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Physiology and Biotechnology:

Christoffer Bro, Steen Knudsen, Birgitte Regenberg, Lisbeth Olsson, and Jens Nielsen

Improvement of Galactose Uptake in Saccharomyces cerevisiae through Overexpression of Phosphoglucomutase: Example of Transcript Analysis as a Tool in Inverse Metabolic Engineering
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6465-6472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lefteris Makras, Gerald Van Acker, and Luc De Vuyst

Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei 8700:2 Degrades Inulin-Type Fructans Exhibiting Different Degrees of Polymerization
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6531-6537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patricia Ruas-Madiedo, Ana Hernández-Barranco, Abelardo Margolles, and Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán

A Bile Salt-Resistant Derivative of Bifidobacterium animalis Has an Altered Fermentation Pattern When Grown on Glucose and Maltose
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6564-6570. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bosung Ku, Jae-Cheol Jeong, Benjamin N. Mijts, Claudia Schmidt-Dannert, and Jonathan S. Dordick

Preparation, Characterization, and Optimization of an In Vitro C₃₀ Carotenoid Pathway
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6578-6583. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Grit Neumann, Nadja Kabelitz, Andreas Zehnsdorf, Anja Miltner, Holger Lippold, Daniel Meyer, Andreas Schmid, and Hermann J. Heipieper

Prediction of the Adaptability of Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E to a Second Phase of a Solvent for Economically Sound Two-Phase Biotransformations
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6606-6612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Daniel Meyer, Bernard Witholt, and Andreas Schmid

Suitability of Recombinant Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas putida Strains for Selective Biotransformation of m-Nitrotoluene by Xylene Monooxygenase
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6624-6632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

James B. McKinlay, J. Gregory Zeikus, and Claire Vieille

Insights into Actinobacillus succinogenes Fermentative Metabolism in a Chemically Defined Growth Medium
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6651-6656. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Akihito Yoshida, Taku Nishimura, Hideo Kawaguchi, Masayuki Inui, and Hideaki Yukawa

Enhanced Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid by Formate Hydrogen Lyase-Overexpressing Escherichia coli Strains
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6762-6768. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Je-Ruei Liu, Bi Yu, Fu-Hwa Liu, Kuo-Joan Cheng, and Xin Zhao

Expression of Rumen Microbial Fibrolytic Enzyme Genes in Probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6769-6775. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Roberto Pérez-Torrado, Jose M. Bruno-Bárcena, and Emilia Matallana

Monitoring Stress-Related Genes during the Process of Biomass Propagation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains Used for Wine Making
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6831-6837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hong Wu, Kiyoshi Ito, and Hitoshi Shimoi

Identification and Characterization of a Novel Biotin Biosynthesis Gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6845-6855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marion Brodhagen, Ian Paulsen, and Joyce E. Loper

Reciprocal Regulation of Pyoluteorin Production with Membrane Transporter Gene Expression in Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6900-6909. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tatiana N. Demidova and Michael R. Hamblin

Photodynamic Inactivation of Bacillus Spores, Mediated by Phenothiazinium Dyes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6918-6925. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ruben Avendaño-Herrera, Alicia E. Toranzo, Jesús L. Romalde, Manuel L. Lemos, and Beatriz Magariños

Iron Uptake Mechanisms in the Fish Pathogen Tenacibaculum maritimum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6947-6953. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Akira Ando, Chise Suzuki, and Jun Shima

Survival of Genetically Modified and Self-Cloned Strains of Commercial Baker's Yeast in Simulated Natural Environments: Environmental Risk Assessment
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7075-7082. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Khaled H. Abd El Galil, M. A. El Sokkary, S. M. Kheira, Andre M. Salazar, Marylynn V. Yates, Wilfred Chen, and Ashok Mulchandani

Real-Time Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification Assay for Detection of Hepatitis A Virus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7113-7116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

T. Zhu, Z. Pan, N. Domagalski, R. Koepsel, M. M. Ataai, and M. M. Domach

Engineering of Bacillus subtilis for Enhanced Total Synthesis of Folic Acid
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7122-7129. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Petra Peters-Wendisch, Michael Stolz, Helga Etterich, Nicole Kennerknecht, Hermann Sahm, and Lothar Eggeling

Metabolic Engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for L-Serine Production
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7139-7144. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Maria Papagianni, Frank Wayman, and Michael Mattey

Fate and Role of Ammonium Ions during Fermentation of Citric Acid by Aspergillus niger
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7178-7186. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tina Lütke-Eversloh and Gregory Stephanopoulos

Feedback Inhibition of Chorismate Mutase/Prephenate Dehydrogenase (TyrA) of Escherichia coli: Generation and Characterization of Tyrosine-Insensitive Mutants
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7224-7228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yoshiyuki Tamaru, Yayoi Takani, Takayuki Yoshida, and Toshio Sakamoto

Crucial Role of Extracellular Polysaccharides in Desiccation and Freezing Tolerance in the Terrestrial Cyanobacterium Nostoc commune
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7327-7333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Abhik Saha, Archna Sharma, Amlanjyoti Dhar, Bhabatarak Bhattacharyya, Siddhartha Roy, and Sujoy K. Das Gupta

Antagonists of Hsp16.3, a Low-Molecular-Weight Mycobacterial Chaperone and Virulence Factor, Derived from Phage-Displayed Peptide Libraries
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7334-7344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C. Eriksson de Rezende, Y. Anriany, L. E. Carr, S. W. Joseph, and R. M. Weiner

Capsular Polysaccharide Surrounds Smooth and Rugose Types of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium DT104
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7345-7351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sandra Macfarlane, Emma J. Woodmansey, and George T. Macfarlane

Colonization of Mucin by Human Intestinal Bacteria and Establishment of Biofilm Communities in a Two-Stage Continuous Culture System
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7483-7492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Takeshi Yamada, Yuji Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki Imachi, Yoichi Kamagata, Akiyoshi Ohashi, and Hideki Harada

Diversity, Localization, and Physiological Properties of Filamentous Microbes Belonging to Chloroflexi Subphylum I in Mesophilic and Thermophilic Methanogenic Sludge Granules
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7493-7503. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Deepa Raju and Mahfuzur R. Sarker

Comparison of the Levels of Heat Resistance of Wild-Type, cpe Knockout, and cpe Plasmid-Cured Clostridium perfringens Type A Strains
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7618-7620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Ecology:

C. Bastianel, M. Garnier-Semancik, J. Renaudin, J. M. Bové, and S. Eveillard

Diversity of "Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus," Based on the omp Gene Sequence
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6473-6478. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Pascal Mirleau, Roy Wogelius, Andrew Smith, and Michael A. Kertesz

Importance of Organosulfur Utilization for Survival of Pseudomonas putida in Soil and Rhizosphere
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6571-6577. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Karen E. Hagen, Le Luo Guan, Gerald W. Tannock, Doug R. Korver, and Gwen E. Allison

Detection, Characterization, and In Vitro and In Vivo Expression of Genes Encoding S-Proteins in Lactobacillus gallinarum Strains Isolated from Chicken Crops
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6633-6643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lucia Bongiorni, Mirko Magagnini, Monica Armeni, Rachel Noble, and Roberto Danovaro

Viral Production, Decay Rates, and Life Strategies along a Trophic Gradient in the North Adriatic Sea
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6644-6650. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Matthias Labrenz, Günter Jost, Christa Pohl, Sabrina Beckmann, Willm Martens-Habbena, and Klaus Jürgens

Impact of Different In Vitro Electron Donor/Acceptor Conditions on Potential Chemolithoautotrophic Communities from Marine Pelagic Redoxclines
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6664-6672. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

David Roesti, Kurt Ineichen, Olivier Braissant, Dirk Redecker, Andres Wiemken, and Michel Aragno

Bacteria Associated with Spores of the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Glomus geosporum and Glomus constrictum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6673-6679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Deborah V. Hoyle, Catherine M. Yates, Margo E. Chase-Topping, Esther J. Turner, Sarah E. Davies, J. Chris Low, George J. Gunn, Mark E. J. Woolhouse, and Sebastian G. B. Amyes

Molecular Epidemiology of Antimicrobial-Resistant Commensal Escherichia coli Strains in a Cohort of Newborn Calves
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6680-6688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nicolas Crapoulet, Sylvianne Robineau, Didier Raoult, and Patricia Renesto

Intervening Sequence Acquired by Lateral Gene Transfer in Tropheryma whipplei Results in 23S rRNA Fragmentation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6698-6701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ingvar Sundh, David Bastviken, and Lars J. Tranvik

Abundance, Activity, and Community Structure of Pelagic Methane-Oxidizing Bacteria in Temperate Lakes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6746-6752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Naoise Nunan, Timothy J. Daniell, Brajesh K. Singh, Artemis Papert, James W. McNicol, and James I. Prosser

Links between Plant and Rhizoplane Bacterial Communities in Grassland Soils, Characterized Using Molecular Techniques
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6784-6792. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Taichi Yokokawa and Toshi Nagata

Growth and Grazing Mortality Rates of Phylogenetic Groups of Bacterioplankton in Coastal Marine Environments
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6799-6807. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dawn E. Holmes, Kelly P. Nevin, Regina A. O'Neil, Joy E. Ward, Lorrie A. Adams, Trevor L. Woodard, Helen A. Vrionis, and Derek R. Lovley

Potential for Quantifying Expression of the Geobacteraceae Citrate Synthase Gene To Assess the Activity of Geobacteraceae in the Subsurface and on Current-Harvesting Electrodes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6870-6877. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Olivier Nercessian, Emma Noyes, Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya, Mary E. Lidstrom, and Ludmila Chistoserdova

Bacterial Populations Active in Metabolism of C₁ Compounds in the Sediment of Lake Washington, a Freshwater Lake
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6885-6899. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. Pett-Ridge and M. K. Firestone

Redox Fluctuation Structures Microbial Communities in a Wet Tropical Soil
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6998-7007. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tracy J. Mincer, William Fenical, and Paul R. Jensen

Culture-Dependent and Culture-Independent Diversity within the Obligate Marine Actinomycete Genus Salinispora
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7019-7028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carolina Farah, Mario Vera, Danièle Morin, Dominique Haras, Carlos A. Jerez, and Nicolas Guiliani

Evidence for a Functional Quorum-Sensing Type AI-1 System in the Extremophilic Bacterium Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7033-7040. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tomasz Stepkowski, Lionel Moulin, Agnieszka Krzyzanska, Alison McInnes, Ian J. Law, and John Howieson

European Origin of Bradyrhizobium Populations Infecting Lupins and Serradella in Soils of Western Australia and South Africa
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7041-7052. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Souichiro Kato, Shin Haruta, Zong Jun Cui, Masaharu Ishii, and Yasuo Igarashi

Stable Coexistence of Five Bacterial Strains as a Cellulose-Degrading Community
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7099-7106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ken Takai, Barbara J. Campbell, S. Craig Cary, Masae Suzuki, Hanako Oida, Takuro Nunoura, Hisako Hirayama, Satoshi Nakagawa, Yohey Suzuki, Fumio Inagaki, and Koki Horikoshi

Enzymatic and Genetic Characterization of Carbon and Energy Metabolisms by Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Chemolithoautotrophic Isolates of Epsilonproteobacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7310-7320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ketil Bernt Sørensen, Donald E. Canfield, Andreas P. Teske, and Aharon Oren

Community Composition of a Hypersaline Endoevaporitic Microbial Mat
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7352-7365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anne-C. Lehours, Corinne Bardot, Aurelie Thenot, Didier Debroas, and Gerard Fonty

Anaerobic Microbial Communities in Lake Pavin, a Unique Meromictic Lake in France
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7389-7400. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ian M. Ehrenreich, John B. Waterbury, and Eric A. Webb

Distribution and Diversity of Natural Product Genes in Marine and Freshwater Cyanobacterial Cultures and Genomes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7401-7413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Birgit E. M. Kanzler, Kristina R. Pfannes, Kajetan Vogl, and Jörg Overmann

Molecular Characterization of the Nonphotosynthetic Partner Bacterium in the Consortium "Chlorochromatium aggregatum"
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7434-7441. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Peter Ricke, Michael Kube, Satoshi Nakagawa, Christoph Erkel, Richard Reinhardt, and Werner Liesack

First Genome Data from Uncultured Upland Soil Cluster Alpha Methanotrophs Provide Further Evidence for a Close Phylogenetic Relationship to Methylocapsa acidiphila B2 and for High-Affinity Methanotrophy Involving Particulate Methane Monooxygenase
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7472-7482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gavin Collins, Leanne O'Connor, Thérèse Mahony, Armin Gieseke, Dirk de Beer, and Vincent O'Flaherty

Distribution, Localization, and Phylogeny of Abundant Populations of Crenarchaeota in Anaerobic Granular Sludge
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7523-7527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Trine Danø Klingberg, Maja Herold Pedersen, Avrelija Cencic, and Birgitte Bjørn Budde

Application of Measurements of Transepithelial Electrical Resistance of Intestinal Epithelial Cell Monolayers To Evaluate Probiotic Activity
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7528-7530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Darío Achá, Volga Iñiguez, Marc Roulet, Jean Remy Davée Guimarães, Ruddy Luna, Lucia Alanoca, and Samanta Sanchez

Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Floating Macrophyte Rhizospheres from an Amazonian Floodplain Lake in Bolivia and Their Association with Hg Methylation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7531-7535. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mikio Sayama, Nils Risgaard-Petersen, Lars Peter Nielsen, Henrik Fossing, and Peter Bondo Christensen

Impact of Bacterial NO₃^– Transport on Sediment Biogeochemistry
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7575-7577. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mostafa S. Elshahed, Fares Z. Najar, Mandy Aycock, Chunmei Qu, Bruce A. Roe, and Lee R. Krumholz

Metagenomic Analysis of the Microbial Community at Zodletone Spring (Oklahoma): Insights into the Genome of a Member of the Novel Candidate Division OD1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7598-7602. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Methods:

Daniel Hoefel, Paul T. Monis, Warwick L. Grooby, Stuart Andrews, and Christopher P. Saint

Culture-Independent Techniques for Rapid Detection of Bacteria Associated with Loss of Chloramine Residual in a Drinking Water System
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6479-6488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

John B. Cliff, Kristin H. Jarman, Nancy B. Valentine, Steven L. Golledge, Daniel J. Gaspar, David S. Wunschel, and Karen L. Wahl

Differentiation of Spores of Bacillus subtilis Grown in Different Media by Elemental Characterization Using Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6524-6530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. A. Tomlinson, N. Boonham, K. J. D. Hughes, R. L. Griffin, and I. Barker

On-Site DNA Extraction and Real-Time PCR for Detection of Phytophthora ramorum in the Field
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6702-6710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F. M. Schets, G. B. Engels, M. During, and A. M. de Roda Husman

Detection of Infectious Cryptosporidium Oocysts by Cell Culture Immunofluorescence Assay: Applicability to Environmental Samples
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6793-6798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sung Kuk Lee and Jay D. Keasling

A Propionate-Inducible Expression System for Enteric Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6856-6862. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Vincent R. Hill, Amy L. Polaczyk, Donghyun Hahn, Jothikumar Narayanan, Theresa L. Cromeans, Jacquelin M. Roberts, and James E. Amburgey

Development of a Rapid Method for Simultaneous Recovery of Diverse Microbes in Drinking Water by Ultrafiltration with Sodium Polyphosphate and Surfactants
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6878-6884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Zhongtang Yu, Frederick C. Michel, Jr, Glenn Hansen, Thomas Wittum, and Mark Morrison

Development and Application of Real-Time PCR Assays for Quantification of Genes Encoding Tetracycline Resistance
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6926-6933. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Huan Zhang and Senjie Lin

Development of a cob-18S rRNA Gene Real-Time PCR Assay for Quantifying Pfiesteria shumwayae in the Natural Environment
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7053-7063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jennifer L. Groh, Qingwei Luo, Jimmy D. Ballard, and Lee R. Krumholz

A Method Adapting Microarray Technology for Signature-Tagged Mutagenesis of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans G20 and Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 in Anaerobic Sediment Survival Experiments
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7064-7074. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Takehiko Kenzaka, Shigeru Tamaki, Nobuyasu Yamaguchi, Katsuji Tani, and Masao Nasu

Recognition of Individual Genes in Diverse Microorganisms by Cycling Primed In Situ Amplification
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7236-7244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Juan M. Medina-Sánchez, Marisol Felip, and Emilio O. Casamayor

Catalyzed Reported Deposition-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Protocol To Evaluate Phagotrophy in Mixotrophic Protists
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7321-7326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Adam A. Witney, Gemma L. Marsden, Matthew T. G. Holden, Richard A. Stabler, Sarah E. Husain, J. Keith Vass, Philip D. Butcher, Jason Hinds, and Jodi A. Lindsay

Design, Validation, and Application of a Seven-Strain Staphylococcus aureus PCR Product Microarray for Comparative Genomics
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7504-7514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yasuyuki Ishida, Kuniyuki Kitagawa, Akihito Nakayama, and Hajime Ohtani

On-Probe Sample Pretreatment for Direct Analysis of Lipids in Gram-Positive Bacterial Cells by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7539-7541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kentaro Nakazawa, Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Yoji Nakagawa, Michinori Terao, and Tohey Matsuyama

Factors Influencing the Ability of Listeria monocytogenes To Pass through a Membrane Filter by Active Infiltration
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7571-7574. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sergey R. Konstantinov, Hauke Smidt, and Willem M. de Vos

Representational Difference Analysis and Real-Time PCR for Strain-Specific Quantification of Lactobacillus sobrius sp. nov.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7578-7581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Food Microbiology:

Jérôme Mounier, Roberto Gelsomino, Stefanie Goerges, Marc Vancanneyt, Katrien Vandemeulebroecke, Bart Hoste, Siegfried Scherer, Jean Swings, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Timothy M. Cogan

Surface Microflora of Four Smear-Ripened Cheeses
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6489-6500. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C. Loc Carrillo, R. J. Atterbury, A. El-Shibiny, P. L. Connerton, E. Dillon, A. Scott, and I. F. Connerton

Bacteriophage Therapy To Reduce Campylobacter jejuni Colonization of Broiler Chickens
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6554-6563. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Reiji Hiramatsu, Masakado Matsumoto, Kenji Sakae, and Yutaka Miyazaki

Ability of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. To Survive in a Desiccation Model System and in Dry Foods
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6657-6663. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Birte Fonnesbech Vogel, Kasthuri Venkateswaran, Masataka Satomi, and Lone Gram

Identification of Shewanella baltica as the Most Important H₂S-Producing Species during Iced Storage of Danish Marine Fish
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6689-6697. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kayoko Ohtsuka, Keiko Yanagawa, Kosuke Takatori, and Yukiko Hara-Kudo

Detection of Salmonella enterica in Naturally Contaminated Liquid Eggs by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification, and Characterization of Salmonella Isolates
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6730-6735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

P. Martorell, A. Querol, and M. T. Fernández-Espinar

Rapid Identification and Enumeration of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells in Wine by Real-Time PCR
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6823-6830. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Christophe Gitton, Mickael Meyrand, Juhui Wang, Christophe Caron, Alain Trubuil, Alain Guillot, and Michel-Yves Mistou

Proteomic Signature of Lactococcus lactis NCDO763 Cultivated in Milk
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7152-7163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Frédéric Leroy, Kristoff Lievens, and Luc De Vuyst

Modeling Bacteriocin Resistance and Inactivation of Listeria innocua LMG 13568 by Lactobacillus sakei CTC 494 under Sausage Fermentation Conditions
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7567-7570. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Monica Gatti, Lia Rossetti, Maria Emanuela Fornasari, Camilla Lazzi, Giorgio Giraffa, and Erasmo Neviani

Heterogeneity of Putative Surface Layer Proteins in Lactobacillus helveticus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7582-7588. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Environmental Microbiology:

S. Selim, J. Negrel, C. Govaerts, S. Gianinazzi, and D. van Tuinen

Isolation and Partial Characterization of Antagonistic Peptides Produced by Paenibacillus sp. Strain B2 Isolated from the Sorghum Mycorrhizosphere
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6501-6507. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Feng-Min Li and Hong-Ying Hu

Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Antialgal Allelochemical from Phragmites communis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6545-6553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tina Kogej, José Ramos, Ana Plemenitas, and Nina Gunde-Cimerman

The Halophilic Fungus Hortaea werneckii and the Halotolerant Fungus Aureobasidium pullulans Maintain Low Intracellular Cation Concentrations in Hypersaline Environments
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6600-6605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Boris Wawrik, Lee Kerkhof, Jerome Kukor, and Gerben Zylstra

Effect of Different Carbon Sources on Community Composition of Bacterial Enrichments from Soil
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6776-6783. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya and Sophia Kathariou

Putative Transposases Conserved in Exiguobacterium Isolates from Ancient Siberian Permafrost and from Contemporary Surface Habitats
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6954-6962. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Joseph L. Corn, Elizabeth J. B. Manning, Srinand Sreevatsan, and John R. Fischer

Isolation of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from Free-Ranging Birds and Mammals on Livestock Premises
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6963-6967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marc Viñas, Jordi Sabaté, María José Espuny, and Anna M. Solanas

Bacterial Community Dynamics and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation during Bioremediation of Heavily Creosote-Contaminated Soil
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7008-7018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. J. Ferris, K. B. Sheehan, M. Kühl, K. Cooksey, B. Wigglesworth-Cooksey, R. Harvey, and J. M. Henson

Algal Species and Light Microenvironment in a Low-pH, Geothermal Microbial Mat Community
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7164-7171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jesper Bartholin Bruhn, Kristian Fog Nielsen, Mette Hjelm, Michael Hansen, José Bresciani, Stefan Schulz, and Lone Gram

Ecology, Inhibitory Activity, and Morphogenesis of a Marine Antagonistic Bacterium Belonging to the Roseobacter Clade
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7263-7270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Arnon Dishon, Ayana Perelberg, Janette Bishara-Shieban, Maya Ilouze, Maya Davidovich, Shlomit Werker, and Moshe Kotler

Detection of Carp Interstitial Nephritis and Gill Necrosis Virus in Fish Droppings
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7285-7291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Alexandre José Macedo, Ute Kuhlicke, Thomas R. Neu, Kenneth N. Timmis, and Wolf-Rainer Abraham

Three Stages of a Biofilm Community Developing at the Liquid-Liquid Interface between Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Water
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7301-7309. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

T. L. Brasel, J. M. Martin, C. G. Carriker, S. C. Wilson, and D. C. Straus

Detection of Airborne Stachybotrys chartarum Macrocyclic Trichothecene Mycotoxins in the Indoor Environment
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7376-7388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Samuel Choi and Sunny C. Jiang

Real-Time PCR Quantification of Human Adenoviruses in Urban Rivers Indicates Genome Prevalence but Low Infectivity
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7426-7433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kenlee Nakasugi and Brett A. Neilan

Identification of Pilus-Like Structures and Genes in Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7621-7625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

Lior Weissman, Jacob Garty, and Ayala Hochman

Characterization of Enzymatic Antioxidants in the Lichen Ramalina lacera and Their Response to Rehydration
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6508-6514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andrea Rubini, Francesco Paolocci, Claudia Riccioni, Giovanni G. Vendramin, and Sergio Arcioni

Genetic and Phylogeographic Structures of the Symbiotic Fungus Tuber magnatum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6584-6589. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Castaldini, A. Turrini, C. Sbrana, A. Benedetti, M. Marchionni, S. Mocali, A. Fabiani, S. Landi, F. Santomassimo, B. Pietrangeli, M. P. Nuti, N. Miclaus, and M. Giovannetti

Impact of Bt Corn on Rhizospheric and Soil Eubacterial Communities and on Beneficial Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Experimental Microcosms
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6719-6729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Takashi Sugita, Ken Kikuchi, Koichi Makimura, Kensaku Urata, Takashi Someya, Katsuhiko Kamei, Masakazu Niimi, and Yoshimasa Uehara

Trichosporon Species Isolated from Guano Samples Obtained from Bat-Inhabited Caves in Japan
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7626-7629. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Jan Sermon, Eva M.-R. P. Wevers, Leentje Jansen, Philipp De Spiegeleer, Kristof Vanoirbeek, Abram Aertsen, and Chris W. Michiels

CorA Affects Tolerance of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium to the Lactoperoxidase Enzyme System but Not to Other Forms of Oxidative Stress
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6515-6523. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. M. Coombs and T. Barkay

New Findings on Evolution of Metal Homeostasis Genes: Evidence from Comparative Genome Analysis of Bacteria and Archaea
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7083-7091. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Paul A. Colussi and Christopher H. Taron

Kluyveromyces lactis LAC4 Promoter Variants That Lack Function in Bacteria but Retain Full Function in K. lactis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7092-7098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

David R. Johnson, Patrick K. H. Lee, Victor F. Holmes, Alexander C. Fortin, and Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

Transcriptional Expression of the tceA Gene in a Dehalococcoides-Containing Microbial Enrichment
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7145-7151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Robert E. Briggs and Fred M. Tatum

Generation and Molecular Characterization of New Temperature-Sensitive Plasmids Intended for Genetic Engineering of Pasteurellaceae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7187-7195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Fred M. Tatum and Robert E. Briggs

Construction of In-Frame aroA Deletion Mutants of Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, and Haemophilus somnus by Using a New Temperature-Sensitive Plasmid
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7196-7202. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

N. Dabour and G. LaPointe

Identification and Molecular Characterization of the Chromosomal Exopolysaccharide Biosynthesis Gene Cluster from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris SMQ-461
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7414-7425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nicolette J. Coram, Leonardo J. van Zyl, and Douglas E. Rawlings

Isolation, Sequence Analysis, and Comparison of Two Plasmids (28 and 29 Kilobases) from the Biomining Bacterium Leptospirillum ferrooxidans ATCC 49879
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7515-7522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yue Chen, Bruce A. McClane, Derek J. Fisher, Julian I. Rood, and Phalguni Gupta

Construction of an Alpha Toxin Gene Knockout Mutant of Clostridium perfringens Type A by Use of a Mobile Group II Intron
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7542-7547. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ana Gomez, Tatjana Galic, Jean-François Mariet, Ivan Matic, Miroslav Radman, and Marie-Agnès Petit

Creating New Genes by Plasmid Recombination in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7607-7609. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Alison Buchan and L. Nicholas Ornston

When Coupled to Natural Transformation in Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1, PCR Mutagenesis Is Made Less Random by Mismatch Repair
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7610-7612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

John D. F. Hale, Yi-Tian Ting, Ralph W. Jack, John R. Tagg, and Nicholas C. K. Heng

Bacteriocin (Mutacin) Production by Streptococcus mutans Genome Sequence Reference Strain UA159: Elucidation of the Antimicrobial Repertoire by Genetic Dissection
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7613-7617. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Biodegradation:

Karolina Nordin, Maria Unell, and Janet K. Jansson

Novel 4-Chlorophenol Degradation Gene Cluster and Degradation Route via Hydroxyquinol in Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6538-6544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andrea Zille, Barbara Górnacka, Astrid Rehorek, and Artur Cavaco-Paulo

Degradation of Azo Dyes by Trametes villosa Laccase over Long Periods of Oxidative Conditions
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6711-6718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Invertebrate Microbiology:

Yuichi Hongoh, Pinsurang Deevong, Tetsushi Inoue, Shigeharu Moriya, Savitr Trakulnaleamsai, Moriya Ohkuma, Charunee Vongkaluang, Napavarn Noparatnaraporn, and Toshiaki Kudo

Intra- and Interspecific Comparisons of Bacterial Diversity and Community Structure Support Coevolution of Gut Microbiota and Termite Host
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6590-6599. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ali H. Sayyed, Roxani Gatsi, M. Sales Ibiza-Palacios, Baltasar Escriche, Denis J. Wright, and Neil Crickmore

Common, but Complex, Mode of Resistance of Plutella xylostella to Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6863-6869. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patrick Mavingui, Van Tran Van, Estelle Labeyrie, Edwige Rancès, Fabrice Vavre, and Pascal Simonet

Efficient Procedure for Purification of Obligate Intracellular Wolbachia pipientis and Representative Amplification of Its Genome by Multiple-Displacement Amplification
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6910-6917. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michael S. Goodson, Mila Kojadinovic, Joshua V. Troll, Todd E. Scheetz, Thomas L. Casavant, M. Bento Soares, and Margaret J. McFall-Ngai

Identifying Components of the NF-B Pathway in the Beneficial Euprymna scolopes-Vibrio fischeri Light Organ Symbiosis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6934-6946. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jenny M. Lindh, Olle Terenius, and Ingrid Faye

16S rRNA Gene-Based Identification of Midgut Bacteria from Field-Caught Anopheles gambiae Sensu Lato and A. funestus Mosquitoes Reveals New Species Related to Known Insect Symbionts
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7217-7223. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Christian P. Ridley, D. John Faulkner, and Margo G. Haygood

Investigation of Oscillatoria spongeliae-Dominated Bacterial Communities in Four Dictyoceratid Sponges
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7366-7375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Elke Genersch, Ainura Ashiralieva, and Ingemar Fries

Strain- and Genotype-Specific Differences in Virulence of Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae, a Bacterial Pathogen Causing American Foulbrood Disease in Honeybees
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7551-7555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Public Health Microbiology:

Samina Valjevac, Valérie Hilaire, Olivier Lisanti, Françoise Ramisse, Eric Hernandez, Jean-Didier Cavallo, Christine Pourcel, and Gilles Vergnaud

Comparison of Minisatellite Polymorphisms in the Bacillus cereus Complex: a Simple Assay for Large-Scale Screening and Identification of Strains Most Closely Related to Bacillus anthracis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6613-6623. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patrick Boerlin, Rebeccah Travis, Carlton L. Gyles, Richard Reid-Smith, Nicol Janecko Heather Lim, Vivian Nicholson, Scott A. McEwen, Robert Friendship, and Marie Archambault

Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Genes of Escherichia coli Isolates from Swine in Ontario
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6753-6761. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Margaret A. Davis, Karen A. Cloud-Hansen, John Carpenter, and Carolyn J. Hovde

Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Environments of Culture-Positive Cattle
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6816-6822. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Laura Mocé-Llivina, Francisco Lucena, and Juan Jofre

Enteroviruses and Bacteriophages in Bathing Waters
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 6838-6844. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Shannon L. Helfinstine, Carlos Vargas-Aburto, Roberto M. Uribe, and Christopher J. Woolverton

Inactivation of Bacillus Endospores in Envelopes by Electron Beam Irradiation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7029-7032. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lynne Whan, Hywel J. Ball, Irene R. Grant, and Michael T. Rowe

Occurrence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Untreated Water in Northern Ireland
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7107-7112. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Saumya Bhaduri, Irene V. Wesley, and Eric J. Bush

Prevalence of Pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica Strains in Pigs in the United States
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7117-7121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carolin Rauter and Thomas Hartung

Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Genospecies in Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Europe: a Metaanalysis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7203-7216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Delphine Paillard, Véronique Dubois, Rodolphe Thiebaut, Fany Nathier, Emilie Hoogland, Pierre Caumette, and Claudine Quentin

Occurrence of Listeria spp. in Effluents of French Urban Wastewater Treatment Plants
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7562-7566.