Contents: November 1998, Volume 64, Issue 11        Methods        General Microbial Ecology        Food Microbiology        Mycology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Environmental and Public Health Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Plant Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Errata Other Issues

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Methods:

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Automated Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy and Semiautomated Image Processing for Analysis of Biofilms Martin Kuehn, Martina Hausner, Hans-Joachim Bungartz, Michael Wagner, Peter A. Wilderer, and Stefan Wuertz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4115-4127; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Quantification of Toxic Chemicals by Use of Escherichia coli Carrying lux Genes Fused to Stress Promoters Oren Ben-Israel, Haggit Ben-Israel, and Shimon Ulitzur Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4346-4352; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Airborne Actinomycete Spores with Fluorogenic Substrates S. V. Gazenko, T. A. Reponen, S. A. Grinshpun, and K. Willeke Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4410-4415; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantification of 16S rRNAs in Complex Bacterial Communities by Multiple Competitive Reverse Transcription-PCR in Temperature Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Fingerprints Andreas Felske, Antoon D. L. Akkermans, and Willem M. De Vos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4581-4587; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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General Microbial Ecology:

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Bacteriophage Diversity in the North Sea Antje Wichels, Stefan S. Biel, Hans R. Gelderblom, Thorsten Brinkhoff, Gerard Muyzer, and Christian Schütt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4128-4133; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evolution of a Pathway for Chlorobenzene Metabolism Leads to Natural Attenuation in Contaminated Groundwater Jan Roelof van der Meer, Christoph Werlen, Shirley F. Nishino, and Jim C. Spain Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4185-4193; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ratios of Carbon Isotopes in Microbial Lipids as an Indicator of Substrate Usage Wolf-Rainer Abraham, Christian Hesse, and Oliver Pelz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4202-4209; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pathogenicity of Vibrio alginolyticus for Cultured Gilt-Head Sea Bream (Sparus aurata L.) M. Carmen Balebona, Manuel J. Andreu, M. Angeles Bordas, Irene Zorrilla, Miguel A. Moriñigo, and Juan J. Borrego Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4269-4275; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Low-Concentration Kinetics of Atmospheric CH4 Oxidation in Soil and Mechanism of NH4+ Inhibition Jay Gulledge and Joshua P. Schimel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4291-4298; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Seasonal Community and Population Dynamics of Pelagic Bacteria and Archaea in a High Mountain Lake Jakob Pernthaler, Frank-Oliver Glöckner, Stefanie Unterholzner, Albin Alfreider, Roland Psenner, and Rudolf Amann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4299-4306; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Analysis of Nonthermophilic Members of the Kingdom Crenarchaeota and Their Diversity and Abundance in Soils Daniel H. Buckley, Joseph R. Graber, and Thomas M. Schmidt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4333-4339; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Difluoromethane, a New and Improved Inhibitor of Methanotrophy Laurence G. Miller, Caleb Sasson, and Ronald S. Oremland Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4357-4362; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Epiphytic Bacterial Communities on Charophycean Green Algae Madeline M. Fisher, Lee W. Wilcox, and Linda E. Graham Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4384-4389; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Detection, Isolation, and Physiological Characterization of Functionally Dominant Phenol-Degrading Bacteria in Activated Sludge Kazuya Watanabe, Maki Teramoto, Hiroyuki Futamata, and Shigeaki Harayama Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4396-4402; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Small, Dilute-Cytoplasm, High-Affinity, Novel Bacterium Isolated by Extinction Culture and Having Kinetic Constants Compatible with Growth at Ambient Concentrations of Dissolved Nutrients in Seawater D. K. Button, Betsy R. Robertson, Paul W. Lepp, and Thomas M. Schmidt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4467-4476; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ammonium Removal by the Oxygen-Limited Autotrophic Nitrification-Denitrification System Linping Kuai and Willy Verstraete Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4500-4506; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Humic Acid Reduction by Propionibacterium freudenreichii and Other Fermenting Bacteria Marcus Benz, Bernhard Schink, and Andreas Brune Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4507-4512; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Subfossil Molecular Remains of Purple Sulfur Bacteria in a Lake Sediment Marco J. L. Coolen and Jörg Overmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4513-4521; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Kinetic Bias in Estimates of Coastal Picoplankton Community Structure Obtained by Measurements of Small-Subunit rRNA Gene PCR Amplicon Length Heterogeneity Marcelino Suzuki, Michael S. Rappé, and Stephen J. Giovannoni Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4522-4529; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methanotrophs and Methanogens in Masonry Martin Kussmaul, Markus Wilimzig, and Eberhard Bock Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4530-4532; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Situ Detection of an Uncultured Predominant Bacillus in Dutch Grassland Soils Andreas Felske, Antoon D. L. Akkermans, and Willem M. De Vos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4588-4590; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Association of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Hemolysin with Serotypes of Shiga-Like-Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli of Human and Bovine Origins Carlton Gyles, Roger Johnson, Anli Gao, Kim Ziebell, Denis Pierard, Stojanka Aleksic, and Patrick Boerlin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4134-4141; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Bacteriolytic Enzymes of the Autolytic Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris Strain AM2 by Renaturing Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis: Identification of a Prophage-Encoded Enzyme Anne-Sophie Lepeuple, Ellis Van Gemert, and Marie-Pierre Chapot-Chartier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4142-4148; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence of Clostridium botulinum in Finnish Trout Farms: Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Typing Reveals Extensive Genetic Diversity among Type E Isolates Sebastian Hielm, Johanna Björkroth, Eija Hyytiä, and Hannu Korkeala Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4161-4167; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Automated Fluorescent PCR Method for Detection of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Foods Shu Chen, Renlin Xu, Arlene Yee, Kai Yuan Wu, Chang-Ning Wang, Susan Read, and Stephanie A. De Grandis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4210-4216; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PCR Detection of Coxiella burnetii from Different Clinical Specimens, Especially Bovine Milk, on the Basis of DNA Preparation with a Silica Matrix Helga Lorenz, Cornelie Jäger, Hermann Willems, and Georg Baljer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4234-4237; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Monoclonal Antibodies Raised against Native Major Capsid Proteins of Lactococcal c2-Like Bacteriophages Sandra R. Chibani Azaïez, Ismaïl Fliss, Ronald E. Simard, and Sylvain Moineau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4255-4259; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

rRNA Stability in Heat-Killed and UV-Irradiated Enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli O157:H7 John L. McKillip, Lee-Ann Jaykus, and Maryanne Drake Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4264-4268; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Expression of the Lactococcus lactis purDEK Genes, Required for Growth in Milk Dan Nilsson and Mogens Kilstrup Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4321-4327; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of the BAX for Screening/E. coli O157:H7 Method with Conventional Methods for Detection of Extremely Low Levels of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Ground Beef Jennifer L. Johnson, Cheryl L. Brooke, and Scott J. Fritschel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4390-4395; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rice Hull Ash and Silicic Acid as Adsorbents for Concentration of Bacteriocins M. E. Janes, R. Nannapaneni, A. Proctor, and M. G. Johnson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4403-4409; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Influence of Environmental Parameters on Clostridium botulinum Time-to-Toxicity by Using Three Modeling Approaches Donald W. Schaffner, William H. Ross, and Thomas J. Montville Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4416-4422; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Apple Juice by Irradiation R. L. Buchanan, S. G. Edelson, K. Snipes, and G. Boyd Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4533-4535; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Generation of Polyclonal Antibodies of Predetermined Specificity against Pediocin PA-1 José M. Martínez, María I. Martínez, Ana M. Suárez, Carmen Herranz, Pilar Casaus, Luis M. Cintas, Juan M. Rodríguez, and Pablo E. Hernández Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4536-4545; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antagonistic Activity against Helicobacter Infection In Vitro and In Vivo by the Human Lactobacillus acidophilus Strain LB Marie-Helene Coconnier, Vanessa Lievin, Elisabeth Hemery, and Alain L. Servin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4573-4580; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Characterization of pepP, Which Encodes an Aminopeptidase P Whose Deficiency Does Not Affect Lactococcus lactis Growth in Milk, Unlike Deficiency of the X-Prolyl Dipeptidyl Aminopeptidase J. Matos, M. Nardi, H. Kumura, and V. Monnet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4591-4595; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Design of a Phage-Insensitive Lactococcal Dairy Starter via Sequential Transfer of Naturally Occurring Conjugative Plasmids David O'Sullivan, Aidan Coffey, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Colin Hill, and R. Paul Ross Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4618-4622; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Response of Salmonella choleraesuis LT2 Spheroplasts and Permeabilized Cells to the Bacteriocin AS-48 H. Abriouel, E. Valdivia, A. Gálvez, and M. Maqueda Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4623-4626; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Sequence and Secondary Structure of the Mitochondrial Small-Subunit rRNA V4, V6, and V9 Domains Reveal Highly Species-Specific Variations within the Genus Agrocybe Patrice Gonzalez and Jacques Labarère Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4149-4160; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Method To Immobilize the Aphid-Pathogenic Fungus Erynia neoaphidis in an Alginate Matrix for Biocontrol P. A. Shah, M. Aebi, and U. Tuor Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4260-4263; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antifungal Metabolites (Monorden, Monocillin IV, and Cerebrosides) from Humicola fuscoatra Traaen NRRL 22980, a Mycoparasite of Aspergillus flavus Sclerotia Donald T. Wicklow, Biren K. Joshi, William R. Gamble, James B. Gloer, and Patrick F. Dowd Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4482-4484; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Ethylene Removal by a Biofilter with Immobilized Bacteria Lars Elsgaard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4168-4173; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Specific Growth Rate on Fermentative Capacity of Baker's Yeast Pim Van Hoek, Johannes P. Van Dijken, and Jack T. Pronk Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4226-4233; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metal Accumulation and Vanadium-Induced Multidrug Resistance by Environmental Isolates of Escherichia hermannii and Enterobacter cloacae Alicia Hernández, Rafael P. Mellado, and José L. Martínez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4317-4320; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of a Proline-Producing Mutant of the Extremely Thermophilic Eubacterium Thermus thermophilus HB27 Takehide Kosuge and Takayuki Hoshino Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4328-4332; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Implications of rRNA Operon Copy Number and Ribosome Content in the Marine Oligotrophic Ultramicrobacterium Sphingomonas sp. Strain RB2256 Fitri Fegatella, Julianne Lim, Staffan Kjelleberg, and Ricardo Cavicchioli Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4433-4438; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Accumulation of -Keto Acids as Essential Components in Cyanide Assimilation by Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 11764 Daniel A. Kunz, Jui-Lin Chen, and Guangliang Pan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4452-4459; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of an Intelligent Control System To Evaluate Multiparametric Effects on Iron Oxidation by Thermophilic Bacteria Daphne L. Stoner, Karen S. Miller, Dee Jay Fife, Eric D. Larsen, Charles R. Tolle, and John A. Johnson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4555-4565; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Screening Method for Isolating Exopolysaccharide-Deficient Mutants Minghsun Liu, Juan E. González, Laura B. Willis, and Graham C. Walker Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4600-4602; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enzymatic Recovery of Elemental Palladium by Using Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria Jon R. Lloyd, Ping Yong, and Lynne E. Macaskie Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4607-4609; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for the Interplay between Trehalose Metabolism and Hsp104 in Yeast Hitoshi Iwahashi, Solomon Nwaka, Kaoru Obuchi, and Yasuhiko Komatsu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4614-4617; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Variable Cross-Resistance to Cry11B from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. jegathesan in Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Resistant to Single or Multiple Toxins of Bacillus thuringienisis subsp. israelensis Margaret C. Wirth, Armelle Delécluse, Brian A. Federici, and William E. Walton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4174-4179; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PCR-Ribotyping of Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus Isolates from the Caribbean Region in Relation to the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Their Nematode Hosts Marion Fischer-Le Saux, Hervé Mauléon, Philippe Constant, Brigitte Brunel, and Noël Boemare Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4246-4254; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cyt1Aa Protein of Bacillus thuringiensis Is Toxic to the Cottonwood Leaf Beetle, Chrysomela scripta, and Suppresses High Levels of Resistance to Cry3Aa Brian A. Federici and Leah S. Bauer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4368-4371; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Naturally Occurring Deletion Mutants Are Parasitic Genotypes in a Wild-Type Nucleopolyhedrovirus Population of Spodoptera exigua Delia Muñoz, Juan I. Castillejo, and Primitivo Caballero Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4372-4377; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental and Public Health Microbiology:

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Biodegradation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons in an Extremely Acidic Environment Raymond D. Stapleton, Dwayne C. Savage, Gary S. Sayler, and Gary Stacey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4180-4184; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Plasmid-Mediated Oxytetracycline Resistance in Aeromonas salmonicida C. A. Adams, B. Austin, P. G. Meaden, and D. McIntosh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4194-4201; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of Enterococcus faecalis in an Oligotrophic Microcosm: Changes in Morphology, Development of General Stress Resistance, and Analysis of Protein Synthesis Axel Hartke, Jean-Christophe Giard, Jean-Marie Laplace, and Yanick Auffray Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4238-4245; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Infectious Enteroviruses, Enterovirus Genomes, Somatic Coliphages, and Bacteroides fragilis Phages in Treated Wastewater C. Gantzer, A. Maul, J. M. Audic, and L. Schwartzbrod Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4307-4312; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Whole-Cell Kinetics of Trichloroethylene Degradation by Phenol Hydroxylase in a Ralstonia eutropha JMP134 Derivative Patricia J. Ayoubi and Alan R. Harker Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4353-4356; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Pretreatment and Experimental Conditions on Electrophoretic Mobility and Hydrophobicity of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts Charles F. Brush, Michael F. Walter, Lynne J. Anguish, and William C. Ghiorse Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4439-4445; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sedimentation of Free and Attached Cryptosporidium Oocysts and Giardia Cysts in Water G. J. Medema, F. M. Schets, P. F. M. Teunis, and A. H. Havelaar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4460-4466; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequence Polymorphism in the -Tubulin Gene Reveals Heterogeneous and Variable Population Structures in Cryptosporidium parvum Giovanni Widmer, Laurie Tchack, Cynthia L. Chappell, and Saul Tzipori Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4477-4481; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Strain of Infectious Hepatitis E Virus Isolated from Sewage in an Area where Hepatitis E Is Not Endemic Sonia Pina, Joan Jofre, Suzanne U. Emerson, Robert H. Purcell, and Rosina Girones Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4485-4488; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunomagnetic Separation of Cryptosporidium parvum from Source Water Samples of Various Turbidities Z. Bukhari, R. M. McCuin, C. R. Fricker, and J. L. Clancy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4495-4499; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Prior Exposure to Noninfected Ticks on Susceptibility of Mice to Lyme Disease Spirochetes Dania Richter, Andrew Spielman, and Franz-Rainer Matuschka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4596-4599; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spectrum of the Reductive Dehalogenation Activity of Desulfitobacterium frappieri PCP-1 D. Dennie, I. Gladu, F. Lépine, R. Villemur, J.-G. Bisaillon, and R. Beaudet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4603-4606; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metal Toxicity Reduction in Naphthalene Biodegradation by Use of Metal-Chelating Adsorbents Pomthong Malakul, Keeran R. Srinivasan, and Henry Y. Wang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4610-4613; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Partial Characterization of the Streptomyces lividans xlnB Promoter and Its Use for Expression of a Thermostable Xylanase from Thermotoga maritima Chih-Cheng Chen and Janet Westpheling Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4217-4225; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Basic Replicon of Rhodococcus Plasmid pSOX and Development of a Rhodococcus-Escherichia coli Shuttle Vector Claude Denis-Larose, Hélène Bergeron, Diane Labbé, Charles W. Greer, Jalal Hawari, Matthew J. Grossman, Bruce M. Sankey, and Peter C. K. Lau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4363-4367; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Physiological Diversity of the Rhizosphere Diazotroph Assemblages of Selected Salt Marsh Grasses Christopher E. Bagwell, Yvette M. Piceno, Amy Ashburne-Lucas, and Charles R. Lovell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4276-4282; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selection and Characterization of Microorganisms Utilizing Thaxtomin A, a Phytotoxin Produced by Streptomyces scabies Cyr Lézin Doumbou, Vladimir Akimov, and Carole Beaulieu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4313-4316; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Ralstonia solanacearum, Which Causes Brown Rot of Potato, by Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization with 23S rRNA-Targeted Probes B. A. Wullings, A. R. Van Beuningen, J. D. Janse, and A. D. L. Akkermans Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4546-4554; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering of a Single-Chain Variable-Fragment (scFv) Antibody Specific for the Stolbur Phytoplasma (Mollicute) and Its Expression in Escherichia coli and Tobacco Plants Fabrice Le Gall, Joseph-Marie Bové, and Monique Garnier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4566-4572; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Threonine Aldolase Overexpression plus Threonine Supplementation Enhanced Riboflavin Production in Ashbya gossypii Nicole Monschau, Hermann Sahm, and K.-Peter Stahmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4283-4290; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of a Trehalose Synthase from the Basidiomycete Grifola frondosa Koki Saito, Toshiya Kase, Eiichi Takahashi, Eisaku Takahashi, and Sueharu Horinouchi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4340-4345; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Marine Agarolytic Pseudoalteromonas Isolate and Characterization of Its Extracellular Agarase Jorge Vera, Raul Alvarez, Erminio Murano, Juan Carlos Slebe, and Oscar Leon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4378-4383; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization and Expression of a Phytase Gene from the Thermophilic Fungus Thermomyces lanuginosus Randy M. Berka, Michael W. Rey, Kimberly M. Brown, Tony Byun, and Alan V. Klotz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4423-4427; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Cloning, DNA Sequencing, and Expression of Thermostable -Mannanase from Bacillus stearothermophilus Nathalie Ethier, Guylaine Talbot, and Jurgen Sygusch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4428-4432; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of the Thermostability Properties of Three Acid Phosphatases from Molds: Aspergillus fumigatus Phytase, A. niger Phytase, and A. niger pH 2.5 Acid Phosphatase Markus Wyss, Luis Pasamontes, Roland Rémy, Josiane Kohler, Eric Kusznir, Martin Gadient, Francis Müller, and Adolphus P. G. M. van Loon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4446-4451; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and High-Level Expression of -Galactosidase cDNA from Penicillium purpurogenum Hajime Shibuya, Hiroaki Nagasaki, Satoshi Kaneko, Shigeki Yoshida, Gwi Gun Park, Isao Kusakabe, and Hideyuki Kobayashi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4489-4494; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Sensitive and Rapid Detection of Viable Giardia Cysts and Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in Large-Volume Water Samples with Wound Fiberglass Cartridge Filters and Reverse Transcription-PCR Christine Kaucner and Timothy Stinear Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 1998 64: 4627 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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