Contents: June 1998, Volume 64, Issue 6        Environmental and Public Health Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Mycology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Physiology and Biotechnology        Methods        General Microbial Ecology        Plant Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Errata Other Issues

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Environmental and Public Health Microbiology:

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Mercury Methylation by Interspecies Hydrogen and Acetate Transfer between Sulfidogens and Methanogens K.-R. Pak and R. Bartha Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 1987-1990; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Low-Frequency Horizontal Transfer of an Element Containing the Chlorocatechol Degradation Genes from Pseudomonas sp. Strain B13 to Pseudomonas putida F1 and to Indigenous Bacteria in Laboratory-Scale Activated-Sludge Microcosms Roald Ravatn, Alexander J. B. Zehnder, and Jan Roelof van der Meer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2126-2132; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Metabolites in the Biotransformation of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene with Anaerobic Sludge: Role of Triaminotoluene Jalal Hawari, A. Halasz, L. Paquet, E. Zhou, B. Spencer, G. Ampleman, and S. Thiboutot Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2200-2206; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium avium Bacilli Grow Saprozoically in Coculture with Acanthamoeba polyphaga and Survive within Cyst Walls Michael Steinert, Kristin Birkness, Elizabeth White, Barry Fields, and Frederick Quinn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2256-2261; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA PCR Analysis of Bovine Cryptosporidium parvum Strains Isolated from the Watershed of the Red River of the North Kevin V. Shianna, Russell Rytter, and Jonathan G. Spanier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2262-2265; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Estimation of Nitrifying Bacterial Activities by Measuring Oxygen Uptake in the Presence of the Metabolic Inhibitors Allylthiourea and Azide Philippe Ginestet, Jean-Marc Audic, Vincent Urbain, and Jean-Claude Block Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2266-2268; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Toxoplasma gondii Oocysts in Drinking Water Judith Isaac-Renton, William R. Bowie, Arlene King, G. Stewart Irwin, Corinne S. Ong, C. P. Fung, M. Omar Shokeir, and J. P. Dubey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2278-2280; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis in Wastewater Gregory D. Sturbaum, Ynes R. Ortega, Robert H. Gilman, Charles R. Sterling, Lilia Cabrera, and Donald A. Klein Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2284-2286; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of a Bacterial Strain with the Ability To Utilize the Sulfonated Azo Compound 4-Carboxy-4'-Sulfoazobenzene as the Sole Source of Carbon and Energy Silke Blümel, Matthias Contzen, Martina Lutz, Andreas Stolz, and Hans-Joachim Knackmuss Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2315-2317; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The atzABC Genes Encoding Atrazine Catabolism Are Located on a Self-Transmissible Plasmid in Pseudomonas sp. Strain ADP Mervyn L. de Souza, Lawrence P. Wackett, and Michael J. Sadowsky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2323-2326; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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The Contribution of Caseins to the Amino Acid Supply for Lactococcus lactis Depends on the Type of Cell Envelope Proteinase Benedicte Flambard, Sandra Helinck, Jean Richard, and Vincent Juillard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 1991-1996; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Above-Optimum Growth Temperature and Cell Morphology on Thermotolerance of Listeria monocytogenes Cells Suspended in Bovine Milk Neil J. Rowan and John G. Anderson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2065-2071; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Reduced Water Activity on Lactose Metabolism by Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris at Different pH Values S.-Q. Liu, R. V. Asmundson, P. K. Gopal, R. Holland, and V. L. Crow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2111-2116; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Streptococcus thermophilus MR-1C Capsular Exopolysaccharide in Cheese Moisture Retention Deborah Low, Jeffrey A. Ahlgren, Diane Horne, Donald J. McMahon, Craig J. Oberg, and Jeffery R. Broadbent Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2147-2151; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Variants of Smooth Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis That Grow to Higher Cell Density Than the Wild Type Are More Virulent Jean Guard-Petter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2166-2172; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Probiotic Cheddar Cheese Containing Human-Derived Lactobacillus paracasei Strains G. Gardiner, R. P. Ross, J. K. Collins, G. Fitzgerald, and C. Stanton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2192-2199; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antagonistic Activity of Lactobacillus plantarum C11: Two New Two-Peptide Bacteriocins, Plantaricins EF and JK, and the Induction Factor Plantaricin A Erlend L. Anderssen, Dzung Bao Diep, Ingolf F. Nes, Vincent G. H. Eijsink, and Jon Nissen-Meyer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2269-2272; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Lacticin 3147 and a Teat Seal Containing This Bacteriocin for Inhibition of Mastitis Pathogens Máire P. Ryan, William J. Meaney, R. Paul Ross, and Colin Hill Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2287-2290; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Myoglobin as an Inhibitor of Exopeptidases from Lactobacillus sake Yolanda Sanz and Fidel Toldrá Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2313-2314; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Isolation and Characterization of Pediocin AcH Chimeric Protein Mutants with Altered Bactericidal Activity Kurt W. Miller, Robin Schamber, Ozlem Osmanagaoglu, and Bibek Ray Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 1997-2005; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two Nearly Identical Aromatic Compound Hydrolase Genes in a Strong Polychlorinated Biphenyl Degrader, Rhodococcus sp. Strain RHA1 Akihiro Yamada, Hidekazu Kishi, Katsumi Sugiyama, Takashi Hatta, Kanji Nakamura, Eiji Masai, and Masao Fukuda Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2006-2012; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The gal Genes for the Leloir Pathway of Lactobacillus casei 64H Katja Bettenbrock and Carl-Alfred Alpert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2013-2019; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genes for 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Metabolism in Burkholderia cepacia AC1100: Characterization of the tftC and tftD Genes and Locations of the tft Operons on Multiple Replicons Anette Hübner, Clyde E. Danganan, Luying Xun, A. M. Chakrabarty, and William Hendrickson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2086-2093; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Establishment of New Genetic Traits in a Microbial Biofilm Community Bjarke B. Christensen, Claus Sternberg, Jens Bo Andersen, Leo Eberl, Søren Møller, Michael Givskov, and Søren Molin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2247-2255; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Comparison of Gas Chromatography and Mineralization Experiments for Measuring Loss of Selected Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in Cultures of White Rot Fungi Lee A. Beaudette, Stephen Davies, Phillip M. Fedorak, Owen P. Ward, and Michael A. Pickard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2020-2025; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Female Fertility and Mating Type Distribution in a South African Population of Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini H. Britz, M. J. Wingfield, T. A. Coutinho, W. F. O. Marasas, and J. F. Leslie Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2094-2095; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bsn-t Alleles from French Field Strains of Agaricus bisporus Philippe Callac, Sophie Hocquart, Micheline Imbernon, Christophe Desmerger, and Jean-Marc Olivier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2105-2110; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fate of Residual Lignin during Delignification of Kraft Pulp by Trametes versicolor Ian D. Reid Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2117-2125; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of a Dibenzofuran-Degrading Yeast: Identification of Oxidation and Ring Cleavage Products Elke Hammer, Dirk Krowas, Annett Schäfer, Michael Specht, Wittko Francke, and Frieder Schauer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2215-2219; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Activation of the Aspergillus nidulans gpdA Promoter by Osmotic Signals Rajendra J. Redkar, Roland W. Herzog, and Narendra K. Singh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2229-2231; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Culture Conditions Control Expression of the Genes for Aflatoxin and Sterigmatocystin Biosynthesis in Aspergillus parasiticus and A. nidulans Guo Hong Feng and Thomas J. Leonard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2275-2277; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Reduction of the 2,2'-Azinobis(3-Ethylbenzthiazoline-6-Sulfonate) Cation Radical by Physiological Organic Acids in the Absence and Presence of Manganese Patrick J. Collins, Alan D. W. Dobson, and Jim A. Field Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2026-2031; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation, Characterization, Molecular Gene Cloning, and Sequencing of a Novel Phytase from Bacillus subtilis Janne Kerovuo, Marko Lauraeus, Päivi Nurminen, Nisse Kalkkinen, and Juha Apajalahti Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2079-2085; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enzymological Characteristics of the Hyperthermostable NAD-Dependent Glutamate Dehydrogenase from the Archaeon Pyrobaculum islandicum and Effects of Denaturants and Organic Solvents Chizu Kujo and Toshihisa Ohshima Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2152-2157; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structure of the -Galactosidase Gene from Thermus sp. Strain T2: Expression in Escherichia coli and Purification in a Single Step of an Active Fusion Protein Alejandro Vian, Alfonso V. Carrascosa, José L. García, and Estrella Cortés Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2187-2191; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hemoglobin Biosynthesis in Vitreoscilla stercoraria DW: Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of a New Homolog of a Bacterial Globin Gene Meenal Joshi, Shekhar Mande, and Kanak L. Dikshit Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2220-2228; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Manganese Peroxidase on Residual Lignin of Softwood Kraft Pulp Ian D. Reid and Michael G. Paice Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2273-2274; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Towards a Biocatalyst for (S)-Styrene Oxide Production: Characterization of the Styrene Degradation Pathway of Pseudomonas sp. Strain VLB120 Sven Panke, Bernard Witholt, Andreas Schmid, and Marcel G. Wubbolts Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2032-2043; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Pyruvate Decarboxylase Overproduction on Flux Distribution at the Pyruvate Branch Point in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pim van Hoek, Marcel T. Flikweert, Quirina J. M. van der Aart, H. Yde Steensma, Johannes P. van Dijken, and Jack T. Pronk Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2133-2140; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cometabolism of 1,1-Dichloro-2,2-Bis(4-Chlorophenyl)Ethylene by Pseudomonas acidovorans M3GY Grown on Biphenyl Anthony G. Hay and Dennis D. Focht Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2141-2146; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduction of Soluble Iron and Reductive Dissolution of Ferric Iron-Containing Minerals by Moderately Thermophilic Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria Toni A. M. Bridge and D. Barrie Johnson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2181-2186; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Kinetics of Acetate Oxidation by Two Sulfate Reducers Isolated from Anaerobic Granular Sludge Stefanie J. W. H. Oude Elferink, Suzanne B. I. Luppens, Christian L. M. Marcelis, and Alfons J. M. Stams Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2301-2303; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Desulfurization of Dibenzothiophene and Diesel Oils by a Newly Isolated Gordona Strain, CYKS1 Sung-Keun Rhee, Je Hwan Chang, Yong Keun Chang, and Ho Nam Chang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2327-2331; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Spreadsheet Method for Evaluation of Biochemical Reaction Rate Coefficients and Their Uncertainties by Weighted Nonlinear Least-Squares Analysis of the Integrated Monod Equation Laurence H. Smith, Perry L. McCarty, and Peter K. Kitanidis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2044-2050; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Genetic Transformation System for an Alga-Lysing Bacterium Junichi Kato, Junya Amie, Yoshinori Murata, Akio Kuroda, Atsushi Mitsutani, and Hisao Ohtake Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2061-2064; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid and Reliable Identification of Food-Borne Yeasts by Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Michael Kümmerle, Siegfried Scherer, and Herbert Seiler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2207-2214; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Unstable Variants of Green Fluorescent Protein for Studies of Transient Gene Expression in Bacteria Jens Bo Andersen, Claus Sternberg, Lars Kongsbak Poulsen, Sara Petersen Bjørn, Michael Givskov, and Søren Molin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2240-2246; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Method Detection Limits of PCR and Immunofluorescence Assay for Cryptosporidium parvum in Soil Mark J. Walker, Carlo Montemagno, Juliet C. Bryant, and William C. Ghiorse Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2281-2283; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Computation of the Electrical Double Layer Properties of Semipermeable Membranes in Multicomponent Electrolytes Evgeny Wasserman and Andrew R. Felmy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2295-2300; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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General Microbial Ecology:

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Occurrence of a Sequence in Marine Cyanophages Similar to That of T4 g20 and Its Application to PCR-Based Detection and Quantification Techniques Nicholas J. Fuller, William H. Wilson, Ian R. Joint, and Nicholas H. Mann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2051-2060; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of an Efficient Biologically Contained Pseudomonas putida Strain and Its Survival in Outdoor Assays Lázaro Molina, Cayo Ramos, María-Carmen Ronchel, Søren Molin, and Juan L. Ramos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2072-2078; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structure of a Microbial Community in Soil after Prolonged Addition of Low Levels of Simulated Acid Rain Taina Pennanen, Hannu Fritze, Pekka Vanhala, Oili Kiikkilä, Seppo Neuvonen, and Erland Bååth Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2173-2180; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth of Geobacter sulfurreducens with Acetate in Syntrophic Cooperation with Hydrogen-Oxidizing Anaerobic Partners Ralf Cord-Ruwisch, Derek R. Lovley, and Bernhard Schink Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2232-2236; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phosphoenolpyruvate Phosphomutase Activity in an L-Phosphonoalanine-Mineralizing Strain of Burkholderia cepacia Nigel G. Ternan, John W. McGrath, and John P. Quinn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2291-2294; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Seasonal Abundance of Lysogenic Bacteria in a Subtropical Estuary Pamela K. Cochran and John H. Paul Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2308-2312; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Genotypic Characterization of Bradyrhizobium Strains Nodulating Endemic Woody Legumes of the Canary Islands by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Genes Encoding 16S rRNA (16S rDNA) and 16S-23S rDNA Intergenic Spacers, Repetitive Extragenic Palindromic PCR Genomic Fingerprinting, and Partial 16S rDNA Sequencing Pablo Vinuesa, Jan L. W. Rademaker, Frans J. de Bruijn, and Dietrich Werner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2096-2104; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impact on Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Formation of Pseudomonas Strains Used as Inoculants for Biocontrol of Soil-Borne Fungal Plant Pathogens J. M. Barea, G. Andrade, V. Bianciotto, D. Dowling, S. Lohrke, P. Bonfante, F. O'Gara, and C. Azcon-Aguilar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2304-2307; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Effects of Midgut-Protein-Preparative and Ligand Binding Procedures on the Toxin Binding Characteristics of BT-R1, a Common High-Affinity Receptor in Manduca sexta for Cry1A Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins Timothy P. Keeton, Brian R. Francis, Walid S. A. Maaty, and Lee A. Bulla, Jr. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2158-2165; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Temperature Oscillation on Insect Cell Growth and Baculovirus Replication Chang Shao-Hua, Sun Hong-Liang, and Li Zuo-Hu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2237-2239; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bioencapsulation of Two Different Vibrio Species in Nauplii of the Brine Shrimp (Artemia franciscana) Bruno Gomez-Gil, Maria A. Herrera-Vega, F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois, and Ana Roque Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2318-2322; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Methane and Trichloroethylene Oxidation by an Estuarine Methanotroph, Methylobacter sp. Strain BB5.1 Kelly S. Smith, Andria M. Costello, and Mary E. Lidstrom Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2332 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Design and Evaluation of Useful Bacterium-Specific PCR Primers That Amplify Genes Coding for Bacterial 16S rRNA Julian R. Marchesi, Takuichi Sato, Andrew J. Weightman, Tracey A. Martin, John C. Fry, Sarah J. Hiom, David Dymock, and William G. Wade Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 1998 64: 2333 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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