Contents: August 1993, Volume 59, Issue 8        Research Article        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        General Microbial Ecology        Methods        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Environmental and Public Health Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Microorganism-Plant Interactions        Mycology Other Issues

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Research Article:

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Analysis of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum hemH gene and its expression in Escherichia coli. J M Frustaci and M R O'Brian Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2347-2351; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Tox5 gene expression in Gibberella pulicaris strains with different trichothecene production phenotypes. T M Hohn, A E Desjardins, and S P McCormick Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2359-2363; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival and growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground, roasted beef as affected by pH, acidulants, and temperature. U M Abdul-Raouf, L R Beuchat, and M S Ammar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2364-2368; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Paracrystalline surface layers of dairy propionibacteria. S Lortal, A Rouault, B Cesselin, and U B Sleytr Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2369-2374; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the methanotrophic bacterial community present in a trichloroethylene-contaminated subsurface groundwater site. J P Bowman, L Jiménez, I Rosario, T C Hazen, and G S Sayler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2380-2387; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of promoter modification on mosquitocidal cryIVB gene expression in Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942. E Soltes-Rak, D J Kushner, D D Williams, and J R Coleman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2404-2410; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification, gene cloning, amino acid sequence analysis, and expression of an extracellular lipase from an Aeromonas hydrophila human isolate. J Anguita, L B Rodríguez Aparicio, and G Naharro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2411-2417; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clostridium perfringens and somatic coliphages as indicators of the efficiency of drinking water treatment for viruses and protozoan cysts. P Payment and E Franco Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2418-2424; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of temperature and salinity on the survival of Vibrio vulnificus in seawater and shellfish. C W Kaspar and M L Tamplin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2425-2429; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of nutrients on exopolysaccharide production and surface properties of Aeromonas salmonicida. R Bonet, M D Simon-Pujol, and F Congregado Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2437-2441; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structural stability of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxin homolog-scanning mutants determined by susceptibility to proteases. B D Almond and D H Dean Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2442-2448; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stoichiometric interpretation of Escherichia coli glucose catabolism under various oxygenation rates. A Varma, B W Boesch, and B O Palsson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2465-2473; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stereochemistry during aflatoxin biosynthesis: conversion of norsolorinic acid to averufin. K Yabe, Y Matsuyama, Y Ando, H Nakajima, and T Hamasaki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2486-2492; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stereochemistry during aflatoxin biosynthesis: cyclase reaction in the conversion of versiconal to versicolorin B and racemization of versiconal hemiacetal acetate. K Yabe and T Hamasaki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2493-2500; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of nitrobenzene by a Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes. S F Nishino and J C Spain Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2520-2525; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fate of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in apple cider with and without preservatives. T Zhao, M P Doyle, and R E Besser Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2526-2530; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Copper-resistant enteric bacteria from United Kingdom and Australian piggeries. J R Williams, A G Morgan, D A Rouch, N L Brown, and B T Lee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2531-2537; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of medium composition and sludge removal on the production, composition, and architecture of thermophilic (55 degrees C) acetate-utilizing granules from an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor. B K Ahring, J E Schmidt, M Winther-Nielsen, A J Macario, and E C de Macario Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2538-2545; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of hydrogen and formate on the degradation of propionate and butyrate in thermophilic granules from an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor. J E Schmidt and B K Ahring Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2546-2551; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes by Lactobacillus bavaricus MN in beef systems at refrigeration temperatures. K Winkowski, A D Crandall, and T J Montville Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2552-2557; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of hepatitis E virus in raw and treated wastewater with the polymerase chain reaction. N Jothikumar, K Aparna, S Kamatchiammal, R Paulmurugan, S Saravanadevi, and P Khanna Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2558-2562; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Partial purification and characterization of mold antigens commonly found in foods. G J Tsai and M A Cousin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2563-2571; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of temperature and relative humidity on the survival of Chlamydia pneumoniae in aerosols. H J Theunissen, N A Lemmens-den Toom, A Burggraaf, E Stolz, and M F Michel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2589-2593; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lysine-mannitol-glycerol agar, a medium for the isolation of Salmonella spp., including S. typhi and atypical strains. J M Cox Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2602-2606; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and characterization of a phenoloxidase (laccase) from the lignin-degrading basidiomycete PM1 (CECT 2971). P M Coll, J M Fernández-Abalos, J R Villanueva, R Santamaría, and P Pérez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2607-2613; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

MEL gene polymorphism in the genus Saccharomyces. H Turakainen, S Aho, and M Korhola Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2622-2630; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cellobiose versus glucose utilization by the ruminal bacterium Ruminococcus albus. B Thurston, K A Dawson, and H J Strobel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2631-2637; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of folds or sutures on the walls of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts and their importance as a diagnostic feature. L J Robertson, A T Campbell, and H V Smith Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2638-2641; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of atrazine and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid by mycorrhizal fungi at three nitrogen concentrations in vitro. P K Donnelly, J A Entry, and D L Crawford Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2642-2647; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Abundance of airborne Penicillium CFU in relation to urbanization in Mexico City. I Rosas, C Calderón, M Ulloa, and J Lacey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2648-2652; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interference of humic acids and DNA extracted directly from soil in detection and transformation of recombinant DNA from bacteria and a yeast. C C Tebbe and W Vahjen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2657-2665; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of [14C]fumonisin B1 by Fusarium moniliforme MRC 826 in corn cultures. J F Alberts, W C Gelderblom, R Vleggaar, W F Marasas, and J P Rheeder Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2673-2677; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A ribosomal DNA fragment of Listeria monocytogenes and its use as a genus-specific probe in an aqueous-phase hybridization assay. E Emond, I Fliss, and S Pandian Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2690-2697; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production and characterization of anti-DNA-RNA monoclonal antibodies and their application in Listeria detection. I Fliss, M St Laurent, E Emond, R Lemieux, R E Simard, A Ettriki, and S Pandian Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2698-2705; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial degradation of chlorinated acetophenones. J Havel and W Reineke Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2706-2712; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Monoclonal antibodies that react with live Listeria spp. R Torensma, M J Visser, C J Aarsman, M J Poppelier, A C Fluit, and J Verhoef Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2713-2716; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a high-affinity glycine betaine transport system in Staphylococcus aureus. J H Bae, S H Anderson, and K J Miller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2734-2736; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of vaginal tampons in sewer surveys for non-O1. Vibrio cholerae. G Pazzaglia, M Lesmana, P Tjaniadi, D Subekti, and B Kay Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2740-2742; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Listeria monocytogenes with a nonisotopic polymerase chain reaction-coupled ligase chain reaction assay. M Wiedmann, F Barany, and C A Batt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2743-2745; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of trichloroethylene by Pseudomonas cepacia G4 and the constitutive mutant strain G4 5223 PR1 in aquifer microcosms. M L Krumme, K N Timmis, and D F Dwyer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2746-2749; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of indoxyl-beta-D-glucuronide as a chromogen in media specific for Escherichia coli. J R Haines, T C Covert, and C C Rankin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2758-2759; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Starved cells of the fatty acid auxotroph Escherichia coli AK7 develop abnormal sensitivity to media with low osmolarity. O R Scaravaglio, R N Farías, and E M Massa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2760-2762; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of substrate composition on intestinal flora. W E Moore Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2763-2764; [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Localization and Characterization of -Glucosidase Activity in Brettanomyces lambicus H. M. C. Shantha Kumara, S. De Cort, and H. Verachtert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2352-2358; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Amylolytic Enzymes, Having Both -1,4 and -1,6 Hydrolytic Activity, from the Thermophilic Archaea Pyrococcus furiosus and Thermococcus litoralis Stephen H. Brown and Robert M. Kelly Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2614-2621; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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General Microbial Ecology:

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Coal Depyritization by the Thermophilic Archaeon Metallosphaera sedula Thomas R. Clark, Franco Baldi, and Gregory J. Olson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2375-2379; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dominating Role of an Unusual Magnetotactic Bacterium in the Microaerobic Zone of a Freshwater Sediment Stefan Spring, Rudolf Amann, Wolfgang Ludwig, Karl-Heinz Schleifer, Hans VAN Gemerden, and Nikolai Petersen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2397-2403; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Measurement of rRNA Variations in Natural Communities of Microorganisms on the Southeastern U.S. Continental Shelf Jonathan G. Kramer and Fred L. Singleton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2430-2436; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Starvation-Induced Thermal Tolerance as a Survival Mechanism in a Psychrophilic Marine Bacterium Janet M. Preyer and James D. Oliver Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2653-2656; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Vibrio splendidus as a Member of the Planktonic Luminous Bacteria from the Persian Gulf and Kuwait Region with luxA Probes K. H. Nealson, B. Wimpee, and C. Wimpee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2684-2689; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Methylated, Organic, and Inorganic Substrates on Microbial Consumption of Dimethyl Sulfide in Estuarine Waters Gordon V. Wolfe and Ronald P. Kiene Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2723-2726; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Development of Steady-State Diffusion Gradients for the Cultivation of Degradative Microbial Consortia G. M. Wolfaardt, J. R. Lawrence, M. J. Hendry, R. D. Robarts, and D. E. Caldwell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2388-2396; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stable Tagging of Rhizobium meliloti with the Firefly Luciferase Gene for Environmental Monitoring Angel Cebolla, Francisco Ruiz-Berraquero, and Antonio Jose Palomares Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2511-2519; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Estimating the Growth Rate of Slowly Growing Marine Bacteria from RNA Content P. F. Kemp, S. Lee, and J. LARoche Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2594-2601; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Effect of Increasing the Copy Number of Bacteriophage Origins of Replication, in trans, on Incoming-Phage Proliferation Daniel J. O'Sullivan, Colin Hill, and Todd R. Klaenhammer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2449-2456; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Mini-Prep Isolation of High-Quality Plasmid DNA from Lactococcus and Lactobacillus spp. Daniel J. O'Sullivan and Todd R. Klaenhammer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2730-2733; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recombination-Deficient Mutants of an Extreme Thermophile, Thermus thermophilus Tohru Takada, Satoshi Akanuma, Takashi Kotsuka, Masatada Tamakoshi, Akihiko Yamagishi, and Tairo Oshima Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2737-2739; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of mRNA in Streptomyces Cells by Whole-Cell Hybridization with Digoxigenin-Labeled Probes Dittmar Hahn, Rudolf I. Amann, and Josef Zeyer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2753-2757; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental and Public Health Microbiology:

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Selective Inhibition of Ammonium Oxidation and Nitrification-Linked N2O Formation by Methyl Fluoride and Dimethyl Ether Laurence G. Miller, M. Denise Coutlakis, Ronald S. Oremland, and Bess B. Ward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2457-2464; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methylmercury Resistance in Desulfovibrio desulfuricans Strains in Relation to Methylmercury Degradation Franco Baldi, Milva Pepi, and Marco Filippelli Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2479-2485; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Kinetic Studies of Ammonia Monooxygenase Inhibition in Nitrosomonas europaea by Hydrocarbons and Halogenated Hydrocarbons in an Optimized Whole-Cell Assay William K. Keener and Daniel J. Arp Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2501-2510; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Composition of Non-Microbially Reducible Fe(III) in Aquatic Sediments Elizabeth J. P. Phillips, Derek R. Lovley, and Eric E. Roden Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2727-2729; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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pH and Glucose Profiles in Aggregates of Bacillus laevolacticus Jan P. DE Boer, Carel C. H. Cronenberg, Dirk DE Beer, Johannes C. VAN DEN Heuvel, M. Joost Teixeira DE Mattos, and Oense M. Neijssel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2474-2478; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nonenzymatic Glycosylation of Lepidopteran-Active Bacillus thuringiensis Protein Crystals Meenakshi Bhattacharya, Bradley A. Plantz, Jane D. Swanson-Kobler, and Kenneth W. Nickerson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2666-2672; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Alkalophilic Bacillus sp. Produces 2-Phenylethylamine Nobuko Hamasaki, Shinji Shirai, Masaru Niitsu, Katsumi Kakinuma, and Tairo Oshima Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2720-2722; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microorganism-Plant Interactions:

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Attachment of Agrobacteria to Grape Cells Xin-An Pu and R. N. Goodman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2572-2577; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning of Protocatechuate 3,4-Dioxygenase Genes from Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA110 Gopi K. Podila, Shailaja Kotagiri, and Sivaramiah Shantharam Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2717-2719; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stimulation of Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi by Mycotrophic and Nonmycotrophic Plant Root Systems R. Paul Schreiner and Roger T. Koide Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2750-2752; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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A Cytochemical Study of Extracellular Sheaths Associated with Rigidoporus lignosus during Wood Decay M. Nicole, H. Chamberland, D. Rioux, N. Lecours, B. Rio, J. P. Geiger, and G. B. Ouellette Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2578-2588; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Metronidazole, CO, CO2, and Methanogens on the Fermentative Metabolism of the Anaerobic Fungus Neocallimastix sp. Strain L2 Femke D. Marvin-Sikkema, Elizabeth Rees, Marjan N. Kraak, Jan C. Gottschal, and Rudolf A. Prins Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1993 59: 2678-2683; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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