Contents: January 1998, Volume 64, Issue 1        Physiology and Biotechnology        Environmental and Public Health Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Methods        General Microbial Ecology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Mycology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Author's Correction Other Issues

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Repression of Phenol Catabolism by Organic Acids in Ralstonia eutropha Frédéric Ampe, David Léonard, and Nicholas D. Lindley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 1-6; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Killing of Oral Streptococci by Reduced, Transition Metal Cations J. C. Dunning, Y. Ma, and R. E. Marquis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 27-33; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Culture Conditions on Expression of the 40-Kilodalton Porin Protein of Vibrio anguillarum Serotype O2 Michelle L. Davey, Robert E. W. Hancock, and Lucy M. Mutharia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 138-146; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impaired Secretion of a Hydrophobic Cutinase by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Correlates with an Increased Association with Immunoglobulin Heavy-Chain Binding Protein (BiP) C. M. J. Sagt, W. H. Müller, J. Boonstra, A. J. Verkleij, and C. T. Verrips Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 316-324; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Display of a Heterologous Protein on the Surface of Lactococcus lactis by Means of the Cell Wall Anchor of Staphylococcus aureus Protein A Lothar Steidler, Jasmine Viaene, Walter Fiers, and Erik Remaut Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 342-345; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental and Public Health Microbiology:

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Occurrence of Vibrio vulnificus Biotypes in Danish Marine Environments L. Høi, J. L. Larsen, I. Dalsgaard, and A. Dalsgaard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 7-13; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Surface Properties of Bifidobacterial Strains of Human Origin Pablo F. Pérez, Yessica Minnaard, Edgardo A. Disalvo, and Graciela L. De Antoni Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 21-26; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Morpholine Degradation Pathway of Mycobacterium aurum MO1: Direct Evidence of Intermediates by In Situ 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance B. Combourieu, P. Besse, M. Sancelme, H. Veschambre, A. M. Delort, P. Poupin, and N. Truffaut Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 153-158; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of Morpholine by an Environmental Mycobacterium Strain Involves a Cytochrome P-450 P. Poupin, N. Truffaut, B. Combourieu, P. Besse, M. Sancelme, H. Veschambre, and A. M. Delort Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 159-165; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Basis of a Bacterial Consortium: Interspecies Catabolism of Atrazine Mervyn L. de Souza, David Newcombe, Sam Alvey, David E. Crowley, Anthony Hay, Michael J. Sadowsky, and Lawrence P. Wackett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 178-184; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protozoan Bacterivory and Escherichia coli Survival in Drinking Water Distribution Systems I. Sibille, T. Sime-Ngando, L. Mathieu, and J. C. Block Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 197-202; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Trichloroethylene on the Competitive Behavior of Toluene-Degrading Bacteria Astrid E. Mars, Gjalt T. Prins, Pieter Wietzes, Wim de Koning, and Dick B. Janssen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 208-215; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Initial Reductive Reactions in Aerobic Microbial Metabolism of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene Claudia Vorbeck, Hiltrud Lenke, Peter Fischer, Jim C. Spain, and Hans-Joachim Knackmuss Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 246-252; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Respirable Vesicles Containing Live Legionella pneumophila Cells by Two Acanthamoeba spp. Sharon G. Berk, Rebecca S. Ting, Glenn W. Turner, and Rebecca J. Ashburn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 279-286; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the Air-Water-Solid Interface in Bacteriophage Sorption Experiments Shawn S. Thompson, Markus Flury, Marylynn V. Yates, and William A. Jury Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 304-309; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PCR Amplification and Species Determination of Microsporidia in Formalin-Fixed Feces after Immunomagnetic Separation Scot E. Dowd, Charles P. Gerba, F. Javier Enriquez, and Ian L. Pepper Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 333-336; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phages Infecting Vibrio vulnificus Are Abundant and Diverse in Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) Collected from the Gulf of Mexico Angelo DePaola, Miles L. Motes, Amy M. Chan, and Curtis A. Suttle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 346-351; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Energy and Growth Yields for Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans during Utilization of Chlorophenol and Various Traditional Electron Acceptors M. Mackiewicz and J. Wiegel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 352-355; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impact of Inoculation Protocols, Salinity, and pH on the Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Survival of PAH-Degrading Bacteria Introduced into Soil Matthias Kästner, Maren Breuer-Jammali, and Bernd Mahro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 359-362; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Measurement of Antimicrobial-Resistant Escherichia coli in Pig Feces with a Hydrophobic Grid Membrane Filter Interpreter System R. Hugo Dunlop, Scott A. McEwen, Alan H. Meek, Robert C. Clarke, Robert M. Friendship, William D. Black, and Anthony N. Sharpe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 366-369; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Production of Active Chimeric Pediocin AcH in Escherichia coli in the Absence of Processing and Secretion Genes from the Pediococcus pap Operon Kurt W. Miller, Robin Schamber, Yanling Chen, and Bibek Ray Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 14-20; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ISD1, an Insertion Element from the Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough: Structure, Transposition, and Distribution Rongdian Fu and Gerrit Voordouw Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 53-61; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Sequence of Spacers between the Consensus Sequences Modulates the Strength of Prokaryotic Promoters Peter Ruhdal Jensen and Karin Hammer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 82-87; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Characterization of Two Pyruvate Decarboxylase Genes from Pichia stipitis CBS 6054 Ping Lu, Brian P. Davis, and Thomas W. Jeffries Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 94-97; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Characterization of a 1,3-Propanediol Operon Frank A. Skraly, Betsy L. Lytle, and Douglas C. Cameron Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 98-105; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The TRI11 Gene of Fusarium sporotrichioides Encodes a Cytochrome P-450 Monooxygenase Required for C-15 Hydroxylation in Trichothecene Biosynthesis Nancy J. Alexander, Thomas M. Hohn, and Susan P. McCormick Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 221-225; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Detection of Toxin-Producing Cyanobacteria by Use of Paramagnetic Beads for Cell Concentration and DNA Purification Knut Rudi, Frank Larsen, and Kjetill S. Jakobsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 34-37; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differentiation of Campylobacter Isolates on the Basis of Sensitivity to Boiling in Water as Measured by PCR-Detectable DNA Zaynab S. Mohran, Ray R. Arthur, Buhari A. Oyofo, Leonard F. Peruski, Momtaz O. Wasfy, Tharwat F. Ismail, and James R. Murphy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 363-365; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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General Microbial Ecology:

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Survival in Soil of Different Toluene-Degrading Pseudomonas Strains after Solvent Shock María-José Huertas, Estrella Duque, Silvia Marqués, and Juan L. Ramos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 38-42; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

13C and 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Glycogen Futile Cycling in Strains of the Genus Fibrobacter Christelle Matheron, Anne-Marie Delort, Geneviève Gaudet, Evelyne Forano, and Tibor Liptaj Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 74-81; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Characterization of Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Lyase in the Fungus Fusarium lateritium Melissa K. Bacic and Duane C. Yoch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 106-111; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Elemental Sulfur and Thiosulfate Disproportionation by Desulfocapsa sulfoexigens sp. nov., a New Anaerobic Bacterium Isolated from Marine Surface Sediment Kai Finster, Werner Liesack, and Bo Thamdrup Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 119-125; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Consumption of Atmospheric Isoprene in a Temperate Forest Soil C. C. Cleveland and J. B. Yavitt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 172-177; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Subtractive Hybridization To Design Habitat-Based Oligonucleotide Probes for Investigation of Natural Bacterial Communities Margit Mau and Kenneth N. Timmis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 185-191; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Carbohydrate and Amino Acid Fermentation in the Free-Living Primitive Protozoon Hexamita sp. Giancarlo A. Biagini, Peter S. McIntyre, Bland J. Finlay, and David Lloyd Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 203-207; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Metal-Rich Sludge Amendments on the Soil Microbial Community Erland Bååth, Montserrat Díaz-Raviña, Åsa Frostegård, and Colin D. Campbell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 238-245; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Ammonium and Non-Ammonium Salt Additions on Methane Oxidation by Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b and Maine Forest Soils G. M. King and S. Schnell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 253-257; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nitrospira-Like Bacteria Associated with Nitrite Oxidation in Freshwater Aquaria Timothy A. Hovanec, Lance T. Taylor, Andrew Blakis, and Edward F. Delong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 258-264; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of UV-A (320 to 399 Nanometers) on Grazing Pressure of a Marine Heterotrophic Nanoflagellate on Strains of the Unicellular Cyanobacteria Synechococcus spp. Clifford A. Ochs and Laura P. Eddy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 287-293; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Diversity of Ultraplankton Plastid Small-Subunit rRNA Genes Recovered in Environmental Nucleic Acid Samples from the Pacific and Atlantic Coasts of the United States Michael S. Rappé, Marcelino T. Suzuki, Kevin L. Vergin, and Stephen J. Giovannoni Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 294-303; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequence Variation of the tRNALeu Intron as a Marker for Genetic Diversity and Specificity of Symbiotic Cyanobacteria in Some Lichens Per Paulsrud and Peter Lindblad Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 310-315; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Aerobic Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria from Black Smoker Plume Waters of the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific Ocean Vladimir Yurkov and J. Thomas Beatty Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 337-341; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biodegradation of Phosphonomycin by Rhizobium huakuii PMY1 John W. McGrath, Friedrich Hammerschmidt, and John P. Quinn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 356-358; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Purification and Properties of ArfI, an -L-Arabinofuranosidase from Cytophaga xylanolytica Michael J. Renner and John A. Breznak Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 43-52; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Properties of a Polyester Polyurethane-Degrading Enzyme from Comamonas acidovorans TB-35 Yukie Akutsu, Toshiaki Nakajima-Kambe, Nobuhiko Nomura, and Tadaatsu Nakahara Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 62-67; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of a Novel Thermostable -L-Arabinofuranosidase from a Color-Variant Strain of Aureobasidium pullulans Badal C. Saha and Rodney J. Bothast Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 216-220; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Manganese Peroxidase-Dependent Oxidation of Glyoxylic and Oxalic Acids Synthesized by Ceriporiopsis subvermispora Produces Extracellular Hydrogen Peroxide Ulises Urzúa, Philip J. Kersten, and Rafael Vicuña Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 68-73; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Morphological and Molecular Identification of Trichoderma Isolates on North American Mushroom Farms Alan Castle, Donna Speranzini, Nezar Rghei, Glen Alm, Dan Rinker, and John Bissett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 133-137; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of O-Methyltransferase I Involved in Conversion of Demethylsterigmatocystin to Sterigmatocystin and of Dihydrodemethylsterigmatocystin to Dihydrosterigmatocystin during Aflatoxin Biosynthesis Kimiko Yabe, Ken-ichiro Matsushima, Takumi Koyama, and Takashi Hamasaki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 166-171; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Choline Derivatives Involved in Osmotolerance of Penicillium fellutanum Yong-Il Park and John E. Gander Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 273-278; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Electron and Fluorescence Microscopy of Extracellular Glucan and Aryl-Alcohol Oxidase during Wheat-Straw Degradation by Pleurotus eryngii J. M. Barrasa, A. Gutiérrez, V. Escaso, F. Guillén, M. J. Martínez, and A. T. Martínez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 325-332; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Molecular Analysis of Hypervirulent Somatic Hybrids of the Entomopathogenic Fungi Beauveria bassiana and Beauveria sulfurescens Muriel Viaud, Yvonne Couteaudier, and Guy Riba Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 88-93; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heterogeneity in the Attachment and Uptake Mechanisms of the Legionnaires' Disease Bacterium, Legionella pneumophila, by Protozoan Hosts Omar S. Harb, Chandrasekar Venkataraman, Bradley J. Haack, Lian-Yong Gao, and Yousef Abu Kwaik Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 126-132; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stable-Carbon-Isotope Composition of Fatty Acids in Hydrothermal Vent Mussels Containing Methanotrophic and Thiotrophic Bacterial Endosymbionts David W. Pond, Michael V. Bell, David R. Dixon, Anthony E. Fallick, Michel Segonzac, and John R. Sargent Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 370-375; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Rhizoremediation of Trichloroethylene by a Recombinant, Root-Colonizing Pseudomonas fluorescens Strain Expressing Toluene ortho-Monooxygenase Constitutively Dennis C. Yee, Jennifer A. Maynard, and Thomas K. Wood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 112-118; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PCR Detection of Cyclic Lipodepsinonapeptide-Producing Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae and Similarity of Strains Kevin N. Sorensen, Kwang-Hee Kim, and Jon Y. Takemoto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 226-230; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fingerprinting of Cyanobacteria Based on PCR with Primers Derived from Short and Long Tandemly Repeated Repetitive Sequences Ulla Rasmussen and Mette M. Svenning Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 265-272; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Detection of Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli by Magnetic Capture-Hybridization PCR Jinru Chen, Roger Johnson, and Mansel Griffiths Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 147-152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Inoculation Techniques and Relative Humidity on the Growth of Molds on the Surfaces of Yellow Layer Cakes Patrick Fustier, Alain Lafond, Claude P. Champagne, and François Lamarche Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 192-196; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nisin Resistance in Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 700302 Is a Complex Phenotype Allison D. Crandall and Thomas J. Montville Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 231-237; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improvement of the Immunomagnetic Separation Method Selective for Escherichia coli O157 Strains Takahiro Tomoyasu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 376-382; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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Production of a Polyhydroxyalkanoate Biopolymer in Insect Cells with a Modified Eucaryotic Fatty Acid Synthase Mark D. Williams, John A. Rahn, Stuart Smith, Anil K. Joshi, and David H. Sherman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 1998 64: 383 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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