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Contents: March 2004, Volume 70, Issue 3

       Minireviews

       Microbial Ecology

       Public Health Microbiology

       Plant Microbiology

       Biodegradation

       Invertebrate Microbiology

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

       Mycology

       Physiology and Biotechnology

       Food Microbiology

       Methods

       Enzymology and Protein Engineering

       Geomicrobiology

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Minireviews:

Clustered Pathway Genes in Aflatoxin Biosynthesis
Jiujiang Yu, Perng-Kuang Chang, Kenneth C. Ehrlich, Jeffrey W. Cary, Deepak Bhatnagar, Thomas E. Cleveland, Gary A. Payne, John E. Linz, Charles P. Woloshuk, and Joan W. Bennett
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1253-1262;
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Microbial Ecology:

Molecular Diversity of Rumen Methanogens from Sheep in Western Australia
André-Denis G. Wright, Andrew J. Williams, Barbara Winder, Claus T. Christophersen, Sharon L. Rodgers, and Kellie D. Smith
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1263-1270;
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Molecular Diversity of New Thermococcales Isolates from a Single Area of Hydrothermal Deep-Sea Vents as Revealed by Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Fingerprinting and 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis
Elodie Lepage, Evelyne Marguet, Claire Geslin, Oriane Matte-Tailliez, Wolfram Zillig, Patrick Forterre, and Patrick Tailliez
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1277-1286;
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Development and Testing of a DNA Macroarray To Assess Nitrogenase (nifH) Gene Diversity
Grieg F. Steward, Bethany D. Jenkins, Bess B. Ward, and Jonathan P. Zehr
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1455-1465;
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Impact of Agricultural Practices on the Zea mays L. Endophytic Community
Dave Seghers, Lieven Wittebolle, Eva M. Top, Willy Verstraete, and Steven D. Siciliano
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1475-1482;
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Microbial Biogeography along an Estuarine Salinity Gradient: Combined Influences of Bacterial Growth and Residence Time
Byron C. Crump, Charles S. Hopkinson, Mitchell L. Sogin, and John E. Hobbie
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1494-1505;
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Impact of Violacein-Producing Bacteria on Survival and Feeding of Bacterivorous Nanoflagellates
Carsten Matz, Peter Deines, Jens Boenigk, Hartmut Arndt, Leo Eberl, Staffan Kjelleberg, and Klaus Jürgens
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1593-1599;
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Salinity Responses of Benthic Microbial Communities in a Solar Saltern (Eilat, Israel)
Ketil Bernt Sørensen, Donald E. Canfield, and Aharon Oren
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1608-1616;
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Phage Community Dynamics in Hot Springs
Mya Breitbart, Linda Wegley, Steven Leeds, Tom Schoenfeld, and Forest Rohwer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1633-1640;
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Ecophysiological Interaction between Nitrifying Bacteria and Heterotrophic Bacteria in Autotrophic Nitrifying Biofilms as Determined by Microautoradiography-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
Tomonori Kindaichi, Tsukasa Ito, and Satoshi Okabe
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1641-1650;
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Molecular Evidence for the Evolution of Metal Homeostasis Genes by Lateral Gene Transfer in Bacteria from the Deep Terrestrial Subsurface
J. M. Coombs and T. Barkay
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1698-1707;
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Microbial Diversity and Heterogeneity in Sandy Subsurface Soils
Jizhong Zhou, Beicheng Xia, Heshu Huang, Anthony V. Palumbo, and James M. Tiedje
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1723-1734;
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Fingerprinting Diazotroph Communities in the Chesapeake Bay by Using a DNA Macroarray
Bethany D. Jenkins, Grieg F. Steward, Steven M. Short, Bess B. Ward, and Jonathan P. Zehr
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1767-1776;
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Spatial Heterogeneity of Crenarchaeal Assemblages within Mesophilic Soil Ecosystems as Revealed by PCR-Single-Stranded Conformation Polymorphism Profiling
Marek K. Sliwinski and Robert M. Goodman
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1811-1820;
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Arsenite-Oxidizing Hydrogenobaculum Strain Isolated from an Acid-Sulfate-Chloride Geothermal Spring in Yellowstone National Park
Jessica Donahoe-Christiansen, Seth D'Imperio, Colin R. Jackson, William P. Inskeep, and Timothy R. McDermott
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1865-1868;
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Public Health Microbiology:

Detection of Arcobacter spp. in the Coastal Environment of the Mediterranean Sea
M. T. Fera, T. L. Maugeri, C. Gugliandolo, C. Beninati, M. Giannone, E. La Camera, and M. Carbone
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1271-1276;
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Comparison of Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Campylobacter spp. Isolates from Organic and Conventional Dairy Herds in Wisconsin
K. Sato, P. C. Bartlett, J. B. Kaneene, and F. P. Downes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1442-1447;
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Detection of Bovine and Porcine Adenoviruses for Tracing the Source of Fecal Contamination
Carlos Maluquer de Motes, Pilar Clemente-Casares, Ayalkibet Hundesa, Margarita Martín, and Rosina Girones
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1448-1454;
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High Diversity among Environmental Escherichia coli Isolates from a Bovine Feedlot
Hsiao-Hui Yang, Robert T. Vinopal, Domenico Grasso, and Barth F. Smets
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1528-1536;
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Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Tetracycline Resistance in Enterococcus Isolates from Food
Geert Huys, Klaas D'Haene, Jean-Marc Collard, and Jean Swings
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1555-1562;
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Substantial Rise in the Prevalence of Lyme Borreliosis Spirochetes in a Region of Western Germany over a 10-Year Period
Helge Kampen, Diana C. Rötzel, Klaus Kurtenbach, Walter A. Maier, and Hanns M. Seitz
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1576-1582;
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Temporal Shedding Patterns and Virulence Factors of Escherichia coli Serogroups O26, O103, O111, O145, and O157 in a Cohort of Beef Calves and Their Dams
M. C. Pearce, C. Jenkins, L. Vali, A. W. Smith, H. I. Knight, T. Cheasty, H. R. Smith, G. J. Gunn, M. E. J. Woolhouse, S. G. B. Amyes, and G. Frankel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1708-1716;
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Detection of Cryptosporidium parvum in Soil Extracts
Mark Walker and Douglas Redelman
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1827-1829;
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Inactivation of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Effluent Seawater by Alternating-Current Treatment
Jong-Chul Park, Min Sub Lee, Dong-Wook Han, Dong Hee Lee, Bong Joo Park, In-Seop Lee, Masakazu Uzawa, Maki Aihara, and Kosuke Takatori
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1833-1835;
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Plant Microbiology:

Regulatory Role of Rhizobium etli CNPAF512 fnrN during Symbiosis
Martine Moris, Bruno Dombrecht, Chuanwu Xi, Jos Vanderleyden, and Jan Michiels
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1287-1296;
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2-O-Methylation of Fucosyl Residues of a Rhizobial Lipopolysaccharide Is Increased in Response to Host Exudate and Is Eliminated in a Symbiotically Defective Mutant
K. Dale Noel, Jodie M. Box, and Valerie J. Bonne
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1537-1544;
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Positive Autoregulation and Signaling Properties of Pyoluteorin, an Antibiotic Produced by the Biological Control Organism Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5
Marion Brodhagen, Marcella D. Henkels, and Joyce E. Loper
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1758-1766;
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Analysis of the Endophytic Actinobacterial Population in the Roots of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism and Sequencing of 16S rRNA Clones
Vanessa M. Conn and Christopher M. M. Franco
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1787-1794;
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Comparison of Crenarchaeal Consortia Inhabiting the Rhizosphere of Diverse Terrestrial Plants with Those in Bulk Soil in Native Environments
Marek K. Sliwinski and Robert M. Goodman
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1821-1826;
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Potential Role of Pathogen Signaling in Multitrophic Plant-Microbe Interactions Involved in Disease Protection
Brion Duffy, Christoph Keel, and Geneviève Défago
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1836-1842;
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Biodegradation:

Novel Pathway of Salicylate Degradation by Streptomyces sp. Strain WA46
Daisuke Ishiyama, Dusica Vujaklija, and Julian Davies
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1297-1306;
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Aerobic and Anaerobic Toluene Degradation by a Newly Isolated Denitrifying Bacterium, Thauera sp. Strain DNT-1
Yoshifumi Shinoda, Yasuyoshi Sakai, Hiroshi Uenishi, Yasumitsu Uchihashi, Akira Hiraishi, Hideaki Yukawa, Hiroya Yurimoto, and Nobuo Kato
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1385-1392;
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Use of a Novel Fluorinated Organosulfur Compound To Isolate Bacteria Capable of Carbon-Sulfur Bond Cleavage
Jonathan D. Van Hamme, Phillip M. Fedorak, Julia M. Foght, Murray R. Gray, and Heather D. Dettman
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1487-1493;
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Identification and Isolation of Anaerobic, Syntrophic Phthalate Isomer-Degrading Microbes from Methanogenic Sludges Treating Wastewater from Terephthalate Manufacturing
Yan-Ling Qiu, Yuji Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki Imachi, Yoichi Kamagata, I-Cheng Tseng, Sheng-Shung Cheng, Akiyoshi Ohashi, and Hideki Harada
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1617-1626;
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Bacterial Succession in a Petroleum Land Treatment Unit
Christopher W. Kaplan and Christopher L. Kitts
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1777-1786;
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Invertebrate Microbiology:

Physiology and Nutrition of Treponema primitia, an H₂/ CO₂-Acetogenic Spirochete from Termite Hindguts
Joseph R. Graber and John A. Breznak
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1307-1314;
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Description of Treponema azotonutricium sp. nov. and Treponema primitia sp. nov., the First Spirochetes Isolated from Termite Guts
Joseph R. Graber, Jared R. Leadbetter, and John A. Breznak
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1315-1320;
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Interaction of Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins with Larval Midgut Binding Sites of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Anna Estela, Baltasar Escriche, and Juan Ferré
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1378-1384;
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Symbiont-Induced Changes in Host Actin during the Onset of a Beneficial Animal-Bacterial Association
Jennifer R. Kimbell and Margaret J. McFall-Ngai
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1434-1441;
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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Characterization of the Arginine Deiminase Operon of Streptococcus rattus FA-1
Ann Griswold, Yi-Ywan M. Chen, Jennifer A. Snyder, and Robert A. Burne
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1321-1327;
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Diverse Organization of Genes of the ß-Ketoadipate Pathway in Members of the Marine Roseobacter Lineage
Alison Buchan, Ellen L. Neidle, and Mary Ann Moran
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1658-1668;
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Antisense RNA Targeting of Primase Interferes with Bacteriophage Replication in Streptococcus thermophilus
Joseph M. Sturino and Todd R. Klaenhammer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1735-1743;
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Elucidation of the Antibacterial Mechanism of the Curvularia Haloperoxidase System by DNA Microarray Profiling
Eva H. Hansen, Mark A. Schembri, Per Klemm, Thomas Schäfer, Søren Molin, and Lone Gram
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1749-1757;
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thyA as a Selection Marker in Construction of Food-Grade Host-Vector and Integration Systems for Streptococcus thermophilus
Yasuko Sasaki, Yoshiyuki Ito, and Takashi Sasaki
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1858-1864;
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L-Alanine Auxotrophy of Lactobacillus johnsonii as Demonstrated by Physiological, Genomic, and Gene Complementation Approaches
Hengameh van der Kaaij, Frank Desiere, Beat Mollet, and Jacques-Edouard Germond
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1869-1873;
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Mycology:

Wood-Destroying Soft Rot Fungi in the Historic Expedition Huts of Antarctica
Robert A. Blanchette, Benjamin W. Held, Joel A. Jurgens, Douglas L. McNew, Thomas C. Harrington, Shona M. Duncan, and Roberta L. Farrell
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1328-1335;
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Inoculum Size Effect in Dimorphic Fungi: Extracellular Control of Yeast-Mycelium Dimorphism in Ceratocystis ulmi
Jacob M. Hornby, Sarah M. Jacobitz-Kizzier, Donna J. McNeel, Ellen C. Jensen, David S. Treves, and Kenneth W. Nickerson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1356-1359;
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PCR-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Profiling of Inter- and Intraspecies 18S rRNA Gene Sequence Heterogeneity Is an Accurate and Sensitive Method To Assess Species Diversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi of the Genus Gigaspora
Francisco A. de Souza, George A. Kowalchuk, Paula Leeflang, Johannes A. van Veen, and Eric Smit
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1413-1424;
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In Planta Production of Indole-3-Acetic Acid by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. aeschynomene
Rudy Maor, Sefi Haskin, Hagit Levi-Kedmi, and Amir Sharon
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1852-1854;
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Physiology and Biotechnology:

Heat Shock Response in Lactobacillus plantarum
Maria De Angelis, Raffaella Di Cagno, Claude Huet, Carmine Crecchio, Patrick F. Fox, and Marco Gobbetti
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1336-1346;
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Construction of a Functional S-Layer Fusion Protein Comprising an Immunoglobulin G-Binding Domain for Development of Specific Adsorbents for Extracorporeal Blood Purification
Christine Völlenkle, Stefan Weigert, Nicola Ilk, Eva Egelseer, Viktoria Weber, Fritz Loth, Dieter Falkenhagen, Uwe B. Sleytr, and Margit Sára
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1514-1521;
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Microbiological Characterization of Wet Wheat Distillers' Grain, with Focus on Isolation of Lactobacilli with Potential as Probiotics
C. Pedersen, H. Jonsson, J. E. Lindberg, and S. Roos
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1522-1527;
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Morphological and Physiological Changes Induced by High Hydrostatic Pressure in Exponential- and Stationary-Phase Cells of Escherichia coli: Relationship with Cell Death
Pilar Mañas and Bernard M. Mackey
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1545-1554;
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Kinetics and Relative Importance of Phosphorolytic and Hydrolytic Cleavage of Cellodextrins and Cellobiose in Cell Extracts of Clostridium thermocellum
Yi-Heng Percival Zhang and Lee R. Lynd
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1563-1569;
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Influence of Lipoteichoic Acid D-Alanylation on Protein Secretion in Lactococcus lactis as Revealed by Random Mutagenesis
S. Nouaille, J. Commissaire, J. J. Gratadoux, P. Ravn, A. Bolotin, A. Gruss, Y. Le Loir, and P. Langella
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1600-1607;
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Possible Association of GroES and Antigen 85 Proteins with Heat Resistance of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis
Nackmoon Sung, Kuni Takayama, and Michael T. Collins
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1688-1697;
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Reappraisal of the Regulation of Lactococcal L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
Ed W. J. van Niel, Johan Palmfeldt, Rani Martin, Marco Paese, and Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1843-1846;
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Differential Expression of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Genes in Response to Cu(II) and Hg(II) Toxicity
In Seop Chang, Jennifer L. Groh, Matthew M. Ramsey, Jimmy D. Ballard, and Lee R. Krumholz
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1847-1851;
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Food Microbiology:

Molecular Detection and Identification of Brettanomyces/Dekkera bruxellensis and Brettanomyces/Dekkera anomalus in Spoiled Wines
Luca Cocolin, Kalliopi Rantsiou, Lucilla Iacumin, Roberto Zironi, and Giuseppe Comi
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1347-1355;
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Quantitative Detection of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria innocua by Real-Time PCR: Assessment of hly, iap, and lin02483 Targets and AmpliFluor Technology
David Rodríguez-Lázaro, Marta Hernández, Mariela Scortti, Teresa Esteve, José A. Vázquez-Boland, and Maria Pla
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1366-1377;
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Comparison of PCR, Electrochemical Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays, and the Standard Culture Method for Detecting Salmonella in Meat Products
Luciana Croci, Elisabetta Delibato, Giulia Volpe, Dario De Medici, and Giuseppe Palleschi
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1393-1396;
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Engineering Lactococcus lactis for Production of Mannitol: High Yields from Food-Grade Strains Deficient in Lactate Dehydrogenase and the Mannitol Transport System
Paula Gaspar, Ana Rute Neves, Ana Ramos, Michael J. Gasson, Claire A. Shearman, and Helena Santos
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1466-1474;
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pbp2229-Mediated Nisin Resistance Mechanism in Listeria monocytogenes Confers Cross-Protection to Class IIa Bacteriocins and Affects Virulence Gene Expression
Anne Gravesen, Birgitte Kallipolitis, Kim Holmstrøm, Poul Erik Høiby, Manilduth Ramnath, and Susanne Knøchel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1669-1679;
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Controlled Autolysis and Enzyme Release in a Recombinant Lactococcal Strain Expressing the Metalloendopeptidase Enterolysin A
Rita M. Hickey, R. Paul Ross, and Colin Hill
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1744-1748;
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Sensitivity of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to Commercially Available Alkaline Cleaners and Subsequent Resistance to Heat and Sanitizers
Manan Sharma and Larry R. Beuchat
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1795-1803;
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Detection of Escherichia coli Serogroups O26 and O113 by PCR Amplification of the wzx and wzy Genes
Chitrita DebRoy, Elisabeth Roberts, James Kundrat, Michael A. Davis, Connie E. Briggs, and Pina M. Fratamico
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1830-1832;
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Methods:

Development and Use of Flow Cytometry for Detection of Airborne Fungi
Valeria Prigione, Guido Lingua, and Valeria Filipello Marchisio
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1360-1365;
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Development of a Markerless Genetic Exchange Method for Methanosarcina acetivorans C2A and Its Use in Construction of New Genetic Tools for Methanogenic Archaea
Matthew A. Pritchett, Jun Kai Zhang, and William W. Metcalf
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1425-1433;
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Simultaneous Detection and Identification of Common Cell Culture Contaminant and Pathogenic Mollicutes Strains by Reverse Line Blot Hybridization
Hui Wang, Fanrong Kong, Peter Jelfs, Gregory James, and Gwendolyn L. Gilbert
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1483-1486;
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Optimization of Procedures for Counting Viruses by Flow Cytometry
Corina P. D. Brussaard
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1506-1513;
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High-Throughput Metabolic Fingerprinting of Legume Silage Fermentations via Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometrics
Helen E. Johnson, David Broadhurst, Douglas B. Kell, Michael K. Theodorou, Roger J. Merry, and Gareth W. Griffith
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1583-1592;
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Rapid Detection and Enumeration of Legionella pneumophila in Hot Water Systems by Solid-Phase Cytometry
Helena Aurell, Philippe Catala, Pierre Farge, France Wallet, Matthieu Le Brun, Jürgen H. Helbig, Sophie Jarraud, and Philippe Lebaron
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1651-1657;
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Application of a Vital Fluorescent Staining Method for Simultaneous, Near-Real-Time Concentration Monitoring of Two Bacterial Strains in an Atlantic Coastal Plain Aquifer in Oyster, Virginia
Mark E. Fuller, Brian J. Mailloux, Sheryl H. Streger, James A. Hall, Pengfei Zhang, William P. Kovacik, Simon Vainberg, William P. Johnson, Tullis C. Onstott, and Mary F. DeFlaun
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1680-1687;
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Evaluation of a Real-Time PCR Kit for Detecting Escherichia coli O157 in Bovine Fecal Samples
James L. Bono, James E. Keen, Laura C. Miller, James M. Fox, Carol G. Chitko-McKown, Michael P. Heaton, and William W. Laegreid
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1855-1857;
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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Characterization of a Thermostable L-Arabinose (D-Galactose) Isomerase from the Hyperthermophilic Eubacterium Thermotoga maritima
Dong-Woo Lee, Hyeung-Jin Jang, Eun-Ah Choe, Byoung-Chan Kim, Sang-Jae Lee, Seong-Bo Kim, Young-Ho Hong, and Yu-Ryang Pyun
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2004 70: 1397-1404;
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Characteristics of a New Enantioselective Thermostable Dipeptidase from Brevibacillus borstelensis BCS-1 and Its Application to Synthesis of a D-Amino-Acid-Containing Dipeptide
Dae Heoun Baek, Jae Jun Song, Seok-Joon Kwon, Chung Park, Chang-Min Jung, and Moon-Hee Sung
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