Contents: April 2002, Volume 68, Issue 4        Minireviews        Food Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Mycology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Methods        Physiology and Biotechnology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation        Geomicrobiology        Public Health Microbiology        Errata Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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The Family-3 Glycoside Hydrolases: from Housekeeping Functions to Host-Microbe Interactions Denis Faure Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1485-1490; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Salt Stress Proteins Induced in Listeria monocytogenes Ophélie Duché, Frédéric Trémoulet, Philippe Glaser, and Jean Labadie Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1491-1498; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Phenolic Hydroxyl Group of Carvacrol Is Essential for Action against the Food-Borne Pathogen Bacillus cereus A. Ultee, M. H. J. Bennik, and R. Moezelaar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1561-1568; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Fecal Coliform Agar and Violet Red Bile Lactose Agar for Fecal Coliform Enumeration in Foods A. Leclercq, C. Wanegue, and P. Baylac Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1631-1638; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of Thermostable Endo-1,5--L-Arabinase from a Strain of Bacillus thermodenitrificans Makoto Takao, Kana Akiyama, and Takuo Sakai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1639-1646; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Temperature, Water Activity, and Syrup Film Composition on the Growth of Wallemia sebi: Development and Assessment of a Model Predicting Growth Lags in Syrup Agar and Crystalline Sugar Jannik Vindeløv and Nils Arneborg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1652-1657; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Listeria monocytogenes Genes Expressed in Response to Growth at Low Temperature Siqing Liu, James E. Graham, Lance Bigelow, Philip D. Morse, II, and Brian J. Wilkinson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1697-1705; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of Lactococcus lactis Cell Envelope Proteinase Specificity to Peptide Accumulation and Bitterness in Reduced-Fat Cheddar Cheese Jeffery R. Broadbent, Mary Barnes, Charlotte Brennand, Marie Strickland, Kristen Houck, Mark E. Johnson, and James L. Steele Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1778-1785; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Responses of Listeria monocytogenes to Acid Stress and Glucose Availability Revealed by a Novel Combination of Fluorescence Microscopy and Microelectrode Ion-Selective Techniques Lana Shabala, Birgitte Budde, Tom Ross, Henrik Siegumfeldt, Mogens Jakobsen, and Tom McMeekin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1794-1802; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus aureus Growth Boundaries: Moving towards Mechanistic Predictive Models Based on Solute-Specific Effects Cynthia M. Stewart, Martin B. Cole, J. David Legan, Louise Slade, Mark H. Vandeven, and Donald W. Schaffner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1864-1871; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity, Dynamics, and Activity of Bacterial Communities during Production of an Artisanal Sicilian Cheese as Evaluated by 16S rRNA Analysis Cinzia L. Randazzo, Sandra Torriani, Antoon D. L. Akkermans, Willem M. de Vos, and Elaine E. Vaughan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1882-1892; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modeling Yeast Spoilage in Cold-Filled Ready-To-Drink Beverages with Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Zygosaccharomyces bailii, and Candida lipolytica Alyce Stiles Battey, Siobain Duffy, and Donald W. Schaffner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1901-1906; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Yeast Species Associated with Orange Juice: Evaluation of Different Identification Methods Covadonga R. Arias, Jacqueline K. Burns, Lorrie M. Friedrich, Renee M. Goodrich, and Mickey E. Parish Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1955-1961; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inducible Gene Expression by Nonculturable Bacteria in Milk after Pasteurization Thusitha S. Gunasekera, Anders Sørensen, Paul V. Attfield, Søren J. Sørensen, and Duncan A. Veal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1988-1993; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Application of Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Fingerprinting for Taxonomy and Identification of the Soft Rot Bacteria Erwinia carotovora and Erwinia chrysanthemi Anna O. Avrova, Lizbeth J. Hyman, Rachel L. Toth, and Ian K. Toth Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1499-1508; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The ybiT Gene of Erwinia chrysanthemi Codes for a Putative ABC Transporter and Is Involved in Competitiveness against Endophytic Bacteria during Infection Arancha Llama-Palacios, Emilia López-Solanilla, and Pablo Rodríguez-Palenzuela Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1624-1630; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Soil Bacterial Communities in Rhizospheres of Three Plant Species and the Interspaces in an Arid Grassland Cheryl R. Kuske, Lawrence O. Ticknor, Mark E. Miller, John M. Dunbar, Jody A. Davis, Susan M. Barns, and Jayne Belnap Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1854-1863; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bradyrhizobia from Wild Phaseolus, Desmodium, and Macroptilium Species in Northern Mexico Matthew A. Parker Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2044-2048; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Energy Generation by Extracellular Aldose Oxidation in N2-Fixing Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus María F. Luna, Cecilia E. Bernardelli, Carlos F. Mignone, and José L. Boiardi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2054-2056; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Role of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1 Endotoxin Binding in Determining Potency during Lepidopteran Larval Development Androulla Gilliland, Catherine E. Chambers, Eileen J. Bone, and David J. Ellar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1509-1515; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Activity and Diversity of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in a Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Aquifer Jutta Kleikemper, Martin H. Schroth, William V. Sigler, Martina Schmucki, Stefano M. Bernasconi, and Josef Zeyer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1516-1523; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Bacteria Contaminating Ultrapure Water in Industrial Systems Leonid A. Kulakov, Morven B. McAlister, Kimberly L. Ogden, Michael J. Larkin, and John F. O'Hanlon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1548-1555; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Extracellular Enzyme Activities and Community Composition of Attached and Free-Living Bacteria in Porous Medium Columns R. Michael Lehman and Seán P. O'Connell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1569-1575; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Diversity of Marine Cyanophage Isolates and Natural Virus Communities as Revealed by Sequences of Viral Capsid Assembly Protein Gene g20 Yan Zhong, Feng Chen, Steven W. Wilhelm, Leo Poorvin, and Robert E. Hodson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1576-1584; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temporal Changes in Archaeal Diversity and Chemistry in a Mid-Ocean Ridge Subseafloor Habitat Julie A. Huber, David A. Butterfield, and John A. Baross Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1585-1594; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microheterogeneity in 16S Ribosomal DNA-Defined Bacterial Populations from a Stratified Planktonic Environment Is Related to Temporal Changes and to Ecological Adaptations Emilio O. Casamayor, Carlos Pedrós-Alió, Gerard Muyzer, and Rudolf Amann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1706-1714; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cyanophycin Production in a Phycoerythrin-Containing Marine Synechococcus Strain of Unusual Phylogenetic Affinity Lauren L. Wingard, Scott R. Miller, Jeanne M. L. Sellker, Erik Stenn, Mary M. Allen, and A. Michelle Wood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1772-1777; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Nitrite Reductase (nirK and nirS) Gene Fragments in Forested Upland and Wetland Soils Anders Priemé, Gesche Braker, and James M. Tiedje Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1893-1900; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Diversity of Hydrothermal Sediments in the Guaymas Basin: Evidence for Anaerobic Methanotrophic Communities Andreas Teske, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, Virginia Edgcomb, Alvin de Vera Gomez, David Kysela, Sean P. Sylva, Mitchell L. Sogin, and Holger W. Jannasch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1994-2007; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Statistical Analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Development: Impact of Mutations in Genes Involved in Twitching Motility, Cell-to-Cell Signaling, and Stationary-Phase Sigma Factor Expression Arne Heydorn, Bjarne Ersbøll, Junichi Kato, Morten Hentzer, Matthew R. Parsek, Tim Tolker-Nielsen, Michael Givskov, and Søren Molin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2008-2017; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fasciclin Domain Proteins Are Present in Nostoc Symbionts of Lichens Per Paulsrud and Peter Lindblad Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2036-2039; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Biological Detection and Characterization of Clostridium Populations in Municipal Landfill Sites M. I. Van Dyke and A. J. McCarthy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2049-2053; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Propionate Formation by Opitutus terrae in Pure Culture and in Mixed Culture with a Hydrogenotrophic Methanogen and Implications for Carbon Fluxes in Anoxic Rice Paddy Soil Kuk-Jeong Chin and Peter H. Janssen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2089-2092; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Uric Acid Is a Genuine Metabolite of Penicillium cyclopium and Stimulates the Expression of Alkaloid Biosynthesis in This Fungus Florian Helbig, Jörg Steighardt, and Werner Roos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1524-1533; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction, Isolation, and Characterization of Two Laccases from the White Rot Basidiomycete Coriolopsis rigida Mario C. N. Saparrat, Francisco Guillén, Angélica M. Arambarri, Angel T. Martínez, and María Jesús Martínez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1534-1540; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

EglC, a New Endoglucanase from Aspergillus niger with Major Activity towards Xyloglucan Alinda A. Hasper, Ester Dekkers, Marc van Mil, Peter J. I. van de Vondervoort, and Leo H. de Graaff Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1556-1560; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proline Reverses the Abnormal Phenotypes of Colletotrichum trifolii Associated with Expression of Endogenous Constitutively Active Ras Stephen D. Memmott, Young-sil Ha, and Martin B. Dickman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1647-1651; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolic Engineering of the Morphology of Aspergillus oryzae by Altering Chitin Synthesis Christian Müller, Mhairi McIntyre, Kim Hansen, and Jens Nielsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1827-1836; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantification in Soil and the Rhizosphere of the Nematophagous Fungus Verticillium chlamydosporium by Competitive PCR and Comparison with Selective Plating T. H. Mauchline, B. R. Kerry, and P. R. Hirsch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1846-1853; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Towards Growth of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Independent of a Plant Host Ulrich Hildebrandt, Katharina Janetta, and Hermann Bothe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1919-1924; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Regulation of mnp2, a New Manganese Peroxidase-Encoding Gene from the Ligninolytic Fungus Trametes versicolor PRL 572 Tomas Johansson, Per Olof Nyman, and Daniel Cullen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2077-2080; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Cloning of rel from Listeria monocytogenes as an Osmotolerance Involvement Gene Yumiko Okada, Sou-ichi Makino, Toru Tobe, Nobuhiko Okada, and Shouji Yamazaki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1541-1547; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Characterization of linR, Involved in Regulation of the Downstream Pathway for -Hexachlorocyclohexane Degradation in Sphingomonas paucimobilis UT26 Keisuke Miyauchi, Haeng-Seog Lee, Masao Fukuda, Masamichi Takagi, and Yuji Nagata Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1803-1807; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Exported Rhodanese-Like Protein Is Induced during Growth of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in Metal Sulfides and Different Sulfur Compounds Pablo Ramírez, Héctor Toledo, Nicolas Guiliani, and Carlos A. Jerez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1837-1845; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expanded Genetic Map of Gibberella moniliformis (Fusarium verticillioides) James E. Jurgenson, Kurt A. Zeller, and John F. Leslie Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1972-1979; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Molecular Method To Assess the Diversity of Burkholderia Species in Environmental Samples Joana Falcão Salles, Francisco Adriano De Souza, and Jan Dirk van Elsas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1595-1603; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Method for Spiking Soil Samples with Organic Compounds Ulla C. Brinch, Flemming Ekelund, and Carsten S. Jacobsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1808-1816; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genotyping Cryptosporidium parvum with an hsp70 Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Microarray Timothy M. Straub, Don S. Daly, Sharon Wunshel, Paul A. Rochelle, Ricardo DeLeon, and Darrell P. Chandler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1817-1826; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development and Characterization of a Green Fluorescent Protein-Based Bacterial Biosensor for Bioavailable Toluene and Related Compounds Lawrence Stiner and Larry J. Halverson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1962-1971; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Assessment of the Physiological Status of the Polychlorinated Biphenyl Degrader Comamonas testosteroni TK102 by Flow Cytometry Yoshinori Hiraoka and Kazuhide Kimbara Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2031-2035; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Reduced Oxidative Pentose Phosphate Pathway Flux in Recombinant Xylose-Utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains Improves the Ethanol Yield from Xylose Marie Jeppsson, Björn Johansson, Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal, and Marie F. Gorwa-Grauslund Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1604-1609; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Medium Buffering Capacity on Inhibition of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Growth by Acetic and Lactic Acids K. C. Thomas, S. H. Hynes, and W. M. Ingledew Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1616-1623; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Photosynthetic Apparatus in Roseateles depolymerans 61A Is Transcriptionally Induced by Carbon Limitation Tetsushi Suyama, Toru Shigematsu, Toshihiko Suzuki, Yutaka Tokiwa, Takahiro Kanagawa, Kenji V. P. Nagashima, and Satoshi Hanada Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1665-1673; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specific Adhesion to Cellulose and Hydrolysis of Organophosphate Nerve Agents by a Genetically Engineered Escherichia coli Strain with a Surface-Expressed Cellulose-Binding Domain and Organophosphorus Hydrolase Aijun A. Wang, Ashok Mulchandani, and Wilfred Chen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1684-1689; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Growth Mode and Pyruvate Carboxylase on Succinic Acid Production by Metabolically Engineered Strains of Escherichia coli G. N. Vemuri, M. A. Eiteman, and E. Altman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1715-1727; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intracellular Carbon Fluxes in Riboflavin-Producing Bacillus subtilis during Growth on Two-Carbon Substrate Mixtures Michael Dauner, Marco Sonderegger, Michel Hochuli, Thomas Szyperski, Kurt Wüthrich, Hans-Peter Hohmann, Uwe Sauer, and James E. Bailey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1760-1771; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Physiological Function of Alcohol Dehydrogenases and Long-Chain (C30) Fatty Acids in Alcohol Tolerance of Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus D. S. Burdette, S.-H. Jung, G.-J. Shen, R. I. Hollingsworth, and J. G. Zeikus Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1914-1918; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Desulfovibrio sp. Genes Involved in the Respiration of Sulfate during Metabolism of Hydrogen and Lactate Jennifer L. Steger, Carr Vincent, Jimmy D. Ballard, and Lee R. Krumholz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1932-1937; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The AWA1 Gene Is Required for the Foam-Forming Phenotype and Cell Surface Hydrophobicity of Sake Yeast Hitoshi Shimoi, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Masaki Okuda, Ratchanee Atthi, Kazuhiro Iwashita, and Kiyoshi Ito Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2018-2025; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Determination of Subunit Composition of Clostridium cellulovorans Cellulosomes That Degrade Plant Cell Walls Koichiro Murashima, Akihiko Kosugi, and Roy H. Doi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1610-1615; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacillus stearothermophilus Neopullulanase Selective Hydrolysis of Amylose to Maltose in the Presence of Amylopectin Hiroshi Kamasaka, Kazuhisa Sugimoto, Hiroki Takata, Takahisa Nishimura, and Takashi Kuriki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1658-1664; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

NAD(P)H:Flavin Mononucleotide Oxidoreductase Inactivation during 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene Reduction R. Guy Riefler and Barth F. Smets Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1690-1696; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Quorum-Quenching N-Acyl Homoserine Lactonases from Bacillus Species Yi-Hu Dong, Andi R. Gusti, Qiong Zhang, Jin-Ling Xu, and Lian-Hui Zhang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1754-1759; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering of Phytase for Improved Activity at Low pH Andrea Tomschy, Roland Brugger, Martin Lehmann, Allan Svendsen, Kurt Vogel, Dirk Kostrewa, Søren F. Lassen, Dominique Burger, Alexandra Kronenberger, Adolphus P. G. M. van Loon, Luis Pasamontes, and Markus Wyss Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1907-1913; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of an Arginine Aminopeptidase from Lactobacillus sakei Yolanda Sanz and Fidel Toldrá Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1980-1987; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Microbial Diversity of a Heavily Polluted Microbial Mat and Its Community Changes following Degradation of Petroleum Compounds Raeid M. M. Abed, Nimer M. D. Safi, Jürgen Köster, Dirk de Beer, Yasser El-Nahhal, Jürgen Rullkötter, and Ferran Garcia-Pichel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1674-1683; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Carbon Isotope Fractionation during Aerobic Biodegradation of Trichloroethene by Burkholderia cepacia G4: a Tool To Map Degradation Mechanisms Johannes A. C. Barth, Greg Slater, Christoph Schüth, Markus Bill, Angela Downey, Mike Larkin, and Robert M. Kalin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1728-1734; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development, Validation, and Application of PCR Primers for Detection of Tetracycline Efflux Genes of Gram-Negative Bacteria R. I. Aminov, J. C. Chee-Sanford, N. Garrigues, B. Teferedegne, I. J. Krapac, B. A. White, and R. I. Mackie Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1786-1793; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Growth Conditions and Staining Procedure upon the Subsurface Transport and Attachment Behaviors of a Groundwater Protist Ronald W. Harvey, Naleen Mayberry, Nancy E. Kinner, David W. Metge, and Franco Novarino Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1872-1881; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spatially Oscillating Activity and Microbial Succession of Mercury-Reducing Biofilms in a Technical-Scale Bioremediation System Harald von Canstein, Ying Li, Johannes Leonhäuser, Elke Haase, Andreas Felske, Wolf-Dieter Deckwer, and Irene Wagner-Döbler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1938-1946; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Cell Surface Display of Organophosphorus Hydrolase for Selective Screening of Improved Hydrolysis of Organophosphate Nerve Agents Catherine Mee-Hie Cho, Ashok Mulchandani, and Wilfred Chen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2026-2030; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of 17ß-Estradiol by a Gram-Negative Bacterium Isolated from Activated Sludge in a Sewage Treatment Plant in Tokyo, Japan Katsuhiko Fujii, Shintaro Kikuchi, Masataka Satomi, Noriko Ushio-Sata, and Naoki Morita Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2057-2060; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Organophosphonate Utilization by the Thermophile Geobacillus caldoxylosilyticus T20 Agnieszka Obojska, Nigel G. Ternan, Barbara Lejczak, Pawel Kafarski, and Geoff McMullan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2081-2084; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation of the Regulatory Gene algU or gacA Can Affect the Ability of Biocontrol Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0 To Persist as Culturable Cells in Nonsterile Soil Fabio Mascher, Yvan Moënne-Loccoz, Ursula Schnider-Keel, Christoph Keel, Dieter Haas, and Geneviève Défago Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2085-2088; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Use of Fe(III) as an Electron Acceptor To Recover Previously Uncultured Hyperthermophiles: Isolation and Characterization of Geothermobacterium ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov. Kazem Kashefi, Dawn E. Holmes, Anna-Louise Reysenbach, and Derek R. Lovley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1735-1742; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Profiles of Airborne Fungi in Buildings and Outdoor Environments in the United States Brian G. Shelton, Kimberly H. Kirkland, W. Dana Flanders, and George K. Morris Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1743-1753; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Norwalk-Like Virus Sequences in Mineral Waters: One-Year Monitoring of Three Brands Christian Beuret, Dorothe Kohler, Andreas Baumgartner, and Thomas M. Lüthi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1925-1931; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shedding of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Dairy Cattle Housed in a Confined Environment following Waterborne Inoculation J. A. Shere, C. W. Kaspar, K. J. Bartlett, S. E. Linden, B. Norell, S. Francey, and D. M. Schaefer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 1947-1954; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Novel Helicobacter spp. from a Beluga Whale Claudia M. G. Harper, Shilu Xu, Yan Feng, J. Lawrence Dunn, Nancy S. Taylor, Floyd E. Dewhirst, and James G. Fox Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2040-2043; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Multiplex PCR and PCR Restriction Enzyme Analysis for Detection and Exploration of the Variability in the Free-Living Amoeba Naegleria in the Environment Michel Pélandakis and Pierre Pernin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2061-2065; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of pH and Magnetic Material on Immunomagnetic Separation of Cryptosporidium Oocysts from Concentrated Water Samples Ryan C. Kuhn, Channah M. Rock, and Kevin H. Oshima Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2066-2070; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of a Diagnostic 452-Base-Pair DNA Fragment Discriminates between Cryptosporidium parvum and C. meleagridis and between C. parvum Isolates of Human and Animal Origin K. Guyot, A. Follet-Dumoulin, C. Recourt, E. Lelièvre, J. C. Cailliez, and E. Dei-Cas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2071-2076; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Oxidative Transformation of Aminodinitrotoluene Isomers by Multicomponent Dioxygenases Glenn R. Johnson, Barth F. Smets, and Jim C. Spain Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2093 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Combined Water Potential and Temperature Stresses on Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts Mark Walker, Katherine Leddy, and Elaine Hager Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2093 [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. April 2002 68: 2093 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Assessment of Fluorochromes for Two-Photon Laser Scanning Microscopy of Biofilms Thomas R. Neu, Ute Kuhlicke, and John R. Lawrence Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2002 68: 2093 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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