Contents: June 2000, Volume 66, Issue 6        Methods        Physiology and Biotechnology        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation        Food Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Microbial Ecology        Plant Microbiology        Geomicrobiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Mycology        Public Health Microbiology        Errata Other Issues

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Methods:

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A Comparison of Methods for Counting Viruses in Aquatic Systems Yvan Bettarel, Telesphore Sime-Ngando, Christian Amblard, and Henri Laveran Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2283-2289; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Generation of Food-Grade Recombinant Lactic Acid Bacterium Strains by Site-Specific Recombination M. Cruz Martín, Juan C. Alonso, Juan E. Suárez, and Miguel A. Alvarez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2599-2604; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methods for Intense Aeration, Growth, Storage, and Replication of Bacterial Strains in Microtiter Plates Wouter A. Duetz, Lorenz Rüedi, Robert Hermann, Kevin O'Connor, Jochen Büchs, and Bernard Witholt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2641-2646; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Distribution of Aldoxime Dehydratase in Microorganisms Yasuo Kato, Ryoko Ooi, and Yasuhisa Asano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2290-2296; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bioconversion of Ferulic Acid into Vanillic Acid by Means of a Vanillate-Negative Mutant of Pseudomonas fluorescens Strain BF13 Claudio Civolani, Paolo Barghini, Anna Rita Roncetti, Maurizio Ruzzi, and Alma Schiesser Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2311-2317; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Osmoprotection by Pipecolic Acid in Sinorhizobium meliloti: Specific Effects of D and L Isomers Kamila Gouffi, Théophile Bernard, and Carlos Blanco Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2358-2364; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Effects of Permeating and Nonpermeating Solutes on the Fatty Acid Composition of Pseudomonas putida Larry J. Halverson and Mary K. Firestone Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2414-2421; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cellulose Catabolism by Clostridium cellulolyticum Growing in Batch Culture on Defined Medium Mickaël Desvaux, Emmanuel Guedon, and Henri Petitdemange Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2461-2470; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Physiologic Determinants of Radiation Resistance in Deinococcus radiodurans Amudhan Venkateswaran, Sara C. McFarlan, Debabrota Ghosal, Kenneth W. Minton, Alexander Vasilenko, Kira Makarova, Lawrence P. Wackett, and Michael J. Daly Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2620-2626; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Reductive Dehalogenation of Trichloroacetic Acid by Trichlorobacter thiogenes gen. nov., sp. nov. Helene De Wever, James R. Cole, Michael R. Fettig, Deborah A. Hogan, and James M. Tiedje Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2297-2301; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biotransformation of Hydroxylaminobenzene and Aminophenol by Pseudomonas putida 2NP8 Cells Grown in the Presence of 3-Nitrophenol Jian-Shen Zhao, Ajay Singh, Xiao-Dong Huang, and Owen P. Ward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2336-2342; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic-Aerobic Process for Microbial Degradation of Tetrabromobisphenol A Zeev Ronen and Aharon Abeliovich Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2372-2377; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Mycobacterium Strain with Extended Capacities for Degradation of Gasoline Hydrocarbons Floriane Solano-Serena, Rémy Marchal, Serge Casarégola, Christelle Vasnier, Jean-Michel Lebeault, and Jean-Paul Vandecasteele Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2392-2399; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of Desulfovibrio dechloracetivorans sp. nov., a Marine Dechlorinating Bacterium Growing by Coupling the Oxidation of Acetate to the Reductive Dechlorination of 2-Chlorophenol Baolin Sun, James R. Cole, Robert A. Sanford, and James M. Tiedje Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2408-2413; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Restriction-Site-Specific PCR as a Rapid Test To Detect Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strains in Environmental Samples Richard Kimura, Robert E. Mandrell, John C. Galland, Doreene Hyatt, and Lee W. Riley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2513-2519; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Soil and Water Content on Methyl Bromide Oxidation by the Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium Nitrosomonas europaea Khrystyne N. Duddleston, Peter J. Bottomley, Angela Porter, and Daniel J. Arp Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2636-2640; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Metabolites during Biodegradation of Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine (RDX) with Municipal Anaerobic Sludge Jalal Hawari, Annamaria Halasz, Tamara Sheremata, Sylvie Beaudet, Carl Groom, Louise Paquet, Chakib Rhofir, Guy Ampleman, and Sonia Thiboutot Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2652-2657; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Production of Exopolysaccharide by Lactobacillus rhamnosus R and Analysis of Its Enzymatic Degradation during Prolonged Fermentation P. L. Pham, I. Dupont, D. Roy, G. Lapointe, and J. Cerning Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2302-2310; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Cloning, Sequencing, and Inactivation of the Branched-Chain Aminotransferase of Lactococcus lactis LM0230 Myrta W. Atiles, Edward G. Dudley, and James L. Steele Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2325-2329; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dynamic Changes of Intracellular pH in Individual Lactic Acid Bacterium Cells in Response to a Rapid Drop in Extracellular pH Henrik Siegumfeldt, K. Björn Rechinger, and Mogens Jakobsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2330-2335; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Macrocyclic Peptide Antibiotic Micrococcin P1 Is Secreted by the Food-Borne Bacterium Staphylococcus equorum WS 2733 and Inhibits Listeria monocytogenes on Soft Cheese Markus C. Carnio, Alexandra Höltzel, Melanie Rudolf, Thomas Henle, Günther Jung, and Siegfried Scherer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2378-2384; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Surface of Lactic Acid Bacteria: Relationships between Chemical Composition and Physicochemical Properties Christophe J. P. Boonaert and Paul G. Rouxhet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2548-2554; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Survival Rates of Human-Derived Probiotic Lactobacillus paracasei and L. salivarius Strains during Heat Treatment and Spray Drying G. E. Gardiner, E. O'Sullivan, J. Kelly, M. A. E. Auty, G. F. Fitzgerald, J. K. Collins, R. P. Ross, and C. Stanton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2605-2612; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fermentation of Fructooligosaccharides by Lactic Acid Bacteria and Bifidobacteria Handan Kaplan and Robert W. Hutkins Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2682-2684; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Molecular Cloning, Sequencing, and Expression of omp-40, the Gene Coding for the Major Outer Membrane Protein from the Acidophilic Bacterium Thiobacillus ferrooxidans Nicolas Guiliani and Carlos A. Jerez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2318-2324; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Expression of Lactate Dehydrogenase Genes from Rhizopus oryzae Christopher D. Skory Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2343-2348; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Relationships of Cryptosporidium Parasites Based on the 70-Kilodalton Heat Shock Protein (HSP70) Gene Irshad M. Sulaiman, Una M. Morgan, R. C. Andrew Thompson, Altaf A. Lal, and Lihua Xiao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2385-2391; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bile Salt Hydrolase of Bifidobacterium longumBiochemical and Genetic Characterization Hiroshi Tanaka, Honoo Hashiba, Jan Kok, and Igor Mierau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2502-2512; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA as a Means of Developing Genus- and Strain-Specific Streptomyces DNA Probes Mark A. Roberts and Don L. Crawford Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2555-2564; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biosynthesis of the Lantibiotic Mersacidin: Organization of a Type B Lantibiotic Gene Cluster Karsten Altena, André Guder, Claudia Cramer, and Gabriele Bierbaum Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2565-2571; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of AbiR, a Novel Multicomponent Abortive Infection Mechanism Encoded by Plasmid pKR223 of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis KR2 Denis P. Twomey, Patricio J. De Urraza, Larry L. McKay, and Daniel J. O'Sullivan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2647-2651; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Molecular and Physiological Responses of Two Classes of Marine Chromophytic Phytoplankton (Diatoms and Prymnesiophytes) during the Development of Nutrient-Stimulated Blooms Michael Wyman, John T. Davies, David W. Crawford, and Duncan A. Purdie Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2349-2357; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Community Structure and Physiological State within an Industrial Phenol Bioremediation System Andrew S. Whiteley and Mark J. Bailey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2400-2407; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Temperature and Salinity Stress on Growth and Lipid Composition of Shewanella gelidimarina David S. Nichols, June Olley, Horacio Garda, Rodolfo R. Brenner, and Tom A. McMeekin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2422-2429; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Electron Donor and Solution Chemistry on Products of Dissimilatory Reduction of Technetium by Shewanella putrefaciens R. E. Wildung, Y. A. Gorby, K. M. Krupka, N. J. Hess, S. W. Li, A. E. Plymale, J. P. McKinley, and J. K. Fredrickson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2451-2460; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of Strains CVO and FWKO B, Two Novel Nitrate-Reducing, Sulfide-Oxidizing Bacteria Isolated from Oil Field Brine Diane Gevertz, Anita J. Telang, Gerrit Voordouw, and Gary E. Jenneman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2491-2501; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Metal Phytoextraction Practices on the Indigenous Community of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi at a Metal-Contaminated Landfill Teresa E. Pawlowska, Rufus L. Chaney, Mel Chin, and Iris Charvat Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2526-2530; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Volatile Fatty Acids in Development of the Cecal Microflora in Broiler Chickens during Growth Paul W. J. J. van der Wielen, Steef Biesterveld, Servé Notermans, Harm Hofstra, Bert A. P. Urlings, and Frans van Knapen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2536-2540; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning the Soil Metagenome: a Strategy for Accessing the Genetic and Functional Diversity of Uncultured Microorganisms Michelle R. Rondon, Paul R. August, Alan D. Bettermann, Sean F. Brady, Trudy H. Grossman, Mark R. Liles, Kara A. Loiacono, Berkley A. Lynch, Ian A. MacNeil, Charles Minor, Choi Lai Tiong, Michael Gilman, Marcia S. Osburne, Jon Clardy, Jo Handelsman, and Robert M. Goodman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2541-2547; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Fecal Microflora of Human Subjects Consuming a Probiotic Product Containing Lactobacillus rhamnosus DR20 G. W. Tannock, K. Munro, H. J. M. Harmsen, G. W. Welling, J. Smart, and P. K. Gopal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2578-2588; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Exoenzymes as Indicators of Metabolically Active Bacteria in 124,000-Year-Old Sapropel Layers of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea Marco J. L. Coolen and Jörg Overmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2589-2598; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Prey Range Characterization, Ribotyping, and Diversity of Soil and Rhizosphere Bdellovibrio spp. Isolated on Phytopathogenic Bacteria E. Jurkevitch, D. Minz, Barak Ramati, and Gili Barel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2365-2371; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Higher Diversity of Rhizobium leguminosarum Biovar viciae Populations in Arable Soils than in Grass Soils K. M. Palmer and J. P. W. Young Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2445-2450; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rhizobitoxine Production by Bradyrhizobium elkanii Enhances Nodulation and Competitiveness on Macroptilium atropurpureum Ken-Ichi Yuhashi, Norikazu Ichikawa, Hiroshi Ezura, Shoichiro Akao, Yasuo Minakawa, Noriyuki Nukui, Tsuyoshi Yasuta, and Kiwamu Minamisawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2658-2663; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi in Olive Plants by Enrichment and PCR Ramón Penyalver, Amparo García, Amparo Ferrer, Edson Bertolini, and María M. López Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2673-2677; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria Methylate Mercury at Variable Rates in Pure Culture and in Marine Sediments Jeffrey K. King, Joel E. Kostka, Marc E. Frischer, and F. Michael Saunders Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2430-2437; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Characterization of a Salt-Tolerant Family 42 -Galactosidase from a Psychrophilic Antarctic Planococcus Isolate Peter P. Sheridan and Jean E. Brenchley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2438-2444; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Bifunctional Enzyme Fusion of Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthetase and Trehalose-6-Phosphate Phosphatase of Escherichia coli Hak Soo Seo, Yeon Jong Koo, Jae Yun Lim, Jong Tae Song, Chung Ho Kim, Ju Kon Kim, Jong Seob Lee, and Yang Do Choi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2484-2490; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, Expression, and Sequence Analysis of the Gene Encoding the Alkali-Stable, Thermostable Endoxylanase from Alkalophilic, Mesophilic Bacillus sp. Strain NG-27 Naveen Gupta, Vanga Shiva Reddy, Sankar Maiti, and Amit Ghosh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2631-2635; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

trans-o-Hydroxybenzylidenepyruvate Hydratase-Aldolase as a Biocatalyst Richard W. Eaton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2668-2672; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Influence of Cadmium and Mercury on Activities of Ligninolytic Enzymes and Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Pleurotus ostreatus in Soil Petr Baldrian, Carsten in der Wiesche, Jirí Gabriel, Frantisek Nerud, and Frantisek Zadrazil Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2471-2478; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hydroxylated Metabolites of 2,4-Dichlorophenol Imply a Fenton-Type Reaction in Gloeophyllum striatum Dietmar Schlosser, Kristina Fahr, Wolfgang Karl, and Heinz-Georg Wetzstein Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2479-2483; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Cloning, Characterization, and Differential Expression of a Glucoamylase Gene from the Basidiomycetous Fungus Lentinula edodes J. Zhao, Y. H. Chen, and H. S. Kwan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2531-2535; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbiological Transformation of Enrofloxacin by the Fungus Mucor ramannianus Igor A. Parshikov, James P. Freeman, Jackson O. Lay, Jr., Richard D. Beger, Anna J. Williams, and John B. Sutherland Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2664-2667; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantification of Siderophore and Hemolysin from Stachybotrys chartarum Strains, Including a Strain Isolated from the Lung of a Child with Pulmonary Hemorrhage and Hemosiderosis Stephen J. Vesper, Dorr G. Dearborn, Okan Elidemir, and Richard A. Haugland Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2678-2681; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Detection of Astroviruses, Enteroviruses, and Adenovirus Types 40 and 41 in Surface Waters Collected and Evaluated by the Information Collection Rule and an Integrated Cell Culture-Nested PCR Procedure Christopher D. Chapron, Nicola A. Ballester, Justin H. Fontaine, Christine N. Frades, and Aaron B. Margolin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2520-2525; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Repetitive DNA Sequences and the PCR To Differentiate Escherichia coli Isolates from Human and Animal Sources Priscilla E. Dombek, LeeAnn K. Johnson, Sara T. Zimmerley, and Michael J. Sadowsky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2572-2577; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Diversity among Geographically Dispersed Chlamydiales Endosymbionts Recovered from Clinical and Environmental Isolates of Acanthamoeba spp. Thomas R. Fritsche, Matthias Horn, Michael Wagner, Russell P. Herwig, Karl-Heinz Schleifer, and Romesh K. Gautom Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2613-2619; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensisOne Species on the Basis of Genetic Evidence Erlendur Helgason, Ole Andreas Økstad, Dominique A. Caugant, Henning A. Johansen, Agnes Fouet, Michéle Mock, Ida Hegna, and Anne-Brit Kolstø Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2627-2630; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of a Pandemic O3:K6 Clone of a Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strain from Environmental and Clinical Sources in Thailand Varaporn Vuddhakul, Ashrafazzuman Chowdhury, Varaporn Laohaprertthisan, Punnee Pungrasamee, Nuanjira Patararungrong, Pongpaga Thianmontri, Masanori Ishibashi, Chiho Matsumoto, and Mitsuaki Nishibuchi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2685-2689; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Human and Animal Rotavirus Sequences in Drinking Water B. Gratacap-Cavallier, O. Genoulaz, K. Brengel-Pesce, H. Soule, P. Innocenti-Francillard, M. Bost, L. Gofti, D. Zmirou, and J. M. Seigneurin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2690-2692; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Sulfonates as Terminal Electron Acceptors for Growth of Sulfite-Reducing Bacteria (Desulfitobacterium spp.) and Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria: Effects of Inhibitors of Sulfidogenesis Thomas J. Lie, Walter Godchaux, and Edward R. Leadbetter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2000 66: 2693 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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