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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Ping Chen, Jan Novak, Marion Kirk, Stephen Barnes, FengXia Qi, and Page W. Caufield

Structure-Activity Study of the Lantibiotic Mutacin II from Streptococcus mutans T8 by a Gene Replacement Strategy
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2335-2340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Michael Hess, Vladimir Tchernajenko, Claire Vieille, J. Gregory Zeikus, and Robert M. Kelly

Thermotoga neapolitana Homotetrameric Xylose Isomerase Is Expressed as a Catalytically Active and Thermostable Dimer in Escherichia coli
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2357-2360. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacques-Olivier Thaler, Bernard Duvic, Alain Givaudan, and Noël Boemare

Isolation and Entomotoxic Properties of the Xenorhabdus nematophilus F1 Lecithinase
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2367-2373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Henrik Stålbrand, Shawn D. Mansfield, John N. Saddler, Douglas G. Kilburn, R. Antony J. Warren, and Neil R. Gilkes

Analysis of Molecular Size Distributions of Cellulose Molecules during Hydrolysis of Cellulose by Recombinant Cellulomonas fimi -1,4-Glucanases
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2374-2379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Liangjing Chen and Mary F. Roberts

Cloning and Expression of the Inositol Monophosphatase Gene from Methanococcus jannaschii and Characterization of the Enzyme
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2609-2615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bin Li and V. Renganathan

Gene Cloning and Characterization of a Novel Cellulose-Binding -Glucosidase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2748-2754. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plant Microbiology:

Ann G. Matthysse and Susan McMahan

Root Colonization by Agrobacterium tumefaciens Is Reduced in cel, attB, attD, and attR Mutants
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2341-2345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Friebe, V. Vilich, L. Hennig, M. Kluge, and D. Sicker

Detoxification of Benzoxazolinone Allelochemicals from Wheat by Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici, G. graminis var. graminis, G. graminis var. avenae, and Fusarium culmorum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2386-2391. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eduardo A. Robleto, Kenneth Kmiecik, Edward S. Oplinger, James Nienhuis, and Eric W. Triplett

Trifolitoxin Production Increases Nodulation Competitiveness of Rhizobium etli CE3 under Agricultural Conditions
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2630-2633. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Environmental and Public Health Microbiology:

M. Steele, B. McNab, L. Fruhner, S. DeGrandis, D. Woodward, and J. A. Odumeru

Epidemiological Typing of Campylobacter Isolates from Meat Processing Plants by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, Fatty Acid Profile Typing, Serotyping, and Biotyping
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2346-2349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Miriam H. A. Van Eekert, Thomas J. Schröder, Alfons J. M. Stams, Gosse Schraa, and Jim A. Field

Degradation and Fate of Carbon Tetrachloride in Unadapted Methanogenic Granular Sludge
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2350-2356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paula M. van Schie and L. Y. Young

Isolation and Characterization of Phenol-Degrading Denitrifying Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2432-2438. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maite Muniesa and Juan Jofre

Abundance in Sewage of Bacteriophages That Infect Escherichia coli O157:H7 and That Carry the Shiga Toxin 2 Gene
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2443-2448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anselm Lehmacher, Heidi Meier, Stojanka Aleksic, and Jochen Bockemühl

Detection of Hemolysin Variants of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli by PCR and Culture on VancomycinCefixime-Cefsulodin Blood Agar
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2449-2453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Venkateswarlu Kadiyala and Jim C. Spain

A Two-Component Monooxygenase Catalyzes Both the Hydroxylation of p-Nitrophenol and the Oxidative Release of Nitrite from 4-Nitrocatechol in Bacillus sphaericus JS905
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2479-2484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patrick Steinle, Gerhard Stucki, Rolf Stettler, and Kurt W. Hanselmann

Aerobic Mineralization of 2,6-Dichlorophenol by Ralstonia sp. Strain RK1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2566-2571. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diane D. Edwards, Gordon A. McFeters, and M. Indira Venkatesan

Distribution of Clostridium perfringens and Fecal Sterols in a Benthic Coastal Marine Environment Influenced by the Sewage Outfall from McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2596-2600. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dorothee Grimm, Hilde Merkert, Wolfgang Ludwig, Karl-Heinz Schleifer, Jörg Hacker, and Bettina C. Brand

Specific Detection of Legionella pneumophila: Construction of a New 16S rRNA-Targeted Oligonucleotide Probe
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2686-2690. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wei-Yea Hsu, Cheng-i Wei, and Mark L. Tamplin

Enhanced Broth Media for Selective Growth of Vibrio vulnificus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2701-2704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Muqing Li, Toshiyuki Masuzawa, Nobuhiro Takada, Fubito Ishiguro, Hiromi Fujita, Atsue Iwaki, Haipeng Wang, Jichun Wang, Masato Kawabata, and Yasutake Yanagihara

Lyme Disease Borrelia Species in Northeastern China Resemble Those Isolated from Far Eastern Russia and Japan
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2705-2709. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thaddeus K. Graczyk, Ronald Fayer, James M. Trout, Earl J. Lewis, C. Austin Farley, Irshad Sulaiman, and Altaf A. Lal

Giardia sp. Cysts and Infectious Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in the Feces of Migratory Canada Geese (Branta canadensis)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2736-2738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deborah M. Moll, R. Scott Summers, and Alec Breen

Microbial Characterization of Biological Filters Used for Drinking Water Treatment
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2755-2759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Biotechnology:

Toshio Sakamoto, Victoria B. Delgaizo, and Donald A. Bryant

Growth on Urea Can Trigger Death and Peroxidation of the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7002
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2361-2366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

María Teresa Moreira, Gumersindo Feijoo, Tünde Mester, Pablo Mayorga, Reyes Sierra-Alvarez, and Jim A. Field

Role of Organic Acids in the Manganese-Independent Biobleaching System of Bjerkandera sp. Strain BOS55
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2409-2417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Horst Malke

Cytoplasmic Membrane Lipoprotein LppC of Streptococcus equisimilis Functions as an Acid Phosphatase
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2439-2442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William E. Holben, Kazuhiko Noto, Tatsuo Sumino, and Yuichi Suwa

Molecular Analysis of Bacterial Communities in a Three-Compartment Granular Activated Sludge System Indicates Community-Level Control by Incompatible Nitrification Processes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2528-2532. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lyle G. Whyte, Jalal Hawari, Edward Zhou, Luc Bourbonnière, William E. Inniss, and Charles W. Greer

Biodegradation of Variable-Chain-Length Alkanes at Low Temperatures by a Psychrotrophic Rhodococcus sp.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2578-2584. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ilya Elashvili, Joseph J. DeFrank, and Valeria C. Culotta

phnE and glpT Genes Enhance Utilization of Organophosphates in Escherichia coli K-12
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2601-2608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gijs Gerritse, Ronald W. J. Hommes, and Wim J. Quax

Development of a Lipase Fermentation Process That Uses a Recombinant Pseudomonas alcaligenes Strain
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2644-2651. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Pérez, T. de la Rubia, O. Ben Hamman, and J. Martínez

Phanerochaete flavido-alba Laccase Induction and Modification of Manganese Peroxidase Isoenzyme Pattern in Decolorized Olive Oil Mill Wastewaters
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2726-2729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. M. Applegate, S. R. Kehrmeyer, and G. S. Sayler

A Chromosomally Based tod-luxCDABE Whole-Cell Reporter for Benzene, Toluene, Ethybenzene, and Xylene (BTEX) Sensing
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2730-2735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Mónica Delgado, Héctor Toledo, and Carlos A. Jerez

Molecular Cloning, Sequencing, and Expression of a Chemoreceptor Gene from Leptospirillum ferrooxidans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2380-2385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Encarnación Fermiñán and Angel Domínguez

Heterologous Protein Secretion Directed by a Repressible Acid Phosphatase System of Kluyveromyces lactis: Characterization of Upstream Region-Activating Sequences in the KIPHO5 Gene
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2403-2408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank Berendes, Nicolas Sabarth, Beate Averhoff, and Gerhard Gottschalk

Construction and Use of an ipb DNA Module To Generate Pseudomonas Strains with Constitutive Trichloroethene and Isopropylbenzene Oxidation Activity
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2454-2462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xue Peng, Takashi Egashira, Kaoru Hanashiro, Eiji Masai, Seiji Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Katayama, Kazuhide Kimbara, and Masao Fukuda

Cloning of a Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Gene Encoding a Novel Oxygenase That Cleaves Lignin-Related Biphenyl and Characterization of the Enzyme
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2520-2527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura Schick Zapanta, Takefumi Hattori, Magarita Rzetskaya, and Ming Tien

Cloning of Phanerochaete chrysosporium leu2 by Complementation of Bacterial Auxotrophs and Transformation of Fungal Auxotrophs
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2624-2629. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Methods:

F. Xavier Abad, Rosa M. Pintó, and Albert Bosch

Flow Cytometry Detection of Infectious Rotaviruses in Environmental and Clinical Samples
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2392-2396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wei Zhong, Kevin Millsap, Hanna Bialkowska-Hobrzanska, and Gregor Reid

Differentiation of Lactobacillus Species by Molecular Typing
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2418-2423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cheryl R. Kuske, Kaysie L. Banton, Dante L. Adorada, Peter C. Stark, Karen K. Hill, and Paul J. Jackson

Small-Scale DNA Sample Preparation Method for Field PCR Detection of Microbial Cells and Spores in Soil
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2463-2472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Franco Widmer, Ramon J. Seidler, Patrick M. Gillevet, Lidia S. Watrud, and George D. Di Giovanni

A Highly Selective PCR Protocol for Detecting 16S rRNA Genes of the Genus Pseudomonas (Sensu Stricto) in Environmental Samples
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2545-2553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Serina Stretton, Somkiet Techkarnjanaruk, Alan M. McLennan, and Amanda E. Goodman

Use of Green Fluorescent Protein To Tag and Investigate Gene Expression in Marine Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2554-2559. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. R. Glynn, Jr., B. M. Belongia, R. G. Arnold, K. L. Ogden, and J. C. Baygents

Capillary Electrophoresis Measurements of Electrophoretic Mobility for Colloidal Particles of Biological Interest
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2572-2577. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Knut Rudi, Olav M. Skulberg, Frank Larsen, and Kjetill S. Jakobsen

Quantification of Toxic Cyanobacteria in Water by Use of Competitive PCR Followed by Sequence-Specific Labeling of Oligonucleotide Probes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2639-2643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David J. Mason, Subo Shanmuganathan, Fiona C. Mortimer, and Vanya A. Gant

A Fluorescent Gram Stain for Flow Cytometry and Epifluorescence Microscopy
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2681-2685. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Lebaron, P. Catala, and N. Parthuisot

Effectiveness of SYTOX Green Stain for Bacterial Viability Assessment
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2697-2700. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jonathan J. Dennis and Gerben J. Zylstra

Plasposons: Modular Self-Cloning Minitransposon Derivatives for Rapid Genetic Analysis of Gram-Negative Bacterial Genomes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2710-2715. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian S. Burnes, Michael J. Mulberry, and Thomas J. DiChristina

Design and Application of Two Rapid Screening Techniques for Isolation of Mn(IV) Reduction-Deficient Mutants of Shewanella putrefaciens
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2716-2720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Corthier, C. Delorme, S. D. Ehrlich, and P. Renault

Use of Luciferase Genes as Biosensors To Study Bacterial Physiology in the Digestive Tract
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2721-2722. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

General Microbial Ecology:

John A. Amaral, Tie Ren, and Roger Knowles

Atmospheric Methane Consumption by Forest Soils and Extracted Bacteria at Different pH Values
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2397-2402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Fiorella de los Reyes, Francis L. de los Reyes, III, Mark Hernandez, and Lutgarde Raskin

Quantification of Gordona amarae Strains in Foaming Activated Sludge and Anaerobic Digester Systems with Oligonucleotide Hybridization Probes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2503-2512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roberto García-Ruiz, Sarah N. Pattinson, and Brian A. Whitton

Kinetic Parameters of Denitrification in a River Continuum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2533-2538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gina Berardesco, Sonya Dyhrman, Eugene Gallagher, and Michael P. Shiaris

Spatial and Temporal Variation of Phenanthrene-Degrading Bacteria in Intertidal Sediments
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2560-2565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. E. Murray, C. M. Preston, R. Massana, L. T. Taylor, A. Blakis, K. Wu, and E. F. DeLong

Seasonal and Spatial Variability of Bacterial and Archaeal Assemblages in the Coastal Waters near Anvers Island, Antarctica
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2585-2595. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frans A. A. M. De Leij, Catherine E. Thomas, Mark J. Bailey, John M. Whipps, and James M. Lynch

Effect of Insertion Site and Metabolic Load on the Environmental Fitness of a Genetically Modified Pseudomonas fluorescens Isolate
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2634-2638. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cecilia Dahlberg, Maria Bergström, and Malte Hermansson

In Situ Detection of High Levels of Horizontal Plasmid Transfer in Marine Bacterial Communities
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2670-2675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enric Llobet-Brossa, Ramon Rosselló-Mora, and Rudolf Amann

Microbial Community Composition of Wadden Sea Sediments as Revealed by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2691-2696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lise Øvreås, Sigmund Jensen, Frida Lise Daae, and Vigdis Torsvik

Microbial Community Changes in a Perturbed Agricultural Soil Investigated by Molecular and Physiological Approaches
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2739-2742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tilman Gehrke, Judit Telegdi, Dominique Thierry, and Wolfgang Sand

Importance of Extracellular Polymeric Substances from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans for Bioleaching
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2743-2747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Food Microbiology:

Annette Madsen and Jytte Josephsen

Cloning and Characterization of the Lactococcal Plasmid-Encoded Type II Restriction/Modification System, LlaDII
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2424-2431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ashraf A. Khan, Eungbin Kim, and Carl E. Cerniglia

Molecular Cloning, Nucleotide Sequence, and Expression in Escherichia coli of a Hemolytic Toxin (Aerolysin) Gene from Aeromonas trota
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2473-2478. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Lapujade, M. Cocaign-Bousquet, and P. Loubiere

Glutamate Biosynthesis in Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis NCDO 2118
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2485-2489. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kai Koo, Peggy M. Foegeding, and Harold E. Swaisgood

Construction and Expression of a Bifunctional Single-Chain Antibody against Bacillus cereus Spores
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2490-2496. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kai Koo, Peggy M. Foegeding, and Harold E. Swaisgood

Development of a Streptavidin-Conjugated Single-Chain Antibody That Binds Bacillus cereus Spores
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2497-2502. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yasuo Takeda, Kazuma Takase, Ichiro Yamato, and Keietsu Abe

Sequencing and Characterization of the xyl Operon of a Gram-Positive Bacterium, Tetragenococcus halophila
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2513-2519. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael G. Gänzle, Michaela Ehmann, and Walter P. Hammes

Modeling of Growth of Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis and Candida milleri in Response to Process Parameters of Sourdough Fermentation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2616-2623. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Shimada, Keiji Kondo, Paul D. Fraser, Yutaka Miura, Toshiko Saito, and Norihiko Misawa

Increased Carotenoid Production by the Food Yeast Candida utilis through Metabolic Engineering of the Isoprenoid Pathway
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2676-2680. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

Jeffrey A. Rollins and Martin B. Dickman

Increase in Endogenous and Exogenous Cyclic AMP Levels Inhibits Sclerotial Development in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2539-2544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invertebrate Microbiology:

Andrea Hoffmann, Torsten Thimm, Marcus Dröge, Edward R. B. Moore, Jean Charles Munch, and Christoph C. Tebbe

Intergeneric Transfer of Conjugative and Mobilizable Plasmids Harbored by Escherichia coli in the Gut of the Soil Microarthropod Folsomia candida (Collembola)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2652-2659. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Torsten Thimm, Andrea Hoffmann, Heinz Borkott, Jean Charles Munch, and Christoph C. Tebbe

The Gut of the Soil Microarthropod Folsomia candida (Collembola) Is a Frequently Changeable but Selective Habitat and a Vector for Microorganisms
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2660-2669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margarita V. Orlova, Tatyana A. Smirnova, Lyudmila A. Ganushkina, Victoria Y. Yacubovich, and Roudolf R. Azizbekyan

Insecticidal Activity of Bacillus laterosporus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2723-2725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters:

Irene R. Grant; and Judith R. Stabel

Does Mycobacterium paratuberculosis Survive Current Pasteurization Conditions?
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2760-2761. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

P. R. Jensen, K. M. Jenkins, D. Porter, and W. Fenical

Evidence that a New Antibiotic Flavone Glycoside Chemically Defends the Sea Grass Thalassia testudinum against Zoosporic Fungi
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998 64: 2762. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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