Contents: December 2003, Volume 69, Issue 12        Microbial Ecology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation        Public Health Microbiology        Geomicrobiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Mycology        Food Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Methods        Author's Correction Other Issues

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Microbial Ecology:

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Physiological and Community Responses of Established Grassland Bacterial Populations to Water Stress Robert I. Griffiths, Andrew S. Whiteley, Anthony G. O'Donnell, and Mark J. Bailey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 6961-6968; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nitrate/Nitrite Assimilation System of the Marine Picoplanktonic Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. Strain WH 8103: Effect of Nitrogen Source and Availability on Gene Expression Clare Bird and Michael Wyman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7009-7018; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Community Structures and Sulfur Metabolism within Microbial Streamers in Japanese Hot Springs Tatsunori Nakagawa and Manabu Fukui Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7044-7057; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nitrification and Nitrifying Bacteria in the Lower Seine River and Estuary (France) Aurélie Cébron, Thierry Berthe, and Josette Garnier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7091-7100; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Laboratory Cultivation of Widespread and Previously Uncultured Soil Bacteria Shayne J. Joseph, Philip Hugenholtz, Parveen Sangwan, Catherine A. Osborne, and Peter H. Janssen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7210-7215; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specific and Sensitive Detection of Ralstonia solanacearum in Soil on the Basis of PCR Amplification of fliC Fragments J. Schönfeld, H. Heuer, J. D. van Elsas, and K. Smalla Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7248-7256; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular and Culture-Based Analyses of Aerobic Carbon Monoxide Oxidizer Diversity Gary M. King Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7257-7265; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Real-Time PCR for Determination of Microcystin Synthetase E Copy Numbers for Microcystis and Anabaena in Lakes Jaana Vaitomaa, Anne Rantala, Katrianna Halinen, Leo Rouhiainen, Petra Tallberg, Lena Mokelke, and Kaarina Sivonen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7289-7297; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metagenome Survey of Biofilms in Drinking-Water Networks C. Schmeisser, C. Stöckigt, C. Raasch, J. Wingender, K. N. Timmis, D. F. Wenderoth, H.-C. Flemming, H. Liesegang, R. A. Schmitz, K.-E. Jaeger, and W. R. Streit Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7298-7309; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Seasonal Changes in the Rhizosphere Microbial Communities Associated with Field-Grown Genetically Modified Canola (Brassica napus) Kari E. Dunfield and James J. Germida Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7310-7318; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Evidence for Novel Planctomycete Diversity in a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Rakia Chouari, Denis Le Paslier, Patrick Daegelen, Philippe Ginestet, Jean Weissenbach, and Abdelghani Sghir Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7354-7363; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spatial Analysis of Archaeal Community Structure in Grassland Soil Graeme W. Nicol, L. Anne Glover, and James I. Prosser Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7420-7429; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Experimental Examination of Bacteriophage Latent-Period Evolution as a Response to Bacterial Availability Stephen T. Abedon, Paul Hyman, and Cameron Thomas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7499-7506; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence of Cholera Toxin Genes (ctxA and zot) among Non-O1/O139 Vibrio cholerae Strains from Newport Bay, California Sunny Jiang, Weiping Chu, and Wuxia Fu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7541-7544; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Case Study of the Distribution of Mucosa-Associated Bifidobacterium Species, Lactobacillus Species, and Other Lactic Acid Bacteria in the Human Colon D. S. Nielsen, P. L. Møller, V. Rosenfeldt, A. Pærregaard, K. F. Michaelsen, and M. Jakobsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7545-7548; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Cloning, Expression, and Cell Surface Localization of Paenibacillus sp. Strain W-61 Xylanase 5, a Multidomain Xylanase Yasuko Ito, Toshio Tomita, Narayan Roy, Akito Nakano, Noriko Sugawara-Tomita, Seiji Watanabe, Naoko Okai, Naoki Abe, and Yoshiyuki Kamio Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 6969-6978; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Distribution of Insertion Sequences of Paracoccus solventivorans Dariusz Bartosik, Michal Szymanik, and Jadwiga Baj Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7002-7008; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Efficient Degradation of 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol Requires a Set of Catabolic Genes Related to tcp Genes from Ralstonia eutropha JMP134(pJP4) V. Matus, M. A. Sánchez, M. Martínez, and B. González Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7108-7115; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heat Shock Treatment Increases the Frequency of Loss of an Erythromycin Resistance-Encoding Transposable Element from the Chromosome of Lactobacillus crispatus CHCC3692 Per Strøman, Christina C. Müller, and Kim I. Sørensen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7173-7180; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transduction of Porcine Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli with a Derivative of a Shiga Toxin 2-Encoding Bacteriophage in a Porcine Ligated Ileal Loop System István Tóth, Herbert Schmidt, Mohamed Dow, Anna Malik, Eric Oswald, and Béla Nagy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7242-7247; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro and In Vivo Studies of the Yrp1 Protease from Yersinia ruckeri and Its Role in Protective Immunity against Enteric Red Mouth Disease of Salmonids L. Fernandez, J. R. Lopez, P. Secades, A. Menendez, I. Marquez, and J. A. Guijarro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7328-7335; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of Otherwise Isogenic Serotype 6B, 7F, 14, and 19F Capsular Variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae Strain TIGR4 Krzysztof Trzcinski, Claudette M. Thompson, and Marc Lipsitch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7364-7370; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transporter-Mediated Uptake of 2-Chloro- and 2-Hydroxybenzoate by Pseudomonas huttiensis Strain D1 A. S. Yuroff, G. Sabat, and W. J. Hickey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7401-7408; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Sequence Analysis of the tuf and recA Genes and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism of the Internal Transcribed Spacer Region Sequences Supply Additional Tools for Discriminating Bifidobacterium lactis from Bifidobacterium animalis Marco Ventura and Ralf Zink Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7517-7522; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Application of Genome-Wide Expression Analysis To Identify Molecular Markers Useful in Monitoring Industrial Fermentations Vincent J. Higgins, Peter J. Rogers, and Ian W. Dawes Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7535-7540; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Characterization of the Carotenoid Biosynthetic Pathway in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 and Isolation of a Colorless Mutant Stephen J. Van Dien, Christopher J. Marx, Brooke N. O'Brien, and Mary E. Lidstrom Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7563-7566; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Improvement of Foreign-Protein Production in Aspergillus niger var. awamori by Constitutive Induction of the Unfolded-Protein Response Mari Valkonen, Michael Ward, Huaming Wang, Merja Penttilä, and Markku Saloheimo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 6979-6986; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Investigation of Protein Export in Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 Laura E. MacConaill, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Douwe van Sinderen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 6994-7001; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Carbon Source-Induced Modifications in the Mycolic Acid Content and Cell Wall Permeability of Rhodococcus erythropolis E1 Ivana Sokolovská, Raoul Rozenberg, Christophe Riez, Paul G. Rouxhet, Spiros N. Agathos, and Pierre Wattiau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7019-7027; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Compatible Solutes Protect against Chaotrope (Ethanol)-Induced, Nonosmotic Water Stress John E. Hallsworth, Bernard A. Prior, Yoshiyuki Nomura, Masayoshi Iwahara, and Kenneth N. Timmis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7032-7034; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Borate To Control the 5'-Position-Selective Microbial Glucosylation of Pyridoxine Koichi Wada and Yasuhisa Asano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7058-7062; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Characterization of a Composite Bacteriocin Locus from Malt Isolate Lactobacillus sakei 5 Anne Vaughan, Vincent G. H. Eijsink, and Douwe van Sinderen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7194-7203; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Targeting Methanopterin Biosynthesis To Inhibit Methanogenesis Razvan Dumitru, Hector Palencia, Scott D. Schroeder, Bree A. DeMontigny, James M. Takacs, Madeline E. Rasche, Jess L. Miner, and Stephen W. Ragsdale Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7236-7241; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Uptake of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations by Mycobacteria Gary M. King Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7266-7272; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ability of Lactococcus lactis To Export Viral Capsid Antigens: a Crucial Step for Development of Live Vaccines Yakhya Dieye, Arjan J. W. Hoekman, Florence Clier, Vincent Juillard, Hein J. Boot, and Jean-Christophe Piard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7281-7288; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Saxitoxin (STX) and Veratridine on Bacterial Na+-K+ Fluxes: a Prokaryote-Based STX Bioassay Francesco Pomati, Carlo Rossetti, Davide Calamari, and Brett A. Neilan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7371-7376; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Nitrogen Control of Atrazine Utilization in Pseudomonas sp. Strain ADP Vicente García-González, Fernando Govantes, Liz J. Shaw, Richard G. Burns, and Eduardo Santero Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 6987-6993; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Soil pH in the Development of Enhanced Biodegradation of Fenamiphos Brajesh K. Singh, Allan Walker, J. Alun W. Morgan, and Denis J. Wright Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7035-7043; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cometabolism of Methyl tertiary Butyl Ether and Gaseous n-Alkanes by Pseudomonas mendocina KR-1 Grown on C5 to C8 n-Alkanes Christy A. Smith, Kirk T. O'Reilly, and Michael R. Hyman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7385-7394; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Shigella dysenteriae Type 1-Specific Bacteriophage from Environmental Waters in Bangladesh Shah M. Faruque, Nityananda Chowdhury, Rasel Khan, M. Rubayet Hasan, Jebun Nahar, M. Johirul Islam, Shinji Yamasaki, A. N. Ghosh, G. Balakrish Nair, and David A. Sack Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7028-7031; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Surveillance of Enterovirus and Norwalk-Like Virus in Oysters Relocated to a Municipal-Sewage-Impacted Gulf Estuary Y. Carol Shieh, Ralph S. Baric, Jacquelina W. Woods, and Kevin R. Calci Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7130-7136; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Assessment of an Enterovirus Sewage Surveillance System by Comparison of Clinical Isolates with Sewage Isolates from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Collected August 1994 to December 2002 Gerald Sedmak, David Bina, and Jeffrey MacDonald Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7181-7187; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Infectious Adenovirus in Cell Culture by mRNA Reverse Transcription-PCR Gwangpyo Ko, Theresa L. Cromeans, and Mark D. Sobsey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7377-7384; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Predominance of vanA Genotype among Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Isolates from Poultry and Swine in Costa Rica Warner Bustamante, Angélica Alpízar, Silvia Hernández, Alexandra Pacheco, Natalia Vargas, Marco Luis Herrera, Álvaro Vargas, Magaly Caballero, and Fernando García Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7414-7419; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of Helicobacter pylori in a Natural Freshwater Environment B. L. Adams, T. C. Bates, and J. D. Oliver Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7462-7466; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Avian Reservoirs and Zoonotic Potential of the Emerging Human Pathogen Helicobacter canadensis Jonas Waldenström, Stephen L. W. On, Richard Ottvall, Dennis Hasselquist, Clare S. Harrington, and Björn Olsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7523-7526; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of a Salmonella enterica Serovar California Strain Spreading in Spanish Feed Mills and Genetic Characterization with DNA Microarrays Juan Alvarez, Steffen Porwollik, Idoia Laconcha, Vassilis Gisakis, Ana Belén Vivanco, Iratxe Gonzalez, Susana Echenagusia, Nieves Zabala, Felisa Blackmer, Michael McClelland, Aitor Rementeria, and Javier Garaizar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7531-7534; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Newly Discovered Verotoxin Variant, VT2g, Produced by Bovine Verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli P. H. M. Leung, J. S. M. Peiris, W. W. S. Ng, R. M. Robins-Browne, K. A. Bettelheim, and W. C. Yam Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7549-7553; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Linked Redox Precipitation of Sulfur and Selenium under Anaerobic Conditions by Sulfate-Reducing Bacterial Biofilms Simon L. Hockin and Geoffrey M. Gadd Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7063-7072; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Communities Associated with Geological Horizons in Coastal Subseafloor Sediments from the Sea of Okhotsk Fumio Inagaki, Masae Suzuki, Ken Takai, Hanako Oida, Tatsuhiko Sakamoto, Kaori Aoki, Kenneth H. Nealson, and Koki Horikoshi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7224-7235; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enumeration and Characterization of Iron(III)-Reducing Microbial Communities from Acidic Subsurface Sediments Contaminated with Uranium(VI) Lainie Petrie, Nadia N. North, Sherry L. Dollhopf, David L. Balkwill, and Joel E. Kostka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7467-7479; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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High-Yield Production of a Bacterial Xylanase in the Filamentous Fungus Trichoderma reesei Requires a Carrier Polypeptide with an Intact Domain Structure Marja Paloheimo, Arja Mäntylä, Jarno Kallio, and Pirkko Suominen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7073-7082; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of -L-Arabinopyranosidase and -L-Arabinofuranosidase from Bifidobacterium breve K-110, a Human Intestinal Anaerobic Bacterium Metabolizing Ginsenoside Rb2 and Rc Ho-Young Shin, Sun-Young Park, Jong Hwan Sung, and Dong-Hyun Kim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7116-7123; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

GTP Cyclohydrolase I: Purification, Characterization, and Effects of Inhibition on Nitric Oxide Synthase in Nocardia Species Aimin He and John P. N. Rosazza Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7507-7513; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Use of Multiplex Reverse Transcription-PCR To Study the Expression of a Laccase Gene Family in a Basidiomycetous Fungus Tania González, María C. Terrón, Ernesto J. Zapico, Alejandro Téllez, Susana Yagüe, José M. Carbajo, and Aldo E. González Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7083-7090; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Controlled Modulation of Folate Polyglutamyl Tail Length by Metabolic Engineering of Lactococcus lactis Wilbert Sybesma, Erwin van den Born, Marjo Starrenburg, Igor Mierau, Michiel Kleerebezem, Willem M. de Vos, and Jeroen Hugenholtz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7101-7107; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation of Geobacillus stearothermophilus Spores by High-Pressure Carbon Dioxide Treatment Taisuke Watanabe, Soichi Furukawa, Junichi Hirata, Tetsuya Koyama, Hirokazu Ogihara, and Makari Yamasaki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7124-7129; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Real-Time PCR Analysis of Vibrio vulnificus from Oysters Mark S. Campbell and Anita C. Wright Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7137-7144; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Enterococcus Species Isolated from Retail Meats Joshua R. Hayes, Linda L. English, Peggy J. Carter, Terry Proescholdt, Kyung Y. Lee, David D. Wagner, and David G. White Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7153-7160; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inoculum Size Influences Bacterial Cross Contamination between Surfaces R. Montville and D. W. Schaffner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7188-7193; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Synergism or Antagonism in a Gel Cassette System Eirini Tsigarida, Ioannis S. Boziaris, and George-John E. Nychas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7204-7209; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Variation in Biofilm Formation among Strains of Listeria monocytogenes Monica K. Borucki, Jason D. Peppin, David White, Frank Loge, and Douglas R. Call Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7336-7342; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Diversity of Campylobacter jejuni Isolates from Farm Animals and the Farm Environment F. M. Colles, K. Jones, R. M. Harding, and M. C. J. Maiden Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7409-7413; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection and Enumeration of Dekkera bruxellensis in Wine Trevor G. Phister and David A. Mills Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7430-7434; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Population Dynamics of Yeasts in Sourdough Fermentation Processes by PCR-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Christiane B. Meroth, Walter P. Hammes, and Christian Hertel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7453-7461; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the Glycine Betaine and Carnitine Transporters in Adaptation of Listeria monocytogenes to Chill Stress in Defined Medium Apostolos S. Angelidis and Gary M. Smith Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7492-7498; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Food Processing-Related Stresses on Acid Tolerance of Listeria monocytogenes Konstantinos P. Koutsoumanis, Patricia A. Kendall, and John N. Sofos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7514-7516; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antifungal 3-Hydroxy Fatty Acids from Lactobacillus plantarum MiLAB 14 Jörgen Sjögren, Jesper Magnusson, Anders Broberg, Johan Schnürer, and Lennart Kenne Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7554-7557; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of a Genetically Modified Wine Yeast Strain Expressing the Aspergillus aculeatus rhaA Gene, Encoding an -L-Rhamnosidase of Enological Interest Paloma Manzanares, Margarita Orejas, José Vicente Gil, Leo H. de Graaff, Jaap Visser, and Daniel Ramón Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7558-7562; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Identification and Characterization of Benzimidazole Resistance in Monilinia fructicola from Stone Fruit Orchards in California Zhonghua Ma, Michael A. Yoshimura, and Themis J. Michailides Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7145-7152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical, Genetic, and Zoosporicidal Properties of Cyclic Lipopeptide Surfactants Produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens Jorge T. de Souza, Marjan de Boer, Pieter de Waard, Teris A. van Beek, and Jos M. Raaijmakers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7161-7172; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the argA Gene Required for Arginine Biosynthesis and Syringomycin Production by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Shi-En Lu, Jonathan D. Soule, and Dennis C. Gross Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7273-7280; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of a Green Fluorescent Strain for Analysis of Xylella fastidiosa Colonization of Vitis vinifera Karyn L. Newman, Rodrigo P. P. Almeida, Alexander H. Purcell, and Steven E. Lindow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7319-7327; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Concomitant Induction of Systemic Resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv. lachrymans in Cucumber by Trichoderma asperellum (T-203) and Accumulation of Phytoalexins Iris Yedidia, Michal Shoresh, Zohar Kerem, Nicole Benhamou, Yoram Kapulnik, and Ilan Chet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7343-7353; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biological Traits of Xylella fastidiosa Strains from Grapes and Almonds Rodrigo P. P. Almeida and Alexander H. Purcell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7447-7452; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Diversity of Bacteria Associated with Natural Aphid Populations S. Haynes, A. C. Darby, T. J. Daniell, G. Webster, F. J. F. van Veen, H.C.J. Godfray, J. I. Prosser, and A. E. Douglas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7216-7223; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Vibrio fluvialis-Like Strains Implicated in Limp Lobster Disease B. D. Tall, S. Fall, M. R. Pereira, M. Ramos-Valle, S. K. Curtis, M. H. Kothary, D. M. T. Chu, S. R. Monday, L. Kornegay, T. Donkar, D. Prince, R. L. Thunberg, K. A. Shangraw, D. E. Hanes, F. M. Khambaty, K. A. Lampel, J. W. Bier, and R. C. Bayer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7435-7446; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chemoattraction of Vibrio fischeri to Serine, Nucleosides, and N-Acetylneuraminic Acid, a Component of Squid Light-Organ Mucus Cindy R. DeLoney-Marino, Alan J. Wolfe, and Karen L. Visick Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7527-7530; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Application of a Specific and Sensitive Radiometric Assay for Microbial Lipase Activities in Marine Water Samples from the Lagoon of Nouméa Nicolas Bourguet, Jean-Pascal Torréton, Olivier Galy, Vincent Arondel, and Madeleine Goutx Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7395-7400; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Single-Copy Green Fluorescent Protein Gene Fusions Allow Accurate Measurement of Salmonella Gene Expression In Vitro and during Infection of Mammalian Cells Isabelle Hautefort, Maria José Proença, and Jay C. D. Hinton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7480-7491; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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SED1 Gene Length and Sequence Polymorphisms in Feral Strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ilaria Mannazzu, Emanuela Simonetti, Paola Marinangeli, Emanuela Guerra, Marilena Budroni, Madan Thangavelu, Suzanne Bowen, Alan Wheals, and Francesca Clementi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2003 69: 7567 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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