Search Results - "Kitts, C.L"

Assessment of fungal diversity using terminal restriction fragment (TRF) pattern analysis: comparison of 18S and ITS ribosomal regions by Lord, N.S., Kaplan, C.W., Shank, P., Kitts, C.L., Elrod, S.L.

“…Abstract Assessment of fungal diversity in environmental samples is currently a challenge. Several recently developed molecular methods offer new avenues for…”
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Application of genotypic and phenotypic analyses to commercial probiotic strain identity and relatedness by Yeung, P.S.M, Kitts, C.L, Cano, R, Tong, P.S, Sanders, M.E

“…Aims: The objective of this study was to generate strain-specific genomic patterns of a bank of 67 commercial and reference probiotic strains, with a focus on…”
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Bacterial succession in a petroleum land treatment unit by Kaplan, C.W, Kitts, C.L

“…Bacterial community dynamics were investigated in a land treatment unit (LTU) established at a site contaminated with highly weathered petroleum hydrocarbons…”
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Assessment of fungal diversity using terminal restriction fragment (TRF) pattern analysis: comparison of 18S and ITS ribosomal regions by Lord, N.S, Kaplan, C.W, Shank, P, Kitts, C.L, Elrod, S.L

“…Assessment of fungal diversity in environmental samples is currently a challenge. Several recently developed molecular methods offer new avenues for…”
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Species-specific identification of commercial probiotic strains by Yeung, P S M, Sanders, M E, Kitts, C L, Cano, R, Tong, P S

“…Products containing probiotic bacteria are gaining popularity, increasing the importance of their accurate speciation. Unfortunately, studies have suggested…”
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Terminal restriction fragment patterns (TRFPs), a rapid, PCR-based method for the comparison of complex bacterial communities by Clement, Brian G, Kehl, Lucia E, DeBord, Kristin L, Kitts, Christopher L

“…Microbial populations in complex environmental samples are difficult to characterize; current techniques are incomplete and time consuming. We investigated a…”
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Type I nitroreductases in soil enterobacteria reduce TNT (2,4,6,-trinitrotoluene) and RDX (hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine) by Kitts, C L, Green, C E, Otley, R A, Alvarez, M A, Unkefer, P J

“…Many enteric bacteria express a type I oxygen-insensitive nitroreductase, which reduces nitro groups on many different nitroaromatic compounds under aerobic…”
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Diversity of Microorganisms Isolated from Amber by Greenblatt, C. L., Davis, A., B. G. Clement, C. L. Kitts, Cox, T., Cano, R. J.

“…Claims that organisms can be cultured from amber, if substantiated, would be significant contributions to our understanding of the evolution, tenacity, and…”
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Biological breakdown of RDX in slurry reactors proceeds with multiple kinetically distinguishable paths by Young, Douglas M., Kitts, Christopher L., Unkefer, Pat J., Ogden, Kimberly L.

“…Biotransformation of RDX (hexahydro‐1,3,5‐trinitro‐1,3,5‐triazine) in slurry reactors was studied to determine the importance of supplementation of known…”
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Azorhizobium caulinodans uses both cytochrome bd (quinol) and cytochrome cbb3 (cytochrome c) terminal oxidases for symbiotic N2 fixation by Kaminski, P A, Kitts, C L, Zimmerman, Z, Ludwig, R A

“…Azorhizobium caulinodans employs both cytochrome bd (cytbd; quinol oxidase) and cytcbb3 (cytc oxidase) as terminal oxidases in environments with very low O2…”
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Azorhizobium caulinodans respires with at least four terminal oxidases by KITTS, C. L, LUDWIG, R. A

“…In culture, Azorhizobium caulinodans used at least four terminal oxidases, cytochrome aa3 (cytaa3), cytd, cyto, and a second a-type cytochrome, which together…”
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Elucidation of the complete Azorhizobium nicotinate catabolism pathway by Kitts, C.L. (University of California, Santa Cruz, CA), Lapointe, J.P, Lam, T. van, Ludwig, R.A

“…A complete pathway for Azorhizobium caulinodans nicotinate catabolism has been determined from mutant phenotype analyses, isolation of metabolic intermediates,…”
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Identification of cyclic intermediates in Azorhizobium caulinodans nicotinate catabolism by Kitts, C.L, Schaechter, L.E, Rabin, R.S, Ludwig, R.A

“…In wild-type Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571, nicotinate served both as anabolic substrate for NAD+ production and as catabolic substrate for use as the N…”
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