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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Kamala L. Janiyani and M. K. Ray

Cloning, Sequencing, and Expression of the Cold-Inducible hutU Gene from the Antarctic Psychrotrophic Bacterium Pseudomonas syringae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 1-10. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pascale Serror, Takashi Sasaki, S. Dusko Ehrlich, and Emmanuelle Maguin

Electrotransformation of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and L. delbrueckii subsp. lactis with Various Plasmids
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 46-52. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

André Guder, Tim Schmitter, Imke Wiedemann, Hans-Georg Sahl, and Gabriele Bierbaum

Role of the Single Regulator MrsR1 and the Two-Component System MrsR2/K2 in the Regulation of Mersacidin Production and Immunity
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 106-113. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Cloning, Sequence Analysis, and Expression in Escherichia coli of the Gene Encoding an -Amino Acid Ester Hydrolase from Acetobacter turbidans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 211-218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hidetoshi Urakawa, Peter A. Noble, Said El Fantroussi, John J. Kelly, and David A. Stahl

Single-Base-Pair Discrimination of Terminal Mismatches by Using Oligonucleotide Microarrays and Neural Network Analyses
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 235-244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Tsujibo, Hideyuki Orikoshi, Nao Baba, Masahiro Miyahara, Katsushiro Miyamoto, Masahide Yasuda, and Yoshihiko Inamori

Identification and Characterization of the Gene Cluster Involved in Chitin Degradation in a Marine Bacterium, Alteromonas sp. Strain O-7
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 263-270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toshihiko Suzuki, Takahiro Kanagawa, and Yoichi Kamagata

Identification of a Gene Essential for Sheathed Structure Formation in Sphaerotilus natans, a Filamentous Sheathed Bacterium
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 365-371. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Suhelen Egan, Sally James, and Staffan Kjelleberg

Identification and Characterization of a Putative Transcriptional Regulator Controlling the Expression of Fouling Inhibitors in Pseudoalteromonas tunicata
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 372-378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Markus Woegerbauer, Bernard Jenni, Florian Thalhammer, Wolfgang Graninger, and Heinz Burgmann

Natural Genetic Transformation of Clinical Isolates of Escherichia coli in Urine and Water
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 440-443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Public Health Microbiology:

Hans-Olof Nilsson, Jens Blom, Waleed Abu Al-Soud, Åsa Ljungh, Leif P. Andersen, and Torkel Wadström

Effect of Cold Starvation, Acid Stress, and Nutrients on Metabolic Activity of Helicobacter pylori
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 11-19. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hitoshi Horie, Hiromu Yoshida, Kumiko Matsuura, Miwako Miyazawa, Yoshihiro Ota, Takashi Nakayama, Yutaka Doi, and So Hashizume

Neurovirulence of Type 1 Polioviruses Isolated from Sewage in Japan
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 138-142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Cormican, Niall DeLappe, Colette O’Hare, Geraldine Doran, Dearbhaile Morris, Geraldine Corbett-Feeney, Séamus Fanning, Mairead Daly, Margaret Fitzgerald, and John Moore

Salmonella enterica Serotype Bredeney: Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Molecular Diversity of Isolates from Ireland and Northern Ireland
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 181-186. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carrie Reed, Gregory D. Sturbaum, Paul J. Hoover, and Charles R. Sterling

Cryptosporidium parvum Mixed Genotypes Detected by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 427-429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Ecology:

Gordon Webster, T. Martin Embley, and James I. Prosser

Grassland Management Regimens Reduce Small-Scale Heterogeneity and Species Diversity of ß-Proteobacterial Ammonia Oxidizer Populations
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 20-30. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hans G.H.J. Heilig, Erwin G. Zoetendal, Elaine E. Vaughan, Philippe Marteau, Antoon D.L. Akkermans, and Willem M. de Vos

Molecular Diversity of Lactobacillus spp. and Other Lactic Acid Bacteria in the Human Intestine as Determined by Specific Amplification of 16S Ribosomal DNA
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 114-123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiang Y. Zhu, Tanya Zhong, Yoga Pandya, and Rolf D. Joerger

16S rRNA-Based Analysis of Microbiota from the Cecum of Broiler Chickens
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 124-137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ryan C. Kuhn, Channah M. Rock, and Kevin H. Oshima

Occurrence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Wild Ducks along the Rio Grande River Valley in Southern New Mexico
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 161-165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Louise A. O’Sullivan, Andrew J. Weightman, and John C. Fry

New Degenerate Cytophaga-Flexibacter-Bacteroides-Specific 16S Ribosomal DNA-Targeted Oligonucleotide Probes Reveal High Bacterial Diversity in River Taff Epilithon
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 201-210. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine F. Favier, Elaine E. Vaughan, Willem M. De Vos, and Antoon D. L. Akkermans

Molecular Monitoring of Succession of Bacterial Communities in Human Neonates
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 219-226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chad W. Saltikov and Betty H. Olson

Homology of Escherichia coli R773 arsA, arsB, and arsC Genes in Arsenic-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Raw Sewage and Arsenic-Enriched Creek Waters
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 280-288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nardia J. Baxter, Julie Scanlan, Paolo De Marco, Ann P. Wood, and J. Colin Murrell

Duplicate Copies of Genes Encoding Methanesulfonate Monooxygenase in Marinosulfonomonas methylotropha Strain TR3 and Detection of Methanesulfonate Utilizers in the Environment
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 289-296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. O. Wirsen, S. M. Sievert, C. M. Cavanaugh, S. J. Molyneaux, A. Ahmad, L. T. Taylor, E. F. DeLong, and C. D. Taylor

Characterization of an Autotrophic Sulfide-Oxidizing Marine Arcobacter sp. That Produces Filamentous Sulfur
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 316-325. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jizhong Zhou, Beicheng Xia, David S. Treves, L.-Y. Wu, Terry L. Marsh, Robert V. O’Neill, Anthony V. Palumbo, and James M. Tiedje

Spatial and Resource Factors Influencing High Microbial Diversity in Soil
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 326-334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Comparative Genomic Analysis of Archaeal Genotypic Variants in a Single Population and in Two Different Oceanic Provinces
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 335-345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sarah M. Boomer, Daniel P. Lodge, Bryan E. Dutton, and Beverly Pierson

Molecular Characterization of Novel Red Green Nonsulfur Bacteria from Five Distinct Hot Spring Communities in Yellowstone National Park
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 346-355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tsukasa Ito, Jeppe L. Nielsen, Satoshi Okabe, Yoshimasa Watanabe, and Per H. Nielsen

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 356-364. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gry Mine Berg, Daniel J. Repeta, and Julie Laroche

Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Hydrolysis Rates in Axenic Cultures of Aureococcus anophagefferens (Pelagophyceae): Comparison with Heterotrophic Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 401-404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jenny Wang, Cheryl Jenkins, Richard I. Webb, and John A. Fuerst

Isolation of Gemmata-Like and Isosphaera-Like Planctomycete Bacteria from Soil and Freshwater
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 417-422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Minna M. Keinänen, Leena K. Korhonen, Markku J. Lehtola, Ilkka T. Miettinen, Pertti J. Martikainen, Terttu Vartiainen, and Merja H. Suutari

The Microbial Community Structure of Drinking Water Biofilms Can Be Affected by Phosphorus Availability
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 434-439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

Andrew J. Ellis, Stephen G. Hales, Naheed G. A. Ur-Rehman, and Graham F. White

Novel Alkylsulfatases Required for Biodegradation of the Branched Primary Alkyl Sulfate Surfactant 2-Butyloctyl Sulfate
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 31-36. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John M. Regan, Gregory W. Harrington, and Daniel R. Noguera

Ammonia- and Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacterial Communities in a Pilot-Scale Chloraminated Drinking Water Distribution System
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 73-81. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M.F. Carvalho, C.C.T. Alves, M.I.M. Ferreira, P. De Marco, and P.M.L. Castro

Isolation and Initial Characterization of a Bacterial Consortium Able To Mineralize Fluorobenzene
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 102-105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bhinu V. S. Pillai and Sanjay Swarup

Elucidation of the Flavonoid Catabolism Pathway in Pseudomonas putida PML2 by Comparative Metabolic Profiling
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 143-151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Diane Fournier, Annamaria Halasz, Jim Spain, Petr Fiurasek, and Jalal Hawari

Determination of Key Metabolites during Biodegradation of Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine with Rhodococcus sp. Strain DN22
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 166-172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marja A. Tiirola, Minna K. Männistö, Jaakko A. Puhakka, and Markku S. Kulomaa

Isolation and Characterization of Novosphingobium sp. Strain MT1, a Dominant Polychlorophenol-Degrading Strain in a Groundwater Bioremediation System
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 173-180. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tine Rask Licht, Dorthe Laugesen, Lars Bogø Jensen, and Bodil Lund Jacobsen

Transfer of the Pheromone-Inducible Plasmid pCF10 among Enterococcus faecalis Microorganisms Colonizing the Intestine of Mini-Pigs
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 187-193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hebe M. Dionisi, Alice C. Layton, Gerda Harms, Igrid R. Gregory, Kevin G. Robinson, and Gary S. Sayler

Quantification of Nitrosomonas oligotropha-Like Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria and Nitrospira spp. from Full-Scale Wastewater Treatment Plants by Competitive PCR
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 245-253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Veljo Kisand, Rocio Cuadros, and Johan Wikner

Phylogeny of Culturable Estuarine Bacteria Catabolizing Riverine Organic Matter in the Northern Baltic Sea
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 379-388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Katsuji Tani, Masahiro Muneta, Kanji Nakamura, Katsutoshi Shibuya, and Masao Nasu

Monitoring of Ralstonia eutropha KT1 in Groundwater in an Experimental Bioaugmentation Field by In Situ PCR
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 412-416. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Janecka, M. B. Jenkins, N. S. Brackett, L. W. Lion, and W. C. Ghiorse

Characterization of a Sinorhizobium Isolate and Its Extracellular Polymer Implicated in Pollutant Transport in Soil
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 423-426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plant Microbiology:

Jennifer P. Day, Douglas B. Kell, and Gareth W. Griffith

Differentiation of Phytophthora infestans Sporangia from Other Airborne Biological Particles by Flow Cytometry
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 37-45. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Biotechnology:

Emmanuel Guedon, Mickaël Desvaux, and Henri Petitdemange

Improvement of Cellulolytic Properties of Clostridium cellulolyticum by Metabolic Engineering
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 53-58. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tran Hai, Fred Bernd Oppermann-Sanio, and Alexander Steinbüchel

Molecular Characterization of a Thermostable Cyanophycin Synthetase from the Thermophilic Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. Strain MA19 and In Vitro Synthesis of Cyanophycin and Related Polyamides
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 93-101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ramandeep Kaur, Ranjana Pathania, Vishwamitra Sharma, Shekhar C. Mande, and Kanak L. Dikshit

Chimeric Vitreoscilla Hemoglobin (VHb) Carrying a Flavoreductase Domain Relieves Nitrosative Stress in Escherichia coli: New Insight into the Functional Role of VHb
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 152-160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanne E. Thwaite, Les W. J. Baillie, Noel M. Carter, Keith Stephenson, Mark Rees, Colin R. Harwood, and Peter T. Emmerson

Optimization of the Cell Wall Microenvironment Allows Increased Production of Recombinant Bacillus anthracis Protective Antigen from B. subtilis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 227-234. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. O. Brämer, L. F. Silva, J. G. C. Gomez, H. Priefert, and A. Steinbüchel

Identification of the 2-Methylcitrate Pathway Involved in the Catabolism of Propionate in the Polyhydroxyalkanoate-Producing Strain Burkholderia sacchari IPT101^T and Analysis of a Mutant Accumulating a Copolyester with Higher 3-Hydroxyvalerate Content
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 271-279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rikard Axelsson and Peter Lindblad

Transcriptional Regulation of Nostoc Hydrogenases: Effects of Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Nickel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 444-447. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Food Microbiology:

Huyen L. Tran and Sophia Kathariou

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 59-64. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Tryfinopoulou, E. Tsakalidou, and G.-J. E. Nychas

Characterization of Pseudomonas spp. Associated with Spoilage of Gilt-Head Sea Bream Stored under Various Conditions
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 65-72. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Purushottam V. Gawande and Arvind A. Bhagwat

Inoculation onto Solid Surfaces Protects Salmonella spp. during Acid Challenge: a Model Study Using Polyethersulfone Membranes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 86-92. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sylvie van Beek and Fergus G. Priest

Evolution of the Lactic Acid Bacterial Community during Malt Whisky Fermentation: a Polyphasic Study
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 297-305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ethan B. Solomon, Sima Yaron, and Karl R. Matthews

Transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Contaminated Manure and Irrigation Water to Lettuce Plant Tissue and Its Subsequent Internalization
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 397-400. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

A. Logrieco, A. Rizzo, R. Ferracane, and A. Ritieni

Occurrence of Beauvericin and Enniatins in Wheat Affected by Fusarium avenaceum Head Blight
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 82-85. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ching-Hsun Chiou, Michael Miller, David L. Wilson, Frances Trail, and John E. Linz

Chromosomal Location Plays a Role in Regulation of Aflatoxin Gene Expression in Aspergillus parasiticus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 306-315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invertebrate Microbiology:

Luke Masson, Bruce E. Tabashnik, Alberto Mazza, Gabrielle Préfontaine, Léna Potvin, Roland Brousseau, and Jean-Louis Schwartz

Mutagenic Analysis of a Conserved Region of Domain III in the Cry1Ac Toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 194-200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takema Fukatsu and Takahiro Hosokawa

Capsule-Transmitted Gut Symbiotic Bacterium of the Japanese Common Plataspid Stinkbug, Megacopta punctatissima
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 389-396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Periasamy Balasubramanian, R. Jayakumar, Prashant Shambharkar, N. Unnamalai, S. Karutha Pandian, N. Selvamuthu Kumaraswami, R. Ilangovan, and Vaithilingam Sekar

Cloning and Characterization of the Crystal Protein-Encoding Gene of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. yunnanensis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 408-411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Camilla Christensson, Henrik Bratt, Lesley J. Collins, Tim Coolbear, Ross Holland, Mark W. Lubbers, Paul W. O’Toole, and Julian R. Reid

Cloning and Expression of an Oligopeptidase, PepO, with Novel Specificity from Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 (DR20)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 254-262. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susumu Ando, Hiroyasu Ishida, Yoshitsugu Kosugi, and Kazuhiko Ishikawa

Hyperthermostable Endoglucanase from Pyrococcus horikoshii
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 430-433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geomicrobiology:

Naoya Ohmura, Norio Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Sasaki, and Hiroshi Saiki

Electrochemical Regeneration of Fe(III) To Support Growth on Anaerobic Iron Respiration
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 405-407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Jennifer B. Hughes, Jessica J. Hellmann, Taylor H. Ricketts, and Brendan J. M. Bohannan

Counting the Uncountable: Statistical Approaches to Estimating Microbial Diversity
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002 68: 448. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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