Contents: September 2001, Volume 67, Issue 9        Minireviews        Microbial Ecology        Public Health Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Plant Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Methods        Invertebrate Microbiology        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Geomicrobiology        Mycology        Errata Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Measurement of Denitrification in Sediments with the 15N Isotope Pairing Technique Sandra Martina Steingruber, Jana Friedrich, René Gächter, and Bernhard Wehrli Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3771-3778; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Distribution and Diversity of Symbiotic Thermophiles, Symbiobacterium thermophilum and Related Bacteria, in Natural Environments Kenji Ueda, Michiyo Ohno, Kaori Yamamoto, Hanae Nara, Yujiro Mori, Masafumi Shimada, Masahiko Hayashi, Hanako Oida, Yuko Terashima, Mitsuyo Nagata, and Teruhiko Beppu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3779-3784; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of Bacteria in a Selenium-Contaminated Hypersaline Evaporation Pond M. P. de Souza, A. Amini, M. A. Dojka, I. J. Pickering, S. C. Dawson, N. R. Pace, and N. Terry Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3785-3794; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Light Conditions Affect the Measurement of Oceanic Bacterial Production via Leucine Uptake Xosé Anxelu G. Morán, Ramon Massana, and Josep M. Gasol Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3795-3801; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of pmoA PCR Primer Sets as Tools for Investigating Methanotroph Diversity in Three Danish Soils David G. Bourne, Ian R. McDonald, and J. Colin Murrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3802-3809; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Environmental Release of a Sinorhizobium meliloti Strain Genetically Modified To Be More Competitive for Alfalfa Nodulation Pieter van Dillewijn, María José Soto, Pablo J. Villadas, and Nicolás Toro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3860-3865; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Seasonal and Spatial Variability in Lake Michigan Sediment Small-Subunit rRNA Concentrations Barbara J. MacGregor, Duane P. Moser, Brett J. Baker, Elizabeth W. Alm, Max Maurer, Kenneth H. Nealson, and David A. Stahl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3908-3922; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

nifH Sequences and Nitrogen Fixation in Type I and Type II Methanotrophs Ann J. Auman, Catherine C. Speake, and Mary E. Lidstrom Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4009-4016; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Obligate Sulfide-Dependent Degradation of Methoxylated Aromatic Compounds and Formation of Methanethiol and Dimethyl Sulfide by a Freshwater Sediment Isolate, Parasporobacterium paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. Bart P. Lomans, Pieter Leijdekkers, Jan-Jaap Wesselink, Patrick Bakkes, Arjan Pol, Chris van der Drift, and Huub J. M. Op den Camp Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4017-4023; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth Patterns of Two Marine Isolates: Adaptations to Substrate Patchiness? Annelie Pernthaler, Jakob Pernthaler, Heike Eilers, and Rudolf Amann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4077-4083; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Methanotroph Diversity on Roots of Submerged Rice Plants by Molecular Retrieval of pmoA, mmoX, mxaF, and 16S rRNA and Ribosomal DNA, Including pmoA-Based Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Profiling Hans-Peter Horz, Merlin Tchawa Yimga, and Werner Liesack Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4177-4185; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Population Structures in Soil Particle Size Fractions of a Long-Term Fertilizer Field Experiment Angela Sessitsch, Alexandra Weilharter, Martin H. Gerzabek, Holger Kirchmann, and Ellen Kandeler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4215-4224; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacteriophage Latent-Period Evolution as a Response to Resource Availability Stephen T. Abedon, Troy D. Herschler, and David Stopar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4233-4241; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Diversity Analysis of Subterranean Hot Springs in Iceland Viggó Thór Marteinsson, Sigurbjörg Hauksdóttir, Cédric F. V. Hobel, Hrefna Kristmannsdóttir, Gudmundur Oli Hreggvidsson, and Jakob K. Kristjánsson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4242-4248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interception of Small Particles by Flocculent Structures, Sessile Ciliates, and the Basic Layer of a Wastewater Biofilm Heinrich Eisenmann, Ioanna Letsiou, Anette Feuchtinger, Wolfgang Beisker, Ernst Mannweiler, Peter Hutzler, and Patrik Arnz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4286-4292; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity and Distribution in Hypersaline Microbial Mats of Bacteria Related to Chloroflexus spp. Ulrich Nübel, Mary M. Bateson, Michael T. Madigan, Michael Kühl, and David M. Ward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4365-4371; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Genotypic Analyses of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and O157 Nonmotile Isolates Recovered from Beef Cattle and Carcasses at Processing Plants in the Midwestern States of the United States Genevieve A. Barkocy-Gallagher, Terrance M. Arthur, Gregory R. Siragusa, James E. Keen, Robert O. Elder, William W. Laegreid, and Mohammad Koohmaraie Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3810-3818; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fate and Dissemination of Bacillus subtilis Spores in a Murine Model Tran Thu Hoa, Le Hong Duc, Rachele Isticato, Loredana Baccigalupi, Ezio Ricca, Pham Hung Van, and Simon M. Cutting Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3819-3823; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contamination of River Water by Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in Western Japan Kazuo Ono, Hidetaka Tsuji, Shiba Kumar Rai, Akio Yamamoto, Kuniyoshi Masuda, Takuro Endo, Hak Hotta, Takashi Kawamura, and Shoji Uga Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3832-3836; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Potential Role of Fomites in the Vehicular Transmission of Human Astroviruses F. Xavier Abad, Cristina Villena, Susana Guix, Santiago Caballero, Rosa M. Pintó, and Albert Bosch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3904-3907; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence, Antigenic Specificity, and Bactericidal Activity of Poultry Anti-Campylobacter Maternal Antibodies Orhan Sahin, Qijing Zhang, Jerrel C. Meitzler, Brian S. Harr, Teresa Y. Morishita, and R. Mohan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3951-3957; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of Fecal Coliforms in Dry-Composting Toilets Thomas Redlinger, Jay Graham, Verónica Corella-Barud, and Raquel Avitia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4036-4040; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Photoreactivation in Airborne Mycobacterium parafortuitum Jordan Peccia and Mark Hernandez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4225-4232; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Induction of Phase Variation Events in the Life Cycle of the Marine Coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi Richard Laguna, Jesus Romo, Betsy A. Read, and Thomas M. Wahlund Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3824-3831; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Kinetics and Metabolism of Cellulose Degradation at High Substrate Concentrations in Steady-State Continuous Cultures of Clostridium cellulolyticum on a Chemically Defined Medium Mickaël Desvaux, Emmanuel Guedon, and Henri Petitdemange Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3837-3845; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Flux Analysis of the Metabolism of Clostridium cellulolyticum Grown in Cellulose-Fed Continuous Culture on a Chemically Defined Medium under Ammonium-Limited Conditions Mickaël Desvaux and Henri Petitdemange Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3846-3851; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Laboratory Evolution of Toluene Dioxygenase To Accept 4-Picoline as a Substrate Takeshi Sakamoto, John M. Joern, Akira Arisawa, and Frances H. Arnold Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3882-3887; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antimicrobial Properties of Pyridine-2,6-Dithiocarboxylic Acid, a Metal Chelator Produced by Pseudomonas spp. J. L. Sebat, A. J. Paszczynski, M. S. Cortese, and R. L. Crawford Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3934-3942; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Direct Incorporation of Glucosamine and N-Acetylglucosamine into Exopolymers by Gluconacetobacter xylinus (=Acetobacter xylinum) ATCC 10245: Production of Chitosan-Cellulose and Chitin-Cellulose Exopolymers Jin W. Lee, Fang Deng, Walter G. Yeomans, Alfred L. Allen, Richard A. Gross, and David L. Kaplan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3970-3975; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Malate Permease by Expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Carole Camarasa, Frédérique Bidard, Muriel Bony, Pierre Barre, and Sylvie Dequin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4144-4151; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of an Essential Acyl Coenzyme A Carboxylase in the Primary and Secondary Metabolism of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) E. Rodríguez, C. Banchio, L. Diacovich, M. J. Bibb, and H. Gramajo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4166-4176; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Recombinant -Galactosidases in Thermus thermophilus Olafur Fridjonsson and Ralf Mattes Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4192-4198; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Xylulokinase Overexpression in Two Strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Also Expressing Xylose Reductase and Xylitol Dehydrogenase and Its Effect on Fermentation of Xylose and Lignocellulosic Hydrolysate Björn Johansson, Camilla Christensson, Timothy Hobley, and Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4249-4255; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Physiological Characterization of Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E Tolerance to p-Hydroxybenzoate María-Isabel Ramos-González, Patricia Godoy, Miguel Alaminos, Arie Ben-Bassat, and Juan-Luis Ramos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4338-4341; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Generation of a Novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strain That Exhibits Strong Maltose Utilization and Hyperosmotic Resistance Using Nonrecombinant Techniques Vincent J. Higgins, Philip J. L. Bell, Ian W. Dawes, and Paul V. Attfield Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4346-4348; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biosorption of Copper by a Bacterial Biofilm on a Flexible Polyvinyl Chloride Conduit Fouad M. Qureshi, Uzma Badar, and Nuzhat Ahmed Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4349-4352; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo 23Na Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Maintenance of a Sodium Gradient in the Ruminal Bacterium Fibrobacter succinogenes S85 Véronique Schwaab, Christelle Matheron, Anne-Marie Delort, Geneviève Gaudet, and Evelyne Forano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4390-4392; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Control of Bacterial Motility by Environmental Factors in Polarly Flagellated and Peritrichous Bacteria Isolated from Lake Baikal O. A. Soutourina, E. A. Semenova, V. V. Parfenova, A. Danchin, and P. Bertin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3852-3859; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Self-Protection against Cell Wall Hydrolysis in Streptococcus milleri NMSCC 061 and Analysis of the Millericin B Operon Mervyn Beukes and John W. Hastings Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3888-3896; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Signal Peptide and Propeptide Optimization for Heterologous Protein Secretion in Lactococcus lactis Y. Le Loir, S. Nouaille, J. Commissaire, L. Brétigny, A. Gruss, and P. Langella Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4119-4127; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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The Viable But Nonculturable State of Ralstonia solanacearum May Be Involved in Long-Term Survival and Plant Infection Brian E. Grey and Todd R. Steck Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3866-3872; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of an Insertion Sequence from Ralstonia solanacearum Race 1 and Its Potential Use for Strain Characterization and Detection Yung-An Lee, Shu-Chung Fan, Ling-Ya Chiu, and Kuo-Chiang Hsia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3943-3950; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Identification and Differentiation of the Soft Rot Erwinias by 16S-23S Intergenic Transcribed Spacer-PCR and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analyses I. K. Toth, A. O. Avrova, and L. J. Hyman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4070-4076; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differentiation of Strains of Xylella fastidiosa by a Variable Number of Tandem Repeat Analysis Helvécio Della Coletta-Filho, Marco Aurélio Takita, Alessandra Alves de Souza, Carlos Ivan Aguilar-Vildoso, and Marcos Antonio Machado Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4091-4095; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

gly Gene Cloning and Expression and Purification of Glycinecin A, a Bacteriocin Produced by Xanthomonas campestris pv. glycines 8ra Sunggi Heu, Jonghee Oh, Youngsung Kang, Sangryeol Ryu, Somi K. Cho, Youngsup Cho, and Moonjae Cho Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4105-4110; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Second Quorum-Sensing System Regulates Cell Surface Properties but Not Phenazine Antibiotic Production in Pseudomonas aureofaciens Zhongge Zhang and Leland S. Pierson, III Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4305-4315; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization by 16S rRNA Sequence Analysis of Pseudomonads Causing Blotch Disease of Cultivated Agaricus bisporus S. A. C. Godfrey, S. A. Harrow, J. W. Marshall, and J. D. Klena Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4316-4323; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Diversity of Nostoc Symbionts Endophytically Associated with Two Bryophyte Species José-Luis Costa, Per Paulsrud, Jouko Rikkinen, and Peter Lindblad Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4393-4396; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Putative Virulence Factor Expression by Clinical and Food Isolates of Bacillus spp. after Growth in Reconstituted Infant Milk Formulae Neil J. Rowan, Karen Deans, John G. Anderson, Curtis G. Gemmell, Iain S. Hunter, and Thararat Chaithong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3873-3881; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Examination of Recovery In Vitro and In Vivo of Nonculturable Escherichia coli O157:H7 Glynis L. Kolling and Karl R. Matthews Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3928-3933; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Turbulent-Flow Pasteurization on Survival of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Added to Raw Milk Lindsay E. Pearce, H. Tuan Truong, Robert A. Crawford, Gary F. Yates, Sonia Cavaignac, and Geoffrey W. de Lisle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3964-3969; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

UDP-N-Acetylglucosamine 4-Epimerase Activity Indicates the Presence of N-Acetylgalactosamine in Exopolysaccharides of Streptococcus thermophilus Strains Bart Degeest, Frederik Vaningelgem, Andrew P. Laws, and Luc De Vuyst Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3976-3984; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a New Plasmid-Encoded sec-Dependent Bacteriocin Produced by Listeria innocua 743 M. L. Kalmokoff, S. K. Banerjee, T. Cyr, M. A. Hefford, and T. Gleeson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4041-4047; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Single Superoxide Dismutase of Staphylococcus xylosus Charlotte Barrière, Reinhold Brückner, and Régine Talon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4096-4104; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Challenge Temperature and Solute Type on Heat Tolerance of Salmonella Serovars at Low Water Activity K. L. Mattick, F. Jørgensen, P. Wang, J. Pound, M. H. Vandeven, L. R. Ward, J. D. Legan, H. M. Lappin-Scott, and T. J. Humphrey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4128-4136; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus in the Terminal Ileum of Fistulated Göttingen Minipigs Sonja Lick, Karsten Drescher, and Knut J. Heller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4137-4143; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid and Efficient Extraction Method for Reverse Transcription-PCR Detection of Hepatitis A and Norwalk-Like Viruses in Shellfish David H. Kingsley and Gary P. Richards Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4152-4157; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of Clinical and Poultry-Derived Isolates of Campylobacter jejuni at a Low Temperature (4°C) Kam Fai Chan, Huyen Le Tran, R. Y. Kanenaka, and S. Kathariou Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4186-4191; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fate of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Swiss Hard and Semihard Cheese Manufactured from Raw Milk U. Spahr and K. Schafroth Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4199-4205; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fluorescent Method for Monitoring Cheese Starter Permeabilization and Lysis Christine J. Bunthof, Saskia van Schalkwijk, Wilco Meijer, Tjakko Abee, and Jeroen Hugenholtz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4264-4271; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Properties of Baker's Yeast Mutants Resistant to 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose Ana M. Rincón, Antonio C. Codón, Francisco Castrejón, and Tahía Benítez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4279-4285; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Efficient System for Directed Integration into the Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus gasseri Chromosomes via Homologous Recombination W. M. Russell and T. R. Klaenhammer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4361-4364; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Incidence of Virulence Factors and Antibiotic Resistance among Enterococci Isolated from Food Charles M. A. P. Franz, Albrecht B. Muscholl-Silberhorn, Nuha M. K. Yousif, Marc Vancanneyt, Jean Swings, and Wilhelm H. Holzapfel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4385-4389; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Combination of Competitive Quantitative PCR and Constant-Denaturant Capillary Electrophoresis for High-Resolution Detection and Enumeration of Microbial Cells Eelin L. Lim, Aoy V. Tomita, William G. Thilly, and Martin F. Polz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3897-3903; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Legionellae in Hospital Water Samples by Quantitative Real-Time LightCycler PCR Nele Wellinghausen, Cathrin Frost, and Reinhard Marre Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3985-3993; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mapping Microbial Biodiversity Daphne L. Stoner, Micah C. Geary, Luke J. White, Randy D. Lee, Julie A. Brizzee, Ann C. Rodman, and Ronald C. Rope Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4324-4328; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Spatially Explicit Method for Detecting Extracellular Protease Activity in Biofilms Steven N. Francoeur, Robert G. Wetzel, and Robert K. Neely Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4329-4334; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Comparisons of 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Libraries from Environmental Samples David R. Singleton, Michelle A. Furlong, Stephen L. Rathbun, and William B. Whitman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4374-4376; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Confirmation of Clostridium perfringens by Using Chromogenic and Fluorogenic Substrates Philip W. Adcock and Christopher P. Saint Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4382-4384; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Effect of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1 Toxins in Insect Hemolymph and Their Neurotoxicity in Brain Cells of Lymantria dispar Anja Cerstiaens, Peter Verleyen, Jeroen Van Rie, Emmy Van Kerkhove, Jean-Louis Schwartz, Raynald Laprade, Arnold De Loof, and Liliane Schoofs Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3923-3927; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Susceptibility of a Field-Derived, Bacillus thuringiensis-Resistant Strain of Diamondback Moth to In Vitro-Activated Cry1Ac Toxin Ali H. Sayyed, Roxani Gatsi, Thaleia Kouskoura, Denis J. Wright, and Neil Crickmore Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4372-4373; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Energy Yield of Respiration on Chloroaromatic Compounds in Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans Bram A. van de Pas, Stefan Jansen, Cor Dijkema, Gosse Schraa, Willem M. de Vos, and Alfons J. M. Stams Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3958-3963; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium DT104 Displays a Rugose Phenotype Yuda A. Anriany, Ronald M. Weiner, Judith A. Johnson, Christian E. De Rezende, and Sam W. Joseph Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4048-4056; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transformation of Chlorinated Benzenes and Toluenes by Ralstonia sp. Strain PS12 tecA (Tetrachlorobenzene Dioxygenase) and tecB (Chlorobenzene Dihydrodiol Dehydrogenase) Gene Products Katrin Pollmann, Stefan Beil, and Dietmar H. Pieper Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4057-4063; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Ring Cleavage Products in the Biotransformation of Biphenyl by the Yeast Trichosporon mucoides Rabea Sietmann, Elke Hammer, Michael Specht, Carl E. Cerniglia, and Frieder Schauer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4158-4165; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Toxigenic Nocardiopsis Strains from Indoor Environments and Description of Two New Nocardiopsis Species, N. exhalans sp. nov. and N. umidischolae sp. nov. Joanna S. P. Peltola, Maria A. Andersson, Peter Kämpfer, Georg Auling, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Hans-Jürgen Busse, Mirja S. Salkinoja-Salonen, and Frederick A. Rainey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4293-4304; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lytic and Lysogenic Infection of Diverse Escherichia coli and Shigella Strains with a Verocytotoxigenic Bacteriophage Chloe E. James, Karen N. Stanley, Heather E. Allison, Harry J. Flint, Colin S. Stewart, Richard J. Sharp, Jon R. Saunders, and Alan J. McCarthy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4335-4337; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of 3-Methylpyridine and 3-Ethylpyridine by Gordonia nitida LE31 Jay J. Lee, Sung-Keun Rhee, and Sung-Taik Lee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4342-4345; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Mineralization of Stable-Isotope-Labeled 2-Methylnaphthalene Elise R. Sullivan, Xiaoming Zhang, Craig Phelps, and L. Y. Young Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4353-4357; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biotransformation of Malachite Green by the Fungus Cunninghamella elegans Chang-Jun Cha, Daniel R. Doerge, and Carl E. Cerniglia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4358-4360; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dehalogenation of Chlorinated Hydroxybiphenyls by Fungal Laccase Asgard Schultz, Ulrike Jonas, Elke Hammer, and Frieder Schauer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4377-4381; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Cosecretion of Chaperones and Low-Molecular-Size Medium Additives Increases the Yield of Recombinant Disulfide-Bridged Proteins Jörg Schäffner, Jeannette Winter, Rainer Rudolph, and Elisabeth Schwarz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 3994-4000; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Chitinase Antigen from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain 385 Suzanne E. Thompson, Mark Smith, Mark C. Wilkinson, and Keith Peek Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4001-4008; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Low-Temperature Lipase from Psychrotrophic Pseudomonas sp. Strain KB700A Naeem Rashid, Yuji Shimada, Satoshi Ezaki, Haruyuki Atomi, and Tadayuki Imanaka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4064-4069; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ruminococcin A, a New Lantibiotic Produced by a Ruminococcus gnavus Strain Isolated from Human Feces J. Dabard, C. Bridonneau, C. Phillipe, P. Anglade, D. Molle, M. Nardi, M. Ladiré, H. Girardin, F. Marcille, A. Gomez, and M. Fons Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4111-4118; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA from Uncultured Organisms as a Source of 2,5-Diketo-D-Gluconic Acid Reductases William H. Eschenfeldt, Lucy Stols, Helga Rosenbaum, Zubin S. Khambatta, Elsie Quaite-Randall, Shan Wu, Donna C. Kilgore, Jonathan D. Trent, and Mark I. Donnelly Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4206-4214; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular and Biochemical Analysis of Two -Galactosidases from Bifidobacterium infantis HL96 Ming-Ni Hung, Zhicheng Xia, Nien-Tai Hu, and Byong H. Lee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4256-4263; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Enzymatic Manganese(II) Oxidation by a Marine -Proteobacterium Chris A. Francis, Edgie-Mark Co, and Bradley M. Tebo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4024-4029; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

cumA Multicopper Oxidase Genes from Diverse Mn(II)-Oxidizing and Non-Mn(II)-Oxidizing Pseudomonas Strains Chris A. Francis and Bradley M. Tebo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4272-4278; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Toxic Effects of Ag(I) and Hg(II) on Candida albicans and C. maltosa: a Flow Cytometric Evaluation Shangtong Zhang and Sidney A. Crow, Jr. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4030-4035; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heteroduplex Panel Analysis, a Novel Method for Genetic Identification of Aspergillus Section Flavi Strains Yuko Kumeda and Tsutomu Asao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4084-4090; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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DNA Extraction from Soils: Old Bias for New Microbial Diversity Analysis Methods F. Martin-Laurent, L. Philippot, S. Hallet, R. Chaussod, J. C. Germon, G. Soulas, and G. Catroux Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2001 67: 4397 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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