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Minireviews:

Mollie D. Winfield and Eduardo A. Groisman

Role of Nonhost Environments in the Lifestyles of Salmonella and Escherichia coli
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3687-3694. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Alexandra Friedrich, Judit Rumszauer, Anke Henne, and Beate Averhoff

Pilin-Like Proteins in the Extremely Thermophilic Bacterium Thermus thermophilus HB27: Implication in Competence for Natural Transformation and Links to Type IV Pilus Biogenesis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3695-3700. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christiane Szekat, Ralph W. Jack, Dirk Skutlarek, Harald Färber, and Gabriele Bierbaum

Construction of an Expression System for Site-Directed Mutagenesis of the Lantibiotic Mersacidin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3777-3783. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gabrielle Whittle, Terence R. Whitehead, Nathan Hamburger, Nadja B. Shoemaker, Michael A. Cotta, and Abigail A. Salyers

Identification of a New Ribosomal Protection Type of Tetracycline Resistance Gene, tet(36), from Swine Manure Pits
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4151-4158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshiko Okamoto-Hosoya, Susumu Okamoto, and Kozo Ochi

Development of Antibiotic-Overproducing Strains by Site-Directed Mutagenesis of the rpsL Gene in Streptomyces lividans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4256-4259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshiko Okamura, Haruko Takeyama, Takumi Sekine, Toshifumi Sakaguchi, Aris Tri Wahyudi, Rika Sato, Shinji Kamiya, and Tadashi Matsunaga

Design and Application of a New Cryptic-Plasmid-Based Shuttle Vector for Magnetospirillum magneticum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4274-4277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simanti Datta, Asis Khan, Ranjan K. Nandy, Motiur Rehman, Sutapa Sinha, Santanu Chattopadhyay, Suresh C. Das, and G. Balakrish Nair

Environmental Isolates of Aeromonas spp. Harboring the cagA-Like Gene of Helicobacter pylori
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4291-4295. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Ecology:

Alexander Eiler, Silke Langenheder, Stefan Bertilsson, and Lars J. Tranvik

Heterotrophic Bacterial Growth Efficiency and Community Structure at Different Natural Organic Carbon Concentrations
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3701-3709. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jens Glaeser and Jörg Overmann

Characterization and In Situ Carbon Metabolism of Phototrophic Consortia
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3739-3750. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenneth W. Cullings, Michael H. New, Shilpa Makhija, and V. Thomas Parker

Effects of Litter Addition on Ectomycorrhizal Associates of a Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta) Stand in Yellowstone National Park
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3772-3776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

José R. de la Torre, Brett M. Goebel, E. Imre Friedmann, and Norman R. Pace

Microbial Diversity of Cryptoendolithic Communities from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3858-3867. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thaddeus B. Stanton and Samuel B. Humphrey

Isolation of Tetracycline-Resistant Megasphaera elsdenii Strains with Novel Mosaic Gene Combinations of tet(O) and tet(W) from Swine
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3874-3882. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barth F. Smets, Jayne B. Morrow, and Catalina Arango Pinedo

Plasmid Introduction in Metal-Stressed, Subsurface-Derived Microcosms: Plasmid Fate and Community Response
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4087-4097. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter A. Noble, Raphael G. Tymowski, Madilyn Fletcher, James T. Morris, and Alan J. Lewitus

Contrasting Patterns of Phytoplankton Community Pigment Composition in Two Salt Marsh Estuaries in Southeastern United States
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4129-4143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Young-Beom Ahn, Sung-Keun Rhee, Donna E. Fennell, Lee J. Kerkhof, Ute Hentschel, and Max M. Häggblom

Reductive Dehalogenation of Brominated Phenolic Compounds by Microorganisms Associated with the Marine Sponge Aplysina aerophoba
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4159-4166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Justin T. Coombs and Christopher M. M. Franco

Visualization of an Endophytic Streptomyces Species in Wheat Seed
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4260-4262. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karen Junge, Hajo Eicken, and Jody W. Deming

Motility of Colwellia psychrerythraea Strain 34H at Subzero Temperatures
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4282-4284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Georgina L. Hold, Andreas Schwiertz, Rustam I. Aminov, Michael Blaut, and Harry J. Flint

Oligonucleotide Probes That Detect Quantitatively Significant Groups of Butyrate-Producing Bacteria in Human Feces
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4320-4324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dhritiman Ghosh, Bijay Bal, V. K. Kashyap, and Subrata Pal

Molecular Phylogenetic Exploration of Bacterial Diversity in a Bakreshwar (India) Hot Spring and Culture of Shewanella-Related Thermophiles
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4332-4336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Biotechnology:

Jung-Kul Lee, Sang-Yong Kim, Yeon-Woo Ryu, Jin-Ho Seo, and Jung-Hoe Kim

Purification and Characterization of a Novel Erythrose Reductase from Candida magnoliae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3710-3718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Liming Yan, Kenneth G. Boyd, David R. Adams, and J. Grant Burgess

Biofilm-Specific Cross-Species Induction of Antimicrobial Compounds in Bacilli
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3719-3727. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jan C. Verdoes, Gerhard Sandmann, Hans Visser, Maria Diaz, Minca van Mossel, and Albert J. J. van Ooyen

Metabolic Engineering of the Carotenoid Biosynthetic Pathway in the Yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous (Phaffia rhodozyma)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3728-3738. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nobuyuki Horinouchi, Jun Ogawa, Takafumi Sakai, Takako Kawano, Seiichiro Matsumoto, Mie Sasaki, Yoichi Mikami, and Sakayu Shimizu

Construction of Deoxyriboaldolase-Overexpressing Escherichia coli and Its Application to 2-Deoxyribose 5-Phosphate Synthesis from Glucose and Acetaldehyde for 2'-Deoxyribonucleoside Production
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3791-3797. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masashi Hosokawa, Ching T. Hou, and David Weisleder

Production of Novel Tetrahydroxyfuranyl Fatty Acids from -Linolenic Acid by Clavibacter sp. Strain ALA2
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3868-3873. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. J. Greenacre, T. F. Brocklehurst, C. R. Waspe, D. R. Wilson, and P. D. G. Wilson

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium and Listeria monocytogenes Acid Tolerance Response Induced by Organic Acids at 20°C: Optimization and Modeling
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3945-3951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Trygve Brautaset, Mark D. Williams, Richard D. Dillingham, Christine Kaufmann, Assumpta Bennaars, Edward Crabbe, and Michael C. Flickinger

Role of the Bacillus methanolicus Citrate Synthase II Gene, citY, in Regulating the Secretion of Glutamate in L-Lysine-Secreting Mutants
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3986-3995. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Simões, M. C. Teixeira, A. R. Fernandes, and Isabel Sá-Correia

Adaptation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to the Herbicide 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid, Mediated by Msn2p- and Msn4p-Regulated Genes: Important Role of SPI1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4019-4028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jim C. Spain, Shirley F. Nishino, Bernard Witholt, Loon-Seng Tan, and Wouter A. Duetz

Production of 6-Phenylacetylene Picolinic Acid from Diphenylacetylene by a Toluene-Degrading Acinetobacter Strain
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4037-4042. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bina J. Mehta, Irina N. Obraztsova, and Enrique Cerdá-Olmedo

Mutants and Intersexual Heterokaryons of Blakeslea trispora for Production of ß-Carotene and Lycopene
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4043-4048. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabelle Boucher, Christian Vadeboncoeur, and Sylvain Moineau

Characterization of Genes Involved in the Metabolism of -Galactosides by Lactococcus raffinolactis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4049-4056. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ilona Sárvári Horváth, Carl Johan Franzén, Mohammad J. Taherzadeh, Claes Niklasson, and Gunnar Lidén

Effects of Furfural on the Respiratory Metabolism of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Glucose-Limited Chemostats
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4076-4086. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jessica Becker and Eckhard Boles

A Modified Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strain That Consumes L-Arabinose and Produces Ethanol
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4144-4150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jean-François Rontani, Abdelkrim Mouzdahir, Valerie Michotey, Pierre Caumette, and Patricia Bonin

Production of a Polyunsaturated Isoprenoid Wax Ester during Aerobic Metabolism of Squalene by Marinobacter squalenivorans sp. nov.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4167-4176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura E. MacConaill, Derek Butler, Mary O'Connell-Motherway, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Douwe van Sinderen

Identification of Two-Component Regulatory Systems in Bifidobacterium infantis by Functional Complementation and Degenerate PCR Approaches
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4219-4226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sylviane Derzelle, Bernard Hallet, Thierry Ferain, Jean Delcour, and Pascal Hols

Improved Adaptation to Cold-Shock, Stationary-Phase, and Freezing Stresses in Lactobacillus plantarum Overproducing Cold-Shock Proteins
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4285-4290. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kee Woung Kim and Sun Bok Lee

Inhibitory Effect of Maillard Reaction Products on Growth of the Aerobic Marine Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Aeropyrum pernix
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4325-4328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Public Health Microbiology:

Timo Murtoniemi, Aino Nevalainen, and Maija-Riitta Hirvonen

Effect of Plasterboard Composition on Stachybotrys chartarum Growth and Biological Activity of Spores
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3751-3757. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael A. Butkus, J. Timothy Bays, and Michael P. Labare

Influence of Surface Characteristics on the Stability of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3819-3825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yukiko Hara-Kudo, Kanji Sugiyama, Mitsuaki Nishibuchi, Ashrafuzzaman Chowdhury, Jun Yatsuyanagi, Yoshimitsu Ohtomo, Akinobu Saito, Hidetoshi Nagano, Tokuhiro Nishina, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Hirotaka Konuma, Michiko Miyahara, and Susumu Kumagai

Prevalence of Pandemic Thermostable Direct Hemolysin-Producing Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 in Seafood and the Coastal Environment in Japan
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3883-3891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cristina Villena, Waled Morsy El-Senousy, F. Xavier Abad, Rosa M. Pintó, and Albert Bosch

Group A Rotavirus in Sewage Samples from Barcelona and Cairo: Emergence of Unusual Genotypes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3919-3923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Benoît Gassilloud, Louis Schwartzbrod, and Christophe Gantzer

Presence of Viral Genomes in Mineral Water: a Sufficient Condition To Assume Infectious Risk?
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3965-3969. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

U. M. Ryan, B. Samarasinghe, C. Read, J. R. Buddle, I. D. Robertson, and R. C. A. Thompson

Identification of a Novel Cryptosporidium Genotype in Pigs
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3970-3974. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gwy-Am Shin and Mark D. Sobsey

Reduction of Norwalk Virus, Poliovirus 1, and Bacteriophage MS2 by Ozone Disinfection of Water
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3975-3978. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeanette A. Thurston-Enriquez, Charles N. Haas, Joseph Jacangelo, and Charles P. Gerba

Chlorine Inactivation of Adenovirus Type 40 and Feline Calicivirus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3979-3985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angelo DePaola, Jodie Ulaszek, Charles A. Kaysner, Bradley J. Tenge, Jessica L. Nordstrom, Joy Wells, Nancy Puhr, and Steven M. Gendel

Molecular, Serological, and Virulence Characteristics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolated from Environmental, Food, and Clinical Sources in North America and Asia
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3999-4005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Angelo DePaola, Jessica L. Nordstrom, Anders Dalsgaard, Anita Forslund, James Oliver, Tonya Bates, Keri L. Bourdage, and Paul A. Gulig

Analysis of Vibrio vulnificus from Market Oysters and Septicemia Cases for Virulence Markers
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4006-4011. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hugo A. Morales-Morales, Guadalupe Vidal, John Olszewski, Channah M. Rock, Debanjana Dasgupta, Kevin H. Oshima, and Geoffrey B. Smith

Optimization of a Reusable Hollow-Fiber Ultrafilter for Simultaneous Concentration of Enteric Bacteria, Protozoa, and Viruses from Water
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4098-4102. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura Wonderling, Rachel Pearce, F. Morgan Wallace, Jeffrey E. Call, Ingrid Feder, Mark Tamplin, and John B. Luchansky

Use of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis To Characterize the Heterogeneity and Clonality of Salmonella Isolates Obtained from the Carcasses and Feces of Swine at Slaughter
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4177-4182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. A. B. Nichols, B. M. Campbell, and H. V. Smith

Identification of Cryptosporidium spp. Oocysts in United Kingdom Noncarbonated Natural Mineral Waters and Drinking Waters by Using a Modified Nested PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Assay
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4183-4189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gomathinayagam Ponniah, Han Chen, Ronda Michielutti, Nancy Salonen, and Paul Blum

Single-Cell Protein Profiling of Wastewater Enterobacterial Communities Predicts Disinfection Efficiency
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4227-4235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshinobu Matsumura, Kuniaki Yoshikata, Shin-ichi Kunisaki, and Tetsuaki Tsuchido

Mode of Bactericidal Action of Silver Zeolite and Its Comparison with That of Silver Nitrate
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4278-4281. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Una Ryan, Lihua Xiao, Carolyn Read, Ling Zhou, Altaf A. Lal, and Ivan Pavlasek

Identification of Novel Cryptosporidium Genotypes from the Czech Republic
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4302-4307. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Sian Wilson, Sarah M. Hazel, Nicola J. Williams, Amos Phiri, Nigel P. French, and C. Anthony Hart

Nontyphoidal Salmonellae in United Kingdom Badgers: Prevalence and Spatial Distribution
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4312-4315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephanie J. Taylor, Leena J. Ahonen, Frans A. A. M. de Leij, and Jeremy W. Dale

Infection of Acanthamoeba castellanii with Mycobacterium bovis and M. bovis BCG and Survival of M. bovis within the Amoebae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4316-4319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Belinda Galeano, Emily Korff, and Wayne L. Nicholson

Inactivation of Vegetative Cells, but Not Spores, of Bacillus anthracis, B. cereus, and B. subtilis on Stainless Steel Surfaces Coated with an Antimicrobial Silver- and Zinc-Containing Zeolite Formulation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4329-4331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plant Microbiology:

Newton C. Marcial Gomes, Olajire Fagbola, Rodrigo Costa, Norma Gouvea Rumjanek, Arno Buchner, Leda Mendona-Hagler, and Kornelia Smalla

Dynamics of Fungal Communities in Bulk and Maize Rhizosphere Soil in the Tropics
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3758-3766. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jorge L. M. Rodrigues, M. E. Silva-Stenico, J. E. Gomes, J. R. S. Lopes, and S. M. Tsai

Detection and Diversity Assessment of Xylella fastidiosa in Field-Collected Plant and Insect Samples by Using 16S rRNA and gyrB Sequences
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4249-4255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annemie Elsen, Stephane Declerck, and Dirk De Waele

Use of Root Organ Cultures To Investigate the Interaction between Glomus intraradices and Pratylenchus coffeae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4308-4311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

Patrik J. Hoegger, Ursula Heiniger, Ottmar Holdenrieder, and Daniel Rigling

Differential Transfer and Dissemination of Hypovirus and Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genomes of a Hypovirus-Infected Cryphonectria parasitica Strain after Introduction into a Natural Population
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3767-3771. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tobias Hauck, Fredi Brühlmann, and Wilfried Schwab

Formation of 4-Hydroxy-2,5-Dimethyl-3[2H]-Furanone by Zygosaccharomyces rouxii: Identification of an Intermediate
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3911-3918. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ntsane Moleleki, Schalk W. van Heerden, Michael J. Wingfield, Brenda D. Wingfield, and Oliver Preisig

Transfection of Diaporthe perjuncta with Diaporthe RNA Virus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3952-3956. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kari T. Steffen, Annele Hatakka, and Martin Hofrichter

Degradation of Benzo[a]pyrene by the Litter-Decomposing Basidiomycete Stropharia coronilla: Role of Manganese Peroxidase
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3957-3964. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Josie Williams, John M. Clarkson, Peter R. Mills, and Richard M. Cooper

Saprotrophic and Mycoparasitic Components of Aggressiveness of Trichoderma harzianum Groups toward the Commercial Mushroom Agaricus bisporus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4192-4199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Bertaux, M. Schmid, N. Chemidlin Prevost-Boure, J. L. Churin, A. Hartmann, J. Garbaye, and P. Frey-Klett

In Situ Identification of Intracellular Bacteria Related to Paenibacillus spp. in the Mycelium of the Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Laccaria bicolor S238N
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4243-4248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

Lionel Ranjard, Sylvie Nazaret, and Benoit Cournoyer

Freshwater Bacteria Can Methylate Selenium through the Thiopurine Methyltransferase Pathway
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3784-3790. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian J. Mailloux and Mark E. Fuller

Determination of In Situ Bacterial Growth Rates in Aquifers and Aquifer Sediments
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3798-3808. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chi Ming So, Craig D. Phelps, and L. Y. Young

Anaerobic Transformation of Alkanes to Fatty Acids by a Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium, Strain Hxd3
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3892-3900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanna D. Moody, Peter P. Fu, James P. Freeman, and Carl E. Cerniglia

Regio- and Stereoselective Metabolism of 7,12-Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene by Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3924-3931. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. E. Amonette, C. K. Russell, K. A. Carosino, N. L. Robinson, and J. T. Ho

Toxicity of Al to Desulfovibrio desulfuricans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4057-4066. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ana C. Negrete-Raymond, Barbara Weder, and Lawrence P. Wackett

Catabolism of Arylboronic Acids by Arthrobacter nicotinovorans Strain PBA
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4263-4267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Daisy Vanitha, R. Venkatasubramani, K. Dharmalingam, and C. N. Paramasivan

Large-Restriction-Fragment Polymorphism Analysis of Mycobacterium chelonae and Mycobacterium terrae Isolates
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4337-4341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Food Microbiology:

Pauline Leverrier, Diliana Dimova, Vianney Pichereau, Yanick Auffray, Patrick Boyaval, and Gwénaël Jan

Susceptibility and Adaptive Response to Bile Salts in Propionibacterium freudenreichii: Physiological and Proteomic Analysis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3809-3818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jurgen Verluyten, Winy Messens, and Luc De Vuyst

The Curing Agent Sodium Nitrite, Used in the Production of Fermented Sausages, Is Less Inhibiting to the Bacteriocin-Producing Meat Starter Culture Lactobacillus curvatus LTH 1174 under Anaerobic Conditions
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3833-3839. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frédérique Duthoit, Jean-Jacques Godon, and Marie-Christine Montel

Bacterial Community Dynamics during Production of Registered Designation of Origin Salers Cheese as Evaluated by 16S rRNA Gene Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3840-3848. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ariel Maoz, Ralf Mayr, and Siegfried Scherer

Temporal Stability and Biodiversity of Two Complex Antilisterial Cheese-Ripening Microbial Consortia
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4012-4018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Miia Lindström, Mari Nevas, Sebastian Hielm, Liisa Lähteenmäki, Michael W. Peck, and Hannu Korkeala

Thermal Inactivation of Nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum Type E Spores in Model Fish Media and in Vacuum-Packaged Hot-Smoked Fish Products
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4029-4036. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Krishaun N. Caldwell, Barbara B. Adler, Gary L. Anderson, Phillip L. Williams, and Larry R. Beuchat

Ingestion of Salmonella enterica Serotype Poona by a Free-Living Nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, and Protection against Inactivation by Produce Sanitizers
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4103-4110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gianluca Bleve, Lucia Rizzotti, Franco Dellaglio, and Sandra Torriani

Development of Reverse Transcription (RT)-PCR and Real-Time RT-PCR Assays for Rapid Detection and Quantification of Viable Yeasts and Molds Contaminating Yogurts and Pasteurized Food Products
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4116-4122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. T. Bacon, J. R. Ransom, J. N. Sofos, P. A. Kendall, K. E. Belk, and G. C. Smith

Thermal Inactivation of Susceptible and Multiantimicrobial-Resistant Salmonella Strains Grown in the Absence or Presence of Glucose
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4123-4128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Methods:

E. Nsabimana, S. Kisidayová, D. Macheboeuf, C. J. Newbold, and J. P. Jouany

Two-Step Freezing Procedure for Cryopreservation of Rumen Ciliates, an Effective Tool for Creation of a Frozen Rumen Protozoa Bank
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3826-3832. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shixue Yin, Mayuree Fuangthong, William P. Laratta, and James P. Shapleigh

Use of a Green Fluorescent Protein-Based Reporter Fusion for Detection of Nitric Oxide Produced by Denitrifiers
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3938-3944. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Reeslev, M. Miller, and K. F. Nielsen

Quantifying Mold Biomass on Gypsum Board: Comparison of Ergosterol and Beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidase as Mold Biomass Parameters
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3996-3998. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Josie Williams, John M. Clarkson, Peter R. Mills, and Richard M. Cooper

A Selective Medium for Quantitative Reisolation of Trichoderma harzianum from Agaricus bisporus Compost
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4190-4191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. A. Kloepfer, R. E. Mielke, M. S. Wong, K. H. Nealson, G. Stucky, and J. L. Nadeau

Quantum Dots as Strain- and Metabolism-Specific Microbiological Labels
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4205-4213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Reunanen and P. E. J. Saris

Microplate Bioassay for Nisin in Foods, Based on Nisin-Induced Green Fluorescent Protein Fluorescence
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4214-4218. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susan C. Broadaway, Stephanie A. Barton, and Barry H. Pyle

Rapid Staining and Enumeration of Small Numbers of Total Bacteria in Water by Solid-Phase Laser Cytometry
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4272-4273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marco Ventura, Valerie Meylan, and Ralf Zink

Identification and Tracing of Bifidobacterium Species by Use of Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus Sequences
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4296-4301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Takako Mukai, Shigeyuki Kawai, Hirokazu Matsukawa, Yuhsi Matuo, and Kousaku Murata

Characterization and Molecular Cloning of a Novel Enzyme, Inorganic Polyphosphate/ATP-Glucomannokinase, of Arthrobacter sp. Strain KM
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3849-3857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kathrin Riedel, Daniela Talker-Huiber, Michael Givskov, Helmut Schwab, and Leo Eberl

Identification and Characterization of a GDSL Esterase Gene Located Proximal to the swr Quorum-Sensing System of Serratia liquefaciens MG1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3901-3910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Malka Halpern, Hanan Gancz, Meir Broza, and Yechezkel Kashi

Vibrio cholerae Hemagglutinin/Protease Degrades Chironomid Egg Masses
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4200-4204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invertebrate Microbiology:

Spencer V. Nyholm and Margaret J. McFall-Ngai

Dominance of Vibrio fischeri in Secreted Mucus outside the Light Organ of Euprymna scolopes: the First Site of Symbiont Specificity
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 3932-3937. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LanNa Lee, Deepak Saxena, and G. Stotzky

Activity of Free and Clay-Bound Insecticidal Proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis against the Mosquito Culex pipiens
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4111-4115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yael Ben-Haim, Maya Zicherman-Keren, and Eugene Rosenberg

Temperature-Regulated Bleaching and Lysis of the Coral Pocillopora damicornis by the Novel Pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4236-4242. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas R. Braschler, Susana Merino, Juan M. Tomás, and Joerg Graf

Complement Resistance Is Essential for Colonization of the Digestive Tract of Hirudo medicinalis by Aeromonas Strains
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4268-4271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geomicrobiology:

Gary M. King

Contributions of Atmospheric CO and Hydrogen Uptake to Microbial Dynamics on Recent Hawaiian Volcanic Deposits
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4067-4075. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Alison M. Cupples, Alfred M. Spormann, and Perry L. McCarty

Growth of a Dehalococcoides-Like Microorganism on Vinyl Chloride and cis-Dichloroethene as Electron Acceptors as Determined by Competetive PCR
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4342. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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