Contents: August 2003, Volume 69, Issue 8        Minireviews        Public Health Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Microbial Ecology        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation        Geomicrobiology        Plant Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Methods        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Mycology        Errata Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Sources of Campylobacter Colonization in Broiler Chickens D. G. Newell and C. Fearnley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4343-4351; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Characterization of the RpoS Status of Clinical Isolates of Salmonella enterica Véronique Robbe-Saule, Gabriela Algorta, Isabelle Rouilhac, and Françoise Norel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4352-4358; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Preslaughter Holding Environment in Pork Plants Is Highly Contaminated with Salmonella enterica M. H. Rostagno, H. S. Hurd, J. D. McKean, C. J. Ziemer, J. K. Gailey, and R. C. Leite Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4489-4494; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Microsporidia Indicates that Wild Mammals Harbor Host-Adapted Enterocytozoon spp. as well as Human-Pathogenic Enterocytozoon bieneusi Irshad M. Sulaiman, Ronald Fayer, Altaf A. Lal, James M. Trout, Frank W. Schaefer, III, and Lihua Xiao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4495-4501; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Osmoregulation in the Parasitic Protozoan Tritrichomonas foetus Sarah L. Maroulis, Philip J. Schofield, and Michael R. Edwards Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4527-4533; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of Salmonella enterica in Freshwater and Sediments and Transmission by the Aquatic Midge Chironomus tentans (Chironomidae: Diptera) Barry C. Moore, Edward Martinez, John M. Gay, and Daniel H. Rice Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4556-4560; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Real-Time PCR for Simultaneous Detection and Quantification of Borrelia burgdorferi in Field-Collected Ixodes scapularis Ticks from the Northeastern United States Guiqing Wang, Dionysios Liveris, Brandon Brei, Hongyan Wu, Richard C. Falco, Durland Fish, and Ira Schwartz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4561-4565; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Quantitative Estimates of Low Environmental Loading and Sporadic Periparturient Shedding of Cryptosporidium parvum in Adult Beef Cattle E. R. Atwill, B. Hoar, M. das Graças Cabral Pereira, K. W. Tate, F. Rulofson, and G. Nader Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4604-4610; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Curvularia Haloperoxidase: Antimicrobial Activity and Potential Application as a Surface Disinfectant Eva H. Hansen, Line Albertsen, Thomas Schäfer, Charlotte Johansen, Jens C. Frisvad, Søren Molin, and Lone Gram Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4611-4617; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of the Use of PCR and Reverse Transcriptase PCR for Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria in Biosolids from Anaerobic Digestors and Aerobic Composters Carola Burtscher and Stefan Wuertz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4618-4627; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Method for Detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis in Environmental Waters without Microscopic Confirmation Joan M. Shields and Betty H. Olson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4662-4669; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

virF-Positive Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia enterocolitica Found in Migratory Birds in Sweden Taina Niskanen, Jonas Waldenström, Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa, Björn Olsen, and Hannu Korkeala Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4670-4675; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Downer and Healthy Dairy Cattle in the Upper Midwest Region of the United States C. M. Byrne, I. Erol, J. E. Call, C. W. Kaspar, D. R. Buege, C. J. Hiemke, P. J. Fedorka-Cray, A. K. Benson, F. M. Wallace, and J. B. Luchansky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4683-4688; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Occurrence of Escherichia coli and Enterococci in Cladophora (Chlorophyta) in Nearshore Water and Beach Sand of Lake Michigan Richard L. Whitman, Dawn A. Shively, Heather Pawlik, Meredith B. Nevers, and Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4714-4719; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intraspecies Polymorphism of Cryptosporidium parvum Revealed by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) and RFLP-Single-Strand Conformational Polymorphism Analyses Zhiliang Wu, Isao Nagano, Thidarut Boonmars, Takumi Nakada, and Yuzo Takahashi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4720-4726; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of a Chlorhexidine Gluconate-Containing Mouthwash on the Vitality and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of In Vitro Oral Bacterial Ecosystems Andrew J. McBain, Robert G. Bartolo, Carl E. Catrenich, Duane Charbonneau, Ruth G. Ledder, and Peter Gilbert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4770-4776; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Seasonal Environmental Variables on the Distribution of Presumptive Fecal Coliforms around an Antarctic Research Station Kevin A. Hughes Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4884-4891; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Colonization of Arabidopsis thaliana with Salmonella enterica and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Competition by Enterobacter asburiae Michael B. Cooley, William G. Miller, and Robert E. Mandrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4915-4926; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of 16S-23S rRNA Intergenic Spacer Region PCR and Repetitive Extragenic Palindromic PCR Analyses of Escherichia coli Isolates To Identify Nonpoint Fecal Sources Sylvie Seurinck, Willy Verstraete, and Steven D. Siciliano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4942-4950; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of Two Subpopulations of Encephalitozoon intestinalis Rebecca M. Hoffman, Marilyn M. Marshall, David M. Polchert, and B. Helen Jost Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4966-4970; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Infectious Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in Final Reclaimed Effluent Angela L. Gennaccaro, Molly R. McLaughlin, Walter Quintero-Betancourt, Debra E. Huffman, and Joan B. Rose Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4983-4984; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Cloning of a Nitrilase Gene from the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC6803 and Heterologous Expression and Characterization of the Encoded Protein Ute Heinemann, Dirk Engels, Sibylle Bürger, Christoph Kiziak, Ralf Mattes, and Andreas Stolz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4359-4366; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Overexpression of the Gene Encoding GTP:Mannose-1-Phosphate Guanyltransferase, mpg1, Increases Cellular GDP-Mannose Levels and Protein Mannosylation in Trichoderma reesei Anna Zakrzewska, Grazyna Palamarczyk, Hubert Krotkiewski, Ewa Zdebska, Markku Saloheimo, Merja Penttilä, and Joanna S. Kruszewska Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4383-4389; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Capsular Colanic Acid in Adhesion of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Andrea Hanna, Michael Berg, Valerie Stout, and Anneta Razatos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4474-4481; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production and Properties of Bacteriocin-Like Inhibitory Substances from the Swine Pathogen Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 D. Mélançon and D. Grenier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4482-4488; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of Phenylpyruvate Decarboxylase Genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Zeynep Vuralhan, Marcos A. Morais, Siew-Leng Tai, Matthew D. W. Piper, and Jack T. Pronk Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4534-4541; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering Deinococcus geothermalis for Bioremediation of High-Temperature Radioactive Waste Environments Hassan Brim, Amudhan Venkateswaran, Heather M. Kostandarithes, James K. Fredrickson, and Michael J. Daly Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4575-4582; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alternative Splicing of Transcripts from crtI and crtYB Genes of Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous P. Lodato, J. Alcaino, S. Barahona, P. Retamales, and V. Cifuentes Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4676-4682; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolic Engineering of Ammonium Assimilation in Xylose-Fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae Improves Ethanol Production Christophe Roca, Jens Nielsen, and Lisbeth Olsson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4732-4736; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Production of Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Fusion Protein in Escherichia coli by Coexpression of the Down-Regulated Genes Identified by Transcriptome Profiling Jong Hyun Choi, Sang Jun Lee, Seok Jae Lee, and Sang Yup Lee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4737-4742; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Yeast Genome-Wide Expression Analysis Identifies a Strong Ergosterol and Oxidative Stress Response during the Initial Stages of an Industrial Lager Fermentation Vincent J. Higgins, Anthony G. Beckhouse, Anthony D. Oliver, Peter J. Rogers, and Ian W. Dawes Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4777-4787; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine Affects Growth, Extracellular Polysaccharide Production, and Bacterial Biofilm Formation on Solid Surfaces Ann-Cathrin Olofsson, Malte Hermansson, and Hans Elwing Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4814-4822; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High-Level Production of Porphyrins in Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli: Systematic Extension of a Pathway Assembled from Overexpressed Genes Involved in Heme Biosynthesis Seok Joon Kwon, Arjo L. de Boer, Ralf Petri, and Claudia Schmidt-Dannert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4875-4883; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Essential Oils on Ruminal Microorganisms and Their Protein Metabolism F. M. McIntosh, P. Williams, R. Losa, R. J. Wallace, D. A. Beever, and C. J. Newbold Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 5011-5014; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Microbial and Physiological Characterization of Weakly Amylolytic but Fast-Growing Lactic Acid Bacteria: a Functional Role in Supporting Microbial Diversity in Pozol, a Mexican Fermented Maize Beverage G. Díaz-Ruiz, J. P. Guyot, F. Ruiz-Teran, J. Morlon-Guyot, and C. Wacher Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4367-4374; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity and Seasonal Variability of ß-Proteobacteria in Biofilms of Polluted Rivers: Analysis by Temperature Gradient Gel Electrophoresis and Cloning I. H. M. Brümmer, A. Felske, and I. Wagner-Döbler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4463-4473; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PCR Assay of the groEL Gene for Detection and Differentiation of Bacillus cereus Group Cells Yu-Hsiu Chang, Yung-Hui Shangkuan, Hung-Chi Lin, and Hwan-Wun Liu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4502-4510; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ubiquity and Persistence of Escherichia coli in a Midwestern Coastal Stream Muruleedhara Byappanahalli, Melanie Fowler, Dawn Shively, and Richard Whitman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4549-4555; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Diversity and Temporal Variation in the Cyanophage Community Infecting Marine Synechococcus Species in Rhode Island's Coastal Waters Marcia F. Marston and Jennifer L. Sallee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4639-4647; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fidelity of Select Restriction Endonucleases in Determining Microbial Diversity by Terminal-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Jeff J. Engebretson and Craig L. Moyer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4823-4829; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Ecology of an Extreme Acidic Environment, the Tinto River E. González-Toril, E. Llobet-Brossa, E. O. Casamayor, R. Amann, and R. Amils Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4853-4865; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Remarkable Diversity of Phototrophic Purple Bacteria in a Permanently Frozen Antarctic Lake Elizabeth A. Karr, W. Matthew Sattley, Deborah O. Jung, Michael T. Madigan, and Laurie A. Achenbach Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4910-4914; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metagenomic Profiling: Microarray Analysis of an Environmental Genomic Library Jonathan L. Sebat, Frederick S. Colwell, and Ronald L. Crawford Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4927-4934; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Anaplasma marginale Isolated from North American Bison José de la Fuente, Elizabeth J. Golsteyn Thomas, Ronald A. Van Den Bussche, Robert G. Hamilton, Elaine E. Tanaka, Susan E. Druhan, and Katherine M. Kocan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 5001-5005; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Boundaries for Biofilm Formation: Humidity and Temperature Terry Ann Else, Curtis R. Pantle, and Penny S. Amy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 5006-5010; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Comparing the Dehalogenase Gene Pool in Cultivated -Halocarboxylic Acid-Degrading Bacteria with the Environmental Metagene Pool Julian R. Marchesi and Andrew J. Weightman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4375-4382; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Corrinoid Iron-Sulfur Protein Tetrachloroethene Reductive Dehalogenase of Dehalobacter restrictus Julien Maillard, Wolfram Schumacher, Francisco Vazquez, Christophe Regeard, Wilfred R. Hagen, and Christof Holliger Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4628-4638; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth of Rhodosporidium toruloides Strain DBVPG 6662 on Dibenzothiophene Crystals and Orimulsion Franco Baldi, Milva Pepi, and Fabio Fava Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4689-4696; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Cytochrome c from a Lupanine-Transforming Pseudomonas putida Strain Is Expressed in Escherichia coli during Aerobic Cultivation and Efficiently Exported and Assembled in the Periplasm Mustak A. Kaderbhai, David J. Hopper, Kalim M. Akhtar, Syed K. Abbas, and Naheed N. Kaderbhai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4727-4731; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Vibrio harveyi Nitroreductase Is Also a Chromate Reductase Young Hak Kwak, Dong Seok Lee, and Han Bok Kim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4390-4395; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Strain-Specific Ureolytic Microbial Calcium Carbonate Precipitation Frederik Hammes, Nico Boon, Johan de Villiers, Willy Verstraete, and Steven Douglas Siciliano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4901-4909; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Isotopic Fractionation of Perchlorate Chlorine Max L. Coleman, Magali Ader, Swades Chaudhuri, and John D. Coates Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4997-5000; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Rhizobium leguminosarum Biovar viciae 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate Deaminase Promotes Nodulation of Pea Plants Wenbo Ma, Frèdèrique C. Guinel, and Bernard R. Glick Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4396-4402; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Single-Leaf Resolution of the Temporal Population Dynamics of Aureobasidium pullulans on Apple Leaves Scott T. Woody, Russell N. Spear, Erik V. Nordheim, Anthony R. Ives, and John H. Andrews Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4892-4900; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the argK-tox Gene Cluster in Nontoxigenic Strains of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola Ana Isabel González, Marcelino Pérez de la Vega, María Luisa Ruiz, and Carlos Polanco Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4979-4982; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Ti Plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens Harbors an attM-Paralogous Gene, aiiB, Also Encoding N-Acyl Homoserine Lactonase Activity A. Carlier, S. Uroz, B. Smadja, R. Fray, X. Latour, Y. Dessaux, and D. Faure Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4989-4993; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Elucidation of the Transmission Patterns of an Insect-Borne Bacterium A. C. Darby and A. E. Douglas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4403-4407; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Mode of Action of the Bacillus thuringiensis Vegetative Insecticidal Protein Vip3A Differs from That of Cry1Ab -Endotoxin Mi Kyong Lee, Frederick S. Walters, Hope Hart, Narendra Palekar, and Jeng-Shong Chen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4648-4657; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Photobactin: a Catechol Siderophore Produced by Photorhabdus luminescens, an Entomopathogen Mutually Associated with Heterorhabditis bacteriophora NC1 Nematodes Todd A. Ciche, Michael Blackburn, John R. Carney, and Jerald C. Ensign Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4706-4713; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Internal and External Mycoflora of the American Dog Tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae), and Its Ecological Implications Jay A. Yoder, Peter E. Hanson, Lawrence W. Zettler, Joshua B. Benoit, Fiorella Ghisays, and Kurt A. Piskin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4994-4996; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Application of the shsp Gene, Encoding a Small Heat Shock Protein, as a Food-Grade Selection Marker for Lactic Acid Bacteria Hassan A. M. El Demerdash, Knut J. Heller, and Arnold Geis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4408-4412; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differences in Susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes Strains to Sakacin P, Sakacin A, Pediocin PA-1, and Nisin T. Katla, K. Naterstad, M. Vancanneyt, J. Swings, and L. Axelsson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4431-4437; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of Campylobacter Bacteriophages from Retail Poultry Robert J. Atterbury, Phillippa L. Connerton, Christine E. R. Dodd, Catherine E. D. Rees, and Ian F. Connerton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4511-4518; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biocontrol of Listeria monocytogenes on Fresh-Cut Produce by Treatment with Lytic Bacteriophages and a Bacteriocin Britta Leverentz, William S. Conway, Mary J. Camp, Wojciech J. Janisiewicz, Tamuna Abuladze, Ming Yang, Robert Saftner, and Alexander Sulakvelidze Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4519-4526; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Cultivation Conditions on Folate Production by Lactic Acid Bacteria Wilbert Sybesma, Marjo Starrenburg, Linda Tijsseling, Marcel H. N. Hoefnagel, and Jeroen Hugenholtz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4542-4548; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Quality and Direct PCR Identification of Lactic Acid Bacteria and Nonpathogenic Staphylococci from Artisanal Low-Acid Sausages T. Aymerich, B. Martín, M. Garriga, and M. Hugas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4583-4594; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Incubation Temperature on Isolation of Campylobacter jejuni Genotypes from Foodstuffs Enriched in Preston Broth Pam Scates, Lynn Moran, and Robert H. Madden Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4658-4661; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Detection of Meat Spoilage by Measuring Volatile Organic Compounds by Using Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry D. Mayr, R. Margesin, E. Klingsbichel, E. Hartungen, D. Jenewein, F. Schinner, and T. D. Märk Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4697-4705; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An In Vitro Study of the Probiotic Potential of a Bile-Salt-Hydrolyzing Lactobacillus fermentum Strain, and Determination of Its Cholesterol-Lowering Properties Dora I. A. Pereira, Anne L. McCartney, and Glenn R. Gibson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4743-4752; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Description of a "Phoenix" Phenomenon in the Growth of Campylobacter jejuni at Temperatures Close to the Minimum for Growth A. F. Kelly, A. Martínez-Rodriguez, R. A. Bovill, and B. M. Mackey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4975-4978; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Increased Exopolysaccharide Production in Lactococcus lactis due to Increased Levels of Expression of the NIZO B40 eps Gene Cluster Ingeborg C. Boels, Richard van Kranenburg, Marja W. Kanning, Barrie Fong Chong, Willem M. de Vos, and Michiel Kleerebezem Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 5029-5031; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduction of Experimental Salmonella and Campylobacter Contamination of Chicken Skin by Application of Lytic Bacteriophages D. Goode, V. M. Allen, and P. A. Barrow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 5032-5036; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Multiplex Real-Time PCR for Monitoring Heterobasidion annosum Colonization in Norway Spruce Clones That Differ in Disease Resistance Ari M. Hietala, Morten Eikenes, Harald Kvaalen, Halvor Solheim, and Carl G. Fossdal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4413-4420; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Efficient Library Construction by In Vivo Recombination with a Telomere-Originated Autonomously Replicating Sequence of Hansenula polymorpha So-Young Kim, Jung-Hoon Sohn, Jung-Hoon Bae, Yu-Ryang Pyun, Michael O. Agaphonov, Michael D. Ter-Avanesyan, and Eui-Sung Choi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4448-4454; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Identification of Candida Species by Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and a Statistical Classification Strategy Uwe Himmelreich, Ray L. Somorjai, Brion Dolenko, Ok Cha Lee, Heide-Marie Daniel, Ronan Murray, Carolyn E. Mountford, and Tania C. Sorrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4566-4574; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Real-Time PCR Detection of Brucella abortus: a Comparative Study of SYBR Green I, 5'-Exonuclease, and Hybridization Probe Assays D. T. Newby, T. L. Hadfield, and F. F. Roberto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4753-4759; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection and Quantification of Plectosphaerella cucumerina, a Potential Biological Control Agent of Potato Cyst Nematodes, by Using Conventional PCR, Real-Time PCR, Selective Media, and Baiting S. D. Atkins, I. M. Clark, D. Sosnowska, P. R. Hirsch, and B. R. Kerry Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4788-4793; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Targeting Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the 18S rRNA Gene To Differentiate Cyclospora Species from Eimeria Species by Multiplex PCR Palmer A. Orlandi, Laurenda Carter, Anna Marie Brinker, Alexandre J. da Silva, Dan-My Chu, Keith A. Lampel, and Steven R. Monday Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4806-4813; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dual Labeling of Pseudomonas putida with Fluorescent Proteins for In Situ Monitoring of Conjugal Transfer of the TOL Plasmid Y. Venkata Nancharaiah, Pierre Wattiau, Stefan Wuertz, Stephan Bathe, S. Venkata Mohan, Peter A. Wilderer, and Martina Hausner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4846-4852; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Is the In Situ Accessibility of the 16S rRNA of Escherichia coli for Cy3-Labeled Oligonucleotide Probes Predicted by a Three-Dimensional Structure Model of the 30S Ribosomal Subunit? Sebastian Behrens, Bernhard M. Fuchs, Florian Mueller, and Rudolf Amann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4935-4941; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Bacteria Carrying the stx2 Gene by In Situ Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Fumito Maruyama, Takehiko Kenzaka, Nobuyasu Yamaguchi, Katsuji Tani, and Masao Nasu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 5023-5028; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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A New Bacterial Steroid Degradation Gene Cluster in Comamonas testosteroni TA441 Which Consists of Aromatic-Compound Degradation Genes for Seco-Steroids and 3-Ketosteroid Dehydrogenase Genes Masae Horinouchi, Toshiaki Hayashi, Takako Yamamoto, and Toshiaki Kudo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4421-4430; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spread of Recombinant DNA by Roots and Pollen of Transgenic Potato Plants, Identified by Highly Specific Biomonitoring Using Natural Transformation of an Acinetobacter sp. Johann de Vries, Martin Heine, Klaus Harms, and Wilfried Wackernagel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4455-4462; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Newly Discovered Bacteroides Conjugative Transposon, CTnGERM1, Contains Genes Also Found in Gram-Positive Bacteria Yanping Wang, Gui-Rong Wang, Aikiesha Shelby, Nadja B. Shoemaker, and Abigail A. Salyers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4595-4603; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Streptococcus mutans Strains Deficient in EIIABMan of the Sugar Phosphotransferase System Jacqueline Abranches, Yi-Ywan M. Chen, and Robert A. Burne Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4760-4769; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Biphenyl- and 4-Chlorobiphenyl-Catabolic Transposon Tn4371, a Member of a New Family of Genomic Islands Related to IncP and Ti Plasmids Ariane Toussaint, Christophe Merlin, Sébastien Monchy, M. Abderrafi Benotmane, Raphaël Leplae, Max Mergeay, and Dirk Springael Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4837-4845; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Overexpression of groESL in Clostridium acetobutylicum Results in Increased Solvent Production and Tolerance, Prolonged Metabolism, and Changes in the Cell's Transcriptional Program Christopher A. Tomas, Neil E. Welker, and Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4951-4965; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Application of Plasmids Suitable for Transfer of Foreign DNA to Members of the Genus Gordonia Matthias Arenskötter, Dirk Baumeister, Rainer Kalscheuer, and Alexander Steinbüchel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4971-4974; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Sensitive Gene Expression Reporter System and an Inducible Promoter-Repressor System for Clostridium acetobutylicum Laurence Girbal, Isabelle Mortier-Barrière, Frédéric Raynaud, Céline Rouanet, Christian Croux, and Philippe Soucaille Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4985-4988; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Purification and Characterization of a Novel Mannitol Dehydrogenase from a Newly Isolated Strain of Candida magnoliae Jung-Kul Lee, Bong-Seong Koo, Sang-Yong Kim, and Hyung-Hwan Hyun Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4438-4447; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CynD, the Cyanide Dihydratase from Bacillus pumilus: Gene Cloning and Structural Studies Dakshina Jandhyala, Mark Berman, Paul R. Meyers, B. Trevor Sewell, Richard C. Willson, and Michael J. Benedik Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4794-4805; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alteration of Chain Length Substrate Specificity of Aeromonas caviae R-Enantiomer-Specific Enoyl-Coenzyme A Hydratase through Site-Directed Mutagenesis Takeharu Tsuge, Tamao Hisano, Seiichi Taguchi, and Yoshiharu Doi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4830-4836; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Directed Evolution of Thermus Maltogenic Amylase toward Enhanced Thermal Resistance Young-Wan Kim, Ji-Hye Choi, Jung-Wan Kim, Cheonseok Park, Jung-Woo Kim, Hyunju Cha, Soo-Bok Lee, Byoung-Ha Oh, Tae-Wha Moon, and Kwan-Hwa Park Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 4866-4874; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlorination and Cleavage of Lignin Structures by Fungal Chloroperoxidases Patricia Ortiz-Bermúdez, Ewald Srebotnik, and Kenneth E. Hammel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 5015-5018; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Structures of the Mating-Type Loci of Cordyceps takaomontana Eiji Yokoyama, Kenzo Yamagishi, and Akira Hara Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 5019-5022; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Functional Expression of a Fungal Laccase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Directed Evolution Thomas Bulter, Miguel Alcalde, Volker Sieber, Peter Meinhold, Christian Schlachtbauer, and Frances H. Arnold Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2003 69: 5037 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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