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Contents: March 2005, Volume 71, Issue 3        Biodegradation        Methods        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Food Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Plant Microbiology        Public Health Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Mycology        Environmental Microbiology        Geomicrobiology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Errata        Author's Correction

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Biodegradation:

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Differential Degradation of Nonylphenol Isomers by Sphingomonas xenophaga Bayram Frédéric L. P. Gabriel, Walter Giger, Klaus Guenther, and Hans-Peter E. Kohler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1123-1129; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of Wheat Straw by Fibrobacter succinogenes S85: a Liquid- and Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study M. Matulova, R. Nouaille, P. Capek, M. Péan, E. Forano, and A.-M. Delort Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1247-1253; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Immobilization of Escherichia coli Cells by Use of the Antimicrobial Peptide Cecropin P1 Kalvin Gregory and Charlene M. Mello Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1130-1134; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of Procedures for Direct Extraction of Cryptosporidium DNA from Water Concentrates and for Relief of PCR Inhibitors Jianlin Jiang, Kerri A. Alderisio, Ajaib Singh, and Lihua Xiao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1135-1141; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Poly(A) Polymerase Modification and Reverse Transcriptase PCR Amplification of Environmental RNA Lina M. Botero, Seth D'Imperio, Mark Burr, Timothy R. McDermott, Mark Young, and Daniel J. Hassett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1267-1275; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

16S rRNA Gene-Based Oligonucleotide Microarray for Environmental Monitoring of the Betaproteobacterial Order "Rhodocyclales" Alexander Loy, Claudia Schulz, Sebastian Lücker, Andreas Schöpfer-Wendels, Kilian Stoecker, Christian Baranyi, Angelika Lehner, and Michael Wagner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1373-1386; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative-PCR Assessment of Cryptosporidium parvum Cell Culture Infection George D. Di Giovanni and Mark W. LeChevallier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1495-1500; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Introducing DOTUR, a Computer Program for Defining Operational Taxonomic Units and Estimating Species Richness Patrick D. Schloss and Jo Handelsman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1501-1506; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chemotaxonomic Identification of Single Bacteria by Micro-Raman Spectroscopy: Application to Clean-Room-Relevant Biological Contaminations Petra Rösch, Michaela Harz, Michael Schmitt, Klaus-Dieter Peschke, Olaf Ronneberger, Hans Burkhardt, Hans-Walter Motzkus, Markus Lankers, Stefan Hofer, Hans Thiele, and Jürgen Popp Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1626-1637; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Application of a Newly Developed ARB Software-Integrated Tool for In Silico Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis Reveals the Dominance of a Novel pmoA Cluster in a Forest Soil Peter Ricke, Steffen Kolb, and Gesche Braker Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1671-1673; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Validation of a Flour-Free Model Dough System for Throughput Studies of Baker's Yeast Joaquin Panadero, Francisca Randez-Gil, and Jose Antonio Prieto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1142-1147; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the cro-ori Region of the Streptococcus thermophilus Virulent Bacteriophage DT1 Geneviève Lamothe, Céline Lévesque, Frédéric Bissonnette, Armelle Cochu, Christian Vadeboncoeur, Michel Frenette, Martin Duplessis, Denise Tremblay, and Sylvain Moineau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1237-1246; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Activator of Mannose-Specific Phosphotransferase System Permease Expression in Listeria innocua, Identified by Screening for Pediocin AcH Resistance Junfeng Xue, Ian Hunter, Tori Steinmetz, Adam Peters, Bibek Ray, and Kurt W. Miller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1283-1290; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Histamine-Producing Pathway Encoded on an Unstable Plasmid in Lactobacillus hilgardii 0006 Patrick M. Lucas, Wout A. M. Wolken, Olivier Claisse, Juke S. Lolkema, and Aline Lonvaud-Funel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1417-1424; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Highly Efficient Sucrose Isomerase from Pantoea dispersa UQ68J and Cloning of the Sucrose Isomerase Gene Luguang Wu and Robert G. Birch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1581-1590; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Efficient DNA Fingerprinting of Clostridium botulinum Types A, B, E, and F by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis Riikka Keto-Timonen, Mari Nevas, and Hannu Korkeala Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1148-1154; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Shiga Toxin-Converting Prophage in Escherichia coli by High Hydrostatic Pressure Abram Aertsen, David Faster, and Chris W. Michiels Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1155-1162; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toxin-Producing Ability among Bacillus spp. Outside the Bacillus cereus Group Cecilie From, Rudiger Pukall, Peter Schumann, Víctor Hormazábal, and Per Einar Granum Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1178-1183; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium avium Subspecies paratuberculosis Cultured from Locally and Commercially Pasteurized Cow's Milk in the Czech Republic Wuhib Y. Ayele, Petra Svastova, Petr Roubal, Milan Bartos, and Ivo Pavlik Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1210-1214; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enumeration and Diversity of Campylobacters and Bacteriophages Isolated during the Rearing Cycles of Free-Range and Organic Chickens A. El-Shibiny, P. L. Connerton, and I. F. Connerton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1259-1266; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Proteolytic Clostridium botulinum Strains, Determined by a Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Approach Mari Nevas, Miia Lindström, Sebastian Hielm, K. Johanna Björkroth, Michael W. Peck, and Hannu Korkeala Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1311-1317; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Incidence and Diversity of Potentially Highly Heat-Resistant Spores Isolated at Dairy Farms Patsy Scheldeman, Annelies Pil, Lieve Herman, Paul De Vos, and Marc Heyndrickx Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1480-1494; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Overproduction of Heterologous Mannitol 1-Phosphatase: a Key Factor for Engineering Mannitol Production by Lactococcus lactis H. Wouter Wisselink, Antoine P. H. A. Moers, Astrid E. Mars, Marcel H. N. Hoefnagel, Willem M. de Vos, and Jeroen Hugenholtz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1507-1514; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Diversity in the Lactose Operons of Lactobacillus helveticus Strains and Its Relationship to the Role of These Strains as Commercial Starter Cultures M. J. Callanan, T. P. Beresford, and R. P. Ross Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1655-1658; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Probiotic Bacteria May Become Dormant during Storage Sampo J. Lahtinen, Miguel Gueimonde, Arthur C. Ouwehand, Johanna P. Reinikainen, and Seppo J. Salminen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1662-1663; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Effect of Heat, Acidification, and Chlorination on Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Cells in a Biofilm Formed at the Air-Liquid Interface Keren Scher, Ute Romling, and Sima Yaron Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1163-1168; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heterologous Production, Assembly, and Secretion of a Minicellulosome by Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 Florence Mingardon, Stéphanie Perret, Anne Bélaïch, Chantal Tardif, Jean-Pierre Bélaïch, and Henri-Pierre Fierobe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1215-1222; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Analysis of Three Plasmids from Lactobacillus plantarum Richard van Kranenburg, Natasa Golic, Roger Bongers, Rob J. Leer, Willem M. de Vos, Roland J. Siezen, and Michiel Kleerebezem Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1223-1230; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Starvation on Potential Ammonia-Oxidizing Activity and amoA mRNA Levels of Nitrosospira briensis Annette Bollmann, Ingo Schmidt, Aaron M. Saunders, and Mette H. Nicolaisen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1276-1282; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Doubly Phosphorylated Form of HPr, HPr(Ser-P)(HisP), Is Abundant in Exponentially Growing Cells of Streptococcus thermophilus and Phosphorylates the Lactose Transporter LacS as Efficiently as HPr(HisP) Armelle Cochu, Denis Roy, Katy Vaillancourt, Jean-Dominique LeMay, Israël Casabon, Michel Frenette, Sylvain Moineau, and Christian Vadeboncoeur Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1364-1372; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Environmental DNA Fragment Conferring Early and Increased Sporulation and Antibiotic Production in Streptomyces Species Asuncion Martinez, Steven J. Kolvek, Joern Hopke, Choi Lai Tiong Yip, and Marcia S. Osburne Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1638-1641; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Hydrogenase and Reductive Dehalogenase Activities of Dehalococcoides ethenogenes Strain 195 Ivonne Nijenhuis and Stephen H. Zinder Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1664-1667; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Biosynthesis of Auxin by the Gram-Positive Phytopathogen Rhodococcus fascians Is Controlled by Compounds Specific to Infected Plant Tissues Olivier Vandeputte, Sevgi Öden, Adeline Mol, Danny Vereecke, Koen Goethals, Mondher El Jaziri, and Els Prinsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1169-1177; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nodulation of Lupinus albus by Strains of Ochrobactrum lupini sp. nov. Martha E. Trujillo, Anne Willems, Adriana Abril, Ana-María Planchuelo, Raúl Rivas, Dolores Ludeña, Pedro F. Mateos, Eustoquio Martínez-Molina, and Encarna Velázquez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1318-1327; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Monitoring of Obligate Biotrophic Pathogen Growth by Kinetic PCR Brian Boyle, Richard C. Hamelin, and Armand Séguin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1546-1552; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Acquisition of Resistance to Extended-Spectrum Cephalosporins by Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Newport and Escherichia coli in the Turkey Poult Intestinal Tract C. Poppe, L. C. Martin, C. L. Gyles, R. Reid-Smith, P. Boerlin, S. A. McEwen, J. F. Prescott, and K. R. Forward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1184-1192; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analyses of Livestock Production, Waste Storage, and Pathogen Levels and Prevalences in Farm Manures M. L. Hutchison, L. D. Walters, S. M. Avery, F. Munro, and A. Moore Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1231-1236; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a New Borrelia Species among Small Mammals in Areas of Northern Spain Where Lyme Disease Is Endemic Horacio Gil, Marta Barral, Raquel Escudero, Ana L. García-Pérez, and Pedro Anda Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1336-1345; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of Novel Giant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Phage SMA5 Hsiao-Chuan Chang, Chiy-Rong Chen, Juey-Wen Lin, Gwan-Han Shen, Kai-Ming Chang, Yi-Hsiung Tseng, and Shu-Fen Weng Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1387-1393; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Patterns of Antimicrobial Resistance Observed in Escherichia coli Isolates Obtained from Domestic- and Wild-Animal Fecal Samples, Human Septage, and Surface Water Raida S. Sayah, John B. Kaneene, Yvette Johnson, and RoseAnn Miller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1394-1404; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Presence of Noroviruses and Other Enteric Viruses in Sewage and Surface Waters in The Netherlands W. J. Lodder and A. M. de Roda Husman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1453-1461; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Survival of Salmonella enterica in Vesicles Released by a Soilborne Tetrahymena Species M. T. Brandl, B. M. Rosenthal, A. F. Haxo, and S. G. Berk Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1562-1569; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Natural Dissemination of Bacillus anthracis Spores in Northern Canada D. C. Dragon, D. E. Bader, J. Mitchell, and N. Woollen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1610-1615; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomic Comparisons of Salmonella enterica Serovar Dublin, Agona, and Typhimurium Strains Recently Isolated from Milk Filters and Bovine Samples from Ireland, Using a Salmonella Microarray F. J. Reen, E. F. Boyd, S. Porwollik, B. P. Murphy, D. Gilroy, S. Fanning, and M. McClelland Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1616-1625; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Diversities of Escherichia coli O157 Shed from a Cohort of Spring-Born Beef Calves at Pasture and in Housing Leila Vali, Michael C. Pearce, Karen A. Wisely, Ahmed Hamouda, Hazel I. Knight, Alastair W. Smith, and Sebastian G. B. Amyes Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1648-1652; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Batch-Process Solar Disinfection on Survival of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in Drinking Water F. Méndez-Hermida, J. A. Castro-Hermida, E. Ares-Mazás, S. C. Kehoe, and K. G. McGuigan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1653-1654; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Species Abundance and Diversity of Burkholderia cepacia Complex in the Environment Alban Ramette, John J. LiPuma, and James M. Tiedje Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1193-1201; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stable-Isotope Probing of Bacteria Capable of Degrading Salicylate, Naphthalene, or Phenanthrene in a Bioreactor Treating Contaminated Soil David R. Singleton, Sabrina N. Powell, Ramiah Sangaiah, Avram Gold, Louise M. Ball, and Michael D. Aitken Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1202-1209; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Activities of Four Lactobacillus casei Promoters during Bacterial Transit through the Gastrointestinal Tracts of Human-Microbiota-Associated Mice R. Oozeer, J. P. Furet, N. Goupil-Feuillerat, J. Anba, J. Mengaud, and G. Corthier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1356-1363; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Flow-Cytometric Cell Sorting and Subsequent Molecular Analyses for Culture-Independent Identification of Bacterioplankton Involved in Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Transformations Xiaozhen Mou, Mary Ann Moran, Ramunas Stepanauskas, José M. González, and Robert E. Hodson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1405-1416; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Molecular Assay for Fingerprinting Microbial Communities of Wastewater and Estrogen-Degrading Consortia Chang-Ping Yu, Rajiv Ahuja, Gary Sayler, and Kung-Hui Chu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1433-1444; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coexistence of Bacterial Sulfide Oxidizers, Sulfate Reducers, and Spirochetes in a Gutless Worm (Oligochaeta) from the Peru Margin Anna Blazejak, Christer Erséus, Rudolf Amann, and Nicole Dubilier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1553-1561; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomic Analysis of Bacteriophage JL001: Insights into Its Interaction with a Sponge-Associated Alpha-Proteobacterium Jayme E. Lohr, Feng Chen, and Russell T. Hill Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1598-1609; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dynamics of Ribulose 1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Gene Expression in the Coccolithophorid Coccolithus pelagicus during a Tracer Release Experiment in the Northeast Atlantic Michael Wyman, John T. Davies, Sylvia Hodgson, Glen A. Tarran, and Duncan A. Purdie Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1659-1661; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Degradation of 1,4-Dioxane and Cyclic Ethers by an Isolated Fungus Kunichika Nakamiya, Syunji Hashimoto, Hiroyasu Ito, John S. Edmonds, and Masatoshi Morita Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1254-1258; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Characterization of Two Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase Genes, P450-1 and P450-4, of the Gibberellic Acid Gene Cluster in Fusarium proliferatum (Gibberella fujikuroi MP-D) S. Malonek, M. C. Rojas, P. Hedden, P. Gaskin, P. Hopkins, and B. Tudzynski Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1462-1472; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intracellular pH Distribution in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cell Populations, Analyzed by Flow Cytometry Minoska Valli, Michael Sauer, Paola Branduardi, Nicole Borth, Danilo Porro, and Diethard Mattanovich Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1515-1521; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two (1-3) Glucan Synthases with Different Functions in Aspergillus fumigatus A. Beauvais, D. Maubon, S. Park, W. Morelle, M. Tanguy, M. Huerre, D. S. Perlin, and J. P. Latgé Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1531-1538; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of cis-Acting Sites NorL, a TATA Box, and AflR1 in nor-1 Transcriptional Activation in Aspergillus parasiticus Michael J. Miller, Ludmila V. Roze, Frances Trail, and John E. Linz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1539-1545; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Signal Transduction by Tga3, a Novel G Protein Subunit of Trichoderma atroviride Susanne Zeilinger, Barbara Reithner, Valeria Scala, Isabel Peissl, Matteo Lorito, and Robert L. Mach Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1591-1597; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Rapid Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Quorum Signal Biodegradation in Diverse Soils Ya-Juan Wang and Jared Renton Leadbetter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1291-1299; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Spatially Resolved Characterization of Biogenic Manganese Oxide Production within a Bacterial Biofilm Brandy Toner, Sirine Fakra, Mario Villalobos, Tony Warwick, and Garrison Sposito Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1300-1310; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Rhizobial 16S rRNA and dnaK Genes: Mosaicism and the Uncertain Phylogenetic Placement of Rhizobium galegae B. D. Eardly, S. M. Nour, P. van Berkum, and R. K. Selander Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1328-1335; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Fingerprinting of Bacillus thuringiensis Type Strains and Isolates by Using Bacillus cereus Group-Specific Repetitive Extragenic Palindromic Sequence-Based PCR Analysis Arturo Reyes-Ramirez and Jorge E. Ibarra Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1346-1355; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

"Endomicrobia": Cytoplasmic Symbionts of Termite Gut Protozoa Form a Separate Phylum of Prokaryotes Ulrich Stingl, Renate Radek, Hong Yang, and Andreas Brune Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1473-1479; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Optical Brighteners Do Not Influence Covert Baculovirus Infection of Spodoptera frugiperda Ana-Mabel Martínez, Trevor Williams, Miguel López-Ferber, and Primitivo Caballero Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1668-1670; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Posttranslational Modification of 6-Phosphofructo-1-Kinase in Aspergillus niger Suzana Mesojednik and Matic Legisa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1425-1432; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular and Conformational Basis of a Specific and High-Affinity Interaction between AlbA and Albicidin Phytotoxin Li-Xing Weng, Lian-Hui Wang, Jin-Ling Xu, Ji-En Wu, Qi Li, and Lian-Hui Zhang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1445-1452; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Reconstitution of an NADPH-Dependent Superoxide Reduction Pathway from Pyrococcus furiosus Amy M. Grunden, Francis E. Jenney, Jr., Kesen Ma, Mikyoung Ji, Michael V. Weinberg, and Michael W. W. Adams Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1522-1530; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Subtle Difference between Benzene and Toluene Dioxygenases of Pseudomonas putida Claire Bagnéris, Richard Cammack, and Jeremy R. Mason Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1570-1580; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heterologous Expression, Purification, and Characterization of a Highly Active Xylose Reductase from Neurospora crassa Ryan Woodyer, Michael Simurdiak, Wilfred A. van der Donk, and Huimin Zhao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1642-1647; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Microbial Quality and Direct PCR Identification of Lactic Acid Bacteria and Nonpathogenic Staphylococci from Artisanal Low-Acid Sausages T. Aymerich, B. Martín, M. Garriga, and M. Hugas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1674 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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Peptide Surface Display and Secretion Using Two LPXTG-Containing Surface Proteins from Lactobacillus fermentum BR11 Mark S. Turner, Louise M. Hafner, Terry Walsh, and Philip M. Giffard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2005 71: 1675 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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