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Contents: November 2005, Volume 71, Issue 11        Physiology and Biotechnology        Microbial Ecology        Methods        Food Microbiology        Environmental Microbiology        Mycology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Biodegradation        Invertebrate Microbiology        Public Health Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Plant Microbiology        Geomicrobiology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Errata

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Improvement of Galactose Uptake in Saccharomyces cerevisiae through Overexpression of Phosphoglucomutase: Example of Transcript Analysis as a Tool in Inverse Metabolic Engineering Christoffer Bro, Steen Knudsen, Birgitte Regenberg, Lisbeth Olsson, and Jens Nielsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6465-6472; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei 8700:2 Degrades Inulin-Type Fructans Exhibiting Different Degrees of Polymerization Lefteris Makras, Gerald Van Acker, and Luc De Vuyst Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6531-6537; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Bile Salt-Resistant Derivative of Bifidobacterium animalis Has an Altered Fermentation Pattern When Grown on Glucose and Maltose Patricia Ruas-Madiedo, Ana Hernández-Barranco, Abelardo Margolles, and Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6564-6570; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Preparation, Characterization, and Optimization of an In Vitro C30 Carotenoid Pathway Bosung Ku, Jae-Cheol Jeong, Benjamin N. Mijts, Claudia Schmidt-Dannert, and Jonathan S. Dordick Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6578-6583; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prediction of the Adaptability of Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E to a Second Phase of a Solvent for Economically Sound Two-Phase Biotransformations Grit Neumann, Nadja Kabelitz, Andreas Zehnsdorf, Anja Miltner, Holger Lippold, Daniel Meyer, Andreas Schmid, and Hermann J. Heipieper Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6606-6612; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Suitability of Recombinant Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas putida Strains for Selective Biotransformation of m-Nitrotoluene by Xylene Monooxygenase Daniel Meyer, Bernard Witholt, and Andreas Schmid Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6624-6632; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Insights into Actinobacillus succinogenes Fermentative Metabolism in a Chemically Defined Growth Medium James B. McKinlay, J. Gregory Zeikus, and Claire Vieille Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6651-6656; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid by Formate Hydrogen Lyase-Overexpressing Escherichia coli Strains Akihito Yoshida, Taku Nishimura, Hideo Kawaguchi, Masayuki Inui, and Hideaki Yukawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6762-6768; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Rumen Microbial Fibrolytic Enzyme Genes in Probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri Je-Ruei Liu, Bi Yu, Fu-Hwa Liu, Kuo-Joan Cheng, and Xin Zhao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6769-6775; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Monitoring Stress-Related Genes during the Process of Biomass Propagation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains Used for Wine Making Roberto Pérez-Torrado, Jose M. Bruno-Bárcena, and Emilia Matallana Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6831-6837; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Novel Biotin Biosynthesis Gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hong Wu, Kiyoshi Ito, and Hitoshi Shimoi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6845-6855; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reciprocal Regulation of Pyoluteorin Production with Membrane Transporter Gene Expression in Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5 Marion Brodhagen, Ian Paulsen, and Joyce E. Loper Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6900-6909; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Photodynamic Inactivation of Bacillus Spores, Mediated by Phenothiazinium Dyes Tatiana N. Demidova and Michael R. Hamblin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6918-6925; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Iron Uptake Mechanisms in the Fish Pathogen Tenacibaculum maritimum Ruben Avendaño-Herrera, Alicia E. Toranzo, Jesús L. Romalde, Manuel L. Lemos, and Beatriz Magariños Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6947-6953; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Real-Time Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification Assay for Detection of Hepatitis A Virus Khaled H. Abd El Galil, M. A. El Sokkary, S. M. Kheira, Andre M. Salazar, Marylynn V. Yates, Wilfred Chen, and Ashok Mulchandani Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7113-7116; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering of Bacillus subtilis for Enhanced Total Synthesis of Folic Acid T. Zhu, Z. Pan, N. Domagalski, R. Koepsel, M. M. Ataai, and M. M. Domach Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7122-7129; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolic Engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for L-Serine Production Petra Peters-Wendisch, Michael Stolz, Helga Etterich, Nicole Kennerknecht, Hermann Sahm, and Lothar Eggeling Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7139-7144; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fate and Role of Ammonium Ions during Fermentation of Citric Acid by Aspergillus niger Maria Papagianni, Frank Wayman, and Michael Mattey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7178-7186; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Crucial Role of Extracellular Polysaccharides in Desiccation and Freezing Tolerance in the Terrestrial Cyanobacterium Nostoc commune Yoshiyuki Tamaru, Yayoi Takani, Takayuki Yoshida, and Toshio Sakamoto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7327-7333; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antagonists of Hsp16.3, a Low-Molecular-Weight Mycobacterial Chaperone and Virulence Factor, Derived from Phage-Displayed Peptide Libraries Abhik Saha, Archna Sharma, Amlanjyoti Dhar, Bhabatarak Bhattacharyya, Siddhartha Roy, and Sujoy K. Das Gupta Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7334-7344; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Capsular Polysaccharide Surrounds Smooth and Rugose Types of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium DT104 C. Eriksson de Rezende, Y. Anriany, L. E. Carr, S. W. Joseph, and R. M. Weiner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7345-7351; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Colonization of Mucin by Human Intestinal Bacteria and Establishment of Biofilm Communities in a Two-Stage Continuous Culture System Sandra Macfarlane, Emma J. Woodmansey, and George T. Macfarlane Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7483-7492; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity, Localization, and Physiological Properties of Filamentous Microbes Belonging to Chloroflexi Subphylum I in Mesophilic and Thermophilic Methanogenic Sludge Granules Takeshi Yamada, Yuji Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki Imachi, Yoichi Kamagata, Akiyoshi Ohashi, and Hideki Harada Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7493-7503; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

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Microbial Ecology:

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Diversity of "Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus," Based on the omp Gene Sequence C. Bastianel, M. Garnier-Semancik, J. Renaudin, J. M. Bové, and S. Eveillard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6473-6478; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Importance of Organosulfur Utilization for Survival of Pseudomonas putida in Soil and Rhizosphere Pascal Mirleau, Roy Wogelius, Andrew Smith, and Michael A. Kertesz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6571-6577; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection, Characterization, and In Vitro and In Vivo Expression of Genes Encoding S-Proteins in Lactobacillus gallinarum Strains Isolated from Chicken Crops Karen E. Hagen, Le Luo Guan, Gerald W. Tannock, Doug R. Korver, and Gwen E. Allison Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6633-6643; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Viral Production, Decay Rates, and Life Strategies along a Trophic Gradient in the North Adriatic Sea Lucia Bongiorni, Mirko Magagnini, Monica Armeni, Rachel Noble, and Roberto Danovaro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6644-6650; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impact of Different In Vitro Electron Donor/Acceptor Conditions on Potential Chemolithoautotrophic Communities from Marine Pelagic Redoxclines Matthias Labrenz, Günter Jost, Christa Pohl, Sabrina Beckmann, Willm Martens-Habbena, and Klaus Jürgens Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6664-6672; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacteria Associated with Spores of the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Glomus geosporum and Glomus constrictum David Roesti, Kurt Ineichen, Olivier Braissant, Dirk Redecker, Andres Wiemken, and Michel Aragno Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6673-6679; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Intervening Sequence Acquired by Lateral Gene Transfer in Tropheryma whipplei Results in 23S rRNA Fragmentation Nicolas Crapoulet, Sylvianne Robineau, Didier Raoult, and Patricia Renesto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6698-6701; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Abundance, Activity, and Community Structure of Pelagic Methane-Oxidizing Bacteria in Temperate Lakes Ingvar Sundh, David Bastviken, and Lars J. Tranvik Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6746-6752; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Links between Plant and Rhizoplane Bacterial Communities in Grassland Soils, Characterized Using Molecular Techniques Naoise Nunan, Timothy J. Daniell, Brajesh K. Singh, Artemis Papert, James W. McNicol, and James I. Prosser Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6784-6792; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

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

Bacterial Populations Active in Metabolism of C1 Compounds in the Sediment of Lake Washington, a Freshwater Lake Olivier Nercessian, Emma Noyes, Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya, Mary E. Lidstrom, and Ludmila Chistoserdova Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6885-6899; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Redox Fluctuation Structures Microbial Communities in a Wet Tropical Soil J. Pett-Ridge and M. K. Firestone Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6998-7007; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Culture-Dependent and Culture-Independent Diversity within the Obligate Marine Actinomycete Genus Salinispora Tracy J. Mincer, William Fenical, and Paul R. Jensen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7019-7028; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for a Functional Quorum-Sensing Type AI-1 System in the Extremophilic Bacterium Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Carolina Farah, Mario Vera, Danièle Morin, Dominique Haras, Carlos A. Jerez, and Nicolas Guiliani Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7033-7040; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

European Origin of Bradyrhizobium Populations Infecting Lupins and Serradella in Soils of Western Australia and South Africa Tomasz Stepkowski, Lionel Moulin, Agnieszka Krzyzanska, Alison McInnes, Ian J. Law, and John Howieson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7041-7052; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stable Coexistence of Five Bacterial Strains as a Cellulose-Degrading Community Souichiro Kato, Shin Haruta, Zong Jun Cui, Masaharu Ishii, and Yasuo Igarashi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7099-7106; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Community Composition of a Hypersaline Endoevaporitic Microbial Mat Ketil Bernt Sørensen, Donald E. Canfield, Andreas P. Teske, and Aharon Oren Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7352-7365; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Microbial Communities in Lake Pavin, a Unique Meromictic Lake in France Anne-C. Lehours, Corinne Bardot, Aurelie Thenot, Didier Debroas, and Gerard Fonty Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7389-7400; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution and Diversity of Natural Product Genes in Marine and Freshwater Cyanobacterial Cultures and Genomes Ian M. Ehrenreich, John B. Waterbury, and Eric A. Webb Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7401-7413; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of the Nonphotosynthetic Partner Bacterium in the Consortium "Chlorochromatium aggregatum" Birgit E. M. Kanzler, Kristina R. Pfannes, Kajetan Vogl, and Jörg Overmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7434-7441; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Peter Ricke, Michael Kube, Satoshi Nakagawa, Christoph Erkel, Richard Reinhardt, and Werner Liesack Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7472-7482; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution, Localization, and Phylogeny of Abundant Populations of Crenarchaeota in Anaerobic Granular Sludge Gavin Collins, Leanne O'Connor, Thérèse Mahony, Armin Gieseke, Dirk de Beer, and Vincent O'Flaherty Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7523-7527; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Application of Measurements of Transepithelial Electrical Resistance of Intestinal Epithelial Cell Monolayers To Evaluate Probiotic Activity Trine Danø Klingberg, Maja Herold Pedersen, Avrelija Cencic, and Birgitte Bjørn Budde Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7528-7530; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Floating Macrophyte Rhizospheres from an Amazonian Floodplain Lake in Bolivia and Their Association with Hg Methylation Darío Achá, Volga Iñiguez, Marc Roulet, Jean Remy Davée Guimarães, Ruddy Luna, Lucia Alanoca, and Samanta Sanchez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7531-7535; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impact of Bacterial NO3– Transport on Sediment Biogeochemistry Mikio Sayama, Nils Risgaard-Petersen, Lars Peter Nielsen, Henrik Fossing, and Peter Bondo Christensen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7575-7577; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metagenomic Analysis of the Microbial Community at Zodletone Spring (Oklahoma): Insights into the Genome of a Member of the Novel Candidate Division OD1 Mostafa S. Elshahed, Fares Z. Najar, Mandy Aycock, Chunmei Qu, Bruce A. Roe, and Lee R. Krumholz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7598-7602; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Culture-Independent Techniques for Rapid Detection of Bacteria Associated with Loss of Chloramine Residual in a Drinking Water System Daniel Hoefel, Paul T. Monis, Warwick L. Grooby, Stuart Andrews, and Christopher P. Saint Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6479-6488; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differentiation of Spores of Bacillus subtilis Grown in Different Media by Elemental Characterization Using Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry John B. Cliff, Kristin H. Jarman, Nancy B. Valentine, Steven L. Golledge, Daniel J. Gaspar, David S. Wunschel, and Karen L. Wahl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6524-6530; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

On-Site DNA Extraction and Real-Time PCR for Detection of Phytophthora ramorum in the Field J. A. Tomlinson, N. Boonham, K. J. D. Hughes, R. L. Griffin, and I. Barker Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6702-6710; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Infectious Cryptosporidium Oocysts by Cell Culture Immunofluorescence Assay: Applicability to Environmental Samples F. M. Schets, G. B. Engels, M. During, and A. M. de Roda Husman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6793-6798; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Propionate-Inducible Expression System for Enteric Bacteria Sung Kuk Lee and Jay D. Keasling Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6856-6862; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Rapid Method for Simultaneous Recovery of Diverse Microbes in Drinking Water by Ultrafiltration with Sodium Polyphosphate and Surfactants Vincent R. Hill, Amy L. Polaczyk, Donghyun Hahn, Jothikumar Narayanan, Theresa L. Cromeans, Jacquelin M. Roberts, and James E. Amburgey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6878-6884; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development and Application of Real-Time PCR Assays for Quantification of Genes Encoding Tetracycline Resistance Zhongtang Yu, Frederick C. Michel, Jr, Glenn Hansen, Thomas Wittum, and Mark Morrison Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6926-6933; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

A Method Adapting Microarray Technology for Signature-Tagged Mutagenesis of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans G20 and Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 in Anaerobic Sediment Survival Experiments Jennifer L. Groh, Qingwei Luo, Jimmy D. Ballard, and Lee R. Krumholz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7064-7074; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recognition of Individual Genes in Diverse Microorganisms by Cycling Primed In Situ Amplification Takehiko Kenzaka, Shigeru Tamaki, Nobuyasu Yamaguchi, Katsuji Tani, and Masao Nasu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7236-7244; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Catalyzed Reported Deposition-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Protocol To Evaluate Phagotrophy in Mixotrophic Protists Juan M. Medina-Sánchez, Marisol Felip, and Emilio O. Casamayor Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7321-7326; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

On-Probe Sample Pretreatment for Direct Analysis of Lipids in Gram-Positive Bacterial Cells by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry Yasuyuki Ishida, Kuniyuki Kitagawa, Akihito Nakayama, and Hajime Ohtani Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7539-7541; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Factors Influencing the Ability of Listeria monocytogenes To Pass through a Membrane Filter by Active Infiltration Kentaro Nakazawa, Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Yoji Nakagawa, Michinori Terao, and Tohey Matsuyama Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7571-7574; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Representational Difference Analysis and Real-Time PCR for Strain-Specific Quantification of Lactobacillus sobrius sp. nov. Sergey R. Konstantinov, Hauke Smidt, and Willem M. de Vos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7578-7581; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Surface Microflora of Four Smear-Ripened Cheeses Jérôme Mounier, Roberto Gelsomino, Stefanie Goerges, Marc Vancanneyt, Katrien Vandemeulebroecke, Bart Hoste, Siegfried Scherer, Jean Swings, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Timothy M. Cogan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6489-6500; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacteriophage Therapy To Reduce Campylobacter jejuni Colonization of Broiler Chickens C. Loc Carrillo, R. J. Atterbury, A. El-Shibiny, P. L. Connerton, E. Dillon, A. Scott, and I. F. Connerton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6554-6563; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ability of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. To Survive in a Desiccation Model System and in Dry Foods Reiji Hiramatsu, Masakado Matsumoto, Kenji Sakae, and Yutaka Miyazaki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6657-6663; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Shewanella baltica as the Most Important H2S-Producing Species during Iced Storage of Danish Marine Fish Birte Fonnesbech Vogel, Kasthuri Venkateswaran, Masataka Satomi, and Lone Gram Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6689-6697; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Salmonella enterica in Naturally Contaminated Liquid Eggs by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification, and Characterization of Salmonella Isolates Kayoko Ohtsuka, Keiko Yanagawa, Kosuke Takatori, and Yukiko Hara-Kudo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6730-6735; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Identification and Enumeration of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells in Wine by Real-Time PCR P. Martorell, A. Querol, and M. T. Fernández-Espinar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6823-6830; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proteomic Signature of Lactococcus lactis NCDO763 Cultivated in Milk Christophe Gitton, Mickael Meyrand, Juhui Wang, Christophe Caron, Alain Trubuil, Alain Guillot, and Michel-Yves Mistou Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7152-7163; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modeling Bacteriocin Resistance and Inactivation of Listeria innocua LMG 13568 by Lactobacillus sakei CTC 494 under Sausage Fermentation Conditions Frédéric Leroy, Kristoff Lievens, and Luc De Vuyst Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7567-7570; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heterogeneity of Putative Surface Layer Proteins in Lactobacillus helveticus Monica Gatti, Lia Rossetti, Maria Emanuela Fornasari, Camilla Lazzi, Giorgio Giraffa, and Erasmo Neviani Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7582-7588; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Isolation and Partial Characterization of Antagonistic Peptides Produced by Paenibacillus sp. Strain B2 Isolated from the Sorghum Mycorrhizosphere S. Selim, J. Negrel, C. Govaerts, S. Gianinazzi, and D. van Tuinen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6501-6507; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Antialgal Allelochemical from Phragmites communis Feng-Min Li and Hong-Ying Hu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6545-6553; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Halophilic Fungus Hortaea werneckii and the Halotolerant Fungus Aureobasidium pullulans Maintain Low Intracellular Cation Concentrations in Hypersaline Environments Tina Kogej, José Ramos, Ana Plemenitas, and Nina Gunde-Cimerman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6600-6605; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Different Carbon Sources on Community Composition of Bacterial Enrichments from Soil Boris Wawrik, Lee Kerkhof, Jerome Kukor, and Gerben Zylstra Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6776-6783; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Isolation of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from Free-Ranging Birds and Mammals on Livestock Premises Joseph L. Corn, Elizabeth J. B. Manning, Srinand Sreevatsan, and John R. Fischer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6963-6967; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Community Dynamics and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation during Bioremediation of Heavily Creosote-Contaminated Soil Marc Viñas, Jordi Sabaté, María José Espuny, and Anna M. Solanas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7008-7018; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Algal Species and Light Microenvironment in a Low-pH, Geothermal Microbial Mat Community M. J. Ferris, K. B. Sheehan, M. Kühl, K. Cooksey, B. Wigglesworth-Cooksey, R. Harvey, and J. M. Henson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7164-7171; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ecology, Inhibitory Activity, and Morphogenesis of a Marine Antagonistic Bacterium Belonging to the Roseobacter Clade Jesper Bartholin Bruhn, Kristian Fog Nielsen, Mette Hjelm, Michael Hansen, José Bresciani, Stefan Schulz, and Lone Gram Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7263-7270; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Carp Interstitial Nephritis and Gill Necrosis Virus in Fish Droppings Arnon Dishon, Ayana Perelberg, Janette Bishara-Shieban, Maya Ilouze, Maya Davidovich, Shlomit Werker, and Moshe Kotler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7285-7291; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Three Stages of a Biofilm Community Developing at the Liquid-Liquid Interface between Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Water Alexandre José Macedo, Ute Kuhlicke, Thomas R. Neu, Kenneth N. Timmis, and Wolf-Rainer Abraham Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7301-7309; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Airborne Stachybotrys chartarum Macrocyclic Trichothecene Mycotoxins in the Indoor Environment T. L. Brasel, J. M. Martin, C. G. Carriker, S. C. Wilson, and D. C. Straus Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7376-7388; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

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

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Mycology:

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Characterization of Enzymatic Antioxidants in the Lichen Ramalina lacera and Their Response to Rehydration Lior Weissman, Jacob Garty, and Ayala Hochman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6508-6514; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic and Phylogeographic Structures of the Symbiotic Fungus Tuber magnatum Andrea Rubini, Francesco Paolocci, Claudia Riccioni, Giovanni G. Vendramin, and Sergio Arcioni Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6584-6589; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Trichosporon Species Isolated from Guano Samples Obtained from Bat-Inhabited Caves in Japan Takashi Sugita, Ken Kikuchi, Koichi Makimura, Kensaku Urata, Takashi Someya, Katsuhiko Kamei, Masakazu Niimi, and Yoshimasa Uehara Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7626-7629; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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CorA Affects Tolerance of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium to the Lactoperoxidase Enzyme System but Not to Other Forms of Oxidative Stress Jan Sermon, Eva M.-R. P. Wevers, Leentje Jansen, Philipp De Spiegeleer, Kristof Vanoirbeek, Abram Aertsen, and Chris W. Michiels Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6515-6523; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

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

Transcriptional Expression of the tceA Gene in a Dehalococcoides-Containing Microbial Enrichment David R. Johnson, Patrick K. H. Lee, Victor F. Holmes, Alexander C. Fortin, and Lisa Alvarez-Cohen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7145-7151; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

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

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

Isolation, Sequence Analysis, and Comparison of Two Plasmids (28 and 29 Kilobases) from the Biomining Bacterium Leptospirillum ferrooxidans ATCC 49879 Nicolette J. Coram, Leonardo J. van Zyl, and Douglas E. Rawlings Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7515-7522; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of an Alpha Toxin Gene Knockout Mutant of Clostridium perfringens Type A by Use of a Mobile Group II Intron Yue Chen, Bruce A. McClane, Derek J. Fisher, Julian I. Rood, and Phalguni Gupta Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7542-7547; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Creating New Genes by Plasmid Recombination in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis Ana Gomez, Tatjana Galic, Jean-François Mariet, Ivan Matic, Miroslav Radman, and Marie-Agnès Petit Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7607-7609; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Bacteriocin (Mutacin) Production by Streptococcus mutans Genome Sequence Reference Strain UA159: Elucidation of the Antimicrobial Repertoire by Genetic Dissection John D. F. Hale, Yi-Tian Ting, Ralph W. Jack, John R. Tagg, and Nicholas C. K. Heng Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7613-7617; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Novel 4-Chlorophenol Degradation Gene Cluster and Degradation Route via Hydroxyquinol in Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6 Karolina Nordin, Maria Unell, and Janet K. Jansson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6538-6544; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of Azo Dyes by Trametes villosa Laccase over Long Periods of Oxidative Conditions Andrea Zille, Barbara Górnacka, Astrid Rehorek, and Artur Cavaco-Paulo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6711-6718; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Intra- and Interspecific Comparisons of Bacterial Diversity and Community Structure Support Coevolution of Gut Microbiota and Termite Host Yuichi Hongoh, Pinsurang Deevong, Tetsushi Inoue, Shigeharu Moriya, Savitr Trakulnaleamsai, Moriya Ohkuma, Charunee Vongkaluang, Napavarn Noparatnaraporn, and Toshiaki Kudo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6590-6599; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Common, but Complex, Mode of Resistance of Plutella xylostella to Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac Ali H. Sayyed, Roxani Gatsi, M. Sales Ibiza-Palacios, Baltasar Escriche, Denis J. Wright, and Neil Crickmore Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6863-6869; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Efficient Procedure for Purification of Obligate Intracellular Wolbachia pipientis and Representative Amplification of Its Genome by Multiple-Displacement Amplification Patrick Mavingui, Van Tran Van, Estelle Labeyrie, Edwige Rancès, Fabrice Vavre, and Pascal Simonet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6910-6917; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identifying Components of the NF-B Pathway in the Beneficial Euprymna scolopes-Vibrio fischeri Light Organ Symbiosis Michael S. Goodson, Mila Kojadinovic, Joshua V. Troll, Todd E. Scheetz, Thomas L. Casavant, M. Bento Soares, and Margaret J. McFall-Ngai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6934-6946; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Jenny M. Lindh, Olle Terenius, and Ingrid Faye Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7217-7223; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Investigation of Oscillatoria spongeliae-Dominated Bacterial Communities in Four Dictyoceratid Sponges Christian P. Ridley, D. John Faulkner, and Margo G. Haygood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7366-7375; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

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Public Health Microbiology:

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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 Samina Valjevac, Valérie Hilaire, Olivier Lisanti, Françoise Ramisse, Eric Hernandez, Jean-Didier Cavallo, Christine Pourcel, and Gilles Vergnaud Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6613-6623; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Genes of Escherichia coli Isolates from Swine in Ontario Patrick Boerlin, Rebeccah Travis, Carlton L. Gyles, Richard Reid-Smith, Nicol Janecko Heather Lim, Vivian Nicholson, Scott A. McEwen, Robert Friendship, and Marie Archambault Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6753-6761; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Environments of Culture-Positive Cattle Margaret A. Davis, Karen A. Cloud-Hansen, John Carpenter, and Carolyn J. Hovde Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6816-6822; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enteroviruses and Bacteriophages in Bathing Waters Laura Mocé-Llivina, Francisco Lucena, and Juan Jofre Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6838-6844; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation of Bacillus Endospores in Envelopes by Electron Beam Irradiation Shannon L. Helfinstine, Carlos Vargas-Aburto, Roberto M. Uribe, and Christopher J. Woolverton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7029-7032; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Occurrence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Untreated Water in Northern Ireland Lynne Whan, Hywel J. Ball, Irene R. Grant, and Michael T. Rowe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7107-7112; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence of Pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica Strains in Pigs in the United States Saumya Bhaduri, Irene V. Wesley, and Eric J. Bush Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7117-7121; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Occurrence of Listeria spp. in Effluents of French Urban Wastewater Treatment Plants Delphine Paillard, Véronique Dubois, Rodolphe Thiebaut, Fany Nathier, Emilie Hoogland, Pierre Caumette, and Claudine Quentin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7562-7566; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bactericidal Actions of a Silver Ion Solution on Escherichia coli, Studied by Energy-Filtering Transmission Electron Microscopy and Proteomic Analysis Mikihiro Yamanaka, Keita Hara, and Jun Kudo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7589-7593; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Discrimination between Francisella tularensis and Francisella-Like Endosymbionts when Screening Ticks by PCR Kiersten J. Kugeler, Nikos Gurfield, Jean G. Creek, Kerry S. Mahoney, Jessica L. Versage, and Jeannine M. Petersen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7594-7597; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Cloning, Biochemical Properties, and Distribution of Mycobacterial Haloalkane Dehalogenases Andrea Jesenská, Martina Pavlová, Michal Strouhal, Radka Chaloupková, Iva Tesínská, Marta Monincová, Zbynek Prokop, Milan Bartos, Ivo Pavlík, Ivan Rychlík, Petra Möbius, Yuji Nagata, and Jiri Damborsky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6736-6745; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biocatalytic Conversion of Avermectin to 4"-Oxo-Avermectin: Characterization of Biocatalytically Active Bacterial Strains and of Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase Enzymes and Their Genes Volker Jungmann, István Molnár, Philip E. Hammer, D. Steven Hill, Ross Zirkle, Thomas G. Buckel, Dagmar Buckel, James M. Ligon, and J. Paul Pachlatko Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6968-6976; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biocatalytic Conversion of Avermectin to 4"-Oxo-Avermectin: Heterologous Expression of the ema1 Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase István Molnár, D. Steven Hill, Ross Zirkle, Philip E. Hammer, Frank Gross, Thomas G. Buckel, Volker Jungmann, Johannes Paul Pachlatko, and James M. Ligon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6977-6985; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alteration of Leucine Aminopeptidase from Streptomyces septatus TH-2 to Phenylalanine Aminopeptidase by Site-Directed Mutagenesis Jiro Arima, Yoshiko Uesugi, Masaki Iwabuchi, and Tadashi Hatanaka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7229-7235; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cutinase-Like Enzyme from the Yeast Cryptococcus sp. Strain S-2 Hydrolyzes Polylactic Acid and Other Biodegradable Plastics Kazuo Masaki, Numbi Ramudu Kamini, Hiroko Ikeda, and Haruyuki Iefuji Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7548-7550; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Putative Exposed Aromatic and Hydroxyl Residues on the Surface of the N-Terminal Domains of Chi1 from Aeromonas caviae CB101 Are Essential for Chitin Binding and Hydrolysis Qiang Li, Fengping Wang, Ying Zhou, and Xiang Xiao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7559-7561; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Polyphenol Oxidase Activity Expression in Ralstonia solanacearum Diana Hernández-Romero, Francisco Solano, and Antonio Sanchez-Amat Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6808-6815; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel DNA Sequences from Natural Strains of the Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiotic Bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti Hong Guo, Sheng Sun, Turlough M. Finan, and Jianping Xu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7130-7138; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methylotrophic Metabolism Is Advantageous for Methylobacterium extorquens during Colonization of Medicago truncatula under Competitive Conditions Abdoulaye Sy, Antonius C. J. Timmers, Claudia Knief, and Julia A. Vorholt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7245-7252; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ascending Migration of Endophytic Rhizobia, from Roots to Leaves, inside Rice Plants and Assessment of Benefits to Rice Growth Physiology Feng Chi, Shi-Hua Shen, Hai-Ping Cheng, Yu-Xiang Jing, Youssef G. Yanni, and Frank B. Dazzo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7271-7278; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Copper-Adapted Suillus luteus, a Symbiotic Solution for Pines Colonizing Cu Mine Spoils K. Adriaensen, T. Vrålstad, J.-P. Noben, J. Vangronsveld, and J. V. Colpaert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7279-7284; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Paenibacillus polymyxa Invades Plant Roots and Forms Biofilms Salme Timmusk, Nina Grantcharova, and E. Gerhart H. Wagner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7292-7300; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proof that Burkholderia Strains Form Effective Symbioses with Legumes: a Study of Novel Mimosa-Nodulating Strains from South America Wen-Ming Chen, Sergio M. de Faria, Rosângela Straliotto, Rosa M. Pitard, Jean L. Simões-Araùjo, Jui-Hsing Chou, Yi-Ju Chou, Edmundo Barrios, Alan R. Prescott, Geoffrey N. Elliott, Janet I. Sprent, J. Peter W. Young, and Euan K. James Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7461-7471; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Symbiotic Hydrogenase Activity in Bradyrhizobium sp. (Vigna) Increases Nitrogen Content in Vigna unguiculata Plants Cecilia Baginsky, Belén Brito, Juan Imperial, Tomás Ruiz-Argüeso, and Jose M. Palacios Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7536-7538; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for Horizontal Transfer of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate Deaminase Genes N. Hontzeas, A. O. Richardson, A. Belimov, V. Safronova, M. M. Abu-Omar, and B. R. Glick Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7556-7558; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rhizobium leguminosarum Biovar viciae Symbiotic Hydrogenase Activity and Processing Are Limited by the Level of Nickel in Agricultural Soils Ana-Claudia Ureta, Juan Imperial, Tomás Ruiz-Argüeso, and Jose M. Palacios Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7603-7606; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Comparison of Microbial Community Compositions of Two Subglacial Environments Reveals a Possible Role for Microbes in Chemical Weathering Processes Mark Skidmore, Suzanne P. Anderson, Martin Sharp, Julia Foght, and Brian D. Lanoil Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 6986-6997; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Oxidation Rate and Fe(II) State on Microbial Nitrate-Dependent Fe(III) Mineral Formation John M. Senko, Thomas A. Dewers, and Lee R. Krumholz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7172-7177; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Transcriptional Profiling of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 during Cr(VI) and U(VI) Reduction Rizlan Bencheikh-Latmani, Sarah Middleton Williams, Lisa Haucke, Craig S. Criddle, Liyou Wu, Jizhong Zhou, and Bradley M. Tebo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7453-7460; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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In Silico Reconstruction of the Metabolic Pathways of Lactobacillus plantarum: Comparing Predictions of Nutrient Requirements with Those from Growth Experiments Bas Teusink, Frank H. J. van Enckevort, Christof Francke, Anne Wiersma, Arno Wegkamp, Eddy J. Smid, and Roland J. Siezen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7253-7262; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rhodopseudomonas palustris Regulons Detected by Cross-Species Analysis of Alphaproteobacterial Genomes Sean Conlan, Charles Lawrence, and Lee Ann McCue Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7442-7452; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Extensive Diversity of Ionizing-Radiation-Resistant Bacteria Recovered from Sonoran Desert Soil and Description of Nine New Species of the Genus Deinococcus Obtained from a Single Soil Sample Fred A. Rainey, Keren Ray, Margarida Ferreira, Bridget Z. Gatz, Fernanda Nobre, Danielle Bagaley, Brian A. Rash, Mie-Jung Park, Ashlee M. Earl, Nicole C. Shank, Alanna M. Small, Margaret C. Henk, John R. Battista, Peter Kämpfer, and Milton S. da Costa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7630 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of Campylobacter jejuni in Waterborne Protozoa W. J. Snelling, J. P. McKenna, D. M. Lecky, and J. S. G. Dooley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2005 71: 7631 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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