Contents: July 2003, Volume 69, Issue 7        Minireviews        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Microbial Ecology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Public Health Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Mycology        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation        Food Microbiology        Methods        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Invertebrate Microbiology        Geomicrobiology        Errata Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Role of Nonhost Environments in the Lifestyles of Salmonella and Escherichia coli Mollie D. Winfield and Eduardo A. Groisman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3687-3694; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Pilin-Like Proteins in the Extremely Thermophilic Bacterium Thermus thermophilus HB27: Implication in Competence for Natural Transformation and Links to Type IV Pilus Biogenesis Alexandra Friedrich, Judit Rumszauer, Anke Henne, and Beate Averhoff Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3695-3700; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of an Expression System for Site-Directed Mutagenesis of the Lantibiotic Mersacidin Christiane Szekat, Ralph W. Jack, Dirk Skutlarek, Harald Färber, and Gabriele Bierbaum Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3777-3783; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a New Ribosomal Protection Type of Tetracycline Resistance Gene, tet(36), from Swine Manure Pits Gabrielle Whittle, Terence R. Whitehead, Nathan Hamburger, Nadja B. Shoemaker, Michael A. Cotta, and Abigail A. Salyers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4151-4158; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of Antibiotic-Overproducing Strains by Site-Directed Mutagenesis of the rpsL Gene in Streptomyces lividans Yoshiko Okamoto-Hosoya, Susumu Okamoto, and Kozo Ochi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4256-4259; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Design and Application of a New Cryptic-Plasmid-Based Shuttle Vector for Magnetospirillum magneticum Yoshiko Okamura, Haruko Takeyama, Takumi Sekine, Toshifumi Sakaguchi, Aris Tri Wahyudi, Rika Sato, Shinji Kamiya, and Tadashi Matsunaga Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4274-4277; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Environmental Isolates of Aeromonas spp. Harboring the cagA-Like Gene of Helicobacter pylori Simanti Datta, Asis Khan, Ranjan K. Nandy, Motiur Rehman, Sutapa Sinha, Santanu Chattopadhyay, Suresh C. Das, and G. Balakrish Nair Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4291-4295; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Heterotrophic Bacterial Growth Efficiency and Community Structure at Different Natural Organic Carbon Concentrations Alexander Eiler, Silke Langenheder, Stefan Bertilsson, and Lars J. Tranvik Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3701-3709; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization and In Situ Carbon Metabolism of Phototrophic Consortia Jens Glaeser and Jörg Overmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3739-3750; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Litter Addition on Ectomycorrhizal Associates of a Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta) Stand in Yellowstone National Park Kenneth W. Cullings, Michael H. New, Shilpa Makhija, and V. Thomas Parker Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3772-3776; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Diversity of Cryptoendolithic Communities from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica José R. de la Torre, Brett M. Goebel, E. Imre Friedmann, and Norman R. Pace Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3858-3867; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Plasmid Introduction in Metal-Stressed, Subsurface-Derived Microcosms: Plasmid Fate and Community Response Barth F. Smets, Jayne B. Morrow, and Catalina Arango Pinedo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4087-4097; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contrasting Patterns of Phytoplankton Community Pigment Composition in Two Salt Marsh Estuaries in Southeastern United States Peter A. Noble, Raphael G. Tymowski, Madilyn Fletcher, James T. Morris, and Alan J. Lewitus Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4129-4143; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reductive Dehalogenation of Brominated Phenolic Compounds by Microorganisms Associated with the Marine Sponge Aplysina aerophoba Young-Beom Ahn, Sung-Keun Rhee, Donna E. Fennell, Lee J. Kerkhof, Ute Hentschel, and Max M. Häggblom Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4159-4166; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Visualization of an Endophytic Streptomyces Species in Wheat Seed Justin T. Coombs and Christopher M. M. Franco Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4260-4262; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Motility of Colwellia psychrerythraea Strain 34H at Subzero Temperatures Karen Junge, Hajo Eicken, and Jody W. Deming Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4282-4284; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oligonucleotide Probes That Detect Quantitatively Significant Groups of Butyrate-Producing Bacteria in Human Feces Georgina L. Hold, Andreas Schwiertz, Rustam I. Aminov, Michael Blaut, and Harry J. Flint Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4320-4324; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Phylogenetic Exploration of Bacterial Diversity in a Bakreshwar (India) Hot Spring and Culture of Shewanella-Related Thermophiles Dhritiman Ghosh, Bijay Bal, V. K. Kashyap, and Subrata Pal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4332-4336; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Purification and Characterization of a Novel Erythrose Reductase from Candida magnoliae Jung-Kul Lee, Sang-Yong Kim, Yeon-Woo Ryu, Jin-Ho Seo, and Jung-Hoe Kim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3710-3718; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biofilm-Specific Cross-Species Induction of Antimicrobial Compounds in Bacilli Liming Yan, Kenneth G. Boyd, David R. Adams, and J. Grant Burgess Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3719-3727; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolic Engineering of the Carotenoid Biosynthetic Pathway in the Yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous (Phaffia rhodozyma) Jan C. Verdoes, Gerhard Sandmann, Hans Visser, Maria Diaz, Minca van Mossel, and Albert J. J. van Ooyen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3728-3738; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of Deoxyriboaldolase-Overexpressing Escherichia coli and Its Application to 2-Deoxyribose 5-Phosphate Synthesis from Glucose and Acetaldehyde for 2'-Deoxyribonucleoside Production Nobuyuki Horinouchi, Jun Ogawa, Takafumi Sakai, Takako Kawano, Seiichiro Matsumoto, Mie Sasaki, Yoichi Mikami, and Sakayu Shimizu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3791-3797; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Novel Tetrahydroxyfuranyl Fatty Acids from -Linolenic Acid by Clavibacter sp. Strain ALA2 Masashi Hosokawa, Ching T. Hou, and David Weisleder Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3868-3873; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium and Listeria monocytogenes Acid Tolerance Response Induced by Organic Acids at 20°C: Optimization and Modeling E. J. Greenacre, T. F. Brocklehurst, C. R. Waspe, D. R. Wilson, and P. D. G. Wilson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3945-3951; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the Bacillus methanolicus Citrate Synthase II Gene, citY, in Regulating the Secretion of Glutamate in L-Lysine-Secreting Mutants Trygve Brautaset, Mark D. Williams, Richard D. Dillingham, Christine Kaufmann, Assumpta Bennaars, Edward Crabbe, and Michael C. Flickinger Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3986-3995; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adaptation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to the Herbicide 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid, Mediated by Msn2p- and Msn4p-Regulated Genes: Important Role of SPI1 T. Simões, M. C. Teixeira, A. R. Fernandes, and Isabel Sá-Correia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4019-4028; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of 6-Phenylacetylene Picolinic Acid from Diphenylacetylene by a Toluene-Degrading Acinetobacter Strain Jim C. Spain, Shirley F. Nishino, Bernard Witholt, Loon-Seng Tan, and Wouter A. Duetz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4037-4042; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutants and Intersexual Heterokaryons of Blakeslea trispora for Production of ß-Carotene and Lycopene Bina J. Mehta, Irina N. Obraztsova, and Enrique Cerdá-Olmedo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4043-4048; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Genes Involved in the Metabolism of -Galactosides by Lactococcus raffinolactis Isabelle Boucher, Christian Vadeboncoeur, and Sylvain Moineau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4049-4056; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Furfural on the Respiratory Metabolism of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Glucose-Limited Chemostats Ilona Sárvári Horváth, Carl Johan Franzén, Mohammad J. Taherzadeh, Claes Niklasson, and Gunnar Lidén Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4076-4086; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Modified Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strain That Consumes L-Arabinose and Produces Ethanol Jessica Becker and Eckhard Boles Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4144-4150; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of a Polyunsaturated Isoprenoid Wax Ester during Aerobic Metabolism of Squalene by Marinobacter squalenivorans sp. nov. Jean-François Rontani, Abdelkrim Mouzdahir, Valerie Michotey, Pierre Caumette, and Patricia Bonin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4167-4176; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Two-Component Regulatory Systems in Bifidobacterium infantis by Functional Complementation and Degenerate PCR Approaches Laura E. MacConaill, Derek Butler, Mary O'Connell-Motherway, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Douwe van Sinderen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4219-4226; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Adaptation to Cold-Shock, Stationary-Phase, and Freezing Stresses in Lactobacillus plantarum Overproducing Cold-Shock Proteins Sylviane Derzelle, Bernard Hallet, Thierry Ferain, Jean Delcour, and Pascal Hols Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4285-4290; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibitory Effect of Maillard Reaction Products on Growth of the Aerobic Marine Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Aeropyrum pernix Kee Woung Kim and Sun Bok Lee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4325-4328; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Effect of Plasterboard Composition on Stachybotrys chartarum Growth and Biological Activity of Spores Timo Murtoniemi, Aino Nevalainen, and Maija-Riitta Hirvonen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3751-3757; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Surface Characteristics on the Stability of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts Michael A. Butkus, J. Timothy Bays, and Michael P. Labare Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3819-3825; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Group A Rotavirus in Sewage Samples from Barcelona and Cairo: Emergence of Unusual Genotypes Cristina Villena, Waled Morsy El-Senousy, F. Xavier Abad, Rosa M. Pintó, and Albert Bosch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3919-3923; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Presence of Viral Genomes in Mineral Water: a Sufficient Condition To Assume Infectious Risk? Benoît Gassilloud, Louis Schwartzbrod, and Christophe Gantzer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3965-3969; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Novel Cryptosporidium Genotype in Pigs U. M. Ryan, B. Samarasinghe, C. Read, J. R. Buddle, I. D. Robertson, and R. C. A. Thompson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3970-3974; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduction of Norwalk Virus, Poliovirus 1, and Bacteriophage MS2 by Ozone Disinfection of Water Gwy-Am Shin and Mark D. Sobsey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3975-3978; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlorine Inactivation of Adenovirus Type 40 and Feline Calicivirus Jeanette A. Thurston-Enriquez, Charles N. Haas, Joseph Jacangelo, and Charles P. Gerba Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3979-3985; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular, Serological, and Virulence Characteristics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolated from Environmental, Food, and Clinical Sources in North America and Asia Angelo DePaola, Jodie Ulaszek, Charles A. Kaysner, Bradley J. Tenge, Jessica L. Nordstrom, Joy Wells, Nancy Puhr, and Steven M. Gendel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3999-4005; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Vibrio vulnificus from Market Oysters and Septicemia Cases for Virulence Markers Angelo DePaola, Jessica L. Nordstrom, Anders Dalsgaard, Anita Forslund, James Oliver, Tonya Bates, Keri L. Bourdage, and Paul A. Gulig Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4006-4011; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Optimization of a Reusable Hollow-Fiber Ultrafilter for Simultaneous Concentration of Enteric Bacteria, Protozoa, and Viruses from Water Hugo A. Morales-Morales, Guadalupe Vidal, John Olszewski, Channah M. Rock, Debanjana Dasgupta, Kevin H. Oshima, and Geoffrey B. Smith Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4098-4102; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Laura Wonderling, Rachel Pearce, F. Morgan Wallace, Jeffrey E. Call, Ingrid Feder, Mark Tamplin, and John B. Luchansky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4177-4182; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 R. A. B. Nichols, B. M. Campbell, and H. V. Smith Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4183-4189; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Single-Cell Protein Profiling of Wastewater Enterobacterial Communities Predicts Disinfection Efficiency Gomathinayagam Ponniah, Han Chen, Ronda Michielutti, Nancy Salonen, and Paul Blum Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4227-4235; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mode of Bactericidal Action of Silver Zeolite and Its Comparison with That of Silver Nitrate Yoshinobu Matsumura, Kuniaki Yoshikata, Shin-ichi Kunisaki, and Tetsuaki Tsuchido Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4278-4281; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Novel Cryptosporidium Genotypes from the Czech Republic Una Ryan, Lihua Xiao, Carolyn Read, Ling Zhou, Altaf A. Lal, and Ivan Pavlasek Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4302-4307; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nontyphoidal Salmonellae in United Kingdom Badgers: Prevalence and Spatial Distribution J. Sian Wilson, Sarah M. Hazel, Nicola J. Williams, Amos Phiri, Nigel P. French, and C. Anthony Hart Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4312-4315; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Infection of Acanthamoeba castellanii with Mycobacterium bovis and M. bovis BCG and Survival of M. bovis within the Amoebae Stephanie J. Taylor, Leena J. Ahonen, Frans A. A. M. de Leij, and Jeremy W. Dale Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4316-4319; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Belinda Galeano, Emily Korff, and Wayne L. Nicholson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4329-4331; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Dynamics of Fungal Communities in Bulk and Maize Rhizosphere Soil in the Tropics Newton C. Marcial Gomes, Olajire Fagbola, Rodrigo Costa, Norma Gouvea Rumjanek, Arno Buchner, Leda Mendona-Hagler, and Kornelia Smalla Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3758-3766; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection and Diversity Assessment of Xylella fastidiosa in Field-Collected Plant and Insect Samples by Using 16S rRNA and gyrB Sequences Jorge L. M. Rodrigues, M. E. Silva-Stenico, J. E. Gomes, J. R. S. Lopes, and S. M. Tsai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4249-4255; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Root Organ Cultures To Investigate the Interaction between Glomus intraradices and Pratylenchus coffeae Annemie Elsen, Stephane Declerck, and Dirk De Waele Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4308-4311; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Differential Transfer and Dissemination of Hypovirus and Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genomes of a Hypovirus-Infected Cryphonectria parasitica Strain after Introduction into a Natural Population Patrik J. Hoegger, Ursula Heiniger, Ottmar Holdenrieder, and Daniel Rigling Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3767-3771; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Formation of 4-Hydroxy-2,5-Dimethyl-3[2H]-Furanone by Zygosaccharomyces rouxii: Identification of an Intermediate Tobias Hauck, Fredi Brühlmann, and Wilfried Schwab Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3911-3918; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transfection of Diaporthe perjuncta with Diaporthe RNA Virus Ntsane Moleleki, Schalk W. van Heerden, Michael J. Wingfield, Brenda D. Wingfield, and Oliver Preisig Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3952-3956; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of Benzo[a]pyrene by the Litter-Decomposing Basidiomycete Stropharia coronilla: Role of Manganese Peroxidase Kari T. Steffen, Annele Hatakka, and Martin Hofrichter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3957-3964; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Saprotrophic and Mycoparasitic Components of Aggressiveness of Trichoderma harzianum Groups toward the Commercial Mushroom Agaricus bisporus Josie Williams, John M. Clarkson, Peter R. Mills, and Richard M. Cooper Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4192-4199; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Situ Identification of Intracellular Bacteria Related to Paenibacillus spp. in the Mycelium of the Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Laccaria bicolor S238N J. Bertaux, M. Schmid, N. Chemidlin Prevost-Boure, J. L. Churin, A. Hartmann, J. Garbaye, and P. Frey-Klett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4243-4248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Freshwater Bacteria Can Methylate Selenium through the Thiopurine Methyltransferase Pathway Lionel Ranjard, Sylvie Nazaret, and Benoit Cournoyer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3784-3790; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Determination of In Situ Bacterial Growth Rates in Aquifers and Aquifer Sediments Brian J. Mailloux and Mark E. Fuller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3798-3808; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Transformation of Alkanes to Fatty Acids by a Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium, Strain Hxd3 Chi Ming So, Craig D. Phelps, and L. Y. Young Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3892-3900; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regio- and Stereoselective Metabolism of 7,12-Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene by Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 Joanna D. Moody, Peter P. Fu, James P. Freeman, and Carl E. Cerniglia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3924-3931; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toxicity of Al to Desulfovibrio desulfuricans J. E. Amonette, C. K. Russell, K. A. Carosino, N. L. Robinson, and J. T. Ho Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4057-4066; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Catabolism of Arylboronic Acids by Arthrobacter nicotinovorans Strain PBA Ana C. Negrete-Raymond, Barbara Weder, and Lawrence P. Wackett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4263-4267; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Large-Restriction-Fragment Polymorphism Analysis of Mycobacterium chelonae and Mycobacterium terrae Isolates J. Daisy Vanitha, R. Venkatasubramani, K. Dharmalingam, and C. N. Paramasivan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4337-4341; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Susceptibility and Adaptive Response to Bile Salts in Propionibacterium freudenreichii: Physiological and Proteomic Analysis Pauline Leverrier, Diliana Dimova, Vianney Pichereau, Yanick Auffray, Patrick Boyaval, and Gwénaël Jan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3809-3818; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Jurgen Verluyten, Winy Messens, and Luc De Vuyst Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3833-3839; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Community Dynamics during Production of Registered Designation of Origin Salers Cheese as Evaluated by 16S rRNA Gene Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis Frédérique Duthoit, Jean-Jacques Godon, and Marie-Christine Montel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3840-3848; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temporal Stability and Biodiversity of Two Complex Antilisterial Cheese-Ripening Microbial Consortia Ariel Maoz, Ralf Mayr, and Siegfried Scherer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4012-4018; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Thermal Inactivation of Nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum Type E Spores in Model Fish Media and in Vacuum-Packaged Hot-Smoked Fish Products Miia Lindström, Mari Nevas, Sebastian Hielm, Liisa Lähteenmäki, Michael W. Peck, and Hannu Korkeala Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4029-4036; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ingestion of Salmonella enterica Serotype Poona by a Free-Living Nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, and Protection against Inactivation by Produce Sanitizers Krishaun N. Caldwell, Barbara B. Adler, Gary L. Anderson, Phillip L. Williams, and Larry R. Beuchat Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4103-4110; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Gianluca Bleve, Lucia Rizzotti, Franco Dellaglio, and Sandra Torriani Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4116-4122; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Thermal Inactivation of Susceptible and Multiantimicrobial-Resistant Salmonella Strains Grown in the Absence or Presence of Glucose R. T. Bacon, J. R. Ransom, J. N. Sofos, P. A. Kendall, K. E. Belk, and G. C. Smith Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4123-4128; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Two-Step Freezing Procedure for Cryopreservation of Rumen Ciliates, an Effective Tool for Creation of a Frozen Rumen Protozoa Bank E. Nsabimana, S. Kisidayová, D. Macheboeuf, C. J. Newbold, and J. P. Jouany Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3826-3832; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of a Green Fluorescent Protein-Based Reporter Fusion for Detection of Nitric Oxide Produced by Denitrifiers Shixue Yin, Mayuree Fuangthong, William P. Laratta, and James P. Shapleigh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3938-3944; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantifying Mold Biomass on Gypsum Board: Comparison of Ergosterol and Beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidase as Mold Biomass Parameters M. Reeslev, M. Miller, and K. F. Nielsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3996-3998; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Selective Medium for Quantitative Reisolation of Trichoderma harzianum from Agaricus bisporus Compost Josie Williams, John M. Clarkson, Peter R. Mills, and Richard M. Cooper Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4190-4191; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantum Dots as Strain- and Metabolism-Specific Microbiological Labels J. A. Kloepfer, R. E. Mielke, M. S. Wong, K. H. Nealson, G. Stucky, and J. L. Nadeau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4205-4213; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microplate Bioassay for Nisin in Foods, Based on Nisin-Induced Green Fluorescent Protein Fluorescence J. Reunanen and P. E. J. Saris Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4214-4218; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Staining and Enumeration of Small Numbers of Total Bacteria in Water by Solid-Phase Laser Cytometry Susan C. Broadaway, Stephanie A. Barton, and Barry H. Pyle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4272-4273; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Tracing of Bifidobacterium Species by Use of Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus Sequences Marco Ventura, Valerie Meylan, and Ralf Zink Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4296-4301; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Characterization and Molecular Cloning of a Novel Enzyme, Inorganic Polyphosphate/ATP-Glucomannokinase, of Arthrobacter sp. Strain KM Takako Mukai, Shigeyuki Kawai, Hirokazu Matsukawa, Yuhsi Matuo, and Kousaku Murata Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3849-3857; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a GDSL Esterase Gene Located Proximal to the swr Quorum-Sensing System of Serratia liquefaciens MG1 Kathrin Riedel, Daniela Talker-Huiber, Michael Givskov, Helmut Schwab, and Leo Eberl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3901-3910; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vibrio cholerae Hemagglutinin/Protease Degrades Chironomid Egg Masses Malka Halpern, Hanan Gancz, Meir Broza, and Yechezkel Kashi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4200-4204; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Dominance of Vibrio fischeri in Secreted Mucus outside the Light Organ of Euprymna scolopes: the First Site of Symbiont Specificity Spencer V. Nyholm and Margaret J. McFall-Ngai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 3932-3937; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activity of Free and Clay-Bound Insecticidal Proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis against the Mosquito Culex pipiens LanNa Lee, Deepak Saxena, and G. Stotzky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4111-4115; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temperature-Regulated Bleaching and Lysis of the Coral Pocillopora damicornis by the Novel Pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus Yael Ben-Haim, Maya Zicherman-Keren, and Eugene Rosenberg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4236-4242; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complement Resistance Is Essential for Colonization of the Digestive Tract of Hirudo medicinalis by Aeromonas Strains Thomas R. Braschler, Susana Merino, Juan M. Tomás, and Joerg Graf Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4268-4271; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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

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Errata:

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Growth of a Dehalococcoides-Like Microorganism on Vinyl Chloride and cis-Dichloroethene as Electron Acceptors as Determined by Competetive PCR Alison M. Cupples, Alfred M. Spormann, and Perry L. McCarty Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2003 69: 4342 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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