Contents: November 1988, Volume 54, Issue 11        Research Article        Physiology and Biotechnology        Microorganism-Plant Interactions        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Mycology        General Microbial Ecology        Methods        Applied Environmental and Public Health Microbiology        Errata Other Issues

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Research Article:

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Formation, regeneration, and transfection of Lactobacillus plantarum protoplasts. W M Cosby, I A Casas, and W J Dobrogosz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2599-2602; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular cloning of the penicillin G acylase gene from Arthrobacter viscosus. H Ohashi, Y Katsuta, T Hashizume, S N Abe, H Kajiura, H Hattori, T Kamei, and M Yano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2603-2607; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Procedure for isolating the endophyte from tall fescue and screening isolates for ergot alkaloids. C W Bacon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2615-2618; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sensitivity of ruminal microorganisms to pentachlorophenol. M T Yokoyama, K A Johnson, and J Gierzak Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2619-2624; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methods for improved recovery of Listeria monocytogenes from cheese. A E Yousef, E T Ryser, and E H Marth Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2643-2649; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activation thermodynamics of virus adsorption to solids. D R Preston and S R Farrah Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2650-2654; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular cloning of 3-phenylcatechol dioxygenase involved in the catabolic pathway of chlorinated biphenyl from Pseudomonas putida and its expression in Escherichia coli. A Khan, R Tewari, and S Walia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2664-2671; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and expression of a Bacteroides succinogenes mixed-linkage beta-glucanase (1,3-1,4-beta-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase) gene in Escherichia coli. J E Irvin and R M Teather Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2672-2676; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth-supporting activity for Legionella pneumophila in tap water cultures and implication of hartmannellid amoebae as growth factors. R M Wadowsky, L J Butler, M K Cook, S M Verma, M A Paul, B S Fields, G Keleti, J L Sykora, and R B Yee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2677-2682; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of 2-hydroxybiphenyl and 2,2'-dihydroxybiphenyl by Pseudomonas sp. strain HBP1. H P Kohler, D Kohler-Staub, and D D Focht Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2683-2688; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Long-term survival of hepatitis A virus and poliovirus type 1 in mineral water. E Biziagos, J Passagot, J M Crance, and R Deloince Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2705-2710; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acetate production from hydrogen and [13C]carbon dioxide by the microflora of human feces. S F Lajoie, S Bank, T L Miller, and M J Wolin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2723-2727; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ruminal ciliated protozoa in bison. G Towne, T G Nagaraja, and K K Kemp Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2733-2736; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Carbon allocation in wild-type and Glc+ Rhodobacter sphaeroides under photoheterotrophic conditions. B A Macler and J A Bassham Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2737-2741; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fermentation of peptides and amino acids by a monensin-sensitive ruminal Peptostreptococcus. G J Chen and J B Russell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2742-2749; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of a three-stage continuous culture system to study the effect of mucin on dissimilatory sulfate reduction and methanogenesis by mixed populations of human gut bacteria. G R Gibson, J H Cummings, and G T Macfarlane Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2750-2755; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel method for studying plasmid transfer in undisturbed river epilithon. M J Bale, M J Day, and J C Fry Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2756-2758; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Leucine auxotrophy specifically alters the pattern of trichothecene production in a T-2 toxin-producing strain of Fusarium sporotrichioides. M N Beremand, F Van Middlesworth, S Taylor, R D Plattner, and D Weisleder Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2759-2766; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

R plasmids in environmental Vibrio cholerae non-O1 strains. C Amaro, R Aznar, E Garay, and E Alcaide Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2771-2776; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cross-species transmission of Giardia spp.: inoculation of beavers and muskrats with cysts of human, beaver, mouse, and muskrat origin. S L Erlandsen, L A Sherlock, M Januschka, D G Schupp, F W Schaefer, 3rd, W Jakubowski, and W J Bemrick Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2777-2785; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of several selective media for recovery of Aeromonas hydrophila from polluted waters. M L Arcos, A de Vicente, M A Moriñigo, P Romero, and J J Borrego Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2786-2792; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of chemical concentration and second carbon sources in acclimation of microbial communities for biodegradation. B A Wiggins and M Alexander Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2803-2807; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transformation of tetrachloromethane to dichloromethane and carbon dioxide by Acetobacterium woodii. C Egli, T Tschan, R Scholtz, A M Cook, and T Leisinger Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2819-2824; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic diversity and relationships among isolates of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar phaseoli. D Pinero, E Martinez, and R K Selander Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2825-2832; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of rapid NFT and API 20E with conventional methods for identification of gram-negative nonfermentative bacilli from pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. M J Palmieri, S L Carito, and R F Meyer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2838-2841; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nutritional versatility and growth kinetics of an Aeromonas hydrophila strain isolated from drinking water. D van der Kooij and W A Hijnen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2842-2851; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative mycobactericidal efficacy of chemical disinfectants in suspension and carrier tests. M Best, S A Sattar, V S Springthorpe, and M E Kennedy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2856-2858; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of sublethal injury in decline of bacterial populations in lake water. K R Gurijala and M Alexander Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2859-2861; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cultivation of cottontail rabbit epidermal (Sf1Ep) cells on microcarrier beads and their use for suspension cultivation of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum. B S Riley and D L Cox Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2862-2865; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Simplified X-ray film method for detection of bacterial volatilization of mercury chloride by Escherichia coli. K Nakamura and H Nakahara Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2871-2873; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial transformation of the pyrethroid insecticides: permethrin, deltamethrin, fastac, fenvalerate, and fluvalinate. S E Maloney, A Maule, and A R Smith Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2874-2876; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Delivery system for creation of one-step in vivo lac gene fusions in Pseudomonas spp. involved in biological control. D J O'Sullivan and F O'Gara Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2877-2880; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Penetrability of White Rot-Degraded Pine Wood by the Lignin Peroxidase of Phanerochaete chrysosporium Ewald Srebotnik, Kurt Messner, and Roland Foisner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2608-2614; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Zn2+ Increases Siderophore Production in Azotobacter vinelandii Marianne Huyer and William J. Page Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2625-2631; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of 5' Nucleotide by Using Halophilic Nuclease H Preferentially Adsorbed on Flocculated Cells of the Halophile Micrococcus varians subsp. halophilus Hiroshi Onishi, Masahiro Kamekura, Haruhiko Yokoi, and Takekazu Kobayashi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2632-2635; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fermentation of Insoluble Cellulose by Continuous Cultures of Ruminococcus albus Spyros G. Pavlostathis, Terry L. Miller, and Meyer J. Wolin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2655-2659; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Kinetics of Insoluble Cellulose Fermentation by Continuous Cultures of Ruminococcus albus Spyros G. Pavlostathis, Terry L. Miller, and Meyer J. Wolin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2660-2663; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Thiolase from Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 and Its Role in the Synthesis of Acids and Solvents Dennis P. Wiesenborn, Frederick B. Rudolph, and Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2717-2722; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of D-Aminoacylase from Alcaligenes denitrificans subsp. xylosoxydans MI-4 Mitsuaki Moriguchi and Kohtaro Ideta Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2767-2770; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of an Extracellular Protease from the Insect Pathogen Xenorhabdus luminescens Thomas M. Schmidt, Bruce Bleakley, and Kenneth H. Nealson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2793-2797; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Properties of the Cell Walls of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris SK110 and SK112 and Their Relation to Bacteriophage Resistance Lolke Sijtsma, Aart Sterkenburg, and Jan T. M. Wouters Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2808-2811; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification in Aerobic Chemostat Cultures of Thiosphaera pantotropha Lesley A. Robertson, Ed W. J. VAN Niel, Rob A. M. Torremans, and J. Gijs Kuenen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2812-2818; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Indole-3-Acetic Acid and Related Indoles in Culture Medium from Azospirillum lipoferum and Azospirillum brasilense Alan Crozier, Paulo Arruda, Janie M. Jasmim, Ana Maria Monteiro, and Göran Sandberg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2833-2837; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microorganism-Plant Interactions:

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Stability of Bradyrhizobium japonicum Inoculants after Introduction into Soil Brigitte Brunel, Jean-Claude Cleyet-Marel, Philippe Normand, and Rene Bardin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2636-2642; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Ethylene Produced by Soil Microorganisms on Etiolated Pea Seedlings Muhammad Arshad and W. T. Frankenberger, Jr. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2728-2732; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Erwinia amylovora, the Fireblight Pathogen, by Colony Hybridization with DNA from Plasmid pEA29 Hildegard Falkenstein, Peter Bellemann, Sabine Walter, Wolfgang Zeller, and Klaus Geider Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2798-2802; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Rhizobium loti Strain-Specific DNA Sequences by Subtraction Hybridization A. J. Bjourson and J. E. Cooper Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2852-2855; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Identification of a -Endotoxin Gene Product Specifically Active against Spodoptera littoralis Bdv. among Proteolysed Fractions of the Insecticidal Crystals of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai 7.29 M.-M. Lecadet, V. Sanchis, G. Menou, P. Rabot, D. Lereclus, J. Chaufaux, and D. Martouret Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2689-2698; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of Thermostable Pullulanase from Bacillus stearothermophilus and Molecular Cloning and Expression of the Gene in Bacillus subtilis Takashi Kuriki, Jong-Hyun Park, Shigetaka Okada, and Tadayuki Imanaka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2881-2883; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine-Mediated Regulation of Extracellular Protease in the Entomopathogenic Fungus Beauveria bassiana Michael J. Bidochka and George G. Khachatourians Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2699-2704; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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General Microbial Ecology:

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Dynamics of Soil Denitrifier Populations: Relationships between Enzyme Activity, Most-Probable-Number Counts, and Actual N Gas Loss Kendall Martin, Laura L. Parsons, Robert E. Murray, and M. Scott Smith Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2711-2716; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Improved Assay for Rhodanese in Thiobacillus spp David R. Singleton and David W. Smith Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2866-2867; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Applied Environmental and Public Health Microbiology:

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Isolation and Characterization of a Mutant of Arthrobacter sp. Strain GLP-1 Which Utilizes the Herbicide Glyphosate as Its Sole Source of Phosphorus and Nitrogen Rüdiger Pipke and Nikolaus Amrhein Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2868-2870; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Averaging of TNTC Counts Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1988 54: 2884 [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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