Contents: September 2004, Volume 70, Issue 9        Microbial Ecology        Food Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Public Health Microbiology        Environmental Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Geomicrobiology        Methods        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Invertebrate Microbiology        Mycology Other Issues

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Microbial Ecology:

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Comparison of Diversities and Compositions of Bacterial Populations Inhabiting Natural Forest Soils Evelyn Hackl, Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern, Levente Bodrossy, and Angela Sessitsch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5057-5065; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity and Seasonal Changes of Uncultured Planctomycetales in River Biofilms I. H. M. Brümmer, A. D. M. Felske, and I. Wagner-Döbler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5094-5101; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clonality and Diversity of the Fish Pathogen Lactococcus garvieae in Mediterranean Countries Marina Eyngor, Amir Zlotkin, Claudio Ghittino, Marino Prearo, Diane-Gaëlle Douet, Stefan Chilmonczyk, and Avi Eldar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5132-5137; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acidified Litter Benefits the Intestinal Flora Balance of Broiler Chickens Margarita Novoa Garrido, Magne Skjervheim, Hanne Oppegaard, and Henning Sørum Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5208-5213; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Situ Monitoring of Streptothricin Production by Streptomyces rochei F20 in Soil and Rhizosphere Usanee Anukool, William H. Gaze, and Elizabeth M. H. Wellington Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5222-5228; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Combined Use of Cultivation-Dependent and Cultivation-Independent Methods Indicates that Members of Most Haloarchaeal Groups in an Australian Crystallizer Pond Are Cultivable D. G. Burns, H. M. Camakaris, P. H. Janssen, and M. L. Dyall-Smith Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5258-5265; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of Fungi and Bacteria to Leaf Litter Decomposition in a Polluted River Cláudia Pascoal and Fernanda Cássio Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5266-5273; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microautoradiographic Study of Rhodocyclus-Related Polyphosphate-Accumulating Bacteria in Full-Scale Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Plants Yunhong Kong, Jeppe Lund Nielsen, and Per Halkjær Nielsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5383-5390; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Epiphytic Cyanobacteria on Chara vulgaris Are the Main Contributors to N2 Fixation in Rice Fields Yoanna Ariosa, Antonio Quesada, Juan Aburto, David Carrasco, Ramón Carreres, Francisco Leganés, and Eduardo Fernández Valiente Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5391-5397; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Members of the Metabolically Active Microbial Populations Associated with Beggiatoa Species Mat Communities from Gulf of Mexico Cold-Seep Sediments Heath J. Mills, Robert J. Martinez, Sandra Story, and Patricia A. Sobecky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5447-5458; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Geochemical Rate-RNA Integration Study: Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Gene Transcription and Photosynthetic Capacity of Planktonic Photoautotrophs Jorge E. Corredor, Boris Wawrik, John H. Paul, Hiep Tran, Lee Kerkhof, José M. López, Angel Dieppa, and Oswaldo Cárdenas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5459-5468; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Temperature and Salinity on Vibrio vulnificus Population Dynamics as Assessed by Quantitative PCR Mark A. Randa, Martin F. Polz, and Eelin Lim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5469-5476; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Integration of Microbial Ecology and Statistics: a Test To Compare Gene Libraries Patrick D. Schloss, Bret R. Larget, and Jo Handelsman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5485-5492; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Analysis of Polyketide Synthase I Domains from Soil Metagenomic Libraries Allows Selection of Promising Clones Aurélien Ginolhac, Cyrille Jarrin, Benjamin Gillet, Patrick Robe, Petar Pujic, Karine Tuphile, Hélène Bertrand, Timothy M. Vogel, Guy Perrière, Pascal Simonet, and Renaud Nalin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5522-5527; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Competition between Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria and Benthic Microalgae Nils Risgaard-Petersen, Mette H. Nicolaisen, Niels Peter Revsbech, and Bente Aa Lomstein Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5528-5537; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Highly Enriched Dehalococcoides-Containing Culture That Grows on Vinyl Chloride and Trichloroethene Melanie Duhamel, Kaiguo Mo, and Elizabeth A. Edwards Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5538-5545; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Implicating the Glutathione-Gated Potassium Efflux System as a Cause of Electrophile-Induced Activated Sludge Deflocculation Charles B. Bott and Nancy G. Love Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5569-5578; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolic Primers for Detection of (Per)chlorate-Reducing Bacteria in the Environment and Phylogenetic Analysis of cld Gene Sequences Kelly S. Bender, Melissa R. Rice, William H. Fugate, John D. Coates, and Laurie A. Achenbach Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5651-5658; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methanogenic Inhibition by Arsenic Compounds Reyes Sierra-Alvarez, Irail Cortinas, Umur Yenal, and Jim A. Field Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5688-5691; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Characterization and Heterologous Expression of the Oxalyl Coenzyme A Decarboxylase Gene from Bifidobacterium lactis Federica Federici, Beatrice Vitali, Roberto Gotti, Maria Rosalia Pasca, Silvia Gobbi, Ammon B. Peck, and Patrizia Brigidi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5066-5073; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Complex Nutrient Source on Growth of and Curvacin A Production by Sausage Isolate Lactobacillus curvatus LTH 1174 Jurgen Verluyten, Frédéric Leroy, and Luc de Vuyst Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5081-5088; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Surveillance of Bulk Raw and Commercially Pasteurized Cows' Milk from Approved Irish Liquid-Milk Pasteurization Plants To Determine the Incidence of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis Ciara E. O'Reilly, Lisa O'Connor, Wayne Anderson, Peter Harvey, Irene R. Grant, John Donaghy, Michael Rowe, and Pat O'Mahony Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5138-5144; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genotyping and Toxigenic Potential of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus pumilus Strains Occurring in Industrial and Artisanal Cured Sausages Alessandra Matarante, Federico Baruzzi, Pier Sandro Cocconcelli, and Maria Morea Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5168-5176; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Extracellular Proteins of Enterohemorrhagic and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains and Their ihf and ler Mutants M. Li, I. Rosenshine, S. L. Tung, X. H. Wang, D. Friedberg, C. L. Hew, and K. Y. Leung Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5274-5282; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phenotypic and Molecular Typing of Salmonella Strains Reveals Different Contamination Sources in Two Commercial Pig Slaughterhouses Nadine Botteldoorn, Lieve Herman, Nancy Rijpens, and Marc Heyndrickx Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5305-5314; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Fingerprinting of Dairy Microbial Ecosystems by Use of Temporal Temperature and Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis J.-C. Ogier, V. Lafarge, V. Girard, A. Rault, V. Maladen, A. Gruss, J.-Y. Leveau, and A. Delacroix-Buchet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5628-5643; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Raw Cow Milk Bacterial Population Shifts Attributable to Refrigeration Véronique Lafarge, Jean-Claude Ogier, Victoria Girard, Véronique Maladen, Jean-Yves Leveau, Alexandra Gruss, and Agnès Delacroix-Buchet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5644-5650; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes in Fish and Meat Systems by Use of Oregano and Cranberry Phytochemical Synergies Y. T. Lin, R. G. Labbe, and Kalidas Shetty Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5672-5678; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Display of Bacterial Lipase on the Escherichia coli Cell Surface by Using FadL as an Anchoring Motif and Use of the Enzyme in Enantioselective Biocatalysis Seung Hwan Lee, Jong-Il Choi, Si Jae Park, Sang Yup Lee, and Byoung Chul Park Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5074-5080; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of Aspergillus awamori Thaumatin Secretion by Modification of bipA Gene Expression Marta Lombraña, Francisco J. Moralejo, Rosa Pinto, and Juan F. Martín Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5145-5152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Assessment of Production Conditions for Efficient Use of Escherichia coli in High-Yield Heterologous Recombinant Selenoprotein Synthesis Olle Rengby, Linda Johansson, Lars A. Carlson, Elena Serini, Alexios Vlamis-Gardikas, Per Kårsnäs, and Elias S. J. Arnér Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5159-5167; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Copper Ions Stimulate Polyphosphate Degradation and Phosphate Efflux in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Sergio Alvarez and Carlos A. Jerez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5177-5182; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Substrate-Induced Production and Secretion of Cellulases by Clostridium acetobutylicum Ana M. López-Contreras, Krisztina Gabor, Aernout A. Martens, Bernadet A. M. Renckens, Pieternel A. M. Claassen, John van der Oost, and Willem M. de Vos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5238-5243; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of CcpA and Involvement of This Protein in Transcriptional Regulation of Lactate Dehydrogenase and Pyruvate Formate-Lyase in the Ruminal Bacterium Streptococcus bovis Narito Asanuma, Takahiro Yoshii, and Tsuneo Hino Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5244-5251; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Growth of Bacillus mojavensis and Bacillus subtilis Requires Deoxyribonucleosides or DNA Martha J. Folmsbee, Michael J. McInerney, and David P. Nagle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5252-5257; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Inactivation of Genetic Loci Involved with Lactobacillus acidophilus Acid Tolerance M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, Eric Altermann, Rebecca L. Hoover-Fitzula, Raul J. Cano, and Todd R. Klaenhammer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5315-5322; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Hexose Transport in Control of Glycolytic Flux in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Karin Elbing, Christer Larsson, Roslyn M. Bill, Eva Albers, Jacky L. Snoep, Eckhard Boles, Stefan Hohmann, and Lena Gustafsson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5323-5330; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RsbT and RsbV Contribute to B-Dependent Survival under Environmental, Energy, and Intracellular Stress Conditions in Listeria monocytogenes Soraya Chaturongakul and Kathryn J. Boor Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5349-5356; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biofuel Cells Select for Microbial Consortia That Self-Mediate Electron Transfer Korneel Rabaey, Nico Boon, Steven D. Siciliano, Marc Verhaege, and Willy Verstraete Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5373-5382; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Expression System Tightly Controlled by Zinc Availability in Lactococcus lactis D. Llull and I. Poquet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5398-5406; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of a Xylan-Fermenting Yeast Strain through Codisplay of Xylanolytic Enzymes on the Surface of Xylose-Utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells Satoshi Katahira, Yasuya Fujita, Atsuko Mizuike, Hideki Fukuda, and Akihiko Kondo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5407-5414; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Pool of ADP and ATP Regulates Anaerobic Product Formation in Resting Cells of Lactococcus lactis Johan Palmfeldt, Marco Paese, Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal, and Ed W. J. van Niel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5477-5484; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Characterization of Gluconolactone Oxidase of Penicillium cyaneo-fulvum ATCC 10431 and Evaluation of Its Use for Production of D-Erythorbic Acid in Recombinant Pichia pastoris Tuomas Salusjärvi, Nisse Kalkkinen, and Andrei N. Miasnikov Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5503-5510; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alkaline Anaerobic Respiration: Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Alkaliphilic and Metal-Reducing Bacterium Qi Ye, Yul Roh, Susan L. Carroll, Benjamin Blair, Jizhong Zhou, Chuanlun L. Zhang, and Matthew W. Fields Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5595-5602; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Increasing the Carbon Flux toward Synthesis of Short-Chain-Length—Medium-Chain-Length Polyhydroxyalkanoate in the Peroxisome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae through Modification of the ß-Oxidation Cycle Valeria Cora de Oliveira, Isamu Maeda, Syndie Delessert, and Yves Poirier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5685-5687; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Minicellulosomes from Clostridium cellulovorans in Bacillus subtilis WB800 Hee-Yeon Cho, Hideaki Yukawa, Masayuki Inui, Roy H. Doi, and Sui-Lam Wong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5704-5707; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Calicivirus Inactivation by Nonionizing (253.7-Nanometer-Wavelength [UV]) and Ionizing (Gamma) Radiation Ana Maria de Roda Husman, Paul Bijkerk, Willemijn Lodder, Harold van den Berg, Walter Pribil, Alexander Cabaj, Peter Gehringer, Regina Sommer, and Erwin Duizer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5089-5093; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Length of Time before Incorporation on Survival of Pathogenic Bacteria Present in Livestock Wastes Applied to Agricultural Soil M. L. Hutchison, L. D. Walters, A. Moore, K. M. Crookes, and S. M. Avery Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5111-5118; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Analysis of Vibrio vulnificus Strains Isolated from Taiwan and the United States Hin-chung Wong, Shau-Yan Chen, Meng-Yi Chen, James D. Oliver, Lien-I Hor, and Wen-Cherng Tsai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5153-5158; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of Estrogens by Rhodococcus zopfii and Rhodococcus equi Isolates from Activated Sludge in Wastewater Treatment Plants Takeshi Yoshimoto, Fumiko Nagai, Junji Fujimoto, Koichi Watanabe, Harumi Mizukoshi, Takashi Makino, Kazumasa Kimura, Hideyuki Saino, Haruji Sawada, and Hiroshi Omura Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5283-5289; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transmission and Infectious Dose of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Swine N. A. Cornick and A. F. Helgerson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5331-5335; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Forage or Grain Diets with or without Monensin on Ruminal Persistence and Fecal Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Cattle M. J. Van Baale, J. M. Sargeant, D. P. Gnad, B. M. DeBey, K. F. Lechtenberg, and T. G. Nagaraja Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5336-5342; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Fluorescence Microscopy and Solid-Phase Cytometry Methods for Counting Bacteria in Water John T. Lisle, Martin A. Hamilton, Alan R. Willse, and Gordon A. McFeters Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5343-5348; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clearance of Human-Pathogenic Viruses from Sludge: Study of Four Stabilization Processes by Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR and Cell Culture S. Monpoeho, A. Maul, C. Bonnin, L. Patria, S. Ranarijaona, S. Billaudel, and V. Ferré Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5434-5440; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Species Involved in Production of 1,2-sn-Diacylglycerol and Effects of Phosphatidylcholine on Human Fecal Microbiota Jelena Vulevic, Anne L. McCartney, Jennifer M. Gee, Ian T. Johnson, and Glenn R. Gibson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5659-5666; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Electrophoretic Mobility of Mycobacterium avium Complex Organisms Darren Lytle, Christy Frietch, and Terry Covert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5667-5671; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Potential Role for Fish in Transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli Ulcer): an Environmental Study Miriam Eddyani, David Ofori-Adjei, Guy Teugels, David De Weirdt, Daniel Boakye, Wayne M. Meyers, and Françoise Portaels Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5679-5681; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Large-Scale Population Structure of Human Commensal Escherichia coli Isolates Patricia Escobar-Páramo, Karine Grenet, Arnaud Le Menac'h, Luc Rode, Emmanuelle Salgado, Christine Amorin, Stéphanie Gouriou, Bertrand Picard, Mohamed Chérif Rahimy, Antoine Andremont, Erick Denamur, and Raymond Ruimy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5698-5700; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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The gnyRDBHAL Cluster Is Involved in Acyclic Isoprenoid Degradation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa A. L. Díaz-Pérez, A. N. Zavala-Hernández, C. Cervantes, and J. Campos-García Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5102-5110; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nonmarine Crenarchaeol in Nevada Hot Springs A. Pearson, Z. Huang, A. E. Ingalls, C. S. Romanek, J. Wiegel, K. H. Freeman, R. H. Smittenberg, and C. L. Zhang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5229-5237; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiple Nonidentical Reductive-Dehalogenase-Homologous Genes Are Common in Dehalococcoides Tina Hölscher, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Kirsti M. Ritalahti, Friedrich von Wintzingerode, Helmut Görisch, Frank E. Löffler, and Lorenz Adrian Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5290-5297; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Escherichia coli Morphogene bolA on Biofilms Helena L. A. Vieira, Patrick Freire, and Cecília M. Arraiano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5682-5684; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Widespread Occurrence of a Novel Division of Bacteria Identified by 16S rRNA Gene Sequences Originally Found in Deep Marine Sediments Gordon Webster, R. John Parkes, John C. Fry, and Andrew J. Weightman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5708-5713; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Comparison of ATPase-Encoding Type III Secretion System hrcN Genes in Biocontrol Fluorescent Pseudomonads and in Phytopathogenic Proteobacteria Fabio Rezzonico, Geneviève Défago, and Yvan Moënne-Loccoz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5119-5131; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cell Density-Dependent Gene Contributes to Efficient Seed Colonization by Pseudomonas putida KT2440 Manuel Espinosa-Urgel and Juan-Luis Ramos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5190-5198; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Requirement of a Relatively High Threshold Level of Mg2+ for Cell Growth of a Rhizoplane Bacterium, Sphingomonas yanoikuyae EC-S001 Henny Hoo, Yasuyuki Hashidoko, Md. Tofazzal Islam, and Satoshi Tahara Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5214-5221; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heads or Tails: Host-Parasite Interactions in the Drosophila-Wolbachia System Zoe Veneti, Michael E. Clark, Timothy L. Karr, Charalambos Savakis, and Kostas Bourtzis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5366-5372; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Implications of Amino Acid Substitutions in GyrA at Position 83 in Terms of Oxolinic Acid Resistance in Field Isolates of Burkholderia glumae, a Causal Agent of Bacterial Seedling Rot and Grain Rot of Rice Yukiko Maeda, Akinori Kiba, Kouhei Ohnishi, and Yasufumi Hikichi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5613-5620; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Direct Correlation between Rates of Anaerobic Respiration and Levels of mRNA for Key Respiratory Genes in Geobacter sulfurreducens Kuk-Jeong Chin, Abraham Esteve-Núñez, Ching Leang, and Derek R. Lovley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5183-5189; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Restores Menaquinone Synthesis to a Menaquinone-Negative Mutant Charles R. Myers and Judith M. Myers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5415-5425; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Identification of Specific In Vivo-Induced (ivi) Genes in Yersinia ruckeri and Analysis of Ruckerbactin, a Catecholate Siderophore Iron Acquisition System L. Fernández, I. Márquez, and J. A. Guijarro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5199-5207; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modified Serial Analysis of Gene Expression Method for Construction of Gene Expression Profiles of Microbial Eukaryotic Species Kathryn J. Coyne, JoAnn M. Burkholder, Robert A. Feldman, David A. Hutchins, and S. Craig Cary Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5298-5304; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Simultaneous Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization of mRNA and rRNA in Environmental Bacteria Annelie Pernthaler and Rudolf Amann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5426-5433; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Atomic Force Microscopy Interaction Forces between Bacteria and Silicon Nitride Substrata for Three Commonly Used Immobilization Methods Virginia Vadillo-Rodríguez, Henk J. Busscher, Willem Norde, Joop de Vries, René J. B. Dijkstra, Ietse Stokroos, and Henny C. van der Mei Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5441-5446; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fluorogenic Selective and Differential Medium for Isolation of Enterobacter sakazakii Se-Wook Oh and Dong-Hyun Kang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5692-5694; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Estimation of Numbers of Fecal Bacteroidetes by Use of a Quantitative PCR Assay for 16S rRNA Genes Linda K. Dick and Katharine G. Field Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5695-5697; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PCR-Based Identification of Hyperthermophilic Archaea of the Family Thermococcaceae Galina B. Slobodkina, Nikolai A. Chernyh, Alexander I. Slobodkin, Irina V. Subbotina, Elizaveta A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya, and Alexander V. Lebedinsky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5701-5703; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Localization and Characterization of Two Novel Genes Encoding Stereospecific Dioxygenases Catalyzing 2(2,4-Dichlorophenoxy)propionate Cleavage in Delftia acidovorans MC1 Kathleen M. Schleinitz, Sabine Kleinsteuber, Tatiana Vallaeys, and Wolfgang Babel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5357-5365; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of the N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone-Dependent Quorum-Sensing System in Rhizosphere Pseudomonas putida WCS358 and Cross-Talk with the Stationary-Phase RpoS Sigma Factor and the Global Regulator GacA Iris Bertani and Vittorio Venturi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5493-5502; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lactococcal Plasmid pNP40 Encodes a Novel, Temperature-Sensitive Restriction-Modification System Jonathan O'Driscoll, Frances Glynn, Oonagh Cahalane, Mary O'Connell-Motherway, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Douwe van Sinderen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5546-5556; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of a Rolling-Circle-Type Plasmid from Rhodococcus erythropolis and Application of the Plasmid to Multiple-Recombinant-Protein Expression Nobutaka Nakashima and Tomohiro Tamura Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5557-5568; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Characterization of the Bile Salt Hydrolase Genes (bsh) from Bifidobacterium bifidum Strains Geun-Bae Kim, Carol M. Miyamoto, Edward A. Meighen, and Byong H. Lee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5603-5612; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Experimental and Theoretical Bases of Specific Affinity, a Cytoarchitecture-Based Formulation of Nutrient Collection Proposed To Supercede the Michaelis-Menten Paradigm of Microbial Kinetics D. K. Button, Betsy Robertson, Elizabeth Gustafson, and Xiaoming Zhao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5511-5521; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Functional Characterization of a Xenorhabdus nematophila Oligopeptide Permease Samantha S. Orchard and Heidi Goodrich-Blair Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5621-5627; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Genetic Structure of a Spodoptera frugiperda Nucleopolyhedrovirus Population: High Prevalence of Deletion Genotypes Oihane Simón, Trevor Williams, Miguel López-Ferber, and Primitivo Caballero Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5579-5588; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Blakeslea trispora Genes for Carotene Biosynthesis M. Rodríguez-Sáiz, B. Paz, J. L. de la Fuente, M. J. López-Nieto, W. Cabri, and J. L. Barredo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2004 70: 5589-5594; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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