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Environmental and Public Health Microbiology:

K.-R. Pak and R. Bartha

Mercury Methylation by Interspecies Hydrogen and Acetate Transfer between Sulfidogens and Methanogens
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 1987-1990. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roald Ravatn, Alexander J. B. Zehnder, and Jan Roelof van der Meer

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2126-2132. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jalal Hawari, A. Halasz, L. Paquet, E. Zhou, B. Spencer, G. Ampleman, and S. Thiboutot

Characterization of Metabolites in the Biotransformation of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene with Anaerobic Sludge: Role of Triaminotoluene
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2200-2206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Steinert, Kristin Birkness, Elizabeth White, Barry Fields, and Frederick Quinn

Mycobacterium avium Bacilli Grow Saprozoically in Coculture with Acanthamoeba polyphaga and Survive within Cyst Walls
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2256-2261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kevin V. Shianna, Russell Rytter, and Jonathan G. Spanier

Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA PCR Analysis of Bovine Cryptosporidium parvum Strains Isolated from the Watershed of the Red River of the North
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2262-2265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philippe Ginestet, Jean-Marc Audic, Vincent Urbain, and Jean-Claude Block

Estimation of Nitrifying Bacterial Activities by Measuring Oxygen Uptake in the Presence of the Metabolic Inhibitors Allylthiourea and Azide
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2266-2268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Judith Isaac-Renton, William R. Bowie, Arlene King, G. Stewart Irwin, Corinne S. Ong, C. P. Fung, M. Omar Shokeir, and J. P. Dubey

Detection of Toxoplasma gondii Oocysts in Drinking Water
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2278-2280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gregory D. Sturbaum, Ynes R. Ortega, Robert H. Gilman, Charles R. Sterling, Lilia Cabrera, and Donald A. Klein

Detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis in Wastewater
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2284-2286. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Silke Blümel, Matthias Contzen, Martina Lutz, Andreas Stolz, and Hans-Joachim Knackmuss

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2315-2317. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mervyn L. de Souza, Lawrence P. Wackett, and Michael J. Sadowsky

The atzABC Genes Encoding Atrazine Catabolism Are Located on a Self-Transmissible Plasmid in Pseudomonas sp. Strain ADP
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2323-2326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Food Microbiology:

Benedicte Flambard, Sandra Helinck, Jean Richard, and Vincent Juillard

The Contribution of Caseins to the Amino Acid Supply for Lactococcus lactis Depends on the Type of Cell Envelope Proteinase
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 1991-1996. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Neil J. Rowan and John G. Anderson

Effects of Above-Optimum Growth Temperature and Cell Morphology on Thermotolerance of Listeria monocytogenes Cells Suspended in Bovine Milk
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2065-2071. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S.-Q. Liu, R. V. Asmundson, P. K. Gopal, R. Holland, and V. L. Crow

Influence of Reduced Water Activity on Lactose Metabolism by Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris at Different pH Values
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2111-2116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deborah Low, Jeffrey A. Ahlgren, Diane Horne, Donald J. McMahon, Craig J. Oberg, and Jeffery R. Broadbent

Role of Streptococcus thermophilus MR-1C Capsular Exopolysaccharide in Cheese Moisture Retention
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2147-2151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean Guard-Petter

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

G. Gardiner, R. P. Ross, J. K. Collins, G. Fitzgerald, and C. Stanton

Development of a Probiotic Cheddar Cheese Containing Human-Derived Lactobacillus paracasei Strains
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2192-2199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erlend L. Anderssen, Dzung Bao Diep, Ingolf F. Nes, Vincent G. H. Eijsink, and Jon Nissen-Meyer

Antagonistic Activity of Lactobacillus plantarum C11: Two New Two-Peptide Bacteriocins, Plantaricins EF and JK, and the Induction Factor Plantaricin A
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2269-2272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Máire P. Ryan, William J. Meaney, R. Paul Ross, and Colin Hill

Evaluation of Lacticin 3147 and a Teat Seal Containing This Bacteriocin for Inhibition of Mastitis Pathogens
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2287-2290. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yolanda Sanz and Fidel Toldrá

Myoglobin as an Inhibitor of Exopeptidases from Lactobacillus sake
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2313-2314. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Kurt W. Miller, Robin Schamber, Ozlem Osmanagaoglu, and Bibek Ray

Isolation and Characterization of Pediocin AcH Chimeric Protein Mutants with Altered Bactericidal Activity
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 1997-2005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Akihiro Yamada, Hidekazu Kishi, Katsumi Sugiyama, Takashi Hatta, Kanji Nakamura, Eiji Masai, and Masao Fukuda

Two Nearly Identical Aromatic Compound Hydrolase Genes in a Strong Polychlorinated Biphenyl Degrader, Rhodococcus sp. Strain RHA1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2006-2012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katja Bettenbrock and Carl-Alfred Alpert

The gal Genes for the Leloir Pathway of Lactobacillus casei 64H
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2013-2019. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anette Hübner, Clyde E. Danganan, Luying Xun, A. M. Chakrabarty, and William Hendrickson

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2086-2093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bjarke B. Christensen, Claus Sternberg, Jens Bo Andersen, Leo Eberl, Søren Møller, Michael Givskov, and Søren Molin

Establishment of New Genetic Traits in a Microbial Biofilm Community
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2247-2255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

Lee A. Beaudette, Stephen Davies, Phillip M. Fedorak, Owen P. Ward, and Michael A. Pickard

Comparison of Gas Chromatography and Mineralization Experiments for Measuring Loss of Selected Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in Cultures of White Rot Fungi
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2020-2025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Britz, M. J. Wingfield, T. A. Coutinho, W. F. O. Marasas, and J. F. Leslie

Female Fertility and Mating Type Distribution in a South African Population of Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2094-2095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philippe Callac, Sophie Hocquart, Micheline Imbernon, Christophe Desmerger, and Jean-Marc Olivier

Bsn-t Alleles from French Field Strains of Agaricus bisporus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2105-2110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ian D. Reid

Fate of Residual Lignin during Delignification of Kraft Pulp by Trametes versicolor
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2117-2125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elke Hammer, Dirk Krowas, Annett Schäfer, Michael Specht, Wittko Francke, and Frieder Schauer

Isolation and Characterization of a Dibenzofuran-Degrading Yeast: Identification of Oxidation and Ring Cleavage Products
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2215-2219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rajendra J. Redkar, Roland W. Herzog, and Narendra K. Singh

Transcriptional Activation of the Aspergillus nidulans gpdA Promoter by Osmotic Signals
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2229-2231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guo Hong Feng and Thomas J. Leonard

Culture Conditions Control Expression of the Genes for Aflatoxin and Sterigmatocystin Biosynthesis in Aspergillus parasiticus and A. nidulans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2275-2277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Patrick J. Collins, Alan D. W. Dobson, and Jim A. Field

Reduction of the 2,2'-Azinobis(3-Ethylbenzthiazoline-6-Sulfonate) Cation Radical by Physiological Organic Acids in the Absence and Presence of Manganese
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2026-2031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Janne Kerovuo, Marko Lauraeus, Päivi Nurminen, Nisse Kalkkinen, and Juha Apajalahti

Isolation, Characterization, Molecular Gene Cloning, and Sequencing of a Novel Phytase from Bacillus subtilis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2079-2085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chizu Kujo and Toshihisa Ohshima

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

Alejandro Vian, Alfonso V. Carrascosa, José L. García, and Estrella Cortés

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2187-2191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Meenal Joshi, Shekhar Mande, and Kanak L. Dikshit

Hemoglobin Biosynthesis in Vitreoscilla stercoraria DW: Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of a New Homolog of a Bacterial Globin Gene
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2220-2228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ian D. Reid and Michael G. Paice

Effects of Manganese Peroxidase on Residual Lignin of Softwood Kraft Pulp
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2273-2274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Biotechnology:

Sven Panke, Bernard Witholt, Andreas Schmid, and Marcel G. Wubbolts

Towards a Biocatalyst for (S)-Styrene Oxide Production: Characterization of the Styrene Degradation Pathway of Pseudomonas sp. Strain VLB120
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2032-2043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pim van Hoek, Marcel T. Flikweert, Quirina J. M. van der Aart, H. Yde Steensma, Johannes P. van Dijken, and Jack T. Pronk

Effects of Pyruvate Decarboxylase Overproduction on Flux Distribution at the Pyruvate Branch Point in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2133-2140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthony G. Hay and Dennis D. Focht

Cometabolism of 1,1-Dichloro-2,2-Bis(4-Chlorophenyl)Ethylene by Pseudomonas acidovorans M3GY Grown on Biphenyl
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2141-2146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toni A. M. Bridge and D. Barrie Johnson

Reduction of Soluble Iron and Reductive Dissolution of Ferric Iron-Containing Minerals by Moderately Thermophilic Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2181-2186. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefanie J. W. H. Oude Elferink, Suzanne B. I. Luppens, Christian L. M. Marcelis, and Alfons J. M. Stams

Kinetics of Acetate Oxidation by Two Sulfate Reducers Isolated from Anaerobic Granular Sludge
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2301-2303. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sung-Keun Rhee, Je Hwan Chang, Yong Keun Chang, and Ho Nam Chang

Desulfurization of Dibenzothiophene and Diesel Oils by a Newly Isolated Gordona Strain, CYKS1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2327-2331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Methods:

Laurence H. Smith, Perry L. McCarty, and Peter K. Kitanidis

Spreadsheet Method for Evaluation of Biochemical Reaction Rate Coefficients and Their Uncertainties by Weighted Nonlinear Least-Squares Analysis of the Integrated Monod Equation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2044-2050. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Junichi Kato, Junya Amie, Yoshinori Murata, Akio Kuroda, Atsushi Mitsutani, and Hisao Ohtake

Development of a Genetic Transformation System for an Alga-Lysing Bacterium
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2061-2064. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael Kümmerle, Siegfried Scherer, and Herbert Seiler

Rapid and Reliable Identification of Food-Borne Yeasts by Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2207-2214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jens Bo Andersen, Claus Sternberg, Lars Kongsbak Poulsen, Sara Petersen Bjørn, Michael Givskov, and Søren Molin

New Unstable Variants of Green Fluorescent Protein for Studies of Transient Gene Expression in Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2240-2246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark J. Walker, Carlo Montemagno, Juliet C. Bryant, and William C. Ghiorse

Method Detection Limits of PCR and Immunofluorescence Assay for Cryptosporidium parvum in Soil
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2281-2283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evgeny Wasserman and Andrew R. Felmy

Computation of the Electrical Double Layer Properties of Semipermeable Membranes in Multicomponent Electrolytes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2295-2300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

General Microbial Ecology:

Nicholas J. Fuller, William H. Wilson, Ian R. Joint, and Nicholas H. Mann

Occurrence of a Sequence in Marine Cyanophages Similar to That of T4 g20 and Its Application to PCR-Based Detection and Quantification Techniques
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2051-2060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lázaro Molina, Cayo Ramos, María-Carmen Ronchel, Søren Molin, and Juan L. Ramos

Construction of an Efficient Biologically Contained Pseudomonas putida Strain and Its Survival in Outdoor Assays
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2072-2078. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Taina Pennanen, Hannu Fritze, Pekka Vanhala, Oili Kiikkilä, Seppo Neuvonen, and Erland Bååth

Structure of a Microbial Community in Soil after Prolonged Addition of Low Levels of Simulated Acid Rain
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2173-2180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ralf Cord-Ruwisch, Derek R. Lovley, and Bernhard Schink

Growth of Geobacter sulfurreducens with Acetate in Syntrophic Cooperation with Hydrogen-Oxidizing Anaerobic Partners
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2232-2236. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nigel G. Ternan, John W. McGrath, and John P. Quinn

Phosphoenolpyruvate Phosphomutase Activity in an L-Phosphonoalanine-Mineralizing Strain of Burkholderia cepacia
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2291-2294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pamela K. Cochran and John H. Paul

Seasonal Abundance of Lysogenic Bacteria in a Subtropical Estuary
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2308-2312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plant Microbiology:

Pablo Vinuesa, Jan L. W. Rademaker, Frans J. de Bruijn, and Dietrich Werner

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2096-2104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. M. Barea, G. Andrade, V. Bianciotto, D. Dowling, S. Lohrke, P. Bonfante, F. O'Gara, and C. Azcon-Aguilar

Impact on Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Formation of Pseudomonas Strains Used as Inoculants for Biocontrol of Soil-Borne Fungal Plant Pathogens
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2304-2307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invertebrate Microbiology:

Timothy P. Keeton, Brian R. Francis, Walid S. A. Maaty, and Lee A. Bulla, Jr.

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2158-2165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chang Shao-Hua, Sun Hong-Liang, and Li Zuo-Hu

Effect of Temperature Oscillation on Insect Cell Growth and Baculovirus Replication
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2237-2239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bruno Gomez-Gil, Maria A. Herrera-Vega, F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois, and Ana Roque

Bioencapsulation of Two Different Vibrio Species in Nauplii of the Brine Shrimp (Artemia franciscana)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2318-2322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Kelly S. Smith, Andria M. Costello, and Mary E. Lidstrom

Methane and Trichloroethylene Oxidation by an Estuarine Methanotroph, Methylobacter sp. Strain BB5.1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2332. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julian R. Marchesi, Takuichi Sato, Andrew J. Weightman, Tracey A. Martin, John C. Fry, Sarah J. Hiom, David Dymock, and William G. Wade

Design and Evaluation of Useful Bacterium-Specific PCR Primers That Amplify Genes Coding for Bacterial 16S rRNA
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2333. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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