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Contents: April 2005, Volume 71, Issue 4        Minireviews        Plant Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Mycology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Geomicrobiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Methods        Public Health Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Environmental Microbiology        Letters to the Editor

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Minireviews:

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Biomarkers for In Situ Detection of Anaerobic Ammonium-Oxidizing (Anammox) Bacteria Markus C. Schmid, Bart Maas, Ana Dapena, Katinka van de Pas-Schoonen, Jack van de Vossenberg, Boran Kartal, Laura van Niftrik, Ingo Schmidt, Irina Cirpus, J. Gijs Kuenen, Michael Wagner, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Marcel Kuypers, Niels Peter Revsbech, Ramon Mendez, Mike S. M. Jetten, and Marc Strous Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1677-1684; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Endophytic Colonization of Vitis vinifera L. by Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium Burkholderia sp. Strain PsJN Stéphane Compant, Birgit Reiter, Angela Sessitsch, Jerzy Nowak, Christophe Clément, and Essaïd Ait Barka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1685-1693; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Azospirillum brasilense Produces the Auxin-Like Phenylacetic Acid by Using the Key Enzyme for Indole-3-Acetic Acid Biosynthesis E. Somers, D. Ptacek, P. Gysegom, M. Srinivasan, and J. Vanderleyden Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1803-1810; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli var. fuscans Is Aggregated in Stable Biofilm Population Sizes in the Phyllosphere of Field-Grown Beans M.-A. Jacques, K. Josi, A. Darrasse, and R. Samson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2008-2015; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Dual Symbiosis in a Bathymodiolus sp. Mussel from a Methane Seep on the Gabon Continental Margin (Southeast Atlantic): 16S rRNA Phylogeny and Distribution of the Symbionts in Gills Sébastien Duperron, Thierry Nadalig, Jean-Claude Caprais, Myriam Sibuet, Aline Fiala-Médioni, Rudolf Amann, and Nicole Dubilier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1694-1700; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Incorporation of Glucose under Anoxic Conditions by Bacterioplankton from Coastal North Sea Surface Waters Cecilia Alonso and Jakob Pernthaler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1709-1716; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Competitive Interactions in Mixed-Species Biofilms Containing the Marine Bacterium Pseudoalteromonas tunicata Dhana Rao, Jeremy S. Webb, and Staffan Kjelleberg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1729-1736; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria and Related Activity in Baltimore Inner Harbor Sediment Yossi Tal, Joy E. M. Watts, and Harold J. Schreier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1816-1821; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Folate Cross-Feeding Supports Symbiotic Homoacetogenic Spirochetes Joseph R. Graber and John A. Breznak Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1883-1889; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biphasic Behavior of Anammox Regulated by Nitrite and Nitrate in an Estuarine Sediment Mark Trimmer, Joanna C. Nicholls, Nicholas Morley, Christian A. Davies, and John Aldridge Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1923-1930; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity and Phylogenetic Affiliations of Morphologically Conspicuous Large Filamentous Bacteria Occurring in the Pelagic Zones of a Broad Spectrum of Freshwater Habitats Michael Schauer and Martin W. Hahn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1931-1940; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Detection of Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium bovis BCG (Pasteur) in Soil Jamie S. Young, Eamonn Gormley, and Elizabeth M. H. Wellington Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1946-1952; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Transcripts of Nitrite Reductase Genes (nirK and nirS) in Rhizospheres of Grain Legumes Shilpi Sharma, Manish Kumar Aneja, Jochen Mayer, Jean Charles Munch, and Michael Schloter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2001-2007; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Oxygenase Genes from Methane- and Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria in the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer Daniel P. Erwin, Issac K. Erickson, Mark E. Delwiche, Frederick S. Colwell, Janice L. Strap, and Ronald L. Crawford Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2016-2025; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Assessment of Denitrifying, N2-Fixing, and Total-Community Bacteria by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis Using Multiple Restriction Enzymes Christopher Rösch and Hermann Bothe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2026-2035; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spatial Distribution and Transcriptional Activity of an Uncultured Clade of Planktonic Diazotrophic -Proteobacteria in the Arabian Sea Clare Bird, Joaquín Martinez Martinez, Anthony G. O'Donnell, and Michael Wyman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2079-2085; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nonbioluminescent Strains of Photobacterium phosphoreum Produce the Cell-to-Cell Communication Signal N-(3-Hydroxyoctanoyl)homoserine Lactone L. R. Flodgaard, P. Dalgaard, J. B. Andersen, K. F. Nielsen, M. Givskov, and L. Gram Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2113-2120; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Sunlight Sensitivity of Picophytoplankton from Surface Mediterranean Coastal Waters Ruben Sommaruga, Julia S. Hofer, Laura Alonso-Sáez, and Josep M. Gasol Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2154-2157; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Analysis of Bacterial Diversity in Freshwater Sediment of a Shallow Eutrophic Lake by Molecular and Improved Cultivation-Based Techniques Hideyuki Tamaki, Yuji Sekiguchi, Satoshi Hanada, Kazunori Nakamura, Nakao Nomura, Masatoshi Matsumura, and Yoichi Kamagata Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2162-2169; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pathways for Methanogenesis and Diversity of Methanogenic Archaea in Three Boreal Peatland Ecosystems P. E. Galand, H. Fritze, R. Conrad, and K. Yrjälä Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2195-2198; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Putative Polyketide Synthase and Laccase Genes for Biosynthesis of Aurofusarin in Gibberella zeae Jung-Eun Kim, Kap-Hoon Han, Jianming Jin, Hun Kim, Jin-Cheol Kim, Sung-Hwan Yun, and Yin-Won Lee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1701-1708; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lignin-Derived Compounds as Efficient Laccase Mediators for Decolorization of Different Types of Recalcitrant Dyes Susana Camarero, David Ibarra, María Jesús Martínez, and Ángel T. Martínez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1775-1784; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nutrient Effects on Biocontrol of Penicillium roqueforti by Pichia anomala J121 during Airtight Storage of Wheat Ulrika Ädel Druvefors, Volkmar Passoth, and Johan Schnürer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1865-1869; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Artificial Defoliation of Pines on the Structure and Physiology of the Soil Fungal Community of a Mixed Pine-Spruce Forest Ken Cullings, Christopher Raleigh, Michael H. New, and Joan Henson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1996-2000; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Proteomic Profiling of Recombinant Escherichia coli in High-Cell-Density Fermentations for Improved Production of an Antibody Fragment Biopharmaceutical Ilana S. Aldor, Denise C. Krawitz, William Forrest, Christina Chen, Julie C. Nishihara, John C. Joly, and Kathleen M. Champion Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1717-1728; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biocatalytic Production of Perillyl Alcohol from Limonene by Using a Novel Mycobacterium sp. Cytochrome P450 Alkane Hydroxylase Expressed in Pseudomonas putida Jan B. van Beilen, René Holtackers, Daniel Lüscher, Ulrich Bauer, Bernard Witholt, and Wouter A. Duetz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1737-1744; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Optimization of Cholesterol Removal by Probiotics in the Presence of Prebiotics by Using a Response Surface Method M. T. Liong and N. P. Shah Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1745-1753; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roles of Four Chitinases (ChiA, ChiB, ChiC, and ChiD) in the Chitin Degradation System of Marine Bacterium Alteromonas sp. Strain O-7 Hideyuki Orikoshi, Shigenari Nakayama, Katsushiro Miyamoto, Chiaki Hanato, Masahide Yasuda, Yoshihiko Inamori, and Hiroshi Tsujibo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1811-1815; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Exposure to Cadmium Elevates Expression of Genes in the OxyR and OhrR Regulons and Induces Cross-Resistance to Peroxide Killing Treatment in Xanthomonas campestris Peerakan Banjerdkij, Paiboon Vattanaviboon, and Skorn Mongkolsuk Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1843-1849; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biotinylation Facilitates the Uptake of Large Peptides by Escherichia coli and Other Gram-Negative Bacteria Jennifer R. Walker and Elliot Altman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1850-1855; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Formation of trans Fatty Acids Is Not Involved in Growth-Linked Membrane Adaptation of Pseudomonas putida Claus Härtig, Norbert Loffhagen, and Hauke Harms Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1915-1922; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sec-Mediated Secretion of Bacteriocin Enterocin P by Lactococcus lactis Carmen Herranz and Arnold J. M. Driessen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1959-1963; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Efficient Production of L-Lactic Acid by Metabolically Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae with a Genome-Integrated L-Lactate Dehydrogenase Gene Nobuhiro Ishida, Satoshi Saitoh, Kenro Tokuhiro, Eiji Nagamori, Takashi Matsuyama, Katsuhiko Kitamoto, and Haruo Takahashi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1964-1970; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Novel Rapamycin Analogs by Precursor-Directed Biosynthesis Frank V. Ritacco, Edmund I. Graziani, Mia Y. Summers, T. Mark Zabriskie, Ker Yu, Valerie S. Bernan, Guy T. Carter, and Michael Greenstein Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1971-1976; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Accumulation of Polyhydroxyalkanoate from Styrene and Phenylacetic Acid by Pseudomonas putida CA-3 Patrick G. Ward, Guy de Roo, and Kevin E. O'Connor Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2046-2052; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rehydration of the Lichen Ramalina lacera Results in Production of Reactive Oxygen Species and Nitric Oxide and a Decrease in Antioxidants Lior Weissman, Jacob Garty, and Ayala Hochman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2121-2129; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Tool for Metabolic Pathway Engineering in Escherichia coli: One-Step Method To Modulate Expression of Chromosomal Genes Isabelle Meynial-Salles, Marguerite A. Cervin, and Philippe Soucaille Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2140-2144; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Export of Bulk Poly(A)+ mRNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae during the Wine-Making Process Shingo Izawa, Reiko Takemura, Takeo Miki, and Yoshiharu Inoue Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2179-2182; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for Involvement of an Electron Shuttle in Electricity Generation by Geothrix fermentans Daniel R. Bond and Derek R. Lovley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2186-2189; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Opposite Enantioselectivities of Two Phenotypically and Genotypically Similar Strains of Pseudomonas frederiksbergensis in Bacterial Whole-Cell Sulfoxidation Waldemar Adam, Frank Heckel, Chantu R. Saha-Möller, Marcus Taupp, Jean-Marie Meyer, and Peter Schreier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2199-2202; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Web-Type Evolution of Rhodococcus Gene Clusters Associated with Utilization of Naphthalene Leonid A. Kulakov, Shenchang Chen, Christopher C. R. Allen, and Michael J. Larkin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1754-1764; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Characterization of Cry34/Cry35 Binary Insecticidal Proteins from Diverse Bacillus thuringiensis Strain Collections H. Ernest Schnepf, Stacey Lee, JoAnna Dojillo, Paula Burmeister, Kristin Fencil, Lisa Morera, Linda Nygaard, Kenneth E. Narva, and Jeff D. Wolt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1765-1774; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Fluorescent Protein Expression in Transformants of Rickettsia monacensis, an Obligate Intracellular Tick Symbiont Gerald D. Baldridge, Nicole Burkhardt, Michael J. Herron, Timothy J. Kurtti, and Ulrike G. Munderloh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2095-2105; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Heat Inactivation of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Milk Wendy L. McDonald, Kimberly J. O'Riley, Christopher J. Schroen, and Robin J. Condron Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1785-1789; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytotoxicity Potential and Genotypic Characterization of Escherichia coli Isolates from Environmental and Food Sources Yadilka Maldonado, Jennifer C. Fiser, Cindy H. Nakatsu, and Arun K. Bhunia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1890-1898; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Molecular Epidemiology of Campylobacter coli Isolates from Human Gastroenteritis, Food, and Animal Sources by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis and Penner Serotyping B. L. Siemer, E. M. Nielsen, and S. L. W. On Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1953-1958; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Culture-Dependent and -Independent Methods To Investigate the Microbial Ecology of Italian Fermented Sausages Kalliopi Rantsiou, Rosalinda Urso, Lucilla Iacumin, Carlo Cantoni, Patrizia Cattaneo, Giuseppe Comi, and Luca Cocolin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1977-1986; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Mobile clpL Gene from Lactobacillus rhamnosus Aki Suokko, Kirsi Savijoki, Erja Malinen, Airi Palva, and Pekka Varmanen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2061-2069; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Explorative Multifactor Approach for Investigating Global Survival Mechanisms of Campylobacter jejuni under Environmental Conditions Birgitte Moen, Astrid Oust, Øyvind Langsrud, Nick Dorrell, Gemma L. Marsden, Jason Hinds, Achim Kohler, Brendan W. Wren, and Knut Rudi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2086-2094; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Detection of Listeria monocytogenes in Biofilms by Real-Time PCR Morgan Guilbaud, Pierre de Coppet, Fabrice Bourion, Cinta Rachman, Hervé Prévost, and Xavier Dousset Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2190-2194; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Direct Microbial Reduction and Subsequent Preservation of Uranium in Natural Near-Surface Sediment Yohey Suzuki, Shelly D. Kelly, Kenneth M. Kemner, and Jillian F. Banfield Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1790-1797; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lipid Biomarkers and Carbon Isotope Signatures of a Microbial (Beggiatoa) Mat Associated with Gas Hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico Chuanlun L. Zhang, Zhiyong Huang, James Cantu, Richard D. Pancost, Robin L. Brigmon, Timothy W. Lyons, and Roger Sassen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2106-2112; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic, Nitrate-Dependent Oxidation of U(IV) Oxide Minerals by the Chemolithoautotrophic Bacterium Thiobacillus denitrificans Harry R. Beller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2170-2174; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Transformation of Aspergillus fumigatus: an Efficient Tool for Insertional Mutagenesis and Targeted Gene Disruption Janyce A. Sugui, Yun C. Chang, and K. J. Kwon-Chung Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1798-1802; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High-Temperature-Induced Transposition of Insertion Elements in Burkholderia multivorans ATCC 17616 Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Hiroyuki Genka, Harunobu Komatsu, Yuji Nagata, and Masataka Tsuda Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1822-1828; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genes Involved in SkfA Killing Factor Production Protect a Bacillus subtilis Lipase against Proteolysis Helga Westers, Peter G. Braun, Lidia Westers, Haike Antelmann, Michael Hecker, Jan D. H. Jongbloed, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, Teruo Tanaka, Jan Maarten van Dijl, and Wim J. Quax Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1899-1908; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of abrB310 and sinR, and Effects of Decreased abrB310 Expression on the Transition from Acidogenesis to Solventogenesis, in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 Miles C. Scotcher, Frederick B. Rudolph, and George N. Bennett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1987-1995; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Rapid Engineering of the Geldanamycin Biosynthesis Pathway by Red/ET Recombination and Gene Complementation Leandro Vetcher, Zong-Qiang Tian, Robert McDaniel, Andreas Rascher, W. Peter Revill, C. Richard Hutchinson, and Zhihao Hu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1829-1835; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of an Immunomagnetic Bead-Immunoliposome Fluorescence Assay for Rapid Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Aqueous Samples and Comparison of the Assay with a Standard Microbiological Method Thomas R. DeCory, Richard A. Durst, Scott J. Zimmerman, Linda A. Garringer, Gary Paluca, Heleen H. DeCory, and Richard A. Montagna Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1856-1864; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Noroviruses by Using TaqMan-Based One-Step Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays and Application to Naturally Contaminated Shellfish Samples Narayanan Jothikumar, James A. Lowther, Kathleen Henshilwood, David N. Lees, Vincent R. Hill, and Jan Vinjé Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1870-1875; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Salmonella Strains and Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Feces of Small Ruminants and Their Isolation with Various Media Steven Pao, Dhartika Patel, Aref Kalantari, Joseph P. Tritschler, Stephan Wildeus, and Brian L. Sayre Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2158-2161; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Potential of the Polyvalent Anti-Staphylococcus Bacteriophage K for Control of Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococci from Hospitals S. O'Flaherty, R. P. Ross, W. Meaney, G. F. Fitzgerald, M. F. Elbreki, and A. Coffey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1836-1842; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Campylobacter spp. in Environmental Water Samples from a 100-Square-Kilometer Predominantly Dairy Farming Area R. Kemp, A. J. H. Leatherbarrow, N. J. Williams, C. A. Hart, H. E. Clough, J. Turner, E. J. Wright, and N. P. French Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1876-1882; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Elimination of Botulinum Neurotoxin (BoNT) Type B from Drinking Water by Small-Scale (Personal-Use) Water Purification Devices and Detection of BoNT in Water Samples Ari Hörman, Mari Nevas, Miia Lindström, Marja-Liisa Hänninen, and Hannu Korkeala Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1941-1945; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Assays for Targeting Human and Bovine Enteric Viruses in Coastal Waters and Their Application for Library-Independent Source Tracking Theng-Theng Fong, Dale W. Griffin, and Erin K. Lipp Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2070-2078; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in the Catchment Area and Water of the River Taff in South Wales, United Kingdom, and Its Potential Relationship to Clustering of Crohn's Disease Cases in the City of Cardiff R. W. Pickup, G. Rhodes, S. Arnott, K. Sidi-Boumedine, T. J. Bull, A. Weightman, M. Hurley, and J. Hermon-Taylor Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2130-2139; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Viscoelasticity of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms in Response to Fluid Shear Allows Resistance to Detachment and Facilitates Rolling Migration Cory J. Rupp, Christoph A. Fux, and Paul Stoodley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2175-2178; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Cloning, Expression, and Site-Directed Mutagenesis of the Propene Monooxygenase Genes from Mycobacterium sp. Strain M156 Chan K. Chan Kwo Chion, Sarah E. Askew, and David J. Leak Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 1909-1914; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of ß-Hexachlorocyclohexane by Haloalkane Dehalogenase LinB from Sphingomonas paucimobilis UT26 Yuji Nagata, Zbynek Prokop, Yukari Sato, Petr Jerabek, Ashwani Kumar, Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Masataka Tsuda, and Jirí Damborsky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2183-2185; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Genetic Diversity of Benzoyl Coenzyme A Reductase Genes Detected in Denitrifying Isolates and Estuarine Sediment Communities Bongkeun Song and Bess B. Ward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2036-2045; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vertical Distribution of the Free-Living Amoeba Population in Soil under Desert Shrubs in the Negev Desert, Israel Salvador Rodriguez-Zaragoza, Einav Mayzlish, and Yosef Steinberger Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2053-2060; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Major Bacterial Candidate Division within a Municipal Anaerobic Sludge Digester Rakia Chouari, Denis Le Paslier, Catherine Dauga, Patrick Daegelen, Jean Weissenbach, and Abdelghani Sghir Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2145-2153; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letters to the Editor:

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Presence of Norovirus Sequences in Bottled Waters Is Questionable Gloria Sanchez, Han Joosten, Rolf Meyer, and Christian Beuret Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2203-2205; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Possible Errors in the Analysis of Lactic Acid and Volatile Fatty Acids in the Gastrointestinal Tracts of Pigs and Chickens E. H. Clayton and R. J. Blake Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2005 71: 2206-2207; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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