Contents: January 2002, Volume 68, Issue 1        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Public Health Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation        Plant Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Food Microbiology        Mycology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Geomicrobiology        Errata Other Issues

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Cloning, Sequencing, and Expression of the Cold-Inducible hutU Gene from the Antarctic Psychrotrophic Bacterium Pseudomonas syringae Kamala L. Janiyani and M. K. Ray Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 1-10; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Electrotransformation of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and L. delbrueckii subsp. lactis with Various Plasmids Pascale Serror, Takashi Sasaki, S. Dusko Ehrlich, and Emmanuelle Maguin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 46-52; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the Single Regulator MrsR1 and the Two-Component System MrsR2/K2 in the Regulation of Mersacidin Production and Immunity André Guder, Tim Schmitter, Imke Wiedemann, Hans-Georg Sahl, and Gabriele Bierbaum Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 106-113; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, Sequence Analysis, and Expression in Escherichia coli of the Gene Encoding an -Amino Acid Ester Hydrolase from Acetobacter turbidans Jolanda J. Polderman-Tijmes, Peter A. Jekel, Erik J. de Vries, Annet E. J. van Merode, René Floris, Jan-Metske van der Laan, Theo Sonke, and Dick B. Janssen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 211-218; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Single-Base-Pair Discrimination of Terminal Mismatches by Using Oligonucleotide Microarrays and Neural Network Analyses Hidetoshi Urakawa, Peter A. Noble, Said El Fantroussi, John J. Kelly, and David A. Stahl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 235-244; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of the Gene Cluster Involved in Chitin Degradation in a Marine Bacterium, Alteromonas sp. Strain O-7 Hiroshi Tsujibo, Hideyuki Orikoshi, Nao Baba, Masahiro Miyahara, Katsushiro Miyamoto, Masahide Yasuda, and Yoshihiko Inamori Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 263-270; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Gene Essential for Sheathed Structure Formation in Sphaerotilus natans, a Filamentous Sheathed Bacterium Toshihiko Suzuki, Takahiro Kanagawa, and Yoichi Kamagata Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 365-371; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Putative Transcriptional Regulator Controlling the Expression of Fouling Inhibitors in Pseudoalteromonas tunicata Suhelen Egan, Sally James, and Staffan Kjelleberg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 372-378; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Natural Genetic Transformation of Clinical Isolates of Escherichia coli in Urine and Water Markus Woegerbauer, Bernard Jenni, Florian Thalhammer, Wolfgang Graninger, and Heinz Burgmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 440-443; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Effect of Cold Starvation, Acid Stress, and Nutrients on Metabolic Activity of Helicobacter pylori Hans-Olof Nilsson, Jens Blom, Waleed Abu Al-Soud, Åsa Ljungh, Leif P. Andersen, and Torkel Wadström Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 11-19; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Neurovirulence of Type 1 Polioviruses Isolated from Sewage in Japan Hitoshi Horie, Hiromu Yoshida, Kumiko Matsuura, Miwako Miyazawa, Yoshihiro Ota, Takashi Nakayama, Yutaka Doi, and So Hashizume Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 138-142; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella enterica Serotype Bredeney: Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Molecular Diversity of Isolates from Ireland and Northern Ireland Martin Cormican, Niall DeLappe, Colette O’Hare, Geraldine Doran, Dearbhaile Morris, Geraldine Corbett-Feeney, Séamus Fanning, Mairead Daly, Margaret Fitzgerald, and John Moore Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 181-186; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cryptosporidium parvum Mixed Genotypes Detected by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis Carrie Reed, Gregory D. Sturbaum, Paul J. Hoover, and Charles R. Sterling Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 427-429; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Grassland Management Regimens Reduce Small-Scale Heterogeneity and Species Diversity of ß-Proteobacterial Ammonia Oxidizer Populations Gordon Webster, T. Martin Embley, and James I. Prosser Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 20-30; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Diversity of Lactobacillus spp. and Other Lactic Acid Bacteria in the Human Intestine as Determined by Specific Amplification of 16S Ribosomal DNA Hans G.H.J. Heilig, Erwin G. Zoetendal, Elaine E. Vaughan, Philippe Marteau, Antoon D.L. Akkermans, and Willem M. de Vos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 114-123; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

16S rRNA-Based Analysis of Microbiota from the Cecum of Broiler Chickens Xiang Y. Zhu, Tanya Zhong, Yoga Pandya, and Rolf D. Joerger Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 124-137; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Occurrence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Wild Ducks along the Rio Grande River Valley in Southern New Mexico Ryan C. Kuhn, Channah M. Rock, and Kevin H. Oshima Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 161-165; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Degenerate Cytophaga-Flexibacter-Bacteroides-Specific 16S Ribosomal DNA-Targeted Oligonucleotide Probes Reveal High Bacterial Diversity in River Taff Epilithon Louise A. O’Sullivan, Andrew J. Weightman, and John C. Fry Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 201-210; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Monitoring of Succession of Bacterial Communities in Human Neonates Christine F. Favier, Elaine E. Vaughan, Willem M. De Vos, and Antoon D. L. Akkermans Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 219-226; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Homology of Escherichia coli R773 arsA, arsB, and arsC Genes in Arsenic-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Raw Sewage and Arsenic-Enriched Creek Waters Chad W. Saltikov and Betty H. Olson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 280-288; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Duplicate Copies of Genes Encoding Methanesulfonate Monooxygenase in Marinosulfonomonas methylotropha Strain TR3 and Detection of Methanesulfonate Utilizers in the Environment Nardia J. Baxter, Julie Scanlan, Paolo De Marco, Ann P. Wood, and J. Colin Murrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 289-296; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of an Autotrophic Sulfide-Oxidizing Marine Arcobacter sp. That Produces Filamentous Sulfur C. O. Wirsen, S. M. Sievert, C. M. Cavanaugh, S. J. Molyneaux, A. Ahmad, L. T. Taylor, E. F. DeLong, and C. D. Taylor Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 316-325; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spatial and Resource Factors Influencing High Microbial Diversity in Soil Jizhong Zhou, Beicheng Xia, David S. Treves, L.-Y. Wu, Terry L. Marsh, Robert V. O’Neill, Anthony V. Palumbo, and James M. Tiedje Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 326-334; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Genomic Analysis of Archaeal Genotypic Variants in a Single Population and in Two Different Oceanic Provinces Oded Béjà, Eugene V. Koonin, L. Aravind, Lance T. Taylor, Heidi Seitz, Jefferey L. Stein, Daniel C. Bensen, Robert A. Feldman, Ronald V. Swanson, and Edward F. DeLong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 335-345; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Novel Red Green Nonsulfur Bacteria from Five Distinct Hot Spring Communities in Yellowstone National Park Sarah M. Boomer, Daniel P. Lodge, Bryan E. Dutton, and Beverly Pierson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 346-355; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Identification and Substrate Uptake Patterns of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria Inhabiting an Oxic-Anoxic Sewer Biofilm Determined by Combining Microautoradiography and Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization Tsukasa Ito, Jeppe L. Nielsen, Satoshi Okabe, Yoshimasa Watanabe, and Per H. Nielsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 356-364; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Hydrolysis Rates in Axenic Cultures of Aureococcus anophagefferens (Pelagophyceae): Comparison with Heterotrophic Bacteria Gry Mine Berg, Daniel J. Repeta, and Julie Laroche Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 401-404; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Gemmata-Like and Isosphaera-Like Planctomycete Bacteria from Soil and Freshwater Jenny Wang, Cheryl Jenkins, Richard I. Webb, and John A. Fuerst Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 417-422; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Microbial Community Structure of Drinking Water Biofilms Can Be Affected by Phosphorus Availability Minna M. Keinänen, Leena K. Korhonen, Markku J. Lehtola, Ilkka T. Miettinen, Pertti J. Martikainen, Terttu Vartiainen, and Merja H. Suutari Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 434-439; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Novel Alkylsulfatases Required for Biodegradation of the Branched Primary Alkyl Sulfate Surfactant 2-Butyloctyl Sulfate Andrew J. Ellis, Stephen G. Hales, Naheed G. A. Ur-Rehman, and Graham F. White Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 31-36; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ammonia- and Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacterial Communities in a Pilot-Scale Chloraminated Drinking Water Distribution System John M. Regan, Gregory W. Harrington, and Daniel R. Noguera Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 73-81; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Initial Characterization of a Bacterial Consortium Able To Mineralize Fluorobenzene M.F. Carvalho, C.C.T. Alves, M.I.M. Ferreira, P. De Marco, and P.M.L. Castro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 102-105; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Elucidation of the Flavonoid Catabolism Pathway in Pseudomonas putida PML2 by Comparative Metabolic Profiling Bhinu V. S. Pillai and Sanjay Swarup Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 143-151; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Determination of Key Metabolites during Biodegradation of Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine with Rhodococcus sp. Strain DN22 Diane Fournier, Annamaria Halasz, Jim Spain, Petr Fiurasek, and Jalal Hawari Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 166-172; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of Novosphingobium sp. Strain MT1, a Dominant Polychlorophenol-Degrading Strain in a Groundwater Bioremediation System Marja A. Tiirola, Minna K. Männistö, Jaakko A. Puhakka, and Markku S. Kulomaa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 173-180; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transfer of the Pheromone-Inducible Plasmid pCF10 among Enterococcus faecalis Microorganisms Colonizing the Intestine of Mini-Pigs Tine Rask Licht, Dorthe Laugesen, Lars Bogø Jensen, and Bodil Lund Jacobsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 187-193; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantification of Nitrosomonas oligotropha-Like Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria and Nitrospira spp. from Full-Scale Wastewater Treatment Plants by Competitive PCR Hebe M. Dionisi, Alice C. Layton, Gerda Harms, Igrid R. Gregory, Kevin G. Robinson, and Gary S. Sayler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 245-253; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogeny of Culturable Estuarine Bacteria Catabolizing Riverine Organic Matter in the Northern Baltic Sea Veljo Kisand, Rocio Cuadros, and Johan Wikner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 379-388; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Monitoring of Ralstonia eutropha KT1 in Groundwater in an Experimental Bioaugmentation Field by In Situ PCR Katsuji Tani, Masahiro Muneta, Kanji Nakamura, Katsutoshi Shibuya, and Masao Nasu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 412-416; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Sinorhizobium Isolate and Its Extracellular Polymer Implicated in Pollutant Transport in Soil J. Janecka, M. B. Jenkins, N. S. Brackett, L. W. Lion, and W. C. Ghiorse Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 423-426; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Differentiation of Phytophthora infestans Sporangia from Other Airborne Biological Particles by Flow Cytometry Jennifer P. Day, Douglas B. Kell, and Gareth W. Griffith Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 37-45; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Improvement of Cellulolytic Properties of Clostridium cellulolyticum by Metabolic Engineering Emmanuel Guedon, Mickaël Desvaux, and Henri Petitdemange Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 53-58; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of a Thermostable Cyanophycin Synthetase from the Thermophilic Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. Strain MA19 and In Vitro Synthesis of Cyanophycin and Related Polyamides Tran Hai, Fred Bernd Oppermann-Sanio, and Alexander Steinbüchel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 93-101; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chimeric Vitreoscilla Hemoglobin (VHb) Carrying a Flavoreductase Domain Relieves Nitrosative Stress in Escherichia coli: New Insight into the Functional Role of VHb Ramandeep Kaur, Ranjana Pathania, Vishwamitra Sharma, Shekhar C. Mande, and Kanak L. Dikshit Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 152-160; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Optimization of the Cell Wall Microenvironment Allows Increased Production of Recombinant Bacillus anthracis Protective Antigen from B. subtilis Joanne E. Thwaite, Les W. J. Baillie, Noel M. Carter, Keith Stephenson, Mark Rees, Colin R. Harwood, and Peter T. Emmerson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 227-234; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the 2-Methylcitrate Pathway Involved in the Catabolism of Propionate in the Polyhydroxyalkanoate-Producing Strain Burkholderia sacchari IPT101T and Analysis of a Mutant Accumulating a Copolyester with Higher 3-Hydroxyvalerate Content C. O. Brämer, L. F. Silva, J. G. C. Gomez, H. Priefert, and A. Steinbüchel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 271-279; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Regulation of Nostoc Hydrogenases: Effects of Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Nickel Rikard Axelsson and Peter Lindblad Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 444-447; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms Detected with Novel DNA Probes Differentiate among Diverse Lineages of Serogroup 4 Listeria monocytogenes and Identify Four Distinct Lineages in Serotype 4b Huyen L. Tran and Sophia Kathariou Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 59-64; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Pseudomonas spp. Associated with Spoilage of Gilt-Head Sea Bream Stored under Various Conditions P. Tryfinopoulou, E. Tsakalidou, and G.-J. E. Nychas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 65-72; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inoculation onto Solid Surfaces Protects Salmonella spp. during Acid Challenge: a Model Study Using Polyethersulfone Membranes Purushottam V. Gawande and Arvind A. Bhagwat Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 86-92; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evolution of the Lactic Acid Bacterial Community during Malt Whisky Fermentation: a Polyphasic Study Sylvie van Beek and Fergus G. Priest Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 297-305; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Contaminated Manure and Irrigation Water to Lettuce Plant Tissue and Its Subsequent Internalization Ethan B. Solomon, Sima Yaron, and Karl R. Matthews Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 397-400; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Occurrence of Beauvericin and Enniatins in Wheat Affected by Fusarium avenaceum Head Blight A. Logrieco, A. Rizzo, R. Ferracane, and A. Ritieni Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 82-85; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chromosomal Location Plays a Role in Regulation of Aflatoxin Gene Expression in Aspergillus parasiticus Ching-Hsun Chiou, Michael Miller, David L. Wilson, Frances Trail, and John E. Linz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 306-315; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Mutagenic Analysis of a Conserved Region of Domain III in the Cry1Ac Toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis Luke Masson, Bruce E. Tabashnik, Alberto Mazza, Gabrielle Préfontaine, Léna Potvin, Roland Brousseau, and Jean-Louis Schwartz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 194-200; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Capsule-Transmitted Gut Symbiotic Bacterium of the Japanese Common Plataspid Stinkbug, Megacopta punctatissima Takema Fukatsu and Takahiro Hosokawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 389-396; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Characterization of the Crystal Protein-Encoding Gene of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. yunnanensis Periasamy Balasubramanian, R. Jayakumar, Prashant Shambharkar, N. Unnamalai, S. Karutha Pandian, N. Selvamuthu Kumaraswami, R. Ilangovan, and Vaithilingam Sekar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 408-411; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Cloning and Expression of an Oligopeptidase, PepO, with Novel Specificity from Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 (DR20) Camilla Christensson, Henrik Bratt, Lesley J. Collins, Tim Coolbear, Ross Holland, Mark W. Lubbers, Paul W. O’Toole, and Julian R. Reid Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 254-262; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hyperthermostable Endoglucanase from Pyrococcus horikoshii Susumu Ando, Hiroyasu Ishida, Yoshitsugu Kosugi, and Kazuhiko Ishikawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 430-433; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Electrochemical Regeneration of Fe(III) To Support Growth on Anaerobic Iron Respiration Naoya Ohmura, Norio Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Sasaki, and Hiroshi Saiki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 405-407; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Counting the Uncountable: Statistical Approaches to Estimating Microbial Diversity Jennifer B. Hughes, Jessica J. Hellmann, Taylor H. Ricketts, and Brendan J. M. Bohannan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2002 68: 448 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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