Contents: June 2004, Volume 70, Issue 6        Minireviews        Physiology and Biotechnology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Microbial Ecology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Plant Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Public Health Microbiology        Mycology        Biodegradation        Methods        Geomicrobiology        Environmental Microbiology        Letters to the Editor Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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A Special Fondness for Lactobacilli Gerald W. Tannock Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3189-3194; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biology of the Metabolically Diverse Genus Gordonia Matthias Arenskötter, Daniel Bröker, and Alexander Steinbüchel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3195-3204; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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In Vivo Immobilization of Fusion Proteins on Bioplastics by the Novel Tag BioF Cristina Moldes, Pedro García, José L. García, and María A. Prieto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3205-3212; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolism of Zearalenone by Genetically Modified Organisms Expressing the Detoxification Gene from Clonostachys rosea Naoko Takahashi-Ando, Shuichi Ohsato, Takehiko Shibata, Hiroshi Hamamoto, Isamu Yamaguchi, and Makoto Kimura Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3239-3245; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Production of Artificial Nonribosomal Peptide Products in the Heterologous Host Escherichia coli Stephan Gruenewald, Henning D. Mootz, Per Stehmeier, and Torsten Stachelhaus Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3282-3291; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Functional Recombinant Mussel Adhesive Protein Mgfp-5 in Escherichia coli Dong Soo Hwang, Hyo Jin Yoo, Jong Hyub Jun, Won Kyu Moon, and Hyung Joon Cha Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3352-3359; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Increasing Secretion of a Bivalent Anti-T-Cell Immunotoxin by Pichia pastoris Jung Hee Woo, Yuan Yi Liu, Scott Stavrou, and David M. Neville, Jr. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3370-3376; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Aquaporin-Mediated Improvement of Freeze Tolerance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Is Restricted to Rapid Freezing Conditions An Tanghe, Patrick Van Dijck, Didier Colavizza, and Johan M. Thevelein Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3377-3382; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Metabolism by Pfiesteria-Associated Roseobacter spp. Todd R. Miller and Robert Belas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3383-3391; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biomass Content Governs Fermentation Rate in Nitrogen-Deficient Wine Musts Cristian Varela, Francisco Pizarro, and Eduardo Agosin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3392-3400; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Sigma Factor B-Controlled Genes and Their Impact on Acid Stress, High Hydrostatic Pressure, and Freeze Survival in Listeria monocytogenes EGD-e Henrike H. Wemekamp-Kamphuis, Jeroen A. Wouters, Patrick P. L. A. de Leeuw, Torsten Hain, Trinad Chakraborty, and Tjakko Abee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3457-3466; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extracellular Iron Reduction Is Mediated in Part by Neutral Red and Hydrogenase in Escherichia coli James B. McKinlay and J. Gregory Zeikus Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3467-3474; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Medium-Chain Fatty Acids Decrease Colonization and Invasion through hilA Suppression Shortly after Infection of Chickens with Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis F. Van Immerseel, J. De Buck, F. Boyen, L. Bohez, F. Pasmans, J. Volf, M. Sevcik, I. Rychlik, F. Haesebrouck, and R. Ducatelle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3582-3587; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biotransformation in Double-Phase Systems: Physiological Responses of Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E to a Double Phase Made of Aliphatic Alcohols and Biosynthesis of Substituted Catechols Antonia Rojas, Estrella Duque, Andreas Schmid, Ana Hurtado, Juan-Luis Ramos, and Ana Segura Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3637-3643; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of the Novel LysM Domain-Containing Surface Protein Sep from Lactobacillus fermentum BR11 and Its Use as a Peptide Fusion Partner in Lactobacillus and Lactococcus Mark S. Turner, Louise M. Hafner, Terry Walsh, and Philip M. Giffard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3673-3680; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Endogenous Xylose Pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mervi H. Toivari, Laura Salusjärvi, Laura Ruohonen, and Merja Penttilä Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3681-3686; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protein Expression by Streptococcus mutans during Initial Stage of Biofilm Formation J. Welin, J. C. Wilkins, D. Beighton, and G. Svensäter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3736-3741; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular and Biological Characterization of a Cryptosporidium molnari-Like Isolate from a Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) Una Ryan, Amanda O'Hara, and Lihua Xiao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3761-3765; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immobilization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cystathionine -Lyase and Application of the Product to Cystathionine Synthesis Shuzo Yamagata, Tsuyoshi Akamatsu, and Tomonori Iwama Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3766-3768; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Characterization and Heterologous Gene Expression of a Novel Esterase from Lactobacillus casei CL96 Young J. Choi, Carlos B. Miguez, and Byong H. Lee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3213-3221; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Saturation Mutagenesis of Burkholderia cepacia R34 2,4-Dinitrotoluene Dioxygenase at DntAc Valine 350 for Synthesizing Nitrohydroquinone, Methylhydroquinone, and Methoxyhydroquinone Brendan G. Keenan, Thammajun Leungsakul, Barth F. Smets, and Thomas K. Wood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3222-3231; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Saturation Mutagenesis of Toluene ortho-Monooxygenase of Burkholderia cepacia G4 for Enhanced 1-Naphthol Synthesis and Chloroform Degradation Lingyun Rui, Young Man Kwon, Ayelet Fishman, Kenneth F. Reardon, and Thomas K. Wood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3246-3252; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protein Engineering of Toluene-o-Xylene Monooxygenase from Pseudomonas stutzeri OX1 for Synthesizing 4-Methylresorcinol, Methylhydroquinone, and Pyrogallol Gönül Vardar and Thomas K. Wood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3253-3262; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Expression System for Large-Scale Production and Purification of Recombinant Class IIa Bacteriocins and Its Application to Piscicolin 126 Gerard M. Gibbs, Barrie E. Davidson, and Alan J. Hillier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3292-3297; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, Nucleotide Sequence, and Overexpression of the L-Rhamnose Isomerase Gene from Pseudomonas stutzeri in Escherichia coli Khim Leang, Goro Takada, Akihiro Ishimura, Masashi Okita, and Ken Izumori Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3298-3304; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification, Characterization, and Sequencing of an Extracellular Cold-Active Aminopeptidase Produced by Marine Psychrophile Colwellia psychrerythraea Strain 34H Adrienne L. Huston, Barbara Methe, and Jody W. Deming Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3321-3328; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, Sequencing, and Characterization of a Heat- and Alkali-Stable Type I Pullulanase from Anaerobranca gottschalkii Costanzo Bertoldo, Martin Armbrecht, Fiona Becker, Thomas Schäfer, Garabed Antranikian, and Wolfgang Liebl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3407-3416; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Peptidoglycan Hydrolase Complement of Lactococcus lactis: Identification of a Third N-Acetylglucosaminidase, AcmC Carine Huard, Guy Miranda, Yulia Redko, Françoise Wessner, Simon J. Foster, and Marie-Pierre Chapot-Chartier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3493-3499; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biotransformation of Explosives by the Old Yellow Enzyme Family of Flavoproteins Richard E. Williams, Deborah A. Rathbone, Nigel S. Scrutton, and Neil C. Bruce Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3566-3574; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Unusual Microbial Xylanases from Insect Guts YaLi Brennan, Walter N. Callen, Leif Christoffersen, Paul Dupree, Florence Goubet, Shaun Healey, Myrian Hernández, Martin Keller, Ke Li, Nisha Palackal, Ana Sittenfeld, Giselle Tamayo, Steve Wells, Geoffrey P. Hazlewood, Eric J. Mathur, Jay M. Short, Dan E. Robertson, and Brian A. Steer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3609-3617; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Biofilm Development and Cell Death in the Marine Bacterium Pseudoalteromonas tunicata Anne Mai-Prochnow, Flavia Evans, Doralyn Dalisay-Saludes, Sacha Stelzer, Suhelen Egan, Sally James, Jeremy S. Webb, and Staffan Kjelleberg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3232-3238; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Morphological, Chemical, and Genetic Diversity of Tropical Marine Cyanobacteria Lyngbya spp. and Symploca spp. (Oscillatoriales) Robert W. Thacker and Valerie J. Paul Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3305-3312; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enzyme Production-Based Approach for Determining the Functions of Microorganisms within a Community Kohei Nakamura, Shin Haruta, Huong Lan Nguyen, Masaharu Ishii, and Yasuo Igarashi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3329-3337; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Establishment of a Pure Culture of the Hitherto Uncultured Unicellular Cyanobacterium Aphanothece sacrum, and Phylogenetic Position of the Organism Tsuneo Fujishiro, Takahira Ogawa, Masayoshi Matsuoka, Kazuhiro Nagahama, Yasunobu Takeshima, and Hideaki Hagiwara Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3338-3345; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for the Presence of Simkania negevensis in Drinking Water and in Reclaimed Wastewater in Israel Simona Kahane, Nizhia Platzner, Bella Dvoskin, Amir Itzhaki, and Maureen G. Friedman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3346-3351; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genome Organization and Localization of the pufLM Genes of the Photosynthesis Reaction Center in Phylogenetically Diverse Marine Alphaproteobacteria Silke Pradella, Martin Allgaier, Christa Hoch, Orsola Päuker, Erko Stackebrandt, and Irene Wagner-Döbler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3360-3369; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Richness and Diversity of Bacterioplankton Species along an Estuarine Gradient in Moreton Bay, Australia Ian Hewson and Jed A. Fuhrman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3425-3433; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution of RuBisCO Genotypes along a Redox Gradient in Mono Lake, California Bruno J. Giri, Nasreen Bano, and James T. Hollibaugh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3443-3448; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Syntrophic-Methanogenic Associations along a Nutrient Gradient in the Florida Everglades Ashvini Chauhan, Andrew Ogram, and K. R. Reddy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3475-3484; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Physical Properties of Feed on Microbial Ecology and Survival of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium in the Pig Gastrointestinal Tract Lene Lind Mikkelsen, Patrick J. Naughton, Mette S. Hedemann, and Bent Borg Jensen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3485-3492; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic and Ecological Analysis of Novel Marine Stramenopiles Ramon Massana, Jose Castresana, Vanessa Balagué, Laure Guillou, Khadidja Romari, Agnès Groisillier, Klaus Valentin, and Carlos Pedrós-Alió Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3528-3534; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Profiling of Rhizosphere Microbial Communities Associated with Healthy and Diseased Black Spruce (Picea mariana) Seedlings Grown in a Nursery M. Filion, R. C. Hamelin, L. Bernier, and M. St-Arnaud Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3541-3551; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Bacterial Communities in Feces from Healthy Elderly Volunteers and Hospitalized Elderly Patients by Using Real-Time PCR and Effects of Antibiotic Treatment on the Fecal Microbiota Sabine Bartosch, Alemu Fite, George T. Macfarlane, and Marion E. T. McMurdo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3575-3581; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Coliforms and Coliphages as Tools for Assessment of Viral Contamination in River Water S. Skraber, B. Gassilloud, and C. Gantzer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3644-3649; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Differential Gene Expression in Bacteria Associated with Coral Black Band Disease by Using RNA-Arbitrarily Primed PCR Jorge Frias-Lopez, George T. Bonheyo, and Bruce W. Fouke Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3687-3694; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Phylogenetic Analysis of Novel Viruses Infecting the Phytoplankton Phaeocystis globosa (Prymnesiophyceae) C. P. D. Brussaard, S. M. Short, C. M. Frederickson, and C. A. Suttle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3700-3705; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Uptake and Replication of Salmonella enterica in Acanthamoeba rhysodes Dilek Tezcan-Merdol, Marianne Ljungström, Jadwiga Winiecka-Krusnell, Ewert Linder, Lars Engstrand, and Mikael Rhen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3706-3714; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diverse Tetracycline Resistance Genotypes of Megasphaera elsdenii Strains Selectively Cultured from Swine Feces Thaddeus B. Stanton, Jennifer S. McDowall, and Mark A. Rasmussen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3754-3757; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stable Carbon Isotopic Fractionations Associated with Inorganic Carbon Fixation by Anaerobic Ammonium-Oxidizing Bacteria Stefan Schouten, Marc Strous, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, W. Irene C. Rijpstra, Marianne Baas, Carsten J. Schubert, Mike S. M. Jetten, and Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3785-3788; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differences between Betaproteobacterial Ammonia-Oxidizing Communities in Marine Sediments and Those in Overlying Water Thomas E. Freitag and James I. Prosser Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3789-3793; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Localization and Functional Analysis of PepI, the Immunity Peptide of Pep5-Producing Staphylococcus epidermidis Strain 5 Anja Hoffmann, Tanja Schneider, Ulrike Pag, and Hans-Georg Sahl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3263-3271; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transformation of Leuconostoc carnosum 4010 and Evidence for Natural Competence of the Organism Søren Helmark, Mette E. Hansen, Birthe Jelle, Kim I. Sørensen, and Peter R. Jensen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3695-3699; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Engineering the nifH Promoter Region and Abolishing Poly-ß-Hydroxybutyrate Accumulation in Rhizobium etli Enhance Nitrogen Fixation in Symbiosis with Phaseolus vulgaris Humberto Peralta, Yolanda Mora, Emmanuel Salazar, Sergio Encarnación, Rafael Palacios, and Jaime Mora Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3272-3281; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Evaluation of Nostoc Strain ATCC 53789 as a Potential Source of Natural Pesticides Natascia Biondi, Raffaella Piccardi, M. Cristina Margheri, Liliana Rodolfi, Geoffrey D. Smith, and Mario R. Tredici Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3313-3320; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evolutionary Relationships of Primary Prokaryotic Endosymbionts of Whiteflies and Their Hosts MyLo Ly Thao and Paul Baumann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3401-3406; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Discovery of the Novel Candidate Phylum "Poribacteria" in Marine Sponges Lars Fieseler, Matthias Horn, Michael Wagner, and Ute Hentschel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3724-3732; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhancement of Cry19Aa Mosquitocidal Activity against Aedes aegypti by Mutations in the Putative Loop Regions of Domain II Mohd Amir F. Abdullah and Donald H. Dean Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3769-3771; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Epibiotic Thiothrix Bacterium on a Marine Amphipod David C. Gillan and Nicole Dubilier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3772-3775; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Evaluation of a Cocktail of Three Bacteriophages for Biocontrol of Escherichia coli O157:H7 G. O'Flynn, R. P. Ross, G. F. Fitzgerald, and A. Coffey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3417-3424; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adaptation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to pH Alters Membrane Lipid Composition, Verotoxin Secretion, and Resistance to Simulated Gastric Fluid Acid Hyun-Gyun Yuk and Douglas L. Marshall Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3500-3505; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modeling the Rate of Attachment of Listeria monocytogenes, Pantoea agglomerans, and Pseudomonas fluorescens to, and the Probability of Their Detachment from, Potato Tissue at 10°C M. J. Garrood, P. D. G. Wilson, and T. F. Brocklehurst Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3558-3565; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation, Characterization, and Identification of Bacterial Contaminants in Semifinal Gelatin Extracts E. De Clerck, T. Vanhoutte, T. Hebb, J. Geerinck, J. Devos, and P. De Vos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3664-3672; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Virus-Binding Proteins Recovered from Bacterial Culture Derived from Activated Sludge by Affinity Chromatography Assay Using a Viral Capsid Peptide Daisuke Sano, Takahiro Matsuo, and Tatsuo Omura Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3434-3442; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Quaternary-Ammonium-Based Formulations on Bacterial Community Dynamics and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Andrew J. McBain, Ruth G. Ledder, Louise E. Moore, Carl E. Catrenich, and Peter Gilbert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3449-3456; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence of the stx2 Gene in Coliform Populations from Aquatic Environments Cristina García-Aljaro, Maite Muniesa, Juan Jofre, and Anicet R. Blanch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3535-3540; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Total Culturable Virus Assay and Multiplex Integrated Cell Culture-PCR for Reliability of Waterborne Virus Detection Hwa Kyung Lee and Yong Seok Jeong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3632-3636; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methods for Enhanced Culture Recovery of Francisella tularensis Jeannine M. Petersen, Martin E. Schriefer, Kenneth L. Gage, John A. Montenieri, Leon G. Carter, Miles Stanley, and May C. Chu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3733-3735; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia Recovered from Flies on a Cattle Farm and in a Landfill Beata Szostakowska, Wieslawa Kruminis-Lozowska, Maria Racewicz, Ronald Knight, Leena Tamang, Przemyslaw Myjak, and Thaddeus K. Graczyk Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3742-3744; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution of Giardia duodenalis Genotypes and Subgenotypes in Raw Urban Wastewater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Irshad M. Sulaiman, Jianlin Jiang, Ajaib Singh, and Lihua Xiao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3776-3780; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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The Weak Acid Preservative Sorbic Acid Inhibits Conidial Germination and Mycelial Growth of Aspergillus niger through Intracellular Acidification Andrew Plumridge, Stephan J. A. Hesse, Adrian J. Watson, Kenneth C. Lowe, Malcolm Stratford, and David B. Archer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3506-3511; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection and Quantification of Airborne Conidia of Fusarium circinatum, the Causal Agent of Pine Pitch Canker, from Two California Sites by Using a Real-Time PCR Approach Combined with a Simple Spore Trapping Method Wolfgang Schweigkofler, Kerry O'Donnell, and Matteo Garbelotto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3512-3520; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specific 12ß-Hydroxylation of Cinobufagin by Filamentous Fungi Min Ye, Guiqin Qu, Hongzhu Guo, and Dean Guo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3521-3527; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Aspergillus parasiticus estA-Encoded Esterase Converts Versiconal Hemiacetal Acetate to Versiconal and Versiconol Acetate to Versiconol in Aflatoxin Biosynthesis Perng-Kuang Chang, Kimiko Yabe, and Jiujiang Yu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3593-3599; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vertical Transmission of Endobacteria in the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus Gigaspora margarita through Generation of Vegetative Spores V. Bianciotto, A. Genre, P. Jargeat, E. Lumini, G. Bécard, and P. Bonfante Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3600-3608; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Spatial Distribution of Bacterial Communities and Phenanthrene Degradation in the Rhizosphere of Lolium perenne L. S. C. Corgié, T. Beguiristain, and C. Leyval Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3552-3557; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Enrichment Followed by Quantitative PCR both for Rapid Detection and as a Tool for Quantitative Risk Assessment of Food-Borne Thermotolerant Campylobacters M. H. Josefsen, N. R. Jacobsen, and J. Hoorfar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3588-3592; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Establishment of a Real-Time PCR-Based Approach for Accurate Quantification of Bacterial RNA Targets in Water, Using Salmonella as a Model Organism Axel Fey, Stefan Eichler, Sébastien Flavier, Richard Christen, Manfred G. Höfle, and Carlos A. Guzmán Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3618-3623; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequence-Specific Cleavage of Small-Subunit (SSU) rRNA with Oligonucleotides and RNase H: a Rapid and Simple Approach to SSU rRNA-Based Quantitative Detection of Microorganisms Yutaka Uyeno, Yuji Sekiguchi, Akiko Sunaga, Hiroki Yoshida, and Yoichi Kamagata Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3650-3663; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Sinorhizobium meliloti as an Indicator for Specific Detection of Long-Chain N-Acyl Homoserine Lactones Inmaculada Llamas, Neela Keshavan, and Juan E. González Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3715-3723; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Noninvasive Pigment Identification in Single Cells from Living Phototrophic Biofilms by Confocal Imaging Spectrofluorometry M. Roldán, F. Thomas, S. Castel, A. Quesada, and M. Hernández-Mariné Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3745-3750; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Optimization of Procedures for Isolation of Mycobacteria from Soil and Water Samples Obtained in Northern India Deepti Parashar, D. S. Chauhan, V. D. Sharma, Aradhana Chauhan, S. V. S. Chauhan, and V. M. Katoch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3751-3753; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Short-Duration Low-Direct-Current Electrical Field Treatment Is a Practical Tool for Considerably Reducing Counts of Gram-Negative Bacteria Entrapped in Gel Beads R. Zvitov, C. Zohar-Perez, and A. Nussinovitch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3781-3784; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Inactivation of the Flagellin Gene flaA in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense Results in Nonmagnetotactic Mutants Lacking Flagellar Filaments Daniel Schultheiss, Michael Kube, and Dirk Schüler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3624-3631; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Bacterial Strains Isolated from Different Niches Can Exhibit Different Patterns of Adhesion to Substrata Dewi P. Bakker, Bart R. Postmus, Henk J. Busscher, and Henny C. van der Mei Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3758-3760; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letters to the Editor:

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Isolation and Identification of Actinobacteria from Plant Roots Don L. Crawford, Janice L. Strap, Ranjeet K. Tokala, Christopher M. M. Franco, and Justin T. Coombs Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2004 70: 3794 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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