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Contents: July 2005, Volume 71, Issue 7        Physiology and Biotechnology        Food Microbiology        Public Health Microbiology        Environmental Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Methods        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Mycology        Biodegradation        Microbial Ecology        Plant Microbiology        Geomicrobiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Errata

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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OusB, a Broad-Specificity ABC-Type Transporter from Erwinia chrysanthemi, Mediates Uptake of Glycine Betaine and Choline with a High Affinity Gwénaëlle Choquet, Nathalie Jehan, Christine Pissavin, Carlos Blanco, and Mohamed Jebbar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3389-3398; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhancement of the Efficiency of Secretion of Heterologous Lipase in Escherichia coli by Directed Evolution of the ABC Transporter System Gyeong Tae Eom, Jae Kwang Song, Jung Hoon Ahn, Yeon Soo Seo, and Joon Shick Rhee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3468-3474; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of Corn Fiber by Clostridium cellulovorans Cellulases and Hemicellulases and Contribution of Scaffolding Protein CbpA Roger Koukiekolo, Hee-Yeon Cho, Akihiko Kosugi, Masayuki Inui, Hideaki Yukawa, and Roy H. Doi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3504-3511; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Porins in Sensitivity of Escherichia coli to Antibacterial Activity of the Lactoperoxidase Enzyme System Philipp De Spiegeleer, Jan Sermon, Kristof Vanoirbeek, Abram Aertsen, and Chris W. Michiels Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3512-3518; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a New Bacteriocin Operon in Sakacin P-Producing Lactobacillus sakei, Showing Strong Translational Coupling between the Bacteriocin and Immunity Genes Geir Mathiesen, Kathrin Huehne, Lothar Kroeckel, Lars Axelsson, and Vincent G. H. Eijsink Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3565-3574; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of a Novel Alcohol Dehydrogenase from Leifsonia sp. Strain S749: a Promising Biocatalyst for an Asymmetric Hydrogen Transfer Bioreduction Kousuke Inoue, Yoshihide Makino, and Nobuya Itoh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3633-3641; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of Cyanophycin by Sedimentibacter hongkongensis Strain KI and Citrobacter amalonaticus Strain G Isolated from an Anaerobic Bacterial Consortium Martin Obst, Andreas Krug, Heinrich Luftmann, and Alexander Steinbüchel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3642-3652; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hyaluronic Acid Production in Bacillus subtilis Bill Widner, Régine Behr, Steve Von Dollen, Maria Tang, Tia Heu, Alan Sloma, Dave Sternberg, Paul L. DeAngelis, Paul H. Weigel, and Steve Brown Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3747-3752; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Trehalose Production Improves Growth of Escherichia coli under Osmotic Stress J. E. Purvis, L. P. Yomano, and L. O. Ingram Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3761-3769; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Citrate Synthase from Geobacter sulfurreducens and Evidence for a Family of Citrate Synthases Similar to Those of Eukaryotes throughout the Geobacteraceae Daniel R. Bond, Tünde Mester, Camilla L. Nesbø, Andrea V. Izquierdo-Lopez, Frank L. Collart, and Derek R. Lovley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3858-3865; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Azo Reductase Activity of Intact Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells Is Dependent on the Fre1p Component of Plasma Membrane Ferric Reductase Patrícia A. Ramalho, Sandra Paiva, A. Cavaco-Paulo, Margarida Casal, M. Helena Cardoso, and M. Teresa Ramalho Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3882-3888; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Gene Expression for Investigation of Escherichia coli Biofilm Inhibition by Plant Extract Ursolic Acid Dacheng Ren, Rongjun Zuo, Andrés F. González Barrios, Laura A. Bedzyk, Gary R. Eldridge, Mark E. Pasmore, and Thomas K. Wood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4022-4034; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Functional Analysis of Escherichia coli Cysteine Desulfhydrases Naoki Awano, Masaru Wada, Hirotada Mori, Shigeru Nakamori, and Hiroshi Takagi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4149-4152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Combined Effect of High-Pressure Treatments and Bacteriocin-Producing Lactic Acid Bacteria on Inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Raw-Milk Cheese Eva Rodriguez, Juan L. Arques, Manuel Nuñez, Pilar Gaya, and Margarita Medina Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3399-3404; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Assessment of Heat Resistance of Bacterial Spores from Food Product Isolates by Fluorescence Monitoring of Dipicolinic Acid Release Remco Kort, Andrea C. O'Brien, Ivo H. M. van Stokkum, Suus J. C. M. Oomes, Wim Crielaard, Klaas J. Hellingwerf, and Stanley Brul Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3556-3564; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Seasonal Variation in Abundance of Total and Pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus Bacteria in Oysters along the Southwest Coast of India A. Deepanjali, H. Sanath Kumar, I. Karunasagar, and I. Karunasagar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3575-3580; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular and Biochemical Analysis of the Galactose Phenotype of Dairy Streptococcus thermophilus Strains Reveals Four Different Fermentation Profiles Filip de Vin, Peter Rådström, Lieve Herman, and Luc De Vuyst Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3659-3667; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Detection of Clostridium perfringens in the Broiler Fowl Gastrointestinal Tract by Real-Time PCR Mark G. Wise and Gregory R. Siragusa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3911-3916; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Lateral-Flow Clostridium botulinum Neurotoxin Detection Kits for Food Analysis Shashi K. Sharma, Brian S. Eblen, Robert L. Bull, Donald H. Burr, and Richard C. Whiting Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3935-3941; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Highly Hydrolytic Reuteransucrase from Probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri Strain ATCC 55730 S. Kralj, E. Stripling, P. Sanders, G. H. van Geel-Schutten, and L. Dijkhuizen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3942-3950; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Campylobacter spp. and Salmonella Serovars in Organic Chickens from Maryland Retail Stores Shenghui Cui, Beilei Ge, Jie Zheng, and Jianghong Meng Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4108-4111; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Bovine Feces from Animals with Gastrointestinal Infections Are a Source of Serologically Diverse Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli Strains That Commonly Possess Intimin Michael A. Hornitzky, Kim Mercieca, Karl A. Bettelheim, and Steven P. Djordjevic Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3405-3412; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survey of Bovine Enterovirus in Biological and Environmental Samples by a Highly Sensitive Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Miguel Angel Jiménez-Clavero, Estela Escribano-Romero, Carmen Mansilla, Nuria Gómez, Laura Córdoba, Neftal Roblas, Fernando Ponz, Victoria Ley, and Juan-Carlos Sáiz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3536-3543; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of 26-Oxygenosterols from Ganoderma lucidum and Their Activity as Cholesterol Synthesis Inhibitors Hassan Hajjaj, Catherine Macé, Matthew Roberts, Peter Niederberger, and Laurent B. Fay Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3653-3658; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of Pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica Isolates by PCR and Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis S. Thisted Lambertz and M.-L. Danielsson-Tham Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3674-3681; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Potential Regrowth and Recolonization of Salmonellae and Indicators in Biosolids and Biosolid-Amended Soil Kathleen J. Zaleski, Karen L. Josephson, Charles P. Gerba, and Ian L. Pepper Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3701-3708; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Environmental Temperature Controls Cryptosporidium Oocyst Metabolic Rate and Associated Retention of Infectivity Brendon J. King, Alexandra R. Keegan, Paul T. Monis, and Christopher P. Saint Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3848-3857; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Subtherapeutic Administration of Antimicrobial Agents to Beef Cattle on the Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter hyointestinalis G. D. Inglis, T. A. McAllister, H. W. Busz, L. J. Yanke, D. W. Morck, M. E. Olson, and R. R. Read Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3872-3881; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Definition of Genetically Distinct Attenuation Mechanisms in Naturally Virulence-Attenuated Listeria monocytogenes by Comparative Cell Culture and Molecular Characterization Angela Roberts, Yvonne Chan, and Martin Wiedmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3900-3910; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mediterranean Fruit Fly as a Potential Vector of Bacterial Pathogens Shlomo Sela, David Nestel, Riky Pinto, Esther Nemny-Lavy, and Moshe Bar-Joseph Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4052-4056; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Stable Isotope Fractionation of Tetrachloroethene during Reductive Dechlorination by Sulfurospirillum multivorans and Desulfitobacterium sp. Strain PCE-S and Abiotic Reactions with Cyanocobalamin Ivonne Nijenhuis, Janet Andert, Kirsten Beck, Matthias Kästner, Gabriele Diekert, and Hans-Hermann Richnow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3413-3419; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Bacteria Growing in Natural Mineral Water after Bottling Alexander Loy, Wolfgang Beisker, and Harald Meier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3624-3632; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Diversity in Rhizospheres of Nontransgenic and Transgenic Corn Min Fang, Robert J. Kremer, Peter P. Motavalli, and Georgia Davis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4132-4136; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impacts of Goethite Particles on UV Disinfection of Drinking Water Youxian Wu, Thomas Clevenger, and Baolin Deng Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4140-4143; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of an Artificial RNA Marker on Gene Expression in Escherichia coli Don L. Tucker, Fathi Karouia, Jim Wang, Yi Luo, Tong-Bin Li, Richard C. Willson, Yuriy Fofanov, and George E. Fox Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4156-4159; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Similarities and Specificities of Fungal Keratinolytic Proteases: Comparison of Keratinases of Paecilomyces marquandii and Doratomyces microsporus to Some Known Proteases Helena Gradisar, Jozica Friedrich, Igor Krizaj, and Roman Jerala Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3420-3426; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Sequencing of Two Ceriporiopsis subvermispora Bicupin Oxalate Oxidase Allelic Isoforms: Implications for the Reaction Specificity of Oxalate Oxidases and Decarboxylases Marta R. Escutia, Laura Bowater, Anne Edwards, Andrew R. Bottrill, Matthew R. Burrell, Rubén Polanco, Rafael Vicuña, and Stephen Bornemann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3608-3616; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

AmyA, an -Amylase with ß-Cyclodextrin-Forming Activity, and AmyB from the Thermoalkaliphilic Organism Anaerobranca gottschalkii: Two -Amylases Adapted to Their Different Cellular Localizations Meike Ballschmiter, Martin Armbrecht, Krasimira Ivanova, Garabed Antranikian, and Wolfgang Liebl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3709-3715; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification, Characterization, and Crystallization of the Components of the Nitrobenzene and 2-Nitrotoluene Dioxygenase Enzyme Systems R. E. Parales, R. Huang, C.-L. Yu, J. V. Parales, F. K. N. Lee, D. J. Lessner, M. M. Ivkovic-Jensen, W. Liu, R. Friemann, S. Ramaswamy, and D. T. Gibson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3806-3814; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Expression of Islandisin, a New Thermostable Subtilisin from Fervidobacterium islandicum, in Escherichia coli Carolin Gödde, Kerstin Sahm, Stan J. J. Brouns, Leon D. Kluskens, John van der Oost, Willem M. de Vos, and Garabed Antranikian Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3951-3958; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protein Engineering of Epoxide Hydrolase from Agrobacterium radiobacter AD1 for Enhanced Activity and Enantioselective Production of (R)-1-Phenylethane-1,2-Diol Lingyun Rui, Li Cao, Wilfred Chen, Kenneth F. Reardon, and Thomas K. Wood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3995-4003; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Alternative Luciferase for Monitoring Bacterial Cells under Adverse Conditions Siouxsie Wiles, Kathryn Ferguson, Martha Stefanidou, Douglas B. Young, and Brian D. Robertson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3427-3432; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Detection of Legionella pneumophila in Water Samples by Immunomagnetic Purification and Real-Time PCR Amplification of the dotA Gene M. A. Yáñez, C. Carrasco-Serrano, V. M. Barberá, and V. Catalán Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3433-3441; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Simple and Rapid Fluorogenic Procedure for Identification of Vibrionaceae Family Members Gary P. Richards, Michael A. Watson, and Salina Parveen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3524-3527; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Fluid Shear and Microbubbles on Bacterial Detachment from a Surface Prashant K. Sharma, Marjon J. Gibcus, Henny C. van der Mei, and Henk J. Busscher Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3668-3673; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Detection of Enterovirus RNA from Large-Volume Water Samples by Using the NucliSens miniMAG System and Real-Time Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification Saskia A. Rutjes, Ronald Italiaander, Harold H. J. L. van den Berg, Willemijn J. Lodder, and Ana Maria de Roda Husman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3734-3740; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Empirical Establishment of Oligonucleotide Probe Design Criteria Zhili He, Liyou Wu, Xingyuan Li, Matthew W. Fields, and Jizhong Zhou Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3753-3760; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Internal Reference Technique for Accurately Quantifying Specific mRNAs by Real-Time PCR with Application to the tceA Reductive Dehalogenase Gene David R. Johnson, Patrick K. H. Lee, Victor F. Holmes, and Lisa Alvarez-Cohen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3866-3871; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved and Versatile Transformation System Allowing Multiple Genetic Manipulations of the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis Takaaki Sato, Toshiaki Fukui, Haruyuki Atomi, and Tadayuki Imanaka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3889-3899; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a recA Gene-Based Identification Approach for the Entire Burkholderia Genus George W. Payne, Peter Vandamme, Sara H. Morgan, John J. LiPuma, Tom Coenye, Andrew J. Weightman, T. Hefin Jones, and Eshwar Mahenthiralingam Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3917-3927; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Method for Enumeration of Viable Legionella pneumophila and Other Legionella spp. in Water Pilar Delgado-Viscogliosi, Tristan Simonart, Virginie Parent, Grégory Marchand, Marie Dobbelaere, Eric Pierlot, Véronique Pierzo, Florence Menard-Szczebara, Elisabeth Gaudard-Ferveur, Karine Delabre, and Jean Marie Delattre Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4086-4096; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiple-Mutation Reaction: a Method for Simultaneous Introduction of Multiple Mutations into the glpK Gene of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Claudine Hames, Sven Halbedel, Oliver Schilling, and Jörg Stülke Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4097-4100; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Assessment of Soil Microbial Community Structure by Use of Taxon-Specific Quantitative PCR Assays Noah Fierer, Jason A. Jackson, Rytas Vilgalys, and Robert B. Jackson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4117-4120; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Microbial Gene Transcripts in Environmental Samples Rachel S. Poretsky, Nasreen Bano, Alison Buchan, Gary LeCleir, Jutta Kleikemper, Maria Pickering, Whitney M. Pate, Mary Ann Moran, and James T. Hollibaugh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4121-4126; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Functional Identification of Novel Genes Involved in the Glutathione-Independent Gentisate Pathway in Corynebacterium glutamicum Xi-Hui Shen, Cheng-Ying Jiang, Yan Huang, Zhi-Pei Liu, and Shuang-Jiang Liu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3442-3452; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Regulation and Characterization of a Novel ß-Fructofuranosidase-Encoding Gene from Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 Sinéad M. Ryan, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Douwe van Sinderen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3475-3482; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Second lexA Gene of Xanthomonas axonopodis Pathovar citri Mei-Kwei Yang, Shu-Ray Su, and Vin-Long Sung Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3589-3598; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Algal Viruses with Distinct Intraspecies Host Specificities Include Identical Intein Elements Keizo Nagasaki, Yoko Shirai, Yuji Tomaru, Kensho Nishida, and Shmuel Pietrokovski Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3599-3607; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolic Engineering of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Escherichia coli Yajun Yan, Joseph Chemler, Lixuan Huang, Stefan Martens, and Mattheos A. G. Koffas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3617-3623; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Positive Transcription Regulatory Element within the Coding Region of the nifLA Operon in Azotobacter vinelandii Ranjana Mitra, Hirendra K. Das, and Aparna Dixit Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3716-3724; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development and Application of an Insertional System for Gene Delivery and Expression in Campylobacter jejuni A. V. Karlyshev and B. W. Wren Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4004-4013; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High-Level Expression and Secretion of Methyl Parathion Hydrolase in Bacillus subtilis WB800 Xiao-Zhou Zhang, Zhong-Li Cui, Qing Hong, and Shun-Peng Li Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4101-4103; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Polyketide Synthase Gene Responsible for Citrinin Biosynthesis in Monascus purpureus Takeo Shimizu, Hiroshi Kinoshita, Shinji Ishihara, Kanae Sakai, Shiro Nagai, and Takuya Nihira Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3453-3457; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Amino Acid Catabolism by an areA-Regulated Gene Encoding an L-Amino Acid Oxidase with Broad Substrate Specificity in Aspergillus nidulans Meryl A. Davis, Marion C. Askin, and Michael J. Hynes Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3551-3555; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improvement of the Fungal Biocontrol Agent Trichoderma atroviride To Enhance both Antagonism and Induction of Plant Systemic Disease Resistance Kurt Brunner, Susanne Zeilinger, Rosalia Ciliento, Sheridian L. Woo, Matteo Lorito, Christian P. Kubicek, and Robert L. Mach Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3959-3965; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Anaerobic n-Alkane Metabolism by a Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium, Desulfatibacillum aliphaticivorans Strain CV2803T Cristiana Cravo-Laureau, Vincent Grossi, Danielle Raphel, Robert Matheron, and Agnès Hirschler-Réa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3458-3467; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Description of Toluene Inhibition of Methyl Bromide Biodegradation in Seawater and Isolation of a Marine Toluene Oxidizer That Degrades Methyl Bromide Kelly D. Goodwin, Ryszard Tokarczyk, F. Carol Stephens, and Eric S. Saltzman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3495-3503; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dehalogenation of the Herbicides Bromoxynil (3,5-Dibromo-4-Hydroxybenzonitrile) and Ioxynil (3,5-Diiodino-4-Hydroxybenzonitrile) by Desulfitobacterium chlororespirans Alison M. Cupples, Robert A. Sanford, and Gerald K. Sims Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3741-3746; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Soil Bacteria Adapted To Degrade Humic Acid-Sorbed Phenanthrene D. J. Vacca, W. F. Bleam, and W. J. Hickey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3797-3805; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Elucidating the Key Member of a Linuron-Mineralizing Bacterial Community by PCR and Reverse Transcription-PCR Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis 16S rRNA Gene Fingerprinting and Cultivation Sebastian R. Sørensen, Jim Rasmussen, Carsten S. Jacobsen, Ole S. Jacobsen, René K. Juhler, and Jens Aamand Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4144-4148; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Phylogenetic Diversity and Specificity of Bacteria Closely Associated with Alexandrium spp. and Other Phytoplankton Suresh Jasti, Michael E. Sieracki, Nicole J. Poulton, Michael W. Giewat, and Juliette N. Rooney-Varga Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3483-3494; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Incubation Temperature on Growth and Production of Exopolysaccharides by an Antarctic Sea Ice Bacterium Grown in Batch Culture Carol Mancuso Nichols, John P. Bowman, and Jean Guezennec Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3519-3523; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Previously Unknown Virus Infects Marine Diatom Keizo Nagasaki, Yuji Tomaru, Yoshitake Takao, Kensho Nishida, Yoko Shirai, Hidekazu Suzuki, and Tamotsu Nagumo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3528-3535; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Long-Term Population Dynamics of Phototrophic Sulfur Bacteria in the Chemocline of Lake Cadagno, Switzerland Mauro Tonolla, Raffaele Peduzzi, and Dittmar Hahn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3544-3550; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survey of Motile Microaerophilic Bacterial Morphotypes in the Oxygen Gradient above a Marine Sulfidic Sediment Roland Thar and Tom Fenchel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3682-3691; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

pH and Peptide Supply Can Radically Alter Bacterial Populations and Short-Chain Fatty Acid Ratios within Microbial Communities from the Human Colon Alan W. Walker, Sylvia H. Duncan, E. Carol McWilliam Leitch, Matthew W. Child, and Harry J. Flint Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3692-3700; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Low Sulfate Concentrations on Lactate Oxidation and Isotope Fractionation during Sulfate Reduction by Archaeoglobus fulgidus Strain Z Kirsten S. Habicht, Lilian Salling, Bo Thamdrup, and Donald E. Canfield Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3770-3777; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dynamics of an Oligotrophic Bacterial Aquifer Community during Contact with a Groundwater Plume Contaminated with Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylenes: an In Situ Mesocosm Study Barbara Hendrickx, Winnie Dejonghe, Wesley Boënne, Maria Brennerova, Miroslav Cernik, Tomas Lederer, Margarete Bucheli-Witschel, Leen Bastiaens, Willy Verstraete, Eva M. Top, Ludo Diels, and Dirk Springael Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3815-3825; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Methanotrophic Bacteria in Tropical Upland Soils under Different Land Uses Claudia Knief, Supika Vanitchung, Narumon W. Harvey, Ralf Conrad, Peter F. Dunfield, and Amnat Chidthaisong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3826-3831; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role for Glycine Betaine Transport in Vibrio cholerae Osmoadaptation and Biofilm Formation within Microbial Communities Dagmar Kapfhammer, Ece Karatan, Kathryn J. Pflughoeft, and Paula I. Watnick Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3840-3847; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diel Variations in Carbon Metabolism by Green Nonsulfur-Like Bacteria in Alkaline Siliceous Hot Spring Microbial Mats from Yellowstone National Park Marcel T. J. van der Meer, Stefan Schouten, Mary M. Bateson, Ulrich Nübel, Andrea Wieland, Michael Kühl, Jan W. de Leeuw, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, and David M. Ward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3978-3986; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fate of 14C-Labeled Microbial Products Derived from Nitrifying Bacteria in Autotrophic Nitrifying Biofilms Satoshi Okabe, Tomonori Kindaichi, and Tsukasa Ito Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3987-3994; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Determination of Spatial Distributions of Zinc and Active Biomass in Microbial Biofilms by Two-Photon Laser Scanning Microscopy Zhiqiang Hu, Gabriela Hidalgo, Paul L. Houston, Anthony G. Hay, Michael L. Shuler, Héctor D. Abruña, William C. Ghiorse, and Leonard W. Lion Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4014-4021; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gut Symbiotic Bacteria of the Genus Burkholderia in the Broad-Headed Bugs Riptortus clavatus and Leptocorisa chinensis (Heteroptera: Alydidae) Yoshitomo Kikuchi, Xian-Ying Meng, and Takema Fukatsu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4035-4043; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Susceptibility of Biofilms to Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus Attack Daniel Kadouri and George A. O'Toole Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4044-4051; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identity and Ecophysiology of Uncultured Actinobacterial Polyphosphate-Accumulating Organisms in Full-Scale Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Plants Yunhong Kong, Jeppe Lund Nielsen, and Per Halkjær Nielsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4076-4085; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genes Involved in Cyclic Lipopeptide Production Are Important for Seed and Straw Colonization by Pseudomonas sp. Strain DSS73 Tommy H. Nielsen, Ole Nybroe, Birgit Koch, Michael Hansen, and Jan Sørensen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4112-4116; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

16S rRNA Phylogeny of Sponge-Associated Cyanobacteria Laura Steindler, Dorothée Huchon, Adi Avni, and Micha Ilan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4127-4131; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution of Botulinum Toxin-Producing Clostridia in Soils of Argentina Carolina Lúquez, María I. Bianco, Laura I. T. de Jong, María D. Sagua, Graciela N. Arenas, Alberto S. Ciccarelli, and Rafael A. Fernández Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4137-4139; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Colonic Microbiota Signatures across Five Northern European Countries Christophe Lay, Lionel Rigottier-Gois, Kim Holmstrøm, Mirjana Rajilic, Elaine E. Vaughan, Willem M. de Vos, Matthew D. Collins, Ralph Thiel, Pawel Namsolleck, Michaël Blaut, and Joël Doré Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4153-4155; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Relative Importance of Bacteriocin-Like Genes in Antagonism of Xanthomonas perforans Tomato Race 3 to Xanthomonas euvesicatoria Tomato Race 1 Strains A. P. Hert, P. D. Roberts, M. T. Momol, G. V. Minsavage, S. M. Tudor-Nelson, and J. B. Jones Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3581-3588; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Changes in Race-Specific Virulence in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola Are Associated with a Chimeric Transposable Element and Rare Deletion Events in a Plasmid-Borne Pathogenicity Island Luis A. Rivas, John Mansfield, George Tsiamis, Robert W. Jackson, and Jesús Murillo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3778-3785; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Suppression of Damping-Off Disease in Host Plants by the Rhizoplane Bacterium Lysobacter sp. Strain SB-K88 Is Linked to Plant Colonization and Antibiosis against Soilborne Peronosporomycetes Md. Tofazzal Islam, Yasuyuki Hashidoko, Abhinandan Deora, Toshiaki Ito, and Satoshi Tahara Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3786-3796; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Multigene Phylogenetic Study of Clonal Diversity and Divergence in North American Strains of the Plant Pathogen Xylella fastidiosa Erin L. Schuenzel, Mark Scally, Richard Stouthamer, and Leonard Nunney Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3832-3839; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Growth and Population Dynamics of Anaerobic Methane-Oxidizing Archaea and Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in a Continuous-Flow Bioreactor Peter R. Girguis, Aaron E. Cozen, and Edward F. DeLong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3725-3733; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reduction of Perchlorate and Nitrate by Microbial Communities in Vadose Soil Mamie Nozawa-Inoue, Kate M. Scow, and Dennis E. Rolston Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3928-3934; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Location of the Bombyx mori Aminopeptidase N Type 1 Binding Site on Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Aa Toxin Shogo Atsumi, Eri Mizuno, Hirotaka Hara, Kazuko Nakanishi, Madoka Kitami, Nami Miura, Hiroko Tabunoki, Ayako Watanabe, and Ryoichi Sato Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 3966-3977; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rickettsia Symbiont in the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum: Novel Cellular Tropism, Effect on Host Fitness, and Interaction with the Essential Symbiont Buchnera Makiko Sakurai, Ryuichi Koga, Tsutomu Tsuchida, Xian-Ying Meng, and Takema Fukatsu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4069-4075; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Epizootiological Modeling of Pandora neoaphidis Mycosis Transmission in Myzus persicae Colonies Initiated by Primarily Infected Alates Chun Chen and Ming-Guang Feng Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4104-4107; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Genomic Organization and Molecular Analysis of Virulent Bacteriophage 2972 Infecting an Exopolysaccharide-Producing Streptococcus thermophilus Strain Céline Lévesque, Martin Duplessis, Jessica Labonté, Steve Labrie, Christophe Fremaux, Denise Tremblay, and Sylvain Moineau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4057-4068; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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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. July 2005 71: 4160 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Endopeptidase Genes from the Genomic Sequence of Lactobacillus helveticus CNRZ32 and the Role of These Genes in Hydrolysis of Model Bitter Peptides Vidya R. Sridhar, Joanne E. Hughes, Dennis L. Welker, Jeffery R. Broadbent, and James L. Steele Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4161 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Environmental Contamination with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci from Hospital Sewage in Portugal Carla Novais, Teresa M. Coque, Helena Ferreira, João Carlos Sousa, and Luisa Peixe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2005 71: 4162 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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