Contents: March 1998, Volume 64, Issue 3        Minireviews        General Microbial Ecology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Mycology        Methods        Environmental and Public Health Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Food Microbiology        Errata Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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The Vibrio fischeri-Euprymna scolopes Light Organ Association: Current Ecological Paradigms Edward G. Ruby and Kyu-Ho Lee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 805-812; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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General Microbial Ecology:

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Light-Mediated Nitrite Accumulation during Denitrification by Pseudomonas sp. Strain JR12 Yoram Barak, Yossi Tal, and Jaap van Rijn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 813-817; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogeny of the Main Bacterial 16S rRNA Sequences in Drentse A Grassland Soils (The Netherlands) Andreas Felske, Arthur Wolterink, Robert Van Lis, and Antoon D. L. Akkermans Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 871-879; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation, Characterization, and Transfer of Cryptic Gene-Mobilizing Plasmids in the Wheat Rhizosphere Jan Dirk van Elsas, Brian B. McSpadden Gardener, Anneke C. Wolters, and Eric Smit Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 880-889; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Clostridium proteoclasticum and Closely Related Strains in the Rumen by Competitive PCR K. Reilly and G. T. Attwood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 907-913; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acidophilic Methanotrophic Communities from Sphagnum Peat Bogs Svetlana N. Dedysh, Nicolai S. Panikov, and James M. Tiedje Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 922-929; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Community Dynamics during Start-Up of a Trickle-Bed Bioreactor Degrading Aromatic Compounds Marion Stoffels, Rudolf Amann, Wolfgang Ludwig, Dariusch Hekmat, and Karl-Heinz Schleifer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 930-939; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity and Structure of the Methanogenic Community in Anoxic Rice Paddy Soil Microcosms as Examined by Cultivation and Direct 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Retrieval Regine Großkopf, Peter H. Janssen, and Werner Liesack Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 960-969; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oxygen Consumption by Desulfovibrio Strains with and without Polyglucose Ed W. J. van Niel and Jan C. Gottschal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1034-1039; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Uptake of Choline and Its Conversion to Glycine Betaine by Bacteria in Estuarine Waters Ronald P. Kiene Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1045-1051; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ultradian Growth in Prochlorococcus spp. Alexi Shalapyonok, Robert J. Olson, and Ludmila S. Shalapyonok Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1066-1069; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methanol Promotes Atmospheric Methane Oxidation by Methanotrophic Cultures and Soils J. Benstead, G. M. King, and H. G. Williams Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1091-1098; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Root-Associated Methanotrophs from Three Freshwater Macrophytes: Pontederia cordata, Sparganium eurycarpum, and Sagittaria latifolia A. Calhoun and G. M. King Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1099-1105; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Potential of Unicellular Cyanobacteria from Saline Environments as Exopolysaccharide Producers Roberto De Philippis, Maria Cristina Margheri, Riccardo Materassi, and Massimo Vincenzini Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1130-1132; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dibiphytanyl Ether Lipids in Nonthermophilic Crenarchaeotes Edward F. DeLong, Linda L. King, Ramon Massana, Henry Cittone, Alison Murray, Christa Schleper, and Stuart G. Wakeham Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1133-1138; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methanol Improves Methane Uptake in Starved Methanotrophic Microorganisms Sigmund Jensen, Anders Priemé, and Lars Bakken Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1143-1146; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Production of Pediocin PA-1 by Lactococcus lactis Using the Lactococcin A Secretory Apparatus Nikki Horn, María I. Martínez, José M. Martínez, Pablo E. Hernández, Michael J. Gasson, Juan M. Rodríguez, and Helen M. Dodd Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 818-823; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Sequencing of the Sphingomonas (Pseudomonas) paucimobilis Gene Essential for the O Demethylation of Vanillate and Syringate Seiji Nishikawa, Tomonori Sonoki, Tatsuhide Kasahara, Takahiro Obi, Shoko Kubota, Shinya Kawai, Noriyuki Morohoshi, and Yoshihiro Katayama Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 836-842; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Citrate Transport System of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis biovar diacetylactis Is Induced by Acid Stress Nieves García-Quintáns, Christian Magni, Diego de Mendoza, and Paloma López Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 850-857; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcription of ppk from Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1, Encoding a Putative Polyphosphate Kinase, Is Induced by Phosphate Starvation Walter Geißdörfer, Andreas Ratajczak, and Wolfgang Hillen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 896-901; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Engineering of Plasmin-Resistant Forms of Streptokinase and Their Production in Bacillus subtilis: Streptokinase with Longer Functional Half-Life Xu-Chu Wu, Ruiqiong Ye, Yanjun Duan, and Sui-Lam Wong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 824-829; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

2-Chloro-1,4-Dimethoxybenzene as a Novel Catalytic Cofactor for Oxidation of Anisyl Alcohol by Lignin Peroxidase Pauline J. M. Teunissen and Jim A. Field Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 830-835; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of Exo--D-Glucosaminidase from a Cellulolytic Fungus, Trichoderma reesei PC-3-7 Masahiro Nogawa, Hiroya Takahashi, Aya Kashiwagi, Kenji Ohshima, Hirofumi Okada, and Yasushi Morikawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 890-895; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical and Genetic Characterization of an Extracellular Protease from Pseudomonas fluorescens CY091 Ching-Hsing Liao and Daniel E. McCallus Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 914-921; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification, Characterization, and Mechanism of a Flavin Mononucleotide-Dependent 2-Nitropropane Dioxygenase from Neurospora crassa Natalia Gorlatova, Marek Tchorzewski, Tatsuo Kurihara, Kenji Soda, and Nobuyoshi Esaki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1029-1033; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Psychrophilic Genes in Mesophilic Hosts: Assessment of the Folding State of a Recombinant -Amylase Georges Feller, Olivier Le Bussy, and Charles Gerday Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1163-1165; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Regulation of the Aspergillus nidulans Penicillin Biosynthesis Gene acvA (pcbAB) by Amino Acids: Implication for Involvement of Transcription Factor PACC Katharina Then Bergh and Axel A. Brakhage Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 843-849; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hydrostatic Pressure Enhances Vital Staining with Carboxyfluorescein or Carboxydichlorofluorescein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Efficient Detection of Labeled Yeasts by Flow Cytometry Fumiyoshi Abe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1139-1142; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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A Nested Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assay for Detection of Small Round-Structured Viruses in Environmentally Contaminated Molluscan Shellfish J. Green, K. Henshilwood, C. I. Gallimore, D. W. G. Brown, and D. N. Lees Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 858-863; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of an Oxygen-Insensitive Microscale Biosensor for Methane To Measure Methane Concentration Profiles in a Rice Paddy Lars R. Damgaard, Niels Peter Revsbech, and Wolfgang Reichardt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 864-870; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lipopolysaccharide Profiles from Nodules as Markers of Bradyrhizobium Strains Nodulating Wild Legumes Mónica Santamaría, Ángel M. Gutiérrez-Navarro, and Javier Corzo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 902-906; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Fermentor System for Regulating Oxygen at Low Concentrations in Cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Patricia V. Burke, Kurt E. Kwast, Frank Everts, and Robert O. Poyton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1040-1044; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Rapid Method for Screening Large Numbers of Environmental Microorganisms for Antiviral Activity Carlo Maullu, Giorgio Lampis, Delia Deidda, Sabrina Petruzzelli, and Raffaello Pompei Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1161-1162; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental and Public Health Microbiology:

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Complete Reductive Dehalogenation of Brominated Biphenyls by Anaerobic Microorganisms in Sediment Donna L. Bedard and Heidi M. Van Dort Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 940-947; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Recoveries of Naegleria fowleri Amoebae from Seeded River Water by Filtration and Centrifugation P. Pernin, M. Pélandakis, Y. Rouby, A. Faure, and F. Siclet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 955-959; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quinone Profiling of Bacterial Communities in Natural and Synthetic Sewage Activated Sludge for Enhanced Phosphate Removal Akira Hiraishi, Yoko Ueda, and Junko Ishihara Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 992-998; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Thermal Tolerance of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis Nackmoon Sung and Michael T. Collins Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 999-1005; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development and Testing of a Bacterial Biosensor for Toluene-Based Environmental Contaminants Barry M. Willardson, Jon F. Wilkins, Timothy A. Rand, James M. Schupp, Karen K. Hill, Paul Keim, and Paul J. Jackson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1006-1012; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mercury Methylation and Demethylation in Anoxic Lake Sediments and by Strictly Anaerobic Bacteria K.-R. Pak and R. Bartha Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1013-1017; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enzyme Characteristics of -D-Galactosidase- and -D-Glucuronidase-Positive Bacteria and Their Interference in Rapid Methods for Detection of Waterborne Coliforms and Escherichia coli I. Tryland and L. Fiksdal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1018-1023; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Reductive Dechlorination of Aroclor 1260 in Anaerobic Slurries of Estuarine Sediments Qingzhong Wu, Kevin R. Sowers, and Harold D. May Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1052-1058; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of Infectious Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in Seawater and Eastern Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in the Chesapeake Bay Ronald Fayer, Thaddeus K. Graczyk, Earl J. Lewis, James M. Trout, and C. Austin Farley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1070-1074; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methane and Trichloroethylene Degradation by Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b Expressing Particulate Methane Monooxygenase Sonny Lontoh and Jeremy D. Semrau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1106-1114; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Surface Charge Properties of and Cu(II) Adsorption by Spores of the Marine Bacillus sp. Strain SG-1 Lee M. He and Bradley M. Tebo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1123-1129; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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PCR Amplification of Ribosomal DNA for Species Identification in the Plant Pathogen Genus Phytophthora Jean B. Ristaino, Michael Madritch, Carol L. Trout, and Gregory Parra Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 948-954; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution of a Population of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii among Different Size Classes of Soil Aggregates Ieda C. Mendes and Peter J. Bottomley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 970-975; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Exopolysaccharide II Production Is Regulated by Salt in the Halotolerant Strain Rhizobium meliloti EFB1 Javier Lloret, Brande B. H. Wulff, Jose M. Rubio, J. Allan Downie, Ildefonso Bonilla, and Rafael Rivilla Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1024-1028; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of EngF from Clostridium cellulovorans and Identification of a Novel Cellulose Binding Domain Akihiko Ichi-ishi, Salah Sheweita, and Roy H. Doi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1086-1090; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Relationship between Intracellular Phosphate, Proton Motive Force, and Rate of Nongrowth Energy Dissipation (Energy Spilling) in Streptococcus bovis JB1 Daniel R. Bond and James B. Russell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 976-981; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fermentation, Purification, and Characterization of Protective Antigen from a Recombinant, Avirulent Strain of Bacillus anthracis J. W. Farchaus, W. J. Ribot, S. Jendrek, and S. F. Little Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 982-991; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 Genes in Escherichia coli for Acetone Production and Acetate Detoxification Lourdes L. Bermejo, Neil E. Welker, and Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1079-1085; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Copper Biochelates from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b and Soluble Methane Monooxygenase Mutants Carlos M. Téllez, Kristen P. Gaus, David W. Graham, Robert G. Arnold, and Roberto Z. Guzman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1115-1122; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Utilization of Oligopeptides by Listeria monocytogenes Scott A Annette Verheul, Frank M. Rombouts, and Tjakko Abee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1059-1065; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Structural Properties and Kinetic Constraints on Bacillus cereus Growth Mara Lucia Stecchini, Manuela Del Torre, Ileana Sarais, Onorio Saro, Mariella Messina, and Enrico Maltini Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1075-1078; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Common Elements Regulating Gene Expression in Temperate and Lytic Bacteriophages of Lactococcus Species Shirley A. Walker, Carol S. Dombroski, and Todd R. Klaenhammer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1147-1152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in the Beef Marketed in Malaysia Son Radu, Shahilah Abdul Mutalib, Gulam Rusul, Zainori Ahmad, Tadaaki Morigaki, Norio Asai, Yung Bu Kim, Jun Okuda, and Mitsuaki Nishibuchi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1153-1156; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Direct Detection of Viable Bacteria, Molds, and Yeasts by Reverse Transcriptase PCR in Contaminated Milk Samples after Heat Treatment Marc Vaitilingom, Francois Gendre, and Pierre Brignon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1157-1160; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Additions and Corrections to Degradation of the Fluoroquinolone Enrofloxacin by the Brown Rot Fungus Gloeophyllum striatum: Identification of Metabolites Heinz-Georg Wetzstein, Norbert Schmeer, and Wolfgang Karl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1166 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Additions and Corrections to Geographical Differentiation of the Population of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis in Colombia Silvia Restrepo and Valerie Verdier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1166 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Additions and Corrections to Studies of the Catabolic Pathway of Degradation of Nitrobenzene by Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes JS45: Removal of the Amino Group from 2-Aminomuconic Semialdehyde Zhongqi He and Jim C. Spain Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1166 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Additions and Corrections to Seasonality in Antarctic Airborne Fungal Spores William A. Marshall Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 1998 64: 1167 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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