| isolation of enterobacter amnigenus from a heart transplant recipient. | the isolation of enterobacter amnigenus from a human source is reported. this microorganism was grown from an intravenous catheter and, along with pseudomonas aeruginosa, from the blood of a heart transplant patient. the biochemical characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibilities of the isolate are described. | 1991 | 1802700 |
| [enterobacteria in mineral, spring and table water]. | whereas coliform bacteria rank first, non-coliform enterobacteria can be isolated second in frequency from bottled mineral, spring and table waters in south bavaria. escherichia coli were found in 8, coliforms in 44 and non-coliform enterobacteria in 41 of 54 manufactories with hygienic problems. 11 different bacterial species were determined from coliforms with enterobacter cloacae occurring most numerous in 19, citrobacter freundii in 12 and enterobacter amnigenus in 7 manufactories. from non- ... | 1994 | 7841680 |
| evaluation of rapid one system for identification of 379 strains in the family enterobacteriaceae and oxidase-negative, gram-negative nonfermenters. | the ability of the rapid one system (innovative diagnostic systems, inc., norcross, ga.) to identify 364 strains in the family enterobacteriaceae and 15 oxidase-negative, gram-negative, nonfermentative rods was evaluated. kits were inoculated with no. 2 mcfarland standard suspensions, and reactions were interpreted after 4 h of incubation at 35 degrees c. overall, the method correctly identified (to the species level or to the genus level for salmonellas and non-shigella sonnei shigella species) ... | 1994 | 8027345 |
| isolation and identification of two l-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid-degrading soil microorganisms, enterobacter agglomerans and enterobacter amnigenus | soil samples collected at several times during the growing season and at different locations within convallaria majalis beds in ann arbor, mi, were screened for their ability to grow with the cyclic amino acid, l-azetidine-2-carboxylic acid (l-a-2-c), as their sole nitrogen source (i.e., metabolize l-a-2-c). two different soil microorganisms were isolated, characterized, and identified using fundamental selection methods, the standard battery of biochemical characterization tests, and scanning e ... | 1998 | 9548848 |
| [enterobacter amnigenus. an unusual human pathogen]. | enterobacter amnigenus is a bacteria with doubtful pathogenicity. the observation of a patient with a well-documented e. amnigenus infection has prompted us to review the pathology caused by this microorganism. | 1998 | 9835151 |
| exopolysaccharide-producing bacteria from sugar beets. | six hundred microorganisms were isolated from sugar beets collected from different parts of finland to study their slime production. a total of 170 of them produced exopolysaccharides, of which 35% were heteropolysaccharides. the yield of heteropolysaccharides from sucrose was lower than that of dextrans. five isolates, which were chosen for closer study, were identified as leuconostoc mesenteroides (two species), rahnella aquatilis (two species), and enterobacter amnigenus. | 1999 | 9925632 |
| efficient expression of mosquito-larvicidal proteins in a gram-negative bacterium capable of recolonization in the guts of anopheles dirus larva. | the gram-negative bacterium, an11/2 g1, isolated from the guts of anopheles dirus mosquito larvae, was identified as enterobacter amnigenus. the e. amnigenus was able to recolonize in the gut of an. dirus larva but not in those of aedes aegypti and culex quinquefasciatus larvae. it was able to float in water for a longer period than bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis and bacillus sphaericus. these are desirable characteristics for a delivery vehicle of mosquito-larvicidal toxins for the c ... | 1999 | 10077823 |
| [fatal posttransfusion enterobacter amnigenus septicemia]. | | 1999 | 10366932 |
| molecular cloning of the arylsulfate sulfotransferase gene and characterization of its product from enterobacter amnigenus ar-37. | the gene encoding the enterobacter amnigenus ar-37 arylsulfate sulfotransferase (asst) was cloned, sequenced, and expressed in escherichia coli nm522. sequencing led to the identification of three contiguous open reading frames (orfs) on the same strand. based on amino acid sequence homology, orf1, orf2, and orf3 are designated asta, dsba, and dsbb, respectively. a multiple sequence alignment revealed conserved regions in asst. an n-terminal amino acid sequence analysis of the purified asst from ... | 1999 | 10600454 |
| cloning and sequencing of the asta gene encoding arylsulfate sulfotransferase from salmonella typhimurium. | arylsulfate sulfotransferase (asst) transfers a sulfate group from a phenolic sulfate ester to a phenolic acceptor substrate. in the present study, the gene encoding asst was cloned from a genomic library of salmonella typhimurium. the gene was subcloned into the vector pkf3 and was sequenced. a recombinant clone harboring the gene was directly identified using a fluorescent assay. sequencing revealed two contiguous open reading frames (orfs) on the same strand. based on amino acid sequence homo ... | 2001 | 11379783 |
| kinetic mechanism and identification of the active site tyrosine residue in enterobacter amnigenus arylsulfate sulfotransferase. | bacterial arylsulfate sulfotransferase (asst) catalyzes the transfer of a sulfate group from a phenyl sulfate ester to a phenolic acceptor. the kinetic mechanism of enterobacter amnigenus asst was determined. plots of 1/v versus 1/[substrate (a)] at different fixed substrate (b) concentrations gave a series of parallel lines. one of the reaction products, p-nitrophenol, inhibited the enzyme noncompetitively with respect to p-nitrophenyl sulfate, but competitively to alpha-naphthol. these results ... | 2001 | 11444874 |
| cloning, sequence analysis, and characterization of the asta gene encoding an arylsulfate sulfotransferase from citrobacter freundii. | arylsulfate sulfotransferase (asst) transfers a sulfate group from a phenolic sulfate ester to a phenolic acceptor substrate. in the present study, the gene encoding asst was cloned from a genomic library copy of citrobacter freundii, subcloned into the vector pgem3zf(-) and sequenced. sequencing revealed two contiguous open reading frames (orf1 and orf2) on the same strand and based on amino acid sequence homology, they were designated as asta and dsba, respectively. the amino acid sequence of ... | 2001 | 11534764 |
| recombinant enterobacter amnigenus highly toxic to anopheles dirus mosquito larvae. | the mosquito-larvicidal binary toxin of bacillus sphaericus 2297 was expressed in enterobacter amnigenus, a gram-negative bacterium isolated from anopheles dirus larvae gut. the toxin was placed under the regulation of various promoters in order to improve the expression level of the toxin. amongst the recombinants obtained, e. amnigenus harboring pbs373, a plasmid which contains the toxin genes under the control of the native b. sphaericus promoter, expressed a significant amount of protein, co ... | 2001 | 11685515 |
| development of a method for heterologous gene expression in enterobacter amnigenus, a potential host for the biological control of mosquito larvi. | an integrative plasmid containing a 1.3 kb fragment of chromosomal dna from enterobacter amnigenus was constructed. the omega fragment encoding spectinomycin/streptomycin resistance was cloned into the unique bglii site of the resulting plasmid, and the interrupted fragment was transferred via plasmid pmak705 by electroporation into e. amnigenus with a selection for spectinomycin resistance. cointegrants were resolved to generate an e. amnigenus strain that expressed spectinomycin resistance, bu ... | 2002 | 11869800 |
| an analysis of human pathogens found in horse/mule manure along the john muir trail in kings canyon and sequoia and yosemite national parks. | to determine the prevalence of microorganisms that are potentially pathogenic for humans in horse/mule manure along the john muir trail (jmt). | 2002 | 12092962 |
| natural antibiotic susceptibility of enterobacter amnigenus, enterobacter cancerogenus, enterobacter gergoviae and enterobacter sakazakii strains. | to investigate the natural susceptibility to 69 antimicrobial agents of 107 enterobacter strains comprising e. amnigenus (n = 18), e. cancerogenus (n = 26), e. gergoviae (n = 28) and e. sakazakii (n = 35). | 2002 | 12427217 |
| stable integration and expression of mosquito-larvicidal genes from bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis and bacillus sphaericus into the chromosome of enterobacter amnigenus: a potential breakthrough in mosquito biocontrol. | previously, we have successfully integrated a spectinomycin/streptomycin resistance gene into enterobacter amnigenus strain an11, a potential host for mosquito control, using in vivo recombination via homologous recombination (an11s4::omega). we now report the successful transfer of two mosquito-larvicidal genes, cry4b from bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis and binary toxin genes from bacillus sphaericus, into the host genome. to facilitate the screening procedure, the e. amnigenus deriv ... | 2003 | 12725934 |
| bacteria in midguts of field-collected anopheles albimanus block plasmodium vivax sporogonic development. | bacterial infections were investigated in midguts of insectary and field-collected anopheles albimanus weidemann from southern mexico. serratia marcescens, enterobacter cloacae and enterobacter amnigenus 2, enterobacter sp., and serratia sp. were isolated in field samples obtained in 1998, but only enterobacter sp. was recovered in field samples of 1997 and no bacteria were isolated from insectary specimens. these bacteria were offered along with plasmodium vivax infected blood to aseptic insect ... | 2003 | 12943119 |
| cloning and characterization of a mosquito larvicidal toxin produced during vegetative stage of bacillus sphaericus 2297. | the mosquitocidal toxin 1 (mtx1) gene from genomic dna of b. sphaericus strain 2297 was cloned and expressed in e. coli. dna sequencing analysis of the cloned gene revealed a single open reading frame encoding an 870-amino acid polypeptide. expression level of the full-length gene in e. coli was very low even though strong promoter was used or the gene was expressed as a fusion protein. expression level was highly improved after the putative leader sequence was deleted, and the truncated gene wa ... | 2004 | 15297911 |
| isolation and identification of marine chitinolytic bacteria and their potential in antifungal biocontrol. | chitinolytic marine bacterial strains (30) were isolated from the sea dumps at bhavnagar, india. they were screened as chitinase producers on the basis of zone of clearance on chitin agar plates incorporated with calcofluor white m2r for the better resolution. out of these, three strains namely, pseudomonas sp., pantoea dispersa and enterobacter amnigenus showed high chitinase production. they were also found to produce proteases and therefore have a good potential for use as antifungal biocontr ... | 2004 | 15339036 |
| structure of the exopolysaccharide produced by enterobacter amnigenus. | the bacterial species enterobacter amnigenus was isolated from sugar beets harvested in finland. it produced an exopolysaccharide rich in l-fucose, which gave viscous water solutions. its primary structure was determined mainly by nmr spectroscopy and esims of oligosaccharides and a polysaccharide with decreased molecular weight, obtained by smith degradation of the o-deacetylated native polymer [carbohydrate structure: see text] | 2005 | 15680599 |
| role of disulfide bond of arylsulfate sulfotransferase in the catalytic activity. | bacterial arylsulfate sulfotransferase (asst) catalyzes the transfer of sulfate group from a phenyl sulfate ester to a phenolic acceptor. the promoter region and the transcription start sites of enterobacter amnigenus asta have been determined by primer extension analysis. northern blot analysis resolved two mrna species with lengths of 3.3 and 2.0 kb, which correspond to the distances between the transcriptional initiation sites and the two inverted repeat sequences (irss). by length, the 3.3 k ... | 2005 | 15974443 |
| [effects of pine wood nematode on propagation of its carrying bacteria]. | in this paper, the aseptic eggs of bursaphelenchus xylophilus were obtained after treated with 30% h202, and cultured with pinus thunbergii callus. ten b. xylophilus-carrying bacterial strains directly isolated from diseased p. thugbergii and p. massoniana in six epidemic provinces i.e., gcm6-2a pseudomonas putida, gcm6-1a p. putida, zpb1-2a p. putida, hem2a pseudomonas sp., hem1a pseudomonas sp., hem142b pseudomonas sp., gcm1-3a p. cepacia and hm3 pantoeu sp., zpb4-2b staphylococcus sciuri and ... | 2005 | 16515211 |
| microbiological characteristics of "androlla", a spanish traditional pork sausage. | counts of total aerobic mesophilic microflora, lactic acid bacteria, salt-tolerant microflora, enterobacteriaceae, enterococci, moulds and yeasts, and staphylococci, and some physico-chemical parameters (total solids, nacl and nitrate contents and ph and aw values) were determined in 20 units of "androlla", a traditional dry-fermented sausage made in the nw of spain. in general, high counts of all the investigated microbial groups were observed, with average values of 8.99 +/- 0.46 log cfu/g for ... | 2007 | 16943094 |
| biomedical evaluation of two sympatric lemur species (propithecus verreauxi deckeni and eulemur fulvus rufus) in tsiombokibo classified forest, madagascar. | complete medical examinations were performed on 20 wild decken's sifaka (propithecus verreauxi deckeni) and 20 wild red-fronted brown lemurs (eulemurfulvus rufus) from western madagascar. each animal received a complete physical examination, and weight, body temperature, heart rate, and respiratory rate were recorded and ectoparasites collected. blood samples were collected for complete blood cell count, differential white blood cell count, hemoparasite examination, serum biochemical profile, fa ... | 2005 | 17312713 |
| bacterial reduction of selenium in coal mine tailings pond sediment. | sediment from a storage facility for coal tailings solids was assessed for its capacity to reduce selenium (se) by native bacterial community. one se(6+)-reducing bacterium enterobacter hormaechei (tar11) and four se(4+)-reducing bacteria, klebsiella pneumoniae (tar1), pseudomonas fluorescens (tar3), stenotrophomonas maltophilia (tar6), and enterobacter amnigenus (tar8) were isolated from the sediment. enterobacter hormaechei removed 96% of the added se(6+) (0.92 mg l(-1)) from the effluents whe ... | 2007 | 17412898 |
| an "epidemic" of post cataract surgery endophthalmitis by a new organism. | we report a case series of endophthalmitis by an organism hitherto not reported in the eye. nineteen of 63 cataract patients operated in a high-volume setup were urgently referred to us with acute onset of decreased vision one to two days following cataract surgery. all patients had clinical evidence of acute endophthalmitis with severe anterior chamber exudative reaction. vitreous tap was done in three representative patients and repeated intravitreal injections were given as per established pr ... | 2007 | 17951908 |
| contamination of milk by enterococci and coliforms from bovine faeces. | to determine the contribution of enterococci and coliforms from bovine faeces and teats to contamination of raw milk. methods: putative enterococci (n = 301) and coliforms (n = 365) were isolated from bovine faeces (n = 20), cows' teats (n = 20), the raw milk (n = 1) and the milking environment (n = 4) on one farm. the clonal relationships of each bacterial group were investigated using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of genomic macrorestriction fragments. representatives of the different clust ... | 2007 | 17953550 |
| a rapid and reliable alternative to iso 21528-1:2004 for detection of enterobacteriaceae. | current legislation in europe uses the enterobacteriaceae as a parameter in process hygiene criteria for various food products and refers to the corresponding iso standard (iso 21528-1:2004) as mandatory analytical method for this purpose. the iso procedure includes an enrichment step in ee ("enterobacteriaceae enrichment") broth, but it has been reported recently that some isolates of enterobacteriaceae do not grow well or will even die off in this broth, which could lead to false negative resu ... | 2008 | 18547668 |
| identification of enterobacteriaceae on vacuum loaders in shell egg processing. | cleaning and sanitation are paramount in food processing. gaining an understanding of the microbial populations present in a processing facility can help in the development of effective and efficient cleaning. the current study was undertaken to gain a better understanding of the enterobacteriaceae present on vacuum loader cups used in shell egg processing to transfer nest run eggs to the processing line. twenty cups were rinsed on each of 3 visits to both an off-line operation and a mixed opera ... | 2008 | 18648066 |
| post-traumatic infection of the lower limb caused by rare enterobacteriaceae and mucorales in a young healthy male. | enterobacter amnigenus and leclercia adecarboxylata are gram-negative aerobic bacilli of the family enterobacteriaceae that have been isolated from water and, rarely, from various clinical specimens. absidia is a filamentous fungus of the class zygomycetes that is ubiquitous in nature and can cause infection, primarily in immunocompromised hosts. here, we describe an infection of the left lower limb caused by e. amnigenus and l. adecarboxylata with subsequent isolation of absidia spp. in a patie ... | 2009 | 18945631 |
| prevalence of ewingella americana in retail fresh cultivated mushrooms (agaricus bisporus, lentinula edodes and pleurotus ostreatus) in zaragoza (spain). | the prevalence and mycopathogenic potential of enterobacteriaceae (especially ewingella americana) in cultivated mushrooms were studied. a total of 95 samples of agaricus bisporus, lentinula edodes and pleurotus ostreatus were analyzed to quantify the enterobacteriaceae and to identify the species isolated. the host pathogenicity test was used to verify their mycopathogenic potential. the genus pseudomonas was also quantified, since it is the predominant bacterial group in cultivated mushrooms. ... | 2004 | 19712317 |
| histamine, cadaverine, and putrescine produced in vitro by enterobacteriaceae and pseudomonadaceae isolated from spinach. | a total of 364 bacterial isolates, obtained from spinach leaves, were assayed in a decarboxylase broth containing histidine, lysine, and ornithine to check their ability to produce biogenic amines, and then quantified by high-performance liquid chromatography. among these isolates, 240 formed cadaverine, 208 formed putrescine, and 196 formed histamine, in widely varying amounts. they frequently produced more than one biogenic amine. klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae and morganella morganii ... | 2010 | 20132689 |
| isolation of some pathogenic bacteria from the great spruce bark beetle, dendroctonus micans and its specific predator, rhizophagus grandis. | some bacteria were isolated from dendroctonus micans and its specific predator, rhizophagus grandis. six bacteria from d. micans were identified as bacillus pumilus, enterobacter intermedius, citrobacter freundii, cellulomonas flavigena, microbacterium liquefaciens and enterobacter amnigenus, three bacteria from r. grandis as klebsiella pneumoniae, pantoea agglomerans and serratia grimesii, on the basis of fatty acid methyl ester analysis and carbon utilization profile by using microbial identif ... | 2010 | 20336502 |
| enterobacter nimipressuralis as a cause of pseudobacteremia. | the clinical significance of the enterobacter nimipressuralis as human pathogens remains unclear. | 2010 | 21029473 |
| evaluation of the presence of helicobacter species in the biliary system of turkish patients with cholelithiasis. | helicobacter genus and bile-resistant helicobacter pylori are suggested to have a role in gallstone formation and epithelial cell proliferation in the gallbladder. the aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of helicobacter species in the gallbladder tissue, bile and gallstones of turkish patients with cholelithiasis. | 2010 | 21331997 |
| nitrate reduction to ammonia: a dissimilatory process in enterobacter amnigenus. | thirty-four bacterial isolates from an agricultural soil anaerobically preincubated in the presence of glucose were tested for their ability to reduce nitrate to ammonia or to denitrify in two different media: nitrate broth and a minimal medium enriched with glucose. ten isolates were considered denitrifying bacteria and 7 were dissimilatory ammonia producers. ammonia production by the isolate identified as enterobacter amnigenus was quantified and attained 50% of 138 mg·l(-1) of added no(3)(-) ... | 1990 | 22049938 |
| dissimilatory ammonia production vs. denitrification in vitro and in inoculated agricultural soil samples. | a dissimilatory ammonia-producing isolate identified as enterobacter amnigenus and a denitrifier identified as agrobacterium radiobacter isolated from the same soil were studied. the products of nitrate reduction in a minimal medium, enriched with glucose and containing nitrate n as the sole nitrogen source, were quantified when each of these isolates was cultured anaerobically, alone or mixed together in the presence or absence of c(2)h(2). when they were cultured together, ammonia was the prin ... | 1990 | 22049939 |
| bla (kpc) and rmtb on a single plasmid in enterobacter amnigenus and klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from the same patient. | enterobacter amnigenus (ea76) and klebsiella pneumoniae (kp76) isolates with multidrug-resistant (mdr) patterns were identified from the same patient in the neurosurgery department of our hospital. an outbreak of mdr k. pneumoniae had also occurred in this department. to characterize the resistance mechanism and molecular epidemiology of these isolates, sequential experiments including antimicrobial susceptibility testing, polymerase chain reaction (pcr), plasmid analysis, pulsed field gel elect ... | 2012 | 22237458 |
| enterobacter amnigenus endophthalmitis. | to describe a case of enterobacter amnigenus endophthalmitis. | 2009 | 22741030 |
| characteristics of extended-spectrum β-lactamase- and carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae isolates from rivers and lakes in switzerland. | one of the currently most relevant resistance mechanisms in enterobacteriaceae is the production of enzymes that lead to modern expanded-spectrum cephalosporin and even carbapenem resistance, mainly extended-spectrum β-lactamases (esbls) and carbapenemases. a worrisome aspect is the spread of esbl and carbapenemase producers into the environment. the aim of the present study was to assess the occurrence of esbl- and carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae and to further characterize esbl- and ... | 2013 | 23455339 |
| low diversity bacterial community and the trapping activity of metabolites from cultivable bacteria species in the female reproductive system of the oriental fruit fly, bactrocera dorsalis hendel (diptera: tephritidae). | our goal was to identify the bacteria inhabiting the reproductive system of the female oriental fruit fly, bactrocera dorsalis (hendel), and evaluate the chemotaxis of b. dorsalis to the metabolites produced by the bacteria. based on 16s rrna-based polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (pcr-dgge), 18 operational taxonomic units (otus) were assigned to the five bacterial classes betaproteobacteria, alphaproteobacteria, gammaproteobacteria, bacilli and actinobacteria. n ... | 2012 | 22754363 |
| reductive dechlorination of methoxychlor by bacterial species of environmental origin: evidence for primary biodegradation of methoxychlor in submerged environments. | methoxychlor [1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)ethane] is an organochlorine insecticide that undergoes dechlorination in natural submerged environments. we investigated the ability to dechlorinate this compound in seven environmental bacterial species ( aeromonas hydrophila , enterobacter amnigenus , klebsiella terrigena , bacillus subtilis , achromobacter xylosoxidans , acinetobacter calcoaceticus , and mycobacterium obuense ) and the enteric bacterium escherichia coli as a positive cont ... | 2012 | 22292429 |
| prevalence and antimicrobial resistance pattern of bacterial strains isolated from patients with urinary tract infection in messalata central hospital, libya. | to investigate the prevalence of urinary tract infection among patients at messalata central hospital, libya, to identify the causative bacteria, and to explore their resistance pattern to antimicrobials. | 2016 | 27569886 |
| microstructure, microbial profile and quality characteristics of high-pressure-treated chicken nuggets. | high-pressure processing (300 mpa for 5 min) as a non-thermal post-processing intervention was employed to improve the shelf life and qualities of cooked refrigerated chicken nuggets. pomegranate peel extract (1%) was also used as a source of natural antioxidant and antimicrobial in chicken nuggets. microstructure, microbial profile, instrumental colour, texture profile and lipid oxidation were evaluated. high-pressure treatment and pomegranate peel extract did not influence significantly the co ... | 2015 | 25143059 |
| evaluation of the antibacterial and antioxidant activities of chitosan edible films incorporated with organic essential oils obtained from four thymus species. | the aims of this study were to evaluate, (1) the antibacterial properties, (2) the total phenol content and (3) the antioxidant activity, of chitosan edible films incorporated with certified organic essential oils (eos) obtained from thymus zygis, thymus mastichina, thymus capitatus and thymus vulgaris. the agar disc diffusion method was used to determine the antibacterial activities of chitosan edible films while for the antioxidant activity, two different analytical assays were used (dpph and ... | 2016 | 27784932 |
| postprocessing microflora of commercial attieke (a fermented cassava product) produced in the south of côte d'ivoire. | the distribution and presence of hygiene indicator and pathogenic micro-organisms in 375 samples of attieke marketed in côte d'ivoire, and their roles in the food poisoning were evaluated. microbiological analyses were carried out, which included the total viable bacteria, coliforms, escherichia coli, staphylococcus aureus, salmonella, bacillus spores, fungi and clostridium perfringens. the results revealed that the viable bacteria counts ranged from 2·2 ± 1·2 × 10(5) to 3·4 ± 1·4 × 10(6) cfu g( ... | 2013 | 23078634 |
| expression of mosquito-larvicidal toxin genes under the control of a native promoter in enterobacter amnigenus an11. | enterobacter amnigenus an11, that can colonize the gut of mosquito larva, is an alternative toxin-producing host to be used as a mosquito control since it is able to float in the feeding zone of mosquito larvae. to produce mosquito-larvicidal toxins in this bacterium, a native promoter has been identified from its genomic dna. the promoter exhibited consensus sequences for -35 and -10 regions of bacterial promoters and constitutively drove the expression of gfp. this promoter was inserted into r ... | 2013 | 23609231 |
| antimicrobial resistance patterns of enterobacteriaceae in european wild bird species admitted in a wildlife rescue centre. | wild birds have been considered to be reservoirs of enteric human pathogens and vectors of resistance dissemination to the environment. during annual migration, they potentially play a role in the epidemiology of human associated zoonoses. the aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of isolation and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of enterobacteriaceae members isolated from cloacal swabs of common european wild birds. fifty-five cloacal swabs were taken during birds' entrance ev ... | 2016 | 27393875 |
| taxonomic evaluation of the genus enterobacter based on multilocus sequence analysis (mlsa): proposal to reclassify e. nimipressuralis and e. amnigenus into lelliottia gen. nov. as lelliottia nimipressuralis comb. nov. and lelliottia amnigena comb. nov., respectively, e. gergoviae and e. pyrinus into pluralibacter gen. nov. as pluralibacter gergoviae comb. nov. and pluralibacter pyrinus comb. nov., respectively, e. cowanii, e. radicincitans, e. oryzae and e. arachidis into kosakonia gen. nov. as kosakonia cowanii comb. nov., kosakonia radicincitans comb. nov., kosakonia oryzae comb. nov. and kosakonia arachidis comb. nov., respectively, and e. turicensis, e. helveticus and e. pulveris into cronobacter as cronobacter zurichensis nom. nov., cronobacter helveticus comb. nov. and cronobacter pulveris comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genera enterobacter and cronobacter. | the taxonomy of enterobacter has a complicated history, with several species transferred to and from this genus. classification of strains is difficult owing to its polyphyletic nature, based on 16s rrna gene sequences. it has been previously acknowledged that enterobacter contains species which should be transferred to other genera. in an attempt to resolve the taxonomy of enterobacter, mlsa based on partial sequencing of protein-encoding genes (gyrb, rpob, infb and atpd) was performed on the t ... | 2013 | 23632228 |
| biodegradation of malathion, α- and β-endosulfan by bacterial strains isolated from agricultural soil in veracruz, mexico. | the objective of this study was to evaluate the capacity of two bacterial strains isolated, cultivated, and purified from agricultural soils of veracruz, mexico, for biodegradation and mineralisation of malathion (diethyl 2-(dimethoxyphosphorothioyl) succinate) and α- and β-endosulfan (6,7,8,9,10,10-hexachloro-1,5,5a,6,9,9a-hexahydro-6-9-methano-2,4,3-benzodioxathiepine-3-oxide). the isolated bacterial strains were identified using biochemical and morphological characterization and the analysis ... | 2016 | 27715499 |
| assessment of species and antimicrobial resistance among enterobacteriaceae isolated from mallard duck faeces. | mallard ducks have demonstrated to be a likely reservoir for zoonotic e. coli strains; thus, it is possible that these ducks could also act as a reservoir for other enterobacteriaceae members. the present study was initiated to evaluate the species distribution of enterobacteriaceae other than e. coli in 175 fresh faecal samples collected from a population of mallard ducks. sixty-four samples displayed detectable colonies of enterobacteriaceae (excluding e. coli), which resulted in 75 pulsed-fie ... | 2015 | 25697309 |
| isolation and molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant enterobacteriaceae strains from pork and environmental samples in xiamen, china. | this study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant (mdr) enterobacteriaceae isolated from swine meat and the breeding environment. a total of 102 mdr enterobacteriaceae strains belonging to five genera were obtained from 210 samples collected from a large-scale swine farm from march 2012 to june 2013 in xiamen, people's republic of china. among these mdr isolates, escherichia coli strains were found most frequently in both meat and enviro ... | 2015 | 25581181 |
| short communication: in vitro assessment of antioxidant, antibacterial and phytochemical analysis of peel of citrus sinensis. | antibacterial effect of citrus sinensis peel extracts was evaluated against several pathogenic bacteria associated with human and fish infections viz., escherichia coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa, klebsiella pneumonia, staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus pyogenes, staphylococcus epidermidis, serratia marcesnces, shigella flexneri, enterobacter amnigenus, salmonella typhimurium and serratia odorifera. methanol, ethanol, chloroform and diethyl ether solvents were used for extraction. in vitro antiba ... | 2015 | 25553700 |
| occurrence and analysis of irp2 virulence gene in isolates of klebsiella pneumoniae and enterobacter spp. from microbiota and hospital and community-acquired infections. | eighty-five isolates of klebsiella pneumoniae and enterobacter spp., originating from hospital- and community-acquired infections and from oropharyngeal and faecal microbiota from patients in recife-pe, brazil, were analyzed regarding the presence of irp2 gene. this is a yersinia typical gene involved in the synthesis of siderophore yersiniabactin. dna sequencing confirmed the identity of irp2 gene in five k. pneumoniae, five enterobacter aerogenes and one enterobacter amnigenus isolates. to our ... | 2016 | 27133266 |