Contents: March 2001, Volume 67, Issue 3        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Mycology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Plant Microbiology        Geomicrobiology        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation        Physiology and Biotechnology        Methods        Public Health Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Errata Other Issues

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Protein trans-Splicing To Produce Herbicide-Resistant Acetolactate Synthase Luo Sun, Inca Ghosh, Henry Paulus, and Ming-Qun Xu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1025-1029; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Genetic Switch and Replication Region of a P335-Type Bacteriophage with an Obligate Lytic Lifestyle on Lactococcus lactis Søren M. Madsen, David Mills, Gordana Djordjevic, Hans Israelsen, and Todd R. Klaenhammer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1128-1139; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for a Genetically Stable Strain of Campylobacter jejuni G. Manning, B. Duim, T. Wassenaar, J. A. Wagenaar, A. Ridley, and D. G. Newell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1185-1189; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Six Peptidases from Lactobacillus helveticus in Lactococcus lactis Susanna Luoma, Kirsi Peltoniemi, Vesa Joutsjoki, Terhi Rantanen, Marja Tamminen, Inka Heikkinen, and Airi Palva Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1232-1238; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Cloning of gusA, Encoding a New -Glucuronidase from Lactobacillus gasseri ADH W. M. Russell and T. R. Klaenhammer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1253-1261; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

pAM401-Based Shuttle Vectors That Enable Overexpression of Promoterless Genes and One-Step Purification of Tag Fusion Proteins Directly from Enterococcus faecalis Shuhei Fujimoto and Yasuyoshi Ike Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1262-1267; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dual Role of GdmH in Producer Immunity and Secretion of the Staphylococcal Lantibiotics Gallidermin and Epidermin Matthias Hille, Stefanie Kies, Friedrich Götz, and Andreas Peschel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1380-1383; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Fungal Metabolism of Toluene: Monitoring of Fluorinated Analogs by 19F Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Francesc X. Prenafeta-Boldú, Dion M. A. M. Luykx, Jacques Vervoort, and Jan A. M. de Bont Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1030-1034; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Habitat Association in Two Genetic Groups of the Insect-Pathogenic Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae: Uncovering Cryptic Species? Michael J. Bidochka, Andrena M. Kamp, T. Michael Lavender, Jason Dekoning, and J. N. Amritha De Croos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1335-1342; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Identification of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki Strain HD1-Like Bacteria from Environmental and Human Samples after Aerial Spraying of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, with Foray 48B Giovana Valadares de Amorim, Beatrixe Whittome, Benjamin Shore, and David B. Levin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1035-1043; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Different Mechanisms of Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins in the Indianmeal Moth Salvador Herrero, Brenda Oppert, and Juan Ferré Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1085-1089; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Bacillus thuringiensis cyt Genes for Hemolytic Endotoxins Constitute a Gene Family Alejandra Guerchicoff, Armelle Delécluse, and Clara P. Rubinstein Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1090-1096; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Behavior of a Recombinant Baculovirus in Lepidopteran Hosts with Different Susceptibilities Pedro Hernández-Crespo, Steven M. Sait, Rosemary S. Hails, and Jenny S. Cory Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1140-1146; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spiroplasma Symbiont of the Pea Aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Insecta: Homoptera) Takema Fukatsu, Tsutomu Tsuchida, Naruo Nikoh, and Ryuichi Koga Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1284-1291; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Microbial Populations Involved in Cycling of Dimethyl Sulfide and Methanethiol in Freshwater Sediments Bart P. Lomans, Rianne Luderer, Peter Steenbakkers, Arjan Pol, Chris van der Drift, Godfried D. Vogels, and Huub J. M. Op den Camp Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1044-1051; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Bacterial Community Structure in Sulfurous-Oil-Containing Soils and Detection of Species Carrying Dibenzothiophene Desulfurization (dsz) Genes Gabriela Frois Duarte, Alexandre Soares Rosado, Lucy Seldin, Welington de Araujo, and Jan Dirk van Elsas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1052-1062; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temperature-Driven Adaptation of the Bacterial Community in Peat Measured by Using Thymidine and Leucine Incorporation Sissel Brit Ranneklev and Erland Bååth Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1116-1122; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Analysis of Culturable Dimethyl Sulfide-Producing Bacteria from a Spartina-Dominated Salt Marsh and Estuarine Water John H. Ansede, Robert Friedman, and Duane C. Yoch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1210-1217; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Dipicolinic Acid in Survival of Bacillus subtilis Spores Exposed to Artificial and Solar UV Radiation Tony A. Slieman and Wayne L. Nicholson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1274-1279; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Populations Colonizing and Degrading Rice Straw in Anoxic Paddy Soil Sabine Weber, Stephan Stubner, and Ralf Conrad Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1318-1327; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spatial Arrangements and Associative Behavior of Species in an In Vitro Oral Biofilm Model M. Guggenheim, S. Shapiro, R. Gmür, and B. Guggenheim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1343-1350; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Community Structure and Activity Dynamics of Nitrifying Bacteria in a Phosphate-Removing Biofilm Armin Gieseke, Ulrike Purkhold, Michael Wagner, Rudolf Amann, and Andreas Schramm Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1351-1362; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Expression in Escherichia coli of Native and Chimeric Phenolic Acid Decarboxylases with Modified Enzymatic Activities and Method for Screening Recombinant E. coli Strains Expressing These Enzymes Lise Barthelmebs, Charles Diviès, and Jean-François Cavin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1063-1069; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification, Characterization, and Overexpression of Flavin Reductase Involved in Dibenzothiophene Desulfurization by Rhodococcus erythropolis D-1 Toshiyuki Matsubara, Takashi Ohshiro, Yoshihiro Nishina, and Yoshikazu Izumi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1179-1184; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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The Effect of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens attR Mutation on Attachment and Root Colonization Differs between Legumes and Other Dicots Ann G. Matthysse and Susan McMahan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1070-1075; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Succession of Indigenous Pseudomonas spp. and Actinomycetes on Barley Roots Affected by the Antagonistic Strain Pseudomonas fluorescens DR54 and the Fungicide Imazalil Laila Thirup, Kaare Johnsen, and Anne Winding Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1147-1153; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Production Is More Common among Plant-Associated Pseudomonas spp. than among Soilborne Pseudomonas spp. Miena Elasri, Sandrine Delorme, Philippe Lemanceau, Gordon Stewart, Bridget Laue, Eric Glickmann, Phil M. Oger, and Yves Dessaux Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1198-1209; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biological Sensor for Sucrose Availability: Relative Sensitivities of Various Reporter Genes William G. Miller, Maria T. Brandl, Beatriz Quiñones, and Steven E. Lindow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1308-1317; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Evidence that Loss of Virulence Associated with gacS or gacA Mutations in Pseudomonas syringae B728a Does Not Result from Effects on Alginate Production David K. Willis, Jeremy J. Holmstadt, and Thomas G. Kinscherf Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1400-1403; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Chromate Reduction by a Pseudomonad Isolated from a Site Contaminated with Chromated Copper Arsenate Jeff McLean and Terry J. Beveridge Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1076-1084; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Suboxic Deposition of Ferric Iron by Bacteria in Opposing Gradients of Fe(II) and Oxygen at Circumneutral pH Dmitri Sobolev and Eric E. Roden Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1328-1334; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acetate Oxidation Coupled to Fe(III) Reduction in Hyperthermophilic Microorganisms Jason M. Tor, Kazem Kashefi, and Derek R. Lovley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1363-1365; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Molecular Characterization of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Samples of Raw Surface Water and Wastewater Lihua Xiao, Ajaib Singh, Josef Limor, Thaddeus K. Graczyk, Steve Gradus, and Altaf Lal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1097-1101; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Diversity among 3-Chloroaniline- and Aniline-Degrading Strains of the Comamonadaceae Nico Boon, Johan Goris, Paul De Vos, Willy Verstraete, and Eva M. Top Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1107-1115; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plant-Derived Oils Reduce Pathogens and Gaseous Emissions from Stored Cattle Waste Vincent H. Varel and Daniel N. Miller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1366-1370; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Substrate Selectivity of a 3-Nitrophenol-Induced Metabolic System in Pseudomonas putida 2NP8 Transforming Nitroaromatic Compounds into Ammonia under Aerobic Conditions Jian-Shen Zhao and Owen P. Ward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1388-1391; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reductive, Coenzyme A-Mediated Pathway for 3-Chlorobenzoate Degradation in the Phototrophic Bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris Paul G. Egland, Jane Gibson, and Caroline S. Harwood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1396-1399; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Emulsifying Activities of Purified Alasan Proteins from Acinetobacter radioresistens KA53 Amir Toren, Shiri Navon-Venezia, Eliora Z. Ron, and Eugene Rosenberg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1102-1106; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strain with Enhanced Resistance to Phenolic Fermentation Inhibitors in Lignocellulose Hydrolysates by Heterologous Expression of Laccase Simona Larsson, Pierre Cassland, and Leif J. Jönsson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1163-1170; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiple Antibiotic Resistance (mar) Locus in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium DT104 Luke P. Randall and Martin J. Woodward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1190-1197; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conjugated Linoleic Acid Accumulation via 10-Hydroxy-12-Octadecaenoic Acid during Microaerobic Transformation of Linoleic Acid by Lactobacillus acidophilus Jun Ogawa, Kenji Matsumura, Shigenobu Kishino, Yoriko Omura, and Sakayu Shimizu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1246-1252; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characteristics of a Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Extracellular Protein Targeting Chitin and Chitosan Akihiro Saito, Kiyotaka Miyashita, Goran Biukovic, and Hildgund Schrempf Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1268-1273; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Iron Uptake of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Heterologous Expression of a Tadpole Ferritin Gene Young-Mi Shin, Tae-Ho Kwon, Kyung-Suk Kim, Keon-Sang Chae, Dae-Hyuk Kim, Jae-Ho Kim, and Moon-Sik Yang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1280-1283; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specific Growth Rate Plays a Critical Role in Hydrogen Peroxide Resistance of the Marine Oligotrophic Ultramicrobacterium Sphingomonas alaskensis Strain RB2256 Martin Ostrowski, Ricardo Cavicchioli, Maarten Blaauw, and Jan C. Gottschal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1292-1299; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Factors Affecting Catalase Expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms and Planktonic Cells Jesse R. Frederick, James G. Elkins, Nikki Bollinger, Daniel J. Hassett, and Timothy R. McDermott Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1375-1379; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Concentration and Detection of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Surface Water Samples by Method 1622 Using Ultrafiltration and Capsule Filtration Otto D. Simmons, III, Mark D. Sobsey, Christopher D. Heaney, Frank W. Schaefer, III, and Donna S. Francy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1123-1127; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Simultaneous Measurement of Denitrification and Nitrogen Fixation Using Isotope Pairing with Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometry Analysis Soonmo An, Wayne S. Gardner, and Todd Kana Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1171-1178; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Screening Method for Mycobactericidal Activity of Chemical Germicides That Uses Mycobacterium terrae Expressing a Green Fluorescent Protein Gene Ahmed A. Zafer, Yvonne E. Taylor, and Syed A. Sattar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1239-1245; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Determination of Virus Abundance in Marine Sediments R. Danovaro, A. Dell'Anno, A. Trucco, M. Serresi, and S. Vanucci Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1384-1387; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recovery and Analysis of Formyltetrahydrofolate Synthetase Gene Sequences from Natural Populations of Acetogenic Bacteria Adam B. Leaphart and Charles R. Lovell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1392-1395; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Cryptosporidium parvum Infection Involving Novel Genotypes in Wildlife from Lower New York State Joseph F. Perz and Sylvie M. Le Blancq Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1154-1162; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Experimental and Field Studies of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in White-Tailed Deer John R. Fischer, Tong Zhao, Michael P. Doyle, Martin R. Goldberg, Cathy A. Brown, Christopher T. Sewell, Darrell M. Kavanaugh, and Christopher D. Bauman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1218-1224; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Factors Influencing Numbers of Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium intracellulare, and Other Mycobacteria in Drinking Water Distribution Systems Joseph O. Falkinham, III, Cheryl D. Norton, and Mark W. LeChevallier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1225-1231; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oligophilic Bacteria as Tools To Monitor Aseptic Pharmaceutical Production Units Parag P. Nagarkar, Satish D. Ravetkar, and Milind G. Watve Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1371-1374; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Solid-Phase Capture of Proteins, Spores, and Bacteria B. C. Weimer, M. K. Walsh, C. Beer, R. Koka, and X. Wang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1300-1307; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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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. March 2001 67: 1404 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Tellurite-Amended Media and Specific Chromosomal and Ti Plasmid Probes for Direct Analysis of Soil Populations of Agrobacterium Biovars 1 and 2 Christophe Mougel, Benoit Cournoyer, and Xavier Nesme Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2001 67: 1404 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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