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Minireviews:

Alain A. Vertès, Masayuki Inui, and Hideaki Yukawa

Manipulating Corynebacteria, from Individual Genes to Chromosomes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7633-7642. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Biodegradation:

Eva Pérez-Reinado, Rafael Blasco, Francisco Castillo, Conrado Moreno-Vivián, and M. Dolores Roldán

Regulation and Characterization of Two Nitroreductase Genes, nprA and nprB, of Rhodobacter capsulatus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7643-7649. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stig Rønhede, Bo Jensen, Søren Rosendahl, Birthe B. Kragelund, René K. Juhler, and Jens Aamand

Hydroxylation of the Herbicide Isoproturon by Fungi Isolated from Agricultural Soil
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7927-7932. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David G. Wahman, Lynn E. Katz, and Gerald E. Speitel, Jr.

Cometabolism of Trihalomethanes by Nitrosomonas europaea
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7980-7986. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sonja K. Fagervold, Joy E. M. Watts, Harold D. May, and Kevin R. Sowers

Sequential Reductive Dechlorination of meta-Chlorinated Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in Sediment Microcosms by Two Different Chloroflexi Phylotypes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8085-8090. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Irene A. Davidova, Lisa M. Gieg, Mark Nanny, Kevin G. Kropp, and Joseph M. Suflita

Stable Isotopic Studies of n-Alkane Metabolism by a Sulfate-Reducing Bacterial Enrichment Culture
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8174-8182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alison S. Waller, Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Frank E. Löffler, and Elizabeth A. Edwards

Multiple Reductive-Dehalogenase-Homologous Genes Are Simultaneously Transcribed during Dechlorination by Dehalococcoides-Containing Cultures
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8257-8264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karen T. Thompson, Fiona H. Crocker, and Herbert L. Fredrickson

Mineralization of the Cyclic Nitramine Explosive Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine by Gordonia and Williamsia spp.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8265-8272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Enantioselective Transformation of -Hexachlorocyclohexane by the Dehydrochlorinases LinA1 and LinA2 from the Soil Bacterium Sphingomonas paucimobilis B90A
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8514-8518. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Romy Chakraborty, Susan M. O'Connor, Emily Chan, and John D. Coates

Anaerobic Degradation of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene Compounds by Dechloromonas Strain RCB
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8649-8655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mariela R. Monti, Andrea M. Smania, Georgina Fabro, María E. Alvarez, and Carlos E. Argaraña

Engineering Pseudomonas fluorescens for Biodegradation of 2,4-Dinitrotoluene
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8864-8872. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Microbial Ecology:

Jarone Pinhassi, Rafel Simó, José M. González, Maria Vila, Laura Alonso-Sáez, Ronald P. Kiene, Mary Ann Moran, and Carlos Pedrós-Alió

Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Turnover Is Linked to the Composition and Dynamics of the Bacterioplankton Assemblage during a Microcosm Phytoplankton Bloom
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7650-7660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cindy H. Nakatsu, Nadia Carmosini, Brett Baldwin, Federico Beasley, Peter Kourtev, and Allan Konopka

Soil Microbial Community Responses to Additions of Organic Carbon Substrates and Heavy Metals (Pb and Cr)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7679-7689. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Longnecker, B. F. Sherr, and E. B. Sherr

Activity and Phylogenetic Diversity of Bacterial Cells with High and Low Nucleic Acid Content and Electron Transport System Activity in an Upwelling Ecosystem
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7737-7749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Characterization of a Forest Soil Metagenome Clone That Confers Indirubin and Indigo Production on Escherichia coli
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7768-7777. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elanna Bester, Gideon Wolfaardt, Lydia Joubert, Kerstin Garny, and Sanja Saftic

Planktonic-Cell Yield of a Pseudomonad Biofilm
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7792-7798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hila Elifantz, Rex R. Malmstrom, Matthew T. Cottrell, and David L. Kirchman

Assimilation of Polysaccharides and Glucose by Major Bacterial Groups in the Delaware Estuary
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7799-7805. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vanya I. Miteva and Jean E. Brenchley

Detection and Isolation of Ultrasmall Microorganisms from a 120,000-Year-Old Greenland Glacier Ice Core
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7806-7818. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Beate Köpke, Reinhard Wilms, Bert Engelen, Heribert Cypionka, and Henrik Sass

Microbial Diversity in Coastal Subsurface Sediments: a Cultivation Approach Using Various Electron Acceptors and Substrate Gradients
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7819-7830. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shun'ichi Ishii, Tomoyuki Kosaka, Katsutoshi Hori, Yasuaki Hotta, and Kazuya Watanabe

Coaggregation Facilitates Interspecies Hydrogen Transfer between Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum and Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7838-7845. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher M. DeRito, Graham M. Pumphrey, and Eugene L. Madsen

Use of Field-Based Stable Isotope Probing To Identify Adapted Populations and Track Carbon Flow through a Phenol-Degrading Soil Microbial Community
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7858-7865. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiang Xiao, Xuebin Yin, Jian Lin, Liguang Sun, Ziyong You, Peng Wang, and Fengping Wang

Chitinase Genes in Lake Sediments of Ardley Island, Antarctica
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7904-7909. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rebecca J. Langlois, Julie LaRoche, and Philipp A. Raab

Diazotrophic Diversity and Distribution in the Tropical and Subtropical Atlantic Ocean
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7910-7919. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yvonne Agersø and Dorthe Sandvang

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

Ann K. Manske, Jens Glaeser, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, and Jörg Overmann

Physiology and Phylogeny of Green Sulfur Bacteria Forming a Monospecific Phototrophic Assemblage at a Depth of 100 Meters in the Black Sea
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8049-8060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Edith Durisch-Kaiser, Lucia Klauser, Bernhard Wehrli, and Carsten Schubert

Evidence of Intense Archaeal and Bacterial Methanotrophic Activity in the Black Sea Water Column
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8099-8106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Viviane Zahner, Diana Aparecida Cabral, Adriana Hamond Régua-Mangia, Leon Rabinovitch, Gaétan Moreau, and Douglas McIntosh

Distribution of Genes Encoding Putative Virulence Factors and Fragment Length Polymorphisms in the vrrA Gene among Brazilian Isolates of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8107-8114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arnaud Dechesne, Céline Pallud, Franck Bertolla, and Geneviève L. Grundmann

Impact of the Microscale Distribution of a Pseudomonas Strain Introduced into Soil on Potential Contacts with Indigenous Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8123-8131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David A. Newcombe, Andrew C. Schuerger, James N. Benardini, Danielle Dickinson, Roger Tanner, and Kasthuri Venkateswaran

Survival of Spacecraft-Associated Microorganisms under Simulated Martian UV Irradiation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8147-8156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martina Metje and Peter Frenzel

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

Eva S. Lindström, Miranda P. Kamst-Van Agterveld, and Gabriel Zwart

Distribution of Typical Freshwater Bacterial Groups Is Associated with pH, Temperature, and Lake Water Retention Time
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8201-8206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas E. Freitag, Lisa Chang, Christopher D. Clegg, and James I. Prosser

Influence of Inorganic Nitrogen Management Regime on the Diversity of Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria in Agricultural Grassland Soils
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8323-8334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karin Enwall, Laurent Philippot, and Sara Hallin

Activity and Composition of the Denitrifying Bacterial Community Respond Differently to Long-Term Fertilization
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8335-8343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Parveen Sangwan, Suzana Kovac, Kathryn E. R. Davis, Michelle Sait, and Peter H. Janssen

Detection and Cultivation of Soil Verrucomicrobia
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8402-8410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Tolli and G. M. King

Diversity and Structure of Bacterial Chemolithotrophic Communities in Pine Forest and Agroecosystem Soils
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8411-8418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Ecological Behavior of Lactobacillus reuteri 100-23 Is Affected by Mutation of the luxS Gene
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8419-8425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard A. Long, David C. Rowley, Eric Zamora, Jiayuan Liu, Douglas H. Bartlett, and Farooq Azam

Antagonistic Interactions among Marine Bacteria Impede the Proliferation of Vibrio cholerae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8531-8536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David A. Lipson, Richard F. Wilson, and Walter C. Oechel

Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO₂ on Soil Microbial Biomass, Activity, and Diversity in a Chaparral Ecosystem
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8573-8580. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wesley D. Swingley, Martin F. Hohmann-Marriott, Tien Le Olson, and Robert E. Blankenship

Effect of Iron on Growth and Ultrastructure of Acaryochloris marina
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8606-8610. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adam C. Martiny, Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen, Erik Arvin, and Søren Molin

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.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8611-8617. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Belinda C. Ferrari, Svend J. Binnerup, and Michael Gillings

Microcolony Cultivation on a Soil Substrate Membrane System Selects for Previously Uncultured Soil Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8714-8720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marco J. L. Coolen, Eduard Post, Catherine C. Davis, and Larry J. Forney

Characterization of Microbial Communities Found in the Human Vagina by Analysis of Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms of 16S rRNA Genes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8729-8737. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jin-Woo Bae, Sung-Keun Rhee, Ja Ryeong Park, Won-Hyong Chung, Young-Do Nam, Insun Lee, Hongik Kim, and Yong-Ha Park

Development and Evaluation of Genome-Probing Microarrays for Monitoring Lactic Acid Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8825-8835. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Jessica Simbahan, Elizabeth Kurth, James Schelert, Amanda Dillman, Etsuko Moriyama, Stevan Jovanovich, and Paul Blum

Community Analysis of a Mercury Hot Spring Supports Occurrence of Domain-Specific Forms of Mercuric Reductase
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8836-8845. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya, Sarah Bowerman, Olivier Nercessian, Mary E. Lidstrom, and Ludmila Chistoserdova

Highly Divergent Genes for Methanopterin-Linked C₁ Transfer Reactions in Lake Washington, Assessed via Metagenomic Analysis and mRNA Detection
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8846-8854. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Gundula Eller, Layla Känel, and Martin Krüger

Cooccurrence of Aerobic and Anaerobic Methane Oxidation in the Water Column of Lake Plußsee
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8925-8928. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olivier Nercessian, Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya, Samantha B. Joye, Mary E. Lidstrom, and Ludmila Chistoserdova

Analysis of fae and fhcD Genes in Mono Lake, California
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8949-8953. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert J. C. McLean, Mary B. Barnes, M. Katy Windham, Mubina Merchant, Michael R. J. Forstner, and Clay Fuqua

Cell-Cell Influences on Bacterial Community Development in Aquatic Biofilms
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8987-8990. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Methods:

J. B. Gurtler and L. R. Beuchat

Performance of Media for Recovering Stressed Cells of Enterobacter sakazakii as Determined Using Spiral Plating and Ecometric Techniques
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7661-7669. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank Gessler, Katrin Hampe, and Helge Böhnel

Sensitive Detection of Botulinum Neurotoxin Types C and D with an Immunoaffinity Chromatographic Column Test
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7897-7903. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fumito Maruyama, Takehiko Kenzaka, Nobuyasu Yamaguchi, Katsuji Tani, and Masao Nasu

Visualization and Enumeration of Bacteria Carrying a Specific Gene Sequence by In Situ Rolling Circle Amplification
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7933-7940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cyril Bontemps, Geoffroy Golfier, Carine Gris-Liebe, Sébastien Carrere, Luc Talini, and Catherine Boivin-Masson

Microarray-Based Detection and Typing of the Rhizobium Nodulation Gene nodC: Potential of DNA Arrays To Diagnose Biological Functions of Interest
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8042-8048. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Michael V. Tyurin, Charles R. Sullivan, and Lee R. Lynd

Role of Spontaneous Current Oscillations during High-Efficiency Electrotransformation of Thermophilic Anaerobes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8069-8076. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catherine Lozupone and Rob Knight

UniFrac: a New Phylogenetic Method for Comparing Microbial Communities
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8228-8235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arlene K. Rowan, Russell J. Davenport, Jason R. Snape, David Fearnside, Michael R. Barer, Thomas P. Curtis, and Ian M. Head

Development of a Rapid Assay for Determining the Relative Abundance of Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8481-8490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kristen M. DeAngelis, Pingsheng Ji, Mary K. Firestone, and Steven E. Lindow

Two Novel Bacterial Biosensors for Detection of Nitrate Availability in the Rhizosphere
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8537-8547. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine Maynard, Frédéric Berthiaume, Karine Lemarchand, Josée Harel, Pierre Payment, Paul Bayardelle, Luke Masson, and Roland Brousseau

Waterborne Pathogen Detection by Use of Oligonucleotide-Based Microarrays
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8548-8557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seung Hwan Lee, Sang Yup Lee, and Byoung Chul Park

Cell Surface Display of Lipase in Pseudomonas putida KT2442 Using OprF as an Anchoring Motif and Its Biocatalytic Applications
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8581-8586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alex Pozhitkov, Boris Chernov, Gennadiy Yershov, and Peter A. Noble

Evaluation of Gel-Pad Oligonucleotide Microarray Technology by Using Artificial Neural Networks
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8663-8676. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

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

Application of Stereolithographic Custom Models for Studying the Impact of Biofilms and Mineral Precipitation on Fluid Flow
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8721-8728. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roger S. Bongers, Jan-Willem Veening, Maarten Van Wieringen, Oscar P. Kuipers, and Michiel Kleerebezem

Development and Characterization of a Subtilin-Regulated Expression System in Bacillus subtilis: Strict Control of Gene Expression by Addition of Subtilin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8818-8824. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Munehiro Kubota, Masayoshi Matsui, Hiroyuki Chiku, Nobuyuki Kasashima, Manabu Shimojoh, and Kengo Sakaguchi

Cell Adsorption and Selective Desorption for Separation of Microbial Cells by Using Chitosan-Immobilized Silica
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8895-8902. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven Giglio, Paul T. Monis, and Christopher P. Saint

Legionella Confirmation Using Real-Time PCR and SYTO9 Is an Alternative to Current Methodology
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8944-8948. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ezekiel T. Neeley, Trevor G. Phister, and David A. Mills

Differential Real-Time PCR Assay for Enumeration of Lactic Acid Bacteria in Wine
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8954-8957. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Natalya Yutin, Marcelino T. Suzuki, and Oded Béjà

Novel Primers Reveal Wider Diversity among Marine Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8958-8962. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Silvia G. Acinas, Ramahi Sarma-Rupavtarm, Vanja Klepac-Ceraj, and Martin F. Polz

PCR-Induced Sequence Artifacts and Bias: Insights from Comparison of Two 16S rRNA Clone Libraries Constructed from the Same Sample
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8966-8969. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Colin J. Ingham, Maaike van den Ende, Dirk Pijnenburg, Peter C. Wever, and Peter M. Schneeberger

Growth and Multiplexed Analysis of Microorganisms on a Subdivided, Highly Porous, Inorganic Chip Manufactured from Anopore
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8978-8981. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ingo Klare, Carola Konstabel, Sibylle Müller-Bertling, Rolf Reissbrodt, Geert Huys, Marc Vancanneyt, Jean Swings, Herman Goossens, and Wolfgang Witte

Evaluation of New Broth Media for Microdilution Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing of Lactobacilli, Pediococci, Lactococci, and Bifidobacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8982-8986. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Norma J. Ruecker, Niravanh Bounsombath, Peter Wallis, Corinne S. L. Ong, Judith L. Isaac-Renton, and Norman F. Neumann

Molecular Forensic Profiling of Cryptosporidium Species and Genotypes in Raw Water
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8991-8994. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Georgios Skretas and David W. Wood

Rapid Detection of Subtype-Selective Nuclear Hormone Receptor Binding with Bacterial Genetic Selection
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8995-8997. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Rodríguez-Lázaro, Maria Pla, Mariela Scortti, Héctor J. Monzó, and José A. Vázquez-Boland

A Novel Real-Time PCR for Listeria monocytogenes That Monitors Analytical Performance via an Internal Amplification Control
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 9008-9012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Katsuro Yaoi, Tomonori Nakai, Yoshiro Kameda, Ayako Hiyoshi, and Yasushi Mitsuishi

Cloning and Characterization of Two Xyloglucanases from Paenibacillus sp. Strain KM21
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7670-7678. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takahiro Maruyama, Masaharu Ishikura, Hironori Taki, Kazutoshi Shindo, Hiroaki Kasai, Miyuki Haga, Yukie Inomata, and Norihiko Misawa

Isolation and Characterization of o-Xylene Oxygenase Genes from Rhodococcus opacus TKN14
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7705-7715. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sang-Jae Lee, Dong-Woo Lee, Eun-Ah Choe, Young-Ho Hong, Seong-Bo Kim, Byoung-Chan Kim, and Yu-Ryang Pyun

Characterization of a Thermoacidophilic L-Arabinose Isomerase from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius: Role of Lys-269 in pH Optimum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7888-7896. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Moon-Sun Jang, Young-Mi Lee, Cheorl-Ho Kim, Jai-Heon Lee, Dong-Woo Kang, Seok-Jo Kim, and Young-Choon Lee

Triphenylmethane Reductase from Citrobacter sp. Strain KCTC 18061P: Purification, Characterization, Gene Cloning, and Overexpression of a Functional Protein in Escherichia coli
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7955-7960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

L-Selective Amidase with Extremely Broad Substrate Specificity from Ochrobactrum anthropi NCIMB 40321
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7961-7973. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Miho Sasaki, Ayako Akahira, Ko-ichi Oshiman, Tetsuaki Tsuchido, and Yoshinobu Matsumura

Purification of Cytochrome P450 and Ferredoxin, Involved in Bisphenol A Degradation, from Sphingomonas sp. Strain AO1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8024-8030. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anita Slavica, Iskandar Dib, and Bernd Nidetzky

Single-Site Oxidation, Cysteine 108 to Cysteine Sulfinic Acid, in D-Amino Acid Oxidase from Trigonopsis variabilis and Its Structural and Functional Consequences
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8061-8068. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dag Anders Brede, Therese Faye, Melanie Patricia Stierli, Gottfried Dasen, Anita Theiler, Ingolf F. Nes, Leo Meile, and Helge Holo

Heterologous Production of Antimicrobial Peptides in Propionibacterium freudenreichii
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8077-8084. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. Janer, F. Arigoni, B. H. Lee, C. Peláez, and T. Requena

Enzymatic Ability of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis To Hydrolyze Milk Proteins: Identification and Characterization of Endopeptidase O
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8460-8465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Directed Evolution of Streptomyces clavuligerus Deacetoxycephalosporin C Synthase for Enhancement of Penicillin G Expansion
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8873-8880. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Meng-Hwan Lee, Wen-Lin Lai, Shuen-Fuh Lin, Cheng-Sheng Hsu, Shwu-Huey Liaw, and Ying-Chieh Tsai

Structural Characterization of Glucooligosaccharide Oxidase from Acremonium strictum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8881-8887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francesca Scaramozzino, Ilona Estruch, Paola Rossolillo, Marco Terreni, and Alessandra M. Albertini

Improvement of Catalytic Properties of Escherichia coli Penicillin G Acylase Immobilized on Glyoxyl Agarose by Addition of a Six-Amino-Acid Tag
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8937-8940. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Biotechnology:

Noha H. Youssef, Kathleen E. Duncan, and Michael J. McInerney

Importance of 3-Hydroxy Fatty Acid Composition of Lipopeptides for Biosurfactant Activity
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7690-7695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yasser Elbahloul, Kay Frey, Johan Sanders, and Alexander Steinbüchel

Protamylasse, a Residual Compound of Industrial Starch Production, Provides a Suitable Medium for Large-Scale Cyanophycin Production
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7759-7767. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Virve Vidgren, Laura Ruohonen, and John Londesborough

Characterization and Functional Analysis of the MAL and MPH Loci for Maltose Utilization in Some Ale and Lager Yeast Strains
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7846-7857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anneli Nilsson, Marie F. Gorwa-Grauslund, Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal, and Gunnar Lidén

Cofactor Dependence in Furan Reduction by Saccharomyces cerevisiae in Fermentation of Acid-Hydrolyzed Lignocellulose
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7866-7871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sang Jun Lee, Dong-Yup Lee, Tae Yong Kim, Byung Hun Kim, Jinwon Lee, and Sang Yup Lee

Metabolic Engineering of Escherichia coli for Enhanced Production of Succinic Acid, Based on Genome Comparison and In Silico Gene Knockout Simulation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7880-7887. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Fujikawa and Satoshi Morozumi

Modeling Surface Growth of Escherichia coli on Agar Plates
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7920-7926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kun Zhu, Xiang Ding, Mudcharee Julotok, and Brian J. Wilkinson

Exogenous Isoleucine and Fatty Acid Shortening Ensure the High Content of Anteiso-C_15:0 Fatty Acid Required for Low-Temperature Growth of Listeria monocytogenes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8002-8007. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clélia Neves, Milton S. da Costa, and Helena Santos

Compatible Solutes of the Hyperthermophile Palaeococcus ferrophilus: Osmoadaptation and Thermoadaptation in the Order Thermococcales
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8091-8098. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthony Levasseur, David Navarro, Peter J. Punt, Jean-Pierre Belaïch, Marcel Asther, and Eric Record

Construction of Engineered Bifunctional Enzymes and Their Overproduction in Aspergillus niger for Improved Enzymatic Tools To Degrade Agricultural By-Products
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8132-8140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Prisca Schär-Zammaretti, Marie-Lise Dillmann, Nicola D'Amico, Michael Affolter, and Job Ubbink

Influence of Fermentation Medium Composition on Physicochemical Surface Properties of Lactobacillus acidophilus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8165-8173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Richard Dietrich, Maximilian Moravek, Christine Bürk, Per Einar Granum, and Erwin Märtlbauer

Production and Characterization of Antibodies against Each of the Three Subunits of the Bacillus cereus Nonhemolytic Enterotoxin Complex
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8214-8220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nick J. P. Wierckx, Hendrik Ballerstedt, Jan A. M. de Bont, and Jan Wery

Engineering of Solvent-Tolerant Pseudomonas putida S12 for Bioproduction of Phenol from Glucose
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8221-8227. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Effendi Leonard, Yajun Yan, Kok Hong Lim, and Mattheos A. G. Koffas

Investigation of Two Distinct Flavone Synthases for Plant-Specific Flavone Biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8241-8248. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yong-Su Jin, Hal Alper, Yea-Tyng Yang, and Gregory Stephanopoulos

Improvement of Xylose Uptake and Ethanol Production in Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae through an Inverse Metabolic Engineering Approach
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8249-8256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Boovaraghan Balaji, Kathleen O'Connor, Jeffrey R. Lucas, Joseph M. Anderson, and Laszlo N. Csonka

Timing of Induction of Osmotically Controlled Genes in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium, Determined with Quantitative Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8273-8283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rosemarie Rea, Colin Hill, and Cormac G. M. Gahan

Listeria monocytogenes PerR Mutants Display a Small-Colony Phenotype, Increased Sensitivity to Hydrogen Peroxide, and Significantly Reduced Murine Virulence
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8314-8322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

In Vitro Determination of Prebiotic Properties of Oligosaccharides Derived from an Orange Juice Manufacturing By-Product Stream
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8383-8389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kimon A. G. Karatzas, Vasileios P. Valdramidis, and Marjon H. J. Wells-Bennik

Contingency Locus in ctsR of Listeria monocytogenes Scott A: a Strategy for Occurrence of Abundant Piezotolerant Isolates within Clonal Populations
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8390-8396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David C. White, Roland Geyer, Aaron D. Peacock, David B. Hedrick, Stephen S. Koenigsberg, Youlboong Sung, Jianzhong He, and Frank E. Löffler

Phospholipid Furan Fatty Acids and Ubiquinone-8: Lipid Biomarkers That May Protect Dehalococcoides Strains from Free Radicals
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8426-8433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shinji Kawasaki, Yusuke Watamura, Masaki Ono, Toshihiro Watanabe, Kouji Takeda, and Youichi Niimura

Adaptive Responses to Oxygen Stress in Obligatory Anaerobes Clostridium acetobutylicum and Clostridium aminovalericum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8442-8450. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jae-Young Kim, Elizabeth A. Fogarty, Franklin J. Lu, Hui Zhu, Geoffrey D. Wheelock, Lee A. Henderson, and Matthew P. DeLisa

Twin-Arginine Translocation of Active Human Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Escherichia coli
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8451-8459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiaofeng Wu, Johnathan Ballard, and Yi Wei Jiang

Structure and Biosynthesis of the BT Peptide Antibiotic from Brevibacillus texasporus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8519-8530. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cesar Mota, Melanie A. Head, Jennifer A. Ridenoure, Jay J. Cheng, and Francis L. de los Reyes, III

Effects of Aeration Cycles on Nitrifying Bacterial Populations and Nitrogen Removal in Intermittently Aerated Reactors
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8565-8572. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Judith Becker, Corinna Klopprogge, Oskar Zelder, Elmar Heinzle, and Christoph Wittmann

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8587-8596. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sylviane Derzelle, Alexander Bolotin, Michel-Yves Mistou, and Françoise Rul

Proteome Analysis of Streptococcus thermophilus Grown in Milk Reveals Pyruvate Formate-Lyase as the Major Upregulated Protein
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8597-8605. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John L. Freeman, Michael W. Persans, Ken Nieman, and David E. Salt

Nickel and Cobalt Resistance Engineered in Escherichia coli by Overexpression of Serine Acetyltransferase from the Nickel Hyperaccumulator Plant Thlaspi goesingense
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8627-8633. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Mehta, M. V. Coppi, S. E. Childers, and D. R. Lovley

Outer Membrane c-Type Cytochromes Required for Fe(III) and Mn(IV) Oxide Reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducens
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8634-8641. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Takagi, Miki Takaoka, Akari Kawaguchi, and Yoshito Kubo

Effect of L-Proline on Sake Brewing and Ethanol Stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8656-8662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nuno Cerca, Silvia Martins, Sanna Sillankorva, Kimberly K. Jefferson, Gerald B. Pier, Rosario Oliveira, and Joana Azeredo

Effects of Growth in the Presence of Subinhibitory Concentrations of Dicloxacillin on Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus haemolyticus Biofilms
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8677-8682. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Transcriptional Response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Desiccation and Rehydration
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8752-8763. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Cristinel Sandu, Calin-Bogdan Chiribau, Paula Sachelaru, and Roderich Brandsch

Plasmids for Nicotine-Dependent and -Independent Gene Expression in Arthrobacter nicotinovorans and Other Arthrobacter Species
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8920-8924. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jan Smarda and Oldrich Benada

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

Mirella Di Lorenzo, Aurelio Hidalgo, Michael Haas, and Uwe T. Bornscheuer

Heterologous Production of Functional Forms of Rhizopus oryzae Lipase in Escherichia coli
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8974-8977. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

Yaovapa Taprab, Toru Johjima, Yoshimasa Maeda, Shigeharu Moriya, Savitr Trakulnaleamsai, Napavarn Noparatnaraporn, Moriya Ohkuma, and Toshiaki Kudo

Symbiotic Fungi Produce Laccases Potentially Involved in Phenol Degradation in Fungus Combs of Fungus-Growing Termites in Thailand
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7696-7704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Paolo Cortesi, Anna Mazzoleni, Cristina Pizzatti, and Michael G. Milgroom

Genetic Similarity of Flag Shoot and Ascospore Subpopulations of Erysiphe necator in Italy
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7788-7791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Pascale C. E. Lepoint, Françoise T. J. Munaut, and Henri M. M. Maraite

Gibberella xylarioides Sensu Lato from Coffea canephora: a New Mating Population in the Gibberella fujikuroi Species Complex
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8466-8471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenneth C. Ehrlich, Beverly Montalbano, Stephen M. Boué, and Deepak Bhatnagar

An Aflatoxin Biosynthesis Cluster Gene Encodes a Novel Oxidase Required for Conversion of Versicolorin A to Sterigmatocystin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8963-8965. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plant Microbiology:

Q. Zhang, U. Melcher, L. Zhou, F. Z. Najar, B. A. Roe, and J. Fletcher

Genomic Comparison of Plant Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Serratia marcescens Strains by Suppressive Subtractive Hybridization
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7716-7723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anja B. Dohrmann and Christoph C. Tebbe

Effect of Elevated Tropospheric Ozone on the Structure of Bacterial Communities Inhabiting the Rhizosphere of Herbaceous Plants Native to Germany
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7750-7758. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Mu You, Tomohiro Nishiguchi, Asami Saito, Tsuyoshi Isawa, Hisayuki Mitsui, and Kiwamu Minamisawa

Expression of the nifH Gene of a Herbaspirillum Endophyte in Wild Rice Species: Daily Rhythm during the Light-Dark Cycle
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8183-8190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Huseyin Basim, Gerald V. Minsavage, Robert E. Stall, Jaw-Fen Wang, Savita Shanker, and Jeffrey B. Jones

Characterization of a Unique Chromosomal Copper Resistance Gene Cluster from Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8284-8291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Grall, C. Roulland, J. Guillaumès, and C. Manceau

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8292-8300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Scally, Erin L. Schuenzel, Richard Stouthamer, and Leonard Nunney

Multilocus Sequence Type System for the Plant Pathogen Xylella fastidiosa and Relative Contributions of Recombination and Point Mutation to Clonal Diversity
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8491-8499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Safiyh Taghavi, Tanja Barac, Bill Greenberg, Brigitte Borremans, Jaco Vangronsveld, and Daniel van der Lelie

Horizontal Gene Transfer to Endogenous Endophytic Bacteria from Poplar Improves Phytoremediation of Toluene
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8500-8505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Environmental Microbiology:

Kevin E. Ashelford, Nadia A. Chuzhanova, John C. Fry, Antonia J. Jones, and Andrew J. Weightman

At Least 1 in 20 16S rRNA Sequence Records Currently Held in Public Repositories Is Estimated To Contain Substantial Anomalies
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7724-7736. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anna Pianetti, Tania Falcioni, Francesca Bruscolini, Luigia Sabatini, Elivio Sisti, and Stefano Papa

Determination of the Viability of Aeromonas hydrophila in Different Types of Water by Flow Cytometry, and Comparison with Classical Methods
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7948-7954. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ying Zhong Tang, Karina Yew Hoong Gin, and Tok Hoon Lim

High-Temperature Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization for Detecting Escherichia coli in Seawater Samples, Using rRNA-Targeted Oligonucleotide Probes and Flow Cytometry
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8157-8164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew T. Cottrell, Liying Yu, and David L. Kirchman

Sequence and Expression Analyses of Cytophaga-Like Hydrolases in a Western Arctic Metagenomic Library and the Sargasso Sea
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8506-8513. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Maneesha P. Ginige, Jürg Keller, and Linda L. Blackall

Investigation of an Acetate-Fed Denitrifying Microbial Community by Stable Isotope Probing, Full-Cycle rRNA Analysis, and Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization-Microautoradiography
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8683-8691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jyotsna Chandra, Jasmine D. Patel, Jian Li, Guangyin Zhou, Pranab K. Mukherjee, Thomas S. McCormick, James M. Anderson, and Mahmoud A. Ghannoum

Modification of Surface Properties of Biomaterials Influences the Ability of Candida albicans To Form Biofilms
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8795-8801. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Chung K. Marston, Alex R. Hoffmaster, Kathy E. Wilson, Sandra L. Bragg, Brian Plikaytis, Philip Brachman, Scott Johnson, Arnold F. Kaufmann, and Tanja Popovic

Effects of Long-Term Storage on Plasmid Stability in Bacillus anthracis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7778-7780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hongjie Guo, Wen Yi, Jun Shao, Yuquan Lu, Wenpeng Zhang, Jing Song, and Peng George Wang

Molecular Analysis of the O-Antigen Gene Cluster of Escherichia coli O86:B7 and Characterization of the Chain Length Determinant Gene (wzz)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7995-8001. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Natalia Sedkova, Luan Tao, Pierre E. Rouvière, and Qiong Cheng

Diversity of Carotenoid Synthesis Gene Clusters from Environmental Enterobacteriaceae Strains
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8141-8146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amy Beumer and Jayne B. Robinson

A Broad-Host-Range, Generalized Transducing Phage (SN-T) Acquires 16S rRNA Genes from Different Genera of Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8301-8304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ben Harrison, Deepa Raju, Helen S. Garmory, Moira M. Brett, Richard W. Titball, and Mahfuzur R. Sarker

Molecular Characterization of Clostridium perfringens Isolates from Humans with Sporadic Diarrhea: Evidence for Transcriptional Regulation of the Beta2-Toxin-Encoding Gene
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8362-8370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susana Mouriño, Isabel Rodríguez-Ares, Carlos R. Osorio, and Manuel L. Lemos

Genetic Variability of the Heme Uptake System among Different Strains of the Fish Pathogen Vibrio anguillarum: Identification of a New Heme Receptor
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8434-8441. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nobuaki Suzuki, Hiroshi Nonaka, Yota Tsuge, Masayuki Inui, and Hideaki Yukawa

New Multiple-Deletion Method for the Corynebacterium glutamicum Genome, Using a Mutant lox Sequence
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8472-8480. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Birgit Carl and Susanne Fetzner

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8618-8626. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

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

Prophage-Like Elements in Bifidobacteria: Insights from Genomics, Transcription, Integration, Distribution, and Phylogenetic Analysis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8692-8705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Miriam Moscoso, Virginia Obregón, Rubens López, José L. García, and Ernesto García

Allelic Variation of Polymorphic Locus lytB, Encoding a Choline-Binding Protein, from Streptococci of the Mitis Group
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8706-8713. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chih-Ching Chung, Sheng-Ping L. Hwang, and Jeng Chang

Cooccurrence of ScDSP Gene Expression, Cell Death, and DNA Fragmentation in a Marine Diatom, Skeletonema costatum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8744-8751. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Food Microbiology:

Antonio Cobo Molinos, Hikmate Abriouel, Nabil Ben Omar, Eva Valdivia, Rosario Lucas López, Mercedes Maqueda, Magdalena Martínez Cañamero, and Antonio Gálvez

Effect of Immersion Solutions Containing Enterocin AS-48 on Listeria monocytogenes in Vegetable Foods
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7781-7787. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rubén Pérez Pulido, Nabil Ben Omar, Hikmate Abriouel, Rosario Lucas López, Magdalena Martínez Cañamero, and Antonio Gálvez

Microbiological Study of Lactic Acid Fermentation of Caper Berries by Molecular and Culture-Dependent Methods
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7872-7879. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alfredo G. Torres, Cecelia Jeter, William Langley, and Ann G. Matthysse

Differential Binding of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to Alfalfa, Human Epithelial Cells, and Plastic Is Mediated by a Variety of Surface Structures
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8008-8015. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandy Raynaud, Rémi Perrin, Muriel Cocaign-Bousquet, and Pascal Loubiere

Metabolic and Transcriptomic Adaptation of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis Biovar diacetylactis in Response to Autoacidification and Temperature Downshift in Skim Milk
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8016-8023. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefanie Evans Gilbreth, Jeff E. Call, F. Morgan Wallace, Virginia N. Scott, Yuhuan Chen, and John B. Luchansky

Relatedness of Listeria monocytogenes Isolates Recovered from Selected Ready-To-Eat Foods and Listeriosis Patients in the United States
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8115-8122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geraldine Doran, Dearbhaile Morris, Colette O'Hare, Niall DeLappe, Bernard Bradshaw, Geraldine Corbett-Feeney, and Martin Cormican

Cost-Effective Application of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis to Typing of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8236-8240. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Logan Buck, Eric Altermann, Tina Svingerud, and Todd R. Klaenhammer

Functional Analysis of Putative Adhesion Factors in Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8344-8351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. J. Jørgensen, T. Mørk, D. A. Caugant, A. Kearns, and L. M. Rørvik

Genetic Variation among Staphylococcus aureus Strains from Norwegian Bulk Milk
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8352-8361. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y. T. Lin, Y. I. Kwon, R. G. Labbe, and K. Shetty

Inhibition of Helicobacter pylori and Associated Urease by Oregano and Cranberry Phytochemical Synergies
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8558-8564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. K. Nightingale, K. Windham, K. E. Martin, M. Yeung, and M. Wiedmann

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8764-8772. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rui-Yan Fu, Jian Chen, and Yin Li

Heterologous Leaky Production of Transglutaminase in Lactococcus lactis Significantly Enhances the Growth Performance of the Host
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8911-8919. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Public Health Microbiology:

C. Kasorndorkbua, T. Opriessnig, F. F. Huang, D. K. Guenette, P. J. Thomas, X.-J. Meng, and P. G. Halbur

Infectious Swine Hepatitis E Virus Is Present in Pig Manure Storage Facilities on United States Farms, but Evidence of Water Contamination Is Lacking
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7831-7837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. E. Wells, E. D. Berry, and V. H. Varel

Effects of Common Forage Phenolic Acids on Escherichia coli O157:H7 Viability in Bovine Feces
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7974-7979. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew J. Grant, Christopher Coward, Michael A. Jones, Claire A. Woodall, Paul A. Barrow, and Duncan J. Maskell

Signature-Tagged Transposon Mutagenesis Studies Demonstrate the Dynamic Nature of Cecal Colonization of 2-Week-Old Chickens by Campylobacter jejuni
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8031-8041. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Patricia A. Bower, Caitlin O. Scopel, Erika T. Jensen, Morgan M. Depas, and Sandra L. McLellan

Detection of Genetic Markers of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Lake Michigan and Determination of Their Relationship to Escherichia coli Densities Using Standard Microbiological Methods
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8305-8313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aijun Wang, Andre M. Salazar, Marylynn V. Yates, Ashok Mulchandani, and Wilfred Chen

Visualization and Detection of Infectious Coxsackievirus Replication Using a Combined Cell Culture-Molecular Beacon Assay
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8397-8401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nobuo Noguchi, Yuichiro Noiri, Masahiro Narimatsu, and Shigeyuki Ebisu

Identification and Localization of Extraradicular Biofilm-Forming Bacteria Associated with Refractory Endodontic Pathogens
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8738-8743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne-Katharina Sonntag, Martina Bielaszewska, Alexander Mellmann, Nadine Dierksen, Peter Schierack, Lothar H. Wieler, M. Alexander Schmidt, and Helge Karch

Shiga Toxin 2e-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Humans and Pigs Differ in Their Virulence Profiles and Interactions with Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8855-8863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John Ikonomopoulos, Ivo Pavlik, Milan Bartos, Petra Svastova, Wuhib Yayo Ayele, Petr Roubal, John Lukas, Nigel Cook, and Maria Gazouli

Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Retail Cheeses from Greece and the Czech Republic
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8934-8936. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne Geiger, Gérard Cuny, and Roger Frutos

Two Tsetse Fly Species, Glossina palpalis gambiensis and Glossina morsitans morsitans, Carry Genetically Distinct Populations of the Secondary Symbiont Sodalis glossinidius
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8941-8943. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invertebrate Microbiology:

Jacob A. Russell and Nancy A. Moran

Horizontal Transfer of Bacterial Symbionts: Heritability and Fitness Effects in a Novel Aphid Host
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 7987-7994. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne K. Dunn and Eric V. Stabb

Culture-Independent Characterization of the Microbiota of the Ant Lion Myrmeleon mobilis (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8784-8794. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satoko Noda, Toshiya Iida, Osamu Kitade, Hideaki Nakajima, Toshiaki Kudo, and Moriya Ohkuma

Endosymbiotic Bacteroidales Bacteria of the Flagellated Protist Pseudotrichonympha grassii in the Gut of the Termite Coptotermes formosanus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8811-8817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurent Bouillaut, Nalini Ramarao, Christophe Buisson, Nathalie Gilois, Michel Gohar, Didier Lereclus, and Christina Nielsen-LeRoux

FlhA Influences Bacillus thuringiensis PlcR-Regulated Gene Transcription, Protein Production, and Virulence
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8903-8910. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

Andrea Gibson, Timothy Brown, Lucy Baker, and Francis Drobniewski

Can 15-Locus Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit-Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis Provide Insight into the Evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis?
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8207-8213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roland J. Siezen, Bernadet Renckens, Iris van Swam, Sander Peters, Richard van Kranenburg, Michiel Kleerebezem, and Willem M. de Vos

Complete Sequences of Four Plasmids of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris SK11 Reveal Extensive Adaptation to the Dairy Environment
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8371-8382. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Nancy A. Moran, Phat Tran, and Nicole M. Gerardo

Symbiosis and Insect Diversification: an Ancient Symbiont of Sap-Feeding Insects from the Bacterial Phylum Bacteroidetes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8802-8810. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keizo Nagasaki, Yoko Shirai, Yoshitake Takao, Hiroyuki Mizumoto, Kensho Nishida, and Yuji Tomaru

Comparison of Genome Sequences of Single-Stranded RNA Viruses Infecting the Bivalve-Killing Dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8888-8894. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marco Ventura, Carlos Canchaya, Valentina Bernini, Antonio Del Casale, Franco Dellaglio, Erasmo Neviani, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Douwe van Sinderen

Genetic Characterization of the Bifidobacterium breve UCC 2003 hrcA Locus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8998-9007. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geomicrobiology:

F. S. Islam, R. L. Pederick, A. G. Gault, L. K. Adams, D. A. Polya, J. M. Charnock, and J. R. Lloyd

Interactions between the Fe(III)-Reducing Bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens and Arsenate, and Capture of the Metalloid by Biogenic Fe(II)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 71: 8642-8648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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, Br