Contents: November 2002, Volume 68, Issue 11        Food Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation        Physiology and Biotechnology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Public Health Microbiology        Methods        Microbial Ecology        Mycology        Geomicrobiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Errata Other Issues

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Food Microbiology:

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Multiparametric Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting for the Assessment of Viable, Injured, and Dead Bifidobacterium Cells during Bile Salt Stress Kaouther Ben Amor, Pieter Breeuwer, Patrick Verbaarschot, Frank M. Rombouts, Antoon D. L. Akkermans, Willem M. De Vos, and Tjakko Abee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5209-5216; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Membranes of Class IIa Bacteriocin-Resistant Listeria monocytogenes Cells Contain Increased Levels of Desaturated and Short-Acyl-Chain Phosphatidylglycerols Viveka Vadyvaloo, John W. Hastings, Marthinus J. van der Merwe, and Marina Rautenbach Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5223-5230; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Postadaptational Resistance to Benzalkonium Chloride and Subsequent Physicochemical Modifications of Listeria monocytogenes Monica S. To, Stacy Favrin, Nadya Romanova, and Mansel W. Griffiths Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5258-5264; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Murein Hydrolase of the Bacteriophage 3626 Dual Lysis System Is Active against All Tested Clostridium perfringens Strains Markus Zimmer, Natasa Vukov, Siegfried Scherer, and Martin J. Loessner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5311-5317; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differentiation of Closely Related Carnobacterium Food Isolates Based on 16S-23S Ribosomal DNA Intergenic Spacer Region Polymorphism Petia Kabadjova, Xavier Dousset, Virginie Le Cam, and Hervé Prevost Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5358-5366; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Membrane-Bound ATPase Contributes to Hop Resistance of Lactobacillus brevis Kanta Sakamoto, H. W. van Veen, Hiromi Saito, Hiroshi Kobayashi, and Wil N. Konings Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5374-5378; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of the Heat Inactivation of Escherichia coli and Lactobacillus plantarum by Differential Scanning Calorimetry Jaesung Lee and Gönül Kaletunç Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5379-5386; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Six Leuconostoc fallax Bacteriophages Isolated from an Industrial Sauerkraut Fermentation Rodolphe Barrangou, Sung-Sik Yoon, Frederick Breidt, Jr., Henry P. Fleming, and Todd R. Klaenhammer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5452-5458; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibacterial Activities of Nisin Z Encapsulated in Liposomes or Produced In Situ by Mixed Culture during Cheddar Cheese Ripening R.-O. Benech, E. E. Kheadr, C. Lacroix, and I. Fliss Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5607-5619; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gbu Glycine Betaine Porter and Carnitine Uptake in Osmotically Stressed Listeria monocytogenes Cells Mary Lou Mendum and Linda Tombras Smith Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5647-5655; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolic Engineering of Acetaldehyde Production by Streptococcus thermophilus A. C. S. D. Chaves, M. Fernandez, A. L. S. Lerayer, I. Mierau, M. Kleerebezem, and J. Hugenholtz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5656-5662; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sensitive In Situ Monitoring of a Recombinant Bioluminescent Yersinia enterocolitica Reporter Mutant in Real Time on Camembert Cheese Ariel Maoz, Ralf Mayr, Geraldine Bresolin, Klaus Neuhaus, Kevin P. Francis, and Siegfried Scherer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5737-5740; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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A New Species of Devosia That Forms a Unique Nitrogen-Fixing Root-Nodule Symbiosis with the Aquatic Legume Neptunia natans (L.f.) Druce Raul Rivas, Encarna Velázquez, Anne Willems, Nieves Vizcaíno, Nanjappa S. Subba-Rao, Pedro F. Mateos, Monique Gillis, Frank B. Dazzo, and Eustoquio Martínez-Molina Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5217-5222; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ethylene Production by Botrytis cinerea In Vitro and in Tomatoes Simona M. Cristescu, Domenico De Martinis, Sacco te Lintel Hekkert, David H. Parker, and Frans J. M. Harren Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5342-5350; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Serracin P, a Phage-Tail-Like Bacteriocin, and Its Activity against Erwinia amylovora, the Fire Blight Pathogen Abdelhamid Jabrane, Ahmed Sabri, Philippe Compère, Philippe Jacques, Isabel Vandenberghe, Jozef Van Beeumen, and Philippe Thonart Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5704-5710; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Characterization of the Adaptive Response to Trichloroethylene-Mediated Stresses in Ralstonia pickettii PKO1 Joonhong Park, Jerome J. Kukor, and Linda M. Abriola Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5231-5240; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biodegradation of Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine and Its Mononitroso Derivative Hexahydro-1-Nitroso-3,5-Dinitro-1,3,5-Triazine by Klebsiella pneumoniae Strain SCZ-1 Isolated from an Anaerobic Sludge Jian-Shen Zhao, Annamaria Halasz, Louise Paquet, Chantale Beaulieu, and Jalal Hawari Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5336-5341; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Robust Hydrocarbon Degradation and Dynamics of Bacterial Communities during Nutrient-Enhanced Oil Spill Bioremediation Wilfred F. M. Röling, Michael G. Milner, D. Martin Jones, Kenneth Lee, Fabien Daniel, Richard J. P. Swannell, and Ian M. Head Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5537-5548; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhancing Transport of Hydrogenophaga flava ENV735 for Bioaugmentation of Aquifers Contaminated with Methyl tert-Butyl Ether Sheryl H. Streger, Simon Vainberg, Hailiang Dong, and Paul B. Hatzinger Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5571-5579; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Enantioselective Transformation of Atropisomeric Polychlorinated Biphenyls by Multiple Bacterial Strains with Different Inducing Compounds Andrew C. Singer, Charles S. Wong, and David E. Crowley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5756-5759; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Utilization of Ganglioside-Degrading Paenibacillus sp. Strain TS12 for Production of Glucosylceramide Tomomi Sumida, Noriyuki Sueyoshi, and Makoto Ito Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5241-5248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Analysis of Maltotriose Transport and Utilization by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rachel E. Day, Peter J. Rogers, Ian W. Dawes, and Vincent J. Higgins Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5326-5335; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Pyruvate Carboxylase Overexpression on the Physiology of Corynebacterium glutamicum Mattheos A. G. Koffas, Gyoo Yeol Jung, Juan C. Aon, and Gregory Stephanopoulos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5422-5428; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Metalloprotease (MprIII) Involved in the Chitinolytic System of a Marine Bacterium, Alteromonas sp. Strain O-7 Katsushiro Miyamoto, Eiji Nukui, Mariko Hirose, Fumi Nagai, Takaji Sato, Yoshihiko Inamori, and Hiroshi Tsujibo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5563-5570; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of an Anaplerotic Enzyme, Pyruvate Carboxylase, Improves Recombinant Protein Production in Escherichia coli J. C. March, M. A. Eiteman, and E. Altman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5620-5624; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Donor Substrate Regeneration for Efficient Synthesis of Globotetraose and Isoglobotetraose Jun Shao, Jianbo Zhang, Przemyslaw Kowal, and Peng George Wang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5634-5640; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering of Polyploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae for Secretion of Large Amounts of Fungal Glucoamylase Keisuke Ekino, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Masahiro Moriyama, Minoru Matsuda, Masatoshi Goto, Sadazo Yoshino, and Kensuke Furukawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5693-5697; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Increasing Acidification of Nonreplicating Lactococcus lactis thyA Mutants by Incorporating ATPase Activity Martin B. Pedersen, Brian J. Koebmann, Peter R. Jensen, and Dan Nilsson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5249-5257; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mode of Action of the Antimicrobial Peptide Aureocin A53 from Staphylococcus aureus Daili Jacqueline Aguilar Netz, Maria do Carmo de Freire Bastos, and Hans-Georg Sahl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5274-5280; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Low-Shear Modeled Microgravity Alters the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Stress Response in an RpoS-Independent Manner James W. Wilson, C. Mark Ott, Rajee Ramamurthy, Steffen Porwollik, Michael McClelland, Duane L. Pierson, and Cheryl A. Nickerson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5408-5416; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Food-Grade Delivery System for Controlled Gene Expression in Lactococcus lactis B. Henrich, J. R. Klein, B. Weber, C. Delorme, P. Renault, and U. Wegmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5429-5436; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the melA Locus for -Galactosidase in Lactobacillus plantarum Aurelio Silvestroni, Cristelle Connes, Fernando Sesma, Graciela Savoy de Giori, and Jean-Christophe Piard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5464-5471; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Duplicate msa Genes in the Salmonid Pathogen Renibacterium salmoninarum Linda D. Rhodes, Alison M. Coady, and Mark S. Strom Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5480-5487; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Cadmium Resistance in Streptococcus thermophilus Strain 4134: an Example of Lateral Gene Transfer Jan Schirawski, Werner Hagens, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Douwe van Sinderen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5508-5516; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Molecular Analysis of the Gene Cluster for the Arginine Deiminase System from Streptococcus gordonii DL1 Yiqian Dong, Yi-Ywan M. Chen, Jennifer A. Snyder, and R. A. Burne Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5549-5553; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of the alr Gene as a Food-Grade Selection Marker in Lactic Acid Bacteria Peter A. Bron, Marcos G. Benchimol, Jolanda Lambert, Emmanuelle Palumbo, Marie Deghorain, Jean Delcour, Willem M. de Vos, Michiel Kleerebezem, and Pascal Hols Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5663-5670; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Characterization of a Gene Cluster Involved in Cyclopentanol Metabolism in Comamonas sp. Strain NCIMB 9872 and Biotransformations Effected by Escherichia coli-Expressed Cyclopentanone 1,2-Monooxygenase Hiroaki Iwaki, Yoshie Hasegawa, Shaozhao Wang, Margaret M. Kayser, and Peter C. K. Lau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5671-5684; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Improved System for Protein Engineering of the Hydroxylase Component of Soluble Methane Monooxygenase Thomas J. Smith, Susan E. Slade, Nicolas P. Burton, J. Colin Murrell, and Howard Dalton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5265-5273; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Strain Variation in Mycobacterium marinum Fish Isolates M. Ucko, A. Colorni, H. Kvitt, A. Diamant, A. Zlotkin, and W. R. Knibb Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5281-5287; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Occurrence of Mycobacteria in Water Treatment Lines and in Water Distribution Systems Corinne Le Dantec, Jean-Pierre Duguet, Antoine Montiel, Nadine Dumoutier, Sylvie Dubrou, and Véronique Vincent Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5318-5325; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Efficacy of UV Irradiation in Inactivating Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts Shigemitsu Morita, Atsushi Namikoshi, Tsuyoshi Hirata, Kumiko Oguma, Hiroyuki Katayama, Shinichiro Ohgaki, Nobuyuki Motoyama, and Masahiro Fujiwara Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5387-5393; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pine Oil Cleaner-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin and Oxacillin and Involvement of SigB Christopher T. D. Price, Vineet K. Singh, Radheshyam K. Jayaswal, Brian J. Wilkinson, and John E. Gustafson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5417-5421; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Candida albicans Biofilm Formation by Farnesol, a Quorum-Sensing Molecule Gordon Ramage, Stephen P. Saville, Brian L. Wickes, and José L. López-Ribot Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5459-5463; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transport of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts through Vegetated Buffer Strips and Estimated Filtration Efficiency Edward R. Atwill, Lingling Hou, Betsy M. Karle, Thomas Harter, Kenneth W. Tate, and Randy A. Dahlgren Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5517-5527; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Presence of a Single Genotype of the Newly Described Species Mycobacterium immunogenum in Industrial Metalworking Fluids Associated with Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Richard J. Wallace, Jr., Yansheng Zhang, Rebecca W. Wilson, Linda Mann, and Harold Rossmoore Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5580-5584; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonellae in Avian Wildlife in Norway from 1969 to 2000 Thorbjørn Refsum, Kjell Handeland, Dorte Lau Baggesen, Gudmund Holstad, and Georg Kapperud Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5595-5599; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Cytotoxin-Hemolysin mRNA in Nonculturable Populations of Environmental and Clinical Vibrio vulnificus Strains in Artificial Seawater Marion Fischer-Le Saux, Dominique Hervio-Heath, Solen Loaec, Rita R. Colwell, and Monique Pommepuy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5641-5646; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro and In Vivo Invasiveness of Different Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Types of Listeria monocytogenes Charlotte Nexmann Larsen, Birgit Nørrung, Helle Mølgaard Sommer, and Mogens Jakobsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5698-5703; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High-Frequency Rugose Exopolysaccharide Production by Vibrio cholerae Afsar Ali, Mohammed H. Rashid, and David K. R. Karaolis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5773-5778; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Rapid Isolation of a Single-Chain Antibody against the Cyanobacterial Toxin Microcystin-LR by Phage Display and Its Use in the Immunoaffinity Concentration of Microcystins from Water Jacqui McElhiney, Mathew Drever, Linda A. Lawton, and Andy J. Porter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5288-5295; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the rRNA Locus of Pfiesteria piscicida and Development of Standard and Quantitative PCR-Based Detection Assays Targeted to the Nontranscribed Spacer Keiko Saito, Tomás Drgon, José A. F. Robledo, Danara N. Krupatkina, and Gerardo R. Vasta Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5394-5407; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of a Shuttle Vector for, and Spheroplast Transformation of, the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi Soizick Lucas, Laurent Toffin, Yvan Zivanovic, Daniel Charlier, Hélène Moussard, Patrick Forterre, Daniel Prieur, and Gaël Erauso Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5528-5536; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Epidemiology of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Isolates Determined by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis: Comparison of Isolates from Avian Wildlife, Domestic Animals, and the Environment in Norway Thorbjørn Refsum, Even Heir, Georg Kapperud, Traute Vardund, and Gudmund Holstad Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5600-5606; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of DNA-Synthesizing Bacterial Cells in Coastal North Sea Plankton Annelie Pernthaler, Jakob Pernthaler, Martha Schattenhofer, and Rudolf Amann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5728-5736; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Large-Scale Production of Coenzyme F420-5,6 by Using Mycobacterium smegmatis Dale Isabelle, D. Randall Simpson, and Lacy Daniels Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5750-5755; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Application of Carbon Source Utilization Patterns To Measure the Metabolic Similarity of Complex Dental Plaque Biofilm Microcosms Sally A. Anderson, Christopher H. Sissons, Megan J. Coleman, and Lisa Wong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5779-5783; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Serum as a Factor Influencing Adhesion of Enterococcus faecalis to Glass and Silicone Amparo M. Gallardo-Moreno, M. Luisa González-Martín, Ciro Pérez-Giraldo, José M. Bruque, and Antonio C. Gómez-García Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5784-5787; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Diversity of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (Cyanobacterium) Populations along a Baltic Sea Salinity Gradient Maria J. Laamanen, Laura Forsström, and Kaarina Sivonen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5296-5303; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Ammonia Oxidation in the Presence of Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) by Two Different Lithotrophs Ingo Schmidt, Cristian Hermelink, Katinka van de Pas-Schoonen, Marc Strous, Huub J. op den Camp, J. Gijs Kuenen, and Mike S. M. Jetten Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5351-5357; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RNA Stable Isotope Probing, a Novel Means of Linking Microbial Community Function to Phylogeny Mike Manefield, Andrew S. Whiteley, Robert I. Griffiths, and Mark J. Bailey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5367-5373; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of 16S rRNA-Gene-Targeted Group-Specific Primers for the Detection and Identification of Predominant Bacteria in Human Feces Takahiro Matsuki, Koichi Watanabe, Junji Fujimoto, Yukiko Miyamoto, Toshihiko Takada, Kazumasa Matsumoto, Hiroshi Oyaizu, and Ryuichiro Tanaka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5445-5451; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Seasonality of Chesapeake Bay Bacterioplankton Species J. F. Heidelberg, K. B. Heidelberg, and R. R. Colwell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5488-5497; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacteria of the -Subclass Proteobacteria Associated with Zooplankton in Chesapeake Bay J. F. Heidelberg, K. B. Heidelberg, and R. R. Colwell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5498-5507; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Widespread N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine Uptake among Pelagic Marine Bacteria and Its Ecological Implications Lasse Riemann and Farooq Azam Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5554-5562; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacteria Belonging to the Genus Cycloclasticus Play a Primary Role in the Degradation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons Released in a Marine Environment Yuki Kasai, Hideo Kishira, and Shigeaki Harayama Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5625-5633; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Soil Ammonium Concentration on N2O Release and on the Community Structure of Ammonia Oxidizers and Denitrifiers Sharon Avrahami, Ralf Conrad, and Gesche Braker Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5685-5692; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mercury Methylation by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132 in the Presence of Polysulfides Jenny Ayla Jay, Karen J. Murray, Cynthia C. Gilmour, Robert P. Mason, François M. M. Morel, A. Lynn Roberts, and Harold F. Hemond Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5741-5745; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Uptake Rates of Oxygen and Sulfide Measured with Individual Thiomargarita namibiensis Cells by Using Microelectrodes Heide N. Schulz and Dirk de Beer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5746-5749; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Diazotrophic Unicellular Cyanobacteria in the Tropical North Atlantic Ocean Luisa I. Falcón, Frank Cipriano, Andrei Y. Chistoserdov, and Edward J. Carpenter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5760-5764; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Isolation and Functional Analysis of a Gene, tcsB, Encoding a Transmembrane Hybrid-Type Histidine Kinase from Aspergillus nidulans Kentaro Furukawa, Yasuaki Katsuno, Takeshi Urao, Tomio Yabe, Toshiko Yamada-Okabe, Hisafumi Yamada-Okabe, Youhei Yamagata, Keietsu Abe, and Tasuku Nakajima Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5304-5310; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

SED1 Gene Length and Sequence Polymorphisms in Feral Strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ilaria Mannazzu, Emanuela Simonetti, Paola Marinangeli, Emanuela Guerra, Marilena Budroni, Madan Thangavelu, and Francesca Clementi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5437-5444; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification by PCR of Fusarium culmorum Strains Producing Large and Small Amounts of Deoxynivalenol B. Bakan, C. Giraud-Delville, L. Pinson, D. Richard-Molard, E. Fournier, and Y. Brygoo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5472-5479; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Function of Native OmtA In Vivo and Expression and Distribution of This Protein in Colonies of Aspergillus parasiticus Li-Wei Lee, Ching-Hsun Chiou, and John E. Linz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5718-5727; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcript Analysis of Genes Encoding a Family 61 Endoglucanase and a Putative Membrane-Anchored Family 9 Glycosyl Hydrolase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium Amber Vanden Wymelenberg, Stuart Denman, Diane Dietrich, Jennifer Bassett, Xiaochun Yu, Rajai Atalla, Paul Predki, Ulla Rudsander, Tuula T. Teeri, and Daniel Cullen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5765-5768; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of freA, acoA, lysF, and cycA Expression by Iron Availability in Aspergillus nidulans Harald Oberegger, Michelle Schoeser, Ivo Zadra, Markus Schrettl, Walther Parson, and Hubertus Haas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5769-5772; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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MtrB Is Required for Proper Incorporation of the Cytochromes OmcA and OmcB into the Outer Membrane of Shewanella putrefaciens MR-1 Charles R. Myers and Judith M. Myers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5585-5594; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Altered Glycosylation of 63- and 68-Kilodalton Microvillar Proteins in Heliothis virescens Correlates with Reduced Cry1 Toxin Binding, Decreased Pore Formation, and Increased Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1 Toxins Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, Fred L. Gould, and Michael J. Adang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5711-5717; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Albidovulum inexpectatum gen. nov., sp. nov., a Nonphotosynthetic and Slightly Thermophilic Bacterium from a Marine Hot Spring That Is Very Closely Related to Members of the Photosynthetic Genus Rhodovulum Luciana Albuquerque, Joao Santos, Pedro Travassos, M. Fernanda Nobre, Fred A. Rainey, Robin Wait, Nuno Empadinhas, Manuel T. Silva, and Milton S. da Costa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5788 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fumarate-Mediated Inhibition of Erythrose Reductase, a Key Enzyme for Erythritol Production by Torula corallina Jung-Kul Lee, Bong-Seong Koo, and Sang-Yong Kim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2002 68: 5788 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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