Contents: May 2002, Volume 68, Issue 5        Minireviews        Invertebrate Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Geomicrobiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Mycology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Food Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Methods        Public Health Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation        Errata Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Auxotrophic Yeast Strains in Fundamental and Applied Research Jack T. Pronk Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2095-2100; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Fumonisin Analogs by Fusarium Species John P. Rheeder, Walter F. O. Marasas, and Hester F. Vismer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2101-2105; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Denaturation of Either Manduca sexta Aminopeptidase N or Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A Toxins Exposes Binding Epitopes Hidden under Nondenaturing Conditions Anu Daniel, Sreedhara Sangadala, Donald H. Dean, and Michael J. Adang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2106-2112; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alterations in Vibrio fischeri Motility Correlate with a Delay in Symbiosis Initiation and Are Associated with Additional Symbiotic Colonization Defects Deborah S. Millikan and Edward G. Ruby Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2519-2528; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of the Leucine Cluster in Buchnera sp. Strain PSY, a Primary Endosymbiont of the Aphid Pemphigus spyrothecae Beatriz Sabater-Muñoz, Laura Gómez-Valero, Roeland C. H. J. van Ham, Francisco J. Silva, and Amparo Latorre Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2572-2575; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Effect of Polyclonal, Monoclonal, and Recombinant (Single-Chain Variable Fragment) Antibodies on In Vitro Morphology, Growth, and Metabolism of the Phytopathogenic Mollicute Spiroplasma citri Sylvie Malembic, Colette Saillard, Joseph M. Bové, and Monique Garnier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2113-2119; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Plant-Microbe Rhizosphere Interaction Involving Streptomyces lydicus WYEC108 and the Pea Plant (Pisum sativum) Ranjeet K. Tokala, Janice L. Strap, Carina M. Jung, Don L. Crawford, Michelle Hamby Salove, Lee A. Deobald, J. Franklin Bailey, and M. J. Morra Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2161-2171; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of Endophytic Colonizing Bacteria from Agronomic Crops and Prairie Plants Denise K. Zinniel, Pat Lambrecht, N. Beth Harris, Zhengyu Feng, Daniel Kuczmarski, Phyllis Higley, Carol A. Ishimaru, Alahari Arunakumari, Raúl G. Barletta, and Anne K. Vidaver Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2198-2208; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fusaric Acid-Producing Strains of Fusarium oxysporum Alter 2,4-Diacetylphloroglucinol Biosynthetic Gene Expression in Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0 In Vitro and in the Rhizosphere of Wheat Regina Notz, Monika Maurhofer, Helen Dubach, Dieter Haas, and Geneviève Défago Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2229-2235; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Response of Endophytic Bacterial Communities in Potato Plants to Infection with Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica Birgit Reiter, Ulrike Pfeifer, Helmut Schwab, and Angela Sessitsch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2261-2268; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering the Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae Hydrogenase System for Expression in Free-Living Microaerobic Cells and Increased Symbiotic Hydrogenase Activity B. Brito, J. M. Palacios, J. Imperial, and T. Ruiz-Argüeso Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2461-2467; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conservation of Plasmid-Encoded Traits among Bean-Nodulating Rhizobium Species Susana Brom, Lourdes Girard, Alejandro García-de los Santos, Julio M. Sanjuan-Pinilla, José Olivares, and Juan Sanjuan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2555-2561; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineered Rhizosphere: the Trophic Bias Generated by Opine-Producing Plants Is Independent of the Opine Type, the Soil Origin, and the Plant Species Hounayda Mansouri, Annik Petit, Phil Oger, and Yves Dessaux Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2562-2566; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hemoglobin in Frankia, a Nitrogen-Fixing Actinomycete John D. Tjepkema, Robert E. Cashon, Jason Beckwith, and Christa R. Schwintzer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2629-2631; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Simultaneous Transport of Two Bacterial Strains in Intact Cores from Oyster, Virginia: Biological Effects and Numerical Modeling Hailiang Dong, Randi Rothmel, Tullis C. Onstott, Mark E. Fuller, Mary F. DeFlaun, Sheryl H. Streger, Robb Dunlap, and Madilyn Fletcher Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2120-2132; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mechanisms for Accessing Insoluble Fe(III) Oxide during Dissimilatory Fe(III) Reduction by Geothrix fermentans Kelly P. Nevin and Derek R. Lovley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2294-2299; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Melanin Production and Use as a Soluble Electron Shuttle for Fe(III) Oxide Reduction and as a Terminal Electron Acceptor by Shewanella algae BrY Charles E. Turick, Louis S. Tisa, and Frank Caccavo, Jr. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2436-2444; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity and Ubiquity of Bacteria Capable of Utilizing Humic Substances as Electron Donors for Anaerobic Respiration John D. Coates, Kimberly A. Cole, Romy Chakraborty, Susan M. O'Connor, and Laurie A. Achenbach Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2445-2452; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Identification of a Salt-Induced Primary Transporter for Glycine Betaine in the Methanogen Methanosarcina mazei Gö1 M. Roeßler, K. Pflüger, H. Flach, T. Lienard, G. Gottschalk, and V. Müller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2133-2139; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Taxis Response of Various Denitrifying Bacteria to Nitrate and Nitrite Dong Yun Lee, Adela Ramos, Lee Macomber, and James P. Shapleigh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2140-2147; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Linking Central Metabolism with Increased Pathway Flux: L-Valine Accumulation by Corynebacterium glutamicum Eva Radmacher, Adela Vaitsikova, Udo Burger, Karin Krumbach, Hermann Sahm, and Lothar Eggeling Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2246-2250; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcript Levels of the Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 5A Gene Peak at Early G1 Phase of the Cell Cycle in the Dinoflagellate Crypthecodinium cohnii K. L. Chan, D. New, S. Ghandhi, F. Wong, C. M. C. Lam, and J. T. Y. Wong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2278-2284; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transformation of Isopropylamine to L-Alaninol by Pseudomonas sp. Strain KIE171 Involves N-Glutamylated Intermediates Susana I. de Azevedo Wäsch, Jan R. van der Ploeg, Tere Maire, Alice Lebreton, Andreas Kiener, and Thomas Leisinger Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2368-2375; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Streptococcus mutans Proteins Modulated by Culture under Acidic Conditions Joanna C. Wilkins, Karen A. Homer, and David Beighton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2382-2390; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enzymatic Synthesis of Aminoglycoside Antibiotics: Novel Adenosylmethionine:2-Deoxystreptamine N-Methyltransferase Activities in Hygromycin B- and Spectinomycin-Producing Streptomyces spp. and Uses of the Methylated Products James B. Walker Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2404-2410; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Accumulation and Changed Monomer Composition in Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Copolyester by In Vitro Evolution of Aeromonas caviae PHA Synthase Tomoyasu Kichise, Seiichi Taguchi, and Yoshiharu Doi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2411-2419; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolic Commensalism and Competition in a Two-Species Microbial Consortium Bjarke B. Christensen, Janus A. J. Haagensen, Arne Heydorn, and Søren Molin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2495-2502; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Formation of Protoplasts from Cultured Tobacco Cells and Arabidopsis thaliana by the Action of Cellulosomes and Pectate Lyase from Clostridium cellulovorans Yutaka Tamaru, Sadaharu Ui, Koichiro Murashima, Akihiko Kosugi, Helen Chan, Roy H. Doi, and Bo Liu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2614-2618; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning of Escherichia coli lacZ and lacY Genes and Their Expression in Gluconobacter oxydans and Acetobacter liquefaciens Hesham E. Mostafa, Knut J. Heller, and Arnold Geis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2619-2623; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Tri13 and Tri7 Determine Deoxynivalenol- and Nivalenol-Producing Chemotypes of Gibberella zeae Theresa Lee, You-Kyoung Han, Kook-Hyung Kim, Sung-Hwan Yun, and Yin-Won Lee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2148-2154; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ochratoxin Production by the Aspergillus ochraceus Group and Aspergillus alliaceus Paul Bayman, James L. Baker, Mark A. Doster, Themis J. Michailides, and Noreen E. Mahoney Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2326-2329; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Double-Stranded RNA Mycovirus from Fusarium graminearum Yeon-Mee Chu, Jae-Jin Jeon, Sang-Jin Yea, Yong-Ho Kim, Sung-Hwan Yun, Yin-Won Lee, and Kook-Hyung Kim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2529-2534; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Impaired Cutinase Secretion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Induces Irregular Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Membrane Proliferation, Oxidative Stress, and ER-Associated Degradation C. M. J. Sagt, W. H. Müller, L. van der Heide, J. Boonstra, A. J. Verkleij, and C. T. Verrips Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2155-2160; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genes from Pseudomonas sp. Strain BS Involved in the Conversion of L-2-Amino-2-Thiazolin-4-Carbonic Acid to L-Cysteine Toshikazu Shiba, Kohji Takeda, Misako Yajima, and Makoto Tadano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2179-2187; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Class II Defective Transposon Carrying Two Haloacetate Dehalogenase Genes from Delftia acidovorans Plasmid pUO1 Masahiro Sota, Masahiro Endo, Keiji Nitta, Haruhiko Kawasaki, and Masataka Tsuda Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2307-2315; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomic Subtraction To Identify and Characterize Sequences of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O91:H21 Nathalie Pradel, Sabine Leroy-Setrin, Bernard Joly, and Valérie Livrelli Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2316-2325; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cre-loxP Recombination System for Large Genome Rearrangements in Lactococcus lactis Nathalie Campo, Marie-Line Daveran-Mingot, Kees Leenhouts, Paul Ritzenthaler, and Pascal Le Bourgeois Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2359-2367; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of Gene Expression Made Easy Christian Solem and Peter Ruhdal Jensen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2397-2403; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Characterization of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Cyanobacteria) Isolates from Diverse Geographic Origins Based on nifH and cpcBA-IGS Nucleotide Sequence Analysis Julianne Dyble, Hans W. Paerl, and Brett A. Neilan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2567-2571; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Assessment of the Genetic Diversity among Arcobacters Isolated from Poultry Products by Using Two PCR-Based Typing Methods Kurt Houf, Lieven De Zutter, Jan Van Hoof, and Peter Vandamme Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2172-2178; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Acetate in Production of an Autoinducible Class IIa Bacteriocin in Carnobacterium piscicola A9b Lilian Nilsson, Michael K. Nielsen, Yin Ng, and Lone Gram Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2251-2260; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Synthesis of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase in Staphylococcus aureus Is Stimulated by Osmotic Stress Oddur Vilhelmsson and Karen J. Miller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2353-2358; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Incidence of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in Bulk Raw and Commercially Pasteurized Cows' Milk from Approved Dairy Processing Establishments in the United Kingdom Irene R. Grant, Hywel J. Ball, and Michael T. Rowe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2428-2435; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Energy-Based Dynamic Model for Variable Temperature Batch Fermentation by Lactococcus lactis Daniel P. Dougherty, Frederick Breidt, Jr., Roger F. McFeeters, and Sharon R. Lubkin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2468-2478; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Analysis of Cereulide, the Emetic Toxin of Bacillus cereus, Produced under Various Conditions Max M Häggblom, Camelia Apetroaie, Maria A. Andersson, and Mirja S. Salkinoja-Salonen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2479-2483; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical and Genetic Characterization of the Two-Peptide Bacteriocin Enterocin 1071 Produced by Enterococcus faecalis FAIR-E 309 Charles M. A. P. Franz, Alexandra Grube, Anette Herrmann, Hikmate Abriouel, Joachim Stärke, Angiolella Lombardi, Bernhard Tauscher, and Wilhelm H. Holzapfel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2550-2554; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Glucose in Enhancing the Temperature-Dependent Growth Inhibition of Escherichia coli O157:H7 ATCC 43895 by a Pseudomonas sp. John Samelis and John N. Sofos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2600-2604; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Microbial Load of Drinking Water Reservoir Tributaries during Extreme Rainfall and Runoff T. Kistemann, T. Claßen, C. Koch, F. Dangendorf, R. Fischeder, J. Gebel, V. Vacata, and M. Exner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2188-2197; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Partitioning of Bacterial Communities between Seawater and Healthy, Black Band Diseased, and Dead Coral Surfaces Jorge Frias-Lopez, Aubrey L. Zerkle, George T. Bonheyo, and Bruce W. Fouke Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2214-2228; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Trichodesmium spp. by Genetic Techniques K. M. Orcutt, U. Rasmussen, E. A. Webb, J. B. Waterbury, K. Gundersen, and B. Bergman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2236-2245; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spatial Distribution of Total, Ammonia-Oxidizing, and Denitrifying Bacteria in Biological Wastewater Treatment Reactors for Bioregenerative Life Support Yuko Sakano, Karen D. Pickering, Peter F. Strom, and Lee J. Kerkhof Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2285-2293; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enrichment of Members of the Family Geobacteraceae Associated with Stimulation of Dissimilatory Metal Reduction in Uranium-Contaminated Aquifer Sediments Dawn E. Holmes, Kevin T. Finneran, Regina A. O'Neil, and Derek R. Lovley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2300-2306; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Culturability of Soil Bacteria and Isolation in Pure Culture of Novel Members of the Divisions Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, and Verrucomicrobia Peter H. Janssen, Penelope S. Yates, Bronwyn E. Grinton, Paul M. Taylor, and Michelle Sait Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2391-2396; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification, Detection, and Enumeration of Human Bifidobacterium Species by PCR Targeting the Transaldolase Gene Teresa Requena, Jeremy Burton, Takahiro Matsuki, Karen Munro, Mary Alice Simon, Ryuichiro Tanaka, Koichi Watanabe, and Gerald W. Tannock Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2420-2427; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Amendment with Ferrihydrite and Gypsum on the Structure and Activity of Methanogenic Populations in Rice Field Soil Tillmann Lueders and Michael W. Friedrich Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2484-2494; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomic Sequence and Evolution of Marine Cyanophage P60: a New Insight on Lytic and Lysogenic Phages Feng Chen and Jingrang Lu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2589-2594; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Rapid PCR-Based Method Which Can Determine Both Phenotype and Genotype of Lactococcus lactis Subspecies Masaru Nomura, Miho Kobayashi, and Takashi Okamoto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2209-2213; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Recombinant Cellulose-Binding Domains of Trichoderma reesei Cellulase as a Selective Immunocytochemical Marker for Cellulose in Protozoa Markus Linder, Jadwiga Winiecka-Krusnell, and Ewert Linder Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2503-2508; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High-Density Microarray of Small-Subunit Ribosomal DNA Probes Kenneth H. Wilson, Wendy J. Wilson, Jennifer L. Radosevich, Todd Z. DeSantis, Vijay S. Viswanathan, Thomas A. Kuczmarski, and Gary L. Andersen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2535-2541; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Immunoassays for Detection of UV-Induced Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers in Whole Bacterial Cells Jordan Peccia and Mark Hernandez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2542-2549; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Application of Epitope- and Green Fluorescent Protein-Tagging Integration Vectors for Bacillus subtilis Marcus Kaltwasser, Thomas Wiegert, and Wolfgang Schumann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2624-2628; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Gastrointestinal Tract Location of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Ruminants Luke J. Grauke, Indira T. Kudva, Jang Won Yoon, Carl W. Hunt, Christopher J. Williams, and Carolyn J. Hovde Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2269-2277; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacillus Probiotics: Spore Germination in the Gastrointestinal Tract Gabriella Casula and Simon M. Cutting Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2344-2352; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella enterica Infections in Market Swine with and without Transport and Holding H. S. Hurd, J. D. McKean, R. W. Griffith, I. V. Wesley, and M. H. Rostagno Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2376-2381; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Efficacy of Common Laboratory Disinfectants on the Infectivity of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in Cell Culture Susan C. Weir, Nicholas J. Pokorny, Ramon A. Carreno, Jack T. Trevors, and Hung Lee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2576-2579; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Detection of Shigella Species in Environmental Sewage by an Immunocapture PCR with Universal Primers Xuanxian Peng, Wen Luo, Jianying Zhang, Sanying Wang, and Shengcai Lin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2580-2583; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in Swine: an 18-Month Survey at a Slaughterhouse in Massachusetts Michael A. Buckholt, John H. Lee, and Saul Tzipori Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2595-2599; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fate of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Manure-Amended Soil Xiuping Jiang, Jennie Morgan, and Michael P. Doyle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2605-2609; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Thermodynamic Analysis of Growth Temperature Dependence in the Adhesion of Candida parapsilosis to Polystyrene Amparo M. Gallardo-Moreno, M. Luisa González-Martín, Ciro Pérez-Giraldo, Eugenio Garduño, José M. Bruque, and Antonio C. Gómez-García Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2610-2613; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Purification and Characterization of a Surface Protein from Lactobacillus fermentum 104R That Binds to Porcine Small Intestinal Mucus and Gastric Mucin Maurilia Rojas, Felipe Ascencio, and Patricia L. Conway Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2330-2336; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Novel Hexapeptides Bioactive against Phytopathogenic Fungi through Screening of a Synthetic Peptide Combinatorial Library Belén López-García, Enrique Pérez-Payá, and Jose F. Marcos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2453-2460; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Extracellular Polysaccharides of Rhodococcus rhodochrous S-2 Stimulate the Degradation of Aromatic Components in Crude Oil by Indigenous Marine Bacteria Noriyuki Iwabuchi, Michio Sunairi, Makoto Urai, Chiaki Itoh, Hiroshi Anzai, Mutsuyasu Nakajima, and Shigeaki Harayama Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2337-2343; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Assessing the Role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Surface-Active Gene Expression in Hexadecane Biodegradation in Sand P. A. Holden, M. G. LaMontagne, A. K. Bruce, W. G. Miller, and S. E. Lindow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2509-2518; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biotransformation of 2,7-Dichloro- and 1,2,3,4-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin by Sphingomonas wittichii RW1 Hyo-Bong Hong, Yoon-Seok Chang, In-Hyun Nam, Peter Fortnagel, and Stefan Schmidt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2584-2588; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Genetic and Immunochemical Characterization of Thiocyanate-Degrading Bacteria in Lake Water Manabu Yamasaki, Yasuhiko Matsushita, Motonobu Namura, Hiroshi Nyunoya, and Yoko Katayama Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2002 68: 2632 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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