Contents: December 2000, Volume 66, Issue 12        Guest Commentary        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation        Microbial Ecology        Plant Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Physiology and Biotechnology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Mycology        Public Health Microbiology        Methods        Errata Other Issues

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Guest Commentary:

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Evidence for Safety of Neurospora Species for Academic and Commercial Uses David D. Perkins and Rowland H. Davis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5107-5109; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Enrichment and Molecular Characterization of a Bacterial Culture That Degrades Methoxy-Methyl Urea Herbicides and Their Aniline Derivatives Said El-Fantroussi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5110-5115; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Apparent Contradiction: Psychrotolerant Bacteria from Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Arctic Tundra Soils That Degrade Diterpenoids Synthesized by Trees Zhongtang Yu, Gordon R. Stewart, and William W. Mohn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5148-5154; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relationship between Nitrite Reduction and Active Phosphate Uptake in the Phosphate-Accumulating Denitrifier Pseudomonas sp. Strain JR 12 Yoram Barak and Jaap van Rijn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5236-5240; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Degradation of 2-Methylnaphthalene by a Sulfate-Reducing Enrichment Culture Eva Annweiler, Arne Materna, Michael Safinowski, Andreas Kappler, Hans H. Richnow, Walter Michaelis, and Rainer U. Meckenstock Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5329-5333; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Oxidation of n-Dodecane by an Addition Reaction in a Sulfate-Reducing Bacterial Enrichment Culture Kevin G. Kropp, Irene A. Davidova, and Joseph M. Suflita Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5393-5398; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequence Differences in the Diagnostic Target Region of the Oocyst Wall Protein Gene of Cryptosporidium Parasites Lihua Xiao, Josef Limor, Una M. Morgan, Irshad M. Sulaiman, R. C. Andrew Thompson, and Altaf A. Lal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5499-5502; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Toluene Activation by Benzylsuccinate Synthase in a Highly Enriched Methanogenic Culture Harry R. Beller and Elizabeth A. Edwards Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5503-5505; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Community Composition of Marine Bacterioplankton Determined by 16S rRNA Gene Clone Libraries and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Matthew T. Cottrell and David L. Kirchman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5116-5122; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coliform Bacteria and Nitrogen Fixation in Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent Treatment Systems Francis Gauthier, Josh D. Neufeld, Brian T. Driscoll, and Frederick S. Archibald Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5155-5160; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Methanotrophic Isolates from Freshwater Lake Sediment Ann J. Auman, Sergei Stolyar, Andria M. Costello, and Mary E. Lidstrom Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5259-5266; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequencing Bands of Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Analysis Fingerprints for Characterization and Microscale Distribution of Soil Bacterium Populations Responding to Mercury Spiking Lionel Ranjard, Elisabeth Brothier, and Sylvie Nazaret Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5334-5339; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogeny of All Recognized Species of Ammonia Oxidizers Based on Comparative 16S rRNA and amoA Sequence Analysis: Implications for Molecular Diversity Surveys Ulrike Purkhold, Andreas Pommerening-Röser, Stefan Juretschko, Markus C. Schmid, Hans-Peter Koops, and Michael Wagner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5368-5382; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Long-Term Shifts in Patterns of Antibiotic Resistance in Enteric Bacteria Tara Houndt and Howard Ochman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5406-5409; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Agronomic Treatments on Structure and Function of Ammonia-Oxidizing Communities Carol J. Phillips, Dave Harris, Sherry L. Dollhopf, Katherine L. Gross, James I. Prosser, and Eldor A. Paul Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5410-5418; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biogeography and Degree of Endemicity of Fluorescent Pseudomonas Strains in Soil Jae-Chang Cho and James M. Tiedje Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5448-5456; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Homoduplex and Heteroduplex Polymorphisms of the Amplified Ribosomal 16S-23S Internal Transcribed Spacers Describe Genetic Relationships in the "Bacillus cereus Group" Daniele Daffonchio, Ameur Cherif, and Sara Borin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5460-5468; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Utilization of Dimethyl Sulfide as a Sulfur Source with the Aid of Light by Marinobacterium sp. Strain DMS-S1 Hiroyuki Fuse, Osamu Takimura, Katsuji Murakami, Yukiho Yamaoka, and Toshio Omori Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5527-5532; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Biological Role of Xanthomonadin Pigments in Xanthomonas campestris pv. Campestris A. R. Poplawsky, S. C. Urban, and W. Chun Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5123-5127; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Zoospore Homing and Infection Events: Effects of the Biocontrol Bacterium Burkholderia cepacia AMMDR1 on Two Oomycete Pathogens of Pea (Pisum sativum L.) K. Heungens and J. L. Parke Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5192-5200; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fatty Acid Competition as a Mechanism by Which Enterobacter cloacae Suppresses Pythium ultimum Sporangium Germination and Damping-Off Karin van Dijk and Eric B. Nelson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5340-5347; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Homologue of the Tryptophan-Rich Sensory Protein TspO and FixL Regulate a Novel Nutrient Deprivation-Induced Sinorhizobium meliloti Locus Mary Ellen Davey and Frans J. de Bruijn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5353-5359; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobia Are Natural Endophytes of the African Wild Rice Oryza breviligulata Clémence Chaintreuil, Eric Giraud, Yves Prin, Jean Lorquin, Amadou Bâ, Monique Gillis, Philippe de Lajudie, and Bernard Dreyfus Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5437-5447; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Bradyrhizobium japonicum Proline Biosynthesis Gene proC Is Essential for Symbiosis Natalie D. King, David Hojnacki, and Mark R. O'Brian Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5469-5471; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Branched-Chain Amino Acid Biosynthesis Is Essential for Optimal Growth of Streptococcus thermophilus in Milk P. Garault, C. Letort, V. Juillard, and V. Monnet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5128-5133; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical and Genetic Characterization of Coagulin, a New Antilisterial Bacteriocin in the Pediocin Family of Bacteriocins, Produced by Bacillus coagulans I4 Claire Le Marrec, Bertrand Hyronimus, Philippe Bressollier, Bernard Verneuil, and Maria C. Urdaci Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5213-5220; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PCR Detection of Salmonella enterica Serotype Montevideo in and on Raw Tomatoes Using Primers Derived from hilA Xuan Guo, Jinru Chen, Larry R. Beuchat, and Robert E. Brackett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5248-5252; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Physiological Study of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus Strains in a Novel Chemically Defined Medium Christian Chervaux, S. Dusko Ehrlich, and Emmanuelle Maguin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5306-5311; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nutritional Requirements and Nitrogen-Dependent Regulation of Proteinase Activity of Lactobacillus helveticus CRL 1062 Elvira M. Hebert, Raul R. Raya, and Graciela S. De Giori Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5316-5321; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Decarboxylation of Substituted Cinnamic Acids by Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated during Malt Whisky Fermentation Sylvie van Beek and Fergus G. Priest Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5322-5328; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hydrolysis of Sequenced -Casein Peptides Provides New Insight into Peptidase Activity from Thermophilic Lactic Acid Bacteria and Highlights Intrinsic Resistance of Phosphopeptides Stéphanie-Marie Deutsch, Daniel Molle, Valérie Gagnaire, Michel Piot, Danièle Atlan, and Sylvie Lortal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5360-5367; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Simultaneous Detection of Salmonella Strains and Escherichia coli O157:H7 with Fluorogenic PCR and Single-Enrichment-Broth Culture Vijay K. Sharma and Steve A. Carlson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5472-5476; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of L-Methionine Catabolism Pathways in Cheese-Ripening Bacteria Pascal Bonnarme, Lefki Psoni, and Henry E. Spinnler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5514-5517; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diacetyl and -Acetolactate Overproduction by Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis Biovar Diacetylactis Mutants That Are Deficient in -Acetolactate Decarboxylase and Have a Low Lactate Dehydrogenase Activity Christophe Monnet, Frédéric Aymes, and Georges Corrieu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5518-5520; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Does Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Enter the Viable but Nonculturable State in Salted Salmon Roe? Sou-Ichi Makino, Tsutomu Kii, Hiroshi Asakura, Toshikazu Shirahata, Tetsuya Ikeda, Kouichi Takeshi, and Kikuji Itoh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5536-5539; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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The Autoproteolysis of Lactococcus lactis Lactocepin III Affects Its Specificity towards -Casein Benedicte Flambard and Vincent Juillard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5134-5140; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Trichloroethene Reductive Dehalogenase from Dehalococcoides ethenogenes: Sequence of tceA and Substrate Range Characterization Jon K. Magnuson, Margaret F. Romine, David R. Burris, and Mark T. Kingsley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5141-5147; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Thermostable NADP+-Dependent Medium-Chain Alcohol Dehydrogenase from Acinetobacter sp. Strain M-1: Purification and Characterization and Gene Expression in Escherichia coli Akio Tani, Yasuyoshi Sakai, Takeru Ishige, and Nobuo Kato Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5231-5235; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Cofactor Regeneration by a Soluble Pyridine Nucleotide Transhydrogenase for Biological Production of Hydromorphone Birgitte Boonstra, Deborah A. Rathbone, Christopher E. French, Edward H. Walker, and Neil C. Bruce Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5161-5166; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for Contribution of Neutral Trehalase in Barotolerance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hitoshi Iwahashi, Solomon Nwaka, and Kaoru Obuchi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5182-5185; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Behavioral Responses of Rhodobacter sphaeroides to Linear Gradients of the Nutrients Succinate and Acetate Helen L. Packer and Judith P. Armitage Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5186-5191; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Linoleic Acid Concentration on Conjugated Linoleic Acid Production by Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens A38 Young Jun Kim, Rui Hai Liu, Daniel R. Bond, and James B. Russell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5226-5230; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Application of a Propionyl Coenzyme A Synthetase for Poly(3-Hydroxypropionate-co-3-Hydroxybutyrate) Accumulation in Recombinant Escherichia coli Henry E. Valentin, Timothy A. Mitsky, Debbie A. Mahadeo, Minhtien Tran, and Kenneth J. Gruys Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5253-5258; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation, Purification, and Characterization of a Killer Protein from Schwanniomyces occidentalis Wen-Bao Chen, Yuh-Fehng Han, Shung-Chang Jong, and Shenq-Chyi Chang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5348-5352; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Characterization of an Escherichia coli Strain Genetically Engineered for Ni(II) Bioaccumulation Rahul Krishnaswamy and David B. Wilson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5383-5386; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Uptake and Active Efflux of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Pseudomonas fluorescens LP6a Trevor Bugg, Julia M. Foght, Michael A Pickard, and Murray R. Gray Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5387-5392; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Secretion of Native Human Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 from gas1 Mutant Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells Marina Vai, Luca Brambilla, Ivan Orlandi, Nicola Rota, Bianca Maria Ranzi, Lilia Alberghina, and Danilo Porro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5477-5479; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Toxin-Antitoxin Gene System as Containment Control in Yeast Cells P. Kristoffersen, G. B. Jensen, K. Gerdes, and J. Piskur Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5524-5526; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Sequence Diversity of rulA among Natural Isolates of Pseudomonas syringae and Effect on Function of rulAB-Mediated UV Radiation Tolerance George W. Sundin, Janette L. Jacobs, and Jesús Murillo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5167-5173; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Infected Cell Growth State on Bacteriophage Reactivation Levels Dana R. Kadavy, Julie J. Shaffer, Susan E. Lott, Thomas A. Wolf, Cathy E. Bolton, William H. Gallimore, Eugene L. Martin, Kenneth W. Nickerson, and Tyler A. Kokjohn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5206-5212; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Control of Expression of Divergent Pseudomonas putida put Promoters for Proline Catabolism Susana Vílchez, Maximino Manzanera, and Juan L. Ramos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5221-5225; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coordinated, Differential Expression of Two Genes through Directed mRNA Cleavage and Stabilization by Secondary Structures Christina D. Smolke, Trent A. Carrier, and J. D. Keasling Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5399-5405; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, Nucleotide Sequence, and Expression of the Gene Encoding the Bacteriocin Boticin B from Clostridium botulinum Strain 213B Sean S. Dineen, Marite Bradshaw, and Eric A. Johnson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5480-5483; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Osmotic Stress-Induced Genetic Rearrangements in Escherichia coli H10407 Detected by Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis Anne Jolivet-Gougeon, Sandrine David-Jobert, Zohreh Tamanai-Shacoori, Christian Ménard, and Michel Cormier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5484-5487; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Tn5393-Like Transposon in the R Plasmid pRAS2 from the Fish Pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida subspecies salmonicida Isolated in Norway Trine M. L'Abée-Lund and Henning Sørum Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5533-5535; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Role of Proteolysis in Determining Potency of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac -Endotoxin Daniel J. Lightwood, David J. Ellar, and Paul Jarrett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5174-5181; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Bacterial Biodegradation of Extractives and Patterns of Bordered Pit Membrane Attack in Pine Wood Todd A. Burnes, Robert A. Blanchette, and Roberta L. Farrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5201-5205; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Colletotrichum acutatum Causing Anthracnose of Anemone (Anemone coronaria L.) Stanley Freeman, Ezra Shabi, and Talma Katan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5267-5272; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Linkage Map of the Edible Basidiomycete Pleurotus ostreatus Luis M. Larraya, Gúmer Pérez, Enrique Ritter, Antonio G. Pisabarro, and Lucía Ramírez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5290-5300; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Variation in Fusarium Section Liseola from No-Till Maize in Argentina S. N. Chulze, M. L. Ramirez, A. Torres, and J. F. Leslie Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5312-5315; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chemoraces and Habitat Specialization of Claviceps purpurea Populations Sylvie Pazoutova, Jana Olsovska, Marek Linka, Renata Kolínská, and Miroslav Flieger Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5419-5425; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Mating Type Assay for Fusarium circinatum M. Margaret Wallace and Sarah F. Covert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5506-5508; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Characterization of Bacillus Species Used for Oral Bacteriotherapy and Bacterioprophylaxis of Gastrointestinal Disorders Ngo Thi Hoa, Loredana Baccigalupi, Ashley Huxham, Andrei Smertenko, Pham Hung Van, Sergio Ammendola, Ezio Ricca, and Simon M. Cutting Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5241-5247; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Suitability of PCR Fingerprinting, Infrequent-Restriction-Site PCR, and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, Combined with Computerized Gel Analysis, in Library Typing of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Javier Garaizar, Nuria López-Molina, Idoia Laconcha, Dorte Lau Baggesen, Aitor Rementeria, Ana Vivanco, Ana Audicana, and Ildefonso Perales Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5273-5281; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Composition of Soil Microbial Communities Enriched on a Mixture of Aromatic Hydrocarbons E. Anne Greene, Jason G. Kay, Karim Jaber, Les G. Stehmeier, and Gerrit Voordouw Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5282-5289; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection on Surfaces and in Caco-2 Cells of Campylobacter jejuni Cells Transformed with New gfp, yfp, and cfp Marker Plasmids William G. Miller, Anne H. Bates, Sharon T. Horn, Maria T. Brandl, Marian R. Wachtel, and Robert E. Mandrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5426-5436; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Species and Sources of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Storm Waters with a Small-Subunit rRNA-Based Diagnostic and Genotyping Tool Lihua Xiao, Kerri Alderisio, Josef Limor, Michael Royer, and Altaf A. Lal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5492-5498; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Calcium in Assay Medium on D Value of Bacillus stearothermophilus ATCC 7953 Spores Koichi Sasaki, Hideharu Shintani, Junpei Itoh, Takuji Kamogawa, and Yousei Kajihara Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5509-5513; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Loss of O157 O Antigenicity of Verotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 Surviving under Starvation Conditions Yukiko Hara-Kudo, Michiko Miyahara, and Susumu Kumagai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5540-5543; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Quantifying Translocation of Listeria monocytogenes in Rats by Using Urinary Nitric Oxide-Derived Metabolites R. Corinne Sprong, Marco F. E. Hulstein, and Roelof van der Meer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5301-5305; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Dye Decolorization Method for Screening Potential Wood Preservatives Olga Borokhov and Stephen Rothenburger Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5457-5459; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Method for Coextraction of DNA and RNA from Natural Environments for Analysis of Ribosomal DNA- and rRNA-Based Microbial Community Composition Robert I. Griffiths, Andrew S. Whiteley, Anthony G. O'Donnell, and Mark J. Bailey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5488-5491; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of p-Naphtholbenzein--D-Galactoside as a Substrate for Bacterial -Galactosidase A. L. James, K. F. Chilvers, J. D. Perry, L. Armstrong, and F. K. Gould Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5521-5523; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Direct Viable Count Procedure for Quantitative Estimation of Bacterial Viability in Freshwater Environments Daisaku Yokomaku, Nobuyasu Yamaguchi, and Masao Nasu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5544-5548; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Comparative Experiments To Examine the Effects of Heating on Vegetative Cells and Spores of Clostridium perfringens Isolates Carrying Plasmid Enterotoxin Genes versus Chromosomal Enterotoxin Genes Mahfuzur R. Sarker, Robert P. Shivers, Shauna G. Sparks, Vijay K. Juneja, and Bruce A. McClane Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2000 66: 5549 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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