Contents: October 2003, Volume 69, Issue 10        Physiology and Biotechnology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Public Health Microbiology        Methods        Plant Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation        Mycology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Geomicrobiology        Letters to the Editor Other Issues

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Glutathione Protects Lactococcus lactis against Oxidative Stress Yin Li, Jeroen Hugenholtz, Tjakko Abee, and Douwe Molenaar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5739-5745; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering Escherichia coli for Increased Productivity of Serine-Rich Proteins Based on Proteome Profiling Mee-Jung Han, Ki Jun Jeong, Jong-Shin Yoo, and Sang Yup Lee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5772-5781; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Peptide Surface Display and Secretion Using Two LPXTG-Containing Surface Proteins from Lactobacillus fermentum BR11 Mark S. Turner, Louise M. Hafner, Terry Walsh, and Philip M. Giffard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5855-5863; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering Redox Cofactor Regeneration for Improved Pentose Fermentation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ritva Verho, John Londesborough, Merja Penttilä, and Peter Richard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5892-5897; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Ectoine in Vibrio cholerae Osmoadaptation Kathryn J. Pflughoeft, Katharine Kierek, and Paula I. Watnick Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5919-5927; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, Characterization, and Functional Expression of the Klebsiella oxytoca Xylodextrin Utilization Operon (xynTB) in Escherichia coli Yilei Qian, L. P. Yomano, J. F. Preston, H. C. Aldrich, and L. O. Ingram Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5957-5967; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of the CYP52 Family of Candida tropicalis ATCC 20336, Important for the Conversion of Fatty Acids and Alkanes to ,-Dicarboxylic Acids David L. Craft, Krishna M. Madduri, Mark Eshoo, and C. Ron Wilson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5983-5991; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transformation of Fatty Acids Catalyzed by Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase Enzymes of Candida tropicalis William H. Eschenfeldt, Yeyan Zhang, Hend Samaha, Lucy Stols, L. Dudley Eirich, C. Ronald Wilson, and Mark I. Donnelly Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5992-5999; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lysine-2,3-Aminomutase and ß-Lysine Acetyltransferase Genes of Methanogenic Archaea Are Salt Induced and Are Essential for the Biosynthesis of N-Acetyl-ß-Lysine and Growth at High Salinity K. Pflüger, S. Baumann, G. Gottschalk, W. Lin, H. Santos, and V. Müller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6047-6055; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Nutritional Factors on the Nature, Yield, and Composition of Exopolysaccharides Produced by Gluconacetobacter xylinus I-2281 Henri Kornmann, Philippe Duboc, Ian Marison, and Urs von Stockar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6091-6098; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli Ghost Production by Expression of Lysis Gene E and Staphylococcal Nuclease W. Haidinger, U. B. Mayr, M. P. Szostak, S. Resch, and W. Lubitz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6106-6113; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Formaldehyde Fixation Contributes to Detoxification for Growth of a Nonmethylotroph, Burkholderia cepacia TM1, on Vanillic Acid Ryoji Mitsui, Yoko Kusano, Hiroya Yurimoto, Yasuyoshi Sakai, Nobuo Kato, and Mitsuo Tanaka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6128-6132; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Characterization of the xyl1 Gene, Encoding an NADH-Preferring Xylose Reductase from Candida parapsilosis, and Its Functional Expression in Candida tropicalis Jung-Kul Lee, Bong-Seong Koo, and Sang-Yong Kim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6179-6188; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prospecting for Novel Biocatalysts in a Soil Metagenome S. Voget, C. Leggewie, A. Uesbeck, C. Raasch, K.-E. Jaeger, and W. R. Streit Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6235-6242; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Minerals on Resistance of Bacillus subtilis Spores to Heat and Hydrostatic Pressure Noriyuki Igura, Yuya Kamimura, M. Shahidul Islam, Mitsuya Shimoda, and Isao Hayakawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6307-6310; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Formate-Dependent Growth and Homoacetogenic Fermentation by a Bacterium from Human Feces: Description of Bryantella formatexigens gen. nov., sp. nov. Meyer J. Wolin, Terry L. Miller, Matthew D. Collins, and Paul A. Lawson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6321-6326; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Purification and Characterization of a Novel Bacteriocin Produced by Enterococcus faecalis Strain RJ-11 Yukio Yamamoto, Yoshikazu Togawa, Makoto Shimosaka, and Mitsuo Okazaki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5746-5753; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Optimized Expression of a Thermostable Xylanase from Thermomyces lanuginosus in Pichia pastoris Mônica C. Triches Damaso, Marcius S. Almeida, Eleonora Kurtenbach, Orlando B. Martins, Nei Pereira, Jr., Carolina M. M. C. Andrade, and Rodolpho M. Albano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6064-6072; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Peptides That Mimic the Pertussis Toxin Binding Site on Bovine Fetuin John A. Bogdan, Wei Yuan, Karen O. Long-Rowe, Jawad Sarwar, Eric Allen Brucker, and M. S. Blake Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6272-6279; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Diversity of Nitrile Hydratase and Amidase Enzyme Genes in Rhodococcus erythropolis Recovered from Geographically Distinct Habitats Pedro F. B. Brandão, Justin P. Clapp, and Alan T. Bull Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5754-5766; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Potential Food-Grade Cloning Vector for Streptococcus thermophilus That Uses Cadmium Resistance as the Selectable Marker Wing Yee Wong, Ping Su, Gwen E. Allison, Chun-Qiang Liu, and Noel W. Dunn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5767-5771; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Genetic Characterization of a Novel Proteinase, PrtR, from the Human Isolate Lactobacillus rhamnosus BGT10 Irena Pastar, Ivana Tonic, Natasa Golic, Milan Kojic, Richard van Kranenburg, Michiel Kleerebezem, Ljubisa Topisirovic, and Goran Jovanovic Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5802-5811; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Analysis of the Gene Cluster Involved in Production of the Bacteriocin Circularin A by Clostridium beijerinckii ATCC 25752 Robèr Kemperman, Marnix Jonker, Arjen Nauta, Oscar P. Kuipers, and Jan Kok Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5839-5848; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ISLpl1 Is a Functional IS30-Related Insertion Element in Lactobacillus plantarum That Is Also Found in Other Lactic Acid Bacteria Hervé Nicoloff and Françoise Bringel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6032-6040; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nuclease Activity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mre11 Functions in Targeted Nucleotide Alteration Li Liu, Michael Usher, Yiling Hu, and Eric B. Kmiec Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6216-6224; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a mariner-Based Transposon for Use in Sorangium cellulosum Bryan Julien and Ruby Fehd Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6299-6301; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Detection, Quantitation, and Phylogenetic Analysis of Noroviruses in Japanese Oysters Tomoko Nishida, Hirokazu Kimura, Mika Saitoh, Michiyo Shinohara, Masahiko Kato, Shinji Fukuda, Tetsuya Munemura, Toshiyuki Mikami, Ayumi Kawamoto, Miho Akiyama, Yumiko Kato, Kanako Nishi, Kunihisa Kozawa, and Osamu Nishio Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5782-5786; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Naegleria fowleri in Domestic Water Sources by Nested PCR Francine Marciano-Cabral, Rebecca MacLean, Alex Mensah, and Laurie LaPat-Polasko Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5864-5869; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PCR Detection and Analysis of the Free-Living Amoeba Naegleria in Hot Springs in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks Kathy B. Sheehan, Jennifer A. Fagg, Michael J. Ferris, and Joan M. Henson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5914-5918; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Assessment of the Effects of Holding Time and Temperature on Escherichia coli Densities in Surface Water Samples Misty L. Pope, Michelle Bussen, Mary Ann Feige, Lois Shadix, Sharon Gonder, Crystal Rodgers, Yildiz Chambers, Jessica Pulz, Ken Miller, Kevin Connell, and Jon Standridge Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6201-6207; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Single-Cell Enumeration of an Uncultivated TM7 Subgroup in the Human Subgingival Crevice Cleber C. Ouverney, Gary C. Armitage, and David A. Relman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6294-6298; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Teschoviruses as Indicators of Porcine Fecal Contamination of Surface Water Miguel Angel Jiménez-Clavero, Carlos Fernández, José Antonio Ortiz, Javier Pro, Gregoria Carbonell, José Vicente Tarazona, Neftalí Roblas, and Victoria Ley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6311-6315; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Campylobacter Isolates from Poultry and Humans: Association between In Vitro Virulence Properties, Biotypes, and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Clusters Éric Nadeau, Serge Messier, and Sylvain Quessy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6316-6320; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Development of an Improved Selective Agar Medium for Isolation of Yersinia pestis Raphael Ber, Emanuelle Mamroud, Moshe Aftalion, Avital Tidhar, David Gur, Yehuda Flashner, and Sara Cohen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5787-5792; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Establishment of an Arbitrary PCR for Rapid Identification of Tn917 Insertion Sites in Staphylococcus epidermidis: Characterization of Biofilm-Negative and Nonmucoid Mutants Johannes K.-M. Knobloch, Max Nedelmann, Kathrin Kiel, Katrin Bartscht, Matthias A. Horstkotte, Sabine Dobinsky, Holger Rohde, and Dietrich Mack Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5812-5818; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a PCR-Enzyme Immunoassay Oligoprobe Detection Method for Toxoplasma gondii Oocysts, Incorporating PCR Controls Kellogg J. Schwab and James J. McDevitt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5819-5825; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Screening for Freshwater Bacterial Groups by Using Reverse Line Blot Hybridization Gabriel Zwart, Erik J. van Hannen, Miranda P. Kamst-van Agterveld, Katleen Van der Gucht, Eva S. Lindström, Jeroen Van Wichelen, Torben Lauridsen, Byron C. Crump, Suk-Kyun Han, and Steven Declerck Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5875-5883; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Analysis of the rfb O Antigen Gene Cluster of Salmonella enterica Serogroup O:6,14 and Development of a Serogroup-Specific PCR Assay Collette Fitzgerald, Rachel Sherwood, Linda L. Gheesling, Frances W. Brenner, and Patricia I. Fields Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6099-6105; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Model To Estimate the Optimal Sample Size for Microbiological Surveys S. F. Altekruse, F. Elvinger, Y. Wang, and K. Ye Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6174-6178; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Statistical Approaches for Estimating Actinobacterial Diversity in Marine Sediments James E. M. Stach, Luis A. Maldonado, Douglas G. Masson, Alan C. Ward, Michael Goodfellow, and Alan T. Bull Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6189-6200; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Alternative Efficient Procedure for Purification of the Obligate Intracellular Fish Bacterial Pathogen Piscirickettsia salmonis Vitalia Henríquez, María Verónica Rojas, and Sergio H. Marshall Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6268-6271; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Velocity Profiles for Different Flow Chamber Designs Used in Studies of Microbial Adhesion to Surfaces D. P. Bakker, A. van der Plaats, G. J. Verkerke, H. J. Busscher, and H. C. van der Mei Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6280-6287; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Species-Specific Peptide Ligands for the Detection of Bacillus anthracis Spores David D. Williams, Orsolya Benedek, and Charles L. Turnbough, Jr. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6288-6293; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiplex Real-Time PCR Method To Identify Shiga Toxin Genes stx1 and stx2 and Escherichia coli O157:H7/H- Serotype Karen C. Jinneman, Ken J. Yoshitomi, and Stephen D. Weagant Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6327-6333; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Conditional Survival as a Selection Strategy To Identify Plant-Inducible Genes of Pseudomonas syringae Maria L. Marco, Jennifer Legac, and Steven E. Lindow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5793-5801; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Bromodeoxyuridine Immunocapture To Identify Active Bacteria Associated with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Hyphae Veronica Artursson and Janet K. Jansson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6208-6215; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Membrane Fluidity Adjustments in Ethanol-Stressed Oenococcus oeni Cells M. Graça Da Silveira, Elena A. Golovina, Folkert A. Hoekstra, Frank M. Rombouts, and Tjakko Abee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5826-5832; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Application of Host-Specific Bacteriophages to the Surface of Chicken Skin Leads to a Reduction in Recovery of Campylobacter jejuni Robert J. Atterbury, Phillippa L. Connerton, Christine E. R. Dodd, Catherine E. D. Rees, and Ian F. Connerton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6302-6306; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Substrate Preferences in Biodesulfurization of Diesel Range Fuels by Rhodococcus sp. Strain ECRD-1 Roger C. Prince and Matthew J. Grossman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5833-5838; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Degradation of Flavonoids by Clostridium orbiscindens Lilian Schoefer, Ruchika Mohan, Andreas Schwiertz, Annett Braune, and Michael Blaut Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5849-5854; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stimulating the In Situ Activity of Geobacter Species To Remove Uranium from the Groundwater of a Uranium-Contaminated Aquifer Robert T. Anderson, Helen A. Vrionis, Irene Ortiz-Bernad, Charles T. Resch, Philip E. Long, Richard Dayvault, Ken Karp, Sam Marutzky, Donald R. Metzler, Aaron Peacock, David C. White, Mary Lowe, and Derek R. Lovley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5884-5891; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Utilization of Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Quorum Signals for Growth by a Soil Pseudomonad and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Jean J. Huang, Jong-In Han, Lian-Hui Zhang, and Jared R. Leadbetter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5941-5949; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Chemotaxis to Naphthalene Desorbing from a Nonaqueous Liquid Aaron M. J. Law and Michael D. Aitken Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5968-5973; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution of the Coenzyme M Pathway of Epoxide Metabolism among Ethene- and Vinyl Chloride-Degrading Mycobacterium Strains Nicholas V. Coleman and Jim C. Spain Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6041-6046; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coaggregation among Nonflocculating Bacteria Isolated from Activated Sludge Anushree Malik, Masashi Sakamoto, Shohei Hanazaki, Masamitsu Osawa, Takanori Suzuki, Masaki Tochigi, and Kazuo Kakii Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6056-6063; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Multiple-Substrate Utilization by Anthracene-Degrading Mycobacterium frederiksbergense LB501T Lukas Y. Wick, Natacha Pasche, Stefano M. Bernasconi, Oliver Pelz, and Hauke Harms Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6133-6142; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The High Salt Requirement of the Moderate Halophile Chromohalobacter salexigens DSM3043 Can Be Met Not Only by NaCl but by Other Ions Kathleen O'Connor and Laszlo N. Csonka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6334-6336; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Petroleum Pollution Bioremediation Using Water-Insoluble Uric Acid as the Nitrogen Source Omry Koren, Vishnia Knezevic, Eliora Z. Ron, and Eugene Rosenberg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6337-6339; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Mycotoxin Fumonisin B1 Increases Intestinal Colonization by Pathogenic Escherichia coli in Pigs Isabelle P. Oswald, Clarisse Desautels, Joëlle Laffitte, Sylvie Fournout, Sylvie Y. Peres, Marielle Odin, Pierrette Le Bars, Joseph Le Bars, and John M. Fairbrother Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5870-5874; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tri16 Is Required for Esterification of Position C-8 during Trichothecene Mycotoxin Production by Fusarium sporotrichioides Andrew W. Peplow, Isaac B. Meek, Melinda C. Wiles, Timothy D. Phillips, and Marian N. Beremand Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5935-5940; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of pH and Oxalate on Hydroquinone-Derived Hydroxyl Radical Formation during Brown Rot Wood Degradation Elisa Varela and Ming Tien Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6025-6031; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Invasion of Spores of the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus Gigaspora decipiens by Burkholderia spp. Avram Levy, Barbara J. Chang, Lynette K. Abbott, John Kuo, Gerry Harnett, and Timothy J. J. Inglis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6250-6256; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Extracellular Multicopper Oxidase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium with Ferroxidase Activity Luis F. Larrondo, Loreto Salas, Francisco Melo, Rafael Vicuña, and Daniel Cullen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6257-6263; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Dual Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac and Cry2Aa Toxins in Heliothis virescens Suggests Multiple Mechanisms of Resistance Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, Fred L. Gould, and Michael J. Adang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5898-5906; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Population Dynamics of Vibrio fischeri during Infection of Euprymna scolopes Jessica McCann, Eric V. Stabb, Deborah S. Millikan, and Edward G. Ruby Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5928-5934; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Diversity, Abundance, and Axial Distribution of Bacteria in the Intestinal Tract of Two Soil-Feeding Termites (Cubitermes spp.) Dirk Schmitt-Wagner, Michael W. Friedrich, Bianca Wagner, and Andreas Brune Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6007-6017; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Axial Dynamics, Stability, and Interspecies Similarity of Bacterial Community Structure in the Highly Compartmentalized Gut of Soil-Feeding Termites (Cubitermes spp.) Dirk Schmitt-Wagner, Michael W. Friedrich, Bianca Wagner, and Andreas Brune Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6018-6024; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Wolbachia Endosymbionts in Heteropteran Bugs Yoshitomo Kikuchi and Takema Fukatsu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6082-6090; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spiralin Is Not Essential for Helicity, Motility, or Pathogenicity but Is Required for Efficient Transmission of Spiroplasma citri by Its Leafhopper Vector Circulifer haematoceps Sybille Duret, Nathalie Berho, Jean-Luc Danet, Monique Garnier, and Joël Renaudin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6225-6234; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Effects of Iron Limitation on Adherence and Cell Surface Carbohydrates of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Strains Lílian de Oliveira Moreira, Arnaldo Feitosa Braga Andrade, Márcio Damasceno Vale, Sônia Maria Silva Souza, Raphael Hirata, Jr., Lídia Maria Oliveira Buarque Asad, Nasser Ribeiro Asad, Luiz Henrique Monteiro-Leal, José Osvaldo Previato, and Ana Luiza Mattos-Guaraldi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5907-5913; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparing Denitrification Estimates for a Texas Estuary by Using Acetylene Inhibition and Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometry Melody J. Bernot, Walter K. Dodds, Wayne S. Gardner, Mark J. McCarthy, Dmitri Sobolev, and Jennifer L. Tank Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5950-5956; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Community Composition and Functioning of Denitrifying Bacteria from Adjacent Meadow and Forest Soils J. J. Rich, R. S. Heichen, P. J. Bottomley, K. Cromack, Jr., and D. D. Myrold Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 5974-5982; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Compound-Specific Isotopic Fractionation Patterns Suggest Different Carbon Metabolisms among Chloroflexus-Like Bacteria in Hot-Spring Microbial Mats Marcel T. J. van der Meer, Stefan Schouten, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Jan W. de Leeuw, and David M. Ward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6000-6006; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Diversity of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria from Two Different Continental Margin Habitats Xueduan Liu, Christopher E. Bagwell, Liyou Wu, Allan H. Devol, and Jizhong Zhou Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6073-6081; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RpoS-Dependent Stress Response and Exoenzyme Production in Vibrio vulnificus A. Hülsmann, T. M. Rosche, I.-S. Kong, H. M. Hassan, D. M. Beam, and J. D. Oliver Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6114-6120; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Marker Rescue Studies of the Transfer of Recombinant DNA to Streptococcus gordonii In Vitro, in Foods and Gnotobiotic Rats Mitra Kharazmi, Silke Sczesny, Michael Blaut, Walter P. Hammes, and Christian Hertel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6121-6127; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Radioisotopic, Culture-Based, and Oligonucleotide Microchip Analyses of Thermophilic Microbial Communities in a Continental High-Temperature Petroleum Reservoir Elizaveta A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Margarita L. Miroshnichenko, Alexander V. Lebedinsky, Nikolai A. Chernyh, Tamara N. Nazina, Valery S. Ivoilov, Sergey S. Belyaev, Eugenia S. Boulygina, Yury P. Lysov, Alexander N. Perov, Andrei D. Mirzabekov, Hans Hippe, Erko Stackebrandt, Stéphane L'Haridon, and Christian Jeanthon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6143-6151; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Patterns of Community Change among Ammonia Oxidizers in Meadow Soils upon Long-Term Incubation at Different Temperatures Sharon Avrahami and Ralf Conrad Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6152-6164; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Prochlorothrix in Brackish Waters by Specific Amplification of pcb Genes Ulrike Geiß, Ingo Bergmann, Miriam Blank, Rhena Schumann, Martin Hagemann, and Arne Schoor Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6243-6249; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of the Free-Living Forms of Sulfide-Oxidizing Gill Endosymbionts in the Lucinid Habitat (Thalassia testudinum Environment) Olivier Gros, Martine Liberge, Abdelaziz Heddi, Chaqué Khatchadourian, and Horst Felbeck Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6264-6267; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Immobilization of Arsenite and Ferric Iron by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Its Relevance to Acid Mine Drainage K. Duquesne, S. Lebrun, C. Casiot, O. Bruneel, J.-C. Personné, M. Leblanc, F. Elbaz-Poulichet, G. Morin, and V. Bonnefoy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6165-6173; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letters to the Editor:

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Bacterial Activity in South Pole Snow Is Questionable Stephen G. Warren, Stephen R. Hudson, Edward J. Carpenter, and Douglas G. Capone Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6340-6341; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Data Analysis Alastair Grant, Lesley A. Ogilvie, Christopher B. Blackwood, Terry Marsh, Sang-Hoon Kim, and Eldor A. Paul Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2003 69: 6342-6343; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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