Contents: September 2003, Volume 69, Issue 9        Methods        Physiology and Biotechnology        Microbial Ecology        Public Health Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Food Microbiology        Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation        Mycology        Geomicrobiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Plant Microbiology        Errata Other Issues

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Methods:

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Efficient Allelic Exchange and Transposon Mutagenesis in Mycobacterium avium by Specialized Transduction Joel Otero, William R. Jacobs, Jr., and Michael S. Glickman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5039-5044; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nature of Polymorphisms in 16S-23S rRNA Gene Intergenic Transcribed Spacer Fingerprinting of Bacillus and Related Genera Daniele Daffonchio, Ameur Cherif, Lorenzo Brusetti, Aurora Rizzi, Diego Mora, Abdellatif Boudabous, and Sara Borin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5128-5137; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B via Biomolecular Interaction Analysis Mass Spectrometry Dobrin Nedelkov and Randall W. Nelson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5212-5215; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

18S rRNA Gene Variation among Common Airborne Fungi, and Development of Specific Oligonucleotide Probes for the Detection of Fungal Isolates Zhihong Wu, Yoshihiko Tsumura, Göran Blomquist, and Xiao-Ru Wang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5389-5397; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Scanning Transmission X-Ray, Laser Scanning, and Transmission Electron Microscopy Mapping of the Exopolymeric Matrix of Microbial Biofilms J. R. Lawrence, G. D. W. Swerhone, G. G. Leppard, T. Araki, X. Zhang, M. M. West, and A. P. Hitchcock Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5543-5554; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of DNA and Peptide Nucleic Acid Molecular Beacons for Detection and Quantification of rRNA in Solution and in Whole Cells Chuanwu Xi, Michal Balberg, Stephen A. Boppart, and Lutgarde Raskin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5673-5678; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Detection and Quantitation of the Red Tide Dinoflagellate Karenia brevis in the Marine Environment M. Gray, B. Wawrik, J. Paul, and E. Casper Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5726-5730; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Biotransformation of Natural and Synthetic Isoflavonoids by Two Recombinant Microbial Enzymes Michael Seeger, Myriam González, Beatriz Cámara, Liliana Muñoz, Emilio Ponce, Lorenzo Mejías, Carolina Mascayano, Yesseny Vásquez, and Silvia Sepúlveda-Boza Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5045-5050; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Engineering of a Highly Solvent-Tolerant Pseudomonas putida Strain for Biotransformation of Toluene to p-Hydroxybenzoate María-Isabel Ramos-González, Arie Ben-Bassat, María-Jesús Campos, and Juan L. Ramos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5120-5127; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Production of -Galactosyl Epitopes by Metabolically Engineered Pichia pastoris Jun Shao, Takahisa Hayashi, and Peng George Wang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5238-5242; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Acidic pH on Expression of Surface-Associated Proteins of Streptococcus oralis Joanna C. Wilkins, David Beighton, and Karen A. Homer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5290-5296; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of the Phosphoenolpyruvate:Glucose/Mannose Phosphotransferase System of Streptococcus thermophilus Armelle Cochu, Christian Vadeboncoeur, Sylvain Moineau, and Michel Frenette Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5423-5432; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stereoselective Microbial Dehalorespiration with Vicinal Dichlorinated Alkanes Stefaan De Wildeman, Gabriele Diekert, Herman Van Langenhove, and Willy Verstraete Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5643-5647; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reevaluation of Production of Paralytic Shellfish Toxin by Bacteria Associated with Dinoflagellates of the Portuguese Coast Claudia A. Martins, Paula Alvito, Maria João Tavares, Paulo Pereira, Gregory Doucette, and Susana Franca Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5693-5698; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Aerobic Anoxygenic Photosynthesis in Roseobacter Clade Bacteria from Diverse Marine Habitats Martin Allgaier, Heike Uphoff, Andreas Felske, and Irene Wagner-Döbler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5051-5059; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cyanobacterial Diversity in Natural and Artificial Microbial Mats of Lake Fryxell (McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica): a Morphological and Molecular Approach Arnaud Taton, Stana Grubisic, Evelyne Brambilla, Rutger De Wit, and Annick Wilmotte Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5157-5169; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biogeography of the Purple Nonsulfur Bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris Yasuhiro Oda, Bastiaan Star, Louis A. Huisman, Jan C. Gottschal, and Larry J. Forney Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5186-5191; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spatial Distribution of Rhodopseudomonas palustris Ecotypes on a Local Scale S. J. Bent, C. L. Gucker, Y. Oda, and L. J. Forney Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5192-5197; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Strains Belonging to the Cosmopolitan Polynucleobacter necessarius Cluster from Freshwater Habitats Located in Three Climatic Zones Martin W. Hahn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5248-5254; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of a Sialic Acid-Binding Lectin with Hemagglutination and Hydrophobicity of Flavobacterium psychrophilum Jeannette Dan Møller, Jens Laurits Larsen, Lone Madsen, and Inger Dalsgaard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5275-5280; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Does Virus-Induced Lysis Contribute Significantly to Bacterial Mortality in the Oxygenated Sediment Layer of Shallow Oxbow Lakes? Ulrike R. Fischer, Claudia Wieltschnig, Alexander K. T. Kirschner, and Branko Velimirov Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5281-5289; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Population Genetics of the Nomenspecies Enterobacter cloacae Harald Hoffmann and Andreas Roggenkamp Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5306-5318; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Microbial Communities in Gas Industry Pipelines Xiang Y. Zhu, John Lubeck, and John J. Kilbane, II Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5354-5363; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Current Velocity on the Nascent Architecture of Stream Microbial Biofilms Tom J. Battin, Louis A. Kaplan, J. Denis Newbold, Xianhao Cheng, and Claude Hansen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5443-5452; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth and Methane Oxidation Rates of Anaerobic Methanotrophic Archaea in a Continuous-Flow Bioreactor Peter R. Girguis, Victoria J. Orphan, Steven J. Hallam, and Edward F. DeLong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5472-5482; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Methyl Coenzyme M Reductase A (mcrA) Genes Associated with Methane-Oxidizing Archaea Steven J. Hallam, Peter R. Girguis, Christina M. Preston, Paul M. Richardson, and Edward F. DeLong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5483-5491; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development and Application of a Monoclonal-Antibody Technique for Counting Aureococcus anophagefferens, an Alga Causing Recurrent Brown Tides in the Mid-Atlantic United States David A. Caron, Mark R. Dennett, Dawn M. Moran, Rebecca A. Schaffner, Darcy J. Lonsdale, Christopher J. Gobler, Robert Nuzzi, and Tim I. McLean Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5492-5502; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Filamentous "Epsilonproteobacteria" Dominate Microbial Mats from Sulfidic Cave Springs Annette Summers Engel, Natuschka Lee, Megan L. Porter, Libby A. Stern, Philip C. Bennett, and Michael Wagner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5503-5511; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extremely Acidophilic Protists from Acid Mine Drainage Host Rickettsiales-Lineage Endosymbionts That Have Intervening Sequences in Their 16S rRNA Genes Brett J. Baker, Philip Hugenholtz, Scott C. Dawson, and Jillian F. Banfield Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5512-5518; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Assessment of Picoeukaryotes in the Natural Environment by Using Taxon-Specific Oligonucleotide Probes in Association with Tyramide Signal Amplification-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization and Flow Cytometry Isabelle C. Biegala, Fabrice Not, Daniel Vaulot, and Nathalie Simon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5519-5529; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmid Transfer from Pseudomonas putida to the Indigenous Bacteria on Alfalfa Sprouts: Characterization, Direct Quantification, and In Situ Location of Transconjugant Cells Lars Mølbak, Tine Rask Licht, Thomas Kvist, Niels Kroer, and Sigrid Rita Andersen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5536-5542; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Foreshore Sand as a Source of Escherichia coli in Nearshore Water of a Lake Michigan Beach Richard L. Whitman and Meredith B. Nevers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5555-5562; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differences in Hyporheic-Zone Microbial Community Structure along a Heavy-Metal Contamination Gradient Kevin Feris, Philip Ramsey, Chris Frazar, Johnnie N. Moore, James E. Gannon, and William E. Holben Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5563-5573; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Eukaryotes from the Permanently Anoxic Cariaco Basin (Caribbean Sea) Thorsten Stoeck, Gordon T. Taylor, and Slava S. Epstein Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5656-5663; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Unusual Water Flux in the Extracellular Polysaccharide of the Cyanobacterium Nostoc commune Eric Shaw, Donna R. Hill, Nicole Brittain, Debbie J. Wright, Uwe Täuber, Hervé Marand, Richard F. Helm, and Malcolm Potts Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5679-5684; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dispersal and Phylogenetic Diversity of Nonmarine Picocyanobacteria, Inferred from 16S rRNA Gene and cpcBA-Intergenic Spacer Sequence Analyses Nicholas D. Crosbie, Matthias Pöckl, and Thomas Weisse Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5716-5721; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Characterization of Microbial Communities and Composition in Constructed Dairy Wetland Wastewater Effluent A. Mark Ibekwe, Catherine M. Grieve, and Stephen R. Lyon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5060-5069; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Real-Time PCR for Quantification of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in Environmental Water Samples and Sewage Rebecca A. Guy, Pierre Payment, Ulrich J. Krull, and Paul A. Horgen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5178-5185; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157 in Cattle Feeds in Midwestern Feedlots Charles C. Dodd, Michael W. Sanderson, Jan M. Sargeant, T. G. Nagaraja, Richard D. Oberst, Robert A. Smith, and D. Dee Griffin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5243-5247; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Waterborne Outbreak of Gastroenteritis Associated with a Norovirus Sandhya U. Parshionikar, Sandra Willian-True, G. Shay Fout, David E. Robbins, Scott A. Seys, Joslyn D. Cassady, and Richard Harris Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5263-5268; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Assessment of Methods for Detection of Infectious Cryptosporidium Oocysts and Giardia Cysts in Reclaimed Effluents W. Quintero-Betancourt, A. L. Gennaccaro, T. M. Scott, and J. B. Rose Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5380-5388; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Exposure of Sink Drain Microcosms to Triclosan: Population Dynamics and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Andrew J. McBain, Robert G. Bartolo, Carl E. Catrenich, Duane Charbonneau, Ruth G. Ledder, Bradford B. Price, and Peter Gilbert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5433-5442; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth of Escherichia coli in Model Distribution System Biofilms Exposed to Hypochlorous Acid or Monochloramine Margaret M. Williams and Ellen B. Braun-Howland Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5463-5471; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Factors Influencing the Chlorine Susceptibility of Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium intracellulare, and Mycobacterium scrofulaceum Joseph O. Falkinham, III Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5685-5689; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence and Characteristics of eae-Positive Escherichia coli from Healthy Cattle in Japan Hideki Kobayashi, Akihiko Miura, Hiroko Hayashi, Torata Ogawa, Takayuki Endô, Eiji Hata, Masashi Eguchi, and Kôsi Yamamoto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5690-5692; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of F-Specific RNA Coliphage, Feline Calicivirus, and Escherichia coli in Water: a Comparative Study Paul B. Allwood, Yashpal S. Malik, Craig W. Hedberg, and Sagar M. Goyal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5707-5710; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role for Mannose-Sensitive Hemagglutinin in Promoting Interactions between Vibrio cholerae El Tor and Mussel Hemolymph Massimiliano Zampini, Laura Canesi, Michele Betti, Caterina Ciacci, Renato Tarsi, Gabriella Gallo, and Carla Pruzzo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5711-5715; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Evidence of Chemolithoautotrophy in the Bacterial Community Associated with Alvinella pompejana, a Hydrothermal Vent Polychaete Barbara J. Campbell, Jeffrey L. Stein, and S. Craig Cary Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5070-5078; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of cry1I-Type Genes from Bacillus thuringiensis Strains and Characterization of a Novel cry1I-Type Gene Fuping Song, Jie Zhang, Aixing Gu, Yue Wu, Lanlan Han, Kanglai He, Zhongyi Chen, Jiang Yao, Yuqin Hu, Guoxun Li, and Dafang Huang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5207-5211; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Bacillus thuringiensis Strains from Latin America with Insecticidal Activity against Different Mosquito Species Jorge E. Ibarra, M. Cristina del Rincón, Sergio Ordúz, David Noriega, Graciela Benintende, Rose Monnerat, Leda Regis, Cláudia M. F. de Oliveira, Humberto Lanz, Mario H. Rodriguez, Jorge Sánchez, Guadalupe Peña, and Alejandra Bravo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5269-5274; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Introduction of Culex Toxicity into Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4Ba by Protein Engineering Mohd Amir F. Abdullah, Oscar Alzate, Marwan Mohammad, Rebecca J. McNall, Michael J. Adang, and Donald H. Dean Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5343-5353; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Environmental Determinants of Vibrio cholerae Biofilm Development Katharine Kierek and Paula I. Watnick Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5079-5088; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequence Diversity and Functional Conservation of the Origin of Replication in Lactococcal Prolate Phages Jasna Rakonjac, Lawrence J. H. Ward, Anja H. Schiemann, Paul P. Gardner, Mark W. Lubbers, and Paul W. O'Toole Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5104-5114; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PAC1, a pH-Regulatory Gene from Fusarium verticillioides Joseph E. Flaherty, Anna Maria Pirttilä, Burton H. Bluhm, and Charles P. Woloshuk Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5222-5227; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting of Specific Affibody-Displaying Staphylococci Henrik Wernérus, Patrik Samuelson, and Stefan Ståhl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5328-5335; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Morphological, Host Range, and Genetic Characterization of Two Coliphages Lawrence Goodridge, Alicia Gallaccio, and Mansel W. Griffiths Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5364-5371; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hydroxycinnamate (hca) Catabolic Genes from Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1 Are Repressed by HcaR and Are Induced by Hydroxycinnamoyl-Coenzyme A Thioesters Donna Parke and L. Nicholas Ornston Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5398-5409; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

History of the ADP/ATP-Translocase-Encoding Gene, a Parasitism Gene Transferred from a Chlamydiales Ancestor to Plants 1 Billion Years Ago Gilbert Greub and Didier Raoult Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5530-5535; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Theta-Type Plasmid from Lactobacillus sakei: a Potential Basis for Low-Copy-Number Vectors in Lactobacilli Carl-Alfred Alpert, Anne-Marie Crutz-Le Coq, Christine Malleret, and Monique Zagorec Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5574-5584; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Gene Cluster for Chlorate Metabolism in Ideonella dechloratans Helena Danielsson Thorell, Katarina Stenklo, Jan Karlsson, and Thomas Nilsson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5585-5592; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Wide Distribution of a Novel pmoA-Like Gene Copy among Type II Methanotrophs, and Its Expression in Methylocystis Strain SC2 Merlin Tchawa Yimga, Peter F. Dunfield, Peter Ricke, Jürgen Heyer, and Werner Liesack Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5593-5602; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutational Analysis of the Critical Bases Involved in Activation of the AreR-Regulated 54-Dependent Promoter in Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1 Rheinallt M. Jones and Peter A. Williams Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5627-5635; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phenotypic Changes Resulting from Distinct Point Mutations in the Azospirillum brasilense glnA Gene, Encoding Glutamine Synthetase Anne Van Dommelen, Veerle Keijers, An Wollebrants, and Jozef Vanderleyden Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5699-5701; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Characterization of an Inducible Chlorophenol O-Methyltransferase from Trichoderma longibrachiatum Involved in the Formation of Chloroanisoles and Determination of Its Role in Cork Taint of Wines Juan-José R. Coque, María Luisa Álvarez-Rodríguez, and Germán Larriba Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5089-5095; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Functional Characterization of a Novel -L-Arabinofuranosidase from Bifidobacterium longum B667 Abelardo Margolles and Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5096-5103; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heat Adaptation Alters Escherichia coli O157:H7 Membrane Lipid Composition and Verotoxin Production Hyun-Gyun Yuk and Douglas L. Marshall Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5115-5119; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Predictive Thermal Inactivation Model for Effects of Temperature, Sodium Lactate, NaCl, and Sodium Pyrophosphate on Salmonella Serotypes in Ground Beef Vijay K. Juneja, Harry M. Marks, and Tim Mohr Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5138-5156; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Derivatives of 9,10-Anthraquinone Are Selective Algicides against the Musty-Odor Cyanobacterium Oscillatoria perornata Kevin K. Schrader, N. P. Dhammika Nanayakkara, Craig S. Tucker, Agnes M. Rimando, Markus Ganzera, and Brian T. Schaneberg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5319-5327; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Campylobacter-Specific Maternal Antibodies on Campylobacter jejuni Colonization in Young Chickens Orhan Sahin, Naidan Luo, Shouxiong Huang, and Qijing Zhang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5372-5379; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biofilm Formation and the Presence of the Intercellular Adhesion Locus ica among Staphylococci from Food and Food Processing Environments Trond Møretrø, Lene Hermansen, Askild L. Holck, Maan S. Sidhu, Knut Rudi, and Solveig Langsrud Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5648-5655; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toward an International Standard for PCR-Based Detection of Food-Borne Thermotolerant Campylobacters: Assay Development and Analytical Validation P. S. Lübeck, P. Wolffs, S. L. W. On, P. Ahrens, P. Rådström, and J. Hoorfar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5664-5669; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toward an International Standard for PCR-Based Detection of Food-Borne Thermotolerant Campylobacters: Validation in a Multicenter Collaborative Trial P. S. Lübeck, N. Cook, M. Wagner, P. Fach, and J. Hoorfar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5670-5672; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selective Plating Underestimates Abundance and Shows Differential Recovery of Bifidobacterial Species from Human Feces Juha H. A. Apajalahti, Anu Kettunen, Päivi H. Nurminen, Hanna Jatila, and William E. Holben Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5731-5735; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

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Impact of Seasonal Variations and Nutrient Inputs on Nitrogen Cycling and Degradation of Hexadecane by Replicated River Biofilms Martin R. Chénier, Danielle Beaumier, Réal Roy, Brian T. Driscoll, John R. Lawrence, and Charles W. Greer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5170-5177; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Soil pH on the Biodegradation of Chlorpyrifos and Isolation of a Chlorpyrifos-Degrading Bacterium Brajesh K. Singh, Allan Walker, J. Alun W. Morgan, and Denis J. Wright Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5198-5206; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biotransformation of 2,4,6,8,10,12-Hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-Hexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20) by Denitrifying Pseudomonas sp. Strain FA1 Bharat Bhushan, Louise Paquet, Jim C. Spain, and Jalal Hawari Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5216-5221; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Similarity of Tetracycline Resistance Genes Isolated from Fish Farm Bacteria to Those from Clinical Isolates Manabu Furushita, Tsuneo Shiba, Toshimichi Maeda, Megumi Yahata, Azusa Kaneoka, Yukinori Takahashi, Keizo Torii, Tadao Hasegawa, and Michio Ohta Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5336-5342; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Metabolic Pathway of 4-Aminophenol in Burkholderia sp. Strain AK-5 Differs from That of Aniline and Aniline with C-4 Substituents Shinji Takenaka, Susumu Okugawa, Maho Kadowaki, Shuichiro Murakami, and Kenji Aoki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5410-5413; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mercury Methylation Independent of the Acetyl-Coenzyme A Pathway in Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria Eileen B. Ekstrom, François M. M. Morel, and Janina M. Benoit Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5414-5422; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Expression Levels of the Yeast Alcohol Acetyltransferase Genes ATF1, Lg-ATF1, and ATF2 Control the Formation of a Broad Range of Volatile Esters Kevin J. Verstrepen, Stijn D. M. Van Laere, Bart M. P. Vanderhaegen, Guy Derdelinckx, Jean-Pierre Dufour, Isak S. Pretorius, Joris Winderickx, Johan M. Thevelein, and Freddy R. Delvaux Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5228-5237; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Nitrilotriacetate Stimulation of Anaerobic Fe(III) Respiration by Mobilization of Humic Materials in Soil Y. Luu, B. A. Ramsay, and J. A. Ramsay Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5255-5262; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Diversity and Sulfur Cycling in a Mesophilic Sulfide-Rich Spring Mostafa S. Elshahed, John M. Senko, Fares Z. Najar, Stephen M. Kenton, Bruce A. Roe, Thomas A. Dewers, John R. Spear, and Lee R. Krumholz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5609-5621; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversion of Electron Flow from Methanogenesis to Crystalline Fe(III) Oxide Reduction in Carbon-Limited Cultures of Wetland Sediment Microorganisms Eric E. Roden Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5702-5706; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Precipitation of Barite by Myxococcus xanthus: Possible Implications for the Biogeochemical Cycle of Barium Maria Teresa González-Muñoz, Belén Fernández-Luque, Francisca Martínez-Ruiz, Kaoutar Ben Chekroun, José María Arias, Manuel Rodríguez-Gallego, Magdalena Martínez-Cañamero, Concepción de Linares, and Adina Paytan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5722-5725; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Angiotensin I-Converting-Enzyme-Inhibitory and Antibacterial Peptides from Lactobacillus helveticus PR4 Proteinase-Hydrolyzed Caseins of Milk from Six Species F. Minervini, F. Algaron, C. G. Rizzello, P. F. Fox, V. Monnet, and M. Gobbetti Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5297-5305; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Properties of a Feruloyl Esterase Involved in Lignocellulose Degradation by Aureobasidium pullulans Karl Rumbold, Peter Biely, Maria Mastihubová, Marinka Gudelj, Georg Gübitz, Karl-Heinz Robra, and Bernard A. Prior Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5622-5626; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conversion of 2-Fluoromuconate to cis-Dienelactone by Purified Enzymes of Rhodococcus opacus 1cp Inna P. Solyanikova, Olga V. Moiseeva, Sjef Boeren, Marelle G. Boersma, Marina P. Kolomytseva, Jacques Vervoort, Ivonne M. C. M. Rietjens, Ludmila A. Golovleva, and Willem J. H. van Berkel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5636-5642; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Colonization of Flax Roots and Early Physiological Responses of Flax Cells Inoculated with Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Strains of Fusarium oxysporum Chantal Olivain, Sophie Trouvelot, Marie-Noëlle Binet, Christelle Cordier, Alain Pugin, and Claude Alabouvette Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5453-5462; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Identification of Actinobacteria from Surface-Sterilized Wheat Roots Justin T. Coombs and Christopher M. M. Franco Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5603-5608; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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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 Mendonça-Hagler, and Kornelia Smalla Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5736 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adhesion, Invasion, and Translocation Characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes Serotypes in Caco-2 Cell and House Models Ziad W. Jaradat and Arun K. Bhunia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2003 69: 5737 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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