Contents: December 1989, Volume 55, Issue 12        Research Article        Microorganism-Plant Interactions        Methods        Applied Environmental and Public Health Microbiology        Mycology        Food Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Physiology and Biotechnology        General Microbial Ecology Other Issues

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Research Article:

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Characterization of a plasmid from the ruminal bacterium Selenomonas ruminantium. S A Martin and R G Dean Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3035-3038; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Factors affecting adhesion of Fibrobacter succinogenes subsp. succinogenes S85 and adherence-defective mutants to cellulose. J Gong and C W Forsberg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3039-3044; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Efficacy of copper and silver ions and reduced levels of free chlorine in inactivation of Legionella pneumophila. L K Landeen, M T Yahya, and C P Gerba Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3045-3050; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of Vibrio vulnificus in shellstock and shucked oysters (Crassostrea gigas and Crassostrea virginica) and effects of isolation medium on recovery. C A Kaysner, M L Tamplin, M M Wekell, R F Stott, and K G Colburn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3072-3079; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of barley straw, ryegrass, and alfalfa cell walls by Clostridium longisporum and Ruminococcus albus. V H Varel, A J Richardson, and C S Stewart Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3080-3084; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of membrane filtration and Autoanalysis Colilert presence-absence techniques for analysis of total coliforms and Escherichia coli in drinking water samples. C M Lewis and J L Mak Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3091-3094; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In vivo protocol for testing efficacy of hand-washing agents against viruses and bacteria: experiments with rotavirus and Escherichia coli. S A Ansari, S A Sattar, V S Springthorpe, G A Wells, and W Tostowaryk Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3113-3118; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Aromatic hydroxylation and sulfation of 5-hydroxyflavone by Streptomyces fulvissimus. A R Ibrahim and Y J Abul-Hajj Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3140-3142; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial sorption of heavy metals. M D Mullen, D C Wolf, F G Ferris, T J Beveridge, C A Flemming, and G W Bailey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3143-3149; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biodegradation of trichloroethylene by Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b. H C Tsien, G A Brusseau, R S Hanson, and L P Waclett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3155-3161; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Trichloroethylene degradation by Escherichia coli containing the cloned Pseudomonas putida F1 toluene dioxygenase genes. G J Zylstra, L P Wackett, and D T Gibson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3162-3166; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and characterization of two genes from Bacillus polymyxa expressing beta-glucosidase activity in Escherichia coli. L González-Candelas, M C Aristoy, J Polaina, and A Flors Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3173-3177; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two Bacillus beta-mannanases having different COOH termini are produced in Escherichia coli carrying pMAH5. T Akino, C Kato, and K Horikoshi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3178-3183; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Natural occurrence of the mycotoxin fusarochromanone, a metabolite of Fusarium equiseti, in cereal feed associated with tibial dyschondroplasia. P Krogh, D H Christensen, B Hald, B Harlou, C Larsen, E J Pedersen, and U Thrane Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3184-3188; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of immunofluorescence techniques for detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts from environmental samples. J B Rose, L K Landeen, K R Riley, and C P Gerba Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3189-3196; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toxicity of Microcystis species isolated from natural blooms and purification of the toxin. A Ohtake, M Shirai, T Aida, N Mori, K Harada, K Matsuura, M Suzuki, and M Nakano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3202-3207; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of the insecticidal protein gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai in Bacillus subtilis and in the thermophile Bacillus stearothermophilus by using the alpha-amylase promoter of the thermophile. K Nakamura and T Imanaka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3208-3213; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Competition for glucose between the yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida utilis. E Postma, A Kuiper, W F Tomasouw, W A Scheffers, and J P van Dijken Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3214-3220; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Substrate interactions during aerobic biodegradation of benzene. E Arvin, B K Jensen, and A T Gundersen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3221-3225; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enumeration of Enterobacter cloacae after chloramine exposure. S K Watters, B H Pyle, M W LeChevallier, and G A McFeters Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3226-3228; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selective medium for Pseudomonas aeruginosa that uses 1,10-phenanthroline as the selective agent. J K Keeven and B T DeCicco Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3231-3233; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lyophilization of rumen fluid for use in culture media. B A Dehority and P A Tirabasso Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3237-3239; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth of genetically engineered Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas putida in soil and rhizosphere. K H Yeung, M A Schell, and P G Hartel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3243-3246; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of microorganisms capable of degrading isoquinoline under aerobic conditions. J Aislabie, S Rothenburger, and R M Atlas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3247-3249; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of enterobacterium-specific oligonucleotide probes based on the surface-exposed regions of outer membrane proteins. G Spierings, H Hofstra, J Huis in'T Veld, W Hoekstra, and J Tommassen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3250-3252; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmid homologies in Edwardsiella ictaluri. W S Reid and J A Boyle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3253-3255; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microorganism-Plant Interactions:

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Identification of a Locus Upstream from the Hydrogenase Structural Genes That Is Involved in Hydrogenase Expression in Bradyrhizobium japonicum Patricia D. Novak and Robert J. Maier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3051-3057; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characteristics of Woodland Rhizobial Populations from Surface- and Deep-Soil Environments of the Sonoran Desert Hollis B. Waldon, Michael B. Jenkins, Ross A. Virginia, and Ethelynda E. Harding Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3058-3064; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Host Restriction and Transduction in Rhizobium meliloti Myron N. V. Williams, Shoshana Klein, and Ethan R. Signer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3229-3230; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Profiling and Quantitation of Bacterial Carotenoids by Liquid Chromatography and Photodiode Array Detection H. J. Nelis and A. P. De Leenheer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3065-3071; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High-Frequency Transformation, by Electroporation, of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris Grown with Glycine in Osmotically Stabilized Media Helge Holo and Ingolf F. Nes Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3119-3123; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Simple Method To Detect ß-Galactosidase Tarun Bhowmik and Elmer H. Marth Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3240-3242; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Applied Environmental and Public Health Microbiology:

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Action of a Fluoranthene-Utilizing Bacterial Community on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Components of Creosote J. G. Mueller, P. J. Chapman, and P. H. Pritchard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3085-3090; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adsorption-Desorption Characteristics of Polychlorinated Biphenyls on Various Polymers Commonly Found in Laboratories Tibor Cseh, Sylvie Sanschagrin, Jalal Hawari, and Réjean Samson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3150-3154; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Physiological and Environmental Studies of Sclerotium Formation and Maturation in Isolates of Morchella crassipes Thomas J. Volk and Thomas J. Leonard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3095-3100; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Mechanism of Proteinase Release from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris Wg2 Harry Laan and Wil N. Konings Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3101-3106; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Induction and Purification of Endo-ß-N-Acetylglucosaminidase from Arthrobacter protophormiae Grown in Ovalbumin Kaoru Takegawa, Masanao Nakoshi, Shojiro Iwahara, Kenji Yamamoto, and Tatsurokuro Tochikura Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3107-3112; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Organization of Genes Required for the Oxidation of Methanol to Formaldehyde in Three Type II Methylotrophs C. Bastien, S. Machlin, Y. Zhang, K. Donaldson, and R. S. Hanson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3124-3130; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Expression of a Schwanniomyces occidentalis -Amylase Gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Tsung Tsan Wang, Long Liu Lin, and Wen Hwei Hsu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3167-3172; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Fermentation of Cellulosic Substrates in Batch and Continuous Culture by Clostridium thermocellum Lee Rybeck Lynd, Hans E. Grethlein, and Richard H. Wolkin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3131-3139; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Beneficial Effects of Nickel on Pseudomonas saccharophila under Nitrogen-Limited Chemolithotrophic Conditions Wilfredo L. Barraquio and Roger Knowles Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3197-3201; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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General Microbial Ecology:

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Requirement for a Microbial Consortium To Completely Oxidize Glucose in Fe(III)-Reducing Sediments Derek R. Lovley and Elizabeth J. P. Phillips Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 1989 55: 3234-3236; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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