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ABSTRACT: To assess which types of siderophores are typically produced by Brevibacterium and how siderophore production and utilization traits are distributed within this genus.
During co-cultivation experiments it was found that growth of B. linens Br5 was stimulated by B. linens NIZO B1410 by two orders of magnitude. The stimulation was caused by the production of hydroxamate siderophores by B. linens NIZO B1410 that enabled the siderophore-auxotrophic strain Br5 to grow faster under the applied iron-limited growth conditions. Different patterns of siderophore production and utilization were observed within the genus Brevibacterium. These patterns did not reflect the phylogenetic relations within the group as determined by partial 16S rDNA sequencing. Most Brevibacterium strains were found to utilize hydroxamate siderophores.
Brevibacteria can produce and utilize siderophores although certain strains within this genus are siderophore-auxotrophic.
It is reported for the first time that brevibacteria produce and utilize siderophores. This knowledge can be utilized to stimulate growth of auxotrophic strains under certain conditions. Enhancing the growth rate of Brevibacterium is of importance for the application of this species, for example, for cheese manufacturing or for industrial production of enzymes or metabolites.
Journal of Applied Microbiology 10/2006; 101(3):637-46. · 2.34 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Amplified Ribosomal-DNA Restriction Analysis (ARDRA) was used to differentiate among 12 species and 4 subspecies of the genus Staphylococcus. With a universal primer pair a 2.4 kbp PCR-product was amplified, including the 16S rDNA, the 16S-23S rDNA interspacer region, and about 500 bp of the 23S rDNA. Species-specific restriction patterns were found using the restriction enzymes HindIII and XmnI separately. Cheese related staphylococci were clearly differentiated. ARDRA results were in good agreement with results of partial sequencing of the 16S rDNA. ARDRA could fully replace the biochemical identification with ID32 Staph (BioMerieux) which was less reliable when staphylococci of cheese origin were analysed. Genomic restriction digests of cheese-related S. equorum strains by SmaI and SacI gave unique strain-specific restriction patterns which can be used to identify starter staphylococci in a complex microbial environment such as the surface of Red-Smear cheeses.
Systematic and Applied Microbiology 04/2004; 27(2):211-8. · 3.37 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: ARDRA (Amplified Ribosomal-DNA Restriction Analysis) was used to differentiate among species and genera of Arthrobacter and Microbacteria. Species-specific restriction patterns of PCR-products were obtained with NciI for Arthrobacter citreus (DSM 20133T), A. sulfureus (DSM 20167T), A. globiformis (DSM 20124T) and A. nicotianae strains (DSM 20123T, MGE 10D, CA13, CA14, isolate 95293, 95294, and 95299), A. rhombi CCUG 38813T, and CCUG 38812, and Microbacterium barkeri strains (DSM 30123T, MGE 10D, CA12 and CA15, isolate 95292, and isolate 95207). All yellow pigmented coryneforme bacteria isolated from the smear of surface ripened cheeses were identified as either A. nicotianae or M. barkeri strains. Using pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) strain specific restriction pattern for all Arthrobacter species and Microbacteria tested were obtained with restriction enzymes AscI and SpeI.
Systematic and Applied Microbiology 10/2003; 26(3):438-44. · 3.37 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Three Tilsit-type smear-ripened cheeses were manufactured: one was treated with an undefined smear starter mix, the other two were treated with a different defined smear starter mix. The composition of the surface microflora over 8 weeks of ripening was analyzed using Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis. During the whole period of ripening starter strains were found to be present; additionally, strains apparently acquired from the environment were found. Most of the strains reached a maximum level after 2–4 weeks but were not observed after 8 weeks, except for the Corynebacterium species, which remained as the dominant bacterial genus on the surface of the fully ripened cheese. This study constitutes the first and successful application of an ALFexpress™ automatic sequence analyzer to T-RFLP analysis. It was found to be an excellent tool for rapid and specific culture-independent assessment of population composition and dynamics of a cheese system.
International Dairy Journal.
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International Dairy Journal. 15:785-794.
