Contents: August 2002, Volume 68, Issue 8        Minireviews        Food Microbiology        Public Health Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation        Plant Microbiology        Mycology        Microbial Ecology        Geomicrobiology        Methods        Invertebrate Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Magnetofossils from Ancient Mars: a Robust Biosignature in the Martian Meteorite ALH84001 Kathie L. Thomas-Keprta, Simon J. Clemett, Dennis A. Bazylinski, Joseph L. Kirschvink, David S. McKay, Susan J. Wentworth, Hojatollah Vali, Everett K. Gibson, Jr., and Christopher S. Romanek Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3663-3672; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Approaches for Describing and Comparing the Diversity of Microbial Communities Andrew P. Martin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3673-3682; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Inhibition of Listeria innocua in Cheddar Cheese by Addition of Nisin Z in Liposomes or by In Situ Production in Mixed Culture R.-O. Benech, E. E. Kheadr, R. Laridi, C. Lacroix, and I. Fliss Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3683-3690; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Bacterial Microflora in Dairy Products by Temporal Temperature Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Jean-Claude Ogier, Olivier Son, Alexandra Gruss, Patrick Tailliez, and Agnes Delacroix-Buchet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3691-3701; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical and Genetic Characterization of Mundticin KS, an Antilisterial Peptide Produced by Enterococcus mundtii NFRI 7393 Shinichi Kawamoto, Jun Shima, Rumi Sato, Tomoko Eguchi, Sadahiro Ohmomo, Junko Shibato, Naoko Horikoshi, Kazuko Takeshita, and Takashi Sameshima Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3830-3840; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The pepR Gene of Lactobacillus sakei Is Positively Regulated by Anaerobiosis at the Transcriptional Level Marie-Christine Champomier-Vergès, Anika Marceau, Thérèse Méra, and Monique Zagorec Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3873-3877; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of both Hepatitis A Virus and Norwalk-Like Virus in Imported Clams Associated with Food-Borne Illness David H. Kingsley, Gloria K. Meade, and Gary P. Richards Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3914-3918; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Inactivation of a Branched-Chain-Amino-Acid Aminotransferase Gene from Staphylococcus carnosus and Characterization of the Enzyme Søren M. Madsen, Hans Christian Beck, Peter Ravn, Astrid Vrang, Anne Maria Hansen, and Hans Israelsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4007-4014; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transfer of Microorganisms, Including Listeria monocytogenes, from Various Materials to Beef Graziella Midelet and Brigitte Carpentier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4015-4024; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibitory Effects of High Pressure and Heat on Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris Spores in Apple Juice Sun-Young Lee, Richard H. Dougherty, and Dong-Hyun Kang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4158-4161; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Accelerated Death Kinetics of Aspergillus niger Spores under High-Pressure Carbonation M. Shimoda, H. Kago, N. Kojima, M. Miyake, Y. Osajima, and I. Hayakawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4162-4167; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in Fresh Apple Cider by UV Irradiation D. E. Hanes, R. W. Worobo, P. A. Orlandi, D. H. Burr, M. D. Miliotis, M. G. Robl, J. W. Bier, M. J. Arrowood, J. J. Churey, and G. J. Jackson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4168-4172; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Comparative Resistance of Phage Isolates of Four Genotypes of F-Specific RNA Bacteriophages to Various Inactivation Processes M. Schaper, A. E. Durán, and J. Jofre Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3702-3707; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Epidemiology of Clostridium perfringens Related to Food-Borne Outbreaks of Disease in Finland from 1984 to 1999 Susanna Lukinmaa, Elina Takkunen, and Anja Siitonen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3744-3749; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of In Vitro Cell Culture and a Mouse Assay for Measuring Infectivity of Cryptosporidium parvum Paul A. Rochelle, Marilyn M. Marshall, Jan R. Mead, Anne M. Johnson, Dick G. Korich, Jeffrey S. Rosen, and Ricardo De Leon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3809-3817; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oxalobacter formigenes and Its Potential Role in Human Health Sylvia H. Duncan, Anthony J. Richardson, Poonam Kaul, Ross P. Holmes, Milton J. Allison, and Colin S. Stewart Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3841-3847; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adhesion to Bile Drain Materials and Physicochemical Surface Properties of Enterococcus faecalis Strains Grown in the Presence of Bile Karola Waar, Henny C. van der Mei, Hermie J. M. Harmsen, John E. Degener, and Henk J. Busscher Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3855-3858; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Occurrence of Toxigenic Aspergillus versicolor Isolates and Sterigmatocystin in Carpet Dust from Damp Indoor Environments Steffen Engelhart, Annette Loock, Dirk Skutlarek, Helmut Sagunski, Annette Lommel, Harald Färber, and Martin Exner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3886-3890; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Shigella dysenteriae Type 1 and S. flexneri Strains from Surface Waters in Bangladesh: Comparative Molecular Analysis of Environmental Shigella Isolates versus Clinical Strains Shah M. Faruque, Rasel Khan, M. Kamruzzaman, Shinji Yamasaki, Q. Shafi Ahmad, Tasnim Azim, G. Balakrish Nair, Yoshifumi Takeda, and David A. Sack Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3908-3913; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Virus Adsorption by Using DEAE-Sepharose and Octyl-Sepharose Patricia A. Shields and Samuel R. Farrah Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3965-3968; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection and Differentiation of Chlamydiae by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Sven Poppert, Andreas Essig, Reinhard Marre, Michael Wagner, and Matthias Horn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4081-4089; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Anatoxin-a(s) in Environmental Samples of Cyanobacteria by Using a Biosensor with Engineered Acetylcholinesterases Eric Devic, Dunhai Li, Alain Dauta, Peter Henriksen, Geoffrey A. Codd, Jean-Louis Marty, and Didier Fournier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4102-4106; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antimicrobial Resistance among Enterococci from Pigs in Three European Countries Frank Møller Aarestrup, Henrik Hasman, Lars Bogø Jensen, Miguel Moreno, Inmaculada A. Herrero, Lucas Domínguez, Maria Finn, and Anders Franklin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4127-4129; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Asaia sp., an Unusual Spoilage Organism of Fruit-Flavored Bottled Water John E. Moore, Mark McCalmont, Jiru Xu, B. Cherie Millar, and Neville Heaney Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4130-4131; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Horizontal Transmission of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli within Groups of Dairy Calves R. Cobbold and P. Desmarchelier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4148-4152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Homologs of the Rml Enzymes from Salmonella enterica Are Responsible for dTDP-ß-L-Rhamnose Biosynthesis in the Gram-Positive Thermophile Aneurinibacillus thermoaerophilus DSM 10155 Michael Graninger, Bernd Kneidinger, Katharina Bruno, Andrea Scheberl, and Paul Messner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3708-3715; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extremely Stable and Versatile Carboxylesterase from a Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Yuji Hotta, Satoshi Ezaki, Haruyuki Atomi, and Tadayuki Imanaka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3925-3931; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Plasmid-Borne Genes Code for an Angular Dioxygenase Involved in Dibenzofuran Degradation by Terrabacter sp. Strain YK3 Toshiya Iida, Yuki Mukouzaka, Kaoru Nakamura, and Toshiaki Kudo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3716-3723; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification, Characterization, and Regulation of a Cluster of Genes Involved in Carbapenem Biosynthesis in Photorhabdus luminescens Sylviane Derzelle, Eric Duchaud, Frank Kunst, Antoine Danchin, and Philippe Bertin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3780-3789; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Peptidyl-Prolyl Isomerase Motif Is Lacking in PmpA, the PrsA-Like Protein Involved in the Secretion Machinery of Lactococcus lactis Sophie Drouault, Jamila Anba, Sophie Bonneau, Alexander Bolotin, S. Dusko Ehrlich, and Pierre Renault Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3932-3942; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Cloning and Characterization of the Gene Coding for the Aerobic Azoreductase from Xenophilus azovorans KF46F Silke Blümel, Hans-Joachim Knackmuss, and Andreas Stolz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3948-3955; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Single Ala139-to-Glu Substitution in the Renibacterium salmoninarum Virulence-Associated Protein p57 Results in Antigenic Variation and Is Associated with Enhanced p57 Binding to Chinook Salmon Leukocytes Gregory D. Wiens, Ron Pascho, and James R. Winton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3969-3977; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Different Responses of Pyoverdine Genes to Autoinduction in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the Group Pseudomonas fluorescens-Pseudomonas putida Cecilia Ambrosi, Livia Leoni, and Paolo Visca Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4122-4126; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inducible Promoter-Repressor System from the Lactobacillus casei Phage FSW Bernhard Binishofer, Isabella Moll, Bernhard Henrich, and Udo Bläsi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4132-4135; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of ISRgn1, a Novel Insertion Sequence of the IS3 Family Isolated from a Bacteriocin-Negative Mutant of Ruminococcus gnavus E1 Ana Gomez, Monique Ladire, Francoise Marcille, Michelle Nardi, and Michel Fons Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4136-4139; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Cloning and Expression of the Haloalkane Dehalogenase Gene dhmA from Mycobacterium avium N85 and Preliminary Characterization of DhmA Andrea Jesenská, Milan Bartos, Vladimíra Czerneková, Ivan Rychlík, Ivo Pavlík, and Jirí Damborsky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3724-3730; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biodesulfurization of Naphthothiophene and Benzothiophene through Selective Cleavage of Carbon-Sulfur Bonds by Rhodococcus sp. Strain WU-K2R Kohtaro Kirimura, Toshiki Furuya, Rika Sato, Yoshitaka Ishii, Kuniki Kino, and Shoji Usami Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3867-3872; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Breeding of Transgenic Rice Plants Expressing a Bacterial Chlorocatechol Dioxygenase Gene Masami Shimizu, Tetsuya Kimura, Takayoshi Koyama, Katsuhisa Suzuki, Naoto Ogawa, Kiyotaka Miyashita, Kazuo Sakka, and Kunio Ohmiya Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4061-4066; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlorxanthomycin, a Fluorescent, Chlorinated, Pentacyclic Pyrene from a Bacillus sp. Andrew Magyarosy, Jonathan Z. Ho, Henry Rapoport, Scott Dawson, Joe Hancock, and Jay D. Keasling Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4095-4101; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Evaluation of the Genetic Structure of Xylella fastidiosa Populations from Different Citrus sinensis Varieties Helvécio Della Coletta-Filho and Marcos Antonio Machado Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3731-3736; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Pseudomonas putida Indoleacetic Acid in Development of the Host Plant Root System Cheryl L. Patten and Bernard R. Glick Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3795-3801; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Diversity of Phaseolus-Nodulating Rhizobial Populations Is Altered by Liming of Acid Soils Planted with Phaseolus vulgaris L. in Brazil D. S. Andrade, P. J. Murphy, and K. E. Giller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4025-4034; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ability of Nonpathogenic Fusarium oxysporum Strain Fo47 To Induce Resistance against Pythium ultimum Infection in Cucumber Nicole Benhamou, Chantal Garand, and Alain Goulet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4044-4060; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Nonfunctionality of Aspergillus sojae aflR in a Strain of Aspergillus parasiticus with a Disrupted aflR Gene Tadashi Takahashi, Perng-Kuang Chang, Kenichiro Matsushima, Jiujiang Yu, Keietsu Abe, Deepak Bhatnagar, Thomas E. Cleveland, and Yasuji Koyama Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3737-3743; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differentially Regulated, Vegetative-Mycelium-Specific Hydrophobins of the Edible Basidiomycete Pleurotus ostreatus María M. Peñas, Brian Rust, Luis M. Larraya, Lucía Ramírez, and Antonio G. Pisabarro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3891-3898; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Culture-Based and Non-Growth-Dependent Detection of the Burkholderia cepacia Complex in Soil Environments Suzanne C. M. Miller, John J. LiPuma, and Jennifer L. Parke Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3750-3758; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Factors Controlling Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation with Nitrite in Marine Sediments Tage Dalsgaard and Bo Thamdrup Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3802-3808; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biodiversity of Denitrifying and Dinitrogen-Fixing Bacteria in an Acid Forest Soil Christopher Rösch, Alexander Mergel, and Hermann Bothe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3818-3829; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Association of Microbial Community Composition and Activity with Lead, Chromium, and Hydrocarbon Contamination W. Shi, J. Becker, M. Bischoff, R. F. Turco, and A. E. Konopka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3859-3866; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity, Abundance, and Activity of Archaeal Populations in Oil-Contaminated Groundwater Accumulated at the Bottom of an Underground Crude Oil Storage Cavity Kazuya Watanabe, Yumiko Kodama, Natsuko Hamamura, and Nobuo Kaku Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3899-3907; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genes Encoding the N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone-Degrading Enzyme Are Widespread in Many Subspecies of Bacillus thuringiensis Sang Jun Lee, Sun-Yang Park, Jung-Ju Lee, Do-Young Yum, Bon-Tag Koo, and Jung-Kee Lee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3919-3924; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cyclic AMP and Acyl Homoserine Lactones Increase the Cultivation Efficiency of Heterotrophic Bacteria from the Central Baltic Sea Alke Bruns, Heribert Cypionka, and Jörg Overmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3978-3987; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mechanisms and Rates of Bacterial Colonization of Sinking Aggregates Thomas Kiørboe, Hans-Peter Grossart, Helle Ploug, and Kam Tang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3996-4006; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Exploration of Inorganic C and N Assimilation by Soil Microbes with Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry John B. Cliff, Daniel J. Gaspar, Peter J. Bottomley, and David D. Myrold Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4067-4073; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Possible Quorum Sensing in Marine Snow Bacteria: Production of Acylated Homoserine Lactones by Roseobacter Strains Isolated from Marine Snow Lone Gram, Hans-Peter Grossart, Andrea Schlingloff, and Thomas Kiørboe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4111-4116; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Worldwide Distribution of Nitrosococcus oceani, a Marine Ammonia-Oxidizing -Proteobacterium, Detected by PCR and Sequencing of 16S rRNA and amoA Genes Bess B. Ward and Gregory D. O'Mullan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4153-4157; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Microbial Communities from Methane Hydrate-Bearing Deep Marine Sediments in a Forearc Basin David W. Reed, Yoshiko Fujita, Mark E. Delwiche, D. Brad Blackwelder, Peter P. Sheridan, Takashi Uchida, and Frederick S. Colwell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3759-3770; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Life at the Energetic Edge: Kinetics of Circumneutral Iron Oxidation by Lithotrophic Iron-Oxidizing Bacteria Isolated from the Wetland-Plant Rhizosphere Scott C. Neubauer, David Emerson, and J. Patrick Megonigal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3988-3995; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Real-Time PCR Quantification of rbcL (Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase) mRNA in Diatoms and Pelagophytes B. Wawrik, J. H. Paul, and F. R. Tabita Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3771-3779; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High-Throughput Methods for Culturing Microorganisms in Very-Low-Nutrient Media Yield Diverse New Marine Isolates Stephanie A. Connon and Stephen J. Giovannoni Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3878-3885; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Noninvasive Measurement of Bacterial Intracellular pH on a Single-Cell Level with Green Fluorescent Protein and Fluorescence Ratio Imaging Microscopy Katja N. Olsen, Birgitte B. Budde, Henrik Siegumfeldt, K. Björn Rechinger, Mogens Jakobsen, and Hanne Ingmer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4145-4147; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Control of Resistant Pink Bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) by Transgenic Cotton That Produces Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin Cry2Ab Bruce E. Tabashnik, Timothy J. Dennehy, Maria A. Sims, Karen Larkin, Graham P. Head, William J. Moar, and Yves Carrière Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3790-3794; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Endotoxin Activity of Moraxella osloensis against the Grey Garden Slug, Deroceras reticulatum Li Tan and Parwinder S. Grewal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3943-3947; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Internal Spatiotemporal Population Dynamics of Infection with Three Wolbachia Strains in the Adzuki Bean Beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Nobuyuki Ijichi, Natsuko Kondo, Rena Matsumoto, Masakazu Shimada, Hajime Ishikawa, and Takema Fukatsu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4074-4080; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extent of Variation of the Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin Reservoir: the Case of the Geranium Bronze, Cacyreus marshalli Butler (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Salvador Herrero, Marisé Borja, and Juan Ferré Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4090-4094; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fluorescent Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism and Repetitive Extragenic Palindrome-PCR Fingerprinting Reveal Host-Specific Genetic Diversity of Vibrio halioticoli-Like Strains Isolated from the Gut of Japanese Abalone Tomoo Sawabe, Fabiano L. Thompson, Jeroen Heyrman, Margo Cnockaert, Karin Hayashi, Reiji Tanaka, Mamoru Yoshimizu, Bart Hoste, Jean Swings, and Yoshio Ezura Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4140-4144; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Metabolic Engineering of a Novel Propionate-Independent Pathway for the Production of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyvalerate) in Recombinant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Ilana S. Aldor, Seon-Won Kim, Kristala L. Jones Prather, and Jay D. Keasling Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3848-3854; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Production of Trichoderma reesei Endoglucanases and Use of the New Cellulase Preparations in Producing the Stonewashed Effect on Denim Fabric Arja Miettinen-Oinonen and Pirkko Suominen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 3956-3964; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microstructure of Anaerobic Granules Bioaugmented with Desulfitobacterium frappieri PCP-1 M. Lanthier, B. Tartakovsky, R. Villemur, G. DeLuca, and S. R. Guiot Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4035-4043; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Accumulation of Inorganic Polyphosphate in phoU Mutants of Escherichia coli and Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC6803 Tomohiro Morohoshi, Tatsuya Maruo, Yoko Shirai, Junichi Kato, Tsukasa Ikeda, Noboru Takiguchi, Hisao Ohtake, and Akio Kuroda Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4107-4110; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Hypersensitivity of clpP and clpB Mutants of Escherichia coli Soumitra Rajagopal, Narasimhan Sudarsan, and Kenneth W. Nickerson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2002 68: 4117-4121; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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