Contents: August 1999, Volume 65, Issue 8        Physiology and Biotechnology        General Microbial Ecology        Methods        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Mycology        Environmental and Public Health Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Errata Other Issues

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Engineering of Stable Recombinant Bacteria for Production of Chiral Medium-Chain-Length Poly-3-Hydroxyalkanoates Maria A. Prieto, Michele B. Kellerhals, Gian B. Bozzato, Dragan Radnovic, Bernard Witholt, and Birgit Kessler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3265-3271; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nanomolar Levels of Dimethylsulfoniopropionate, Dimethylsulfonioacetate, and Glycine Betaine Are Sufficient To Confer Osmoprotection to Escherichia coli Anne Cosquer, Vianney Pichereau, Jean-Alain Pocard, Jacques Minet, Michel Cormier, and Théophile Bernard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3304-3311; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Mineralization of Quaternary Carbon Atoms: Isolation of Denitrifying Bacteria on Dimethylmalonate Olaf Kniemeyer, Christina Probian, Ramon Rosselló-Mora, and Jens Harder Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3319-3324; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the yqhE and yafB Genes Encoding Two 2,5-Diketo-D-Gluconate Reductases in Escherichia coli Do-Young Yum, Bong-Yong Lee, and Jae-Gu Pan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3341-3346; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Factors Influencing Expression of luxCDABE and nah Genes in Pseudomonas putida RB1353(NAH7, pUTK9) in Dynamic Systems Julia W. Neilson, Shelley A. Pierce, and Raina M. Maier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3473-3482; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Protease Activity in Vibrio anguillarum by Gastrointestinal Mucus Steven M. Denkin and David R. Nelson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3555-3560; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, Molecular Analysis, and Expression of the Polyhydroxyalkanoic Acid Synthase (phaC) Gene from Chromobacterium violaceum Dana Kolibachuk, Andrea Miller, and Douglas Dennis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3561-3565; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Mineral Flotation Process Using Thiobacillus ferrooxidans Toru Nagaoka, Naoya Ohmura, and Hiroshi Saiki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3588-3593; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transport and Utilization of Hexoses and Pentoses in the Halotolerant Yeast Debaryomyces hansenii Alexandra Nobre, Cândida Lucas, and Cecília Leão Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3594-3598; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regiospecificity of Dioxygenation of Di- to Pentachlorobiphenyls and Their Degradation to Chlorobenzoates by the bph-Encoded Catabolic Pathway of Burkholderia sp. Strain LB400 Michael Seeger, Marco Zielinski, Kenneth N. Timmis, and Bernd Hofer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3614-3621; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Branched-Chain Dodecylbenzene Sulfonate Degradation Pathway of Pseudomonas aeruginosa W51D Involves a Novel Route for Degradation of the Surfactant Lateral Alkyl Chain Jesús Campos-García, Abraham Esteve, Rafael Vázquez-Duhalt, Juán Luis Ramos, and Gloria Soberón-Chávez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3730-3734; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of a New D-Amino Acid Oxidase from the Fungus Fusarium oxysporum Matthias Gabler and Lutz Fischer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3750-3753; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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General Microbial Ecology:

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Low-Molecular-Weight Sulfonates, a Major Substrate for Sulfate Reducers in Marine Microbial Mats Pieter T. Visscher, Rachel F. Gritzer, and Edward R. Leadbetter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3272-3278; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogeny of the Defined Murine Microbiota: Altered Schaedler Flora Floyd E. Dewhirst, Chih-Ching Chien, Bruce J. Paster, Rebecca L. Ericson, Roger P. Orcutt, David B. Schauer, and James G. Fox Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3287-3292; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Abundance and Diversity of Archaea in Heavy-Metal-Contaminated Soils Ruth-Anne Sandaa, Øivind Enger, and Vigdis Torsvik Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3293-3297; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Methanotrophic Bacterial Populations in Soils Showing Atmospheric Methane Uptake Andrew J. Holmes, Peter Roslev, Ian R. McDonald, Niels Iversen, Kaj Henriksen, and J. Colin Murrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3312-3318; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sulfidogenesis from 2-Aminoethanesulfonate (Taurine) Fermentation by a Morphologically Unusual Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium, Desulforhopalus singaporensis sp. nov. Thomas J. Lie, Michael L. Clawson, Walter Godchaux, and Edward R. Leadbetter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3328-3334; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Structure of Natural Populations of Escherichia coli in Wild Hosts on Different Continents Valeria Souza, Martha Rocha, Aldo Valera, and Luis E. Eguiarte Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3373-3385; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Optical Characteristics of the Phototroph Thiocapsa roseopersicina and Implications for Real-Time Monitoring of the Bacteriochlorophyll Concentration A. Gitelson, R. Stark, I. Dor, O. Michelson, and Y. Z. Yacobi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3392-3397; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Determination of Abundance and Biovolume of Bacteria in Sediments by Dual Staining with 4',6-Diamidino-2-Phenylindole and Acridine Orange: Relationship to Dispersion Treatment and Sediment Characteristics Tomohiro Kuwae and Yasushi Hosokawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3407-3412; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heat-Induced Expression and Chemically Induced Expression of the Escherichia coli Stress Protein HtpG Are Affected by the Growth Environment C. Anthony Mason, Janine Dünner, Paul Indra, and Teresa Colangelo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3433-3440; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chloramphenicol Inhibition of Denitrifying Enzyme Activity in Two Agricultural Soils Robert E. Murray and Roger Knowles Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3487-3492; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Culturable Populations of Sporomusa spp. and Desulfovibrio spp. in the Anoxic Bulk Soil of Flooded Rice Microcosms Dirk Rosencrantz, Frederick A. Rainey, and Peter H. Janssen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3526-3533; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Community Analysis of Biofilters Using Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Including a New Probe for the Xanthomonas Branch of the Class Proteobacteria Udo Friedrich, Michèle M. Naismith, Karlheinz Altendorf, and André Lipski Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3547-3554; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for Involvement of Gut-Associated Denitrifying Bacteria in Emission of Nitrous Oxide (N2O) by Earthworms Obtained from Garden and Forest Soils Carola Matthies, Anja Grießhammer, Martina Schmittroth, and Harold L. Drake Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3599-3604; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Soil Bacterial Community Shift Correlated with Change from Forest to Pasture Vegetation in a Tropical Soil Klaus Nüsslein and James M. Tiedje Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3622-3626; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Reduction of Fe(III) in Acidic Sediments: Isolation of Acidiphilium cryptum JF-5 Capable of Coupling the Reduction of Fe(III) to the Oxidation of Glucose Kirsten Küsel, Tanja Dorsch, Georg Acker, and Erko Stackebrandt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3633-3640; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of Methanomethylovorans hollandica gen. nov., sp. nov., Isolated from Freshwater Sediment, a Methylotrophic Methanogen Able To Grow on Dimethyl Sulfide and Methanethiol Bart P. Lomans, Ronald Maas, Rianne Luderer, Huub J. M. Op den Camp, Arjan Pol, Chris van der Drift, and Godfried D. Vogels Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3641-3650; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diel Rhythms in Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase and Glutamine Synthetase Gene Expression in a Natural Population of Marine Picoplanktonic Cyanobacteria (Synechococcus spp.) Michael Wyman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3651-3659; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microscale Distribution of Populations and Activities of Nitrosospira and Nitrospira spp. along a Macroscale Gradient in a Nitrifying Bioreactor: Quantification by In Situ Hybridization and the Use of Microsensors Andreas Schramm, Dirk de Beer, Johan C. van den Heuvel, Simon Ottengraf, and Rudolf Amann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3690-3696; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

How Stable Is Stable? Function versus Community Composition Ana Fernández, Suiying Huang, Sherry Seston, Jian Xing, Robert Hickey, Craig Criddle, and James Tiedje Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3697-3704; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High Rates of Conjugation in Bacterial Biofilms as Determined by Quantitative In Situ Analysis Martina Hausner and Stefan Wuertz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3710-3713; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterioplankton Compositions of Lakes and Oceans: a First Comparison Based on Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Frank Oliver Glöckner, Bernhard M. Fuchs, and Rudolf Amann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3721-3726; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Ruminococcus flavefaciens as the Predominant Cellulolytic Bacterial Species of the Equine Cecum Veronique Julliand, Albane de Vaux, Liliane Millet, and Gerard Fonty Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3738-3741; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Viable-but-Nonculturable Condition Is Induced by Copper in Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Rhizobium leguminosarum Emily Alexander, Dat Pham, and Todd R. Steck Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3754-3756; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Physicochemical Parameters for Growth of the Sea Ice Bacteria Glaciecola punicea ACAM 611T and Gelidibacter sp. Strain IC158 D. S. Nichols, A. R. Greenhill, C. T. Shadbolt, T. Ross, and T. A. McMeekin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3757-3760; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Identification of Mimotope Peptides Which Bind to the Mycotoxin Deoxynivalenol-Specific Monoclonal Antibody Qiaoping Yuan, James J. Pestka, Brandon M. Hespenheide, Leslie A. Kuhn, John E. Linz, and L. Patrick Hart Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3279-3286; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Spheroplast Lysis Assay for Yeast in Microtiter Plate Format Rafael Ovalle, Moyah Spencer, Monthiwa Thiwanont, and Peter N. Lipke Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3325-3327; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Culture-Independent Identification of Microorganisms That Respond to Specified Stimuli James Borneman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3398-3400; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a System for Genetic Manipulation of Bartonella bacilliformis James M. Battisti and Michael F. Minnick Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3441-3448; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Depth Penetration and Detection of pH Gradients in Biofilms by Two-Photon Excitation Microscopy Jurrien M. Vroom, Kees J. De Grauw, Hans C. Gerritsen, David J. Bradshaw, Philip D. Marsh, G. Keith Watson, John J. Birmingham, and Clive Allison Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3502-3511; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Optimization of Terminal-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis for Complex Marine Bacterioplankton Communities and Comparison with Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Markus M. Moeseneder, Jesús M. Arrieta, Gerard Muyzer, Christian Winter, and Gerhard J. Herndl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3518-3525; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development and Testing of a Microbiological Assay To Detect Residual Effects of Disinfectant on Hard Surfaces Alberto Mariscal, Manuel Carnero-Varo, Jorge Gómez-Aracena, and Joaquín Fernández-Crehuet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3717-3720; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The MTT [3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-Diphenyltetrazolium Bromide] Assay Is a Fast and Reliable Method for Colorimetric Determination of Fungal Cell Densities Florian M. Freimoser, Claude A. Jakob, Markus Aebi, and Urs Tuor Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3727-3729; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Nisin Bioassay Based on Bioluminescence G. Wahlström and P. E. J. Saris Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3742-3745; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Purification, Characterization, and Heterologous Expression in Fusarium venenatum of a Novel Serine Carboxypeptidase from Aspergillus oryzae Alexander M. Blinkovsky, Tony Byun, Kimberly M. Brown, and Elizabeth J. Golightly Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3298-3303; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Properties of an Esterase from the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Identification of the Encoding Gene Giuliano Degrassi, Lasse Uotila, Raffaella Klima, and Vittorio Venturi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3470-3472; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Genetic Diversity of Fusarium oxysporum Strains from Common Bean Fields in Spain Fernando M. Alves-Santos, Ernesto P. Benito, Arturo P. Eslava, and José María Díaz-Mínguez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3335-3340; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Abr1, a Transposon-Like Element in the Genome of the Cultivated Mushroom Agaricus bisporus (Lange) Imbach Anton S. M. Sonnenberg, Johan J. P. Baars, Thomas S. P. Mikosch, Peter J. Schaap, and Leo J. L. D. Van Griensven Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3347-3353; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differentiation of Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini by Histone Gene Sequence Data E. T. Steenkamp, B. D. Wingfield, T. A. Coutinho, M. J. Wingfield, and W. F. O. Marasas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3401-3406; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Karyotype of the White Rot Fungus Pleurotus ostreatus Luis M. Larraya, Gumer Pérez, María M. Peñas, Johan J. P. Baars, Thomas S. P. Mikosch, Antonio G. Pisabarro, and Lucía Ramírez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3413-3417; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasticizers Increase Adhesion of the Deteriogenic Fungus Aureobasidium pullulans to Polyvinyl Chloride Jeremy S. Webb, Henny C. Van der Mei, Marianne Nixon, Ian M. Eastwood, Malcolm Greenhalgh, Simon J. Read, Geoffrey D. Robson, and Pauline S. Handley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3575-3581; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sporogenic Effect of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Development of Aspergillus spp. Ana M. Calvo, Lori L. Hinze, Harold W. Gardner, and Nancy P. Keller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3668-3673; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental and Public Health Microbiology:

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Degradation of 3-Phenoxybenzoic Acid in Soil by Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes POB310(pPOB) and Two Modified Pseudomonas Strains Rolf U. Halden, Sandra M. Tepp, Barbara G. Halden, and Daryl F. Dwyer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3354-3359; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Infectious Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in Surface and Filter Backwash Water Samples by Immunomagnetic Separation and Integrated Cell Culture-PCR George D. Di Giovanni, F. Helen Hashemi, Nancy J. Shaw, Felicia A. Abrams, Mark W. LeChevallier, and Morteza Abbaszadegan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3427-3432; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Antibiotic Resistance Analysis To Identify Nonpoint Sources of Fecal Pollution B. A. Wiggins, R. W. Andrews, R. A. Conway, C. L. Corr, E. J. Dobratz, D. P. Dougherty, J. R. Eppard, S. R. Knupp, M. C. Limjoco, J. M. Mettenburg, J. M. Rinehardt, J. Sonsino, R. L. Torrijos, and M. E. Zimmerman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3483-3486; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomic Characterization of Human and Environmental Polioviruses Isolated in Albania Maurizio Divizia, Leonardo Palombi, Ersilia Buonomo, Domenica Donia, Vito Ruscio, Michele Equestre, Luljeta Leno, Augusto Panà, and Anna Marta Degener Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3534-3539; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Population Changes during Bioremediation of an Experimental Oil Spill Sarah J. MacNaughton, John R. Stephen, Albert D. Venosa, Gregory A. Davis, Yun-Juan Chang, and David C. White Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3566-3574; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sunlight Inactivation of Fecal Bacteriophages and Bacteria in Sewage-Polluted Seawater Lester W. Sinton, Rochelle K. Finlay, and Philippa A. Lynch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3605-3613; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Seasonal Variations in Microbial Populations and Environmental Conditions in an Extreme Acid Mine Drainage Environment Katrina J. Edwards, Thomas M. Gihring, and Jillian F. Banfield Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3627-3632; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantification of the Flavonoid-Degrading Bacterium Eubacterium ramulus in Human Fecal Samples with a Species-Specific Oligonucleotide Hybridization Probe Rainer Simmering, Brigitta Kleessen, and Michael Blaut Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3705-3709; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison and Recovery of Escherichia coli and Thermotolerant Coliforms in Water with a Chromogenic Medium Incubated at 41 and 44.5°C Jose L. Alonso, Adela Soriano, Oscar Carbajo, Inmaculada Amoros, and Hemda Garelick Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3746-3749; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Kinetics, Stereospecificity, and Expression of the Malolactic Enzyme Ceri E. Arthurs and David Lloyd Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3360-3363; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Non-Starter Lactic Acid Bacteria in Mature Cheddar Cheese N. A. Fitzsimons, T. M. Cogan, S. Condon, and T. Beresford Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3418-3426; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Predictive Model That Describes the Effect of Prolonged Heating at 70 to 90°C and Subsequent Incubation at Refrigeration Temperatures on Growth from Spores and Toxigenesis by Nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum in the Presence of Lysozyme Pablo S. Fernández and Michael W. Peck Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3449-3457; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Acylated Homoserine Lactones by Psychrotrophic Members of the Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from Foods Lone Gram, Allan Beck Christensen, Lars Ravn, Søren Molin, and Michael Givskov Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3458-3463; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Muscle Sarcoplasmic and Myofibrillar Protein Hydrolysis Caused by Lactobacillus plantarum Silvina Fadda, Yolanda Sanz, Graciela Vignolo, M.-Concepción Aristoy, Guillermo Oliver, and Fidel Toldrá Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3540-3546; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Fluorescence Assessment of the Viability of Stressed Lactococcus lactis Christine J. Bunthof, Sabina van den Braak, Pieter Breeuwer, Frank M. Rombouts, and Tjakko Abee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3681-3689; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Method for Purification of Bacterial DNA from Bovine Milk for Detection of Brucella spp. by PCR C. Romero and I. Lopez-Goñi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3735-3737; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Isolation, Characterization, and Avenacin Sensitivity of a Diverse Collection of Cereal-Root-Colonizing Fungi Jon P. Carter, John Spink, Paul F. Cannon, Michael J. Daniels, and Anne E. Osbourn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3364-3372; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

IS1631 Occurrence in Bradyrhizobium japonicum Highly Reiterated Sequence-Possessing Strains with High Copy Numbers of Repeated Sequences RS and RS Tsuyoshi Isawa, Reiko Sameshima, Hisayuki Mitsui, and Kiwamu Minamisawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3493-3501; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Colonization Pattern of the Biocontrol Strain Pseudomonas chlororaphis MA 342 on Barley Seeds Visualized by Using Green Fluorescent Protein Riccardo Tombolini, Dirk Jan van der Gaag, Berndt Gerhardson, and Janet K. Jansson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3674-3680; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Genetic Diversity within Cryptosporidium parvum and Related Cryptosporidium Species Lihua Xiao, Una M. Morgan, Josef Limor, Ananias Escalante, Michael Arrowood, William Shulaw, R. C. A. Thompson, Ronald Fayer, and Altaf A. Lal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3386-3391; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Sequence and Properties of an s-Triazine Ring-Cleavage Enzyme from Pseudomonas sp. Strain NRRLB-12227 Jeffrey S. Karns Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3512-3517; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis To Examine the Variability of the rpoS Sequence in Environmental Isolates of Salmonellae Suzanne J. Jordan, Christine E. R. Dodd, and Gordon S. A. B. Stewart Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3582-3587; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution and Evolution of the Xylanase Genes xynA and xynB and Their Homologues in Strains of Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens Brian P. Dalrymple, Yolande Swadling, Ingrid Layton, Kari S. Gobius, and Gang-Ping Xue Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3660-3667; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Activation Process of Dipteran-Specific Insecticidal Protein Produced by Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis Masashi Yamagiwa, Motoyuki Esaki, Kanao Otake, Manabu Inagaki, Tohru Komano, Teruo Amachi, and Hiroshi Sakai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3464-3469; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiplex PCR Screening To Detect cry9 Genes in Bacillus thuringiensis Strains Eitan Ben-Dov, Qingfeng Wang, Arieh Zaritsky, Robert Manasherob, Ze'ev Barak, Bert Schneider, Aloviddin Khamraev, Mukhtar Baizhanov, Victor Glupov, and Yoel Margalith Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3714-3716; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Export of Virulence Genes and Shiga Toxin by Membrane Vesicles of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Glynis L. Kolling and Karl R. Matthews Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 1999 65: 3761 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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