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Syvertsson, S. (author), Wang, B. (author), Staal, J. (author), Gao, Y. (author), Kort, R. (author), Hamoen, L.W. (author)To cope with sudden changes in their environment, bacteria can use a bet-hedging strategy by dividing the population into cells with different properties. This so-called bimodal or bistable cellular differentiation is generally controlled by positive feedback regulation of transcriptional activators. Due to the continuous increase in cell volume...article 2021
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Botschuijver, S. (author), Welting, O. (author), Levin, E. (author), Maria-Ferreira, D. (author), Koch, E. (author), Montijn, R.C. (author), Seppen, J. (author), Hakvoort, T.B.M. (author), Schuren, F.H.J. (author), de Jonge, W.J. (author), van den Wijngaard, R.M. (author)Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal disorder associated with altered gastrointestinal microflora and increased nociception to colonic distension. This visceral hypersensitivity can be reversed in our rat maternal separation model by fungicides. Menthacarin® is a proprietary combination of essential oils from...article 2018
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de Oliveira, J.E. (author), van der Hoeven-Hangoor, E. (author), van de Linde, I.B. (author), Montijn, R.C. (author), van der Vossen, J.M.B.M. (author)The feasibility of establishing probiotic bacteria in the intestine of broiler chickens by in ovo inoculation was investigated, followed by verifying possible subsequent protection against Salmonella Enteriditis infection. In a first study, 7 commercially available probiotics were screened for compatibility with in ovo inoculation. Two of these...article 2014
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Hatanaka, M. (author), Nakamura, Y. (author), Maathuis, A.J.H. (author), Venema, K. (author), Murota, I. (author), Yamamoto, N. (author)Survival and germination rate of Bacillus subtilis C-3102 spores were investigated in a stomach and small intestine model (TIM-1), while the impact of C-3102 cells that had passed through TIM-1 on human colon microbiota was evaluated in a model of the large intestine (TIM-2). The survival of C-3102 spores in TIM-1 was 99%; 8% of the spores had...article 2012
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Abhyankar, W. (author), Beek, A.T. (author), Dekker, H. (author), Kort, R. (author), Brul, S. (author), de Koster, C.G. (author)Species from the genus Bacillus have the ability to form endospores, dormant cellular forms that are able to survive heat and acid preservation techniques commonly used in the food industry. Resistance characteristics of spores towards various environmental stresses are in part attributed to their coat proteins. Previously, 70 proteins have been...article 2011
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Lee, J. (author), Tomchick, D.R. (author), Brautigam, C.A. (author), Machius, M. (author), Kort, R. (author), Hellingwerf, K.J. (author), Gardner, K.H. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), KvL (author)The Bacillus subtilis KinA protein is a histidine protein kinase that controls the commitment of this organism to sporulate in response to nutrient deprivation and several other conditions. Prior studies indicated that the N-terminal Per-ARNT-Sim domain (PAS-A) plays a critical role in the catalytic activity of this enzyme, as demonstrated by...article 2008
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ter Beek, A. (author), Keijser, B.J.F. (author), Boorsma, A. (author), Zakrzewska, A. (author), Orij, R. (author), Smits, G.J. (author), Brul, S. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)The weak organic acid sorbic acid is a commonly used food preservative, as it inhibits the growth of bacteria, yeasts, and molds. We have used genome-wide transcriptional profiling of Bacillus subtilis cells during mild sorbic acid stress to reveal the growth-inhibitory activity of this preservative and to identify potential resistance...article 2008
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Smelt, J.P.P.M. (author), Bos, A.P. (author), Kort, R. (author), Brul, S. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), KvL (author)Spores of Bacillus subtilis were subjected to relatively mild heat treatments in distilled water and properties of these spores were studied. These spores had lost all or part of their dipicolinic acid (DPA) depending on the severity of the heat treatment. Even after relatively mild heat treatments these spore lost already a small but...article 2008
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Transcriptional activity around bacterial cell death reveals molecular biomarkers for cell viabilityTNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), Kort, R. (author), Keijser, B.J. (author), Caspers, M.P.M. (author), Schuren, F.H. (author), Montijn, R. (author)Background: In bacteriology, the ability to grow in selective media and to form colonies on nutrient agar plates is routinely used as a retrospective criterion for the detection of living bacteria. However, the utilization of indicators for bacterial viability-such as the presence of specific transcripts or membrane integrity-would overcome bias...article 2008
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Ruijssenaars, H.J. (author), Sperling, E.M.G.M. (author), Wiegerinck, P.H.G. (author), Brands, F.T.L. (author), Wery, J. (author), de Bont, J.A.M. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)A steroid 15β-hydroxylating whole-cell solvent tolerant biocatalyst was constructed by expressing the Bacillus megaterium steroid hydroxylase CYP106A2 in the solvent tolerant Pseudomonas putida S12. Testosterone hydroxylation was improved by a factor 16 by co-expressing Fer, a putative Fe-S protein from Bacillus subtilis. In addition, the...article 2007
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Werf, M.J.v.d. (author), Overkamp, K.M. (author), Muilwijk, B. (author), Coulier, L. (author), Hankemeier, T. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Achieving metabolome data with satisfactory coverage is a formidable challenge in metabolomics because metabolites are a chemically highly diverse group of compounds. Here we present a strategy for the development of an advanced analytical platform that allows the comprehensive analysis of microbial metabolomes. Our approach started with in...article 2007
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Keijser, B.J.F. (author), ter Beek, A. (author), Rauwerda, H. (author), Schuren, F. (author), Montijn, R. (author), van der Spek, H. (author), Brul, S. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Bacillus subtilis forms dormant spores upon nutrient depletion. Under favorable environmental conditions, the spore breaks its dormancy and resumes growth in a process called spore germination and outgrowth. To elucidate the physiological processes that occur during the transition of the dormant spore to an actively growing vegetative cell, we...article 2007
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The characterisation of Bacillus spores occurring in the manufacturing of (low acid) canned productsOomes, S.J.C.M. (author), van Zuijlen, A.C.M. (author), Hehenkamp, J.O. (author), Witsenboer, H. (author), van der Vossen, J.M.B.M. (author), Brul, S. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Spore-forming bacteria can be a problem in the food industry, especially in the canning industry. Spores present in ingredients or present in the processing environment severely challenge the preservation process since their thermal resistance may be very high. We therefore asked the question which bacterial spore formers are found in a typical...article 2007
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Coulier, L. (author), Bas, R. (author), Jespersen, S. (author), Verheij, E. (author), van der Werf, M.J. (author), Hankemeier, T. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven TNO Voeding (author)We have developed an analytical method, consisting of ion-pair liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (IP-LC-ESI-MS), for the simultaneous quantitative analysis of several key classes of polar metabolites, like nucleotides, coenzyme A esters, sugar nucleotides, and sugar bisphosphates. The use of the ion-pair...article 2006
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Brul, S. (author), Schuren, F. (author), Montijn, R. (author), Keijser, B.J.F. (author), van der Spek, H. (author), Oomes, S.J.C.M. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)In the food processing industry, unwanted occurrence and growth of spoilage and pathogenic microorganisms is a key concern. A prime example is the extremely heat resistant bacterial endospores, microbial survival structures, that create problems due to their ability to survive classical thermal treatments and their ability to subsequently...article 2006
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Koek, M.M. (author), Muilwijk, B. (author), van der Werf, M.J. (author), Hankemeier, T. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)An analytical method was set up suitable for the analysis of microbial metabolomes, consisting of an oximation and silylation derivatization reaction and subsequent analysis by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. Microbial matrixes contain many compounds that potentially interfere with either the derivatization procedure or analysis...article 2006
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TNO Kwaliteit van Leven TNO Voeding (author), Ozimek, L.K. (author), Kralj, S. (author), Kaper, T. (author), van der Maarel, M.J.E.C. (author), Dijkhuizen, L. (author)Bacterial fructansucrase enzymes belong to glycoside hydrolase family 68 and catalyze transglycosylation reactions with sucrose, resulting in the synthesis of fructooligosaccharides and/or a fructan polymer. Significant differences in fructansucrase enzyme product specificities can be observed, i.e. in the type of polymer (levan or inulin)...article 2006
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TNO Defensie en Veiligheid (author), van Wuijckhuijse, A.L. (author), Stowers, M.A. (author), Kleefsman, W.A. (author), van Baar, B.L.M. (author), Kients, C.E. (author), Marijnissen, J.C.M. (author)A new aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer (ATOFMS) was developed for the near real-time analysis of single bioaerosol particles. The system combines ATOFMS with laser-induced fluorescence selection and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry. The influences of laser power and sample preparation on the quality...article 2005
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TNO Kwaliteit van Leven TNO Voeding (author), Ozimek, L.K. (author), Euverink, G.J.W. (author), Maarel, M.J.E.C. (author), Dijkhuizen, L. (author)Bacterial fructosyltransferase enzymes belonging to glycoside hydrolase family 68 (GH68) are not known to require a metal cofactor. Here, we show that Ca2+ ions play an important structural role in the Lactobacillus reuteri 121 levansucrase (Lev) and inulosucrase (Inu) enzymes. Analysis of the Bacillus subtilis Lev 3D structure [Meng, G. and...article 2005
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TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author), van Kranenburg, R. (author), Golic, N. (author), Bongers, R. (author), Leer, R.J. (author), de Vos, W.M. (author), Siezen, R.J. (author), Kleerebezem, M. (author)Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 harbors three plasmids, pWCFS101, pWCFS102, and pWCFS103, with sizes of 1,917, 2,365, and 36,069 bp, respectively. The two smaller plasmids are of unknown function and contain replication genes that are likely to function via the rolling-circle replication mechanism. The host range of the p WCFS101 replicon includes...article 2005
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