Contents: August 1998, Volume 64, Issue 8        Physiology and Biotechnology        General Microbial Ecology        Methods        Mycology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Environmental and Public Health Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Food Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology Other Issues

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Use of the Lactococcal nisA Promoter To Regulate Gene Expression in Gram-Positive Bacteria: Comparison of Induction Level and Promoter Strength Zehava Eichenbaum, Michael J. Federle, Diana Marra, Willem M. de Vos, Oscar P. Kuipers, Michiel Kleerebezem, and June R. Scott Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2763-2769; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transformation of Industrial Dyes by Manganese Peroxidases from Bjerkandera adusta and Pleurotus eryngii in a Manganese-Independent Reaction A. Heinfling, M. J. Martínez, A. T. Martínez, M. Bergbauer, and U. Szewzyk Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2788-2793; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression and Secretion of Defined Cutinase Variants by Aspergillus awamori I. A. van Gemeren, A. Beijersbergen, C. A. M. J. J. van den Hondel, and C. T. Verrips Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2794-2799; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Glutathione S-Transferase with Activity towards cis-1,2-Dichloroepoxyethane Is Involved in Isoprene Utilization by Rhodococcus sp. Strain AD45 Johan E. T. van Hylckama Vlieg, Jaap Kingma, Arjan J. van den Wijngaard, and Dick B. Janssen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2800-2805; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

De Novo Synthesis of Amino Acids by the Ruminal Bacteria Prevotella bryantii B14, Selenomonas ruminantium HD4, and Streptococcus bovis ES1 Cengiz Atasoglu, Carmen Valdés, Nicola D. Walker, C. James Newbold, and R. John Wallace Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2836-2843; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Aerobic Degradation of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene by Enterobacter cloacae PB2 and by Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate Reductase Christopher E. French, Stephen Nicklin, and Neil C. Bruce Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2864-2868; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of a Cell-Wall-Associated Protease on Production of -Amylase by Bacillus subtilis Keith Stephenson and Colin R. Harwood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2875-2881; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Anaerobic Phosphate Release by Nitric Oxide in Activated Sludge E. W. J. Van Niel, K. J. Appeldoorn, A. J. B. Zehnder, and G. J. J. Kortstee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2925-2930; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characteristics and Efficiency of Glutamine Production by Coupling of a Bacterial Glutamine Synthetase Reaction with the Alcoholic Fermentation System of Baker's Yeast Shinji Wakisaka, Yoshifumi Ohshima, Masahiro Ogawa, Tatsurokuro Tochikura, and Takashi Tachiki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2952-2957; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Carbon Source on Nitrate Removal by Nitrate-Tolerant Klebsiella oxytoca CECT 4460 in Batch and Chemostat Cultures Guadalupe Piñar, Karin Kovárová, Thomas Egli, and Juan L. Ramos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2970-2976; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Tungstate on Nitrate Reduction by the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum Sepideh Afshar, Christopher Kim, Harold G. Monbouquette, and Imke Schröder Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3004-3008; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Whole-Cell Immunolocalization of Nitrogenase in Marine Diazotrophic Cyanobacteria, Trichodesmium spp. Senjie Lin, Sheri Henze, Pernilla Lundgren, Birgitta Bergman, and Edward J. Carpenter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3052-3058; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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General Microbial Ecology:

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Genetic Diversity of nifH Gene Sequences in Paenibacillus azotofixans Strains and Soil Samples Analyzed by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis of PCR-Amplified Gene Fragments Alexandre S. Rosado, Gabriela F. Duarte, Lucy Seldin, and Jan Dirk Van Elsas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2770-2779; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Transfer by Transduction in the Marine Environment Sunny C. Jiang and John H. Paul Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2780-2787; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Algicidal Effects of a Novel Marine Pseudoalteromonas Isolate (Class Proteobacteria, Gamma Subdivision) on Harmful Algal Bloom Species of the Genera Chattonella, Gymnodinium, and Heterosigma Connie Lovejoy, John P. Bowman, and Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2806-2813; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Broad-Host-Range Replicons from Marine Sediment Bacteria Patricia A. Sobecky, Tracy J. Mincer, Michelle C. Chang, Aresa Toukdarian, and Donald R. Helinski Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2822-2830; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Association of Marine Archaea with the Digestive Tracts of Two Marine Fish Species Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel, Rebekka R. E. Artz, René Haanstra, and Larry J. Forney Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2894-2898; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Strain IMB-1, a Novel Bacterium for the Removal of Methyl Bromide in Fumigated Agricultural Soils Tracy L. Connell Hancock, Andria M. Costello, Mary E. Lidstrom, and Ronald S. Oremland Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2899-2905; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spatial and Temporal Deposition of Hyphomonas Strain VP-6 Capsules Involved in Biofilm Formation Stephen E. Langille and Ronald M. Weiner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2906-2913; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria and Their Activities in Cyanobacterial Mats of Solar Lake (Sinai, Egypt) Andreas Teske, Niels B. Ramsing, Kirsten Habicht, Manabu Fukui, Jan Küver, Bo Barker Jørgensen, and Yehuda Cohen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2943-2951; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of -Subgroup Proteobacterial Ammonia Oxidizer Populations in Soil by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Analysis and Hierarchical Phylogenetic Probing John R. Stephen, George A. Kowalchuk, Mary-Ann V. Bruns, Allison E. McCaig, Carol J. Phillips, T. Martin Embley, and James I. Prosser Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2958-2965; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis of Starved and Viable but Nonculturable Vibrio vulnificus Cells Jennifer M. Warner and James D. Oliver Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3025-3028; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Combined Molecular and Conventional Analyses of Nitrifying Bacterium Diversity in Activated Sludge: Nitrosococcus mobilis and Nitrospira-Like Bacteria as Dominant Populations Stefan Juretschko, Gabriele Timmermann, Markus Schmid, Karl-Heinz Schleifer, Andreas Pommerening-Röser, Hans-Peter Koops, and Michael Wagner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3042-3051; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Screening of a Fosmid Library of Marine Environmental Genomic DNA Fragments Reveals Four Clones Related to Members of the Order Planctomycetales Kevin L. Vergin, Ena Urbach, Jeffery L. Stein, Edward F. DeLong, Brian D. Lanoil, and Stephen J. Giovannoni Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3075-3078; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specific Ribosomal DNA Sequences from Diverse Environmental Settings Correlate with Experimental Contaminants Michael A. Tanner, Brett M. Goebel, Michael A. Dojka, and Norman R. Pace Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3110-3113; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Monitoring Impact of a Pesticide Treatment on Bacterial Soil Communities by Metabolic and Genetic Fingerprinting in Addition to Conventional Testing Procedures Bert Engelen, Kristin Meinken, Friedrich von Wintzingerode, Holger Heuer, Hans-Peter Malkomes, and Horst Backhaus Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2814-2821; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

One Hundred Seventy-Fold Increase in Excretion of an FV Fragment-Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Fusion Protein (sFV/TNF-) from Escherichia coli Caused by the Synergistic Effects of Glycine and Triton X-100 Junbao Yang, Terence Moyana, Samuel MacKenzie, Qun Xia, and Jim Xiang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2869-2874; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enzyme-Linked Immunofiltration Assay To Estimate Attachment of Thiobacilli to Pyrite Marie-Antoinette Dziurla, Wafa Achouak, Bach-Tuyet Lam, Thierry Heulin, and Jacques Berthelin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2937-2942; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Estimation of the State of the Bacterial Cell Wall by Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization Elena Bidnenko, Carine Mercier, Josselyne Tremblay, Patrick Tailliez, and Saulius Kulakauskas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3059-3062; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Minimally Invasive Detection of Piscirickettsia salmonis in Cultivated Salmonids via the PCR Sergio Marshall, Sekou Heath, Vitalia Henríquez, and Cristián Orrego Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3066-3069; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differentiation of Dextran-Producing Leuconostoc Strains by a Modified Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Protocol Scott M. Holt and Gregory L. Cote Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3096-3098; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reverse Transcriptase PCR Detection of Astrovirus, Hepatitis A Virus, and Poliovirus in Experimentally Contaminated Mussels: Comparison of Several Extraction and Concentration Methods Ousmane Traore, Charlotte Arnal, Berengere Mignotte, Armand Maul, Henri Laveran, Sylviane Billaudel, and Louis Schwartzbrod Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3118-3122; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Biochemical Characterization of Chloromethane Emission from the Wood-Rotting Fungus Phellinus pomaceus Deepti Saxena, Saleh Aouad, Jihad Attieh, and Hargurdeep S. Saini Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2831-2835; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Volatile Compounds Originating from Mixed Microbial Cultures on Building Materials under Various Humidity Conditions Anne Korpi, Anna-Liisa Pasanen, and Pertti Pasanen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2914-2919; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetics of Vegetative Incompatibility in Cryphonectria parasitica Paolo Cortesi and Michael G. Milgroom Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2988-2994; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heat Shock Response in the Thermophilic Enteric Yeast Arxiozyma telluris Michelle L. Deegenaars and Kenneth Watson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3063-3065; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Beauvericin Production by Fusarium Species A. Logrieco, A. Moretti, G. Castella, M. Kostecki, P. Golinski, A. Ritieni, and J. Chelkowski Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3084-3088; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Acyl Transfer Activity of an Amidase from Rhodococcus sp. Strain R312: Formation of a Wide Range of Hydroxamic Acids David Fournand, Frederic Bigey, and Alain Arnaud Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2844-2852; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel -N-Acetylglucosaminidase from Streptomyces thermoviolaceus OPC-520: Gene Cloning, Expression, and Assignment to Family 3 of the Glycosyl Hydrolases Hiroshi Tsujibo, Naoya Hatano, Tadahisa Mikami, Ayako Hirasawa, Katsushiro Miyamoto, and Yoshihiko Inamori Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2920-2924; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental and Public Health Microbiology:

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Successive Mineralization and Detoxification of Benzo[a]pyrene by the White Rot Fungus Bjerkandera sp. Strain BOS55 and Indigenous Microflora Michiel J. J. Kotterman, Eric H. Vis, and Jim A. Field Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2853-2858; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Ehrlichia risticii, the Agent of Potomac Horse Fever, in Freshwater Stream Snails (Pleuroceridae: Juga spp.) from Northern California Jeffrey E. Barlough, Gerhard H. Reubel, John E. Madigan, Larisa K. Vredevoe, Paul E. Miller, and Yasuko Rikihisa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2888-2893; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of 1,3-Dichloropropene by Pseudomonas cichorii 170 Gerrit J. Poelarends, Marga Wilkens, Michael J. Larkin, Jan Dirk van Elsas, and Dick B. Janssen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2931-2936; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Dechlorination of 2,3,5,6-Tetrachlorobiphenyl under Anaerobic Conditions in the Absence of Soil or Sediment Leah Cutter, Kevin R. Sowers, and Harold D. May Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2966-2969; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Variation in the Free-Living Amoeba Naegleria fowleri Michel Pélandakis, Johan F. De Jonckheere, and Pierre Pernin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2977-2981; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microcosm Enrichment of Biphenyl-Degrading Microbial Communities from Soils and Sediments I. Wagner-Döbler, A. Bennasar, M. Vancanneyt, C. Strömpl, I. Brümmer, C. Eichner, I. Grammel, and E. R. B. Moore Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3014-3022; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oxidation of Trichloroethylene, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, and Chloroform by Toluene/o-Xylene Monooxygenase from Pseudomonas stutzeri OX1 Sadhana Chauhan, Paola Barbieri, and Thomas K. Wood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3023-3024; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Membrane Filtration and Multiple-Tube Fermentation by the Colilert and Enterolert Methods for Detection of Waterborne Coliform Bacteria, Escherichia coli, and Enterococci Used in Drinking and Bathing Water Quality Monitoring in Southern Sweden Karl F. Eckner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3079-3083; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Failure of Ixodes Ticks To Inherit Borrelia afzelii Infection Franz-Rainer Matuschka, Thomas W. Schinkel, Birte Klug, Andrew Spielman, and Dania Richter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3089-3091; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Humic Acids as Electron Acceptors for Anaerobic Microbial Oxidation of Vinyl Chloride and Dichloroethene Paul M. Bradley, Francis H. Chapelle, and Derek R. Lovley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3102-3105; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fungal Biotransformation of 6-Nitrochrysene Jairaj V. Pothuluri, John B. Sutherland, James P. Freeman, and Carl E. Cerniglia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3106-3109; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transformation of the Ionic X-Ray Contrast Agent Diatrizoate and Related Triiodinated Benzoates by Trametes versicolor Ulrike Rode and Rudolf Müller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3114-3117; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Humic Fractions and Clay on Biodegradation of Phenanthrene by a Pseudomonas fluorescens Strain Isolated from Soil Jose-Julio Ortega-Calvo and Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3123-3126; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Acetoacetyl Coenzyme A Reductase and Polyhydroxybutyrate Synthesis in Rhizobium (Cicer) sp. Strain CC 1192 Shahid N. Chohan and Les Copeland Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2859-2863; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Deletion of the rbo Gene Increases the Oxygen Sensitivity of the Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough Johanna K. Voordouw and Gerrit Voordouw Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2882-2887; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Requirement of RpoN (Sigma Factor 54) in Denitrification by Pseudomonas stutzeri Is Indirect and Restricted to the Reduction of Nitrite and Nitric Oxide Elisabeth Härtig and Walter G. Zumft Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3092-3095; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Influence of Lactobacillus spp. from an Inoculant and of Weissella and Leuconostoc spp. from Forage Crops on Silage Fermentation Yimin Cai, Yoshimi Benno, Masuhiro Ogawa, Sadahiro Ohmomo, Sumio Kumai, and Takashi Nakase Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2982-2987; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conversion of Phenylalanine to Benzaldehyde Initiated by an Aminotransferase in Lactobacillus plantarum Masja N. Nierop Groot and Jan A. M. de Bont Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3009-3013; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Unstable Expression and Thermal Instability of a Species-Specific Cell Surface Epitope Associated with a 66-Kilodalton Antigen Recognized by Monoclonal Antibody EM-7G1 within Serotypes of Listeria monocytogenes Grown in Nonselective and Selective Broths Ramakrishna Nannapaneni, Robert Story, Arun K. Bhunia, and Michael G. Johnson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3070-3074; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of C18-Carboxypropylbetaine and Glass Bead DNA Extraction Methods for Detection of Mycobacterium bovis in Bovine Milk Samples and Analysis of Samples by PCR Brandon J. Cornejo, Alfredo Sahagún-Ruiz, Francisco Suárez-Güemes, Charles G. Thornton, Thomas A. Ficht, and L. Garry Adams Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3099-3101; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Phage Display of a Biologically Active Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin Laura M. Kasman, Andrew A. Lukowiak, Stephen F. Garczynski, Rebecca J. McNall, Phil Youngman, and Michael J. Adang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 2995-3003; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of a High-Molecular-Weight Insecticidal Protein Complex Produced by the Entomopathogenic Bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens David J. Bowen and Jerald C. Ensign Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3029-3035; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Insecticidal Toxin from Photorhabdus luminescens, Toxin Complex a (Tca), and Its Histopathological Effects on the Midgut of Manduca sexta Michael Blackburn, Elena Golubeva, David Bowen, and Richard H. Ffrench-Constant Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1998 64: 3036-3041; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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