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Contents: August 2005, Volume 71, Issue 8        Minireviews        Microbial Ecology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Food Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Biodegradation        Plant Microbiology        Methods        Public Health Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Environmental Microbiology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Mycology

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Minireviews:

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Microbial Diversity and Its Relationship to Planetary Protection Ronald L. Crawford Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4163-4168; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Comparison between Cultured Small-Intestinal and Fecal Microbiotas in Beagle Dogs Silja Mentula, Jaana Harmoinen, Matti Heikkilä, Elias Westermarck, Merja Rautio, Pentti Huovinen, and Eija Könönen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4169-4175; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Naturally Occurring DNA Transfer System Associated with Membrane Vesicles in Cellulolytic Ruminococcus spp. of Ruminal Origin Athol V. Klieve, Melvin T. Yokoyama, Robert J. Forster, Diane Ouwerkerk, Peter A. Bain, and Erin L. Mawhinney Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4248-4253; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diel Infection of a Cyanobacterium by a Contractile Bacteriophage C. Cheng Kao, Susan Green, Barry Stein, and Susan S. Golden Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4276-4279; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Characterization of a Polychlorinated-Dioxin- Dechlorinating Microbial Community by Use of Microcosm Studies Naoko Yoshida, Nobutaka Takahashi, and Akira Hiraishi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4325-4334; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Study of Lipid Biosynthesis in an Anaerobically Methane-Oxidizing Microbial Mat Martin Blumenberg, Richard Seifert, Katja Nauhaus, Thomas Pape, and Walter Michaelis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4345-4351; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Responses of Baltic Sea Ice and Open-Water Natural Bacterial Communities to Salinity Change Hermanni Kaartokallio, Maria Laamanen, and Kaarina Sivonen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4364-4371; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Uses Overlapping Pathways for Iron Reduction at a Distance and by Direct Contact under Conditions Relevant for Biofilms Douglas P. Lies, Maria E. Hernandez, Andreas Kappler, Randall E. Mielke, Jeffrey A. Gralnick, and Dianne K. Newman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4414-4426; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of a Genetically Tractable Photoautotrophic Fe(II)-Oxidizing Bacterium, Rhodopseudomonas palustris Strain TIE-1 Yongqin Jiao, Andreas Kappler, Laura R. Croal, and Dianne K. Newman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4487-4496; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Single-Stranded RNA Virus Infectious to a Marine Fungoid Protist, Schizochytrium sp. (Thraustochytriaceae, Labyrinthulea) Yoshitake Takao, Keizo Nagasaki, Kazuyuki Mise, Tetsuro Okuno, and Daiske Honda Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4516-4522; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Low Intraspecific Diversity in a Polynucleobacter Subcluster Population Numerically Dominating Bacterioplankton of a Freshwater Pond Martin W. Hahn, Matthias Pöckl, and Qinglong L. Wu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4539-4547; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methanogen Diversity Evidenced by Molecular Characterization of Methyl Coenzyme M Reductase A (mcrA) Genes in Hydrothermal Sediments of the Guaymas Basin Ashita Dhillon, Mark Lever, Karen G. Lloyd, Daniel B. Albert, Mitchell L. Sogin, and Andreas Teske Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4592-4601; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

16S rRNA Sequences and Differences in Bacteria Isolated from the Muztag Ata Glacier at Increasing Depths Shurong Xiang, Tandong Yao, Lizhe An, Bingliang Xu, and Junxia Wang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4619-4627; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diurnal Variation of Cell Proliferation in Three Bacterial Taxa from Coastal North Sea Waters Annelie Pernthaler and Jakob Pernthaler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4638-4644; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Diversity of Viable, Injured, and Dead Fecal Bacteria Assessed by Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting and 16S rRNA Gene Analysis Kaouther Ben-Amor, Hans Heilig, Hauke Smidt, Elaine E. Vaughan, Tjakko Abee, and Willem M. de Vos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4679-4689; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cultivation of Mesophilic Soil Crenarchaeotes in Enrichment Cultures from Plant Roots Holly M. Simon, Courtney E. Jahn, Luke T. Bergerud, Marek K. Sliwinski, Paul J. Weimer, David K. Willis, and Robert M. Goodman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4751-4760; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Culturability and Coexistence of Colony-Forming and Single-Cell Marine Bacterioplankton Karin Simu, Karin Holmfeldt, Ulla Li Zweifel, and Åke Hagström Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4793-4800; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Optically Transparent Porous Medium for Nondestructive Studies of Microbial Biofilm Architecture and Transport Dynamics Andrew P. Leis, Sven Schlicher, Hilmar Franke, and Martin Strathmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4801-4808; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Composition and Structure of Microbial Communities from Stromatolites of Hamelin Pool in Shark Bay, Western Australia Dominic Papineau, Jeffrey J. Walker, Stephen J. Mojzsis, and Norman R. Pace Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4822-4832; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Correlation of Campylobacter Bacteriophage with Reduced Presence of Hosts in Broiler Chicken Ceca R. J. Atterbury, E. Dillon, C. Swift, P. L. Connerton, J. A. Frost, C. E. R. Dodd, C. E. D. Rees, and I. F. Connerton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4885-4887; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Habits of Magnetosome Crystals in Coccoid Magnetotactic Bacteria Ulysses Lins, Martha R. McCartney, Marcos Farina, Richard B. Frankel, and Peter R. Buseck Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4902-4905; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Signal Molecules Produced by Nitrosomonas europaea Strain Schmidt E. O. Burton, H. W. Read, M. C. Pellitteri, and W. J. Hickey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4906-4909; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution of the ermG Gene among Bacterial Isolates from Porcine Intestinal Contents Yanping Wang, Gui-Rong Wang, Nadja B. Shoemaker, Terence R. Whitehead, and Abigail A. Salyers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4930-4934; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Halotolerant Cyanobacterium Aphanothece halophytica Contains NapA-Type Na+/H+ Antiporters with Novel Ion Specificity That Are Involved in Salt Tolerance at Alkaline pH Nuchanat Wutipraditkul, Rungaroon Waditee, Aran Incharoensakdi, Takashi Hibino, Yoshito Tanaka, Tatsunosuke Nakamura, Masamitsu Shikata, Tetsuko Takabe, and Teruhiro Takabe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4176-4184; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Enrichment Culture for Directed Evolution of the Vibrio fluvialis JS17 -Transaminase, Which Is Resistant to Product Inhibition by Aliphatic Ketones Hyungdon Yun, Bum-Yeol Hwang, Jae-Hun Lee, and Byung-Gee Kim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4220-4224; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of an Unusual Cold-Active ß-Glucosidase Belonging to Family 3 of the Glycoside Hydrolases from the Psychrophilic Isolate Paenibacillus sp. Strain C7 Stephanie Shipkowski and Jean E. Brenchley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4225-4232; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

First Archaeal Inorganic Polyphosphate/ATP-Dependent NAD Kinase, from Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii: Cloning, Expression, and Characterization Haruhiko Sakuraba, Ryushi Kawakami, and Toshihisa Ohshima Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4352-4358; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two Rhizobial Strains, Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099 and Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA110, Encode Haloalkane Dehalogenases with Novel Structures and Substrate Specificities Yukari Sato, Marta Monincová, Radka Chaloupková, Zbynek Prokop, Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Kiwamu Minamisawa, Masataka Tsuda, Jirí Damborsky, and Yuji Nagata Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4372-4379; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of an Inducible Phenylserine Aldolase from Pseudomonas putida 24-1 Haruo Misono, Hiroshi Maeda, Kouiti Tuda, Sakuko Ueshima, Naoto Miyazaki, and Shinji Nagata Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4602-4609; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regiospecificity of Two Multicomponent Monooxygenases from Pseudomonas stutzeri OX1: Molecular Basis for Catabolic Adaptation of This Microorganism to Methylated Aromatic Compounds Valeria Cafaro, Eugenio Notomista, Paola Capasso, and Alberto Di Donato Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4736-4743; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutation of Glutamic Acid 103 of Toluene o-Xylene Monooxygenase as a Means To Control the Catabolic Efficiency of a Recombinant Upper Pathway for Degradation of Methylated Aromatic Compounds Valeria Cafaro, Eugenio Notomista, Paola Capasso, and Alberto Di Donato Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4744-4750; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Inhibition of Clostridium perfringens by a Novel Strain of Bacillus subtilis Isolated from the Gastrointestinal Tracts of Healthy Chickens Alex Yeow-Lim Teo and Hai-Meng Tan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4185-4190; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Study of Adhesion and Survival of Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria on Table Olives with the Aim of Formulating a New Probiotic Food Paola Lavermicocca, Francesca Valerio, Stella Lisa Lonigro, Maria De Angelis, Lorenzo Morelli, Maria Luisa Callegari, Carlo G. Rizzello, and Angelo Visconti Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4233-4240; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Discrimination of Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus PCR Types of Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy D. J. M. Mouwen, M. J. B. M. Weijtens, R. Capita, C. Alonso-Calleja, and M. Prieto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4318-4324; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lactobacillus oligofermentans sp. nov., Associated with Spoilage of Modified-Atmosphere-Packaged Poultry Products Joanna Koort, Anna Murros, Tom Coenye, Susanna Eerola, Peter Vandamme, Antti Sukura, and Johanna Björkroth Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4400-4406; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Concurrent Quantitation of Total Campylobacter and Total Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Campylobacter Loads in Rinses from Retail Raw Chicken Carcasses from 2001 to 2003 by Direct Plating at 42°C Ramakrishna Nannapaneni, Robert Story, Keith C. Wiggins, and Michael G. Johnson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4510-4515; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Analysis of Two Bile Salt Hydrolase Activities in Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM Olivia McAuliffe, Raul J. Cano, and Todd R. Klaenhammer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4925-4929; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Integration of Signals through Crc and PtsN in Catabolite Repression of Pseudomonas putida TOL Plasmid pWW0 Isabel Aranda-Olmedo, Juan L. Ramos, and Silvia Marqués Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4191-4198; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Elucidation of a Carotenoid Biosynthesis Gene Cluster Encoding a Novel Enzyme, 2,2'-ß-Hydroxylase, from Brevundimonas sp. Strain SD212 and Combinatorial Biosynthesis of New or Rare Xanthophylls Yasuhiro Nishida, Kyoko Adachi, Hiroaki Kasai, Yoshikazu Shizuri, Kazutoshi Shindo, Akiyoshi Sawabe, Sadao Komemushi, Wataru Miki, and Norihiko Misawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4286-4296; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Characterization of Accumulation of Polyhydroxyalkanoate from Styrene in Pseudomonas putida CA-3 Niall D. O'Leary, Kevin E. O'Connor, Patrick Ward, Miriam Goff, and Alan D. W. Dobson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4380-4387; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of the psl Operon in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Biofilms: PslA Performs an Essential Function in Biofilm Formation Jörg Overhage, Mirle Schemionek, Jeremy S. Webb, and Bernd H. A. Rehm Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4407-4413; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of Putative Virulence Genes and Gene Clusters in Aeromonas hydrophila PPD134/91 H. B. Yu, Y. L. Zhang, Y. L. Lau, F. Yao, S. Vilches, S. Merino, J. M. Tomas, S. P. Howard, and K. Y. Leung Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4469-4477; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the hupSL Operon of the Nonheterocystous Cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula CCAP 1446/4: Regulation of Transcription and Expression under a Light-Dark Regimen Elsa Leitão, Fredrik Oxelfelt, Paulo Oliveira, Pedro Moradas-Ferreira, and Paula Tamagnini Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4567-4576; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli K1's Capsule Is a Barrier to Bacteriophage T7 Dean Scholl, Sankar Adhya, and Carl Merril Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4872-4874; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Presence and Characterization of a Mosaic Genomic Island Which Distinguishes Sorbitol-Fermenting Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H– from E. coli O157:H7 Andreas Janka, Georg Becker, Anne-Katharina Sonntag, Martina Bielaszewska, Ulrich Dobrindt, and Helge Karch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4875-4878; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Serotyping of Escherichia coli O26:H11 Lisa M. Durso, James L. Bono, and James E. Keen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4941-4944; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Metabolism of the Aliphatic Nitramine 4-Nitro-2,4-Diazabutanal by Methylobacterium sp. Strain JS178 Diane Fournier, Sandra Trott, Jalal Hawari, and Jim Spain Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4199-4202; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Correlation of Biological Activity and Reactor Performance in Biofiltration of Toluene with the Fungus Paecilomyces variotii CBS115145 Inés García-Peña, Sergio Hernández, Richard Auria, and Sergio Revah Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4280-4285; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Impact of Plant Species and Site on Rhizosphere-Associated Fungi Antagonistic to Verticillium dahliae Kleb. Gabriele Berg, Christin Zachow, Jana Lottmann, Monika Götz, Rodrigo Costa, and Kornelia Smalla Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4203-4213; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Nitrite and Nitric Oxide Reductases in Free-Living and Plant-Associated Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 Cells Seung-Hun Baek and James P. Shapleigh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4427-4436; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Elevated Temperature Enhances Virulence of Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora Strain EC153 to Plants and Stimulates Production of the Quorum Sensing Signal, N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone, and Extracellular Proteins H. Hasegawa, A. Chatterjee, Y. Cui, and A. K. Chatterjee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4655-4663; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nonpathogenic Strains of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum Trigger Progressive Bean Defense Responses during Appressorium-Mediated Penetration Claire Veneault-Fourrey, Richard Laugé, and Thierry Langin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4761-4770; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multilocus Simple Sequence Repeat Markers for Differentiating Strains and Evaluating Genetic Diversity of Xylella fastidiosa Hong Lin, Edwin L. Civerolo, Rong Hu, Samuel Barros, Marta Francis, and M. Andrew Walker Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4888-4892; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptome-Based Identification of the Sinorhizobium meliloti NodD1 Regulon Delphine Capela, Sébastien Carrere, and Jacques Batut Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4910-4913; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Development and Assessment of a Real-Time PCR Assay for Rapid and Sensitive Detection of a Novel Thermotolerant Bacterium, Lactobacillus thermotolerans, in Chicken Feces Abu Sadeque Md. Selim, Piyanuch Boonkumklao, Teruo Sone, Apinya Assavanig, Masaru Wada, and Atsushi Yokota Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4214-4219; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacteriophages May Bias Outcome of Bacterial Enrichment Cultures Maite Muniesa, Anicet R. Blanch, Francisco Lucena, and Juan Jofre Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4269-4275; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Reactivity of Rhizopus oryzae Lipase Displayed on Yeast Cell Surfaces in Organic Solvents: Potential as a Whole-Cell Biocatalyst in Organic Solvents Seizaburo Shiraga, Masayuki Kawakami, Masaji Ishiguro, and Mitsuyoshi Ueda Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4335-4338; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Saccharomyces cerevisiae BLYES Expressing Bacterial Bioluminescence for Rapid, Sensitive Detection of Estrogenic Compounds John Sanseverino, Rakesh K. Gupta, Alice C. Layton, Stacey S. Patterson, Steven A. Ripp, Leslie Saidak, Michael L. Simpson, T. Wayne Schultz, and Gary S. Sayler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4455-4460; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Detection of Enteroviruses in Small Volumes of Natural Waters by Real-Time Quantitative Reverse Transcriptase PCR Jed A. Fuhrman, Xiaolin Liang, and Rachel T. Noble Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4523-4530; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Suicide Polymerase Endonuclease Restriction, a Novel Technique for Enhancing PCR Amplification of Minor DNA Templates Stefan J. Green and Dror Minz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4721-4727; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Phylotyping of Escherichia coli Florence Hommais, Sabrina Pereira, Cécile Acquaviva, Patricia Escobar-Páramo, and Erick Denamur Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4784-4792; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Approach to Quantitative Detection of Specific rRNA in a Microbial Community, Using Catalytic DNA Hikaru Suenaga, Rui Liu, Yuko Shiramasa, and Takahiro Kanagawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4879-4884; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fluorophore-Labeled Primers Improve the Sensitivity, Versatility, and Normalization of Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Josh D. Neufeld and William W. Mohn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4893-4896; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Insertional Inactivation of Determinants for Mg2+ and Co2+ Transport as a Tool for Screening Recombinant Lactococcus Species Clones Susan Mills, Aidan Coffey, Colin Hill, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Olivia McAuliffe, and R. Paul Ross Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4897-4901; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Plasmid-Mediated Reporter System for In Vivo Monitoring of Gene Expression in the Archaeon Methanosarcina acetivorans Ethel E. Apolinario, Karin M. Jackson, and Kevin R. Sowers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4914-4918; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of PCR Assays Targeting Genes in O-Antigen Gene Clusters for Detection and Identification of Escherichia coli O45 and O55 Serogroups Chitrita DebRoy, Pina M. Fratamico, Elisabeth Roberts, Michael A. Davis, and Yanhong Liu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4919-4924; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Genes Involved in Cytochrome c Biogenesis in Shewanella oneidensis, Using a Modified mariner Transposon R. Bouhenni, A. Gehrke, and D. Saffarini Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4935-4937; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Role for HtrA in Stress Induction and Virulence Potential in Listeria monocytogenes Helena M. Stack, Roy D. Sleator, Megan Bowers, Colin Hill, and Cormac G. M. Gahan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4241-4247; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution of Cryptosporidium Genotypes in Storm Event Water Samples from Three Watersheds in New York Jianlin Jiang, Kerri A. Alderisio, and Lihua Xiao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4446-4454; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Host Species-Specific Metabolic Fingerprint Database for Enterococci and Escherichia coli and Its Application To Identify Sources of Fecal Contamination in Surface Waters W. Ahmed, R. Neller, and M. Katouli Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4461-4468; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Botulinum Progenitor Toxins by Mass Spectrometry Harry B. Hines, Frank Lebeda, Martha Hale, and Ernst E. Brueggemann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4478-4486; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mobility of Protozoa through Narrow Channels Wei Wang, Leslie M. Shor, Eugene J. LeBoeuf, John P. Wikswo, and David S. Kosson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4628-4637; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Critical Factors Influencing the Occurrence of Vibrio cholerae in the Environment of Bangladesh Anwar Huq, R. Bradley Sack, Azhar Nizam, Ira M. Longini, G. Balakrish Nair, Afsar Ali, J. Glenn Morris, Jr., M. N. Huda Khan, A. Kasem Siddique, Mohammed Yunus, M. John Albert, David A. Sack, and Rita R. Colwell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4645-4654; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Korean Bacillus anthracis Isolates by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis and Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis Chunsun Ryu, Kyunghee Lee, Han-Jun Hawng, Cheon-Kwon Yoo, Won-Keun Seong, and Hee-Bok Oh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4664-4671; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Statistical Analyses: Possible Reasons for Unreliability of Source Tracking Efforts Clarivel Lasalde, Roberto Rodríguez, and Gary A. Toranzos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4690-4695; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of pH on an In Vitro Model of Gastric Microbiota in Enteral Nutrition Patients Graeme A. O'May, Nigel Reynolds, and George T. Macfarlane Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4777-4783; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adhesion of Vibrio cholerae to Granular Starches Hanan Gancz, Orly Niderman-Meyer, Meir Broza, Yechezkel Kashi, and Eyal Shimoni Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4850-4855; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specificity of a Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Marker for Human Feces C. Andrew Carson, Jessica M. Christiansen, Helen Yampara-Iquise, Verel W. Benson, Claire Baffaut, Jerri V. Davis, Robert R. Broz, William B. Kurtz, Wendi M. Rogers, and William H. Fales Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4945-4949; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Functional Importance of Deletion Mutant Genotypes in an Insect Nucleopolyhedrovirus Population Oihane Simón, Trevor Williams, Miguel López-Ferber, and Primitivo Caballero Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4254-4262; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Bacteria on Artemia franciscana Cultured in Different Gnotobiotic Environments Antonio Marques, Thi Dinh, Christos Ioakeimidis, Geert Huys, Jean Swings, Willy Verstraete, Jean Dhont, Patrick Sorgeloos, and Peter Bossier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4307-4317; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structure and Topology of Microbial Communities in the Major Gut Compartments of Melolontha melolontha Larvae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Markus Egert, Ulrich Stingl, Lars Dyhrberg Bruun, Bianca Pommerenke, Andreas Brune, and Michael W. Friedrich Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4556-4566; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Aphid-Symbiotic Bacteria Cultured in Insect Cell Lines A. C. Darby, S. M. Chandler, S. C. Welburn, and A. E. Douglas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4833-4839; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Simultaneous Display of Multiple Foreign Peptides in the FliD Capping and FliC Filament Proteins of the Escherichia coli Flagellum Katariina Majander, Timo K. Korhonen, and Benita Westerlund-Wikström Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4263-4268; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of 3-Ketoacyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Reductase (fabG) Genes Enhances Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoate Copolymer from Glucose in Recombinant Escherichia coli JM109 Christopher T. Nomura, Kazunori Taguchi, Zhihua Gan, Kazuhiro Kuwabara, Tomoyo Tanaka, Kazuma Takase, and Yoshiharu Doi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4297-4306; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Secretion of Human Serum Albumin by Kluyveromyces lactis Overexpressing KlPDI1 and KlERO1 Tiziana Lodi, Barbara Neglia, and Claudia Donnini Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4359-4363; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Allophanate Hydrolase, Not Urease, Functions in Bacterial Cyanuric Acid Metabolism Gang Cheng, Nir Shapir, Michael J. Sadowsky, and Lawrence P. Wackett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4437-4445; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biodesulfurization of Dibenzothiophene by Microbial Cells Coated with Magnetite Nanoparticles GuoBin Shan, JianMin Xing, HuaiYing Zhang, and HuiZhou Liu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4497-4502; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chemobiosynthesis of Novel 6-Deoxyerythronolide B Analogues by Mutation of the Loading Module of 6-Deoxyerythronolide B Synthase 1 Sumati Murli, Karen S. MacMillan, Zhihao Hu, Gary W. Ashley, Steven D. Dong, James T. Kealey, Christopher D. Reeves, and Jonathan Kennedy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4503-4509; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activation of the Protein Kinase C1 Pathway upon Continuous Heat Stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Is Triggered by an Intracellular Increase in Osmolarity due to Trehalose Accumulation Femke I. C. Mensonides, Stanley Brul, Frans M. Klis, Klaas J. Hellingwerf, and M. Joost Teixeira de Mattos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4531-4538; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycosubtilin Overproduction by Bacillus subtilis BBG100 Enhances the Organism's Antagonistic and Biocontrol Activities Valérie Leclère, Max Béchet, Akram Adam, Jean-Sébastien Guez, Bernard Wathelet, Marc Ongena, Philippe Thonart, Frédérique Gancel, Marlène Chollet-Imbert, and Philippe Jacques Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4577-4584; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of a Branched-Chain Aminotransferase in Production of Volatile Sulfur Compounds in Yarrowia lipolytica Daniela Cernat Bondar, Jean-Marie Beckerich, and Pascal Bonnarme Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4585-4591; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of 17 Genes in Clostridium thermocellum ATCC 27405 during Fermentation of Cellulose or Cellobiose in Continuous Culture David M. Stevenson and Paul J. Weimer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4672-4678; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proteins Encoded by Sphingomonas elodea ATCC 31461 rmlA and ugpG Genes, Involved in Gellan Gum Biosynthesis, Exhibit both dTDP- and UDP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase Activities Elisabete Silva, Ana Rita Marques, Arsénio Mendes Fialho, Ana Teresa Granja, and Isabel Sá-Correia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4703-4712; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering of Phenylacetaldehyde Reductase for Efficient Substrate Conversion in Concentrated 2-Propanol Yoshihide Makino, Kousuke Inoue, Tohru Dairi, and Nobuya Itoh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4713-4720; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Colony Morphology Variants Isolated from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms Mary Jo Kirisits, Lynne Prost, Melissa Starkey, and Matthew R. Parsek Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4809-4821; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Insights into the Biosynthesis of the Benzoquinone Ansamycins Geldanamycin and Herbimycin, Obtained by Gene Sequencing and Disruption Andreas Rascher, Zhihao Hu, Greg O. Buchanan, Ralph Reid, and C. Richard Hutchinson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4862-4871; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Phosphate Starvation-Inducible Gene ushA Encodes a 5' Nucleotidase Required for Growth of Corynebacterium glutamicum on Media with Nucleotides as the Phosphorus Source Doris Rittmann, Ulrike Sorger-Herrmann, and Volker F. Wendisch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4339-4344; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cadmium Accumulation and DNA Homology with Metal Resistance Genes in Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria Naghma Naz, Hilary K. Young, Nuzhat Ahmed, and Geoffrey M. Gadd Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4610-4618; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biological Control of Hog Waste Odor through Stimulated Microbial Fe(III) Reduction John D. Coates, Kimberly A. Cole, Urania Michaelidou, Jennifer Patrick, Michael J. McInerney, and Laurie A. Achenbach Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4728-4735; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel AroA with High Tolerance to Glyphosate, Encoded by a Gene of Pseudomonas putida 4G-1 Isolated from an Extremely Polluted Environment in China Yi-Cheng Sun, Yan-Cheng Chen, Zhe-Xian Tian, Feng-Mei Li, Xin-Yue Wang, Jing Zhang, Zhen-Long Xiao, Min Lin, Niamh Gilmartin, David N. Dowling, and Yi-Ping Wang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4771-4776; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Correlation of Phenotype with the Genotype of Egg-Contaminating Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Cesar A. Morales, Steffen Porwollik, Jonathan G. Frye, Hailu Kinde, Michael McClelland, and Jean Guard-Bouldin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4388-4399; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metagenomic Analysis Reveals Diverse Polyketide Synthase Gene Clusters in Microorganisms Associated with the Marine Sponge Discodermia dissoluta Andreas Schirmer, Rishali Gadkari, Christopher D. Reeves, Fadia Ibrahim, Edward F. DeLong, and C. Richard Hutchinson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4840-4849; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Characterization of Carbohydrate-Binding Cytochrome b562 from the White-Rot Fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium Makoto Yoshida, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Masahisa Wada, Satoshi Kaneko, Norio Suzuki, Hirotoshi Matsumura, Nobuhumi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Ohno, and Masahiro Samejima Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4548-4555; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Study of Spanish Grape Mycobiota and Ochratoxin A Production by Isolates of Aspergillus tubingensis and Other Members of Aspergillus Section Nigri Angel Medina, Rufino Mateo, Laura López-Ocaña, Francisco Manuel Valle-Algarra, and Misericordia Jiménez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4696-4702; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of Aspergillus oryzae Vacuolar Protein Sorting Mutants Mamoru Ohneda, Manabu Arioka, and Katsuhiko Kitamoto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4856-4861; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Farnesol Concentrations Required To Block Germ Tube Formation in Candida albicans in the Presence and Absence of Serum Daniel D. Mosel, Raluca Dumitru, Jacob M. Hornby, Audrey L. Atkin, and Kenneth W. Nickerson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2005 71: 4938-4940; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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