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Contents: May 2005, Volume 71, Issue 5        Meeting Review        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Food Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Environmental Microbiology        Public Health Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Methods        Geomicrobiology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Mycology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Biodegradation

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Meeting Review:

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Toward a System of Microbial Forensics: from Sample Collection to Interpretation of Evidence Bruce Budowle, Steven E. Schutzer, Michael S. Ascher, Ronald M. Atlas, James P. Burans, Ranajit Chakraborty, John J. Dunn, Claire M. Fraser, David R. Franz, Terrance J. Leighton, Stephen A. Morse, Randall S. Murch, Jacques Ravel, Daniel L. Rock, Thomas R. Slezak, Stephan P. Velsko, Anne C. Walsh, and Ronald A. Walters Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2209-2213; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Substrate Specificity and Colorimetric Assay for Recombinant TrzN Derived from Arthrobacter aurescens TC1 Nir Shapir, Charlotte Rosendahl, Gilbert Johnson, Marco Andreina, Michael J. Sadowsky, and Lawrence P. Wackett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2214-2220; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heme-Dependent Rubber Oxygenase RoxA of Xanthomonas sp. Cleaves the Carbon Backbone of Poly(cis-1,4-Isoprene) by a Dioxygenase Mechanism Reinhard Braaz, Wolfgang Armbruster, and Dieter Jendrossek Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2473-2478; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Extracellular N-Acylhomoserine Lactone Acylase from a Streptomyces sp. and Its Application to Quorum Quenching Sun-Yang Park, Hye-Ok Kang, Hak-Sun Jang, Jung-Kee Lee, Bon-Tag Koo, and Do-Young Yum Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2632-2641; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Homologous and Heterologous Overexpression in Clostridium acetobutylicum and Characterization of Purified Clostridial and Algal Fe-Only Hydrogenases with High Specific Activities Laurence Girbal, Gregory von Abendroth, Martin Winkler, Paul M. C. Benton, Isabelle Meynial-Salles, Christian Croux, John W. Peters, Thomas Happe, and Philippe Soucaille Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2777-2781; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Potential Uptake of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Organic Manure into Crisphead Lettuce Gro S. Johannessen, Gunnar B. Bengtsson, Berit T. Heier, Sylvia Bredholt, Yngvild Wasteson, and Liv Marit Rørvik Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2221-2225; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Real-Time PCR Assays To Identify and Quantify Fecal Bifidobacterium Species in Infants Receiving a Prebiotic Infant Formula Monique Haarman and Jan Knol Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2318-2324; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Potential Role of Diploscapter sp. Strain LKC25, a Bacterivorous Nematode from Soil, as a Vector of Food-Borne Pathogenic Bacteria to Preharvest Fruits and Vegetables Daunte S. Gibbs, Gary L. Anderson, Larry R. Beuchat, Lynn K. Carta, and Phillip L. Williams Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2433-2437; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Variation in Acid Resistance among Shiga Toxin-Producing Clones of Pathogenic Escherichia coli Teresa M. Large, Seth T. Walk, and Thomas S. Whittam Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2493-2500; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Autoinducer 2 in Salmonella enterica Serovar Thompson Contributes to Its Fitness in Chickens but Not on Cilantro Leaf Surfaces M. T. Brandl, W. G. Miller, A. H. Bates, and R. E. Mandrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2653-2662; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enumeration of Respiring Pseudomonas spp. in Milk within 6 Hours by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization following Formazan Reduction Akiko Kitaguchi, Nobuyasu Yamaguchi, and Masao Nasu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2748-2752; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mass Outbreak of Food Poisoning Disease Caused by Small Amounts of Staphylococcal Enterotoxins A and H Tetsuya Ikeda, Naoto Tamate, Keiji Yamaguchi, and Sou-ichi Makino Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2793-2795; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Induction of Oxidative Stress by High Hydrostatic Pressure in Escherichia coli Abram Aertsen, Philipp De Spiegeleer, Kristof Vanoirbeek, Maria Lavilla, and Chris W. Michiels Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2226-2231; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relationship between pH and Medium Dissolved Solids in Terms of Growth and Metabolism of Lactobacilli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae during Ethanol Production Neelakantam V. Narendranath and Ronan Power Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2239-2243; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Deuterium-Resistant Algal Cell Line for D Labeling of Heterotrophs Expresses Enhanced Level of Hsp60 in D2O Medium Keiko Unno, Naoko Hagima, Takahiro Kishido, Shoji Okada, and Naoto Oku Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2256-2259; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Rhamnolipids by Pseudomonas chlororaphis, a Nonpathogenic Bacterium Nereus W. Gunther, IV, Alberto Nuñez, William Fett, and Daniel K. Y. Solaiman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2288-2293; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolic Network Analysis of Streptomyces tenebrarius, a Streptomyces Species with an Active Entner-Doudoroff Pathway Irina Borodina, Charlotte Schöller, Anna Eliasson, and Jens Nielsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2294-2302; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduced Proteolysis of Secreted Gelatin and Yps1-Mediated -Factor Leader Processing in a Pichia pastoris kex2 Disruptant Marc W. T. Werten and Frits A. de Wolf Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2310-2317; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adaptation of Corynebacterium glutamicum to Ammonium Limitation: a Global Analysis Using Transcriptome and Proteome Techniques Maike Silberbach, Mathias Schäfer, Andrea T. Hüser, Jörn Kalinowski, Alfred Pühler, Reinhard Krämer, and Andreas Burkovski Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2391-2402; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution of Genes for Synthesis of Trehalose and Mannosylglycerate in Thermus spp. and Direct Correlation of These Genes with Halotolerance Susana Alarico, Nuno Empadinhas, Catarina Simões, Zélia Silva, Anke Henne, Ana Mingote, Helena Santos, and Milton S. da Costa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2460-2466; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of the Potent Antibacterial Polyketide Erythromycin C in Escherichia coli Salvador Peirú, Hugo G. Menzella, Eduardo Rodríguez, John Carney, and Hugo Gramajo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2539-2547; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptome Analysis of Recombinant Protein Secretion by Aspergillus nidulans and the Unfolded-Protein Response In Vivo Andrew H. Sims, Manda E. Gent, Karin Lanthaler, Nigel S. Dunn-Coleman, Stephen G. Oliver, and Geoffrey D. Robson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2737-2747; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lactococcus lactis SpOx Spontaneous Mutants: a Family of Oxidative-Stress-Resistant Dairy Strains Tatiana Rochat, Jean-Jacques Gratadoux, Gérard Corthier, Bérard Coqueran, Maria-Elena Nader-Macias, Alexandra Gruss, and Philippe Langella Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2782-2788; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetically Engineered Wine Yeast Produces a High Concentration of L-Lactic Acid of Extremely High Optical Purity Satoshi Saitoh, Nobuhiro Ishida, Toru Onishi, Kenro Tokuhiro, Eiji Nagamori, Katsuhiko Kitamoto, and Haruo Takahashi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2789-2792; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Identification of Unique Type II Polyketide Synthase Genes in Soil Boris Wawrik, Lee Kerkhof, Gerben J. Zylstra, and Jerome J. Kukor Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2232-2238; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantification of Enterococci and Human Adenoviruses in Environmental Samples by Real-Time PCR Jian-Wen He and Sunny Jiang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2250-2255; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of a ColD cda Promoter-Based SOS-Green Fluorescent Protein Whole-Cell Biosensor with Higher Sensitivity toward Genotoxic Compounds than Constructs Based on recA, umuDC, or sulA Promoters Anders Norman, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen, and Søren J. Sørensen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2338-2346; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Application of Cation-Coated Filter Method to Detection of Noroviruses, Enteroviruses, Adenoviruses, and Torque Teno Viruses in the Tamagawa River in Japan Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, Kumiko Oguma, and Shinichiro Ohgaki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2403-2411; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Architecture of a Nascent Sphingomonas sp. Biofilm under Varied Hydrodynamic Conditions V. P. Venugopalan, M. Kuehn, M. Hausner, D. Springael, P. A. Wilderer, and S. Wuertz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2677-2686; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Persistence of Enterococcus faecalis in Aquatic Environments via Surface Interactions with Copepods Caterina Signoretto, Gloria Burlacchini, Carla Pruzzo, and Pietro Canepari Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2756-2761; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Balamuthia mandrillaris, Free-Living Ameba and Opportunistic Agent of Encephalitis, Is a Potential Host for Legionella pneumophila Bacteria Winlet Sheba Shadrach, Kerstin Rydzewski, Ulrike Laube, Gudrun Holland, Muhsin Özel, Albrecht F. Kiderlen, and Antje Flieger Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2244-2249; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Campylobacter jejuni Isolates from Wild Birds in Sweden Jonas Waldenström, Dik Mevius, Kees Veldman, Tina Broman, Dennis Hasselquist, and Björn Olsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2438-2441; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phenotypic and Genotypic Selection of Microbiota Surviving under Dental Restorations J. S. Paddick, S. R. Brailsford, E. A. M. Kidd, and D. Beighton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2467-2472; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Efficacy of Two Peroxygen-Based Disinfectants for Inactivation of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts Joaquin Quilez, Caridad Sanchez-Acedo, Catalina Avendaño, Emilio del Cacho, and Fernando Lopez-Bernad Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2479-2483; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

tir- and stx-Positive Escherichia coli in Stream Waters in a Metropolitan Area James A. Higgins, Kenneth T. Belt, Jeffrey S. Karns, Jonathan Russell-Anelli, and Daniel R. Shelton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2511-2519; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of a Cloning System for the Mass Production of a Virus-Binding Protein Specific for Poliovirus Type 1 Daisuke Sano and Tatsuo Omura Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2608-2615; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Identification and Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Lizards in the Southeastern United States Kerry Clark, Amanda Hendricks, and David Burge Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2616-2625; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dose Determination for Acute Salmonella Infection in Pigs A. T. Loynachan and D. L. Harris Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2753-2755; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Analysis of Human, Porcine, and Poultry Enterococcus faecium Isolates and Their erm(B) Genes E. De Leener, A. Martel, E. M. De Graef, J. Top, P. Butaye, F. Haesebrouck, R. Willems, and A. Decostere Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2766-2770; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Combined Antimicrobial Resistance in Enterococcus faecium Isolated from Chickens Odile Petsaris, Fabien Miszczak, Mireille Gicquel-Bruneau, Agnès Perrin-Guyomard, Florence Humbert, Pascal Sanders, and Roland Leclercq Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2796-2799; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

UV Inactivation of Cryptosporidium hominis as Measured in Cell Culture Anne M. Johnson, Karl Linden, Kristina M. Ciociola, Ricardo De Leon, Giovanni Widmer, and Paul A. Rochelle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2800-2802; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Relationship between Bacterioplankton Richness, Respiration, and Production in the Southern North Sea Thomas Reinthaler, Christian Winter, and Gerhard J. Herndl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2260-2266; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Dietary Zinc Oxide and Copper Sulfate on the Gastrointestinal Ecosystem in Newly Weaned Piglets Ole Højberg, Nuria Canibe, Hanne Damgaard Poulsen, Mette Skou Hedemann, and Bent Borg Jensen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2267-2277; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Seasonal Response of Stream Biofilm Communities to Dissolved Organic Matter and Nutrient Enrichments Ola A. Olapade and Laura G. Leff Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2278-2287; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of Archaea to Total Prokaryotic Production in the Deep Atlantic Ocean Gerhard J. Herndl, Thomas Reinthaler, Eva Teira, Hendrik van Aken, Cornelius Veth, Annelie Pernthaler, and Jakob Pernthaler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2303-2309; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Top-Down and Bottom-Up Manipulations on the R-BT065 Subcluster of ß-Proteobacteria, an Abundant Group in Bacterioplankton of a Freshwater Reservoir Karel Simek, Karel Hornák, Jan Jezbera, Michal Masín, Jirí Nedoma, Josep M. Gasol, and Michael Schauer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2381-2390; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shifts in Rhizoplane Communities of Aquatic Plants after Cadmium Exposure Lisa M. Stout and Klaus Nüsslein Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2484-2492; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Succession of Internal Sulfur Cycles and Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacterial Communities in Microaerophilic Wastewater Biofilms Satoshi Okabe, Tsukasa Ito, Kenichi Sugita, and Hisashi Satoh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2520-2529; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methane-Oxidizing Bacteria in a California Upland Grassland Soil: Diversity and Response to Simulated Global Change Hans-Peter Horz, Virginia Rich, Sharon Avrahami, and Brendan J. M. Bohannan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2642-2652; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution and Stability of Sulfate-Reducing Prokaryotic and Hydrogenotrophic Methanogenic Assemblages in Nutrient-Impacted Regions of the Florida Everglades Hector Castro, Susan Newman, K. R. Reddy, and Andrew Ogram Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2695-2704; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Changes in Nitrogen-Fixing and Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterial Communities in Soil of a Mixed Conifer Forest after Wildfire Chris M. Yeager, Diana E. Northup, Christy C. Grow, Susan M. Barns, and Cheryl R. Kuske Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2713-2722; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Combined Approach for Characterization of Uncultivated Magnetotactic Bacteria from Various Aquatic Environments Christine B. Flies, Jörg Peplies, and Dirk Schüler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2723-2731; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sensitivity of Planktonic and Biofilm-Associated Salmonella spp. to Ionizing Radiation Brendan A. Niemira and Ethan B. Solomon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2732-2736; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Investigation of the Microbial Ecology of Intertidal Hot Springs by Using Diversity Analysis of 16S rRNA and Chitinase Genes Cédric F. V. Hobel, Viggó T. Marteinsson, Gudmundur Ó. Hreggvidsson, and Jakob K. Kristjánsson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2771-2776; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Nested PCR-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Approach To Determine the Diversity of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Complex Microbial Communities Shabir A. Dar, J. Gijs Kuenen, and Gerard Muyzer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2325-2330; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Stochastic Models To Assess the Effect of Environmental Factors on Microbial Growth José Miguel Ponciano, Frederik P. J. Vandecasteele, Thomas F. Hess, Larry J. Forney, Ronald L. Crawford, and Paul Joyce Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2355-2364; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Phenotypic Characterization of Sphingomonas wittichii Strain RW1 by Peptide Mass Fingerprinting Using Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Rolf U. Halden, David R. Colquhoun, and Eric S. Wisniewski Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2442-2451; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Application of a pH-Sensitive Fluoroprobe (C-SNARF-4) for pH Microenvironment Analysis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms Ryan C. Hunter and Terry J. Beveridge Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2501-2510; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Uptake of CdSe and CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots into Bacteria via Purine-Dependent Mechanisms J. A. Kloepfer, R. E. Mielke, and J. L. Nadeau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2548-2557; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

13C Incorporation into Signature Fatty Acids as an Assay for Carbon Allocation in Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Pål Axel Olsson, Ingrid M. van Aarle, Mayra E. Gavito, Per Bengtson, and Göran Bengtsson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2592-2599; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Biosensor for Detection of Antibiotic-Selective Growth of Escherichia coli Karin Y. Gfeller, Natalia Nugaeva, and Martin Hegner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2626-2631; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of a Quartz Crystal Microbalance To Investigate the Antiadhesive Potential of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine Ann-Cathrin Olofsson, Malte Hermansson, and Hans Elwing Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2705-2712; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Chemical Forms of Selenium in the Metal-Resistant Bacterium Ralstonia metallidurans CH34 Exposed to Selenite and Selenate Géraldine Sarret, Laure Avoscan, Marie Carrière, Richard Collins, Nicolas Geoffroy, Francine Carrot, Jacques Covès, and Barbara Gouget Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2331-2337; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Suppressive Subtractive Hybridization of and Differences in Gene Expression Content of Calcifying and Noncalcifying Cultures of Emiliania huxleyi Strain 1516 Binh Nguyen, Robert M. Bowers, Thomas M. Wahlund, and Betsy A. Read Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2564-2575; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Construction, Analysis, and ß-Glucanase Screening of a Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Library from the Large-Bowel Microbiota of Mice Jens Walter, Marco Mangold, and Gerald W. Tannock Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2347-2354; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduced Genetic Variation Occurs among Genes of the Highly Clonal Plant Pathogen Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vesicatoria, Including the Effector Gene avrBs2 Gale Wichmann, David Ritchie, C. S. Kousik, and Joy Bergelson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2418-2432; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Microarray Analysis of Nitrogen Fixation and Fe(III) Reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducens Barbara A. Methé, Jennifer Webster, Kelly Nevin, Jessica Butler, and Derek R. Lovley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2530-2538; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clonal Expansion May Account for High Levels of Quinolone Resistance in Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Donna Kilmartin, D. Morris, C. O'Hare, G. Corbett-Feeney, and M. Cormican Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2587-2591; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Gene yggE Functions in Restoring Physiological Defects of Escherichia coli Cultivated under Oxidative Stress Conditions SunYoung Kim, Motomu Nishioka, Shuhei Hayashi, Hiroyuki Honda, Takeshi Kobayashi, and Masahito Taya Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2762-2765; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Utilization of the Plant Hormone Indole-3-Acetic Acid for Growth by Pseudomonas putida Strain 1290 Johan H. J. Leveau and Steven E. Lindow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2365-2371; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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LuxS-Based Signaling Affects Streptococcus mutans Biofilm Formation Akihiro Yoshida, Toshihiro Ansai, Tadamichi Takehara, and Howard K. Kuramitsu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2372-2380; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heterologous Expression of Novobiocin and Clorobiocin Biosynthetic Gene Clusters Alessandra S. Eustáquio, Bertolt Gust, Ute Galm, Shu-Ming Li, Keith F. Chater, and Lutz Heide Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2452-2459; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Analysis of Group II Intron Expression and Splicing in Lactococcus lactis Yuqing Chen, Joanna R. Klein, Larry L. McKay, and Gary M. Dunny Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2576-2586; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Gene Expression Profiling of Staphylococcus aureus Cultivated under Biofilm and Planktonic Conditions Alexandra Resch, Ralf Rosenstein, Christiane Nerz, and Friedrich Götz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2663-2676; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Processive Endoglucanase Active in Crystalline Cellulose Hydrolysis by the Brown Rot Basidiomycete Gloeophyllum trabeum Roni Cohen, Melissa R. Suzuki, and Kenneth E. Hammel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2412-2417; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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New Resistance Mechanism in Helicoverpa armigera Threatens Transgenic Crops Expressing Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac Toxin Robin V. Gunning, Ho T. Dang, Fred C. Kemp, Ian C. Nicholson, and Graham D. Moores Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2558-2563; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Degradation of Azo Dyes by Laccase and Ultrasound Treatment Michael M. Tauber, Georg M. Guebitz, and Astrid Rehorek Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2600-2607; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Polychlorinated Biphenyl Rhizoremediation by Pseudomonas fluorescens F113 Derivatives, Using a Sinorhizobium meliloti nod System To Drive bph Gene Expression Marta Villacieros, Clare Whelan, Martina Mackova, Jesper Molgaard, María Sánchez-Contreras, Javier Lloret, Daniel Aguirre de Cárcer, Roke I. Oruezábal, Luis Bolaños, Thomas Macek, Ulrich Karlson, David N. Dowling, Marta Martín, and Rafael Rivilla Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2005 71: 2687-2694; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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