Contents: April 1991, Volume 57, Issue 4        Research Article        Methods        Environmental and Public Health Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        General Microbial Ecology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Microorganism-Plant Interactions        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Food Microbiology        Mycology Other Issues

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Research Article:

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Genetic improvement of Escherichia coli for ethanol production: chromosomal integration of Zymomonas mobilis genes encoding pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase II. K Ohta, D S Beall, J P Mejia, K T Shanmugam, and L O Ingram Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 893-900; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, characterization, and multiple chromosomal integration of a Bacillus alkaline protease gene. J C van der Laan, G Gerritse, L J Mulleners, R A van der Hoek, and W J Quax Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 901-909; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A predictive and feedback control algorithm maintains a constant glucose concentration in fed-batch fermentations. G L Kleman, J J Chalmers, G W Luli, and W R Strohl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 910-917; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Glucose-stat, a glucose-controlled continuous culture. G L Kleman, J J Chalmers, G W Luli, and W R Strohl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 918-923; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Giardia cysts with a cDNA probe and applications to water samples. M Abbaszadegan, C P Gerba, and J B Rose Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 927-931; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gastrointestinal health effects associated with the consumption of drinking water produced by point-of-use domestic reverse-osmosis filtration units. P Payment, E Franco, L Richardson, and J Siemiatycki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 945-948; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of inosine-containing oligonucleotide primers for enzymatic amplification of different alleles of the gene coding for heat-stable toxin type I of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. U Candrian, B Furrer, C Höfelein, and J Lüthy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 955-961; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduction of nitroaromatic compounds by anaerobic bacteria isolated from the human gastrointestinal tract. F Rafil, W Franklin, R H Heflich, and C E Cerniglia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 962-968; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Restriction enzyme analysis of Listeria monocytogenes strains associated with food-borne epidemics. I V Wesley and F Ashton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 969-975; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The solubility of inclusion proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis is dependent upon protoxin composition and is a factor in toxicity to insects. A I Aronson, E S Han, W McGaughey, and D Johnson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 981-986; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transduction of certain genes by an autonomously replicating Bacillus thuringiensis phage. T M Walter and A I Aronson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1000-1005; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Trajectory of aerosol droplets from a sprayed bacterial suspension. B Lighthart, B T Shaffer, B Marthi, and L Ganio Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1006-1012; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Escherichia coli and Shigella spp. in water by using the polymerase chain reaction and gene probes for uid. A K Bej, J L DiCesare, L Haff, and R M Atlas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1013-1017; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selection of colony, plasmid, and virulence variants of Staphylococcus epidermidis NRC853 during growth in continuous cultures exposed to erythromycin. M A DeGuglielmo, C G George, and W E Kloos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1018-1025; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production and characterization of antibodies against nivalenol tetraacetate. C R Wang and F S Chu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1026-1030; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Product toxicity and cometabolic competitive inhibition modeling of chloroform and trichloroethylene transformation by methanotrophic resting cells. L Alvarez-Cohen and P L McCarty Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1031-1037; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Trophic relationships between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Lactobacillus plantarum and their metabolism of glucose and citrate. C Kennes, M C Veiga, H C Dubourguier, J P Touzel, G Albagnac, H Naveau, and E J Nyns Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1046-1051; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adsorption of plasmid DNA to mineral surfaces and protection against DNase I. G Romanowski, M G Lorenz, and W Wackernagel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1057-1061; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid method for direct extraction of DNA from soil and sediments. Y L Tsai and B H Olson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1070-1074; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of mosquitocidal activity of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. fukuokaensis crystal proteins. Y M Yu, M Ohba, and S S Gill Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1075-1081; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survey of fumonisin production by Fusarium species. P G Thiel, W F Marasas, E W Sydenham, G S Shephard, W C Gelderblom, and J J Nieuwenhuis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1089-1093; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modeling of bacterial growth as a function of temperature. M H Zwietering, J T de Koos, B E Hasenack, J C de Witt, and K van't Riet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1094-1101; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution of actinomycetes in near-shore tropical marine sediments. P R Jensen, R Dwight, and W Fenical Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1102-1108; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of organic N-halamines on selected membrane functions in intact Staphylococcus aureus cells. D E Williams, L J Swango, G R Wilt, and S D Worley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1121-1127; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adaptation of Streptococcus mutans and Enterococcus hirae to acid stress in continuous culture. W A Belli and R E Marquis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1134-1138; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic degradation of toluene by a denitrifying bacterium. P J Evans, D T Mang, K S Kim, and L Y Young Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1139-1145; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

16S rRNA sequences of uncultivated hot spring cyanobacterial mat inhabitants retrieved as randomly primed cDNA. R Weller, J W Weller, and D M Ward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1146-1151; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intestinal carriage of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis by wild birds and mammals in Japan. H Fukushima and M Gomyoda Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1152-1155; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activity of glutaraldehyde at low concentrations (less than 2%) against poliovirus and its relevance to gastrointestinal endoscope disinfection procedures. J L Bailly, M Chambon, H Peigue-Lafeuille, H Laveran, C De Champs, and D Beytout Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1156-1160; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning of the structural gene for Clostridium botulinum type C1 toxin and whole nucleotide sequence of its light chain component. K Kimura, N Fujii, K Tsuzuki, T Murakami, T Indoh, N Yokosawa, and K Oguma Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1168-1172; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the nisin gene as part of a polycistronic operon in the chromosome of Lactococcus lactis ATCC 11454. M T Steen, Y J Chung, and J N Hansen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1181-1188; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pattern of organotin inhibition of methanogenic bacteria. R Boopathy and L Daniels Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1189-1193; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved electroporation and cloning vector system for gram-positive bacteria. G M Dunny, L N Lee, and D J LeBlanc Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1194-1201; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth and survival of Bordetella bronchiseptica in natural waters and in buffered saline without added nutrients. J F Porter, R Parton, and A C Wardlaw Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1202-1206; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative study on the identification of food-borne yeasts. T Török and A D King, Jr Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1207-1212; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of phenols on growth and membrane permeability of free and immobilized Escherichia coli. H J Heipieper, H Keweloh, and H J Rehm Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1213-1217; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development and application of new positively charged filters for recovery of bacteriophages from water. J J Borrego, R Cornax, D R Preston, S R Farrah, B McElhaney, and G Bitton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1218-1222; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mold flora and aflatoxin contamination of stored and cooked samples of pearl millet in the Paharia tribal belt of Santhal paragana, Bihar, India. N K Mishra and S K Daradhiyar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1223-1226; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequencing and expression of the Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens xylB gene encoding a novel bifunctional protein with beta-D-xylosidase and alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase activities. E A Utt, C K Eddy, K F Keshav, and L O Ingram Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1227-1234; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enzyme immunoassay for identification of Vibrio vulnificus in seawater, sediment, and oysters. M L Tamplin, A L Martin, A D Ruple, D W Cook, and C W Kaspar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1235-1240; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toxicity and toxins of natural blooms and isolated strains of Microcystis spp. (Cyanobacteria) and improved procedure for purification of cultures. M Shirai, A Ohtake, T Sano, S Matsumoto, T Sakamoto, A Sato, T Aida, K Harada, T Shimada, and M Suzuki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1241-1245; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Aerobic mineralization of vinyl chloride by a bacterium of the order Actinomycetales. T J Phelps, K Malachowsky, R M Schram, and D C White Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1252-1254; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Transformation of a Methylotrophic Bacterium, Methylobacterium extorquens, with a Broad-Host-Range Plasmid by Electroporation Shunsaku Ueda, Seiji Matsumoto, Shoichi Shimizu, and Tsuneo Yamane Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 924-926; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental and Public Health Microbiology:

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Aerobic Microbial Cometabolism of Benzothiophene and 3-Methylbenzothiophene Phillip M. Fedorak and Dunja Grbic-Galic Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 932-940; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Four Aerobiological Sampling Methods for the Retrieval of Aerosolized Pseudomonas syringae Mark P. Buttner and Linda D. Stetzenbach Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1268-1270; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Lactose Uptake Driven by Galactose Efflux in Streptococcus thermophilus: Evidence for a Galactose-Lactose Antiporter Robert W. Hutkins and Carina Ponne Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 941-944; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Fe2+ Chelator Proferrorosamine A Is Essential for the Siderophore-Mediated Uptake of Iron by Pseudomonas roseus fluorescens Marleen Vande Woestyne, Bart Bruyneel, Max Mergeay, and Willy Verstraete Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 949-954; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunocytochemical Identification and Localization of Active and Inactive -Amylase and Pullulanase in Cells of Clostridium thermosulfurogenes EM1 U. Specka, A. Spreinat, G. Antranikian, and F. Mayer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1062-1069; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Formation of Manganese Oxides Anthony C. Greene and John C. Madgwick Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1114-1120; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adhesion of Lactobacillus amylovorus to Insoluble and Derivatized Cornstarch Granules Syed H. Imam and R. E. Harry-O'Kuru Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1128-1133; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Copper on Methylomonas albus BG8 Mary Lynne Perille Collins, Lorie A. Buchholz, and Charles C. Remsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1261-1264; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oxidation of Aromatic Aldehydes by Serratia marcescens G. DE LA Fuente, F. Perestelo, A. Rodríguez-Pérez, and M. A. Falcón Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1275-1276; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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General Microbial Ecology:

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Identification of para-Cresol as a Growth Factor for Methanoplanus endosymbiosus Chris C. M. Poirot, Gert-Jan W. M. Van Alebeek, Jan T. Keltjens, and Godfried D. Vogels Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 976-980; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Kinetics of Iron Oxidation by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans Amechi Okereke and S. Edward Stevens, Jr. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1052-1056; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High Frequency of Natural Genetic Transformation of Pseudomonas stutzeri in Soil Extract Supplemented with a Carbon/Energy and Phosphorus Source Michael G. Lorenz and Wilfried Wackernagel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1246-1251; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Hydrostatic Pressure on Growth of Hyperthermophilic Archaebacteria from the Juan de Fuca Ridge Anna-Louise Reysenbach and Jody W. Deming Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1271-1274; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Production, Purification, and Characterization of ß-(1-4)-Endoxylanase of Streptomyces roseiscleroticus Anthony C. Grabski and Thomas W. Jeffries Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 987-992; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of D-Aminoacylase from Alcaligenes faecalis DA1 Yunn-Bor Yang, Chyuan-Sheng Lin, Ching-Ping Tseng, Yng-Jiin Wang, and Ying-Chieh Tsai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1259-1260; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microorganism-Plant Interactions:

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Conservation of Plasmid DNA Sequences in Coronatine-Producing Pathovars of Pseudomonas syringae Carol L. Bender, Scott A. Young, and Robin E. Mitchell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 993-999; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Symbiotic Potential, Competitiveness, and Serological Properties of Bradyrhizobium japonicum Indigenous to Korean Soils Ui Gum Kang, Padma Somasegaran, Heinz J. Hoben, and B. Ben Bohlool Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1038-1045; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolic Status of Bacteria and Fungi in the Rhizosphere of Ponderosa Pine Seedlings Jeanette M. Norton and Mary K. Firestone Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1161-1167; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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DNA-DNA Solution Hybridization Studies of the Bacterial Symbionts of Hydrothermal Vent Tube Worms (Riftia pachyptila and Tevnia jerichonana) Deeanne B. Edwards and Douglas C. Nelson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1082-1088; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Tn5-Induced Mutants of Xenorhabdus nematophilus ATCC 19061 Jimin Xu, Mark E. Olson, Michael L. Kahn, and Ronald E. Hurlbert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1173-1180; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Antisense mRNA-Mediated Bacteriophage Resistance in Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis Sung Guk Kim and Carl A. Batt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1109-1113; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Growth Conditions on the Production of a Bacteriocin, Pediocin AcH, by Pediococcus acidilactici H S. R. Biswas, Purbita Ray, M. C. Johnson, and B. Ray Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1265-1267; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Arachidonic Acid Production by Fungi Pramod K. Bajpai, Pratima Bajpai, and Owen P. Ward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 1991 57: 1255-1258; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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