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Contents: January 2005, Volume 71, Issue 1        Minireviews        Food Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Methods        Microbial Ecology        Public Health Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Physiology and Biotechnology        Biodegradation        Mycology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Environmental Microbiology        Errata

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Minireviews:

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Amoebae as Training Grounds for Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens Maëlle Molmeret, Matthias Horn, Michael Wagner, Marina Santic, and Yousef Abu Kwaik Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 20-28; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Development and Validation of PCR Primers To Assess the Diversity of Clostridium spp. in Cheese by Temporal Temperature Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Anne-Gaëlle Le Bourhis, Katiana Saunier, Joël Doré, Jean-Philippe Carlier, Jean-François Chamba, Michel-Robert Popoff, and Jean-Luc Tholozan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 29-38; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Partial Characterization of the Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Gene Responsible for Cereulide Production in Emetic Bacillus cereus Monika Ehling-Schulz, Natasa Vukov, Anja Schulz, Ranad Shaheen, Maria Andersson, Erwin Märtlbauer, and Siegfried Scherer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 105-113; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biofilm Formation by Escherichia coli O157:H7 on Stainless Steel: Effect of Exopolysaccharide and Curli Production on Its Resistance to Chlorine Jee-Hoon Ryu and Larry R. Beuchat Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 247-254; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Simulated Human Gastric Fluid Mark L. Tamplin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 320-325; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High-Pressure Inactivation of Hepatitis A Virus within Oysters Kevin R. Calci, Gloria K. Meade, Robert C. Tezloff, and David H. Kingsley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 339-343; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Gradient Plates To Study Combined Effects of Temperature, pH, and NaCl Concentration on Growth of Monascus ruber van Tieghem, an Ascomycetes Fungus Isolated from Green Table Olives E. Z. Panagou, P. N. Skandamis, and G.-J. E. Nychas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 392-399; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of a Novel Class IIa Bacteriocin, Piscicocin CS526, from Surimi-Associated Carnobacterium piscicola CS526 Koji Yamazaki, Minako Suzuki, Yuji Kawai, Norio Inoue, and Thomas J. Montville Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 554-557; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Bacillus subtilis -Phosphoglucomutase Is Required for Normal Cell Morphology and Biofilm Formation Vladimir Lazarevic, Blazenka Soldo, Noël Médico, Harold Pooley, Sierd Bron, and Dimitri Karamata Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 39-45; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Feedback-Resistant Acetohydroxy Acid Synthase Increases Valine Production in Corynebacterium glutamicum Veronika Elisáková, Miroslav Pátek, Jirí Holátko, Jan Nesvera, Damien Leyval, Jean-Louis Goergen, and Stéphane Delaunay Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 207-213; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Diversity and Horizontal Transfer of Genes Involved in Oxidation of Reduced Phosphorus Compounds by Alcaligenes faecalis WM2072 Marlena M. Wilson and William W. Metcalf Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 290-296; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of a Native Composite Transposon, Tn14751, Carrying 17.4 Kilobases of Corynebacterium glutamicum Chromosomal DNA Masayuki Inui, Yota Tsuge, Nobuaki Suzuki, Alain A. Vertès, and Hideaki Yukawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 407-416; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Structure and Transcriptional Organization of the dnaK Operon of Bifidobacterium breve UCC 2003 and Application of the Operon in Bifidobacterial Tracing Marco Ventura, Ralf Zink, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Douwe van Sinderen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 487-500; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Analysis of Genes Encoding Shiga Toxin 2 and Its Variants in Escherichia coli Wenlan Zhang, Martina Bielaszewska, Alexander W. Friedrich, Thorsten Kuczius, and Helge Karch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 558-561; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutation of a LysR-Type Regulator of Antifungal Activity Results in a Growth Advantage in Stationary Phase Phenotype in Pseudomonas aureofaciens PA147-2 Mark W. Silby, Stephen R. Giddens, and H. Khris Mahanty Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 569-573; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Simultaneous Recovery of Extracellular and Intracellular DNA Suitable for Molecular Studies from Marine Sediments Cinzia Corinaldesi, Roberto Danovaro, and Antonio Dell'Anno Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 46-50; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Culture Conditions on Microorganism Identification by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry Nancy Valentine, Sharon Wunschel, David Wunschel, Catherine Petersen, and Karen Wahl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 58-64; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Membrane Adsorption with Direct Cell Culture Combined with Reverse Transcription-PCR as a Fast Method for Identifying Enteroviruses from Sewage D. Papaventsis, N. Siafakas, P. Markoulatos, G. T. Papageorgiou, C. Kourtis, E. Chatzichristou, C. Economou, and S. Levidiotou Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 72-79; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Artificial Neural Networks To Accurately Identify Cryptosporidium Oocyst and Giardia Cyst Images Kenneth W. Widmer, Deepak Srikumar, and Suresh D. Pillai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 80-84; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Fluorophore-Conjugated Lectins To Study Cell-Cell Interactions in Model Marine Biofilms Barbara Wigglesworth-Cooksey and Keith E. Cooksey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 428-435; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methods To Increase Fidelity of Repetitive Extragenic Palindromic PCR Fingerprint-Based Bacterial Source Tracking Efforts Wail M. Hassan, Shiao Y. Wang, and Rudolph D. Ellender Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 512-518; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of glnQ as a Counterselectable Marker for Creation of Allelic Exchange Mutations in Group B Streptococci Glen S. Tamura, Debra S. Bratt, Harry H. Yim, and Aphakorn Nittayajarn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 587-590; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High-Level Overproduction of His-Tagged Tth DNA Polymerase in Thermus thermophilus Renata Moreno, Amparo Haro, Angel Castellanos, and José Berenguer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 591-593; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Conjugal TOL Transfer from Pseudomonas putida to Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Effects of Restriction Proficiency, Toxicant Exposure, Cell Density Ratios, and Conjugation Detection Method on Observed Transfer Efficiencies Catalina Arango Pinedo and Barth F. Smets Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 51-57; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Seasonal Change in Bacterial Flora and Biomass in Mountain Snow from the Tateyama Mountains, Japan, Analyzed by 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing and Real-Time PCR Takahiro Segawa, Koji Miyamoto, Kazunari Ushida, Kiyokazu Agata, Norihiro Okada, and Shiro Kohshima Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 123-130; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activity and Diversity of Methanogens in a Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Aquifer Jutta Kleikemper, Silvina A. Pombo, Martin H. Schroth, William V. Sigler, Manuel Pesaro, and Josef Zeyer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 149-158; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Green-Like and Red-Like Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Large-Subunit Genes (cbbL) in Differently Managed Agricultural Soils Drazenka Selesi, Michael Schmid, and Anton Hartmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 175-184; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Unveiling of Novel Radiations within Trichodesmium Cluster by hetR Gene Sequence Analysis Pernilla Lundgren, Sven Janson, Sara Jonasson, Alon Singer, and Birgitta Bergman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 190-196; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Autotrophic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria Contribute Minimally to Nitrification in a Nitrogen-Impacted Forested Ecosystem Fiona L. Jordan, J. Jason L. Cantera, Mark E. Fenn, and Lisa Y. Stein Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 197-206; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mercury Adaptation among Bacteria from a Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Costantino Vetriani, Yein S. Chew, Susan M. Miller, Jane Yagi, Jonna Coombs, Richard A. Lutz, and Tamar Barkay Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 220-226; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Geographic and Environmental Sources of Variation in Lake Bacterial Community Composition Anthony C. Yannarell and Eric W. Triplett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 227-239; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantification of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria and Factors Controlling Nitrification in Salt Marsh Sediments Sherry L. Dollhopf, Jung-Ho Hyun, April C. Smith, Harold J. Adams, Sean O'Brien, and Joel E. Kostka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 240-246; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Environmental Conditions on Methanogenic Compositions in Anaerobic Biogas Reactors Dimitar Karakashev, Damien J. Batstone, and Irini Angelidaki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 331-338; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roseobacter-Like Bacteria in Red and Mediterranean Sea Aerobic Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Populations Aia Oz, Gazalah Sabehi, Michal Koblízek, Ramon Massana, and Oded Béjà Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 344-353; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interactions between Oral Bacteria: Inhibition of Streptococcus mutans Bacteriocin Production by Streptococcus gordonii Bing-Yan Wang and Howard K. Kuramitsu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 354-362; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity and Distribution of Methanotrophic Archaea at Cold Seeps Katrin Knittel, Tina Lösekann, Antje Boetius, Renate Kort, and Rudolf Amann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 467-479; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nearly Identical Bacteriophage Structural Gene Sequences Are Widely Distributed in both Marine and Freshwater Environments Cindy M. Short and Curtis A. Suttle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 480-486; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Legionella Species Diversity in an Acidic Biofilm Community in Yellowstone National Park Kathy B. Sheehan, Joan M. Henson, and Michael J. Ferris Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 507-511; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Resistance-Nodulation-Division Transporters from Solvent- and Drug-Resistant Bacteria in Petroleum-Contaminated Soil Norika Meguro, Yumiko Kodama, Maria-Trinidad Gallegos, and Kazuya Watanabe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 580-586; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Discrimination Efficacy of Fecal Pollution Detection in Different Aquatic Habitats of a High-Altitude Tropical Country, Using Presumptive Coliforms, Escherichia coli, and Clostridium perfringens Spores Denis Byamukama, Robert L. Mach, Frank Kansiime, Mohamad Manafi, and Andreas H. Farnleitner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 65-71; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temperature-Driven Campylobacter Seasonality in England and Wales Valérie R. Louis, Iain A. Gillespie, Sarah J. O'Brien, Estelle Russek-Cohen, Andrew D. Pearson, and Rita R. Colwell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 85-92; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rectal Carriage of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 in Slaughtered Cattle J. Christopher Low, Iain J. McKendrick, Caroline McKechnie, David Fenlon, Stuart W. Naylor, Carol Currie, David G. E. Smith, Lesley Allison, and David L. Gally Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 93-97; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Airborne Stachybotrys chartarum Macrocyclic Trichothecene Mycotoxins on Particulates Smaller than Conidia T. L. Brasel, D. R. Douglas, S. C. Wilson, and D. C. Straus Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 114-122; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Epidemiology of Cryptosporidium molnari in Spanish Gilthead Sea Bream (Sparus aurata L.) and European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) Cultures: from Hatchery to Market Size A. Sitjà-Bobadilla, F. Padrós, C. Aguilera, and P. Alvarez-Pellitero Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 131-139; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Persistence of Animal and Human Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococci on Two Norwegian Poultry Farms Formerly Exposed to Avoparcin Is Associated with a Widespread Plasmid-Mediated vanA Element within a Polyclonal Enterococcus faecium Population P. J. Johnsen, J. I. Østerhus, H. Sletvold, M. Sørum, H. Kruse, K. Nielsen, G. S. Simonsen, and A. Sundsfjord Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 159-168; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Thermophilic Campylobacter spp. from Cattle Farms in Washington State Wonki Bae, Katherine N. Kaya, Dale D. Hancock, Douglas R. Call, Yong Ho Park, and Thomas E. Besser Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 169-174; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clinical and Environmental Isolates of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Cannot Be Distinguished by Sequence Analysis of Two Surface Protein Genes and Three Housekeeping Genes Helena Aurell, Pierre Farge, Hélène Meugnier, Manolo Gouy, Françoise Forey, Gérard Lina, François Vandenesch, Jerome Etienne, and Sophie Jarraud Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 282-289; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Sand and Sawdust Bedding Materials on the Fecal Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Dairy Cows Jeffrey T. LeJeune and Michael D. Kauffman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 326-330; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Llama Antibody Fragments for Prevention of Dandruff by Phage Display in Shampoo Edward Dolk, Marcel van der Vaart, David Lutje Hulsik, Gert Vriend, Hans de Haard, Silvia Spinelli, Christian Cambillau, Leon Frenken, and Theo Verrips Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 442-450; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Monitoring of Antibiotic-Induced Alterations in the Human Intestinal Microflora and Detection of Probiotic Strains by Use of Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Cecilia Jernberg, Åsa Sullivan, Charlotta Edlund, and Janet K. Jansson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 501-506; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

First Record of the Rare Species Aeromonas culicicola from a Drinking Water Supply M. J. Figueras, A. Suarez-Franquet, M. R. Chacón, L. Soler, M. Navarro, C. Alejandre, B. Grasa, A. J. Martínez-Murcia, and J. Guarro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 538-541; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biocidal Activity of Formaldehyde and Nonformaldehyde Biocides toward Mycobacterium immunogenum and Pseudomonas fluorescens in Pure and Mixed Suspensions in Synthetic Metalworking Fluid and Saline Suresh B. Selvaraju, Izhar U. H. Khan, and Jagjit S. Yadav Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 542-546; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Scarce Evidence of Yogurt Lactic Acid Bacteria in Human Feces after Daily Yogurt Consumption by Healthy Volunteers Rosa del Campo, Daniel Bravo, Rafael Cantón, Patricia Ruiz-Garbajosa, Raimundo García-Albiach, Alejandra Montesi-Libois, Francisco-Javier Yuste, Victor Abraira, and Fernando Baquero Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 547-549; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chlorine Inactivation of Bacterial Bioterrorism Agents Laura J. Rose, Eugene W. Rice, Bette Jensen, Ricardo Murga, Alicia Peterson, Rodney M. Donlan, and Matthew J. Arduino Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 566-568; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Diversity and Characterization of Tetracycline-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from a Poultry Processing Plant Geert Huys, Klaas D'Haene, Johan Van Eldere, Alexander von Holy, and Jean Swings Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 574-579; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Isolation of Vibrio alginolyticus and Vibrio splendidus from Aquacultured Carpet Shell Clam (Ruditapes decussatus) Larvae Associated with Mass Mortalities J. Gómez-León, L. Villamil, M. L. Lemos, B. Novoa, and A. Figueras Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 98-104; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cyt1A of Bacillus thuringiensis Delays Evolution of Resistance to Cry11A in the Mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus Margaret C. Wirth, Hyun-Woo Park, William E. Walton, and Brian A. Federici Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 185-189; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Analysis of Deformed Wing Virus Infection in the Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) Y. P. Chen, J. A. Higgins, and M. F. Feldlaufer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 436-441; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Seasonal Variation of Ralstonia solanacearum Biovar 2 Populations in a Spanish River: Recovery of Stressed Cells at Low Temperatures Paola Caruso, Jose Luis Palomo, Edson Bertolini, Belén Álvarez, María M. López, and Elena G. Biosca Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 140-148; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A clp Gene Homologue Belonging to the Crp Gene Family Globally Regulates Lytic Enzyme Production, Antimicrobial Activity, and Biological Control Activity Expressed by Lysobacter enzymogenes Strain C3 Donald Y. Kobayashi, Ralph M. Reedy, Jeffrey D. Palumbo, Jun-Ma Zhou, and Gary Y. Yuen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 261-269; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Genes Differentially Expressed in Extraradical Mycelium and Ectomycorrhizal Roots during Paxillus involutus-Betula pendula Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis Mélanie Morel, Christophe Jacob, Annegret Kohler, Tomas Johansson, Francis Martin, Michel Chalot, and Annick Brun Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 382-391; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of Folate Biosynthesis to Ralstonia solanacearum Proliferation in Intercellular Spaces Rena Shinohara, Ayami Kanda, Kouhei Ohnishi, Akinori Kiba, and Yasufumi Hikichi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 417-422; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Non-Frankia Actinomycetes Isolated from Surface-Sterilized Roots of Casuarina equisetifolia Fix Nitrogen María Valdés, Néstor-Octavio Pérez, Paulina Estrada-de los Santos, Jesús Caballero-Mellado, Juan José Peña-Cabriales, Philippe Normand, and Ann M. Hirsch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 460-466; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Enantioselective Synthesis of S-Equol from Dihydrodaidzein by a Newly Isolated Anaerobic Human Intestinal Bacterium Xiu-Ling Wang, Hor-Gil Hur, Je Hyeon Lee, Ki Tae Kim, and Su-Il Kim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 214-219; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Starch-Binding Domain Affects Catalysis in Two Lactobacillus -Amylases R. Rodríguez-Sanoja, B. Ruiz, J. P. Guyot, and S. Sanchez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 297-302; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Redox Interactions between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces uvarum in Mixed Culture under Enological Conditions Naoufel Cheraiti, Stéphane Guezenec, and Jean-Michel Salmon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 255-260; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Different Inactivation Behaviors of MS-2 Phage and Escherichia coli in TiO2 Photocatalytic Disinfection Min Cho, Hyenmi Chung, Wonyong Choi, and Jeyong Yoon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 270-275; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification, Cloning, and Characterization of a Lactococcus lactis Branched-Chain -Keto Acid Decarboxylase Involved in Flavor Formation Bart A. Smit, Johan E. T. van Hylckama Vlieg, Wim J. M. Engels, Laura Meijer, Jan T. M. Wouters, and Gerrit Smit Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 303-311; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Auxotrophic Mutants of Diploid Industrial Yeast Strains after UV Mutagenesis Shinji Hashimoto, Mayumi Ogura, Kazuo Aritomi, Hisashi Hoshida, Yoshinori Nishizawa, and Rinji Akada Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 312-319; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genes Involved in Formation and Attachment of a Two-Carbon Chain as a Component of Eurekanate, a Branched-Chain Sugar Moiety of Avilamycin A Irina Treede, Gerd Hauser, Agnes Mühlenweg, Carsten Hofmann, Maraike Schmidt, Gabriele Weitnauer, Steffen Glaser, and Andreas Bechthold Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 400-406; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Direct Electric Current on the Cell Surface Properties of Phenol-Degrading Bacteria Qishi Luo, Hui Wang, Xihui Zhang, and Yi Qian Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 423-427; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intracellular Butyryl Phosphate and Acetyl Phosphate Concentrations in Clostridium acetobutylicum and Their Implications for Solvent Formation Yinsuo Zhao, Christopher A. Tomas, Fredrick B. Rudolph, Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis, and George N. Bennett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 530-537; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Maturation by LctT Is Required for Biosynthesis of Full-Length Lantibiotic Lacticin 481 Patricia Uguen, Thomas Hindré, Sandrine Didelot, Christel Marty, Dominique Haras, Jean-Paul Le Pennec, Karine Vallée-Réhel, and Alain Dufour Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 562-565; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Keratinase from Bacillus subtilis S14 Exhibiting Remarkable Dehairing Capabilities Alexandre J. Macedo, Walter O. Beys da Silva, Renata Gava, David Driemeier, João Antonio Pêgas Henriques, and Carlos Termignoni Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 594-596; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Microbial Desulfurization of Gasoline in a Mycobacterium goodii X7B Immobilized-Cell System Fuli Li, Ping Xu, Jinhui Feng, Ling Meng, Yuan Zheng, Lailong Luo, and Cuiqing Ma Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 276-281; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Cloning of Beauveria bassiana Chitinase Gene Bbchit1 and Its Application To Improve Fungal Strain Virulence Weiguo Fang, Bo Leng, Yuehua Xiao, Kai Jin, Jincheng Ma, Yanhua Fan, Jing Feng, Xingyong Yang, Yongjun Zhang, and Yan Pei Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 363-370; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Oxalic Acid Overexcretion in Transformations of Toxic Metal Minerals by Beauveria caledonica M. Fomina, S. Hillier, J. M. Charnock, K. Melville, I. J. Alexander, and G. M. Gadd Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 371-381; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Byssochlamys nivea as a Source of Mycophenolic Acid Olivier Puel, Souria Tadrist, Pierre Galtier, Isabelle P. Oswald, and Marcel Delaforge Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 550-553; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Phenotypic Screening of Escherichia coli K-12 Tn5 Insertion Libraries, Using Whole-Genome Oligonucleotide Microarrays Kelly M. Winterberg, John Luecke, Amanda S. Bruegl, and William S. Reznikoff Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 451-459; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Characterization of Ichthyocidal Activity of Pfiesteria piscicida: Dependence on the Dinospore Cell Density Tomás Drgon, Keiko Saito, Patrick M. Gillevet, Masoumeh Sikaroodi, Brent Whitaker, Danara N. Krupatkina, Federico Argemi, and Gerardo R. Vasta Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 519-529; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Acknowledgment of Special Reviewers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 71: 597 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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