Contents: August 1990, Volume 56, Issue 8        Research Article        Physiology and Biotechnology        Mycology        General Microbial Ecology        Microorganism-Plant Interactions        Applied Environmental and Public Health Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Errata Other Issues

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Research Article:

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The unique stability of Vibrio proteolyticus neutral protease under alkaline conditions affords a selective step for purification and use in amino acid-coupling reactions. D R Durham Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2277-2281; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmid-associated sensitivity of Bacillus thuringiensis to UV light. T G Benoit, G R Wilson, D L Bull, and A I Aronson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2282-2286; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of fumonisin B1 by Fusarium moniliforme NRRL 13616 in submerged culture. M A Jackson and G A Bennett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2296-2298; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Incidence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in U.S. coastal waters and oysters. A DePaola, L H Hopkins, J T Peeler, B Wentz, and R M McPhearson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2299-2302; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Substrate-velocity relationships for the Trichoderma viride cellulase-catalyzed hydrolysis of cellulose. E T Liaw and M H Penner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2311-2318; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Colony formation by sublethally heat-injured Zygosaccharomyces rouxii as affected by solutes in the recovery medium and procedure for sterilizing medium. D A Golden and L R Beuchat Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2319-2326; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative biodegradation of alkyl halide insecticides by the white rot fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium (BKM-F-1767). D W Kennedy, S D Aust, and J A Bumpus Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2347-2353; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Vibrio cholerae O1 in the aquatic environment by fluorescent-monoclonal antibody and culture methods. A Huq, R R Colwell, R Rahman, A Ali, M A Chowdhury, S Parveen, D A Sack, and E Russek-Cohen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2370-2373; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Iron-binding compounds and related outer membrane proteins in Vibrio cholerae non-O1 strains from aquatic environments. C Amaro, R Aznar, E Alcaide, and M L Lemos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2410-2416; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of cellulose fine structure on kinetics of its digestion by mixed ruminal microorganisms in vitro. P J Weimer, J M Lopez-Guisa, and A D French Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2421-2429; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection and analysis of two serotypes of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in sewage plants by flow cytometry. A Völsch, W F Nader, H K Geiss, G Nebe, and C Birr Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2430-2435; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Restriction enzyme analysis of mitochondrial DNA of the Aspergillus flavus group: A. flavus, A. parasiticus, and A. nomius. S F Moody and B M Tyler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2441-2452; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of nuclear DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms to analyze the diversity of the Aspergillus flavus group: A. flavus, A. parasiticus, and A. nomius. S F Moody and B M Tyler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2453-2461; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene escape model: transfer of heavy metal resistance genes from Escherichia coli to Alcaligenes eutrophus on agar plates and in soil samples. E Top, M Mergeay, D Springael, and W Verstraete Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2471-2479; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toxicity to Spodoptera exigua and Trichoplusia ni of individual P1 protoxins and sporulated cultures of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD-1 and NRD-12. W J Moar, L Masson, R Brousseau, and J T Trumble Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2480-2483; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of plasmid DNA from all Chlamydia trachomatis serovars with a two-step polymerase chain reaction. D Welch, C H Lee, and S H Larsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2494-2498; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmid-associated bacteriocin production by a strain of Carnobacterium piscicola from meat. C Ahn and M E Stiles Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2503-2510; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tetrachloroethene transformation to trichloroethene and cis-1,2-dichloroethene by sulfate-reducing enrichment cultures. D M Bagley and J M Gossett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2511-2516; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Common amino acid domain among endopolygalacturonases of ascomycete fungi. J P Keon and G Waksman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2522-2528; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adhesion and motility of gliding bacteria on substrata with different surface free energies. R P Burchard, D Rittschof, and J Bonaventura Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2529-2534; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selection and characterization of mutants of Phanerochaete chrysosporium exhibiting ligninolytic activity under nutrient-rich conditions. M Tien and S B Myer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2540-2544; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of solute, pH, and incubation temperature on recovery of heat-stressed Wallemia sebi conidia. L R Beuchat and J I Pitt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2545-2550; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Some chemical and physical properties of nisin, a small-protein antibiotic produced by Lactococcus lactis. W Liu and J N Hansen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2551-2558; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation and localization of amylolytic enzymes in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824. B A Annous and H P Blaschek Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2559-2561; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Candida tropicalis auxotrophic mutants. M A Gleeson, L O Haas, and J M Cregg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2562-2564; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tangential flow filtration and preliminary phylogenetic analysis of marine picoplankton. S J Giovannoni, E F DeLong, T M Schmidt, and N R Pace Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2572-2575; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Effect of Methanobrevibacter smithii on Xylanolytic Activity of Anaerobic Ruminal Fungi K. N. Joblin, G. E. Naylor, and A. G. Williams Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2287-2295; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stereoselective Reduction of Ethyl 4-Chloro-3-Oxobutanoate by a Microbial Aldehyde Reductase in an Organic Solvent-Water Diphasic System Sakayu Shimizu, Michihiko Kataoka, Masaaki Katoh, Tadashi Morikawa, Teruzo Miyoshi, and Hideaki Yamada Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2374-2377; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Catabolite Inactivation in the Methylotrophic Yeast Pichia pastoris William D. Murray, Sheldon J. B. Duff, and Terry J. Beveridge Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2378-2383; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transport of ß-Galactosides in Lactobacillus plantarum NC2 Scott R. Jeffrey and Walter J. Dobrogosz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2484-2487; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Culture Conditions on Poly(ß-Hydroxybutyric Acid) Production by Haloferax mediterranei Jose Garcia Lillo and Francisco Rodriguez-Valera Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2517-2521; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interrelationship of Xylanase Induction and Cellulase Induction of Trichoderma longibrachiatum John C. Royer and J. P. Nakas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2535-2539; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Accumulation of Metallic Compounds I. Sakurai, Y. Kawamura, H. Koike, Y. Inoue, Y. Kosako, T. Nakase, Y. Kondou, and S. Sakurai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2580-2583; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Spore Yield and Microcycle Conidiation of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in Liquid Culture J. J. Cascino, R. F. Harris, C. S. Smith, and J. H. Andrews Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2303-2310; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Sugar Transport Systems in Fusarium oxysporum var. lini Rogélio L. Brandão and Maria C. Loureiro-Dias Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2417-2420; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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General Microbial Ecology:

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Spectral Irradiance and Distribution of Pigments in a Highly Layered Marine Microbial Mat Beverly K. Pierson, Vicki M. Sands, and Judith L. Frederick Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2327-2340; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Microbiological Analysis of Bacterial Community Shifts in a High-Rate Anaerobic Bioreactor Treating Sulfite Evaporator Condensate U. Ney, A. J. L. Macario, E. Conway DE Macario, A. Aivasidis, S. M. Schoberth, and H. Sahm Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2389-2398; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Description of a Novel Symbiotic Bacterium from the Brittle Star, Amphipholis squamata Michael P. Lesser and Richard P. Blakemore Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2436-2440; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microorganism-Plant Interactions:

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Mutant Strain of Bradyrhizobium japonicum with Increased Symbiotic N2 Fixation Rates and Altered Mo Metabolism Properties Robert J. Maier and Lennox Graham Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2341-2346; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conjugal Transfer of Megaplasmid 2 between Rhizobium meliloti Strains in Alfalfa Nodules Inge-M. Pretorius-Güth, Alfred Pühler, and Reinhard Simon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2354-2359; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Increased Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Nodulation Competitiveness of Genetically Modified Rhizobium Strains Esperanza Martinez-Romero and Monica Rosenblueth Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2384-2388; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation by a Revertant of a Nodulation-Defective Bradyrhizobium japonicum Tryptophan Auxotroph William J. Hunter and L. David Kuykendall Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2399-2403; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Root Surface and Endorhizosphere Pseudomonads in Relation to Their Colonization of Roots Ron VAN Peer, Helma L. M. Punte, Letty A. DE Weger, and Bob Schippers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2462-2470; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Degree of Susceptibility of Nectary-Inoculated Cotton Flowers and Bolls to Subsequent Seed Infection by Aspergillus flavus Is Determined at or before Anthesis M. A. Klich Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2499-2502; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effectiveness of Different Frankia Cell Types as Inocula for the Actinorhizal Plant Casuarina Stephen Burleigh and John G. Torrey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2565-2567; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Opine-Utilizing Microflora Associated with Samples of Soil and Plants C. S. Nautiyal and P. Dion Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2576-2579; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Carbon Metabolism Enzymes of Rhizobium meliloti Cultures and Bacteroids and Their Distribution within Alfalfa Nodules Juan Jose Irigoyen, Manuel Sanchez-Diaz, and David W. Emerich Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2587-2589; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Applied Environmental and Public Health Microbiology:

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Dechlorination of Four Commercial Polychlorinated Biphenyl Mixtures (Aroclors) by Anaerobic Microorganisms from Sediments John F. Quensen, III, Stephen A. Boyd, and James M. Tiedje Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2360-2369; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toxicity of 1,1,1-Trichloroethane and Trichloroethene on a Mixed Culture of Methane-Oxidizing Bacteria Kim Broholm, Bjørn K. Jensen, Thomas H. Christensen, and Lajla Olsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2488-2493; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biodegradation of Halogenated Hydrocarbon Fumigants by Nitrifying Bacteria Madeline E. Rasche, Michael R. Hyman, and Daniel J. Arp Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2568-2571; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Transfer of Isolated Nuclei into Protoplasts of Trichoderma harzianum A. Sivan, G. E. Harman, and T. E. Stasz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2404-2409; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Occurrence of an Affinity Site apart from the Active Site on the Raw-Starch-Digesting but Non-Raw-Starch-Adsorbable Bacillus subtilis 65 -Amylase Shinsaku Hayashida, Yuji Teramoto, Takehiro Inoue, and Shinji Mitsuiki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2584-2586; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Nitrogen Fixation Dynamics of Two Diazotrophic Communities in Mono Lake, California Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1990 56: 2590 [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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