Biotechnology


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Bacterial Community and “ Candidatus Accumulibacter” Population Dynamics in Laboratory-Scale Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Reactors

Citation
He et al. (2010). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76 (16)
Names
“Accumulibacter”
Abstract
ABSTRACT “ Candidatus Accumulibacter” and total bacterial community dynamics were studied in two lab-scale enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) reactors by using a community fingerprint technique, automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis (ARISA). We first evaluated the quantitative capability of ARISA compared to quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). ARISA and qPCR provided comparable relative quantification of the two dominant “

CandidatusAnadelfobacter veles” and “CandidatusCyrtobacter comes,” Two NewRickettsialesSpecies Hosted by the Protist CiliateEuplotes harpa(Ciliophora, Spirotrichea)

Citation
Vannini et al. (2010). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76 (12)
Names
Ca. Anadelfobacter veles “Cyrtobacter comes” “Cyrtobacter zanobii”
Abstract
ABSTRACTThe orderRickettsiales(Alphaproteobacteria) is a well-known group containing obligate endocellular prokaryotes. The order encompasses three families (Rickettsiaceae,Anaplasmataceae, andHolosporaceae) and a fourth, family-level cluster, which includes only one candidate species, “CandidatusMidichloria mitochondrii,” as well as several unnamed bacterial symbionts. The broad host range exhibited by the members of the “CandidatusMidichloria” clade suggests their eventual relevance for a bett

Analysis of the Fine-Scale Population Structure of “ Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis” in Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Sludge, Using Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization and Flow Cytometric Sorting

Citation
Kim et al. (2010). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76 (12)
Names
“Accumulibacter phosphatis”
Abstract
ABSTRACT To investigate the fine-scale diversity of the polyphosphate-accumulating organisms (PAO) “ Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis” (henceforth referred to as “ Ca. Accumulibacter”), two laboratory-scale sequencing batch reactors (SBRs) for enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) were operated with sodium acetate as the sole carbon source. During SBR operations, activated sludge always contained morphologically d

“ Candidatus Curculioniphilus buchneri,” a Novel Clade of Bacterial Endocellular Symbionts from Weevils of the Genus Curculio

Citation
Toju et al. (2010). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76 (1)
Names
“Curculioniphilus buchneri”
Abstract
ABSTRACT Here we investigated the bacterial endosymbionts of weevils of the genus Curculio . From all four species of Curculio weevils examined, a novel group of bacterial gene sequences were consistently identified. Molecular phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that the sequences formed a distinct clade in the Gammaproteobacteria , which was not related to previously known groups of weevil endosymbiont

The Olive Fly Endosymbiont, “ Candidatus Erwinia dacicola,” Switches from an Intracellular Existence to an Extracellular Existence during Host Insect Development

Citation
Estes et al. (2009). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75 (22)
Names
Ca. Erwinia dacicola
Abstract
ABSTRACT As polyphagous, holometabolous insects, tephritid fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) provide a unique habitat for endosymbiotic bacteria, especially those microbes associated with the digestive system. Here we examine the endosymbiont of the olive fly [ Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Diptera: Tephritidae)], a tephritid of great economic importance. “ Candidatus Erwinia dacicola” was found in the digestive systems of all l