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Methods:

Joel Otero, William R. Jacobs, Jr., and Michael S. Glickman

Efficient Allelic Exchange and Transposon Mutagenesis in Mycobacterium avium by Specialized Transduction
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5039-5044. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniele Daffonchio, Ameur Cherif, Lorenzo Brusetti, Aurora Rizzi, Diego Mora, Abdellatif Boudabous, and Sara Borin

Nature of Polymorphisms in 16S-23S rRNA Gene Intergenic Transcribed Spacer Fingerprinting of Bacillus and Related Genera
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5128-5137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dobrin Nedelkov and Randall W. Nelson

Detection of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B via Biomolecular Interaction Analysis Mass Spectrometry
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5212-5215. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhihong Wu, Yoshihiko Tsumura, Göran Blomquist, and Xiao-Ru Wang

18S rRNA Gene Variation among Common Airborne Fungi, and Development of Specific Oligonucleotide Probes for the Detection of Fungal Isolates
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5389-5397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. R. Lawrence, G. D. W. Swerhone, G. G. Leppard, T. Araki, X. Zhang, M. M. West, and A. P. Hitchcock

Scanning Transmission X-Ray, Laser Scanning, and Transmission Electron Microscopy Mapping of the Exopolymeric Matrix of Microbial Biofilms
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5543-5554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chuanwu Xi, Michal Balberg, Stephen A. Boppart, and Lutgarde Raskin

Use of DNA and Peptide Nucleic Acid Molecular Beacons for Detection and Quantification of rRNA in Solution and in Whole Cells
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5673-5678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Gray, B. Wawrik, J. Paul, and E. Casper

Molecular Detection and Quantitation of the Red Tide Dinoflagellate Karenia brevis in the Marine Environment
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5726-5730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Biotechnology:

Michael Seeger, Myriam González, Beatriz Cámara, Liliana Muñoz, Emilio Ponce, Lorenzo Mejías, Carolina Mascayano, Yesseny Vásquez, and Silvia Sepúlveda-Boza

Biotransformation of Natural and Synthetic Isoflavonoids by Two Recombinant Microbial Enzymes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5045-5050. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

María-Isabel Ramos-González, Arie Ben-Bassat, María-Jesús Campos, and Juan L. Ramos

Genetic Engineering of a Highly Solvent-Tolerant Pseudomonas putida Strain for Biotransformation of Toluene to p-Hydroxybenzoate
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5120-5127. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jun Shao, Takahisa Hayashi, and Peng George Wang

Enhanced Production of -Galactosyl Epitopes by Metabolically Engineered Pichia pastoris
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5238-5242. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joanna C. Wilkins, David Beighton, and Karen A. Homer

Effect of Acidic pH on Expression of Surface-Associated Proteins of Streptococcus oralis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5290-5296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Armelle Cochu, Christian Vadeboncoeur, Sylvain Moineau, and Michel Frenette

Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of the Phosphoenolpyruvate:Glucose/Mannose Phosphotransferase System of Streptococcus thermophilus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5423-5432. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefaan De Wildeman, Gabriele Diekert, Herman Van Langenhove, and Willy Verstraete

Stereoselective Microbial Dehalorespiration with Vicinal Dichlorinated Alkanes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5643-5647. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudia A. Martins, Paula Alvito, Maria João Tavares, Paulo Pereira, Gregory Doucette, and Susana Franca

Reevaluation of Production of Paralytic Shellfish Toxin by Bacteria Associated with Dinoflagellates of the Portuguese Coast
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5693-5698. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Ecology:

Martin Allgaier, Heike Uphoff, Andreas Felske, and Irene Wagner-Döbler

Aerobic Anoxygenic Photosynthesis in Roseobacter Clade Bacteria from Diverse Marine Habitats
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5051-5059. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arnaud Taton, Stana Grubisic, Evelyne Brambilla, Rutger De Wit, and Annick Wilmotte

Cyanobacterial Diversity in Natural and Artificial Microbial Mats of Lake Fryxell (McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica): a Morphological and Molecular Approach
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5157-5169. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yasuhiro Oda, Bastiaan Star, Louis A. Huisman, Jan C. Gottschal, and Larry J. Forney

Biogeography of the Purple Nonsulfur Bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5186-5191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. J. Bent, C. L. Gucker, Y. Oda, and L. J. Forney

Spatial Distribution of Rhodopseudomonas palustris Ecotypes on a Local Scale
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5192-5197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin W. Hahn

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

Jeannette Dan Møller, Jens Laurits Larsen, Lone Madsen, and Inger Dalsgaard

Involvement of a Sialic Acid-Binding Lectin with Hemagglutination and Hydrophobicity of Flavobacterium psychrophilum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5275-5280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ulrike R. Fischer, Claudia Wieltschnig, Alexander K. T. Kirschner, and Branko Velimirov

Does Virus-Induced Lysis Contribute Significantly to Bacterial Mortality in the Oxygenated Sediment Layer of Shallow Oxbow Lakes?
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5281-5289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Harald Hoffmann and Andreas Roggenkamp

Population Genetics of the Nomenspecies Enterobacter cloacae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5306-5318. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiang Y. Zhu, John Lubeck, and John J. Kilbane, II

Characterization of Microbial Communities in Gas Industry Pipelines
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5354-5363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tom J. Battin, Louis A. Kaplan, J. Denis Newbold, Xianhao Cheng, and Claude Hansen

Effects of Current Velocity on the Nascent Architecture of Stream Microbial Biofilms
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5443-5452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter R. Girguis, Victoria J. Orphan, Steven J. Hallam, and Edward F. DeLong

Growth and Methane Oxidation Rates of Anaerobic Methanotrophic Archaea in a Continuous-Flow Bioreactor
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5472-5482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven J. Hallam, Peter R. Girguis, Christina M. Preston, Paul M. Richardson, and Edward F. DeLong

Identification of Methyl Coenzyme M Reductase A (mcrA) Genes Associated with Methane-Oxidizing Archaea
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5483-5491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David A. Caron, Mark R. Dennett, Dawn M. Moran, Rebecca A. Schaffner, Darcy J. Lonsdale, Christopher J. Gobler, Robert Nuzzi, and Tim I. McLean

Development and Application of a Monoclonal-Antibody Technique for Counting Aureococcus anophagefferens, an Alga Causing Recurrent Brown Tides in the Mid-Atlantic United States
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5492-5502. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annette Summers Engel, Natuschka Lee, Megan L. Porter, Libby A. Stern, Philip C. Bennett, and Michael Wagner

Filamentous "Epsilonproteobacteria" Dominate Microbial Mats from Sulfidic Cave Springs
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5503-5511. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brett J. Baker, Philip Hugenholtz, Scott C. Dawson, and Jillian F. Banfield

Extremely Acidophilic Protists from Acid Mine Drainage Host Rickettsiales-Lineage Endosymbionts That Have Intervening Sequences in Their 16S rRNA Genes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5512-5518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Isabelle C. Biegala, Fabrice Not, Daniel Vaulot, and Nathalie Simon

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5519-5529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lars Mølbak, Tine Rask Licht, Thomas Kvist, Niels Kroer, and Sigrid Rita Andersen

Plasmid Transfer from Pseudomonas putida to the Indigenous Bacteria on Alfalfa Sprouts: Characterization, Direct Quantification, and In Situ Location of Transconjugant Cells
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5536-5542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard L. Whitman and Meredith B. Nevers

Foreshore Sand as a Source of Escherichia coli in Nearshore Water of a Lake Michigan Beach
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5555-5562. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kevin Feris, Philip Ramsey, Chris Frazar, Johnnie N. Moore, James E. Gannon, and William E. Holben

Differences in Hyporheic-Zone Microbial Community Structure along a Heavy-Metal Contamination Gradient
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5563-5573. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thorsten Stoeck, Gordon T. Taylor, and Slava S. Epstein

Novel Eukaryotes from the Permanently Anoxic Cariaco Basin (Caribbean Sea)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5656-5663. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric Shaw, Donna R. Hill, Nicole Brittain, Debbie J. Wright, Uwe Täuber, Hervé Marand, Richard F. Helm, and Malcolm Potts

Unusual Water Flux in the Extracellular Polysaccharide of the Cyanobacterium Nostoc commune
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5679-5684. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicholas D. Crosbie, Matthias Pöckl, and Thomas Weisse

Dispersal and Phylogenetic Diversity of Nonmarine Picocyanobacteria, Inferred from 16S rRNA Gene and cpcBA-Intergenic Spacer Sequence Analyses
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5716-5721. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Public Health Microbiology:

A. Mark Ibekwe, Catherine M. Grieve, and Stephen R. Lyon

Characterization of Microbial Communities and Composition in Constructed Dairy Wetland Wastewater Effluent
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5060-5069. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rebecca A. Guy, Pierre Payment, Ulrich J. Krull, and Paul A. Horgen

Real-Time PCR for Quantification of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in Environmental Water Samples and Sewage
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5178-5185. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles C. Dodd, Michael W. Sanderson, Jan M. Sargeant, T. G. Nagaraja, Richard D. Oberst, Robert A. Smith, and D. Dee Griffin

Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157 in Cattle Feeds in Midwestern Feedlots
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5243-5247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandhya U. Parshionikar, Sandra Willian-True, G. Shay Fout, David E. Robbins, Scott A. Seys, Joslyn D. Cassady, and Richard Harris

Waterborne Outbreak of Gastroenteritis Associated with a Norovirus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5263-5268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

W. Quintero-Betancourt, A. L. Gennaccaro, T. M. Scott, and J. B. Rose

Assessment of Methods for Detection of Infectious Cryptosporidium Oocysts and Giardia Cysts in Reclaimed Effluents
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5380-5388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Exposure of Sink Drain Microcosms to Triclosan: Population Dynamics and Antimicrobial Susceptibility
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5433-5442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margaret M. Williams and Ellen B. Braun-Howland

Growth of Escherichia coli in Model Distribution System Biofilms Exposed to Hypochlorous Acid or Monochloramine
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5463-5471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph O. Falkinham, III

Factors Influencing the Chlorine Susceptibility of Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium intracellulare, and Mycobacterium scrofulaceum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5685-5689. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hideki Kobayashi, Akihiko Miura, Hiroko Hayashi, Torata Ogawa, Takayuki Endô, Eiji Hata, Masashi Eguchi, and Kôsi Yamamoto

Prevalence and Characteristics of eae-Positive Escherichia coli from Healthy Cattle in Japan
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5690-5692. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul B. Allwood, Yashpal S. Malik, Craig W. Hedberg, and Sagar M. Goyal

Survival of F-Specific RNA Coliphage, Feline Calicivirus, and Escherichia coli in Water: a Comparative Study
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5707-5710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Massimiliano Zampini, Laura Canesi, Michele Betti, Caterina Ciacci, Renato Tarsi, Gabriella Gallo, and Carla Pruzzo

Role for Mannose-Sensitive Hemagglutinin in Promoting Interactions between Vibrio cholerae El Tor and Mussel Hemolymph
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5711-5715. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invertebrate Microbiology:

Barbara J. Campbell, Jeffrey L. Stein, and S. Craig Cary

Evidence of Chemolithoautotrophy in the Bacterial Community Associated with Alvinella pompejana, a Hydrothermal Vent Polychaete
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5070-5078. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fuping Song, Jie Zhang, Aixing Gu, Yue Wu, Lanlan Han, Kanglai He, Zhongyi Chen, Jiang Yao, Yuqin Hu, Guoxun Li, and Dafang Huang

Identification of cry1I-Type Genes from Bacillus thuringiensis Strains and Characterization of a Novel cry1I-Type Gene
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5207-5211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Diversity of Bacillus thuringiensis Strains from Latin America with Insecticidal Activity against Different Mosquito Species
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5269-5274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mohd Amir F. Abdullah, Oscar Alzate, Marwan Mohammad, Rebecca J. McNall, Michael J. Adang, and Donald H. Dean

Introduction of Culex Toxicity into Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4Ba by Protein Engineering
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5343-5353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Katharine Kierek and Paula I. Watnick

Environmental Determinants of Vibrio cholerae Biofilm Development
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5079-5088. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jasna Rakonjac, Lawrence J. H. Ward, Anja H. Schiemann, Paul P. Gardner, Mark W. Lubbers, and Paul W. O'Toole

Sequence Diversity and Functional Conservation of the Origin of Replication in Lactococcal Prolate Phages
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5104-5114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph E. Flaherty, Anna Maria Pirttilä, Burton H. Bluhm, and Charles P. Woloshuk

PAC1, a pH-Regulatory Gene from Fusarium verticillioides
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5222-5227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Henrik Wernérus, Patrik Samuelson, and Stefan Ståhl

Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting of Specific Affibody-Displaying Staphylococci
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5328-5335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lawrence Goodridge, Alicia Gallaccio, and Mansel W. Griffiths

Morphological, Host Range, and Genetic Characterization of Two Coliphages
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5364-5371. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donna Parke and L. Nicholas Ornston

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

Gilbert Greub and Didier Raoult

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

Carl-Alfred Alpert, Anne-Marie Crutz-Le Coq, Christine Malleret, and Monique Zagorec

Characterization of a Theta-Type Plasmid from Lactobacillus sakei: a Potential Basis for Low-Copy-Number Vectors in Lactobacilli
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5574-5584. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Helena Danielsson Thorell, Katarina Stenklo, Jan Karlsson, and Thomas Nilsson

A Gene Cluster for Chlorate Metabolism in Ideonella dechloratans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5585-5592. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Merlin Tchawa Yimga, Peter F. Dunfield, Peter Ricke, Jürgen Heyer, and Werner Liesack

Wide Distribution of a Novel pmoA-Like Gene Copy among Type II Methanotrophs, and Its Expression in Methylocystis Strain SC2
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5593-5602. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rheinallt M. Jones and Peter A. Williams

Mutational Analysis of the Critical Bases Involved in Activation of the AreR-Regulated ⁵⁴-Dependent Promoter in Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5627-5635. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne Van Dommelen, Veerle Keijers, An Wollebrants, and Jozef Vanderleyden

Phenotypic Changes Resulting from Distinct Point Mutations in the Azospirillum brasilense glnA Gene, Encoding Glutamine Synthetase
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5699-5701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Food Microbiology:

Juan-José R. Coque, María Luisa Álvarez-Rodríguez, and Germán Larriba

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5089-5095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abelardo Margolles and Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán

Purification and Functional Characterization of a Novel -L-Arabinofuranosidase from Bifidobacterium longum B667
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5096-5103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hyun-Gyun Yuk and Douglas L. Marshall

Heat Adaptation Alters Escherichia coli O157:H7 Membrane Lipid Composition and Verotoxin Production
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5115-5119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vijay K. Juneja, Harry M. Marks, and Tim Mohr

Predictive Thermal Inactivation Model for Effects of Temperature, Sodium Lactate, NaCl, and Sodium Pyrophosphate on Salmonella Serotypes in Ground Beef
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5138-5156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kevin K. Schrader, N. P. Dhammika Nanayakkara, Craig S. Tucker, Agnes M. Rimando, Markus Ganzera, and Brian T. Schaneberg

Novel Derivatives of 9,10-Anthraquinone Are Selective Algicides against the Musty-Odor Cyanobacterium Oscillatoria perornata
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5319-5327. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Orhan Sahin, Naidan Luo, Shouxiong Huang, and Qijing Zhang

Effect of Campylobacter-Specific Maternal Antibodies on Campylobacter jejuni Colonization in Young Chickens
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5372-5379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Trond Møretrø, Lene Hermansen, Askild L. Holck, Maan S. Sidhu, Knut Rudi, and Solveig Langsrud

Biofilm Formation and the Presence of the Intercellular Adhesion Locus ica among Staphylococci from Food and Food Processing Environments
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5648-5655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. S. Lübeck, P. Wolffs, S. L. W. On, P. Ahrens, P. Rådström, and J. Hoorfar

Toward an International Standard for PCR-Based Detection of Food-Borne Thermotolerant Campylobacters: Assay Development and Analytical Validation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5664-5669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. S. Lübeck, N. Cook, M. Wagner, P. Fach, and J. Hoorfar

Toward an International Standard for PCR-Based Detection of Food-Borne Thermotolerant Campylobacters: Validation in a Multicenter Collaborative Trial
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5670-5672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Juha H. A. Apajalahti, Anu Kettunen, Päivi H. Nurminen, Hanna Jatila, and William E. Holben

Selective Plating Underestimates Abundance and Shows Differential Recovery of Bifidobacterial Species from Human Feces
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5731-5735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Environmental Microbiology and Biodegradation:

Martin R. Chénier, Danielle Beaumier, Réal Roy, Brian T. Driscoll, John R. Lawrence, and Charles W. Greer

Impact of Seasonal Variations and Nutrient Inputs on Nitrogen Cycling and Degradation of Hexadecane by Replicated River Biofilms
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5170-5177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brajesh K. Singh, Allan Walker, J. Alun W. Morgan, and Denis J. Wright

Effects of Soil pH on the Biodegradation of Chlorpyrifos and Isolation of a Chlorpyrifos-Degrading Bacterium
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5198-5206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bharat Bhushan, Louise Paquet, Jim C. Spain, and Jalal Hawari

Biotransformation of 2,4,6,8,10,12-Hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-Hexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20) by Denitrifying Pseudomonas sp. Strain FA1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5216-5221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manabu Furushita, Tsuneo Shiba, Toshimichi Maeda, Megumi Yahata, Azusa Kaneoka, Yukinori Takahashi, Keizo Torii, Tadao Hasegawa, and Michio Ohta

Similarity of Tetracycline Resistance Genes Isolated from Fish Farm Bacteria to Those from Clinical Isolates
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5336-5342. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shinji Takenaka, Susumu Okugawa, Maho Kadowaki, Shuichiro Murakami, and Kenji Aoki

The Metabolic Pathway of 4-Aminophenol in Burkholderia sp. Strain AK-5 Differs from That of Aniline and Aniline with C-4 Substituents
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5410-5413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eileen B. Ekstrom, François M. M. Morel, and Janina M. Benoit

Mercury Methylation Independent of the Acetyl-Coenzyme A Pathway in Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5414-5422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

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

Expression Levels of the Yeast Alcohol Acetyltransferase Genes ATF1, Lg-ATF1, and ATF2 Control the Formation of a Broad Range of Volatile Esters
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5228-5237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geomicrobiology:

Y. Luu, B. A. Ramsay, and J. A. Ramsay

Nitrilotriacetate Stimulation of Anaerobic Fe(III) Respiration by Mobilization of Humic Materials in Soil
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5255-5262. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Bacterial Diversity and Sulfur Cycling in a Mesophilic Sulfide-Rich Spring
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5609-5621. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric E. Roden

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

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

Precipitation of Barite by Myxococcus xanthus: Possible Implications for the Biogeochemical Cycle of Barium
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5722-5725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

F. Minervini, F. Algaron, C. G. Rizzello, P. F. Fox, V. Monnet, and M. Gobbetti

Angiotensin I-Converting-Enzyme-Inhibitory and Antibacterial Peptides from Lactobacillus helveticus PR4 Proteinase-Hydrolyzed Caseins of Milk from Six Species
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5297-5305. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karl Rumbold, Peter Biely, Maria Mastihubová, Marinka Gudelj, Georg Gübitz, Karl-Heinz Robra, and Bernard A. Prior

Purification and Properties of a Feruloyl Esterase Involved in Lignocellulose Degradation by Aureobasidium pullulans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5622-5626. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Conversion of 2-Fluoromuconate to cis-Dienelactone by Purified Enzymes of Rhodococcus opacus 1cp
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5636-5642. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plant Microbiology:

Chantal Olivain, Sophie Trouvelot, Marie-Noëlle Binet, Christelle Cordier, Alain Pugin, and Claude Alabouvette

Colonization of Flax Roots and Early Physiological Responses of Flax Cells Inoculated with Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Strains of Fusarium oxysporum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5453-5462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Justin T. Coombs and Christopher M. M. Franco

Isolation and Identification of Actinobacteria from Surface-Sterilized Wheat Roots
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5603-5608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

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

Dynamics of Fungal Communities in Bulk and Maize Rhizosphere Soil in the Tropics
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5736. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ziad W. Jaradat and Arun K. Bhunia

Adhesion, Invasion, and Translocation Characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes Serotypes in Caco-2 Cell and House Models
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003 69: 5737. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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