leucine, 1 l-agrinine and beta-hydroxy myristic acid. ... | 1980 | 7410203 |
| anaerobic and aerobic bacteriology of decubitus ulcers in children. | forty-two children with decubitus ulcers were studied using aerobic and anaerobic techniques. anaerobic bacteria were isolated in 21 (50%) of the patients, five times as the only isolates and 16 times mixed with aerobes. aerobes only were present in 20 (48%) of the patients. there were a total of 83 isolates, 46 aerobes and 37 anaerobes, with an average of two species per specimen (1.1 aerobes and 0.9 anaerobes). the predominant anaerobic isolates were gram-positive cocci (17), bacteroides fragi ... | 1980 | 7436139 |
| nutritional requirements and biochemical activities of pineapple pink disease bacterial strains from hawaii. | bacteria which cause pink disease of pineapple, identified on the basis of their nutritional and biochemical activities, were found to belong to three genera. these bacteria include the following species: gluconobacter oxydans, acetobacter aceti, and erwinia herbicola. several pink disease strains required one to three vitamins for growth. both g. oxydans strains 303d and 180 required biotin, nicotinic acid, and pantothenic acid for growth; e. herbicola 189 required only nicotinic acid; however, ... | 1980 | 7436404 |
| enumeration and characterization of standard plate count bacteria in chlorinated and raw water supplies. | nearly 700 standard plate count (spc) bacteria were isolated from drinking water and untreated surface water and identified according to a scheme developed to permit the rapid, simple classification of microorganisms to genus, species, or group. actinomycetes and aeromonas species were the two most common groups of spc bacteria in chlorinated distribution water. aeromonas spp. and enterobacter agglomerans were the two most common groups of spc bacteria in raw water. identification of bacterial p ... | 1980 | 7447444 |
| [characteristics of enterobacter agglomerans strains isolated in poland]. | 1980 | 7206900 | |
| [experimental rabbit corneal infection caused by erwinia herbicola. ii. the variation of the agglutination titer and number of peripheral lymphocytes (author's transl)]. | 1980 | 7211610 | |
| [comparative studies on the skin and inhalation tests with erwinia herbicola allergen in bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive bronchitis]. | 1980 | 7255211 | |
| [early results of specific desensitization with erwinia herbicola allergen in bronchial asthma]. | 1980 | 7255212 | |
| affinity chromatography of some pyridoxal phosphate-requiring enzymes on cibacron blue f3ga-agarose. | tyrosine phenol-lyase from erwinia herbicola was purified from a cell-free extract in a single step on cibacron blue f3ga-agarose. the protein was purified as the apoenzyme and was unstable after affinity chromatography. alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase from porcine heart also bound to cibacron blue f3ga-agarose. these enzymes were partially purified as holoenzymes from a crude porcine heart extract by elution with nadh and kcl. alanine aminotransferase was purified 19 fol ... | 1980 | 7255863 |
| dinitrogen-fixing bacteria: computer-assisted identification of soil isolates. | dinitrogen-fixing (acetylene-reducing) bacteria may be readily isolated from soils but extensive biochemical or immunobiological testing, or both, are required to identify them absolutely. a computer-assisted scheme for identification of nine genera of dinitrogen-fixing bacteria was developed and tested. the computer program is based on interpretation of the 70 biochemical tests of the api 20e and 50e, supplemented with tests for acetylene reduction, nitrate and nitrite reduction, catalase, oxid ... | 1980 | 7214218 |
| a single medium for the isolation of acetylene-reducing (dinitrogen-fixing) bacteria from soils. | a single medium, containing standard basal salts and three common carbon sources (sucrose, mannitol, and sodium lactate) is proposed to replace nitrogen-free media in common use for isolating dinitrogen-fixing bacteria. eight commonly isolated genera of dinitrogen-fixing bacterial exhibited growth on this combined carbon medium that equalled or bettered growth on other carbon-containing media. combined carbon medium also yielded the highest counts of putative dinitrogen-fixing bacteria from thre ... | 1981 | 7214234 |
| [septicaemia caused by erwinia herbicola in an 8-year-old boy (author's transl)]. | a child suffering from osteomyelitis of the left ankle developed fulminant septicaemia with repetitive isolation of erwinia herbicola in pure culture. plants are considered to be the primary source of the infective agent and lacerations as well as stab wounds from thorns might be the port of entry. the boy's septicaemia could be governed by parenteral therapy with tobramycin, cephalothin, and carbenicillin. in the course of his illness, the child has produced antibodies against the homologous er ... | 1981 | 7289435 |
| an abbreviated scheme for identification of yersinia enterocolitica isolated from food enrichments on cin (cefsulodin-irgasan-novobiocin) agar. | an abbreviated procedure for the biochemical identification of yersinia enterocolitica isolated from food enrichments on cin (cefsulodin-irgasan-novobiocin) agar was investigated. a total of 170 colonies resembling y. enterocolitica in colonial morphology and appearance on cin agar were selected for identification using api strips. ninety-three of these isolates were examined with the pathotec ornithine decarboxylase, voges-proskauer, and urease test strips. the pathotec urease strip alone was a ... | 1981 | 7306881 |
| defective packing of an unusual dna in a virulent erwinia phage, erh 1. | a newly isolated bacteriophage, erh 1, for erwinia herbicola, has been characterized. this virulent phage has been found to have an elongated rod-like head and a short complex tail structure. one major protein and 5 minor proteins have been identified as phage components. the head structure was found to be transparent, flexible and could be twisted or flattened by various treatments. the dna, isolated from highly purified phage particles, was linear, double-stranded, had a g-c content of 46-47% ... | 1981 | 7330047 |
| [serologic properties of erwinia herbicola bacteriophages]. | 1981 | 7331609 | |
| nosocomial bacteremia. an epidemiologic overview. | each year nosocomial bacteremia develops in approximately 194,000 patients in u.s. hospitals (5/1,000); 75,000 die. these infections portend $.28 to $.86 billion added costs to health care. most nosocomial bacteremias occur endemically and are secondary bacteremias, caused by postoperative wound or intra-abdominal infections, urinary tract infections or pneumonia; primary bacteremias most frequently originate from intravascular devices, but the source is unrecognized. between 1965 and 1978, 97 e ... | 1981 | 7211906 |
| enterobacteriaceae associated with meats and meat handling. | the source of enterobacteriaceae on meats was shown to be associated with the meat-handling work surfaces in two packing plants studies. a total of 2,343 enterobacteriaceae were isolated and identified from meat samples and work surfaces at the packing plants and at the retail facilities. escherichia coli biotype i and serratia liquefaciens were detected at all stages of meat handling, indicating that they may be present in meats throughout the meat-handling system. enterobacter agglomerans and ... | 1981 | 7195193 |
| bacterial growth in ground beef prepared from electrically stimulated and nonstimulated muscles. | ground beef samples prepared from electrically stimulated and nonstimulated biceps femoris and infraspinatus muscles were inoculated with lactobacillus sp., pseudomonas sp., acinetobacter sp., or a mixture of lactobacillus spp., pseudomonas spp., acinetobacter spp., moraxella sp., microbacterium thermosphactum, and erwinia herbicola. there were no significant differences in growth of various bacteria in ground beef made from electrically stimulated and nonstimulated muscles. | 1981 | 7195194 |
| biochemical characteristics and identification of enterobacteriaceae isolated from meats. | the isolation and identification of 2,220 enterobacteriaceae from meats indicated that escherichia coli biotype i, enterobacter agglomerans, and serratia liquefaciens were the principal types to be differentiated in meats. citrobacter freundii, klebsiella pneumoniae, enterobacter cloacae, and enterobacter hafniae were also commonly identified. identification of isolates by the encise ii (roche diagnostics inc., nutley, n.j.) and minitek (bbl microbiology systems, cockeysville, md.) coding system ... | 1981 | 7013705 |
| effect of solar radiation and predacious microorganisms on survival of fecal and other bacteria. | the effect of solar radiation and predacious microorganisms on the survival of bacteria of fecal and plant origin was studied. the decline in the numbers of escherichia coli cells in estuarine water samples was found to be significantly greater in the presence of both naturally occurring microbial predators and solar radiation than when each of these factors was acting independently. the effect of solar radiation on microbial predators was negligible, whereas the susceptibility of bacteria to li ... | 1981 | 7020590 |
| [enterobacter agglomerans--sensitivity to antibacterial compounds (author's transl)]. | 1981 | 6451304 | |
| root-associated n(2) fixation (acetylene reduction) by enterobacteriaceae and azospirillum strains in cold-climate spodosols. | n(2) fixation by bacteria in associative symbiosis with washed roots of 13 poaceae and 8 other noncultivated plant species in finland was demonstrated by the acetylene reduction method. the roots most active in c(2)h(2) reduction were those of agrostis stolonifera, calamagrostis lanceolata, elytrigia repens, and phalaris arundinacea, which produced 538 to 1,510 nmol of c(2)h(4).g (dry weight). h when incubated at po(2) 0.04 with sucrose (ph 6.5), and 70 to 269 nmol of c(2)h(4). g (dry weight).h ... | 1981 | 16345687 |
| identification and population dynamics of bacteria in symptomatic oat leaves. | bacteria isolated from symptomatic oat leaves included pseudomonads,erwinia herbicola, and others.pseudomonas coronafaciens was isolated predominantly from leaves with halo blight symptoms or necrotic spots. leaves with red leaf symptoms yielded many types of bacteria, including saprophytic pseudomonads,p. syringae, e. herbicola, bacillus sp.,micrococcus sp.,corynebacterium sp., a yeast, and other unidentified species. only isolates ofp. coronafaciens were pathogenic on the plant hosts tested. t ... | 1981 | 24227316 |
| bacterial ice nucleation: a factor in frost injury to plants. | heterogeneous ice nuclei are necessary, and the common epiphytic ice nucleation active (ina) bacteria pseudomonas syringae van hall and erwinia herbicola (löhnis) dye are sufficient to incite frost injury to sensitive plants at -5 degrees c. the ice nucleation activity of the bacteria occurs at the same temperatures at which frost injury to sensitive plants occurs in nature. bacterial ice nucleation on leaves can be detected at about -2 degrees c, whereas the leaves themselves, i.e. without ina ... | 1982 | 16662618 |
| the effect of n-formimidoyl thienamycin, ceftazidime, cefotiam, ceftriaxone and cefotaxime on non-fermentative gram-negative rods, aeromonas, plesiomonas and enterobacter agglomerans. | thirty-one species (185 strains) of non-fermentative gram-negative rods (excluding pseudomonas aeruginosa) as well as 45 strains of aeromonas spp., 15 strains of plesiomonas shigelloides and 68 strains of enterobacter agglomerans were tested in microdilution procedures against n-formimidoyl thienamycin, ceftazidime, cefotiam, ceftriaxone and cefotaxime. n-formimidoyl thienamycin was the most effective drug as far as the spectrum of these bacterial groups and potency is concerned; ceftazidime was ... | 1982 | 6293976 |
| pulmonary toxicity of endotoxins: comparison of lipopolysaccharides from various bacterial species. | lipopolysaccharides from three gram-negative bacteria isolated from bale cotton and piggery air were analyzed for their chemical composition, and their pulmonary toxicity for guinea pigs, lethal toxicity for mice, and pyrogenicity for rabbits were measured. lipopolysaccharides from enterobacter agglomerans and citrobacter freundii had closely related chemical compositions; both were pyrogenic for rabbits and caused a dose-dependent influx of polymorphonuclear leukocytes into the airways of guine ... | 1982 | 7056574 |
| equine abortion associated with enterobacter agglomerans. | 1982 | 7084195 | |
| hand carriage of aerobic gram-negative rods by health care personnel. | a quantitative culture technique (hand washed in a glove containing broth for 30 s) was used to determine the frequency of hand carriage of aerobic gram-negative rods by various groups of health care workers and 104 control subjects. overall, 31% of health care workers carried aerobic gram-negative rods on their hands compared to 59% of control subjects (p < 0.001). enterobacter agglomerans accounted for 40% of the isolates, and other enterobacter spp. 7%. other organisms included acinetobacter ... | 1982 | 7097001 |
| fructan from erwinia herbicola. | levan production by strains of erwinia herbicola is common, and this property has some taxonomic significance for species differentiation within the "herbicola" group. the extracellular polysaccharide elaborated by strain 403 was characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and methylation analysis. results showed it to be a typical bacterial levan. | 1982 | 7107561 |
| plasmid-borne determinants of pigmentation and thiamine prototrophy in erwinia herbicola. | strains of erwinia herbicola lost yellow pigmentation and thiamine prototrophy at high frequency when grown at elevated temperature (38 degrees c) or in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. all pigmentless, thiamine-auxotrophic variants had lost a large plasmid (ca. 350 megadaltons). conversely, all pigmented, thiamine-prototrophic strains contained the large plasmid. the evidence presented indicates that pigmentation and thiamine prototrophy are specified or controlled by genes carried on th ... | 1982 | 7107564 |
| nasal antibodies against gram-negative bacteria in cotton-mill workers. | antibody activity to cotton dust bacteria in the nasal secretions of cotton-mill cardroom workers was studied using the elisa technique. secretion samples were collected by inserting a roll of filter paper into the nasal cavities of the subjects. the amount of secretion was significantly less among cotton-mill workers than workers in a wood factory. no significant differences were seen between byssinotic and nonbyssinotic cotton-mill workers. no significant differences were observed between cott ... | 1982 | 7141716 |
| enterobacter agglomerans: a new cause of primary pneumonia. | 1982 | 7164009 | |
| hand carriage of aerobic gram-negative rods may not be transient. | in order to determine whether hand carriage of aerobic gram-negative rods is continuous we used the glove-handwash technique to sample the hands of two groups (four each) of health care workers with normal hands (surgical intensive care unit, medical ward) and one group (four) with hand dermatitis (hd) and a group (five) of control subjects -- secretaries with no exposure to patients. each subject was sampled repeatedly over three to six weeks. the mean number of samples for each group was 25.2, ... | 1982 | 6808057 |
| evaluation of three differential media for detection of enterobacter agglomerans (erwinia herbicola). | dextrin-fuchsine-sulfite medium (dfs), rimler-shotts agar (rs), and a new lysine-ornithine-mannitol agar (lom) were tested for detection of enterobacter agglomerans. in human stools, lom and dfs were most sensitive at coliform-to-e. agglomerans ratios of less than or equal to 10(2) and e. agglomerans inocula of greater than 10(2) per plate. both lom and dfs detected one strain in 254 stools, but rs proved to be inhibitory. | 1982 | 6809787 |