Contents: February 2004, Volume 70, Issue 2        Minireviews        Methods        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Plant Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Public Health Microbiology        Biodegradation        Environmental Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Food Microbiology        Geomicrobiology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Microbial Genomics and the Periodic Table Lawrence P. Wackett, Anthony G. Dodge, and Lynda B. M. Ellis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 647-655; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Growth Characteristics of Bartonella henselae in a Novel Liquid Medium: Primary Isolation, Growth-Phase-Dependent Phage Induction, and Metabolic Studies M. R. Chenoweth, G. A. Somerville, D. C. Krause, K. L. O'Reilly, and F. C. Gherardini Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 656-663; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Observing Growth and Division of Large Numbers of Individual Bacteria by Image Analysis A. Elfwing, Y. LeMarc, J. Baranyi, and A. Ballagi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 675-678; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modular Broad-Host-Range Expression Vectors for Single-Protein and Protein Complex Purification Barna D. Fodor, Ákos T. Kovács, Róbert Csáki, Éva Hunyadi-Gulyás, Éva Klement, Gergely Maróti, Lívia S. Mészáros, Katalin F. Medzihradszky, Gábor Rákhely, and Kornél L. Kovács Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 712-721; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Bioluminescent Derivatives of Assimilable Organic Carbon Test Bacteria Pryce L. Haddix, Nancy J. Shaw, and Mark W. LeChevallier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 850-854; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Electrotransformation of Clostridium thermocellum Michael V. Tyurin, Sunil G. Desai, and Lee R. Lynd Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 883-890; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Real-Time PCR Assay for Rapid Detection and Quantification of Alexandrium minutum (a Dinoflagellate) Luca Galluzzi, Antonella Penna, Elena Bertozzini, Magda Vila, Esther Garcés, and Mauro Magnani Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1199-1206; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Colilert-18 for Detection of Coliforms and Eschericha coli in Subtropical Freshwater Kuo-Kuang Chao, Chen-Ching Chao, and Wei-Liang Chao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1242-1244; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Approach for Specific Determination of Antibiotics by Use of Luminescent Escherichia coli and Immune Serum Irina I. Vlasova, Tatyana V. Asrieli, Elisaveta M. Gavrilova, and Vadim S. Danilov Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1245-1248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Diversity of Phage Types among Archived Cultures of the Demerec Collection of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium Strains Wolfgang Rabsch, R. Allen Helm, and Abraham Eisenstark Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 664-669; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression, Secretion, and Glycosylation of the 45- and 47-kDa Glycoprotein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Streptomyces lividans Martha Lara, Luis Servín-González, Mahavir Singh, Carlos Moreno, Ingrid Cohen, Manfred Nimtz, and Clara Espitia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 679-685; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genes Coding for Hepatotoxic Heptapeptides (Microcystins) in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena Strain 90 Leo Rouhiainen, Tanja Vakkilainen, Berit Lumbye Siemer, William Buikema, Robert Haselkorn, and Kaarina Sivonen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 686-692; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cyanobacterial-Type, Heteropentameric, NAD+-Reducing NiFe Hydrogenase in the Purple Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicina Gábor Rákhely, Ákos T. Kovács, Gergely Maróti, Barna D. Fodor, Gyula Csanádi, Dóra Latinovics, and Kornél L. Kovács Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 722-728; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization and Development of Two Reporter Gene Systems for Clostridium acetobutylicum Lothar Feustel, Stephan Nakotte, and Peter Dürre Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 798-803; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genotypic and Antibiotic Susceptibility Characteristics of a Campylobacter coli Population Isolated from Dairy Farmland in the United Kingdom A. J. H. Leatherbarrow, C. A. Hart, R. Kemp, N. J. Williams, A. Ridley, M. Sharma, P. J. Diggle, E. J. Wright, J. Sutherst, and N. P. French Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 822-830; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of Additional Selectable Markers for the Halophilic Archaeon Haloferax volcanii Based on the leuB and trpA Genes Thorsten Allers, Hien-Ping Ngo, Moshe Mevarech, and Robert G. Lloyd Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 943-953; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Selection Scheme for Isolation of Signal Transduction Pathway Mutants Shivanthi Anandan and Jennifer Uram Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 967-972; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms and Sequence Analysis: an Approach for Genotyping Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus Reference Strains and Other Aquabirnaviruses Isolated from Northwestern Spain J. M. Cutrín, J. L. Barja, B. L. Nicholson, I. Bandín, S. Blake, and C. P. Dopazo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1059-1067; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fluorescent Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis Isolates Karen K. Hill, Lawrence O. Ticknor, Richard T. Okinaka, Michelle Asay, Heather Blair, Katherine A. Bliss, Mariam Laker, Paige E. Pardington, Amber P. Richardson, Melinda Tonks, Douglas J. Beecher, John D. Kemp, Anne-Brit Kolstø, Amy C. Lee Wong, Paul Keim, and Paul J. Jackson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1068-1080; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution and Phylogenetic Analysis of Family 19 Chitinases in Actinobacteria Tomokazu Kawase, Akihiro Saito, Toshiya Sato, Ryo Kanai, Takeshi Fujii, Naoki Nikaidou, Kiyotaka Miyashita, and Takeshi Watanabe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1135-1144; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Permanent Colonization by Lactobacillus casei Is Hindered by the Low Rate of Cell Division in Mouse Gut Y. K. Lee, P. S. Ho, C. S. Low, H. Arvilommi, and S. Salminen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 670-674; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Determination of Cu Environments in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena flos-aquae by X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy X. C. Kretschmer, G. Meitzner, J. L. Gardea-Torresdey, and R. Webb Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 771-780; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shifts in the Membrane Fatty Acid Profile of Streptococcus mutans Enhance Survival in Acidic Environments Elizabeth M. Fozo and Robert G. Quivey, Jr. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 929-936; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Viral Preprotoxin Signal Sequence Allows Efficient Secretion of Green Fluorescent Protein by Candida glabrata, Pichia pastoris, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Schizosaccharomyces pombe Antje Eiden-Plach, Tatjana Zagorc, Tanja Heintel, Yvonne Carius, Frank Breinig, and Manfred J. Schmitt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 961-966; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coexpression of Genetically Engineered 3-Ketoacyl-ACP Synthase III (fabH) and Polyhydroxyalkanoate Synthase (phaC) Genes Leads to Short-Chain-Length-Medium-Chain-Length Polyhydroxyalkanoate Copolymer Production from Glucose in Escherichia coli JM109 Christopher T. Nomura, Kazunori Taguchi, Seiichi Taguchi, and Yoshiharu Doi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 999-1007; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation of the lys7 Gene, Encoding Saccharopine Reductase in Penicillium chrysogenum, Leads to Accumulation of the Secondary Metabolite Precursors Piperideine-6-Carboxylic Acid and Pipecolic Acid from -Aminoadipic Acid Leopoldo Naranjo, Eva Martín de Valmaseda, Javier Casqueiro, Ricardo V. Ullán, Mónica Lamas-Maceiras, Oscar Bañuelos, and Juan F. Martín Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1031-1039; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Structural Changes Induced by High Hydrostatic Pressure in Leuconostoc mesenteroides Gönül Kaletunç, Jaesung Lee, Hami Alpas, and Faruk Bozoglu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1116-1122; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Synergistic Saccharification, and Direct Fermentation to Ethanol, of Amorphous Cellulose by Use of an Engineered Yeast Strain Codisplaying Three Types of Cellulolytic Enzyme Yasuya Fujita, Junji Ito, Mitsuyoshi Ueda, Hideki Fukuda, and Akihiko Kondo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1207-1212; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Electron Transfer by Desulfobulbus propionicus to Fe(III) and Graphite Electrodes Dawn E. Holmes, Daniel R. Bond, and Derek R. Lovley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1234-1237; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Overexpression of Actinobacillus succinogenes Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase on Succinate Production in Escherichia coli Pil Kim, Maris Laivenieks, Claire Vieille, and J. Gregory Zeikus Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1238-1241; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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NorM, an Erwinia amylovora Multidrug Efflux Pump Involved in In Vitro Competition with Other Epiphytic Bacteria Antje Burse, Helge Weingart, and Matthias S. Ullrich Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 693-703; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selection of Unusual Actinomycetal Primary 70 Factors by Plant-Colonizing Frankia Strains Céline Lavire, Didier Blaha, and Benoit Cournoyer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 991-998; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Single-Stranded RNA Virus Infecting the Bloom-Forming Diatom Rhizosolenia setigera Keizo Nagasaki, Yuji Tomaru, Noriaki Katanozaka, Yoko Shirai, Kensho Nishida, Shigeru Itakura, and Mineo Yamaguchi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 704-711; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Variation in Sulfide Tolerance of Photosystem II in Phylogenetically Diverse Cyanobacteria from Sulfidic Habitats Scott R. Miller and Brad M. Bebout Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 736-744; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stable Carbon Isotope Ratios of Lipid Biomarkers of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria K. L. Londry, L. L. Jahnke, and D. J. Des Marais Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 745-751; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Tetracycline on Transfer and Establishment of the Tetracycline-Inducible Conjugative Transposon Tn916 in the Guts of Gnotobiotic Rats Martin Iain Bahl, Søren J. Sørensen, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen, and Tine Rask Licht Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 758-764; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

N2 Fixation by Unicellular Bacterioplankton from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: Phylogeny and In Situ Rates Luisa I. Falcón, Edward J. Carpenter, Frank Cipriano, Birgitta Bergman, and Douglas G. Capone Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 765-770; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Composition of Arctic Ocean Archaeal Assemblages and Comparison with Antarctic Assemblages Nasreen Bano, Shomari Ruffin, Briana Ransom, and James T. Hollibaugh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 781-789; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impact of Virioplankton on Archaeal and Bacterial Community Richness as Assessed in Seawater Batch Cultures Christian Winter, Arjan Smit, Gerhard J. Herndl, and Markus G. Weinbauer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 804-813; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Perspective on Uncultured Bacterial Phylogenetic Division OP11 J. Kirk Harris, Scott T. Kelley, and Norman R. Pace Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 845-849; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lead Precipitation by Vibrio harveyi: Evidence for Novel Quorum-Sensing Interactions Chad E. Mire, Jeanette A. Tourjee, William F. O'Brien, Kandalam V. Ramanujachary, and Gregory B. Hecht Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 855-864; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diazotrophic Community Structure and Function in Two Successional Stages of Biological Soil Crusts from the Colorado Plateau and Chihuahuan Desert Chris M. Yeager, Jennifer L. Kornosky, David C. Housman, Edmund E. Grote, Jayne Belnap, and Cheryl R. Kuske Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 973-983; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Application of Real-Time PCR To Study Effects of Ammonium on Population Size of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria in Soil Yutaka Okano, Krassimira R. Hristova, Christian M. Leutenegger, Louise E. Jackson, R. Ford Denison, Binyam Gebreyesus, David Lebauer, and Kate M. Scow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1008-1016; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cyanophage Diversity, Inferred from g20 Gene Analyses, in the Largest Natural Lake in France, Lake Bourget Ursula Dorigo, Stéphan Jacquet, and Jean-François Humbert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1017-1022; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spatial Variation in Frequency and Intensity of Antibiotic Interactions among Streptomycetes from Prairie Soil Anita L. Davelos, Linda L. Kinkel, and Deborah A. Samac Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1051-1058; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Aquatic Plants Stimulate the Growth of and Biofilm Formation by Mycobacterium ulcerans in Axenic Culture and Harbor These Bacteria in the Environment Laurent Marsollier, Timothy Stinear, Jacques Aubry, Jean Paul Saint André, Raymond Robert, Pierre Legras, Anne-Lise Manceau, Christine Audrain, Sandra Bourdon, Henri Kouakou, and Bernard Carbonnelle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1097-1103; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Condensed Tannins on Bacterial Diversity and Metabolic Activity in the Rat Gastrointestinal Tract Alexandra H. Smith and Roderick I. Mackie Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1104-1115; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection and Characterization of a Dehalogenating Microorganism by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Fingerprinting of 16S rRNA in a Sulfidogenic, 2-Bromophenol-Utilizing Enrichment Donna E. Fennell, Sung-Keun Rhee, Young-Beom Ahn, Max M. Häggblom, and Lee J. Kerkhof Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1169-1175; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two Bacteria Phylotypes Are Predominant in the Suiyo Seamount Hydrothermal Plume Michinari Sunamura, Yowsuke Higashi, Chiwaka Miyako, Jun-ichiro Ishibashi, and Akihiko Maruyama Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1190-1198; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metamorphosis of a Scleractinian Coral in Response to Microbial Biofilms Nicole S. Webster, Luke D. Smith, Andrew J. Heyward, Joy E. M. Watts, Richard I. Webb, Linda L. Blackall, and Andrew P. Negri Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1213-1221; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Effect of Extracellular Products of Pseudoalteromonas atlantica on the Edible Crab Cancer pagurus Carolina Costa-Ramos and Andrew F. Rowley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 729-735; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Insecticidal Bacillus thuringiensis Silences Erwinia carotovora Virulence by a New Form of Microbial Antagonism, Signal Interference Yi-Hu Dong, Xi-Fen Zhang, Jin-Ling Xu, and Lian-Hui Zhang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 954-960; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Role of Calf-Adapted Escherichia coli in Maintenance of Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Dairy Calves Artashes R. Khachatryan, Dale D. Hancock, Thomas E. Besser, and Douglas R. Call Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 752-757; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Direct Real-Time PCR Quantification of Campylobacter jejuni in Chicken Fecal and Cecal Samples by Integrated Cell Concentration and DNA Purification Knut Rudi, Hilde Kristin Høidal, Tone Katla, Birgit Klungseth Johansen, John Nordal, and Kjetill S. Jakobsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 790-797; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Environmental Factors on the Relationship between Concentrations of Coprostanol and Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Tropical (Mekong Delta) and Temperate (Tokyo) Freshwaters Kei O. Isobe, Mitsunori Tarao, Nguyen H. Chiem, Le Y. Minh, and Hideshige Takada Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 814-821; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Diversity of Cryptosporidium spp. in Captive Reptiles Lihua Xiao, Una M. Ryan, Thaddeus K. Graczyk, Josef Limor, Lixia Li, Mark Kombert, Randy Junge, Irshad M. Sulaiman, Ling Zhou, Michael J. Arrowood, Bretislav Koudela, David Modry, and Altaf A. Lal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 891-899; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Occurrence, Structure, and Mobility of Tn1546-Like Elements in Environmental Isolates of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci L. Guardabassi and A. Dalsgaard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 984-990; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation of Escherichia coli by Photochemical Reaction of Ferrioxalate at Slightly Acidic and Near-Neutral pHs Min Cho, Yunho Lee, Hyenmi Chung, and Jeyong Yoon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1129-1134; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Disinfection of Contaminated Water by Using Solar Irradiation Laurie F. Caslake, Daniel J. Connolly, Vilas Menon, Catriona M. Duncanson, Ricardo Rojas, and Javad Tavakoli Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1145-1151; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dispersion and Transport of Cryptosporidium Oocysts from Fecal Pats under Simulated Rainfall Events Cheryl M. Davies, Christobel M. Ferguson, Christine Kaucner, Martin Krogh, Nanda Altavilla, Daniel A. Deere, and Nicholas J. Ashbolt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1151-1159; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Colonization and Immunomodulation by Lactobacillus reuteri ATCC 55730 in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract Nana Valeur, Peter Engel, Noris Carbajal, Eamonn Connolly, and Karin Ladefoged Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1176-1181; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Degradation Pathway and Generation of Monohydroxamic Acids from the Trihydroxamate Siderophore Deferrioxamine B Agnes Pierwola, Tomasz Krupinski, Peter Zalupski, Michael Chiarelli, and Domenic Castignetti Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 831-836; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE)-Oxidizing Activity in Mycobacterium vaccae JOB5 by MTBE Erika L. Johnson, Christy A. Smith, Kirk T. O'Reilly, and Michael R. Hyman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1023-1030; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biodegradation of the Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine Ring Cleavage Product 4-Nitro-2,4-Diazabutanal by Phanerochaete chrysosporium Diane Fournier, Annamaria Halasz, Jim Spain, Ronald J. Spanggord, Jeffrey C. Bottaro, and Jalal Hawari Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1123-1128; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biodegradation of Benzene by Halophilic and Halotolerant Bacteria under Aerobic Conditions Carla A. Nicholson and Babu Z. Fathepure Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1222-1225; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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A New Alkali-Thermostable Azoreductase from Bacillus sp. Strain SF Jürgen Maier, Andreas Kandelbauer, Angelika Erlacher, Artur Cavaco-Paulo, and Georg M. Gübitz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 837-844; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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A Novel Saponin Hydrolase from Neocosmospora vasinfecta var. vasinfecta Manabu Watanabe, Naomi Sumida, Koji Yanai, and Takeshi Murakami Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 865-872; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chromate-Reducing Properties of Soluble Flavoproteins from Pseudomonas putida and Escherichia coli D. F. Ackerley, C. F. Gonzalez, C. H. Park, R. Blake, II, M. Keyhan, and A. Matin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 873-882; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Highly Stable L-Lysine 6-Dehydrogenase from the Thermophile Geobacillus stearothermophilus Isolated from a Japanese Hot Spring: Characterization, Gene Cloning and Sequencing, and Expression Mojgan Heydari, Toshihisa Ohshima, Naoki Nunoura-Kominato, and Haruhiko Sakuraba Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 937-942; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stabilization of Penicillin G Acylase from Escherichia coli: Site-Directed Mutagenesis of the Protein Surface To Increase Multipoint Covalent Attachment Olga Abian, Valeria Grazú, Juan Hermoso, Ramón González, José Luis García, Roberto Fernández-Lafuente, and José Manuel Guisán Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1249-1251; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Biodiversity of Exopolysaccharides Produced by Streptococcus thermophilus Strains Is Reflected in Their Production and Their Molecular and Functional Characteristics Frederik Vaningelgem, Medana Zamfir, Fernanda Mozzi, Tom Adriany, Marc Vancanneyt, Jean Swings, and Luc De Vuyst Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 900-912; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multi-Virulence-Locus Sequence Typing of Listeria monocytogenes Wei Zhang, Bhushan M. Jayarao, and Stephen J. Knabel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 913-920; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development and Validation of Experimental Protocols for Use of Cardinal Models for Prediction of Microorganism Growth in Food Products Anthony Pinon, Marcel Zwietering, Louise Perrier, Jeanne-Marie Membré, Benoît Leporq, Eric Mettler, Dominique Thuault, Louis Coroller, Valérie Stahl, and Michèle Vialette Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1081-1087; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sourdough Bread Made from Wheat and Nontoxic Flours and Started with Selected Lactobacilli Is Tolerated in Celiac Sprue Patients Raffaella Di Cagno, Maria De Angelis, Salvatore Auricchio, Luigi Greco, Charmaine Clarke, Massimo De Vincenzi, Claudio Giovannini, Massimo D'Archivio, Francesca Landolfo, Giampaolo Parrilli, Fabio Minervini, Elke Arendt, and Marco Gobbetti Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1088-1096; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Survival of Campylobacter jejuni in the Phyllosphere with That in the Rhizosphere of Spinach and Radish Plants Maria T. Brandl, Aileen F. Haxo, Anna H. Bates, and Robert E. Mandrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1182-1189; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Laboratory Enrichment for Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli by Exposure to Extremely Acidic Conditions Michael A. Grant Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1226-1230; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Phenazines and Other Redox-Active Antibiotics Promote Microbial Mineral Reduction Maria E. Hernandez, Andreas Kappler, and Dianne K. Newman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 921-928; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical and Proteomic Analysis of the Magnetosome Membrane in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense Karen Grünberg, Eva-Christina Müller, Albrecht Otto, Regina Reszka, Dietmar Linder, Michael Kube, Richard Reinhardt, and Dirk Schüler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1040-1050; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Temperature and Pressure on Sulfate Reduction and Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in Hydrothermal Sediments of Guaymas Basin Jens Kallmeyer and Antje Boetius Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1231-1233; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Integron Diversity in Heavy-Metal-Contaminated Mine Tailings and Inferences about Integron Evolution D. R. Nemergut, A. P. Martin, and S. K. Schmidt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2004 70: 1160-1168; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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