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Contents: December 2005, Volume 71, Issue 12        Minireviews        Biodegradation        Microbial Ecology        Methods        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Physiology and Biotechnology        Mycology        Plant Microbiology        Environmental Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Food Microbiology        Public Health Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Geomicrobiology

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Minireviews:

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Manipulating Corynebacteria, from Individual Genes to Chromosomes Alain A. Vertès, Masayuki Inui, and Hideaki Yukawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7633-7642; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Regulation and Characterization of Two Nitroreductase Genes, nprA and nprB, of Rhodobacter capsulatus Eva Pérez-Reinado, Rafael Blasco, Francisco Castillo, Conrado Moreno-Vivián, and M. Dolores Roldán Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7643-7649; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hydroxylation of the Herbicide Isoproturon by Fungi Isolated from Agricultural Soil Stig Rønhede, Bo Jensen, Søren Rosendahl, Birthe B. Kragelund, René K. Juhler, and Jens Aamand Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7927-7932; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cometabolism of Trihalomethanes by Nitrosomonas europaea David G. Wahman, Lynn E. Katz, and Gerald E. Speitel, Jr. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7980-7986; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequential Reductive Dechlorination of meta-Chlorinated Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in Sediment Microcosms by Two Different Chloroflexi Phylotypes Sonja K. Fagervold, Joy E. M. Watts, Harold D. May, and Kevin R. Sowers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8085-8090; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stable Isotopic Studies of n-Alkane Metabolism by a Sulfate-Reducing Bacterial Enrichment Culture Irene A. Davidova, Lisa M. Gieg, Mark Nanny, Kevin G. Kropp, and Joseph M. Suflita Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8174-8182; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiple Reductive-Dehalogenase-Homologous Genes Are Simultaneously Transcribed during Dechlorination by Dehalococcoides-Containing Cultures Alison S. Waller, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Frank E. Löffler, and Elizabeth A. Edwards Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8257-8264; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mineralization of the Cyclic Nitramine Explosive Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine by Gordonia and Williamsia spp. Karen T. Thompson, Fiona H. Crocker, and Herbert L. Fredrickson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8265-8272; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enantioselective Transformation of -Hexachlorocyclohexane by the Dehydrochlorinases LinA1 and LinA2 from the Soil Bacterium Sphingomonas paucimobilis B90A Mrutyunjay Suar, Andrea Hauser, Thomas Poiger, Hans-Rudolf Buser, Markus D. Müller, Charu Dogra, Vishakha Raina, Christof Holliger, Jan Roelof van der Meer, Rup Lal, and Hans-Peter E. Kohler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8514-8518; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Degradation of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene Compounds by Dechloromonas Strain RCB Romy Chakraborty, Susan M. O'Connor, Emily Chan, and John D. Coates Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8649-8655; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering Pseudomonas fluorescens for Biodegradation of 2,4-Dinitrotoluene Mariela R. Monti, Andrea M. Smania, Georgina Fabro, María E. Alvarez, and Carlos E. Argaraña Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8864-8872; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Turnover Is Linked to the Composition and Dynamics of the Bacterioplankton Assemblage during a Microcosm Phytoplankton Bloom Jarone Pinhassi, Rafel Simó, José M. González, Maria Vila, Laura Alonso-Sáez, Ronald P. Kiene, Mary Ann Moran, and Carlos Pedrós-Alió Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7650-7660; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Soil Microbial Community Responses to Additions of Organic Carbon Substrates and Heavy Metals (Pb and Cr) Cindy H. Nakatsu, Nadia Carmosini, Brett Baldwin, Federico Beasley, Peter Kourtev, and Allan Konopka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7679-7689; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activity and Phylogenetic Diversity of Bacterial Cells with High and Low Nucleic Acid Content and Electron Transport System Activity in an Upwelling Ecosystem K. Longnecker, B. F. Sherr, and E. B. Sherr Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7737-7749; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Forest Soil Metagenome Clone That Confers Indirubin and Indigo Production on Escherichia coli He Kyoung Lim, Eu Jin Chung, Jin-Cheol Kim, Gyung Ja Choi, Kyoung Soo Jang, Young Ryun Chung, Kwang Yun Cho, and Seon-Woo Lee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7768-7777; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Planktonic-Cell Yield of a Pseudomonad Biofilm Elanna Bester, Gideon Wolfaardt, Lydia Joubert, Kerstin Garny, and Sanja Saftic Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7792-7798; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Assimilation of Polysaccharides and Glucose by Major Bacterial Groups in the Delaware Estuary Hila Elifantz, Rex R. Malmstrom, Matthew T. Cottrell, and David L. Kirchman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7799-7805; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection and Isolation of Ultrasmall Microorganisms from a 120,000-Year-Old Greenland Glacier Ice Core Vanya I. Miteva and Jean E. Brenchley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7806-7818; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Diversity in Coastal Subsurface Sediments: a Cultivation Approach Using Various Electron Acceptors and Substrate Gradients Beate Köpke, Reinhard Wilms, Bert Engelen, Heribert Cypionka, and Henrik Sass Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7819-7830; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coaggregation Facilitates Interspecies Hydrogen Transfer between Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum and Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus Shun'ichi Ishii, Tomoyuki Kosaka, Katsutoshi Hori, Yasuaki Hotta, and Kazuya Watanabe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7838-7845; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Field-Based Stable Isotope Probing To Identify Adapted Populations and Track Carbon Flow through a Phenol-Degrading Soil Microbial Community Christopher M. DeRito, Graham M. Pumphrey, and Eugene L. Madsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7858-7865; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chitinase Genes in Lake Sediments of Ardley Island, Antarctica Xiang Xiao, Xuebin Yin, Jian Lin, Liguang Sun, Ziyong You, Peng Wang, and Fengping Wang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7904-7909; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diazotrophic Diversity and Distribution in the Tropical and Subtropical Atlantic Ocean Rebecca J. Langlois, Julie LaRoche, and Philipp A. Raab Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7910-7919; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Class 1 Integrons and Tetracycline Resistance Genes in Alcaligenes, Arthrobacter, and Pseudomonas spp. Isolated from Pigsties and Manured Soil Yvonne Agersø and Dorthe Sandvang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7941-7947; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Physiology and Phylogeny of Green Sulfur Bacteria Forming a Monospecific Phototrophic Assemblage at a Depth of 100 Meters in the Black Sea Ann K. Manske, Jens Glaeser, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, and Jörg Overmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8049-8060; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence of Intense Archaeal and Bacterial Methanotrophic Activity in the Black Sea Water Column Edith Durisch-Kaiser, Lucia Klauser, Bernhard Wehrli, and Carsten Schubert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8099-8106; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution of Genes Encoding Putative Virulence Factors and Fragment Length Polymorphisms in the vrrA Gene among Brazilian Isolates of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis Viviane Zahner, Diana Aparecida Cabral, Adriana Hamond Régua-Mangia, Leon Rabinovitch, Gaétan Moreau, and Douglas McIntosh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8107-8114; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impact of the Microscale Distribution of a Pseudomonas Strain Introduced into Soil on Potential Contacts with Indigenous Bacteria Arnaud Dechesne, Céline Pallud, Franck Bertolla, and Geneviève L. Grundmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8123-8131; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of Spacecraft-Associated Microorganisms under Simulated Martian UV Irradiation David A. Newcombe, Andrew C. Schuerger, James N. Benardini, Danielle Dickinson, Roger Tanner, and Kasthuri Venkateswaran Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8147-8156; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Temperature on Anaerobic Ethanol Oxidation and Methanogenesis in Acidic Peat from a Northern Wetland Martina Metje and Peter Frenzel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8191-8200; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution of Typical Freshwater Bacterial Groups Is Associated with pH, Temperature, and Lake Water Retention Time Eva S. Lindström, Miranda P. Kamst-Van Agterveld, and Gabriel Zwart Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8201-8206; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Inorganic Nitrogen Management Regime on the Diversity of Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria in Agricultural Grassland Soils Thomas E. Freitag, Lisa Chang, Christopher D. Clegg, and James I. Prosser Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8323-8334; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activity and Composition of the Denitrifying Bacterial Community Respond Differently to Long-Term Fertilization Karin Enwall, Laurent Philippot, and Sara Hallin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8335-8343; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection and Cultivation of Soil Verrucomicrobia Parveen Sangwan, Suzana Kovac, Kathryn E. R. Davis, Michelle Sait, and Peter H. Janssen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8402-8410; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity and Structure of Bacterial Chemolithotrophic Communities in Pine Forest and Agroecosystem Soils J. Tolli and G. M. King Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8411-8418; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ecological Behavior of Lactobacillus reuteri 100-23 Is Affected by Mutation of the luxS Gene Gerald W. Tannock, Salina Ghazally, Jens Walter, Diane Loach, Heather Brooks, Gregory Cook, Michael Surette, Cameron Simmers, Phil Bremer, Fabio Dal Bello, and Christian Hertel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8419-8425; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antagonistic Interactions among Marine Bacteria Impede the Proliferation of Vibrio cholerae Richard A. Long, David C. Rowley, Eric Zamora, Jiayuan Liu, Douglas H. Bartlett, and Farooq Azam Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8531-8536; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 on Soil Microbial Biomass, Activity, and Diversity in a Chaparral Ecosystem David A. Lipson, Richard F. Wilson, and Walter C. Oechel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8573-8580; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Iron on Growth and Ultrastructure of Acaryochloris marina Wesley D. Swingley, Martin F. Hohmann-Marriott, Tien Le Olson, and Robert E. Blankenship Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8606-8610; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Bacteria in Biofilm and Bulk Water Samples from a Nonchlorinated Model Drinking Water Distribution System: Detection of a Large Nitrite-Oxidizing Population Associated with Nitrospira spp. Adam C. Martiny, Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen, Erik Arvin, and Søren Molin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8611-8617; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microcolony Cultivation on a Soil Substrate Membrane System Selects for Previously Uncultured Soil Bacteria Belinda C. Ferrari, Svend J. Binnerup, and Michael Gillings Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8714-8720; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Microbial Communities Found in the Human Vagina by Analysis of Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms of 16S rRNA Genes Marco J. L. Coolen, Eduard Post, Catherine C. Davis, and Larry J. Forney Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8729-8737; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development and Evaluation of Genome-Probing Microarrays for Monitoring Lactic Acid Bacteria Jin-Woo Bae, Sung-Keun Rhee, Ja Ryeong Park, Won-Hyong Chung, Young-Do Nam, Insun Lee, Hongik Kim, and Yong-Ha Park Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8825-8835; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Community Analysis of a Mercury Hot Spring Supports Occurrence of Domain-Specific Forms of Mercuric Reductase Jessica Simbahan, Elizabeth Kurth, James Schelert, Amanda Dillman, Etsuko Moriyama, Stevan Jovanovich, and Paul Blum Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8836-8845; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Highly Divergent Genes for Methanopterin-Linked C1 Transfer Reactions in Lake Washington, Assessed via Metagenomic Analysis and mRNA Detection Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya, Sarah Bowerman, Olivier Nercessian, Mary E. Lidstrom, and Ludmila Chistoserdova Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8846-8854; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cooccurrence of Aerobic and Anaerobic Methane Oxidation in the Water Column of Lake Plußsee Gundula Eller, Layla Känel, and Martin Krüger Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8925-8928; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of fae and fhcD Genes in Mono Lake, California Olivier Nercessian, Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya, Samantha B. Joye, Mary E. Lidstrom, and Ludmila Chistoserdova Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8949-8953; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cell-Cell Influences on Bacterial Community Development in Aquatic Biofilms Robert J. C. McLean, Mary B. Barnes, M. Katy Windham, Mubina Merchant, Michael R. J. Forstner, and Clay Fuqua Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8987-8990; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Performance of Media for Recovering Stressed Cells of Enterobacter sakazakii as Determined Using Spiral Plating and Ecometric Techniques J. B. Gurtler and L. R. Beuchat Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7661-7669; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sensitive Detection of Botulinum Neurotoxin Types C and D with an Immunoaffinity Chromatographic Column Test Frank Gessler, Katrin Hampe, and Helge Böhnel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7897-7903; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Visualization and Enumeration of Bacteria Carrying a Specific Gene Sequence by In Situ Rolling Circle Amplification Fumito Maruyama, Takehiko Kenzaka, Nobuyasu Yamaguchi, Katsuji Tani, and Masao Nasu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7933-7940; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microarray-Based Detection and Typing of the Rhizobium Nodulation Gene nodC: Potential of DNA Arrays To Diagnose Biological Functions of Interest Cyril Bontemps, Geoffroy Golfier, Carine Gris-Liebe, Sébastien Carrere, Luc Talini, and Catherine Boivin-Masson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8042-8048; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Spontaneous Current Oscillations during High-Efficiency Electrotransformation of Thermophilic Anaerobes Michael V. Tyurin, Charles R. Sullivan, and Lee R. Lynd Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8069-8076; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

UniFrac: a New Phylogenetic Method for Comparing Microbial Communities Catherine Lozupone and Rob Knight Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8228-8235; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Rapid Assay for Determining the Relative Abundance of Bacteria Arlene K. Rowan, Russell J. Davenport, Jason R. Snape, David Fearnside, Michael R. Barer, Thomas P. Curtis, and Ian M. Head Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8481-8490; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two Novel Bacterial Biosensors for Detection of Nitrate Availability in the Rhizosphere Kristen M. DeAngelis, Pingsheng Ji, Mary K. Firestone, and Steven E. Lindow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8537-8547; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Waterborne Pathogen Detection by Use of Oligonucleotide-Based Microarrays Christine Maynard, Frédéric Berthiaume, Karine Lemarchand, Josée Harel, Pierre Payment, Paul Bayardelle, Luke Masson, and Roland Brousseau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8548-8557; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cell Surface Display of Lipase in Pseudomonas putida KT2442 Using OprF as an Anchoring Motif and Its Biocatalytic Applications Seung Hwan Lee, Sang Yup Lee, and Byoung Chul Park Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8581-8586; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Gel-Pad Oligonucleotide Microarray Technology by Using Artificial Neural Networks Alex Pozhitkov, Boris Chernov, Gennadiy Yershov, and Peter A. Noble Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8663-8676; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Application of Stereolithographic Custom Models for Studying the Impact of Biofilms and Mineral Precipitation on Fluid Flow D. L. Stoner, S. M. Watson, R. D. Stedtfeld, P. Meakin, L. K. Griffel, T. L. Tyler, L. M. Pegram, J. M. Barnes, and V. A. Deason Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8721-8728; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development and Characterization of a Subtilin-Regulated Expression System in Bacillus subtilis: Strict Control of Gene Expression by Addition of Subtilin Roger S. Bongers, Jan-Willem Veening, Maarten Van Wieringen, Oscar P. Kuipers, and Michiel Kleerebezem Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8818-8824; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cell Adsorption and Selective Desorption for Separation of Microbial Cells by Using Chitosan-Immobilized Silica Munehiro Kubota, Masayoshi Matsui, Hiroyuki Chiku, Nobuyuki Kasashima, Manabu Shimojoh, and Kengo Sakaguchi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8895-8902; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Legionella Confirmation Using Real-Time PCR and SYTO9 Is an Alternative to Current Methodology Steven Giglio, Paul T. Monis, and Christopher P. Saint Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8944-8948; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Real-Time PCR Assay for Enumeration of Lactic Acid Bacteria in Wine Ezekiel T. Neeley, Trevor G. Phister, and David A. Mills Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8954-8957; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Primers Reveal Wider Diversity among Marine Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs Natalya Yutin, Marcelino T. Suzuki, and Oded Béjà Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8958-8962; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

PCR-Induced Sequence Artifacts and Bias: Insights from Comparison of Two 16S rRNA Clone Libraries Constructed from the Same Sample Silvia G. Acinas, Ramahi Sarma-Rupavtarm, Vanja Klepac-Ceraj, and Martin F. Polz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8966-8969; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth and Multiplexed Analysis of Microorganisms on a Subdivided, Highly Porous, Inorganic Chip Manufactured from Anopore Colin J. Ingham, Maaike van den Ende, Dirk Pijnenburg, Peter C. Wever, and Peter M. Schneeberger Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8978-8981; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of New Broth Media for Microdilution Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing of Lactobacilli, Pediococci, Lactococci, and Bifidobacteria Ingo Klare, Carola Konstabel, Sibylle Müller-Bertling, Rolf Reissbrodt, Geert Huys, Marc Vancanneyt, Jean Swings, Herman Goossens, and Wolfgang Witte Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8982-8986; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Forensic Profiling of Cryptosporidium Species and Genotypes in Raw Water Norma J. Ruecker, Niravanh Bounsombath, Peter Wallis, Corinne S. L. Ong, Judith L. Isaac-Renton, and Norman F. Neumann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8991-8994; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Detection of Subtype-Selective Nuclear Hormone Receptor Binding with Bacterial Genetic Selection Georgios Skretas and David W. Wood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8995-8997; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Real-Time PCR for Listeria monocytogenes That Monitors Analytical Performance via an Internal Amplification Control David Rodríguez-Lázaro, Maria Pla, Mariela Scortti, Héctor J. Monzó, and José A. Vázquez-Boland Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 9008-9012; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Cloning and Characterization of Two Xyloglucanases from Paenibacillus sp. Strain KM21 Katsuro Yaoi, Tomonori Nakai, Yoshiro Kameda, Ayako Hiyoshi, and Yasushi Mitsuishi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7670-7678; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of o-Xylene Oxygenase Genes from Rhodococcus opacus TKN14 Takahiro Maruyama, Masaharu Ishikura, Hironori Taki, Kazutoshi Shindo, Hiroaki Kasai, Miyuki Haga, Yukie Inomata, and Norihiko Misawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7705-7715; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Thermoacidophilic L-Arabinose Isomerase from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius: Role of Lys-269 in pH Optimum Sang-Jae Lee, Dong-Woo Lee, Eun-Ah Choe, Young-Ho Hong, Seong-Bo Kim, Byoung-Chan Kim, and Yu-Ryang Pyun Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7888-7896; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Triphenylmethane Reductase from Citrobacter sp. Strain KCTC 18061P: Purification, Characterization, Gene Cloning, and Overexpression of a Functional Protein in Escherichia coli Moon-Sun Jang, Young-Mi Lee, Cheorl-Ho Kim, Jai-Heon Lee, Dong-Woo Kang, Seok-Jo Kim, and Young-Choon Lee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7955-7960; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

L-Selective Amidase with Extremely Broad Substrate Specificity from Ochrobactrum anthropi NCIMB 40321 Theo Sonke, Sandra Ernste, Renate F. Tandler, Bernard Kaptein, Wilco P. H. Peeters, Friso B. J. van Assema, Marcel G. Wubbolts, and Hans E. Schoemaker Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7961-7973; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification of Cytochrome P450 and Ferredoxin, Involved in Bisphenol A Degradation, from Sphingomonas sp. Strain AO1 Miho Sasaki, Ayako Akahira, Ko-ichi Oshiman, Tetsuaki Tsuchido, and Yoshinobu Matsumura Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8024-8030; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Single-Site Oxidation, Cysteine 108 to Cysteine Sulfinic Acid, in D-Amino Acid Oxidase from Trigonopsis variabilis and Its Structural and Functional Consequences Anita Slavica, Iskandar Dib, and Bernd Nidetzky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8061-8068; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heterologous Production of Antimicrobial Peptides in Propionibacterium freudenreichii Dag Anders Brede, Therese Faye, Melanie Patricia Stierli, Gottfried Dasen, Anita Theiler, Ingolf F. Nes, Leo Meile, and Helge Holo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8077-8084; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enzymatic Ability of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis To Hydrolyze Milk Proteins: Identification and Characterization of Endopeptidase O C. Janer, F. Arigoni, B. H. Lee, C. Peláez, and T. Requena Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8460-8465; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Directed Evolution of Streptomyces clavuligerus Deacetoxycephalosporin C Synthase for Enhancement of Penicillin G Expansion Chia-Li Wei, Yunn-Bor Yang, Chan-Hui Deng, Wen-Chi Liu, Jyh-Shing Hsu, Yu-Ching Lin, Shwu-Huey Liaw, and Ying-Chieh Tsai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8873-8880; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structural Characterization of Glucooligosaccharide Oxidase from Acremonium strictum Meng-Hwan Lee, Wen-Lin Lai, Shuen-Fuh Lin, Cheng-Sheng Hsu, Shwu-Huey Liaw, and Ying-Chieh Tsai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8881-8887; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improvement of Catalytic Properties of Escherichia coli Penicillin G Acylase Immobilized on Glyoxyl Agarose by Addition of a Six-Amino-Acid Tag Francesca Scaramozzino, Ilona Estruch, Paola Rossolillo, Marco Terreni, and Alessandra M. Albertini Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8937-8940; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Importance of 3-Hydroxy Fatty Acid Composition of Lipopeptides for Biosurfactant Activity Noha H. Youssef, Kathleen E. Duncan, and Michael J. McInerney Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7690-7695; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protamylasse, a Residual Compound of Industrial Starch Production, Provides a Suitable Medium for Large-Scale Cyanophycin Production Yasser Elbahloul, Kay Frey, Johan Sanders, and Alexander Steinbüchel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7759-7767; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization and Functional Analysis of the MAL and MPH Loci for Maltose Utilization in Some Ale and Lager Yeast Strains Virve Vidgren, Laura Ruohonen, and John Londesborough Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7846-7857; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cofactor Dependence in Furan Reduction by Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Fermentation of Acid-Hydrolyzed Lignocellulose Anneli Nilsson, Marie F. Gorwa-Grauslund, Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal, and Gunnar Lidén Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7866-7871; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolic Engineering of Escherichia coli for Enhanced Production of Succinic Acid, Based on Genome Comparison and In Silico Gene Knockout Simulation Sang Jun Lee, Dong-Yup Lee, Tae Yong Kim, Byung Hun Kim, Jinwon Lee, and Sang Yup Lee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7880-7887; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modeling Surface Growth of Escherichia coli on Agar Plates Hiroshi Fujikawa and Satoshi Morozumi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7920-7926; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Exogenous Isoleucine and Fatty Acid Shortening Ensure the High Content of Anteiso-C15:0 Fatty Acid Required for Low-Temperature Growth of Listeria monocytogenes Kun Zhu, Xiang Ding, Mudcharee Julotok, and Brian J. Wilkinson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8002-8007; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Compatible Solutes of the Hyperthermophile Palaeococcus ferrophilus: Osmoadaptation and Thermoadaptation in the Order Thermococcales Clélia Neves, Milton S. da Costa, and Helena Santos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8091-8098; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of Engineered Bifunctional Enzymes and Their Overproduction in Aspergillus niger for Improved Enzymatic Tools To Degrade Agricultural By-Products Anthony Levasseur, David Navarro, Peter J. Punt, Jean-Pierre Belaïch, Marcel Asther, and Eric Record Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8132-8140; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Fermentation Medium Composition on Physicochemical Surface Properties of Lactobacillus acidophilus Prisca Schär-Zammaretti, Marie-Lise Dillmann, Nicola D'Amico, Michael Affolter, and Job Ubbink Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8165-8173; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production and Characterization of Antibodies against Each of the Three Subunits of the Bacillus cereus Nonhemolytic Enterotoxin Complex Richard Dietrich, Maximilian Moravek, Christine Bürk, Per Einar Granum, and Erwin Märtlbauer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8214-8220; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering of Solvent-Tolerant Pseudomonas putida S12 for Bioproduction of Phenol from Glucose Nick J. P. Wierckx, Hendrik Ballerstedt, Jan A. M. de Bont, and Jan Wery Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8221-8227; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Investigation of Two Distinct Flavone Synthases for Plant-Specific Flavone Biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Effendi Leonard, Yajun Yan, Kok Hong Lim, and Mattheos A. G. Koffas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8241-8248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improvement of Xylose Uptake and Ethanol Production in Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae through an Inverse Metabolic Engineering Approach Yong-Su Jin, Hal Alper, Yea-Tyng Yang, and Gregory Stephanopoulos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8249-8256; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Timing of Induction of Osmotically Controlled Genes in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium, Determined with Quantitative Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Boovaraghan Balaji, Kathleen O'Connor, Jeffrey R. Lucas, Joseph M. Anderson, and Laszlo N. Csonka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8273-8283; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Listeria monocytogenes PerR Mutants Display a Small-Colony Phenotype, Increased Sensitivity to Hydrogen Peroxide, and Significantly Reduced Murine Virulence Rosemarie Rea, Colin Hill, and Cormac G. M. Gahan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8314-8322; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Determination of Prebiotic Properties of Oligosaccharides Derived from an Orange Juice Manufacturing By-Product Stream K. Manderson, M. Pinart, K. M. Tuohy, W. E. Grace, A. T. Hotchkiss, W. Widmer, M. P. Yadhav, G. R. Gibson, and R. A. Rastall Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8383-8389; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contingency Locus in ctsR of Listeria monocytogenes Scott A: a Strategy for Occurrence of Abundant Piezotolerant Isolates within Clonal Populations Kimon A. G. Karatzas, Vasileios P. Valdramidis, and Marjon H. J. Wells-Bennik Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8390-8396; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phospholipid Furan Fatty Acids and Ubiquinone-8: Lipid Biomarkers That May Protect Dehalococcoides Strains from Free Radicals David C. White, Roland Geyer, Aaron D. Peacock, David B. Hedrick, Stephen S. Koenigsberg, Youlboong Sung, Jianzhong He, and Frank E. Löffler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8426-8433; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adaptive Responses to Oxygen Stress in Obligatory Anaerobes Clostridium acetobutylicum and Clostridium aminovalericum Shinji Kawasaki, Yusuke Watamura, Masaki Ono, Toshihiro Watanabe, Kouji Takeda, and Youichi Niimura Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8442-8450; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Twin-Arginine Translocation of Active Human Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Escherichia coli Jae-Young Kim, Elizabeth A. Fogarty, Franklin J. Lu, Hui Zhu, Geoffrey D. Wheelock, Lee A. Henderson, and Matthew P. DeLisa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8451-8459; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structure and Biosynthesis of the BT Peptide Antibiotic from Brevibacillus texasporus Xiaofeng Wu, Johnathan Ballard, and Yi Wei Jiang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8519-8530; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Aeration Cycles on Nitrifying Bacterial Populations and Nitrogen Removal in Intermittently Aerated Reactors Cesar Mota, Melanie A. Head, Jennifer A. Ridenoure, Jay J. Cheng, and Francis L. de los Reyes, III Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8565-8572; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Amplified Expression of Fructose 1,6-Bisphosphatase in Corynebacterium glutamicum Increases In Vivo Flux through the Pentose Phosphate Pathway and Lysine Production on Different Carbon Sources Judith Becker, Corinna Klopprogge, Oskar Zelder, Elmar Heinzle, and Christoph Wittmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8587-8596; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proteome Analysis of Streptococcus thermophilus Grown in Milk Reveals Pyruvate Formate-Lyase as the Major Upregulated Protein Sylviane Derzelle, Alexander Bolotin, Michel-Yves Mistou, and Françoise Rul Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8597-8605; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nickel and Cobalt Resistance Engineered in Escherichia coli by Overexpression of Serine Acetyltransferase from the Nickel Hyperaccumulator Plant Thlaspi goesingense John L. Freeman, Michael W. Persans, Ken Nieman, and David E. Salt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8627-8633; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Outer Membrane c-Type Cytochromes Required for Fe(III) and Mn(IV) Oxide Reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducens T. Mehta, M. V. Coppi, S. E. Childers, and D. R. Lovley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8634-8641; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of L-Proline on Sake Brewing and Ethanol Stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hiroshi Takagi, Miki Takaoka, Akari Kawaguchi, and Yoshito Kubo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8656-8662; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Growth in the Presence of Subinhibitory Concentrations of Dicloxacillin on Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus haemolyticus Biofilms Nuno Cerca, Silvia Martins, Sanna Sillankorva, Kimberly K. Jefferson, Gerald B. Pier, Rosario Oliveira, and Joana Azeredo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8677-8682; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Desiccation and Rehydration Jatinder Singh, Deept Kumar, Naren Ramakrishnan, Vibha Singhal, Jody Jervis, James F. Garst, Stephen M. Slaughter, Andrea M. DeSantis, Malcolm Potts, and Richard F. Helm Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8752-8763; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmids for Nicotine-Dependent and -Independent Gene Expression in Arthrobacter nicotinovorans and Other Arthrobacter Species Cristinel Sandu, Calin-Bogdan Chiribau, Paula Sachelaru, and Roderich Brandsch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8920-8924; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phage Tail-Like (High-Molecular-Weight) Bacteriocins of Budvicia aquatica and Pragia fontium (Enterobacteriaceae) Jan Smarda and Oldrich Benada Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8970-8973; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heterologous Production of Functional Forms of Rhizopus oryzae Lipase in Escherichia coli Mirella Di Lorenzo, Aurelio Hidalgo, Michael Haas, and Uwe T. Bornscheuer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8974-8977; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Symbiotic Fungi Produce Laccases Potentially Involved in Phenol Degradation in Fungus Combs of Fungus-Growing Termites in Thailand Yaovapa Taprab, Toru Johjima, Yoshimasa Maeda, Shigeharu Moriya, Savitr Trakulnaleamsai, Napavarn Noparatnaraporn, Moriya Ohkuma, and Toshiaki Kudo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7696-7704; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Similarity of Flag Shoot and Ascospore Subpopulations of Erysiphe necator in Italy Paolo Cortesi, Anna Mazzoleni, Cristina Pizzatti, and Michael G. Milgroom Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7788-7791; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gibberella xylarioides Sensu Lato from Coffea canephora: a New Mating Population in the Gibberella fujikuroi Species Complex Pascale C. E. Lepoint, Françoise T. J. Munaut, and Henri M. M. Maraite Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8466-8471; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Aflatoxin Biosynthesis Cluster Gene Encodes a Novel Oxidase Required for Conversion of Versicolorin A to Sterigmatocystin Kenneth C. Ehrlich, Beverly Montalbano, Stephen M. Boué, and Deepak Bhatnagar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8963-8965; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Genomic Comparison of Plant Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Serratia marcescens Strains by Suppressive Subtractive Hybridization Q. Zhang, U. Melcher, L. Zhou, F. Z. Najar, B. A. Roe, and J. Fletcher Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7716-7723; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Elevated Tropospheric Ozone on the Structure of Bacterial Communities Inhabiting the Rhizosphere of Herbaceous Plants Native to Germany Anja B. Dohrmann and Christoph C. Tebbe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7750-7758; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of the nifH Gene of a Herbaspirillum Endophyte in Wild Rice Species: Daily Rhythm during the Light-Dark Cycle Mu You, Tomohiro Nishiguchi, Asami Saito, Tsuyoshi Isawa, Hisayuki Mitsui, and Kiwamu Minamisawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8183-8190; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Unique Chromosomal Copper Resistance Gene Cluster from Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria Huseyin Basim, Gerald V. Minsavage, Robert E. Stall, Jaw-Fen Wang, Savita Shanker, and Jeffrey B. Jones Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8284-8291; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bleeding Sap and Old Wood Are the Two Main Sources of Contamination of Merging Organs of Vine Plants by Xylophilus ampelinus, the Causal Agent of Bacterial Necrosis S. Grall, C. Roulland, J. Guillaumès, and C. Manceau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8292-8300; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multilocus Sequence Type System for the Plant Pathogen Xylella fastidiosa and Relative Contributions of Recombination and Point Mutation to Clonal Diversity Mark Scally, Erin L. Schuenzel, Richard Stouthamer, and Leonard Nunney Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8491-8499; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Horizontal Gene Transfer to Endogenous Endophytic Bacteria from Poplar Improves Phytoremediation of Toluene Safiyh Taghavi, Tanja Barac, Bill Greenberg, Brigitte Borremans, Jaco Vangronsveld, and Daniel van der Lelie Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8500-8505; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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At Least 1 in 20 16S rRNA Sequence Records Currently Held in Public Repositories Is Estimated To Contain Substantial Anomalies Kevin E. Ashelford, Nadia A. Chuzhanova, John C. Fry, Antonia J. Jones, and Andrew J. Weightman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7724-7736; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Determination of the Viability of Aeromonas hydrophila in Different Types of Water by Flow Cytometry, and Comparison with Classical Methods Anna Pianetti, Tania Falcioni, Francesca Bruscolini, Luigia Sabatini, Elivio Sisti, and Stefano Papa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7948-7954; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High-Temperature Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization for Detecting Escherichia coli in Seawater Samples, Using rRNA-Targeted Oligonucleotide Probes and Flow Cytometry Ying Zhong Tang, Karina Yew Hoong Gin, and Tok Hoon Lim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8157-8164; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequence and Expression Analyses of Cytophaga-Like Hydrolases in a Western Arctic Metagenomic Library and the Sargasso Sea Matthew T. Cottrell, Liying Yu, and David L. Kirchman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8506-8513; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Investigation of an Acetate-Fed Denitrifying Microbial Community by Stable Isotope Probing, Full-Cycle rRNA Analysis, and Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization-Microautoradiography Maneesha P. Ginige, Jürg Keller, and Linda L. Blackall Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8683-8691; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modification of Surface Properties of Biomaterials Influences the Ability of Candida albicans To Form Biofilms Jyotsna Chandra, Jasmine D. Patel, Jian Li, Guangyin Zhou, Pranab K. Mukherjee, Thomas S. McCormick, James M. Anderson, and Mahmoud A. Ghannoum Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8795-8801; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Effects of Long-Term Storage on Plasmid Stability in Bacillus anthracis Chung K. Marston, Alex R. Hoffmaster, Kathy E. Wilson, Sandra L. Bragg, Brian Plikaytis, Philip Brachman, Scott Johnson, Arnold F. Kaufmann, and Tanja Popovic Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7778-7780; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Analysis of the O-Antigen Gene Cluster of Escherichia coli O86:B7 and Characterization of the Chain Length Determinant Gene (wzz) Hongjie Guo, Wen Yi, Jun Shao, Yuquan Lu, Wenpeng Zhang, Jing Song, and Peng George Wang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7995-8001; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Carotenoid Synthesis Gene Clusters from Environmental Enterobacteriaceae Strains Natalia Sedkova, Luan Tao, Pierre E. Rouvière, and Qiong Cheng Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8141-8146; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Broad-Host-Range, Generalized Transducing Phage (SN-T) Acquires 16S rRNA Genes from Different Genera of Bacteria Amy Beumer and Jayne B. Robinson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8301-8304; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Clostridium perfringens Isolates from Humans with Sporadic Diarrhea: Evidence for Transcriptional Regulation of the Beta2-Toxin-Encoding Gene Ben Harrison, Deepa Raju, Helen S. Garmory, Moira M. Brett, Richard W. Titball, and Mahfuzur R. Sarker Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8362-8370; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Variability of the Heme Uptake System among Different Strains of the Fish Pathogen Vibrio anguillarum: Identification of a New Heme Receptor Susana Mouriño, Isabel Rodríguez-Ares, Carlos R. Osorio, and Manuel L. Lemos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8434-8441; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Multiple-Deletion Method for the Corynebacterium glutamicum Genome, Using a Mutant lox Sequence Nobuaki Suzuki, Hiroshi Nonaka, Yota Tsuge, Masayuki Inui, and Hideaki Yukawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8472-8480; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Activation of Quinoline Degradation Operons of Pseudomonas putida 86 by the AraC/XylS-Type Regulator OxoS and Cross-Regulation of the PqorM Promoter by XylS Birgit Carl and Susanne Fetzner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8618-8626; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prophage-Like Elements in Bifidobacteria: Insights from Genomics, Transcription, Integration, Distribution, and Phylogenetic Analysis Marco Ventura, Ju-Hoon Lee, Carlos Canchaya, Ralf Zink, S. Leahy, J. A. Moreno-Munoz, M. O'Connell-Motherway, D. Higgins, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Daniel J. O'Sullivan, and Douwe van Sinderen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8692-8705; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Allelic Variation of Polymorphic Locus lytB, Encoding a Choline-Binding Protein, from Streptococci of the Mitis Group Miriam Moscoso, Virginia Obregón, Rubens López, José L. García, and Ernesto García Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8706-8713; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cooccurrence of ScDSP Gene Expression, Cell Death, and DNA Fragmentation in a Marine Diatom, Skeletonema costatum Chih-Ching Chung, Sheng-Ping L. Hwang, and Jeng Chang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8744-8751; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Effect of Immersion Solutions Containing Enterocin AS-48 on Listeria monocytogenes in Vegetable Foods Antonio Cobo Molinos, Hikmate Abriouel, Nabil Ben Omar, Eva Valdivia, Rosario Lucas López, Mercedes Maqueda, Magdalena Martínez Cañamero, and Antonio Gálvez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7781-7787; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbiological Study of Lactic Acid Fermentation of Caper Berries by Molecular and Culture-Dependent Methods Rubén Pérez Pulido, Nabil Ben Omar, Hikmate Abriouel, Rosario Lucas López, Magdalena Martínez Cañamero, and Antonio Gálvez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7872-7879; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Binding of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to Alfalfa, Human Epithelial Cells, and Plastic Is Mediated by a Variety of Surface Structures Alfredo G. Torres, Cecelia Jeter, William Langley, and Ann G. Matthysse Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8008-8015; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolic and Transcriptomic Adaptation of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis Biovar diacetylactis in Response to Autoacidification and Temperature Downshift in Skim Milk Sandy Raynaud, Rémi Perrin, Muriel Cocaign-Bousquet, and Pascal Loubiere Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8016-8023; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relatedness of Listeria monocytogenes Isolates Recovered from Selected Ready-To-Eat Foods and Listeriosis Patients in the United States Stefanie Evans Gilbreth, Jeff E. Call, F. Morgan Wallace, Virginia N. Scott, Yuhuan Chen, and John B. Luchansky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8115-8122; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cost-Effective Application of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis to Typing of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Geraldine Doran, Dearbhaile Morris, Colette O'Hare, Niall DeLappe, Bernard Bradshaw, Geraldine Corbett-Feeney, and Martin Cormican Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8236-8240; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Analysis of Putative Adhesion Factors in Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM B. Logan Buck, Eric Altermann, Tina Svingerud, and Todd R. Klaenhammer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8344-8351; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Variation among Staphylococcus aureus Strains from Norwegian Bulk Milk H. J. Jørgensen, T. Mørk, D. A. Caugant, A. Kearns, and L. M. Rørvik Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8352-8361; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Helicobacter pylori and Associated Urease by Oregano and Cranberry Phytochemical Synergies Y. T. Lin, Y. I. Kwon, R. G. Labbe, and K. Shetty Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8558-8564; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Select Listeria monocytogenes Subtypes Commonly Found in Foods Carry Distinct Nonsense Mutations in inlA, Leading to Expression of Truncated and Secreted Internalin A, and Are Associated with a Reduced Invasion Phenotype for Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells K. K. Nightingale, K. Windham, K. E. Martin, M. Yeung, and M. Wiedmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8764-8772; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heterologous Leaky Production of Transglutaminase in Lactococcus lactis Significantly Enhances the Growth Performance of the Host Rui-Yan Fu, Jian Chen, and Yin Li Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8911-8919; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Infectious Swine Hepatitis E Virus Is Present in Pig Manure Storage Facilities on United States Farms, but Evidence of Water Contamination Is Lacking C. Kasorndorkbua, T. Opriessnig, F. F. Huang, D. K. Guenette, P. J. Thomas, X.-J. Meng, and P. G. Halbur Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7831-7837; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Common Forage Phenolic Acids on Escherichia coli O157:H7 Viability in Bovine Feces J. E. Wells, E. D. Berry, and V. H. Varel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7974-7979; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Signature-Tagged Transposon Mutagenesis Studies Demonstrate the Dynamic Nature of Cecal Colonization of 2-Week-Old Chickens by Campylobacter jejuni Andrew J. Grant, Christopher Coward, Michael A. Jones, Claire A. Woodall, Paul A. Barrow, and Duncan J. Maskell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8031-8041; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Genetic Markers of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Lake Michigan and Determination of Their Relationship to Escherichia coli Densities Using Standard Microbiological Methods Patricia A. Bower, Caitlin O. Scopel, Erika T. Jensen, Morgan M. Depas, and Sandra L. McLellan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8305-8313; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Visualization and Detection of Infectious Coxsackievirus Replication Using a Combined Cell Culture-Molecular Beacon Assay Aijun Wang, Andre M. Salazar, Marylynn V. Yates, Ashok Mulchandani, and Wilfred Chen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8397-8401; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Localization of Extraradicular Biofilm-Forming Bacteria Associated with Refractory Endodontic Pathogens Nobuo Noguchi, Yuichiro Noiri, Masahiro Narimatsu, and Shigeyuki Ebisu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8738-8743; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shiga Toxin 2e-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Humans and Pigs Differ in Their Virulence Profiles and Interactions with Intestinal Epithelial Cells Anne-Katharina Sonntag, Martina Bielaszewska, Alexander Mellmann, Nadine Dierksen, Peter Schierack, Lothar H. Wieler, M. Alexander Schmidt, and Helge Karch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8855-8863; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Retail Cheeses from Greece and the Czech Republic John Ikonomopoulos, Ivo Pavlik, Milan Bartos, Petra Svastova, Wuhib Yayo Ayele, Petr Roubal, John Lukas, Nigel Cook, and Maria Gazouli Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8934-8936; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two Tsetse Fly Species, Glossina palpalis gambiensis and Glossina morsitans morsitans, Carry Genetically Distinct Populations of the Secondary Symbiont Sodalis glossinidius Anne Geiger, Gérard Cuny, and Roger Frutos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8941-8943; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Horizontal Transfer of Bacterial Symbionts: Heritability and Fitness Effects in a Novel Aphid Host Jacob A. Russell and Nancy A. Moran Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 7987-7994; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Culture-Independent Characterization of the Microbiota of the Ant Lion Myrmeleon mobilis (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) Anne K. Dunn and Eric V. Stabb Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8784-8794; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Endosymbiotic Bacteroidales Bacteria of the Flagellated Protist Pseudotrichonympha grassii in the Gut of the Termite Coptotermes formosanus Satoko Noda, Toshiya Iida, Osamu Kitade, Hideaki Nakajima, Toshiaki Kudo, and Moriya Ohkuma Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8811-8817; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

FlhA Influences Bacillus thuringiensis PlcR-Regulated Gene Transcription, Protein Production, and Virulence Laurent Bouillaut, Nalini Ramarao, Christophe Buisson, Nathalie Gilois, Michel Gohar, Didier Lereclus, and Christina Nielsen-LeRoux Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8903-8910; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Can 15-Locus Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit-Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis Provide Insight into the Evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis? Andrea Gibson, Timothy Brown, Lucy Baker, and Francis Drobniewski Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8207-8213; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complete Sequences of Four Plasmids of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris SK11 Reveal Extensive Adaptation to the Dairy Environment Roland J. Siezen, Bernadet Renckens, Iris van Swam, Sander Peters, Richard van Kranenburg, Michiel Kleerebezem, and Willem M. de Vos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8371-8382; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Symbiosis and Insect Diversification: an Ancient Symbiont of Sap-Feeding Insects from the Bacterial Phylum Bacteroidetes Nancy A. Moran, Phat Tran, and Nicole M. Gerardo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8802-8810; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Genome Sequences of Single-Stranded RNA Viruses Infecting the Bivalve-Killing Dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama Keizo Nagasaki, Yoko Shirai, Yoshitake Takao, Hiroyuki Mizumoto, Kensho Nishida, and Yuji Tomaru Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8888-8894; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Characterization of the Bifidobacterium breve UCC 2003 hrcA Locus Marco Ventura, Carlos Canchaya, Valentina Bernini, Antonio Del Casale, Franco Dellaglio, Erasmo Neviani, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Douwe van Sinderen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8998-9007; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Interactions between the Fe(III)-Reducing Bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens and Arsenate, and Capture of the Metalloid by Biogenic Fe(II) F. S. Islam, R. L. Pederick, A. G. Gault, L. K. Adams, D. A. Polya, J. M. Charnock, and J. R. Lloyd Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8642-8648; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Desulfotomaculum and Methanobacterium spp. Dominate a 4- to 5-Kilometer-Deep Fault Duane P. Moser, Thomas M. Gihring, Fred J. Brockman, James K. Fredrickson, David L. Balkwill, Michael E. Dollhopf, Barbara Sherwood Lollar, Lisa M. Pratt, Erik Boice, Gordon Southam, Greg Wanger, Brett J. Baker, Susan M. Pfiffner, Li-Hung Lin, and T. C. Onstott Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8773-8783; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of "Candidatus Thioturbo danicus," a Microaerophilic Bacterium That Builds Conspicuous Veils on Sulfidic Sediments Gerard Muyzer, Esengül Yildirim, Udo van Dongen, Michael Kühl, and Roland Thar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2005 71: 8929-8933; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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