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Contents: November 1993, Volume 59, Issue 11

       Research Article

       General Microbial Ecology

       Mycology

       Microorganism-Plant Interactions

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

       Physiology and Biotechnology

       Environmental and Public Health Microbiology

       Food Microbiology

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Research Article:

Direct plating procedure for enumerating Vibrio vulnificus in oysters (Crassostrea virginica).
G A Miceli, W D Watkins, and S R Rippey
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3519-3524;
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A comparison of NO and N2O production by the autotrophic nitrifier Nitrosomonas europaea and the heterotrophic nitrifier Alcaligenes faecalis.
I C Anderson, M Poth, J Homstead, and D Burdige
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3525-3533;
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New medium for the simultaneous detection of total coliforms and Escherichia coli in water.
K P Brenner, C C Rankin, Y R Roybal, G N Stelma, Jr, P V Scarpino, and A P Dufour
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3534-3544;
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Survival of subsurface microorganisms exposed to UV radiation and hydrogen peroxide.
A A Arrage, T J Phelps, R E Benoit, and D C White
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3545-3550;
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Bacterial strains from human feces that reduce CO2 to acetic acid.
M J Wolin and T L Miller
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3551-3556;
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Utilization of xylooligosaccharides by selected ruminal bacteria.
M A Cotta
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3557-3563;
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Cloning and characterization of a cDNA from Aspergillus parasiticus encoding an O-methyltransferase involved in aflatoxin biosynthesis.
J Yu, J W Cary, D Bhatnagar, T E Cleveland, N P Keller, and F S Chu
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3564-3571;
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Reduction of uranium by cytochrome c3 of Desulfovibrio vulgaris.
D R Lovley, P K Widman, J C Woodward, and E J Phillips
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3572-3576;
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Pediocin PA-1, a bacteriocin from Pediococcus acidilactici PAC1.0, forms hydrophilic pores in the cytoplasmic membrane of target cells.
M L Chikindas, M J García-Garcerá, A J Driessen, A M Ledeboer, J Nissen-Meyer, I F Nes, T Abee, W N Konings, and G Venema
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3577-3584;
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Pulmonary clearance and inflammatory response in C3H/HeJ mice after intranasal exposure to Pseudomonas spp.
S E George, M J Kohan, M I Gilmour, M S Taylor, H G Brooks, J P Creason, and L D Claxton
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3585-3591;
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Reductive dehalogenation of the trichloromethyl group of nitrapyrin by the ammonia-oxidizing bacterium Nitrosomonas europaea.
T Vannelli and A B Hooper
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3597-3601;
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Detection of Legionella species in sewage and ocean water by polymerase chain reaction, direct fluorescent-antibody, and plate culture methods.
C J Palmer, Y L Tsai, C Paszko-Kolva, C Mayer, and L R Sangermano
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3618-3624;
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Cloning and expression of the transposable chlorobenzoate-3,4-dioxygenase genes of Alcaligenes sp. strain BR60.
C H Nakatsu and R C Wyndham
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3625-3633;
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Diversity of cell envelope proteinase specificity among strains of Lactococcus lactis and its relationship to charge characteristics of the substrate-binding region.
F A Exterkate, A C Alting, and P G Bruinenberg
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3640-3647;
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Purification and characterization of two 1,4-beta-xylan endohydrolases from the rumen fungus Neocallimastix frontalis.
B Gomez de Segura and M Fevre
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3654-3660;
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Dose response of Cryptosporidium parvum in outbred neonatal CD-1 mice.
G R Finch, C W Daniels, E K Black, F W Schaefer, 3rd, and M Belosevic
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3661-3665;
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Molecular cloning and expression of two alpha-amylase genes from Streptococcus bovis 148 in Escherichia coli.
E Satoh, Y Niimura, T Uchimura, M Kozaki, and K Komagata
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3669-3673;
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Comparison of Giardia lamblia and Giardia muris cyst inactivation by ozone.
G R Finch, E K Black, C W Labatiuk, L Gyürék, and M Belosevic
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3674-3680;
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A simple, sensitive, and rapid method for detecting seed contaminated with highly virulent Leptosphaeria maculans.
J L Taylor
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3681-3685;
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In situ growth and activity and modes of penetration of Escherichia coli in unconsolidated porous materials.
P K Sharma, M J McInerney, and R M Knapp
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3686-3694;
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Isotactic polypropylene biodegradation by a microbial community: physicochemical characterization of metabolites produced.
I Cacciari, P Quatrini, G Zirletta, E Mincione, V Vinciguerra, P Lupattelli, and G Giovannozzi Sermanni
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3695-3700;
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A substrate-dependent biological containment system for Pseudomonas putida based on the Escherichia coli gef gene.
L B Jensen, J L Ramos, Z Kaneva, and S Molin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3713-3717;
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Genetic improvement of Escherichia coli for enhanced biological removal of phosphate from wastewater.
J Kato, K Yamada, A Muramatsu, Hardoyo, and H Ohtake
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3744-3749;
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Cloning and sequencing of agaA, a unique agarase 0107 gene from a marine bacterium, Vibrio sp. strain JT0107.
Y Sugano, T Matsumoto, H Kodama, and M Noma
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3750-3756;
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Involvement of cytochromes in the anaerobic biotransformation of tetrachloromethane by Shewanella putrefaciens 200.
F W Picardal, R G Arnold, H Couch, A M Little, and M E Smith
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3763-3770;
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Characterization of enzymatic reduction of hexavalent chromium by Escherichia coli ATCC 33456.
H Shen and Y T Wang
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3771-3777;
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A new mechanism for the aerobic catabolism of dimethyl sulfide.
P T Visscher and B F Taylor
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3784-3789;
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Dichloromethane as the sole carbon source for an acetogenic mixed culture and isolation of a fermentative, dichloromethane-degrading bacterium.
S A Braus-Stromeyer, R Hermann, A M Cook, and T Leisinger
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3790-3797;
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Natural occurrence of Fusarium mycotoxins (trichothecenes and zearalenone) in barley and corn in Korea.
J C Kim, H J Kang, D H Lee, Y W Lee, and T Yoshizawa
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3798-3802;
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16S rRNA-targeted polymerase chain reaction and oligonucleotide hybridization to screen for Azoarcus spp., grass-associated diazotrophs.
T Hurek, S Burggraf, C R Woese, and B Reinhold-Hurek
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3816-3824;
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Transfer of neurotoxigenicity from Clostridium butyricum to a nontoxigenic Clostridium botulinum type E-like strain.
Y Zhou, H Sugiyama, and E A Johnson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3825-3831;
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Distribution of sulfate-reducing bacteria, O2, and H2S in photosynthetic biofilms determined by oligonucleotide probes and microelectrodes.
N B Ramsing, M Kühl, and B B Jørgensen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3840-3849;
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Use of 5-cyano-2,3-ditolyl tetrazolium chloride for quantifying planktonic and sessile respiring bacteria in drinking water.
G Schaule, H C Flemming, and H F Ridgway
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3850-3857;
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Enhanced biodegradation of polychlorinated biphenyls after site-directed mutagenesis of a biphenyl dioxygenase gene.
B D Erickson and F J Mondello
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3858-3862;
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Ribotypes and plasmid contents of Vibrio anguillarum strains in relation to serovar.
J E Olsen and J L Larsen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3863-3870;
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Derivation of DNA probes for enumeration of a specific strain of Lactobacillus acidophilus in piglet digestive tract samples.
S Rodtong, S Dobbinson, S Thode-Andersen, M A McConnell, and G W Tannock
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3871-3877;
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Gene cloning, sequence analysis, purification, and characterization of a thermostable aminoacylase from Bacillus stearothermophilus.
V Sakanyan, L Desmarez, C Legrain, D Charlier, I Mett, A Kochikyan, A Savchenko, A Boyen, P Falmagne, and A Pierard
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3878-3888;
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A soluble Bacillus cereus cytochrome P-450cin system catalyzes 1,4-cineole hydroxylations.
W Liu and J P Rosazza
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3889-3893;
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Secretion of streptavidin from Bacillus subtilis.
V Nagarajan, R Ramaley, H Albertson, and M Chen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3894-3898;
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Molecular analysis of the lactacin F operon.
C Fremaux, C Ahn, and T R Klaenhammer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3906-3915;
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Role of the CryIVD polypeptide in the overall toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis.
S Poncet, G Anello, A Delécluse, A Klier, and G Rapoport
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3928-3930;
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Biodegradation and transformation of 4,4'- and 2,4-dihalodiphenyl ethers by Sphingomonas sp. strain SS33.
S Schmidt, P Fortnagel, and R M Wittich
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3931-3933;
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Acylated proteins in Borrelia hermsii, Borrelia parkeri, Borrelia anserina, and Borrelia coriaceae.
V Sambri, C Stefanelli, C Rossoni, M La Placa, and R Cevenini
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3938-3940;
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Isolation of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris from nature by colony hybridization with rRNA probes.
M S Salama, W E Sandine, and S J Giovannoni
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3941-3945;
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Temporal expression of the major lignin peroxidase genes of Phanerochaete chrysosporium.
K Boominathan, T M D'Souza, P S Naidu, C Dosoretz, and C A Reddy
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3946-3950;
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A model system for the investigation of heterologous protein secretion pathways in Lactococcus lactis.
J M Wells, P W Wilson, P M Norton, and R W Le Page
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3954-3959;
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Use of genomic probes to detect hepatitis A virus and enterovirus RNAs in wild shellfish and relationship of viral contamination to bacterial contamination.
F Le Guyader, V Apaire-Marchais, J Brillet, and S Billaudel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3963-3968;
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Nylon oligomer degradation gene, nylC, on plasmid pOAD2 from a Flavobacterium strain encodes endo-type 6-aminohexanoate oligomer hydrolase: purification and characterization of the nylC gene product.
S Kakudo, S Negoro, I Urabe, and H Okada
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3978-3980;
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General Microbial Ecology:

Microbial Decomposition of Elm and Oak Leaves in a Karst Aquifer
Angela C. Eichem, Walter K. Dodds, Cathy M. Tate, and Chris Edler
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3592-3596;
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Phospholipid Fatty Acid Composition, Biomass, and Activity of Microbial Communities from Two Soil Types Experimentally Exposed to Different Heavy Metals
Å. Frostegård, A. Tunlid, and E. Bååth
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3605-3617;
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Aminopeptidase Activity in Marine Chroococcoid Cyanobacteria
Josefina Martinez and Farooq Azam
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3701-3707;
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Bacterioplankton Growth Yield: Seasonal Variations and Coupling to Substrate Lability and ß-Glucosidase Activity
Mathias Middelboe and Morten Søndergaard
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3916-3921;
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Effect of Medium Composition on the Denitrification of Nitrate by Paracoccus denitrificans
Mieczyslaw Blaszczyk
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3951-3953;
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Physicochemical Cell Surface and Adhesive Properties of Coryneform Bacteria Related to the Presence and Chain Length of Mycolic Acids
Bernd Bendinger, Huub H. M. Rijnaarts, Karlheinz Altendorf, and Alexander J. B. Zehnder
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3973-3977;
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Effect of Phosphate Concentration on Production of Tetrodotoxin by Alteromonas tetraodonis
Susan Gallacher and T. H. Birkbeck
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3981-3983;
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Mycology:

Variation in Nitrogen Utilization in Acremonium coenophialum Isolates
N. H. Ferguson, J. S. Rice, and N. G. Allgood
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3602-3604;
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Extra- and Intracellular Laccases of the Chestnut Blight Fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica
Daniel Rigling and Neal K. Van Alfen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3634-3639;
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Microorganism-Plant Interactions:

Anaerobic Nitrate Respiration by Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica during Potato Tuber Invasion
Eddy J. Smid, Antonius H. J. Jansen, and Cees J. Tuijn
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3648-3653;
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Production of Rhizobium Inoculants for Lupinus nootkatensis on Nutrient-Supplemented Pumice
Sigurbjorn Einarsson, Jon Gudmundsson, Halldor Sverrisson, Jakob K. Kristjansson, and Sveinn Runolfsson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3666-3668;
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Isolation and Characterization of Actinomycete Antagonists of a Fungal Root Pathogen
Don L. Crawford, James M. Lynch, John M. Whipps, and Margaret A. Ousley
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3899-3905;
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Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis Protein Banding Patterns among Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar phaseoli Strains Isolated from the Mexican Bean Phaseolus coccineus
R. Arredondo-Peter and E. Escamilla
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3960-3962;
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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Temporally Regulated Transcriptional Expression of the Genomes of Lactococcal Bacteriophages c2 and sk1
Tom P. J. Beresford, Lawrence J. H. Ward, and Audrey W. Jarvis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3708-3712;
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Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Five Marine Cyanophages Propagated on Synechococcus sp. Strain WH7803
William H. Wilson, Ian R. Joint, Noel G. Carr, and Nicholas H. Mann
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3736-3743;
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Expression of cryIVA and cryIVB Genes, Independently or in Combination, in a Crystal-Negative Strain of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis
Armelle Delécluse, Sandrine Poncet, André Klier, and Georges Rapoport
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3922-3927;
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Physiology and Biotechnology:

Inhibition of Ammonia Oxidation in Nitrosomonas europaea by Sulfur Compounds: Thioethers Are Oxidized to Sulfoxides by Ammonia Monooxygenase
Lisa Y. Juliette, Michael R. Hyman, and Daniel J. Arp
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3718-3727;
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Mechanism-Based Inactivation of Ammonia Monooxygenase in Nitrosomonas europaea by Allylsulfide
Lisa Y. Juliette, Michael R. Hyman, and Daniel J. Arp
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3728-3735;
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Disaggregation of Methanosarcina spp. and Growth as Single Cells at Elevated Osmolarity
Kevin R. Sowers, Jane E. Boone, and Robert P. Gunsalus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3832-3839;
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Environmental and Public Health Microbiology:

Electrochemical Prevention of Marine Biofouling with a Carbon-Chloroprene Sheet
Satoshi Nakasono, J. Grant Burgess, Kanjo Takahashi, Masami Koike, Chisei Murayama, Shigeoki Nakamura, and Tadashi Matsunaga
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3757-3762;
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Heterogeneous Distribution of Microbial Activity in Methanogenic Aggregates: pH and Glucose Microprofiles
Piet N. L. Lens, Dirk De Beer, Carel C. H. Cronenberg, Frans P. Houwen, Simon P. P. Ottengraf, and Willy H. Verstraete
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3803-3815;
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Presence of Tetrodotoxin and Tetrodotoxin-Producing Bacteria in Freshwater Sediments
H. K. Do, K. Hamasaki, K. Ohwada, U. Simidu, T. Noguchi, Y. Shida, and K. Kogure
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3934-3937;
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Food Microbiology:

Isolation and Characterization of Nisin-Resistant Leuconostoc mesenteroides for Use in Cabbage Fermentations
F. Breidt, K. A. Crowley, and H. P. Fleming
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3778-3783;
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Comparison of Leuconostoc oenos Strains by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
W. J. Kelly, C. M. Huang, and R. V. Asmundson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1993 59: 3969-3972;
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