Contents: March 2002, Volume 68, Issue 3        Minireviews        Public Health Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Plant Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Methods        Mycology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Nitrogen Cycling in the Ocean: New Perspectives on Processes and Paradigms Jonathan P. Zehr and Bess B. Ward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1015-1024; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Chlorine Disinfection of Atypical Mycobacteria Isolated from a Water Distribution System Corinne Le Dantec, Jean-Pierre Duguet, Antoine Montiel, Nadine Dumoutier, Sylvie Dubrou, and Véronique Vincent Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1025-1032; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Virus Concentration Method and Its Application to Detection of Enterovirus and Norwalk Virus from Coastal Seawater Hiroyuki Katayama, Akihiro Shimasaki, and Shinichiro Ohgaki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1033-1039; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts by an Artificial Neural Network Approach Kenneth W. Widmer, Kevin H. Oshima, and Suresh D. Pillai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1115-1121; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sunlight Inactivation of Fecal Indicator Bacteria and Bacteriophages from Waste Stabilization Pond Effluent in Fresh and Saline Waters Lester W. Sinton, Carollyn H. Hall, Philippa A. Lynch, and Robert J. Davies-Colley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1122-1131; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Soil on Fecal Indicator Organisms in a Tidally Influenced Subtropical Environment Timothy R. Desmarais, Helena M. Solo-Gabriele, and Carol J. Palmer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1165-1172; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Genotyping of Helicobacter pylori from Untreated Municipal Wastewater Yingzhi Lu, Thomas E. Redlinger, Raquel Avitia, Adriana Galindo, and Karen Goodman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1436-1439; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Bacteriocin-Like Activity of Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens JL5 and Its Effect on Other Ruminal Bacteria and Ammonia Production Jennifer L. Rychlik and James B. Russell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1040-1046; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Population Dynamics of Active and Total Ciliate Populations in Arable Soil Amended with Wheat Flemming Ekelund, Helle B. Frederiksen, and Regin Rønn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1096-1101; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interactions among Plant Species and Microorganisms in Salt Marsh Sediments David J. Burke, Erik P. Hamerlynck, and Dittmar Hahn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1157-1164; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Resolution of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus Ecotypes by Using 16S-23S Ribosomal DNA Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequences Gabrielle Rocap, Daniel L. Distel, John B. Waterbury, and Sallie W. Chisholm Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1180-1191; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nitrous Oxide Formation in the Colne Estuary, England: the Central Role of Nitrite Liang F. Dong, David B. Nedwell, Graham J. C. Underwood, Daniel C. O. Thornton, and Iman Rusmana Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1240-1249; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reversal of Flagellar Rotation Is Important in Initial Attachment of Escherichia coli to Glass in a Dynamic System with High- and Low-Ionic-Strength Buffers Jennifer W. McClaine and Roseanne M. Ford Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1280-1289; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequence Analysis of Marine Virus Communities Reveals that Groups of Related Algal Viruses Are Widely Distributed in Nature Steven M. Short and Curtis A. Suttle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1290-1296; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of N2 through Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation Coupled to Nitrate Reduction in Marine Sediments Bo Thamdrup and Tage Dalsgaard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1312-1318; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hindgut Fermentation in Three Species of Marine Herbivorous Fish Douglas O. Mountfort, Jane Campbell, and Kendall D. Clements Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1374-1380; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Successional Development of Sulfate-Reducing Bacterial Populations and Their Activities in a Wastewater Biofilm Growing under Microaerophilic Conditions Tsukasa Ito, Satoshi Okabe, Hisashi Satoh, and Yoshimasa Watanabe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1392-1402; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Differentiation between Sympatric Populations of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis Gislayne Vilas-Boas, Vincent Sanchis, Didier Lereclus, Manoel Victor F. Lemos, and Denis Bourguet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1414-1424; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Functionally Active Methanotroph Population in a Peat Soil Microcosm by Stable-Isotope Probing Samantha A. Morris, Stefan Radajewski, Toby W. Willison, and J. Colin Murrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1446-1453; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nitrite as a Stimulus for Ammonia-Starved Nitrosomonas europaea Hendrikus J. Laanbroek, Marie-José Bär-Gilissen, and Hans L. Hoogveld Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1454-1457; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Higher Abundance of Bacteria than of Viruses in Deep Mediterranean Sediments Roberto Danovaro, Elena Manini, and Antonio Dell'Anno Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1468-1472; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Widespread Distribution in Polar Oceans of a 16S rRNA Gene Sequence with Affinity to Nitrosospira-Like Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria James T. Hollibaugh, Nasreen Bano, and Hugh W. Ducklow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1478-1484; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Characterization of a Chitinase Gene from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Strain 34S1 and Its Involvement in Biological Control Donald Y. Kobayashi, Ralph M. Reedy, JulieAnn Bick, and Peter V. Oudemans Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1047-1054; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Morphological Changes of Rhizobia in Peat Cultures Lu Feng, Rodney J. Roughley, and Les Copeland Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1064-1070; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Aquatic Budding Bacterium Blastobacter denitrificans Is a Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiont of Aeschynomene indica Peter van Berkum and Bertrand D. Eardly Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1132-1136; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Relationship among Worldwide Strains of Xanthomonas Causing Canker in Citrus Species and Design of New Primers for Their Identification by PCR J. Cubero and J. H. Graham Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1257-1264; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of T4 Lysozyme Release from Transgenic Potato Roots on Bacterial Rhizosphere Communities Are Negligible Relative to Natural Factors Holger Heuer, Reiner M. Kroppenstedt, Jana Lottmann, Gabriele Berg, and Kornelia Smalla Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1325-1335; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduction of Olive Knot Disease by a Bacteriocin from Pseudomonas syringae pv. ciccaronei Paola Lavermicocca, Stella Lisa Lonigro, Francesca Valerio, Antonio Evidente, and Angelo Visconti Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1403-1407; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Two-Dimensional Electrophoresis Study of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus Thermotolerance Gwenola Gouesbet, Gwenael Jan, and Patrick Boyaval Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1055-1063; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Pressure-Induced Membrane Phase Transitions on Inactivation of HorA, an ATP-Dependent Multidrug Resistance Transporter, in Lactobacillus plantarum H. M. Ulmer, H. Herberhold, S. Fahsel, M. G. Gänzle, R. Winter, and R. F. Vogel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1088-1095; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development and Evaluation of a 16S Ribosomal DNA Array-Based Approach for Describing Complex Microbial Communities in Ready-To-Eat Vegetable Salads Packed in a Modified Atmosphere Knut Rudi, Signe L. Flateland, Jon Fredrik Hanssen, Gunnar Bengtsson, and Hilde Nissen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1146-1156; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Penicillin by Fungi Growing on Food Products: Identification of a Complete Penicillin Gene Cluster in Penicillium griseofulvum and a Truncated Cluster in Penicillium verrucosum Federico Laich, Francisco Fierro, and Juan F. Martín Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1211-1219; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intraspecies Genomic Groups in Enterococcus faecium and Their Correlation with Origin and Pathogenicity Marc Vancanneyt, Angiolella Lombardi, Christian Andrighetto, Edo Knijff, Sandra Torriani, K. Johanna Björkroth, Charles M. A. P. Franz, María R. Foulquié Moreno, Hilde Revets, Luc De Vuyst, Jean Swings, Karel Kersters, Franco Dellaglio, and Wilhelm H. Holzapfel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1381-1391; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modeling Growth and Bacteriocin Production by Lactobacillus amylovorus DCE 471 in Response to Temperature and pH Values Used for Sourdough Fermentations Winy Messens, Patricia Neysens, Wim Vansieleghem, Johan Vanderhoeven, and Luc De Vuyst Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1431-1435; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Bacterial Growth, Enterotoxin Production, and Spore Outgrowth in Strains of Bacillus cereus by Bacteriocin AS-48 Hikmate Abriouel, Mercedes Maqueda, Antonio Gálvez, Manuel Martínez-Bueno, and Eva Valdivia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1473-1477; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Flux through Citrate Synthase Limits the Growth of Ethanologenic Escherichia coli KO11 during Xylose Fermentation S. A. Underwood, M. L. Buszko, K. T. Shanmugam, and L. O. Ingram Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1071-1081; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering of a Bacillus subtilis Strain with Adjustable Levels of Intracellular Biotin for Secretory Production of Functional Streptavidin Sau-Ching Wu and Sui-Lam Wong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1102-1108; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Wax Ester Production from n-Alkanes by Acinetobacter sp. Strain M-1: Ultrastructure of Cellular Inclusions and Role of Acyl Coenzyme A Reductase Takeru Ishige, Akio Tani, Keiji Takabe, Kazunori Kawasaki, Yasuyoshi Sakai, and Nobuo Kato Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1192-1195; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Cloning of XYL3 (D-Xylulokinase) from Pichia stipitis and Characterization of Its Physiological Function Yong-Su Jin, Sharon Jones, Nian-Qing Shi, and Thomas W. Jeffries Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1232-1239; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rupture of the Cell Envelope by Decompression of the Deep-Sea Methanogen Methanococcus jannaschii Chan Beum Park and Douglas S. Clark Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1458-1463; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Simultaneous Extraction from Bacterioplankton of Total RNA and DNA Suitable for Quantitative Structure and Function Analyses Markus G. Weinbauer, Ingo Fritz, Dirk F. Wenderoth, and Manfred G. Höfle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1082-1087; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microscale Biosensor for Measurement of Volatile Fatty Acids in Anoxic Environments Rikke Louise Meyer, Lars Hauer Larsen, and Niels Peter Revsbech Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1204-1210; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Analysis of the Relative Transcript Levels of ABC Transporter Atr Genes in Aspergillus nidulans by Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay Camile Pizeta Semighini, Mozart Marins, Maria Helena S. Goldman, and Gustavo Henrique Goldman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1351-1357; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Detection of Microbial Genes by Using DNA Microarrays Jae-Chang Cho and James M. Tiedje Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1425-1430; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling Vegetative Growth Rate in the Edible Basidiomycete Pleurotus ostreatus Luis M. Larraya, Eneko Idareta, Dani Arana, Enrique Ritter, Antonio G. Pisabarro, and Lucia Ramírez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1109-1114; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, Characterization, and Transcription of Three Laccase Genes from Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici, the Take-All Fungus Anastasia P. Litvintseva and Joan M. Henson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1305-1311; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of New Unsaturated Lipids during Wood Decay by Ligninolytic Basidiomycetes Ana Gutiérrez, José C. del Río, María J. Martínez-Íñigo, María J. Martínez, and Ángel T. Martínez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1344-1350; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Hydrophobin Gene That is Developmentally Regulated in the Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Tricholoma terreum Angela Mankel, Katrin Krause, and Erika Kothe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1408-1413; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Binary Insecticidal Crystal Proteins Active on Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte R. Tracy Ellis, Brian A. Stockhoff, Lisa Stamp, H. Ernest Schnepf, George E. Schwab, Mark Knuth, Josh Russell, Guy A. Cardineau, and Kenneth E. Narva Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1137-1145; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Cyt2Bc Toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. medellin Victor Juárez-Pérez, Alejandra Guerchicoff, Clara Rubinstein, and Armelle Delécluse Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1228-1231; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular and Culture-Based Analyses of Prokaryotic Communities from an Agricultural Soil and the Burrows and Casts of the Earthworm Lumbricus rubellus Michelle A. Furlong, David R. Singleton, David C. Coleman, and William B. Whitman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1265-1279; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of an Extracellular Protease from Xenorhabdus nematophila Involved in Insect Immunosuppression C. Caldas, A. Cherqui, A. Pereira, and N. Simões Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1297-1304; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Differential Expression of Methanogenesis Genes of Methanothermobacter thermoautotrophicus (Formerly Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum) in Pure Culture and in Cocultures with Fatty Acid-Oxidizing Syntrophs Hong-Wei Luo, Hui Zhang, Toshihiko Suzuki, Satoshi Hattori, and Yoichi Kamagata Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1173-1179; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Genomics Approach to Identifying Genes Required for Biofilm Development by Streptococcus mutans Zezhang T. Wen and Robert A. Burne Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1196-1203; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nucleotide Sequence and Genetic Structure of a Novel Carbaryl Hydrolase Gene (cehA) from Rhizobium sp. Strain AC100 Masayuki Hashimoto, Mitsuru Fukui, Kouichi Hayano, and Masahito Hayatsu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1220-1227; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Saccharomyces cerevisiae URH1 (Encoding Uridine-Cytidine N-Ribohydrolase): Functional Complementation by a Nucleoside Hydrolase from a Protozoan Parasite and by a Mammalian Uridine Phosphorylase Rudolf Mitterbauer, Thomas Karl, and Gerhard Adam Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1336-1343; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Novel -Glucosidase from Aspergillus nidulans with Strong Transglycosylation Activity Naoki Kato, Sachie Suyama, Masao Shirokane, Masashi Kato, Tetsuo Kobayashi, and Norihiro Tsukagoshi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1250-1256; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Surface Modifications Created by Using Engineered Hydrophobins Karin Scholtmeijer, Meike I. Janssen, Bertus Gerssen, Marcel L. de Vocht, Babs M. van Leeuwen, Theo G. van Kooten, Han A. B. Wösten, and Joseph G. H. Wessels Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1367-1373; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Detection of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in Environmental Waters by PCR Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay A. D. Sails, F. J. Bolton, A. J. Fox, D. R. A. Wareing, and D. L. A. Greenway Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1319-1324; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel psbA1 Gene from a Naturally Occurring Atrazine-Resistant Cyanobacterial Isolate Kannika Sajjaphan, Nir Shapir, Adam K. Judd, Lawrence P. Wackett, and Michael J. Sadowsky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1358-1366; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Iron Respiration Can Protect Steel from Corrosion M. Dubiel, C. H. Hsu, C. C. Chien, F. Mansfeld, and D. K. Newman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1440-1445; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Continuous Steady-State Method Using Tenax for Delivering Tetrachloroethene to Chloro-Respiring Bacteria Rachel A. Brennan and Robert A. Sanford Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2002 68: 1464-1467; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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