Contents: May 2003, Volume 69, Issue 5        Minireviews        Methods        Microbial Ecology        Food Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Public Health Microbiology        Mycology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation        Plant Microbiology        Geomicrobiology        Errata        Author's Correction Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Cytolytic Toxin Cyt1A and Its Mechanism of Membrane Damage: Data and Hypotheses Peter Butko Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2415-2422; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Quantitative Detection of Methanotrophs in Soil by Novel pmoA-Targeted Real-Time PCR Assays Steffen Kolb, Claudia Knief, Stephan Stubner, and Ralf Conrad Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2423-2429; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cell Culture-Taqman PCR Assay for Evaluation of Cryptosporidium parvum Disinfection Alexandra R. Keegan, Stella Fanok, Paul T. Monis, and Christopher P. Saint Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2505-2511; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Formation of Pseudo-Terminal Restriction Fragments, a PCR-Related Bias Affecting Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Microbial Community Structure Markus Egert and Michael W. Friedrich Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2555-2562; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Automated Enumeration of Groups of Marine Picoplankton after Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Jakob Pernthaler, Annelie Pernthaler, and Rudolf Amann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2631-2637; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Bifidobacterium dentium as an Indicator of the Origin of Fecal Water Pollution Yolanda Nebra, Xavier Bonjoch, and Anicet R. Blanch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2651-2656; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Optimization of Single-Base-Pair Mismatch Discrimination in Oligonucleotide Microarrays Hidetoshi Urakawa, Said El Fantroussi, Hauke Smidt, James C. Smoot, Erik H. Tribou, John J. Kelly, Peter A. Noble, and David A. Stahl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2848-2856; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Flow-Cytometric Gram-Staining Technique for Milk-Associated Bacteria Claus Holm and Lene Jespersen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2857-2863; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protocol for Rapid Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization of Bacteria in Cryosections of Microarthropods Torsten Thimm and Christoph C. Tebbe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2875-2878; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Improved Protocol for Quantification of Freshwater Actinobacteria by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Raju Sekar, Annelie Pernthaler, Jakob Pernthaler, Falk Warnecke, Thomas Posch, and Rudolf Amann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2928-2935; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequence versus Structure for the Direct Detection of 16S rRNA on Planar Oligonucleotide Microarrays Darrell P. Chandler, Gregory J. Newton, Jonathan A. Small, and Don S. Daly Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2950-2958; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Community-Level Physiological Profiling Performed with an Oxygen-Sensitive Fluorophore in a Microtiter Plate Jay L. Garland, Michael S. Roberts, Lanfang H. Levine, and Aaron L. Mills Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2994-2998; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Clade-Specific 16S Ribosomal DNA Oligonucleotides Reveal the Predominance of a Single Marine Synechococcus Clade throughout a Stratified Water Column in the Red Sea Nicholas J. Fuller, Dominique Marie, Frédéric Partensky, Daniel Vaulot, Anton F. Post, and David J. Scanlan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2430-2443; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prokaryotic Metabolic Activity and Community Structure in Antarctic Continental Shelf Sediments J. P. Bowman, S. A. McCammon, J. A. E. Gibson, L. Robertson, and P. D. Nichols Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2448-2462; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biodiversity, Community Structural Shifts, and Biogeography of Prokaryotes within Antarctic Continental Shelf Sediment John P. Bowman and Robert D. McCuaig Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2463-2483; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Virus Succession Observed during an Emiliania huxleyi Bloom Declan C. Schroeder, Joanne Oke, Matthew Hall, Gillian Malin, and William H. Wilson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2484-2490; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth Characteristics and Intraspecies Host Specificity of a Large Virus Infecting the Dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama Keizo Nagasaki, Yuji Tomaru, Kenji Tarutani, Noriaki Katanozaka, Satoshi Yamanaka, Hiroshi Tanabe, and Mineo Yamaguchi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2580-2586; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Are Readily Culturable Bacteria in Coastal North Sea Waters Suppressed by Selective Grazing Mortality? Christine Beardsley, Jakob Pernthaler, Werner Wosniok, and Rudolf Amann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2624-2630; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Eukaryotic Lineages Inferred from Small-Subunit rRNA Analyses of Oxygen-Depleted Marine Environments Thorsten Stoeck and Slava Epstein Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2657-2663; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Large-Scale Spatial Distribution of Virioplankton in the Adriatic Sea: Testing the Trophic State Control Hypothesis C. Corinaldesi, E. Crevatin, P. Del Negro, M. Marini, A. Russo, S. Fonda-Umani, and R. Danovaro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2664-2673; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Census of rRNA Genes and Linked Genomic Sequences within a Soil Metagenomic Library Mark R. Liles, Brian F. Manske, Scott B. Bintrim, Jo Handelsman, and Robert M. Goodman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2684-2691; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in the Guaymas Basin Ashita Dhillon, Andreas Teske, Jesse Dillon, David A. Stahl, and Mitchell L. Sogin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2765-2772; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cyanobacterial Ecotypes in Different Optical Microenvironments of a 68°C Hot Spring Mat Community Revealed by 16S-23S rRNA Internal Transcribed Spacer Region Variation Mike J. Ferris, Michael Kühl, Andrea Wieland, and David M. Ward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2893-2898; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stable Carbon Isotope Fractionation by Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria Kathleen L. Londry and David J. Des Marais Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2942-2949; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Concentration and Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157 in Cattle Feces at Slaughter F. Omisakin, M. MacRae, I. D. Ogden, and N. J. C. Strachan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2444-2447; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The ftsH Gene of the Wine Bacterium Oenococcus oeni Is Involved in Protection against Environmental Stress Jean-Paul Bourdineaud, Benjamin Nehmé, Sonia Tesse, and Aline Lonvaud-Funel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2512-2520; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Sequencing of the Histidine Decarboxylase Genes of Gram-Negative, Histamine-Producing Bacteria and Their Application in Detection and Identification of These Organisms in Fish Hajime Takahashi, Bon Kimura, Miwako Yoshikawa, and Tateo Fujii Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2568-2579; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Listeria monocytogenes B in Survival of Lethal Acidic Conditions and in the Acquired Acid Tolerance Response Adriana Ferreira, David Sue, Conor P. O'Byrne, and Kathryn J. Boor Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2692-2698; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Origin of Contamination and Genetic Diversity of Escherichia coli in Beef Cattle Mueen Aslam, Frances Nattress, Gordon Greer, Chris Yost, Colin Gill, and Lynn McMullen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2794-2799; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antimicrobial-Resistant Campylobacter Species from Retail Raw Meats Beilei Ge, David G. White, Patrick F. McDermott, Webb Girard, Shaohua Zhao, Susannan Hubert, and Jianghong Meng Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 3005-3007; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Characterization of Poly--Glutamate Hydrolase Encoded by a Bacteriophage Genome: Possible Role in Phage Infection of Bacillus subtilis Encapsulated with Poly--Glutamate Keitarou Kimura and Yoshifumi Itoh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2491-2497; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Sequencing of a Poly(DL-Lactic Acid) Depolymerase Gene from Paenibacillus amylolyticus Strain TB-13 and Its Functional Expression in Escherichia coli Yukie Akutsu-Shigeno, Teerawat Teeraphatpornchai, Kamonluck Teamtisong, Nobuhiko Nomura, Hiroo Uchiyama, Tadaatsu Nakahara, and Toshiaki Nakajima-Kambe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2498-2504; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transposon-Like Organization of the Plasmid-Borne Organophosphate Degradation (opd) Gene Cluster Found in Flavobacterium sp. Dayananda Siddavattam, Syed Khajamohiddin, Bramanandam Manavathi, Suresh B. Pakala, and Mike Merrick Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2533-2539; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Organization and Molecular Analysis of the EcoVIII Restriction-Modification System of Escherichia coli E1585-68 and Its Comparison with Isospecific Homologs Iwona Mruk and Tadeusz Kaczorowski Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2638-2650; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extent of Genetic Lesions of the Arginine and Pyrimidine Biosynthetic Pathways in Lactobacillus plantarum, L. paraplantarum, L. pentosus, and L. casei: Prevalence of CO2-Dependent Auxotrophs and Characterization of Deficient arg Genes in L. plantarum Françoise Bringel and Jean-Claude Hubert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2674-2683; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Electrophoretic Analysis of Genetic Variability within Cryptosporidium parvum from Imported and Autochthonous Cases of Human Cryptosporidiosis in the United Kingdom R. B. Gasser, Y. G. Abs EL-Osta, and R. M. Chalmers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2719-2730; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Homologous npdGI Genes in 2,4-Dinitrophenol- and 4-Nitrophenol-Degrading Rhodococcus spp. Gesche Heiss, Natalie Trachtmann, Yoshikatsu Abe, Masahiro Takeo, and Hans-Joachim Knackmuss Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2748-2754; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Tracking of Campylobacter jejuni by Using a Novel Recombinant Expressing Green Fluorescent Protein Philip F. Mixter, John D. Klena, Gary A. Flom, Amy M. Siegesmund, and Michael E. Konkel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2864-2874; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Improved Cloning Vector for Construction of Gene Replacements in Listeria monocytogenes Guojie Li and S. Kathariou Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 3020-3023; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Global Expression Profiling and Physiological Characterization of Corynebacterium glutamicum Grown in the Presence of L-Valine C. Lange, D. Rittmann, V. F. Wendisch, M. Bott, and H. Sahm Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2521-2532; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Exocellular Protein from the Oil-Degrading Microbe Acinetobacter venetianus RAG-1 Enhances the Emulsifying Activity of the Polymeric Bioemulsifier Emulsan Horacio Bach, Yevgeny Berdichevsky, and David Gutnick Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2608-2615; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Plant-Specific Flavanones by Escherichia coli Containing an Artificial Gene Cluster Eui Il Hwang, Masafumi Kaneko, Yasuo Ohnishi, and Sueharu Horinouchi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2699-2706; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of a Cloned Cyclopropane Fatty Acid Synthase Gene Reduces Solvent Formation in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 Yinsuo Zhao, Lucia A. Hindorff, Amy Chuang, Melanie Monroe-Augustus, Michael Lyristis, Mary L. Harrison, Frederick B. Rudolph, and George N. Bennett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2831-2841; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Native-Type Streptoverticillium mobaraense Transglutaminase in Corynebacterium glutamicum Masayo Date, Kei-ichi Yokoyama, Yukiko Umezawa, Hiroshi Matsui, and Yoshimi Kikuchi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 3011-3014; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Unexpected Thermal Destruction of Dried, Glass Bead-Immobilized Microorganisms as a Function of Water Activity C. Laroche and P. Gervais Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 3015-3019; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Factors Influencing Survival of Legionella pneumophila Serotype 1 in Hot Spring Water and Tap Water Akira Ohno, Naoyuki Kato, Koji Yamada, and Keizo Yamaguchi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2540-2547; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Killing of Acanthamoeba Cysts with a Plant Peroxidase-Hydrogen Peroxide-Halide Antimicrobial System Reanne Hughes, Peter W. Andrew, and Simon Kilvington Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2563-2567; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Characterization of Escherichia coli Populations from Host Sources of Fecal Pollution by Using DNA Fingerprinting Sandra L. McLellan, Annette D. Daniels, and Alissa K. Salmore Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2587-2594; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genome Differences That Distinguish Bacillus anthracis from Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis Lyndsay Radnedge, Peter G. Agron, Karen K. Hill, Paul J. Jackson, Lawrence O. Ticknor, Paul Keim, and Gary L. Andersen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2755-2764; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Predictability of Vibrio cholerae in Chesapeake Bay Valérie R. Louis, Estelle Russek-Cohen, Nipa Choopun, Irma N. G. Rivera, Brian Gangle, Sunny C. Jiang, Andrea Rubin, Jonathan A. Patz, Anwar Huq, and Rita R. Colwell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2773-2785; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Association of Borrelia garinii and B. valaisiana with Songbirds in Slovakia Klára Hanincová, Veronika Taragelová, Juraj Koci, Stefanie M. Schäfer, Rosie Hails, Amy J. Ullmann, Joseph Piesman, Milan Labuda, and Klaus Kurtenbach Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2825-2830; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recovery and Enumeration of Cryptosporidium parvum from Animal Fecal Matrices Cheryl M. Davies, Christine Kaucner, Daniel Deere, and Nicholas J. Ashbolt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2842-2847; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae Expressing P450 in Artificial Digestive Systems: a Model for Biodetoxication in the Human Digestive Environment S. Blanquet, J. P. Meunier, M. Minekus, S. Marol-Bonnin, and M. Alric Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2884-2892; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Plating Medium for Selection of Helicobacter pylori from Water Samples A. J. Degnan, W. C. Sonzogni, and J. H. Standridge Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2914-2918; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Environmental Surveillance System To Track Wild Poliovirus Transmission Jagadish M. Deshpande, Sushmitha J. Shetty, and Zaeem A. Siddiqui Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2919-2927; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antimicrobial Effects of Mustard Flour and Acetic Acid against Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, and Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Min-Suk Rhee, Sun-Young Lee, Richard H. Dougherty, and Dong-Hyun Kang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2959-2963; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enterolysin A, a Cell Wall-Degrading Bacteriocin from Enterococcus faecalis LMG 2333 Trine Nilsen, Ingolf F. Nes, and Helge Holo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2975-2984; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Endotoxin Inactivation in Water by Using Medium-Pressure UV Lamps W. B. Anderson, P. M. Huck, D. G. Dixon, and C. I. Mayfield Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 3002-3004; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Habitat-Specific Diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Europe, Exemplified by Data from Latvia Susanne Etti, Rosie Hails, Stefanie M. Schäfer, Simona De Michelis, Henna-Sisko Sewell, Antra Bormane, Michael Donaghy, and Klaus Kurtenbach Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 3008-3010; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Determining Diversity of Freshwater Fungi on Decaying Leaves: Comparison of Traditional and Molecular Approaches Liliya G. Nikolcheva, Amanda M. Cockshutt, and Felix Bärlocher Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2548-2554; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Insertional Mutagenesis of a Fungal Biocontrol Agent Led to Discovery of a Rare Cellobiose Lipid with Antifungal Activity Yali Cheng, David J. McNally, Caroline Labbé, Normand Voyer, François Belzile, and Richard R. Bélanger Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2595-2602; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of New Genes Positively Regulated by Tri10 and a Regulatory Network for Trichothecene Mycotoxin Production Andrew W. Peplow, Andrew G. Tag, Gulnara F. Garifullina, and Marian N. Beremand Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2731-2736; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Situ Accessibility of Saccharomyces cerevisiae 26S rRNA to Cy3-Labeled Oligonucleotide Probes Comprising the D1 and D2 Domains João Inácio, Sebastian Behrens, Bernhard M. Fuchs, Álvaro Fonseca, Isabel Spencer-Martins, and Rudolf Amann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2899-2905; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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A Novel NAD-Dependent Dehydrogenase, Highly Specific for 1,5-Anhydro-D-Glucitol, from Trichoderma longibrachiatum Strain 11-3 Nobuyuki Yoshida, Etsuko Uchida, Tohoru Katsuragi, and Yoshiki Tani Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2603-2607; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the 4-Hydroxybenzoyl-Coenzyme A Thioesterase from Arthrobacter sp. Strain SU Zhihao Zhuang, Karl-Heinz Gartemann, Rudolf Eichenlaub, and Debra Dunaway-Mariano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2707-2711; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of Streptin, a Type A1 Lantibiotic Produced by Streptococcus pyogenes Philip A. Wescombe and John R. Tagg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2737-2747; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of an Inverting Stereo- and Enantioselective sec-Alkylsulfatase from the Gram-Positive Bacterium Rhodococcus ruber DSM 44541 Mateja Pogorevc and Kurt Faber Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2810-2815; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reductive Dehalogenation of Chlorobenzene Congeners in Cell Extracts of Dehalococcoides sp. Strain CBDB1 Tina Hölscher, Helmut Görisch, and Lorenz Adrian Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2999-3001; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Naturally Occurring Bacteria Similar to the Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE)-Degrading Strain PM1 Are Present in MTBE-Contaminated Groundwater Krassimira Hristova, Binyam Gebreyesus, Douglas Mackay, and Kate M. Scow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2616-2623; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Fe(III) Reduction by Chlororespiring Anaeromxyobacter dehalogenans Qiang He and Robert A. Sanford Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2712-2718; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Conversion of Hydroxylamino Aromatic Compounds by both Lyase and Mutase Enzymes Involves Intramolecular Transfer of Hydroxyl Groups Lloyd J. Nadeau, Zhongqi He, and Jim C. Spain Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2786-2793; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The ars Detoxification System Is Advantageous but Not Required for As(V) Respiration by the Genetically Tractable Shewanella Species Strain ANA-3 Chad W. Saltikov, Ana Cifuentes, Kasthuri Venkateswaran, and Dianne K. Newman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2800-2809; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specific Detection of Dehalococcoides Species by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization with 16S rRNA-Targeted Oligonucleotide Probes Yanru Yang and Josef Zeyer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2879-2883; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Two Tetrachloroethene-Reducing, Acetate-Oxidizing Anaerobic Bacteria and Their Description as Desulfuromonas michiganensis sp. nov. Youlboong Sung, Kirsti M. Ritalahti, Robert A. Sanford, John W. Urbance, Shannon J. Flynn, James M. Tiedje, and Frank E. Löffler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2964-2974; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Impact of Land Use Intensity on the Species Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Agroecosystems of Central Europe Fritz Oehl, Ewald Sieverding, Kurt Ineichen, Paul Mäder, Thomas Boller, and Andres Wiemken Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2816-2824; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of an Emergent and Atypical Pseudomonas viridiflava Lineage Causing Bacteriosis in Plants of Agronomic Importance in a Spanish Region Ana J. González, M. Rosario Rodicio, and M. Carmen Mendoza Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2936-2941; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Isolation and Characterization of Novel Psychrophilic, Neutrophilic, Fe-Oxidizing, Chemolithoautotrophic - and -Proteobacteria from the Deep Sea K. J. Edwards, D. R. Rogers, C. O. Wirsen, and T. M. McCollom Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2906-2913; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Thermophily in the Geobacteraceae: Geothermobacter ehrlichii gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Thermophilic Member of the Geobacteraceae from the "Bag City" Hydrothermal Vent Kazem Kashefi, Dawn E. Holmes, John A. Baross, and Derek R. Lovley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 2985-2993; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Cloning and Analysis of a DNA Fragment Stimulating Avermectin Production in Various Streptomyces avermitilis Strains Yong-Soon Hwang, Eung-Soo Kim, Sándor Biró, and Cha-Yong Choi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 3024 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fluorigenic Substrates for the Protease Activities of Botulinum Neurotoxins, Serotypes A, B, and F James J. Schmidt and Robert G. Stafford Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 3025 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of Anthracene by Mycobacterium sp. Strain LB501T Proceeds via a Novel Pathway, through o-Phthalic Acid René van Herwijnen, Dirk Springael, Pieter Slot, Harrie A. J. Govers, and John R. Parsons Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 3026 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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Effect of Ammonium Concentration on N2O Release and on the Community Structure of Ammonia Oxidizers and Denitrifiers Sharon Avrahami, Ralf Conrad, and Gesche Braker Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2003 69: 3027 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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