Contents: May 1993, Volume 59, Issue 5        General Microbial Ecology        Research Article        Environmental and Public Health Microbiology        Methods        Microorganism-Plant Interactions        Physiology and Biotechnology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Food Microbiology        Errata Other Issues

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General Microbial Ecology:

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Binding of Extracellular Carboxymethylcellulase Activity from the Marine Shipworm Bacterium to Insoluble Cellulosic Substrates S. H. Imam, R. V. Greene, and H. L. Griffin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1259-1263; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Examination of Lipopolysaccharide (O-Antigen) Populations of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans from Two Mine Tailings G. Southam and T. J. Beveridge Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1283-1288; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

H2-CO2-Dependent Anaerobic O-Demethylation Activity in Subsurface Sediments and by an Isolated Bacterium Shi Liu and Joseph M. Suflita Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1325-1331; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Resistance to Toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki Causes Minimal Cross-Resistance to B. thuringiensis subsp. aizawai in the Diamondback Moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) Bruce E. Tabashnik, Naomi Finson, Marshall W. Johnson, and William J. Moar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1332-1335; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth, Nitrogen Fixation, and Spectral Attenuation in Cultivated Trichodesmium Species Lee Prufert-Bebout, Hans W. Paerl, and Carsten Lassen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1367-1375; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Sources of Energy for Nitrogen Fixation and Physiological Characterization of Nitrogen-Fixing Members of a Marine Microbial Mat Community Brad M. Bebout, Matthew W. Fitzpatrick, and Hans W. Paerl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1495-1503; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Natural Transformation of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus by Plasmid DNA Adsorbed on Sand and Groundwater Aquifer Material Bärbel Chamier, Michael G. Lorenz, and Wilfried Wackernagel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1662-1667; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Research Article:

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Production of polyclonal antibodies to the trichothecene mycotoxin 4,15-diacetylnivalenol with the carrier-adjuvant cholera toxin. M M Abouzied, J I Azcona-Olivera, T Yoshizawa, and J J Pestka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1264-1268; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Campylobacter jejuni flagella as colonization factors for three-day-old chicks: analysis with flagellar mutants. I Nachamkin, X H Yang, and N J Stern Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1269-1273; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Listeria monocytogenes in cheese with the magnetic immuno-polymerase chain reaction assay. A C Fluit, R Torensma, M J Visser, C J Aarsman, M J Poppelier, B H Keller, P Klapwijk, and J Verhoef Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1289-1293; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic diversity of subsurface marine microbial communities from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. J A Fuhrman, K McCallum, and A A Davis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1294-1302; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of enteroviruses in groundwater with the polymerase chain reaction. M Abbaszadegan, M S Huber, C P Gerba, and I L Pepper Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1318-1324; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid detection of salmonellae in poultry with the magnetic immuno-polymerase chain reaction assay. A C Fluit, M N Widjojoatmodjo, A T Box, R Torensma, and J Verhoef Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1342-1346; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conditions of formation, purification, and characterization of an alpha-galactosidase of Trichoderma reesei RUT C-30. S Zeilinger, D Kristufek, I Arisan-Atac, R Hodits, and C P Kubicek Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1347-1353; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of rRNA fluorescence in situ hybridization for measuring the activity of single cells in young and established biofilms. L K Poulsen, G Ballard, and D A Stahl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1354-1360; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conditional suicide system of Escherichia coli released into soil that uses the Bacillus subtilis sacB gene. G Recorbet, C Robert, A Givaudan, B Kudla, P Normand, and G Faurie Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1361-1366; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Further studies on the feasibility of one-day Salmonella detection by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. G M Wyatt, M N Langley, H A Lee, and M R Morgan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1383-1390; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of procaryotic repetitive DNA suitable for use as fingerprinting probes. R N Waterhouse and L A Glover Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1391-1397; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and characterization of the extracellular alpha-amylase from Streptococcus bovis JB1. S N Freer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1398-1402; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bromoalkane-degrading Pseudomonas strains. E Shochat, I Hermoni, Z Cohen, A Abeliovich, and S Belkin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1403-1409; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution of bacteria within operating laboratory water purification systems. G A McFeters, S C Broadaway, B H Pyle, and Y Egozy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1410-1415; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth and cholesterol oxidation by Mycobacterium species in Tween 80 medium. M Smith, J Zahnley, D Pfeifer, and D Goff Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1425-1429; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation and debittering of a tryptic digest from beta-casein by aminopeptidase N from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris Wg2. P S Tan, T A van Kessel, F L van de Veerdonk, P F Zuurendonk, A P Bruins, and W N Konings Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1430-1436; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), HIV-infected lymphocytes, and poliovirus in water. B E Moore Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1437-1443; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complete oxidation of toluene under strictly anoxic conditions by a new sulfate-reducing bacterium. R Rabus, R Nordhaus, W Ludwig, and F Widdel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1444-1451; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for the existence of independent chloromethane- and S-adenosylmethionine-utilizing systems for methylation in Phanerochaete chrysosporium. C Coulter, J T Hamilton, and D B Harper Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1461-1466; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of tetracycline resistance determinants in pig isolates from three herds with different histories of antimicrobial agent exposure. C Lee, B E Langlois, and K A Dawson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1467-1472; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specific detection of Salmonella spp. by multiplex polymerase chain reaction. J S Way, K L Josephson, S D Pillai, M Abbaszadegan, C P Gerba, and I L Pepper Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1473-1479; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification, characterization, and lytic activity against Naegleria fowleri of two amoebicins produced by Bacillus licheniformis A12. A Gálvez, E Valdivia, A González-Segura, M Lebbadi, M Martínez-Bueno, and M Maqueda Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1480-1486; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of D-ribose as a cometabolite in D-xylose metabolism by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. C van Zyl, B A Prior, S G Kilian, and E V Brandt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1487-1494; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial oxidation of dimethylnaphthalene isomers. N Miyachi, T Tanaka, T Suzuki, Y Hotta, and T Omori Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1504-1506; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of chemical speciation in growth media on the toxicity of mercury(II). R E Farrell, J J Germida, and P M Huang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1507-1514; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Repair and enterotoxin synthesis by Staphylococcus aureus after thermal shock. F J Hernández, J Goyache, J A Orden, J L Blanco, A Doménech, G Suárez, and E Gómez-Lucía Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1515-1519; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Probing activated sludge with oligonucleotides specific for proteobacteria: inadequacy of culture-dependent methods for describing microbial community structure. M Wagner, R Amann, H Lemmer, and K H Schleifer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1520-1525; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation and simplification of the assimilable organic carbon nutrient bioassay for bacterial growth in drinking water. L A Kaplan, T L Bott, and D J Reasoner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1532-1539; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relationships among non-Acremonium sp. fungal endophytes in five grass species. Z Q An, M R Siegel, W Hollin, H F Tsai, D Schmidt, and C L Schardl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1540-1548; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and characterization of a new agarase from a marine bacterium, Vibrio sp. strain JT0107. Y Sugano, I Terada, M Arita, M Noma, and T Matsumoto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1549-1554; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fate of Enterobacter cloacae JP120 and Alcaligenes eutrophus AEO106(pRO101) in soil during water stress: effects on culturability and viability. J C Pedersen and C S Jacobsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1560-1564; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies specific for Shewanella colwelliana exopolysaccharide. D D Sledjeski and R M Weiner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1565-1572; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chemical disinfection to interrupt transfer of rhinovirus type 14 from environmental surfaces to hands. S A Sattar, H Jacobsen, V S Springthorpe, T M Cusack, and J R Rubino Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1579-1585; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of an oligonucleotide probe targeting 16S rRNA and its application for detection and quantitation of the ruminal bacterium Synergistes jonesii in a mixed-population chemostat. C S McSweeney, R I Mackie, A A Odenyo, and D A Stahl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1607-1612; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biotransformation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by yeasts isolated from coastal sediments. A R MacGillivray and M P Shiaris Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1613-1618; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Physiological factors affecting carbon tetrachloride dehalogenation by the denitrifying bacterium Pseudomonas sp. strain KC. T A Lewis and R L Crawford Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1635-1641; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulated expression of the nor-1 and ver-1 genes associated with aflatoxin biosynthesis. C D Skory, P K Chang, and J E Linz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1642-1646; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Application of rRNA-based probes for observing marine nanoplanktonic protists. E L Lim, L A Amaral, D A Caron, and E F DeLong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1647-1655; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Bradyrhizobium japonicum serocluster 123 hyperreiterated DNA region, HRS1, has DNA and amino acid sequence homology to IS1380, an insertion sequence from Acetobacter pasteurianus. A K Judd and M J Sadowsky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1656-1661; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation of Escherichia coli by titanium dioxide photocatalytic oxidation. J C Ireland, P Klostermann, E W Rice, and R M Clark Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1668-1670; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alternative methods for production and staining of Phanerochaete chrysosporium basidiospores. S S Dhawale and K Kessler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1675-1677; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of temperature and substrate concentration on bacterial growth yield in Seine River water batch cultures. A Barillier and J Garnier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1678-1682; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Screening by polymerase chain reaction of Bacillus thuringiensis serotypes for the presence of cryV-like insecticidal protein genes and characterization of a cryV gene cloned from B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki. A P Gleave, R Williams, and R J Hedges Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1683-1687; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental and Public Health Microbiology:

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Sorption of Heavy Metals to the Filamentous Bacterium Thiothrix Strain A1 Kay L. Shuttleworth and Richard F. Unz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1274-1282; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Rapid Assimilable Organic Carbon Method for Water Mark W. LEChevallier, Nancy E. Shaw, Louis A. Kaplan, and Thomas L. Bott Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1526-1531; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of a Sodium Acrylate Oligomer by an Arthrobacter sp Takaya Hayashi, Masaharu Mukouyama, Kouichi Sakano, and Yoshiki Tani Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1555-1559; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of the Endogenous Storage Lipid Poly-ß-Hydroxybutyrate on the Reducing Power Availability during Cometabolism of Trichloroethylene and Naphthalene by Resting Methanotrophic Mixed Cultures Tomas Henrysson and Perry L. McCarty Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1602-1606; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Comparison of Nucleic Acid Hybridization and Fluorometry for Measurement of the Relationship between RNA/DNA Ratio and Growth Rate in a Marine Bacterium L. Kerkhof and B. B. Ward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1303-1309; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microorganism-Plant Interactions:

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Correlative Association between Resident Plasmids and the Host Chromosome in a Diverse Agrobacterium Soil Population Hacène Bouzar, Djaouida Ouadah, Zoulikha Krimi, Jeffrey B. Jones, Maurizio Trovato, Annik Petit, and Yves Dessaux Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1310-1317; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Method for Identifying Bacterial Mutants with Reduced Epiphytic Fitness Steven E. Lindow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1586-1592; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characteristics of Insertional Mutants of Pseudomonas syringae with Reduced Epiphytic Fitness Steven E. Lindow, Gary Andersen, and Gwyn A. Beattie Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1593-1601; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Environmental and Nutritional Factors on Production of the Polyketide Phytotoxin Coronatine by Pseudomonas syringae pv. Glycinea David A. Palmer and Carol L. Bender Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1619-1626; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Similarity between Copper Resistance Genes from Xanthomonas campestris and Pseudomonas syringae Andreas E. Voloudakis, Carol L. Bender, and Donald A. Cooksey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1627-1634; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Copper Hypersensitivity and Uptake in Pseudomonas syringae Containing Cloned Components of the Copper Resistance Operon Jae-Soon Cha and Donald A. Cooksey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1671-1674; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Siderophore Utilization by Bradyrhizobium japonicum Ora Plessner, Taryn Klapatch, and Mary Lou Guerinot Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1688-1690; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Novel Allylic Oxidation of -Cedrene to sec-Cedrenol by a Rhodococcus Strain Hirofumi Takigawa, Hiromi Kubota, Hiroshi Sonohara, Mitsuyoshi Okuda, Shigeyoshi Tanaka, Yoshiaki Fujikura, and Susumu Ito Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1336-1341; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complete Oxidation of Propionate, Valerate, Succinate, and Other Organic Compounds by Newly Isolated Types of Marine, Anaerobic, Mesophilic, Gram-Negative, Sulfur-Reducing Eubacteria Kai Finster and Friedhelm Bak Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1452-1460; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Rearrangement of Longifolene by Arthrobacter ilicis T2 S. Bhosle, S. M. Kaliwal, S. K. Paknikar, and S. Mavinkurve Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1691-1693; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Purification and Characterization of Alkaline Xylanases from Bacillus polymyxa P. Morales, A. Madarro, J. A. Pérez-González, J. M. Sendra, F. Piñaga, and A. Flors Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1376-1382; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical Characterization of a Protease Involved in the Processing of a Streptomyces reticuli Cellulase (Avicelase) Michael Moormann, André Schlochtermeier, and Hildgund Schrempf Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1573-1578; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Plantaricins S and T, Two New Bacteriocins Produced by Lactobacillus plantarum LPCO10 Isolated from a Green Olive Fermentation R. Jiménez-Díaz, R. M. Rios-Sánchez, M. Desmazeaud, J. L. Ruiz-Barba, and J.-C. Piard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1416-1424; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Monitoring Airborne Fungal Spores in an Experimental Indoor Environment To Evaluate Sampling Methods and the Effects of Human Activity on Air Sampling Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 1993 59: 1694 [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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