Contents: January 2004, Volume 70, Issue 1        Food Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Methods        Geomicrobiology        Public Health Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Invertebrate Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Biodegradation        Plant Microbiology        Mycology        Environmental Microbiology Other Issues

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Food Microbiology:

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Characterization of Multiple-Antimicrobial-Resistant Salmonella Serovars Isolated from Retail Meats Sheng Chen, Shaohua Zhao, David G. White, Carl M. Schroeder, Ran Lu, Hanchun Yang, Patrick F. McDermott, Sherry Ayers, and Jianghong Meng Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 1-7; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Variable Bacteriocin Production in the Commercial Starter Lactococcus lactis DPC4275 Is Linked to the Formation of the Cointegrate Plasmid pMRC02 Maeve Trotter, Olivia E. McAuliffe, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Colin Hill, R. Paul Ross, and Aidan Coffey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 34-42; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biodiversity among Lactobacillus helveticus Strains Isolated from Different Natural Whey Starter Cultures as Revealed by Classification Trees Monica Gatti, Carlo Trivisano, Enrico Fabrizi, Erasmo Neviani, and Fausto Gardini Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 182-190; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Bacilysin, Chlorotetaine, and Iturin A Produced by Bacillus sp. Strain CS93 Isolated from Pozol, a Mexican Fermented Maize Dough Trevor G. Phister, Daniel J. O'Sullivan, and Larry L. McKay Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 631-634; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Aminotransferase IlvE in Production of Branched-Chain Fatty Acids by Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis Balasubramanian Ganesan and Bart C. Weimer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 638-641; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae JEN1 Promoter Activity Is Inversely Related to Concentration of Repressing Sugar Prima Chambers, Aminatu Issaka, and Sean P. Palecek Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 8-17; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Measurement of Biologically Available Naphthalene in Gas and Aqueous Phases by Use of a Pseudomonas putida Biosensor Christoph Werlen, Marco C. M. Jaspers, and Jan Roelof van der Meer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 43-51; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structure and Characterization of Flavolipids, a Novel Class of Biosurfactants Produced by Flavobacterium sp. Strain MTN11 Adria A. Bodour, Claudia Guerrero-Barajas, Beth V. Jiorle, Mark E. Malcomson, Amanda K. Paull, Arpad Somogyi, Long N. Trinh, Robert B. Bates, and Raina M. Maier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 114-120; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Growth Medium on Lipid Composition and on Physicochemical Surface Properties of Lactobacilli P. Kankaanpää, B. Yang, H. Kallio, E. Isolauri, and S. Salminen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 129-136; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Directed Evolution of Pyruvate Decarboxylase-Negative Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Yielding a C2-Independent, Glucose-Tolerant, and Pyruvate-Hyperproducing Yeast Antonius J. A. van Maris, Jan-Maarten A. Geertman, Alexander Vermeulen, Matthijs K. Groothuizen, Aaron A. Winkler, Matthew D. W. Piper, Johannes P. van Dijken, and Jack T. Pronk Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 159-166; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Metabolic Flux Analysis of Lysine-Producing Corynebacterium glutamicum Cultured on Glucose or Fructose Patrick Kiefer, Elmar Heinzle, Oskar Zelder, and Christoph Wittmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 229-239; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cell Size and Water Permeability as Determining Factors for Cell Viability after Freezing at Different Cooling Rates Frédéric Dumont, Pierre-André Marechal, and Patrick Gervais Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 268-272; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nitrobenzoates and Aminobenzoates Are Chemoattractants for Pseudomonas Strains Rebecca E. Parales Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 285-292; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Saturable, Energy-Dependent Uptake of Phenanthrene in Aqueous Phase by Mycobacterium sp. Strain RJGII-135 Naoyuki Miyata, Keisuke Iwahori, Julia M. Foght, and Murray R. Gray Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 363-369; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Overproduction of Trehalose: Heterologous Expression of Escherichia coli Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase and Trehalose-6-Phosphate Phosphatase in Corynebacterium glutamicum Leandro Padilla, Reinhard Krämer, Gregory Stephanopoulos, and Eduardo Agosin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 370-376; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Periplasmic Cytochrome c3 of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Is Directly Involved in H2-Mediated Metal but Not Sulfate Reduction Dwayne A. Elias, Joseph M. Suflita, Michael J. McInerney, and Lee R. Krumholz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 413-420; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Secretory Genes ypt1/yptA and nsf1/nsfA from Two Filamentous Fungi: Induction of Secretory Pathway Genes of Trichoderma reesei under Secretion Stress Conditions Markku Saloheimo, Huaming Wang, Mari Valkonen, Tuija Vasara, Anne Huuskonen, Marjukka Riikonen, Tiina Pakula, Michael Ward, and Merja Penttilä Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 459-467; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Species Differentiation of a Diverse Suite of Bacillus Spores by Mass Spectrometry-Based Protein Profiling Danielle N. Dickinson, Myron T. La Duc, William E. Haskins, Igor Gornushkin, James D. Winefordner, David H. Powell, and Kasthuri Venkateswaran Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 475-482; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Heterologous Expression of Hematin-Dependent Catalase Produced by Lactobacillus plantarum CNRZ 1228 Hikmate Abriouel, Anette Herrmann, Joachim Stärke, Nuha M. K. Yousif, Agus Wijaya, Bernhard Tauscher, Wilhelm Holzapfel, and Charles M. A. P. Franz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 603-606; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Combined Effects of High Hydrostatic Pressure and Temperature for Inactivation of Bacillus anthracis Spores Cécile Cléry-Barraud, Agnès Gaubert, Patrick Masson, and Dominique Vidal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 635-637; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Identification of Distinct Campylobacter lari Genogroups by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism and Protein Electrophoretic Profiles Birgitta Duim, Jaap A. Wagenaar, Jeroen R. Dijkstra, Johan Goris, Hubert P. Endtz, and Peter A. R. Vandamme Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 18-24; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mur-LH, the Broad-Spectrum Endolysin of Lactobacillus helveticus Temperate Bacteriophage -0303 Stéphanie-Marie Deutsch, Stéphane Guezenec, Michel Piot, Simon Foster, and Sylvie Lortal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 96-103; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequence Analysis of Amplified DNA Fragments Containing the Region Encoding the Putative Lipase Substrate-Binding Domain and Genotyping of Aeromonas hydrophila Noboru Watanabe, Koji Morita, Tomoko Furukawa, Taki Manzoku, Eiko Endo, and Masato Kanamori Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 145-151; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a New erm-Related Macrolide Resistance Gene Present in Probiotic Strains of Bacillus clausii Bülent Bozdogan, Sébastien Galopin, and Roland Leclercq Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 280-284; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selection and Characterization of Conditionally Active Promoters in Lactobacillus plantarum, Using Alanine Racemase as a Promoter Probe Peter A. Bron, Sally M. Hoffer, Iris I. Van Swam, Willem M. De Vos, and Michiel Kleerebezem Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 310-317; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genotypic and Phenotypic Studies of Murine Intestinal Lactobacilli: Species Differences in Mice with and without Colitis J. A. Peña, S. Y. Li, P. H. Wilson, S. A. Thibodeau, A. J. Szary, and J. Versalovic Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 558-568; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the gyrA Gene of Clinical Yersinia ruckeri Isolates with Reduced Susceptibility to Quinolones Alicia Gibello, M. Concepción Porrero, M. Mar Blanco, Ana I. Vela, Pilar Liébana, Miguel A. Moreno, José F. Fernández-Garayzábal, and Lucas Domínguez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 599-602; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Processing Deep-Sea Particle-Rich Water Samples for Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization: Consideration of Storage Effects, Preservation, and Sonication Phyllis Lam and James P. Cowen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 25-33; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid and Specific Detection of Salmonella spp. in Animal Feed Samples by PCR after Culture Enrichment Charlotta Löfström, Rickard Knutsson, Charlotta Engdahl Axelsson, and Peter Rådström Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 69-75; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium by Using a Rapid, Array-Based Immunosensor Chris Rowe Taitt, Yura S. Shubin, Roselina Angel, and Frances S. Ligler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 152-158; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for Bacteria of the Bacillus cereus Group Erlendur Helgason, Nicolas J. Tourasse, Roger Meisal, Dominique A. Caugant, and Anne-Brit Kolstø Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 191-201; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Molecular Screening Tools for Analysis of Free-Living Diazotrophs in Soil Helmut Bürgmann, Franco Widmer, William Von Sigler, and Josef Zeyer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 240-247; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Generation and Utilization of Polyclonal Antibodies to a Synthetic C-Terminal Amino Acid Fragment of Divercin V41, a Class IIa Bacteriocin Christelle Richard, Djamel Drider, Ismael Fliss, Sandra Denery, and Herve Prevost Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 248-254; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nutrient Shock and Incubation Atmosphere Influence Recovery of Culturable Helicobacter pylori from Water N. F. Azevedo, A. P. Pacheco, C. W. Keevil, and M. J. Vieira Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 490-493; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Method for Polynucleotide Probe-Based Cell Sorting, Using DNA-Coated Microplates K. Zwirglmaier, W. Ludwig, and K.-H. Schleifer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 494-497; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of Genetic Techniques for the Psychrotrophic Fish Pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum B. Alvarez, P. Secades, M. J. McBride, and J. A. Guijarro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 581-587; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantum Dots as a Novel Immunofluorescent Detection System for Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia Liang Zhu, Simon Ang, and Wen-Tso Liu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 597-598; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Simple and Reliable Method To Precipitate Proteins from Bacterial Culture Supernatant Randolph B. Caldwell and Claus T. Lattemann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 610-612; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sensitive and Rapid Detection of Edwardsiellosis in Fish by a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method Ram Savan, Arisa Igarashi, Satoru Matsuoka, and Masahiro Sakai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 621-624; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Structural and Spectral Features of Selenium Nanospheres Produced by Se-Respiring Bacteria Ronald S. Oremland, Mitchell J. Herbel, Jodi Switzer Blum, Sean Langley, Terry J. Beveridge, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Thomas Sutto, Amanda V. Ellis, and Seamus Curran Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 52-60; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Localization of the Insertion Site and Pathotype Determination of the Locus of Enterocyte Effacement of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains Yolande Bertin, Karima Boukhors, Valerie Livrelli, and Christine Martin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 61-68; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Campylobacter spp., Giardia spp., Cryptosporidium spp., Noroviruses, and Indicator Organisms in Surface Water in Southwestern Finland, 2000-2001 Ari Hörman, Ruska Rimhanen-Finne, Leena Maunula, Carl-Henrik von Bonsdorff, Niina Torvela, Annamari Heikinheimo, and Marja-Liisa Hänninen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 87-95; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Lipopolysaccharides Present in Settled House Dust Ju-Hyeong Park, Bogumila Szponar, Lennart Larsson, Diane R. Gold, and Donald K. Milton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 262-267; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Occurrence of Genes Associated with Enterotoxigenic and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in Agricultural Waste Lagoons Eunice C. Chern, Yu-Li Tsai, and Betty H. Olson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 356-362; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Longitudinal Study of Fecal Shedding of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Feedlot Cattle: Predominance and Persistence of Specific Clonal Types despite Massive Cattle Population Turnover J. T. LeJeune, T. E. Besser, D. H. Rice, J. L. Berg, R. P. Stilborn, and D. D. Hancock Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 377-384; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Supplementation of Perkinsus marinus Cultures with Host Plasma or Tissue Homogenate Enhances Their Infectivity Christopher G. Earnhart, Mary Ann Vogelbein, Gwynne D. Brown, Kimberly S. Reece, and Stephen L. Kaattari Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 421-431; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Analysis of the Hypervariable Region of the 18S rRNA Gene of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Feces of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis): Evidence for Five Novel Genotypes Kristen L. Jellison, Daniel L. Distel, Harold F. Hemond, and David B. Schauer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 452-458; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Detection of Vibrio vulnificus in Shellfish and Gulf of Mexico Water by Real-Time PCR Gitika Panicker, Michael L. Myers, and Asim K. Bej Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 498-507; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro and In Vivo Inhibition of Helicobacter pylori by Lactobacillus casei Strain Shirota D. Sgouras, P. Maragkoudakis, K. Petraki, B. Martinez-Gonzalez, E. Eriotou, S. Michopoulos, G. Kalantzopoulos, E. Tsakalidou, and A. Mentis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 518-526; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pet Snakes as a Reservoir for Salmonella enterica subsp. diarizonae (Serogroup IIIb): a Prospective Study Matthias Schröter, Peter Roggentin, Jörg Hofmann, Angelika Speicher, Rainer Laufs, and Dietrich Mack Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 613-615; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intracellular Symbionts and Other Bacteria Associated with Deer Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) from Nantucket and Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts Micah J. Benson, Jeffrey D. Gawronski, Douglas E. Eveleigh, and David R. Benson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 616-620; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Neonatal-Mouse Infectivity of Intact Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts Isolated after Optimized In Vitro Excystation L. Hou, X. Li, L. Dunbar, R. Moeller, B. Palermo, and E. R. Atwill Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 642-646; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Utilization of Escherichia coli Outer-Membrane Endoprotease OmpT Variants as Processing Enzymes for Production of Peptides from Designer Fusion Proteins Kazuaki Okuno, Masayuki Yabuta, Toshihiko Ooi, and Shinichi Kinoshita Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 76-86; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enzymatic Assimilation of Cyanide via Pterin-Dependent Oxygenolytic Cleavage to Ammonia and Formate in Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 11764 Ruby F. Fernandez, Elena Dolghih, and Daniel A. Kunz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 121-128; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Cloning and Expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae of a Laccase Gene from the Ascomycete Melanocarpus albomyces Laura-Leena Kiiskinen and Markku Saloheimo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 137-144; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth of Escherichia coli Coexpressing Phosphotriesterase and Glycerophosphodiester Phosphodiesterase, Using Paraoxon as the Sole Phosphorus Source Sean Yu McLoughlin, Colin Jackson, Jian-Wei Liu, and David L. Ollis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 404-412; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Complete Library of Amino Acid Alterations at N304 in Streptomyces clavuligerus Deacetoxycephalosporin C Synthase Elucidates the Basis for Enhanced Penicillin Analogue Conversion Hong Soon Chin, Kian Sim Goo, and T. S. Sim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 607-609; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Cloning, Purification, and Biochemical Characterization of Hydantoin Racemase from the Legume Symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti CECT 4114 Sergio Martínez-Rodríguez, Francisco Javier Las Heras-Vázquez, Lydia Mingorance-Cazorla, Josefa María Clemente-Jiménez, and Felipe Rodríguez-Vico Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 625-630; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Genetics of Zwittermicin A Production by Bacillus cereus Elizabeth A. B. Emmert, Amy K. Klimowicz, Michael G. Thomas, and Jo Handelsman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 104-113; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Wolbachia Transfer from Rhagoletis cerasi to Drosophila simulans: Investigating the Outcomes of Host-Symbiont Coevolution Markus Riegler, Sylvain Charlat, Christian Stauffer, and Hervé Merçot Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 273-279; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Census of the Bacterial Community of the Gypsy Moth Larval Midgut by Using Culturing and Culture-Independent Methods Nichole A. Broderick, Kenneth F. Raffa, Robert M. Goodman, and Jo Handelsman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 293-300; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Quantitative PCR with 16S rRNA-Gene-Targeted Species-Specific Primers for Analysis of Human Intestinal Bifidobacteria Takahiro Matsuki, Koichi Watanabe, Junji Fujimoto, Yukiko Kado, Toshihiko Takada, Kazumasa Matsumoto, and Ryuichiro Tanaka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 167-173; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic and Physiological Diversity of Microorganisms Isolated from a Deep Greenland Glacier Ice Core V. I. Miteva, P. P. Sheridan, and J. E. Brenchley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 202-213; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Within- and between-Lake Variability in the Composition of Bacterioplankton Communities: Investigations Using Multiple Spatial Scales Anthony C. Yannarell and Eric W. Triplett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 214-223; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nitrous Oxide Reductase (nosZ) Gene Fragments Differ between Native and Cultivated Michigan Soils Blaz Stres, Ivan Mahne, Gorazd Avgustin, and James M. Tiedje Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 301-309; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis To Compare Historic and Contemporary Isolates of Multi-Drug-Resistant Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Newport Anna Catharina B. Berge, John M. Adaska, and William M. Sischo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 318-323; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Successful Predation of Filamentous Bacteria by a Nanoflagellate Challenges Current Models of Flagellate Bacterivory Qinglong L. Wu, Jens Boenigk, and Martin W. Hahn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 332-339; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Dissimilatory Sulfite Reductase and 16S rRNA Gene Fragments from Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Sites of the Suiyo Seamount, Izu-Bonin Arc, Western Pacific Tatsunori Nakagawa, Jun-Ichiro Ishibashi, Akihiko Maruyama, Toshiro Yamanaka, Yusuke Morimoto, Hiroyuki Kimura, Tetsuro Urabe, and Manabu Fukui Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 393-403; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cultivation and Growth Characteristics of a Diverse Group of Oligotrophic Marine Gammaproteobacteria Jang-Cheon Cho and Stephen J. Giovannoni Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 432-440; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Diversity in Agricultural Soils during Litter Decomposition Oliver Dilly, Jaap Bloem, An Vos, and Jean Charles Munch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 468-474; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular and Metabolic Characterization of Cold-Tolerant Alpine Soil Pseudomonas Sensu Stricto A. F. Meyer, D. A. Lipson, A. P. Martin, C. W. Schadt, and S. K. Schmidt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 483-489; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by Using Green Fluorescent Protein-Labeled PP01 Bacteriophage Masahito Oda, Masatomo Morita, Hajime Unno, and Yasunori Tanji Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 527-534; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Activity at -2 to -20°C in Arctic Wintertime Sea Ice Karen Junge, Hajo Eicken, and Jody W. Deming Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 550-557; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Stable-Isotope Probing, Full-Cycle rRNA Analysis, and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization-Microautoradiography To Study a Methanol-Fed Denitrifying Microbial Community Maneesha P. Ginige, Philip Hugenholtz, Holger Daims, Michael Wagner, Jürg Keller, and Linda L. Blackall Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 588-596; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Metabolism of 2,2'- and 3,3'-Dihydroxybiphenyl by the Biphenyl Catabolic Pathway of Comamonas testosteroni B-356 M. Sondossi, D. Barriault, and M. Sylvestre Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 174-181; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Pathway for Utilization of Cyclopropanecarboxylate by Rhodococcus rhodochrous Tetsuo Toraya, Takayuki Oka, Manabu Ando, Mamoru Yamanishi, and Hiroshi Nishihara Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 224-228; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of Benzo[a]pyrene by Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 Joanna D. Moody, James P. Freeman, Peter P. Fu, and Carl E. Cerniglia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 340-345; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Anaerobic Demethylation and Dechlorination of Chlorinated Hydroquinone Metabolites Synthesized by Basidiomycete Fungi C. E. Milliken, G. P. Meier, J. E. M. Watts, K. R. Sowers, and H. D. May Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 385-392; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biodegradation of Nitro-Substituted Explosives 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene, Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine, and Octahydro-1,3,5,7-Tetranitro-1,3,5-Tetrazocine by a Phytosymbiotic Methylobacterium sp. Associated with Poplar Tissues (Populus deltoides x nigra DN34) Benoit Van Aken, Jong Moon Yoon, and Jerald L. Schnoor Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 508-517; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Genetic Structure and Population Dynamics of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis in Colombia from 1995 to 1999 Silvia Restrepo, Claudia M. Velez, Myriam C. Duque, and Valérie Verdier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 255-261; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Frequency, Size, and Localization of Bacterial Aggregates on Bean Leaf Surfaces J.-M. Monier and S. E. Lindow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 346-355; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Expression of Pine and Cronartium quercuum f. sp. fusiforme Genes in Fusiform Rust Galls Jaimie M. Warren and Sarah F. Covert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 441-451; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bradyrhizobium elkanii rtxC Gene Is Required for Expression of Symbiotic Phenotypes in the Final Step of Rhizobitoxine Biosynthesis Shin Okazaki, Masayuki Sugawara, and Kiwamu Minamisawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 535-541; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Differential Stress-Induced Regulation of Two Quinone Reductases in the Brown Rot Basidiomycete Gloeophyllum trabeum Roni Cohen, Melissa R. Suzuki, and Kenneth E. Hammel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 324-331; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Two G-Protein Alpha Subunits, TgaA and TgaB, in the Antagonism of Plant Pathogens by Trichoderma virens Prasun K. Mukherjee, Jagannathan Latha, Ruthi Hadar, and Benjamin A. Horwitz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 542-549; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microstructural Characterization of Cyanobacterial Mats from the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica Asunción de los Ríos, Carmen Ascaso, Jacek Wierzchos, Eduardo Fernández-Valiente, and Antonio Quesada Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2004 70: 569-580; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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