Contents: July 2000, Volume 66, Issue 7        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation        Methods        Plant Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Public Health Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Geomicrobiology Other Issues

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Effect of Model Sorptive Phases on Phenanthrene Biodegradation: Different Enrichment Conditions Influence Bioavailability and Selection of Phenanthrene-Degrading Isolates Robert J. Grosser, Michael Friedrich, David M. Ward, and William P. Inskeep Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2695-2702; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Model Sorptive Phases on Phenanthrene Biodegradation: Molecular Analysis of Enrichments and Isolates Suggests Selection Based on Bioavailability M. Friedrich, R. J. Grosser, E. A. Kern, W. P. Inskeep, and D. M. Ward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2703-2710; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Insights into Methyl Bromide Cooxidation by Nitrosomonas europaea Obtained by Experimenting with Moderately Low Density Cell Suspensions Khrystyne N. Duddleston, Peter J. Bottomley, Angela J. Porter, and Daniel J. Arp Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2726-2731; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Naphthalene Degradation by a Sulfate-Reducing Enrichment Culture Rainer U. Meckenstock, Eva Annweiler, Walter Michaelis, Hans H. Richnow, and Bernhard Schink Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2743-2747; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of an Atrazine-Degrading Pseudaminobacter sp. Isolated from Canadian and French Agricultural Soils Edward Topp, Hong Zhu, Sarah M. Nour, Sabine Houot, Melanie Lewis, and Diane Cuppels Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2773-2782; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Volatile Derivatives of Metal(loid)s by Microflora Involved in Anaerobic Digestion of Sewage Sludge K. Michalke, E. B. Wickenheiser, M. Mehring, A. V. Hirner, and R. Hensel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2791-2796; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enrichment of an Endosulfan-Degrading Mixed Bacterial Culture Tara D. Sutherland, Irene Horne, Michael J. Lacey, Rebecca L. Harcourt, Robyn J. Russell, and John G. Oakeshott Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2822-2828; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of 2,3-Dichloro-1-Propanol-Degrading Rhizobia Agus J. Effendi, Steven D. Greenaway, and Brian N. Dancer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2882-2887; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bioaugmentation of Activated Sludge by an Indigenous 3-Chloroaniline-Degrading Comamonas testosteroni Strain, I2gfp Nico Boon, Johan Goris, Paul De Vos, Willy Verstraete, and Eva M. Top Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2906-2913; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Salts on Virus Adsorption to Microporous Filters Jerzy Lukasik, Troy M. Scott, Diane Andryshak, and Samuel R. Farrah Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2914-2920; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Analysis of Surfactant-Driven Microbial Population Shifts in Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soil Gregory M. Colores, Richard E. Macur, David M. Ward, and William P. Inskeep Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2959-2964; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequence Analysis and Initial Characterization of Two Isozymes of Hydroxylaminobenzene Mutase from Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes JS45 John K. Davis, George C. Paoli, Zhongqi He, Lloyd J. Nadeau, Charles C. Somerville, and Jim C. Spain Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2965-2971; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reactions Involved in the Lower Pathway for Degradation of 4-Nitrotoluene by Mycobacterium Strain HL 4-NT-1 Zhongqi He and Jim C. Spain Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3010-3015; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development and Application of Small-Subunit rRNA Probes for Assessment of Selected Thiobacillus Species and Members of the Genus Acidiphilium Jordan Peccia, Eric A. Marchand, Joann Silverstein, and Mark Hernandez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3065-3072; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biofilm Community Structure in Polluted Rivers: Abundance of Dominant Phylogenetic Groups over a Complete Annual Cycle I. H. M. Brümmer, W. Fehr, and I. Wagner-Döbler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3078-3082; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A New Klebsiella planticola Strain (Cd-1) Grows Anaerobically at High Cadmium Concentrations and Precipitates Cadmium Sulfide Pramod K. Sharma, David L. Balkwill, Anatoly Frenkel, and Murthy A. Vairavamurthy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3083-3087; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Tannin-Degrading Lactobacilli from Humans and Fermented Foods Ro Osawa, Keiko Kuroiso, Satoshi Goto, and Akira Shimizu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3093-3097; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Development of a Novel, Rapid Integrated Cryptosporidium parvum Detection Assay Diane Kozwich, Kristine A. Johansen, Keli Landau, Christopher A. Roehl, Sam Woronoff, and Patrick A. Roehl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2711-2717; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Whole-Cell versus Total RNA Extraction for Analysis of Microbial Community Structure with 16S rRNA-Targeted Oligonucleotide Probes in Salt Marsh Sediments Marc E. Frischer, Jean M. Danforth, Michele A. Newton Healy, and F. Michael Saunders Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3037-3043; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Lon Protease Influences Antibiotic Production and UV Tolerance of Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5 Cheryl A. Whistler, Virginia O. Stockwell, and Joyce E. Loper Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2718-2725; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genes Expressed in Pseudomonas putida during Colonization of a Plant-Pathogenic Fungus Seon-Woo Lee and Donald A. Cooksey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2764-2772; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biocontrol of the Sugarcane Borer Eldana saccharina by Expression of the Bacillus thuringiensis cry1Ac7 and Serratia marcescens chiA Genes in Sugarcane-Associated Bacteria Katrina J. Downing, Graeme Leslie, and Jennifer A. Thomson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2804-2810; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Ralstonia solanacearum Strains with a Quantitative, Multiplex, Real-Time, Fluorogenic PCR (TaqMan) Assay S. A. Weller, J. G. Elphinstone, N. C. Smith, N. Boonham, and D. E. Stead Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2853-2858; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Common Nodulation Genes of Astragalus sinicus Rhizobia Are Conserved despite Chromosomal Diversity Xue-Xian Zhang, Sarah L. Turner, Xian-Wu Guo, Hui-Jun Yang, Frédéric Debellé, Guo-Ping Yang, Jean Dénarié, J. Peter W. Young, and Fu-Di Li Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2988-2995; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A New Method To Monitor Airborne Inoculum of the Fungal Plant Pathogens Mycosphaerella brassicicola and Botrytis cinerea R. Kennedy, A. J. Wakeham, K. G. Byrne, U. M. Meyer, and F. M. Dewey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2996-3003; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Intracellular Bacteria in the Buds of Scotch Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) by In Situ Hybridization Anna Maria Pirttilä, Hanna Laukkanen, Helmut Pospiech, Raili Myllylä, and Anja Hohtola Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3073-3077; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Archaeal Population Dynamics during Sequential Reduction Processes in Rice Field Soil Tillmann Lueders and Michael Friedrich Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2732-2742; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Sulfide and Temperature on Species Composition and Community Structure of Hot Spring Microbial Mats Sigurlaug Skirnisdottir, Gudmundur O. Hreggvidsson, Sigridur Hjörleifsdottir, Viggo T. Marteinsson, Solveig K. Petursdottir, Olle Holst, and Jakob K. Kristjansson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2835-2841; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria from Hypersaline Mono Lake, California, on the Basis of 16S rRNA Sequences B. B. Ward, D. P. Martino, M. C. Diaz, and S. B. Joye Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2873-2881; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibiosis between Ruminal Bacteria and Ruminal Fungi Burk A. Dehority and Patricia A. Tirabasso Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2921-2927; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Energetics of Syntrophic Propionate Oxidation in Defined Batch and Chemostat Cocultures Johannes C. M. Scholten and Ralf Conrad Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2934-2942; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Assessment of Microbial Diversity in Four Southwestern United States Soils by 16S rRNA Gene Terminal Restriction Fragment Analysis John Dunbar, Lawrence O. Ticknor, and Cheryl R. Kuske Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2943-2950; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular and Ecological Evidence for Species Specificity and Coevolution in a Group of Marine Algal-Bacterial Symbioses Jon B. Ashen and Lynda J. Goff Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3024-3030; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Penetration of the Coral-Bleaching Bacterium Vibrio shiloi into Oculina patagonica E. Banin, T. Israely, A. Kushmaro, Y. Loya, E. Orr, and E. Rosenberg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3031-3036; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Culturability and In Situ Abundance of Pelagic Bacteria from the North Sea Heike Eilers, Jakob Pernthaler, Frank Oliver Glöckner, and Rudolf Amann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3044-3051; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extremely Halophilic Bacteria in Crystallizer Ponds from Solar Salterns Josefa Antón, Ramón Rosselló-Mora, Francisco Rodríguez-Valera, and Rudolf Amann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3052-3057; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Naphthalene and Donor Cell Density Influence Field Conjugation of Naphthalene Catabolism Plasmids A. M. Hohnstock, K. G. Stuart-Keil, E. E. Kull, and E. L. Madsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3088-3092; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of 16S Ribosomal DNA-Defined Bacterial Populations at a Shallow Submarine Hydrothermal Vent near Milos Island (Greece) Stefan M. Sievert, Jan Kuever, and Gerard Muyzer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3102-3109; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of nifH Genes in Natural Microbial Assemblages in Lake George, New York, Detected by Reverse Transcriptase PCR Sabino Zani, Mark T. Mellon, Jackie L. Collier, and Jonathan P. Zehr Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3119-3124; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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The Secondary Endosymbiotic Bacterium of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Insecta: Homoptera) Takema Fukatsu, Naruo Nikoh, Rena Kawai, and Ryuichi Koga Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2748-2758; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fate of Nitrate Acquired by the Tubeworm Riftia pachyptila Peter R. Girguis, Raymond W. Lee, Nicole Desaulniers, James J. Childress, Mark Pospesel, Horst Felbeck, and Franck Zal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2783-2790; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cospeciation of Psyllids and Their Primary Prokaryotic Endosymbionts MyLo L. Thao, Nancy A. Moran, Patrick Abbot, Eric B. Brennan, Daniel H. Burckhardt, and Paul Baumann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2898-2905; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Contamination of Foods by Food Handlers: Experiments on Hepatitis A Virus Transfer to Food and Its Interruption S. Bidawid, J. M. Farber, and S. A. Sattar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2759-2763; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selective Enrichment with a Resuscitation Step for Isolation of Freeze-Injured Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Foods Y. Hara-Kudo, M. Ikedo, H. Kodaka, H. Nakagawa, K. Goto, T. Masuda, H. Konuma, T. Kojima, and S. Kumagai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2866-2872; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Cloning and Expression and Secretion of Listeria monocytogenes Bacteriophage-Lytic Enzymes in Lactococcus lactis Susanne Gaeng, Siegfried Scherer, Horst Neve, and Martin J. Loessner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2951-2958; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Absence of a Putative Mannose-Specific Phosphotransferase System Enzyme IIAB Component in a Leucocin A-Resistant Strain of Listeria monocytogenes, as Shown by Two-Dimensional Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis M. Ramnath, M. Beukes, K. Tamura, and J. W. Hastings Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3098-3101; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roles of Fe Superoxide Dismutase and Catalase in Resistance of Campylobacter coli to Freeze-Thaw Stress Don Stead and Simon F. Park Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3110-3112; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modification of Sorbitol MacConkey Medium Containing Cefixime and Tellurite for Isolation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Radish Sprouts Tomohiko Fujisawa, Shin Sata, Katsuhiro Aikawa, Takanori Takahashi, Shiro Yamai, and Toshio Shimada Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3117-3118; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Bacterial Growth Stimulation with Exogenous Siderophore and Synthetic N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Autoinducers under Iron-Limited and Low-Nutrient Conditions Le Luo Guan, Hiroyuki Onuki, and Kei Kamino Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2797-2803; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relationship between Membrane Damage and Cell Death in Pressure-Treated Escherichia coli Cells: Differences between Exponential- and Stationary-Phase Cells and Variation among Strains Rafael Pagán and Bernard Mackey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2829-2834; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning of the Malic Enzyme Gene from Corynebacterium glutamicum and Role of the Enzyme in Lactate Metabolism Pierre Gourdon, Marie-France Baucher, Nic D. Lindley, and Armel Guyonvarch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2981-2987; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Geranic Acid Formation, an Initial Reaction of Anaerobic Monoterpene Metabolism in Denitrifying Alcaligenes defragrans Udo Heyen and Jens Harder Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3004-3009; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Studies on the Production of Fungal Peroxidases in Aspergillus niger Ana Conesa, Cees A. M. J. J. van den Hondel, and Peter J. Punt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3016-3023; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Phosphorylation of Nucleosides by the Mutated Acid Phosphatase from Morganella morganii Yasuhiro Mihara, Takashi Utagawa, Hideaki Yamada, and Yasuhisa Asano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2811-2816; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Deletion of Various Carboxy-Terminal Domains of Lactococcus lactis SK11 Proteinase: Effects on Activity, Specificity, and Stability of the Truncated Enzyme Paul G. Bruinenberg, Willem M. De Vos, and Roland J. Siezen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2859-2865; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Chlorine Substituents on Rates of Oxidation of Chlorinated Biphenyls by the Biphenyl Dioxygenase of Burkholderia sp. Strain LB400 Clint M. Arnett, Juan V. Parales, and John D. Haddock Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2928-2933; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Introduction of Raw Starch-Binding Domains into Bacillus subtilis -Amylase by Fusion with the Starch-Binding Domain of Bacillus Cyclomaltodextrin Glucanotransferase Kohji Ohdan, Takashi Kuriki, Hiroki Takata, Hiroki Kaneko, and Shigetaka Okada Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3058-3064; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Reduction of Pulmonary Toxicity of Stachybotrys chartarum Spores by Methanol Extraction of Mycotoxins Carol Y. Rao, Joseph D. Brain, and Harriet A. Burge Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2817-2821; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Cryptosporidium parvum Viability and Infectivity Assays following Ozone Treatment of Oocysts Z. Bukhari, M. M. Marshall, D. G. Korich, C. R. Fricker, H. V. Smith, J. Rosen, and J. L. Clancy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2972-2980; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Molecular Diversity of Plasmids Bearing Genes That Encode Toluene and Xylene Metabolism in Pseudomonas Strains Isolated from Different Contaminated Sites in Belarus Vladimir S. Sentchilo, Alexander N. Perebituk, Alexander J. B. Zehnder, and Jan Roelof van der Meer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2842-2852; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Screening of Environmental DNA Libraries for the Presence of Genes Conferring Lipolytic Activity on Escherichia coli Anke Henne, Ruth A. Schmitz, Mechthild Bömeke, Gerhard Gottschalk, and Rolf Daniel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 3113-3116; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Microbial Manganese and Sulfate Reduction in Black Sea Shelf Sediments Bo Thamdrup, Ramón Rosselló-Mora, and Rudolf Amann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2000 66: 2888-2897; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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