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Contents: July 1994, Volume 60, Issue 7

       Research Article

       General Microbial Ecology

       Environmental and Public Health Microbiology

       Microorganism-Plant Interactions

       Physiology and Biotechnology

       Mycology

       Methods

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

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Research Article:

Analysis and expression of the thrC gene of Brevibacterium lactofermentum and characterization of the encoded threonine synthase.
M Malumbres, L M Mateos, M A Lumbreras, C Guerrero, and J F Martín
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2209-2219;
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Variability among atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus strains in ability to prevent aflatoxin contamination and production of aflatoxin biosynthetic pathway enzymes.
P J Cotty and D Bhatnagar
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2248-2251;
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Identification and characterization of clustered genes for thermostable xylan-degrading enzymes, beta-xylosidase and xylanase, of Bacillus stearothermophilus 21.
T Baba, R Shinke, and T Nanmori
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2252-2258;
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Degradation of alkylphenol ethoxylates by Pseudomonas sp. strain TR01.
H Maki, N Masuda, Y Fujiwara, M Ike, and M Fujita
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2265-2271;
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Effect of distance from the polluting focus on relative concentrations of Bacteroides fragilis phages and coliphages in mussels.
F Lucena, J Lasobras, D McIntosh, M Forcadell, and J Jofre
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2272-2277;
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Specific genomic fingerprints of phytopathogenic Xanthomonas and Pseudomonas pathovars and strains generated with repetitive sequences and PCR.
F J Louws, D W Fulbright, C T Stephens, and F J de Bruijn
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2286-2295;
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Expression of the crystal protein gene under the control of the alpha-amylase promoter in Bacillus thuringiensis strains.
K F Chak, M Y Tseng, and T Yamamoto
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2304-2310;
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Characterization of metal-binding bioflocculants produced by the cyanobacterial component of mixed microbial mats.
J Bender, S Rodriguez-Eaton, U M Ekanemesang, and P Phillips
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2311-2315;
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Identification of int and attP on the genome of lactococcal bacteriophage Tuc2009 and their use for site-specific plasmid integration in the chromosome of Tuc2009-resistant Lactococcus lactis MG1363.
M van de Guchte, C Daly, G F Fitzgerald, and E K Arendt
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2324-2329;
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Regulation of chloro- and methylphenol degradation in Comamonas testosteroni JH5.
J Hollender, W Dott, and J Hopp
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2330-2338;
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Detection of Phanerochaete chrysosporium in soil by PCR and restriction enzyme analysis.
C G Johnston and S D Aust
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2350-2354;
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Role of alginate lyase in cell detachment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
A Boyd and A M Chakrabarty
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2355-2359;
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Expression of superoxide dismutase in Listeria monocytogenes.
J A Vasconcelos and H G Deneer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2360-2366;
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Genetic diversity of Datisca cannabina-compatible Frankia strains as determined by sequence analysis of the PCR-amplified 16S rRNA gene.
M S Mirza, S Hameed, and A D Akkermans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2371-2376;
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Disinfection of human enteric viruses in water by copper and silver in combination with low levels of chlorine.
F X Abad, R M Pintó, J M Diez, and A Bosch
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2377-2383;
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Purification and characterization of thermostable and nonthermostable 2-haloacid dehalogenases with different stereospecificities from Pseudomonas sp. strain YL.
J Q Liu, T Kurihara, A K Hasan, V Nardi-Dei, H Koshikawa, N Esaki, and K Soda
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2389-2393;
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Detection of poliovirus, hepatitis A virus, and rotavirus from sewage and ocean water by triplex reverse transcriptase PCR.
Y L Tsai, B Tran, L R Sangermano, and C J Palmer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2400-2407;
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Molecular characterization of aflR, a regulatory locus for aflatoxin biosynthesis.
C P Woloshuk, K R Foutz, J F Brewer, D Bhatnagar, T E Cleveland, and G A Payne
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2408-2414;
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Effect of biosynthetic manipulation of heme on insolubility of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin in Escherichia coli.
R A Hart, P T Kallio, and J E Bailey
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2431-2437;
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Evidence for a novel pathway in the degradation of fluorene by Pseudomonas sp. strain F274.
M Grifoll, S A Selifonov, and P J Chapman
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2438-2449;
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Anaerobic degradation of methylmercaptan and dimethyl sulfide by newly isolated thermophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria.
Y Tanimoto and F Bak
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2450-2455;
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Sequence analysis of 16S rRNA from mycoplasmas by direct solid-phase DNA sequencing.
B Pettersson, K E Johansson, and M Uhlén
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2456-2461;
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Physiological responses of bacteria in biofilms to disinfection.
F P Yu and G A McFeters
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2462-2466;
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Trichloroethylene and chloroform degradation by a recombinant pseudomonad expressing soluble methane monooxygenase from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b.
D Jahng and T K Wood
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2473-2482;
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Cloning of the pyruvate kinase gene (pyk) of Corynebacterium glutamicum and site-specific inactivation of pyk in a lysine-producing Corynebacterium lactofermentum strain.
M Gubler, M Jetten, S H Lee, and A J Sinskey
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2494-2500;
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Structural and functional analysis of pyruvate kinase from Corynebacterium glutamicum.
M S Jetten, M E Gubler, S H Lee, and A J Sinskey
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2501-2507;
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Ability of Acidaminococcus fermentans to oxidize trans-aconitate and decrease the accumulation of tricarballylate, a toxic end product of ruminal fermentation.
G M Cook, J E Wells, and J B Russell
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2533-2537;
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Nucleotide sequence and expression of a novel pectate lyase gene (pel-3) and a closely linked endopolygalacturonase gene (peh-1) of Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora 71.
Y Liu, A Chatterjee, and A K Chatterjee
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2545-2552;
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Accumulation of glutamate by Salmonella typhimurium in response to osmotic stress.
J L Botsford, M Alvarez, R Hernandez, and R Nichols
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2568-2574;
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Pulsed-field fingerprinting of listeriae: identification of genomic divisions for Listeria monocytogenes and their correlation with serovar.
R Brosch, J Chen, and J B Luchansky
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2584-2592;
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International dissemination of epidemic Vibrio cholerae by cargo ship ballast and other nonpotable waters.
S A McCarthy and F M Khambaty
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2597-2601;
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PCR amplification of species-specific DNA sequences can distinguish among Phytophthora species.
T Ersek, J E Schoelz, and J T English
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2616-2621;
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Roles of bacterial attachment and spontaneous partitioning in the biodegradation of naphthalene initially present in nonaqueous-phase liquids.
J J Ortega-Calvo and M Alexander
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2643-2646;
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Small, acid-soluble proteins bound to DNA protect Bacillus subtilis spores from being killed by freeze-drying.
H Fairhead, B Setlow, W M Waites, and P Setlow
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2647-2649;
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Ochratoxin A production by strains of Aspergillus niger var. niger.
M L Abarca, M R Bragulat, G Castellá, and F J Cabañes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2650-2652;
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Cloning of the macrolide antibiotic biosynthesis gene acyA, which encodes 3-O-acyltransferase, from Streptomyces thermotolerans and its use for direct fermentative production of a hybrid macrolide antibiotic.
A Arisawa, N Kawamura, K Takeda, H Tsunekawa, K Okamura, and R Okamoto
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2657-2660;
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Effect of trichloroethylene (TCE) and toluene concentrations on TCE and toluene biodegradation and the population density of TCE and toluene degraders in soil.
D Y Mu and K M Scow
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2661-2665;
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Effect of gamma irradiation on shelf life and bacterial and viral loads in hard-shelled clams (Mercenaria mercenaria).
P Harewood, S Rippey, and M Montesalvo
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2666-2670;
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General Microbial Ecology:

Anaerobic Degradation of Normal- and Branched-Chain Fatty Acids with Four or More Carbons to Methane by a Syntrophic Methanogenic Triculture
Wei-Min Wu, Mahendra K. Jain, and J. Gregory Zeikus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2220-2226;
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Multiple Heavy Metal Tolerance of Soil Bacterial Communities and Its Measurement by a Thymidine Incorporation Technique
Montserrat Díaz-Raviña, Erland Bååth, and Åsa Frostegård
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2238-2247;
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Rates of Benthic Protozoan Grazing on Free and Attached Sediment Bacteria Measured with Fluorescently Stained Sediment
Mathieu Starink, Irina N. Krylova, Marie-José Bär-Gilissen, Rolf P. M. Bak, and Thomas E. Cappenberg
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2259-2264;
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Inhibitory Effects of Turf Pesticides on Bacillus popilliae and the Prevalence of Milky Disease
Douglas W. Dingman
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2343-2349;
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Determination and Distribution of cry-Type Genes of Bacillus thuringiensis Isolates from Taiwan
K.-F. Chak, D.-C. Chao, M.-Y. Tseng, S.-S. Kao, S.-J. Tuan, and T.-Y. Feng
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2415-2420;
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Effects of Sieving, Storage, and Incubation Temperature on the Phospholipid Fatty Acid Profile of a Soil Microbial Community
Søren O. Petersen and Michael J. Klug
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2421-2430;
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Accuracy, Reproducibility, and Interpretation of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester Profiles of Model Bacterial Communities
Sheridan Kidd Haack, Helen Garchow, David A. Odelson, Larry J. Forney, and Michael J. Klug
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2483-2493;
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Kinetics of Colonization of Adult Queensland Fruit Flies (Bactrocera tryoni) by Dinitrogen-Fixing Alimentary Tract Bacteria
Kathleen M. Murphy, David S. Teakle, and Ian C. MACRae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2508-2517;
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Contribution of the Global Regulator Gene gacA to Persistence and Dissemination of Pseudomonas fluorescens Biocontrol Strain CHA0 Introduced into Soil Microcosms
Andreas Natsch, Christoph Keel, Hanspeter A. Pfirter, Dieter Haas, and Geneviève Défago
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2553-2560;
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Survival and Recovery of Methanotrophic Bacteria Starved under Oxic and Anoxic Conditions
Peter Roslev and Gary M. King
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2602-2608;
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Environmental and Public Health Microbiology:

Cesium Accumulation and Growth Characteristics of Rhodococcus erythropolis CS98 and Rhodococcus sp. Strain CS402
Noriko Tomioka, Hiroo Uchiyama, and Osami Yagi
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2227-2231;
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Biocidal Efficacy of a Flocculating Emergency Water Purification Tablet
Edmund M. Powers, C. Hernandez, S. N. Boutros, and B. G. Harper
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2316-2323;
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Microorganism-Plant Interactions:

Inoculum Density-Dependent Mortality and Colonization of the Phyllosphere by Pseudomonas syringae
Mark Wilson and Steven E. Lindow
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2232-2237;
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Derivation of Mutants of Erwinia carotovora subsp. betavasculorum Deficient in Export of Pectolytic Enzymes with Potential for Biological Control of Potato Soft Rot
José M. Costa and Joyce E. Loper
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2278-2285;
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Carbon Metabolism Enzymes of Rhizobium tropici Cultures and Bacteroids
Vassily I. Romanov, Ismael Hernández-Lucas, and Esperanza Martínez-Romero
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2339-2342;
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Physiology and Biotechnology:

Desulfonation of Linear Alkylbenzenesulfonate Surfactants and Related Compounds by Bacteria
Michael A. Kertesz, Pius Kölbener, Hermann Stockinger, Stefan Beil, and Alasdair M. Cook
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2296-2303;
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Uptake of Zinc in Pseudomonas sp. Strain UDG26
Rohit Mago and Sheela Srivastava
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2367-2370;
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Novel Processes for Anaerobic Sulfate Production from Elemental Sulfur by Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria
Derek R. Lovley and Elizabeth J. P. Phillips
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2394-2399;
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Oxidative Bioconversion of Cholesterol by Pseudomonas sp. Strain ST-200 in a Water-Organic Solvent Two-Phase System
Rikizo Aono, Noriyuki Doukyu, Hideki Kobayashi, Harushi Nakajima, and Koki Horikoshi
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2518-2523;
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Dual Mechanisms of Tricarboxylate Transport and Catabolism by Acidaminococcus fermentans
Gregory M. Cook and James B. Russell
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2538-2544;
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Utilization of Light for Nitrogen Fixation by a New Synechocystis Strain Is Extended by Its Low Photosynthetic Efficiency
Susanne Brass, Martin Westermann, Anneliese Ernst, Wolfgang Reuter, Werner Wehrmeyer, and Peter Böger
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2575-2583;
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Isolation of a Bacterial Culture That Degrades Methyl t-Butyl Ether
J. P. Salanitro, L. A. Diaz, M. P. Williams, and H. L. Wisniewski
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2593-2596;
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Purification, Characterization, and Substrate Specificities of Multiple Xylanases from Streptomyces sp. Strain B-12-2
Graziano Elegir, George Szakács, and Thomas W. Jeffries
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2609-2615;
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Characterization and Regulation of Sulfur Reductase Activity in Thermotoga neapolitana
Susan E. Childers and Kenneth M. Noll
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2622-2626;
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Kinetics and Modeling of Lactic Acid Production by Lactobacillus plantarum
Frederico V. Passos, Henry P. Fleming, David F. Ollis, Richard M. Felder, and R. F. McFeeters
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2627-2636;
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Mycology:

Inheritance of Strain Instability (Sectoring) in the Commercial Button Mushroom, Agaricus bisporus
Aimin Li, Marc Begin, Karl Kokurewicz, Christine Bowden, and Paul A. Horgen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2384-2388;
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Pyranose Oxidase, a Major Source of H₂O₂ during Wood Degradation by Phanerochaete chrysosporium, Trametes versicolor, and Oudemansiella mucida
Geoffrey Daniel, Jindrich Volc, and Elena Kubatova
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2524-2532;
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Purification and Characterization of Two Versiconal Hemiacetal Acetate Reductases Involved in Aflatoxin Biosynthesis
Ken-Ichiro Matsushima, Yoshiji Ando, Takashi Hamasaki, and Kimiko Yabe
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2561-2567;
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Methods:

Determination of ¹⁵N Abundance in Nanogram Pools of NO₃^- and NO₂^- by Denitrification Bioassay and Mass Spectrometry
Ole Højberg, Henrik Saaby Johansen, and Jan Sørensen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2467-2472;
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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Tn5 Insertion Mutants of Pseudomonas fluorescens Defective in Adhesion to Soil and Seeds
Mary F. DEFlaun, Bonnie M. Marshall, E.-Peter Kulle, and Stuart B. Levy
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2637-2642;
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Expression of Heterogenous Arsenic Resistance Genes in the Obligately Autotrophic Biomining Bacterium Thiobacillus ferrooxidans
Ji-Bin Peng, Wang-Ming Yan, and Xue-Zhen Bao
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 1994 60: 2653-2656;
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