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Minireviews:

D. G. Newell and C. Fearnley

Sources of Campylobacter Colonization in Broiler Chickens
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4343-4351. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Public Health Microbiology:

Véronique Robbe-Saule, Gabriela Algorta, Isabelle Rouilhac, and Françoise Norel

Characterization of the RpoS Status of Clinical Isolates of Salmonella enterica
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4352-4358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. H. Rostagno, H. S. Hurd, J. D. McKean, C. J. Ziemer, J. K. Gailey, and R. C. Leite

Preslaughter Holding Environment in Pork Plants Is Highly Contaminated with Salmonella enterica
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4489-4494. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Irshad M. Sulaiman, Ronald Fayer, Altaf A. Lal, James M. Trout, Frank W. Schaefer, III, and Lihua Xiao

Molecular Characterization of Microsporidia Indicates that Wild Mammals Harbor Host-Adapted Enterocytozoon spp. as well as Human-Pathogenic Enterocytozoon bieneusi
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4495-4501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sarah L. Maroulis, Philip J. Schofield, and Michael R. Edwards

Osmoregulation in the Parasitic Protozoan Tritrichomonas foetus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4527-4533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Barry C. Moore, Edward Martinez, John M. Gay, and Daniel H. Rice

Survival of Salmonella enterica in Freshwater and Sediments and Transmission by the Aquatic Midge Chironomus tentans (Chironomidae: Diptera)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4556-4560. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Guiqing Wang, Dionysios Liveris, Brandon Brei, Hongyan Wu, Richard C. Falco, Durland Fish, and Ira Schwartz

Real-Time PCR for Simultaneous Detection and Quantification of Borrelia burgdorferi in Field-Collected Ixodes scapularis Ticks from the Northeastern United States
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4561-4565. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

E. R. Atwill, B. Hoar, M. das Graças Cabral Pereira, K. W. Tate, F. Rulofson, and G. Nader

Improved Quantitative Estimates of Low Environmental Loading and Sporadic Periparturient Shedding of Cryptosporidium parvum in Adult Beef Cattle
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4604-4610. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Eva H. Hansen, Line Albertsen, Thomas Schäfer, Charlotte Johansen, Jens C. Frisvad, Søren Molin, and Lone Gram

Curvularia Haloperoxidase: Antimicrobial Activity and Potential Application as a Surface Disinfectant
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4611-4617. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carola Burtscher and Stefan Wuertz

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

Joan M. Shields and Betty H. Olson

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

Taina Niskanen, Jonas Waldenström, Maria Fredriksson-Ahomaa, Björn Olsen, and Hannu Korkeala

virF-Positive Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia enterocolitica Found in Migratory Birds in Sweden
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4670-4675. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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

Characterization of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Downer and Healthy Dairy Cattle in the Upper Midwest Region of the United States
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4683-4688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Richard L. Whitman, Dawn A. Shively, Heather Pawlik, Meredith B. Nevers, and Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli

Occurrence of Escherichia coli and Enterococci in Cladophora (Chlorophyta) in Nearshore Water and Beach Sand of Lake Michigan
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4714-4719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Zhiliang Wu, Isao Nagano, Thidarut Boonmars, Takumi Nakada, and Yuzo Takahashi

Intraspecies Polymorphism of Cryptosporidium parvum Revealed by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) and RFLP-Single-Strand Conformational Polymorphism Analyses
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4720-4726. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andrew J. McBain, Robert G. Bartolo, Carl E. Catrenich, Duane Charbonneau, Ruth G. Ledder, and Peter Gilbert

Effects of a Chlorhexidine Gluconate-Containing Mouthwash on the Vitality and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of In Vitro Oral Bacterial Ecosystems
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4770-4776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kevin A. Hughes

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

Michael B. Cooley, William G. Miller, and Robert E. Mandrell

Colonization of Arabidopsis thaliana with Salmonella enterica and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Competition by Enterobacter asburiae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4915-4926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sylvie Seurinck, Willy Verstraete, and Steven D. Siciliano

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

Rebecca M. Hoffman, Marilyn M. Marshall, David M. Polchert, and B. Helen Jost

Identification and Characterization of Two Subpopulations of Encephalitozoon intestinalis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4966-4970. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Angela L. Gennaccaro, Molly R. McLaughlin, Walter Quintero-Betancourt, Debra E. Huffman, and Joan B. Rose

Infectious Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in Final Reclaimed Effluent
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4983-4984. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Physiology and Biotechnology:

Ute Heinemann, Dirk Engels, Sibylle Bürger, Christoph Kiziak, Ralf Mattes, and Andreas Stolz

Cloning of a Nitrilase Gene from the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC6803 and Heterologous Expression and Characterization of the Encoded Protein
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4359-4366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anna Zakrzewska, Grazyna Palamarczyk, Hubert Krotkiewski, Ewa Zdebska, Markku Saloheimo, Merja Penttilä, and Joanna S. Kruszewska

Overexpression of the Gene Encoding GTP:Mannose-1-Phosphate Guanyltransferase, mpg1, Increases Cellular GDP-Mannose Levels and Protein Mannosylation in Trichoderma reesei
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4383-4389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andrea Hanna, Michael Berg, Valerie Stout, and Anneta Razatos

Role of Capsular Colanic Acid in Adhesion of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4474-4481. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D. Mélançon and D. Grenier

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

Zeynep Vuralhan, Marcos A. Morais, Siew-Leng Tai, Matthew D. W. Piper, and Jack T. Pronk

Identification and Characterization of Phenylpyruvate Decarboxylase Genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4534-4541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hassan Brim, Amudhan Venkateswaran, Heather M. Kostandarithes, James K. Fredrickson, and Michael J. Daly

Engineering Deinococcus geothermalis for Bioremediation of High-Temperature Radioactive Waste Environments
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4575-4582. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

P. Lodato, J. Alcaino, S. Barahona, P. Retamales, and V. Cifuentes

Alternative Splicing of Transcripts from crtI and crtYB Genes of Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4676-4682. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Christophe Roca, Jens Nielsen, and Lisbeth Olsson

Metabolic Engineering of Ammonium Assimilation in Xylose-Fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae Improves Ethanol Production
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4732-4736. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jong Hyun Choi, Sang Jun Lee, Seok Jae Lee, and Sang Yup Lee

Enhanced Production of Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Fusion Protein in Escherichia coli by Coexpression of the Down-Regulated Genes Identified by Transcriptome Profiling
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4737-4742. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Vincent J. Higgins, Anthony G. Beckhouse, Anthony D. Oliver, Peter J. Rogers, and Ian W. Dawes

Yeast Genome-Wide Expression Analysis Identifies a Strong Ergosterol and Oxidative Stress Response during the Initial Stages of an Industrial Lager Fermentation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4777-4787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ann-Cathrin Olofsson, Malte Hermansson, and Hans Elwing

N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine Affects Growth, Extracellular Polysaccharide Production, and Bacterial Biofilm Formation on Solid Surfaces
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4814-4822. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Seok Joon Kwon, Arjo L. de Boer, Ralf Petri, and Claudia Schmidt-Dannert

High-Level Production of Porphyrins in Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli: Systematic Extension of a Pathway Assembled from Overexpressed Genes Involved in Heme Biosynthesis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4875-4883. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F. M. McIntosh, P. Williams, R. Losa, R. J. Wallace, D. A. Beever, and C. J. Newbold

Effects of Essential Oils on Ruminal Microorganisms and Their Protein Metabolism
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5011-5014. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Ecology:

G. Díaz-Ruiz, J. P. Guyot, F. Ruiz-Teran, J. Morlon-Guyot, and C. Wacher

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4367-4374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

I. H. M. Brümmer, A. Felske, and I. Wagner-Döbler

Diversity and Seasonal Variability of ß-Proteobacteria in Biofilms of Polluted Rivers: Analysis by Temperature Gradient Gel Electrophoresis and Cloning
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4463-4473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yu-Hsiu Chang, Yung-Hui Shangkuan, Hung-Chi Lin, and Hwan-Wun Liu

PCR Assay of the groEL Gene for Detection and Differentiation of Bacillus cereus Group Cells
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4502-4510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Muruleedhara Byappanahalli, Melanie Fowler, Dawn Shively, and Richard Whitman

Ubiquity and Persistence of Escherichia coli in a Midwestern Coastal Stream
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4549-4555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marcia F. Marston and Jennifer L. Sallee

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

Jeff J. Engebretson and Craig L. Moyer

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

E. González-Toril, E. Llobet-Brossa, E. O. Casamayor, R. Amann, and R. Amils

Microbial Ecology of an Extreme Acidic Environment, the Tinto River
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4853-4865. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Elizabeth A. Karr, W. Matthew Sattley, Deborah O. Jung, Michael T. Madigan, and Laurie A. Achenbach

Remarkable Diversity of Phototrophic Purple Bacteria in a Permanently Frozen Antarctic Lake
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4910-4914. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jonathan L. Sebat, Frederick S. Colwell, and Ronald L. Crawford

Metagenomic Profiling: Microarray Analysis of an Environmental Genomic Library
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4927-4934. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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

Characterization of Anaplasma marginale Isolated from North American Bison
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5001-5005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Terry Ann Else, Curtis R. Pantle, and Penny S. Amy

Boundaries for Biofilm Formation: Humidity and Temperature
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5006-5010. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

Julian R. Marchesi and Andrew J. Weightman

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

Julien Maillard, Wolfram Schumacher, Francisco Vazquez, Christophe Regeard, Wilfred R. Hagen, and Christof Holliger

Characterization of the Corrinoid Iron-Sulfur Protein Tetrachloroethene Reductive Dehalogenase of Dehalobacter restrictus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4628-4638. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Franco Baldi, Milva Pepi, and Fabio Fava

Growth of Rhodosporidium toruloides Strain DBVPG 6662 on Dibenzothiophene Crystals and Orimulsion
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4689-4696. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mustak A. Kaderbhai, David J. Hopper, Kalim M. Akhtar, Syed K. Abbas, and Naheed N. Kaderbhai

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4727-4731. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Geomicrobiology:

Young Hak Kwak, Dong Seok Lee, and Han Bok Kim

Vibrio harveyi Nitroreductase Is Also a Chromate Reductase
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4390-4395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Frederik Hammes, Nico Boon, Johan de Villiers, Willy Verstraete, and Steven Douglas Siciliano

Strain-Specific Ureolytic Microbial Calcium Carbonate Precipitation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4901-4909. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Max L. Coleman, Magali Ader, Swades Chaudhuri, and John D. Coates

Microbial Isotopic Fractionation of Perchlorate Chlorine
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4997-5000. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Plant Microbiology:

Wenbo Ma, Frèdèrique C. Guinel, and Bernard R. Glick

Rhizobium leguminosarum Biovar viciae 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate Deaminase Promotes Nodulation of Pea Plants
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4396-4402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Scott T. Woody, Russell N. Spear, Erik V. Nordheim, Anthony R. Ives, and John H. Andrews

Single-Leaf Resolution of the Temporal Population Dynamics of Aureobasidium pullulans on Apple Leaves
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4892-4900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ana Isabel González, Marcelino Pérez de la Vega, María Luisa Ruiz, and Carlos Polanco

Analysis of the argK-tox Gene Cluster in Nontoxigenic Strains of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4979-4982. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. Carlier, S. Uroz, B. Smadja, R. Fray, X. Latour, Y. Dessaux, and D. Faure

The Ti Plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens Harbors an attM-Paralogous Gene, aiiB, Also Encoding N-Acyl Homoserine Lactonase Activity
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4989-4993. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Invertebrate Microbiology:

A. C. Darby and A. E. Douglas

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

Mi Kyong Lee, Frederick S. Walters, Hope Hart, Narendra Palekar, and Jeng-Shong Chen

The Mode of Action of the Bacillus thuringiensis Vegetative Insecticidal Protein Vip3A Differs from That of Cry1Ab -Endotoxin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4648-4657. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Todd A. Ciche, Michael Blackburn, John R. Carney, and Jerald C. Ensign

Photobactin: a Catechol Siderophore Produced by Photorhabdus luminescens, an Entomopathogen Mutually Associated with Heterorhabditis bacteriophora NC1 Nematodes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4706-4713. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jay A. Yoder, Peter E. Hanson, Lawrence W. Zettler, Joshua B. Benoit, Fiorella Ghisays, and Kurt A. Piskin

Internal and External Mycoflora of the American Dog Tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae), and Its Ecological Implications
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4994-4996. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Food Microbiology:

Hassan A. M. El Demerdash, Knut J. Heller, and Arnold Geis

Application of the shsp Gene, Encoding a Small Heat Shock Protein, as a Food-Grade Selection Marker for Lactic Acid Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4408-4412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

T. Katla, K. Naterstad, M. Vancanneyt, J. Swings, and L. Axelsson

Differences in Susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes Strains to Sakacin P, Sakacin A, Pediocin PA-1, and Nisin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4431-4437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Robert J. Atterbury, Phillippa L. Connerton, Christine E. R. Dodd, Catherine E. D. Rees, and Ian F. Connerton

Isolation and Characterization of Campylobacter Bacteriophages from Retail Poultry
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4511-4518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Britta Leverentz, William S. Conway, Mary J. Camp, Wojciech J. Janisiewicz, Tamuna Abuladze, Ming Yang, Robert Saftner, and Alexander Sulakvelidze

Biocontrol of Listeria monocytogenes on Fresh-Cut Produce by Treatment with Lytic Bacteriophages and a Bacteriocin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4519-4526. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Wilbert Sybesma, Marjo Starrenburg, Linda Tijsseling, Marcel H. N. Hoefnagel, and Jeroen Hugenholtz

Effects of Cultivation Conditions on Folate Production by Lactic Acid Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4542-4548. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

T. Aymerich, B. Martín, M. Garriga, and M. Hugas

Microbial Quality and Direct PCR Identification of Lactic Acid Bacteria and Nonpathogenic Staphylococci from Artisanal Low-Acid Sausages
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4583-4594. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Pam Scates, Lynn Moran, and Robert H. Madden

Effect of Incubation Temperature on Isolation of Campylobacter jejuni Genotypes from Foodstuffs Enriched in Preston Broth
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4658-4661. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D. Mayr, R. Margesin, E. Klingsbichel, E. Hartungen, D. Jenewein, F. Schinner, and T. D. Märk

Rapid Detection of Meat Spoilage by Measuring Volatile Organic Compounds by Using Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4697-4705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dora I. A. Pereira, Anne L. McCartney, and Glenn R. Gibson

An In Vitro Study of the Probiotic Potential of a Bile-Salt-Hydrolyzing Lactobacillus fermentum Strain, and Determination of Its Cholesterol-Lowering Properties
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4743-4752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. F. Kelly, A. Martínez-Rodriguez, R. A. Bovill, and B. M. Mackey

Description of a "Phoenix" Phenomenon in the Growth of Campylobacter jejuni at Temperatures Close to the Minimum for Growth
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4975-4978. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ingeborg C. Boels, Richard van Kranenburg, Marja W. Kanning, Barrie Fong Chong, Willem M. de Vos, and Michiel Kleerebezem

Increased Exopolysaccharide Production in Lactococcus lactis due to Increased Levels of Expression of the NIZO B40 eps Gene Cluster
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5029-5031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D. Goode, V. M. Allen, and P. A. Barrow

Reduction of Experimental Salmonella and Campylobacter Contamination of Chicken Skin by Application of Lytic Bacteriophages
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5032-5036. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Methods:

Ari M. Hietala, Morten Eikenes, Harald Kvaalen, Halvor Solheim, and Carl G. Fossdal

Multiplex Real-Time PCR for Monitoring Heterobasidion annosum Colonization in Norway Spruce Clones That Differ in Disease Resistance
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4413-4420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

So-Young Kim, Jung-Hoon Sohn, Jung-Hoon Bae, Yu-Ryang Pyun, Michael O. Agaphonov, Michael D. Ter-Avanesyan, and Eui-Sung Choi

Efficient Library Construction by In Vivo Recombination with a Telomere-Originated Autonomously Replicating Sequence of Hansenula polymorpha
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4448-4454. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Uwe Himmelreich, Ray L. Somorjai, Brion Dolenko, Ok Cha Lee, Heide-Marie Daniel, Ronan Murray, Carolyn E. Mountford, and Tania C. Sorrell

Rapid Identification of Candida Species by Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and a Statistical Classification Strategy
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4566-4574. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D. T. Newby, T. L. Hadfield, and F. F. Roberto

Real-Time PCR Detection of Brucella abortus: a Comparative Study of SYBR Green I, 5'-Exonuclease, and Hybridization Probe Assays
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4753-4759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. D. Atkins, I. M. Clark, D. Sosnowska, P. R. Hirsch, and B. R. Kerry

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4788-4793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Palmer A. Orlandi, Laurenda Carter, Anna Marie Brinker, Alexandre J. da Silva, Dan-My Chu, Keith A. Lampel, and Steven R. Monday

Targeting Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the 18S rRNA Gene To Differentiate Cyclospora Species from Eimeria Species by Multiplex PCR
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4806-4813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Y. Venkata Nancharaiah, Pierre Wattiau, Stefan Wuertz, Stephan Bathe, S. Venkata Mohan, Peter A. Wilderer, and Martina Hausner

Dual Labeling of Pseudomonas putida with Fluorescent Proteins for In Situ Monitoring of Conjugal Transfer of the TOL Plasmid
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4846-4852. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sebastian Behrens, Bernhard M. Fuchs, Florian Mueller, and Rudolf Amann

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?
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4935-4941. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Fumito Maruyama, Takehiko Kenzaka, Nobuyasu Yamaguchi, Katsuji Tani, and Masao Nasu

Detection of Bacteria Carrying the stx₂ Gene by In Situ Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5023-5028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Masae Horinouchi, Toshiaki Hayashi, Takako Yamamoto, and Toshiaki Kudo

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4421-4430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Johann de Vries, Martin Heine, Klaus Harms, and Wilfried Wackernagel

Spread of Recombinant DNA by Roots and Pollen of Transgenic Potato Plants, Identified by Highly Specific Biomonitoring Using Natural Transformation of an Acinetobacter sp.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4455-4462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yanping Wang, Gui-Rong Wang, Aikiesha Shelby, Nadja B. Shoemaker, and Abigail A. Salyers

A Newly Discovered Bacteroides Conjugative Transposon, CTnGERM1, Contains Genes Also Found in Gram-Positive Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4595-4603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jacqueline Abranches, Yi-Ywan M. Chen, and Robert A. Burne

Characterization of Streptococcus mutans Strains Deficient in EIIAB^Man of the Sugar Phosphotransferase System
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4760-4769. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ariane Toussaint, Christophe Merlin, Sébastien Monchy, M. Abderrafi Benotmane, Raphaël Leplae, Max Mergeay, and Dirk Springael

The Biphenyl- and 4-Chlorobiphenyl-Catabolic Transposon Tn4371, a Member of a New Family of Genomic Islands Related to IncP and Ti Plasmids
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4837-4845. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Christopher A. Tomas, Neil E. Welker, and Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis

Overexpression of groESL in Clostridium acetobutylicum Results in Increased Solvent Production and Tolerance, Prolonged Metabolism, and Changes in the Cell's Transcriptional Program
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4951-4965. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Matthias Arenskötter, Dirk Baumeister, Rainer Kalscheuer, and Alexander Steinbüchel

Identification and Application of Plasmids Suitable for Transfer of Foreign DNA to Members of the Genus Gordonia
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4971-4974. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Laurence Girbal, Isabelle Mortier-Barrière, Frédéric Raynaud, Céline Rouanet, Christian Croux, and Philippe Soucaille

Development of a Sensitive Gene Expression Reporter System and an Inducible Promoter-Repressor System for Clostridium acetobutylicum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4985-4988. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Jung-Kul Lee, Bong-Seong Koo, Sang-Yong Kim, and Hyung-Hwan Hyun

Purification and Characterization of a Novel Mannitol Dehydrogenase from a Newly Isolated Strain of Candida magnoliae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4438-4447. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dakshina Jandhyala, Mark Berman, Paul R. Meyers, B. Trevor Sewell, Richard C. Willson, and Michael J. Benedik

CynD, the Cyanide Dihydratase from Bacillus pumilus: Gene Cloning and Structural Studies
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4794-4805. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Takeharu Tsuge, Tamao Hisano, Seiichi Taguchi, and Yoshiharu Doi

Alteration of Chain Length Substrate Specificity of Aeromonas caviae R-Enantiomer-Specific Enoyl-Coenzyme A Hydratase through Site-Directed Mutagenesis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4830-4836. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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

Directed Evolution of Thermus Maltogenic Amylase toward Enhanced Thermal Resistance
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 4866-4874. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patricia Ortiz-Bermúdez, Ewald Srebotnik, and Kenneth E. Hammel

Chlorination and Cleavage of Lignin Structures by Fungal Chloroperoxidases
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5015-5018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

Eiji Yokoyama, Kenzo Yamagishi, and Akira Hara

Structures of the Mating-Type Loci of Cordyceps takaomontana
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5019-5022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

Thomas Bulter, Miguel Alcalde, Volker Sieber, Peter Meinhold, Christian Schlachtbauer, and Frances H. Arnold

Functional Expression of a Fungal Laccase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Directed Evolution
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5037. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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