Contents: April 2003, Volume 69, Issue 4        Minireviews        Plant Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Public Health Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Methods        Geomicrobiology        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation        Errata Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Microbiology of the Phyllosphere Steven E. Lindow and Maria T. Brandl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 1875-1883; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Identification of Streptomyces coelicolor Proteins That Are Differentially Expressed in the Presence of Plant Material P. Langlois, S. Bourassa, G. G. Poirier, and C. Beaulieu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 1884-1889; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Colonization of Vitis vinifera by a Green Fluorescence Protein-Labeled, gfp-Marked Strain of Xylophilus ampelinus, the Causal Agent of Bacterial Necrosis of Grapevine Sophie Grall and Charles Manceau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 1904-1912; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Third Sulfate Activation System in Sinorhizobium sp. Strain BR816: the CysDN Sulfate Activation Complex Carla Snoeck, Christel Verreth, Ismael Hernández-Lucas, Esperanza Martínez-Romero, and Jos Vanderleyden Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2006-2014; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Antifungal and Antioomycete Activities of Aerugine Produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens Strain MM-B16 Jung Yeop Lee, Surk Sik Moon, and Byung Kook Hwang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2023-2031; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Compatibility of Rhizobial Genotypes within Natural Populations of Rhizobium leguminosarum Biovar viciae for Nodulation of Host Legumes Gisèle Laguerre, Philippe Louvrier, Marie-Reine Allard, and Noëlle Amarger Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2276-2283; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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For the Insect Pathogen Photorhabdus luminescens, Which End of a Nematode Is Out? Todd A. Ciche and Jerald C. Ensign Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 1890-1897; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Insecticidal Activity Associated with the Outer Membrane Vesicles of Xenorhabdus nematophilus Puneet Khandelwal and Nirupama Banerjee-Bhatnagar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2032-2037; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Few-Polyhedra Mutant and Wild-Type Nucleopolyhedrovirus Remain as a Stable Polymorphism during Serial Coinfection in Trichoplusia ni James C. Bull, H. C. J. Godfray, and David R. O'Reilly Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2052-2057; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coupling of Bacterial Endosymbiont and Host Mitochondrial Genomes in the Hydrothermal Vent Clam Calyptogena magnifica Luis A. Hurtado, Mariana Mateos, Richard A. Lutz, and Robert C. Vrijenhoek Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2058-2064; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cyanobacteria Associated with Coral Black Band Disease in Caribbean and Indo-Pacific Reefs Jorge Frias-Lopez, George T. Bonheyo, Qusheng Jin, and Bruce W. Fouke Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2409-2413; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Effect of Particles on the Recovery of Cryptosporidium Oocysts from Source Water Samples of Various Turbidities Yao Yu Feng, Say Leong Ong, Jiang Yong Hu, Lian Fa Song, Xiao Lan Tan, and Wun Jern Ng Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 1898-1903; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Epidemiology of Mycoplasma conjunctivae in Caprinae: Transmission across Species in Natural Outbreaks Luc Belloy, Martin Janovsky, Edy M. Vilei, Paola Pilo, Marco Giacometti, and Joachim Frey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 1913-1919; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlorination of Indicator Bacteria and Viruses in Primary Sewage Effluent Julia A. Tree, Martin R. Adams, and David N. Lees Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2038-2043; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of Yersinia pestis on Environmental Surfaces Laura J. Rose, Rodney Donlan, Shailen N. Banerjee, and Matthew J. Arduino Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2166-2171; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PCR Detection of a Newly Emerged Pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 Pathogen in Pure Cultures and Seeded Waters from the Gulf of Mexico Michael L. Myers, Gitika Panicker, and Asim K. Bej Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2194-2200; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Killing of Bacillus Spores by Aqueous Dissolved Oxygen, Ascorbic Acid, and Copper Ions J. B. Cross, R. P. Currier, D. J. Torraco, L. A. Vanderberg, G. L. Wagner, and P. D. Gladen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2245-2252; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Disinfection of Water Containing Natural Organic Matter by Using Ozone-Initiated Radical Reactions Min Cho, Hyenmi Chung, and Jeyong Yoon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2284-2291; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Virus-Contaminated Oysters: a Three-Month Monitoring of Oysters Imported to Switzerland Christian Beuret, Andreas Baumgartner, and Jakob Schluep Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2292-2297; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Diarrheal Enterotoxins and Other Potential Virulence Factors by Veterinary Isolates of Bacillus Species Associated with Nongastrointestinal Infections Neil J. Rowan, George Caldow, Curtis G. Gemmell, and Iain S. Hunter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2372-2376; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal Isolated from Water and the Aquatic Plant Eichhornia crassipes in the River Ganga, Varanasi, India R. Bhanumathi, F. Sabeena, Sree Renjini Isac, B. N. Shukla, and D. V. Singh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2389-2394; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Nondigestible Oligosaccharides Enhance Bacterial Colonization Resistance against Clostridium difficile In Vitro Mark J. Hopkins and George T. Macfarlane Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 1920-1927; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of B in Regulating the Compatible Solute Uptake Systems of Listeria monocytogenes: Osmotic Induction of opuC Is B Dependent Katy R. Fraser, David Sue, Martin Wiedmann, Kathryn Boor, and Conor P. O'Byrne Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2015-2022; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selection and Identification of a Listeria monocytogenes Target Strain for Pulsed Electric Field Process Optimization Beatrice H. Lado and Ahmed E. Yousef Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2223-2229; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rope-Producing Strains of Bacillus spp. from Wheat Bread and Strategy for Their Control by Lactic Acid Bacteria Olimpia Pepe, Giuseppe Blaiotta, Giancarlo Moschetti, Teresa Greco, and Francesco Villani Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2321-2329; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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mRNA Extraction and Reverse Transcription-PCR Protocol for Detection of nifH Gene Expression by Azotobacter vinelandii in Soil Helmut Bürgmann, Franco Widmer, William V. Sigler, and Josef Zeyer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 1928-1935; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Signal Compounds and Incubation Conditions on the Culturability of Freshwater Bacterioplankton Alke Bruns, Ulrich Nübel, Heribert Cypionka, and Jörg Overmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 1980-1989; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Secretory Antibodies Do Not Affect the Composition of the Bacterial Microbiota in the Terminal Ileum of 10-Week-Old Mice Leanne Sait, Maja Galic, Richard A. Strugnell, and Peter H. Janssen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2100-2109; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spatial and Temporal Analysis of the Microbial Community in Slow Sand Filters Used for Treating Horticultural Irrigation Water Leo A. Calvo-Bado, Tim R. Pettitt, Nick Parsons, Geoff M. Petch, J. Alun W. Morgan, and John M. Whipps Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2116-2125; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacteriophages of Erwinia amylovora J. J. Gill, A. M. Svircev, R. Smith, and A. J. Castle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2133-2138; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Analysis of Anaerobic Psychrophilic Enrichment Cultures Obtained from a Greenland Glacier Ice Core Peter P. Sheridan, Vanya I. Miteva, and Jean E. Brenchley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2153-2160; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterioplankton Community Shifts in an Arctic Lake Correlate with Seasonal Changes in Organic Matter Source Byron C. Crump, George W. Kling, Michele Bahr, and John E. Hobbie Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2253-2268; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Wide Geographic Distribution of Bacteriophages That Lyse the Same Indigenous Freshwater Isolate (Sphingomonas sp. Strain B18) Arite Wolf, Jutta Wiese, Günter Jost, and Karl-Paul Witzel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2395-2398; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Release of Extracellular Transformable Plasmid DNA from Escherichia coli Cocultivated with Algae Kazuaki Matsui, Nobuyoshi Ishii, and Zen'ichiro Kawabata Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2399-2404; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Enumeration and Characterization of Acidophilic Microorganisms Isolated from a Pilot Plant Stirred-Tank Bioleaching Operation Naoko Okibe, Mariekie Gericke, Kevin B. Hallberg, and D. Barrie Johnson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 1936-1943; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Kraft Pulp Biobleaching and Mediated Oxidation of a Nonphenolic Substrate by Laccase from Streptomyces cyaneus CECT 3335 M. Enriqueta Arias, María Arenas, Juana Rodríguez, Juan Soliveri, Andrew S. Ball, and Manuel Hernández Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 1953-1958; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

5-Keto-D-Gluconate Production Is Catalyzed by a Quinoprotein Glycerol Dehydrogenase, Major Polyol Dehydrogenase, in Gluconobacter Species Kazunobu Matsushita, Yoshikazu Fujii, Yoshitaka Ano, Hirohide Toyama, Masako Shinjoh, Noribumi Tomiyama, Taro Miyazaki, Teruhide Sugisawa, Tatsuo Hoshino, and Osao Adachi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 1959-1966; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Absence of Malolactic Activity Is a Characteristic of H+-ATPase-Deficient Mutants of the Lactic Acid Bacterium Oenococcus oeni Delphine Galland, Raphaëlle Tourdot-Maréchal, Maud Abraham, Ky Son Chu, and Jean Guzzo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 1973-1979; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evolutionary Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for Anaerobic Growth on Xylose Marco Sonderegger and Uwe Sauer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 1990-1998; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Heteropolymeric Ferritin Improves Iron Storage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hye-Jin Kim, Hyang-Mi Kim, Ji-Hye Kim, Kyeong-Seon Ryu, Seung-Moon Park, Kwang-Yeup Jahng, Moon-Sik Yang, and Dae-Hyuk Kim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 1999-2005; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Inactivation and Constitutive Expression of the Unfolded- Protein Response Pathway on Protein Production in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mari Valkonen, Merja Penttilä, and Markku Saloheimo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2065-2072; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Exopolysaccharide and Kestose Production by Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis LTH2590 Maher Korakli, Melanie Pavlovic, Michael G. Gänzle, and Rudi F. Vogel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2073-2079; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Equine Cecal Bacteria Producing Amines in an In Vitro Model of Carbohydrate Overload S. R. Bailey, M.-L. Baillon, A. N. Rycroft, P. A. Harris, and J. Elliott Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2087-2093; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Overproduction of Threonine Aldolase Circumvents the Biosynthetic Role of Pyruvate Decarboxylase in Glucose-Limited Chemostat Cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antonius J. A. van Maris, Marijke A. H. Luttik, Aaron A. Winkler, Johannes P. van Dijken, and Jack T. Pronk Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2094-2099; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

P1 Trisaccharide (Gal1,4Galß1,4GlcNAc) Synthesis by Enzyme Glycosylation Reactions Using Recombinant Escherichia coli Ziye Liu, Yuquan Lu, Jianbo Zhang, Keith Pardee, and Peng George Wang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2110-2115; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Temperature, pH, and Initial Cell Number on luxCDABE and nah Gene Expression during Naphthalene and Salicylate Catabolism in the Bioreporter Organism Pseudomonas putida RB1353 Jonathan G. Dorn, Robert J. Frye, and Raina M. Maier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2209-2216; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolism of Fructooligosaccharides by Lactobacillus paracasei 1195 Handan Kaplan and Robert W. Hutkins Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2217-2222; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Replacement of the Escherichia coli D-(-)-Lactate Dehydrogenase Gene (ldhA) with the L-(+)-Lactate Dehydrogenase Gene (ldhL) from Pediococcus acidilactici Shengde Zhou, K. T. Shanmugam, and L. O. Ingram Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2237-2244; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heat Shock Response by the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus Keith R. Shockley, Donald E. Ward, Swapnil R. Chhabra, Shannon B. Conners, Clemente I. Montero, and Robert M. Kelly Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2365-2371; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Cloning and Heterologous Expression of a ß-D-Mannosidase (EC 3.2.1.25)-Encoding Gene from Thermobifida fusca TM51 Emese Béki, István Nagy, Jos Vanderleyden, Szilvia Jäger, László Kiss, László Fülöp, László Hornok, and József Kukolya Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 1944-1952; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Overproduction of Thermus sp. Strain T2 ß-Galactosidase in Escherichia coli and Preparation by Using Tailor-Made Metal Chelate Supports Benevides C. C. Pessela, Alejandro Vian, César Mateo, Roberto Fernández-Lafuente, José L. García, José M. Guisán, and Alfonso V. Carrascosa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 1967-1972; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, Expression, and Purification of Choline Dehydrogenase from the Moderate Halophile Halomonas elongata Giovanni Gadda and Elien Elizabeth McAllister-Wilkins Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2126-2132; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Surface Display of the Receptor-Binding Region of the Lactobacillus brevis S-Layer Protein in Lactococcus lactis Provides Nonadhesive Lactococci with the Ability To Adhere to Intestinal Epithelial Cells Silja Åvall-Jääskeläinen, Agneta Lindholm, and Airi Palva Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2230-2236; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering Streptomyces clavuligerus Deacetoxycephalosporin C Synthase for Optimal Ring Expansion Activity toward Penicillin G Chia-Li Wei, Yunn-Bor Yang, Wen-Ching Wang, Wen-Chi Liu, Jyh-Shing Hsu, and Ying-Chieh Tsai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2306-2312; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reconstruction of Mycobacterial Dehalogenase Rv2579 by Cumulative Mutagenesis of Haloalkane Dehalogenase LinB Yuji Nagata, Zbynek Prokop, Sona Marvanová, Jana Sykorová, Marta Monincová, Masataka Tsuda, and Jirí Damborsky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2349-2355; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improving the Thermostability of Raw-Starch-Digesting Amylase from a Cytophaga sp. by Site-Directed Mutagenesis Rong-Jen Shiau, Hui-Chen Hung, and Chii-Ling Jeang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2383-2385; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Identification of Lactobacillus reuteri Genes Specifically Induced in the Mouse Gastrointestinal Tract Jens Walter, Nicholas C. K. Heng, Walter P. Hammes, Diane M. Loach, Gerald W. Tannock, and Christian Hertel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2044-2051; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Encoding the Hydrolase for the Product of the meta-Cleavage Reaction in Testosterone Degradation by Comamonas testosteroni Masae Horinouchi, Toshiaki Hayashi, Hiroyuki Koshino, Takako Yamamoto, and Toshiaki Kudo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2139-2152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Karyotype Rearrangements in a Wine Yeast Strain by rad52-Dependent and rad52-Independent Mechanisms David Carro, Enric Bartra, and Benjamin Piña Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2161-2165; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Horizontal Transfer of phnAc Dioxygenase Genes within One of Two Phenotypically and Genotypically Distinctive Naphthalene-Degrading Guilds from Adjacent Soil Environments Mark S. Wilson, James B. Herrick, Che Ok Jeon, David E. Hinman, and Eugene L. Madsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2172-2181; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interstrain Inhibition in the Sweet Potato Pathogen Streptomyces ipomoeae: Purification and Characterization of a Highly Specific Bacteriocin and Cloning of Its Structural Gene Xiujun Zhang, Christopher A. Clark, and Gregg S. Pettis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2201-2208; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Analysis of Expression of Halobenzoate and Salicylate Catabolism-Associated Operons in Two Strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa M. E. Corbella and A. Puyet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2269-2275; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Surface-Associated and Secreted MopE Protein of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) Responds to Changes in the Concentration of Copper in the Growth Medium Odd A. Karlsen, Frode S. Berven, Graham P. Stafford, Øivind Larsen, J. Colin Murrell, Harald B. Jensen, and Anne Fjellbirkeland Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2386-2388; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of the Phospholipase B (PLB1) Gene for Subtyping of Cryptococcus neoformans Isolates G. Nicolas Latouche, Matthew Huynh, Tania C. Sorrell, and Wieland Meyer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2080-2086; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Frequency Resonance Energy Transfer Pair on Double-Labeled Microsphere and Bacillus anthracis Spores by Flow Cytometry E. Zahavy, M. Fisher, A. Bromberg, and U. Olshevsky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2330-2339; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiplex Reverse Transcription-PCR for Simultaneous Detection of Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein Virus, Beet Soilborne Virus, and Beet Virus Q and Their Vector Polymyxa betae KESKIN on Sugar Beet Alexandre Meunier, Jean-François Schmit, Arnaud Stas, Nazli Kutluk, and Claude Bragard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2356-2360; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning of a Gene Encoding an Alt a 1 Isoallergen Differentially Expressed by the Necrotrophic Fungus Alternaria brassicicola during Arabidopsis Infection Robert A. Cramer and Christopher B. Lawrence Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2361-2364; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Direct Profiling of Environmental Microbial Populations by Thermal Dissociation Analysis of Native rRNAs Hybridized to Oligonucleotide Microarrays Said El Fantroussi, Hidetoshi Urakawa, Anne E. Bernhard, John J. Kelly, Peter A. Noble, H. Smidt, G. M. Yershov, and David A. Stahl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2377-2382; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation of Bacteria in Seawater by Low-Amperage Electric Current Jong-Chul Park, Min Sub Lee, Dong Hee Lee, Bong Joo Park, Dong-Wook Han, Masakazu Uzawa, and Kosuke Takatori Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2405-2408; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Conservation of Ornamental Stone by Myxococcus xanthus-Induced Carbonate Biomineralization Carlos Rodriguez-Navarro, Manuel Rodriguez-Gallego, Koutar Ben Chekroun, and Maria Teresa Gonzalez-Muñoz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2182-2193; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Characterization of TsaR, an Oxygen-Sensitive LysR-Type Regulator for the Degradation of p-Toluenesulfonate in Comamonas testosteroni T-2 Tewes Tralau, Jörg Mampel, Alasdair M. Cook, and Jürgen Ruff Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2298-2305; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heavy Metal Resistance of Biofilm and Planktonic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Gail M. Teitzel and Matthew R. Parsek Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2313-2320; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A New Rate Law Describing Microbial Respiration Qusheng Jin and Craig M. Bethke Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2340-2348; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Cloning and Characterization of a Gene Cluster Involved in Cyclopentanol Metabolism in Comamonas sp. Strain NCIMB 9872 and Biotransformations Effected by Escherichia coli-Expressed Cyclopentanone 1,2-Monooxygenase Hiroaki Iwaki, Yoshie Hasegawa, Shaozhao Wang, Margaret M. Kayser, and Peter C. K. Lau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2003 69: 2414 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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