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Contents: September 2005, Volume 71, Issue 9        Minireviews        Methods        Physiology and Biotechnology        Microbial Ecology        Public Health Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Plant Microbiology        Biodegradation        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Environmental Microbiology        Mycology        Geomicrobiology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Author's Correction

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Minireviews:

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Use of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria for Biocontrol of Plant Diseases: Principles, Mechanisms of Action, and Future Prospects Stéphane Compant, Brion Duffy, Jerzy Nowak, Christophe Clément, and Essaïd Ait Barka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 4951-4959; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Application of Fluorescent Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism for Comparison of Human and Animal Isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica Catherine Fearnley, Stephen L. W. On, Branko Kokotovic, Georgina Manning, Tom Cheasty, and Diane G. Newell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 4960-4965; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Method for Detection of Butanolides in Streptomyces coelicolor Culture Broth, Using a His-Tagged Receptor (ScbR) and Mass Spectrometry Yung-Hun Yang, Hwang-Soo Joo, Kwangwon Lee, Kwang-Kyung Liou, Hei-Chan Lee, Jae-Kyung Sohng, and Byung-Gee Kim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5050-5055; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogeny and Molecular Identification of Vibrios on the Basis of Multilocus Sequence Analysis F. L. Thompson, D. Gevers, C. C. Thompson, P. Dawyndt, S. Naser, B. Hoste, C. B. Munn, and J. Swings Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5107-5115; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enzyme-Coupled Assay for ß-Xylosidase Hydrolysis of Natural Substrates Kurt Wagschal, Diana Franqui-Espiet, Charles C. Lee, George H. Robertson, and Dominic W. S. Wong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5318-5323; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Assessment of cry1 Gene Contents of Bacillus thuringiensis Strains by Use of DNA Microarrays Jaroslaw Letowski, Alejandra Bravo, Roland Brousseau, and Luke Masson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5391-5398; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

rRNA Sequence-Based Scanning Electron Microscopic Detection of Bacteria Takehiko Kenzaka, Ai Ishidoshiro, Nobuyasu Yamaguchi, Katsuji Tani, and Masao Nasu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5523-5531; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fungal Community Analysis by Large-Scale Sequencing of Environmental Samples Heath E. O'Brien, Jeri Lynn Parrent, Jason A. Jackson, Jean-Marc Moncalvo, and Rytas Vilgalys Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5544-5550; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genome-Wide Transcriptional Variation within and between Steady States for Continuous Growth of the Hyperthermophile Thermotoga Maritima Keith R. Shockley, Kevin L. Scott, Marybeth A. Pysz, Shannon B. Conners, Matthew R. Johnson, Clemente I. Montero, Russell D. Wolfinger, and Robert M. Kelly Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5572-5576; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biosensor Detection of Botulinum Toxoid A and Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B in Food Kim E. Sapsford, Chris R. Taitt, Nicole Loo, and Frances S. Ligler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5590-5592; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of DNA Sequences Specific for Vibrio vulnificus Biotype 2 Strains by Suppression Subtractive Hybridization Chung-Te Lee, Carmen Amaro, Eva Sanjuán, and Lien-I Hor Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5593-5597; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Pyruvate Fermentation by Oenococcus oeni and Leuconostoc mesenteroides and Role of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase in Anaerobic Fermentation Nicole Wagner, Quang Hon Tran, Hanno Richter, Paul M. Selzer, and Gottfried Unden Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 4966-4971; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Facilitation of Expression and Purification of an Antimicrobial Peptide by Fusion with Baculoviral Polyhedrin in Escherichia coli Quande Wei, Young Soo Kim, Jeong Hyun Seo, Woong Sik Jang, In Hee Lee, and Hyung Joon Cha Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5038-5043; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Maltotriose Utilization by Industrial Saccharomyces Strains: Characterization of a New Member of the -Glucoside Transporter Family Madalena Salema-Oom, Vera Valadão Pinto, Paula Gonçalves, and Isabel Spencer-Martins Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5044-5049; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Cluster Responsible for Validamycin Biosynthesis in Streptomyces hygroscopicus subsp. jinggangensis 5008 Yi Yu, Linquan Bai, Kazuyuki Minagawa, Xiaohong Jian, Lei Li, Jialiang Li, Shuangya Chen, Erhu Cao, Taifo Mahmud, Heinz G. Floss, Xiufen Zhou, and Zixin Deng Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5066-5076; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Microarrays with Different Probe Sizes for Monitoring Gene Expression Zhili He, Liyou Wu, Matthew W. Fields, and Jizhong Zhou Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5154-5162; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survey of Extreme Solvent Tolerance in Gram-Positive Cocci: Membrane Fatty Acid Changes in Staphylococcus haemolyticus Grown in Toluene Lindsey E. Nielsen, Dana R. Kadavy, Soumitra Rajagopal, Rhae Drijber, and Kenneth W. Nickerson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5171-5176; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Clostridium tetani Strains by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and Colony PCR Lucile Plourde-Owobi, Delphine Seguin, Marie-Anne Baudin, Catherine Moste, and Bachra Rokbi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5604-5606; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biosynthesis of Natural Flavanones in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Yajun Yan, Abhijeet Kohli, and Mattheos A. G. Koffas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5610-5613; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Secretion of Recombinant Pediocin PA-1 by Bifidobacterium longum, Using the Signal Sequence for Bifidobacterial -Amylase Gi-Seong Moon, Yu-Ryang Pyun, Myeong Soo Park, Geun Eog Ji, and Wang June Kim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5630-5632; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Presence of Two Different Active nirS Nitrite Reductase Genes in a Denitrifying Thauera sp. from a High-Nitrate-Removal-Rate Reactor Claudia Etchebehere and James Tiedje Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5642-5645; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Dissimilatory Iron Reduction and Odor Indicator Abatement by Biofilm Communities in Swine Manure Microcosms Hugo A. Castillo-Gonzalez and Mary Ann Bruns Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 4972-4978; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Solar UV Radiation on Morphology and Photosynthesis of Filamentous Cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis Hongyan Wu, Kunshan Gao, Virginia E. Villafañe, Teruo Watanabe, and E. Walter Helbling Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5004-5013; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Community Composition in Lake Tanganyika: Vertical and Horizontal Heterogeneity Aaike De Wever, Koenraad Muylaert, Katleen Van der Gucht, Samuel Pirlot, Christine Cocquyt, Jean-Pierre Descy, Pierre-Denis Plisnier, and Wim Vyverman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5029-5037; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of Campylobacter jejuni in Water: Effect of Grazing by the Freshwater Crustacean Daphnia carinata (Cladocera) M. Schallenberg, P. J. Bremer, S. Henkel, A. Launhardt, and C. W. Burns Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5085-5088; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy-Based Studies of the Metabolism of Food-Borne Carcinogen 2-Amino-3-Methylimidazo[4,5-f]Quinoline by Human Intestinal Microbiota Christèle Humblot, Bruno Combourieu, Marja-Liisa Väisänen, Jean-Pierre Furet, Anne-Marie Delort, and Sylvie Rabot Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5116-5123; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fate of Escherichia coli during Ensiling of Wheat and Corn Y. Chen, S. Sela, M. Gamburg, R. Pinto, and Z. G. Weinberg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5163-5170; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Microcystin Composition of the Cyanobacterium Planktothrix agardhii Changes toward a More Toxic Variant with Increasing Light Intensity Linda Tonk, Petra M. Visser, Guntram Christiansen, Elke Dittmann, Eveline O. F. M. Snelder, Claudia Wiedner, Luuc R. Mur, and Jef Huisman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5177-5181; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

13C-Carrier DNA Shortens the Incubation Time Needed To Detect Benzoate-Utilizing Denitrifying Bacteria by Stable-Isotope Probing E. Gallagher, L. McGuinness, C. Phelps, L. Y. Young, and L. J. Kerkhof Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5192-5196; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Gammaproteobacteria Associated with Blood-Feeding Leeches and a Broad Phylogenetic Analysis of Leech Endosymbionts Susan L. Perkins, Rebecca B. Budinoff, and Mark E. Siddall Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5219-5224; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extensive Diversity of Ionizing-Radiation-Resistant Bacteria Recovered from Sonoran Desert Soil and Description of Nine New Species of the Genus Deinococcus Obtained from a Single Soil Sample Fred A. Rainey, Keren Ray, Margarida Ferreira, Bridget Z. Gatz, M. Fernanda Nobre, Danielle Bagaley, Brian A. Rash, Mie-Jung Park, Ashlee M. Earl, Nicole C. Shank, Alanna M. Small, Margaret C. Henk, John R. Battista, Peter Kämpfer, and Milton S. da Costa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5225-5235; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impact of Phages on Two-Species Bacterial Communities W. R. Harcombe and J. J. Bull Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5254-5259; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmid Donor Affects Host Range of Promiscuous IncP-1ß Plasmid pB10 in an Activated-Sludge Microbial Community Leen De Gelder, Frederik P. J. Vandecasteele, Celeste J. Brown, Larry J. Forney, and Eva M. Top Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5309-5317; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Persistent, Productive, and Seasonally Dynamic Vibriophage Population within Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea gigas) André M. Comeau, Enrico Buenaventura, and Curtis A. Suttle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5324-5331; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for Aceticlastic Methanogenesis in the Presence of Sulfate in a Gas Condensate-Contaminated Aquifer Christopher G. Struchtemeyer, Mostafa S. Elshahed, Kathleen E. Duncan, and Michael J. McInerney Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5348-5353; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temporal Patterns of Nitrogenase Gene (nifH) Expression in the Oligotrophic North Pacific Ocean Matthew J. Church, Cindy M. Short, Bethany D. Jenkins, David M. Karl, and Jonathan P. Zehr Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5362-5370; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extracellular DNA in Single- and Multiple-Species Unsaturated Biofilms R. E. Steinberger and P. A. Holden Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5404-5410; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of Pasteurella multocida with Free-Living Amoebae Matthew J. Hundt and Carmel G. Ruffolo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5458-5464; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Abundances, Identity, and Growth State of Actinobacteria in Mountain Lakes of Different UV Transparency Falk Warnecke, Ruben Sommaruga, Raju Sekar, Julia S. Hofer, and Jakob Pernthaler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5551-5559; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selenite and Tellurite Reduction by Shewanella oneidensis Agnieszka Klonowska, Thierry Heulin, and André Vermeglio Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5607-5609; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Identification of Novel Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium DT104-Specific Prophage and Nonprophage Chromosomal Sequences among Serovar Typhimurium Isolates by Genomic Subtractive Hybridization Armand P. H. M. Hermans, Tjakko Abee, Marcel H. Zwietering, and Henk J. M. Aarts Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 4979-4985; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Changes in Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Native Enterococcus faecium in Chickens Fed Virginiamycin Patrick F. McDermott, Patti Cullen, Susannah K. Hubert, Shawn D. McDermott, Mary Bartholomew, Shabbir Simjee, and David D. Wagner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 4986-4991; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sheep May Not Be an Important Zoonotic Reservoir for Cryptosporidium and Giardia Parasites Una M. Ryan, Caroline Bath, Ian Robertson, Carolyn Read, Aileen Elliot, Linda Mcinnes, Rebecca Traub, and Brown Besier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 4992-4997; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Membrane Damage and Microbial Inactivation by Chlorine in the Absence and Presence of a Chlorine-Demanding Substrate R. Virto, P. Mañas, I. Álvarez, S. Condon, and J. Raso Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5022-5028; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Longitudinal Study of Microbial Diversity and Seasonality in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area Water Supply System Marisa Mazari-Hiriart, Yolanda López-Vidal, Sergio Ponce-de-León, Juan José Calva, Francisco Rojo-Callejas, and Gonzalo Castillo-Rojas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5129-5137; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Colonization of Cattle Intestines by Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter lanienae G. Douglas Inglis, Lisa D. Kalischuk, Hilma W. Busz, and John P. Kastelic Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5145-5153; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Artificial Neural Network Prediction of Viruses in Shellfish Gail Brion, Chandramouli Viswanathan, T. R. Neelakantan, Srinivasa Lingireddy, Rosina Girones, David Lees, Annika Allard, and Apostolos Vantarakis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5244-5253; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Dam Water and Sediment Richard J. Whittington, Ian B. Marsh, and Leslie A. Reddacliff Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5304-5308; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Occurrence and Relatedness of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Animals, Humans, and the Environment in Different European Regions Inger Kühn, Aina Iversen, Maria Finn, Christina Greko, Lars G. Burman, Anicet R. Blanch, Xavier Vilanova, Albert Manero, Huw Taylor, Jonathan Caplin, Lucas Domínguez, Inmaculada A. Herrero, Miguel A. Moreno, and Roland Möllby Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5383-5390; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Chlorine Dioxide Gas on Fungi and Mycotoxins Associated with Sick Building Syndrome S. C. Wilson, C. Wu, L. A. Andriychuk, J. M. Martin, T. L. Brasel, C. A. Jumper, and D. C. Straus Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5399-5403; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of Campylobacter jejuni in Waterborne Protozoa W. J. Snelling, J. P. McKenna, D. M. Lecky, and J. S. G. Dooley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5560-5571; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Disintegration of Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilms under Glucose-Limiting Conditions Depends on the Activity of the Alternative Sigma Factor B Sebastian Jäger, Dietrich Mack, Holger Rohde, Matthias A. Horstkotte, and Johannes K.-M. Knobloch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5577-5581; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation of Spores of Bacillus anthracis Sterne, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis by Chlorination E. W. Rice, N. J. Adcock, M. Sivaganesan, and L. J. Rose Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5587-5589; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Multidrug-Resistant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia from Cultured Yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata) from a Marine Fish Farm Manabu Furushita, Akira Okamoto, Toshimichi Maeda, Michio Ohta, and Tsuneo Shiba Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5598-5600; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Viable Blastocystis Cysts in Scottish and Malaysian Sewage Samples K. Suresh, H. V. Smith, and T. C. Tan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5619-5620; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Inactivation of Adenovirus Serotypes by UV Light Disinfection Nena Nwachuku, Charles P. Gerba, Amy Oswald, and Faezeh D. Mashadi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5633-5636; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Method for Isolation of Bacteroides Bacteriophage Host Strains Suitable for Tracking Sources of Fecal Pollution in Water Andrey Payan, James Ebdon, Huw Taylor, Christophe Gantzer, Jakob Ottoson, Georgos T. Papageorgiou, Anicet R. Blanch, Francisco Lucena, Juan Jofre, and Maite Muniesa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5659-5662; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Heterogeneity of Times Required for Germination and Outgrowth from Single Spores of Nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum Sandra C. Stringer, Martin D. Webb, Susan M. George, Carmen Pin, and Michael W. Peck Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 4998-5003; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of a Hop-Sensitive Variant of Lactobacillus lindneri and Identification of Genetic Markers for Beer Spoilage Ability of Lactic Acid Bacteria Koji Suzuki, Kazumaru Iijima, Kazutaka Ozaki, and Hiroshi Yamashita Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5089-5097; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Genes Induced in Listeria monocytogenes during Growth and Attachment to Cut Cabbage, Using Differential Display Jeffrey D. Palumbo, Aya Kaneko, Kimanh D. Nguyen, and Lisa Gorski Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5236-5243; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Determinants of Volatile-Thiol Release by Saccharomyces cerevisiae during Wine Fermentation Kate S. Howell, Mathias Klein, Jan H. Swiegers, Yoji Hayasaka, Gordon M. Elsey, Graham H. Fleet, Peter B. Høj, Isak S. Pretorius, and Miguel A. de Barros Lopes Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5420-5426; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Design and Evaluation of 16S rRNA-Targeted Peptide Nucleic Acid Probes for Whole-Cell Detection of Members of the Genus Listeria Byron F. Brehm-Stecher, Jens J. Hyldig-Nielsen, and Eric A. Johnson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5451-5457; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Surface Attachment of Listeria monocytogenes Is Induced by Sublethal Concentrations of Alcohol at Low Temperatures Anne Gravesen, Charidimos Lekkas, and Susanne Knøchel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5601-5603; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid and Quantitative Detection of Hepatitis A Virus from Green Onion and Strawberry Rinses by Use of Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR X. C. Shan, P. Wolffs, and M. W. Griffiths Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5624-5626; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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A Second 5-Carboxyvanillate Decarboxylase Gene, ligW2, Is Important for Lignin-Related Biphenyl Catabolism in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Xue Peng, Eiji Masai, Daisuke Kasai, Keisuke Miyauchi, Yoshihiro Katayama, and Masao Fukuda Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5014-5021; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improvement of the Fatty Acid Composition of an Oil-Producing Filamentous Fungus, Mortierella alpina 1S-4, through RNA Interference with 12-Desaturase Gene Expression Seiki Takeno, Eiji Sakuradani, Akiko Tomi, Misa Inohara-Ochiai, Hiroshi Kawashima, Toshihiko Ashikari, and Sakayu Shimizu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5124-5128; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Expression of the Two kdp Operons in the Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain L-31 Anand Ballal and Shree K. Apte Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5297-5303; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Overexpression of an Anti-CD3 Immunotoxin Increases Expression and Secretion of Molecular Chaperone BiP/Kar2p by Pichia pastoris Yuan Yi Liu, Jung Hee Woo, and David M. Neville, Jr. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5332-5340; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dual Role of Response Regulator StyR in Styrene Catabolism Regulation Livia Leoni, Giordano Rampioni, Valeria Di Stefano, and Elisabetta Zennaro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5411-5419; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Whole-Genome Shotgun Optical Mapping of Rhodospirillum rubrum Susan Reslewic, Shiguo Zhou, Mike Place, Yaoping Zhang, Adam Briska, Steve Goldstein, Chris Churas, Rod Runnheim, Dan Forrest, Alex Lim, Alla Lapidus, Cliff S. Han, Gary P. Roberts, and David C. Schwartz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5511-5522; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved System for Construction and Analysis of Single-Copy ß-Galactosidase Operon Fusions in Yersinia enterocolitica Michelle E. Maxson and Andrew J. Darwin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5614-5618; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nitrogenase Switch-Off by Ammonium Ions in Azospirillum brasilense Requires the GlnB Nitrogen Signal-Transducing Protein Giseli Klassen, Emanuel M. Souza, M. Geoffrey Yates, Liu Un Rigo, Roberta M. Costa, Juliana Inaba, and Fábio O. Pedrosa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5637-5641; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Multicopper Oxidase Gene from Staphylococcus aureus S. Sitthisak, K. Howieson, C. Amezola, and R. K. Jayaswal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5650-5653; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Loci of Major Antigenic Protein Genes of Edwardsiella tarda Noel Verjan, Ikuo Hirono, and Takashi Aoki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5654-5658; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Characterization of a Resistance-Nodulation-Cell Division Transporter System Associated with the syr-syp Genomic Island of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Hyojeung Kang and Dennis C. Gross Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5056-5065; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Characterization of Virulence and Resistance Phenotypes of Pseudomonas syringae Michael S. H. Hwang, Robyn L. Morgan, Sara F. Sarkar, Pauline W. Wang, and David S. Guttman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5182-5191; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Lectin-Like Bacteriocins of Biocontrol Strain Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5 Annabel H. A. Parret, Koen Temmerman, and René De Mot Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5197-5207; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spatial Organization of Dual-Species Bacterial Aggregates on Leaf Surfaces J.-M. Monier and S. E. Lindow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5484-5493; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Establishment of Tn5096-Based Transposon Mutagenesis in Gordonia polyisoprenivorans Quyen Banh, Matthias Arenskötter, and Alexander Steinbüchel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5077-5084; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of 9,17-Dioxo-1,2,3,4,10,19-Hexanorandrostan-5-oic Acid, 4-Hydroxy-2-Oxohexanoic Acid, and 2-Hydroxyhexa-2,4-Dienoic Acid and Related Enzymes Involved in Testosterone Degradation in Comamonas testosteroni TA441 Masae Horinouchi, Toshiaki Hayashi, Hiroyuki Koshino, Tomokazu Kurita, and Toshiaki Kudo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5275-5281; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hydroxylation and Carboxylation—Two Crucial Steps of Anaerobic Benzene Degradation by Dechloromonas Strain RCB Romy Chakraborty and John D. Coates Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5427-5432; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Amylomaltase of Pyrobaculum aerophilum IM2 Produces Thermoreversible Starch Gels Thijs Kaper, Boguslawa Talik, Thijs J. Ettema, Herman Bos, Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel, and Lubbert Dijkhuizen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5098-5106; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improving the Activity and Stability of GL-7-ACA Acylase CA130 by Site-Directed Mutagenesis Wei Zhang, Yuan Liu, Huabao Zheng, Sheng Yang, and Weihong Jiang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5290-5296; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Epoxide Formation on the Aromatic B Ring of Flavanone by Biphenyl Dioxygenase of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 Jaehong Han, Song-Young Kim, Jihyun Jung, Yoongho Lim, Joong-Hoon Ahn, Su-Il Kim, and Hor-Gil Hur Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5354-5361; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cumulative Effect of Amino Acid Replacements Results in Enhanced Thermostability of Potato Type L -Glucan Phosphorylase Michiyo Yanase, Hiroki Takata, Kazutoshi Fujii, Takeshi Takaha, and Takashi Kuriki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5433-5439; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutations of Toluene-4-Monooxygenase That Alter Regiospecificity of Indole Oxidation and Lead to Production of Novel Indigoid Pigments Kevin McClay, Corinne Boss, Ivan Keresztes, and Robert J. Steffan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5476-5483; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bifidobacterium longum Endogalactanase Liberates Galactotriose from Type I Galactans Sandra W. A. Hinz, Marieke I. Pastink, Lambertus A. M. van den Broek, Jean-Paul Vincken, and Alphons G. J. Voragen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5501-5510; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

S434F in NrdE Generates the Thermosensitive Phenotype of Corynebacterium ammoniagenes CH31 and Enhances Thermolability by Increasing the Surface Hydrophobicity of the NrdE(Ts) Protein Hesham M. Elhariry, Jochen Meens, Matthias Stehr, and Georg Auling Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5582-5586; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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New Chitosan-Degrading Strains That Produce Chitosanases Similar to ChoA of Mitsuaria chitosanitabida ChoongSoo Yun, Daiki Amakata, Yasuhiro Matsuo, Hideyuki Matsuda, and Makoto Kawamukai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5138-5144; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quorum-Sensing Mutations Affect Attachment and Stability of Burkholderia cenocepacia Biofilms Kerry L. Tomlin, Rebecca J. Malott, Gordon Ramage, Douglas G. Storey, Pamela A. Sokol, and H. Ceri Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5208-5218; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Resistance of Marine Bacterioneuston to Solar Radiation Hélène Agogué, Fabien Joux, Ingrid Obernosterer, and Philippe Lebaron Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5282-5289; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Diverse New Francisella-Like Bacteria in Environmental Samples Susan M. Barns, Christy C. Grow, Richard T. Okinaka, Paul Keim, and Cheryl R. Kuske Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5494-5500; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Advantage Provided by Iron for Escherichia coli Growth and Cultivability in Drinking Water Brice M. R. Appenzeller, Carolina Yañez, Frederic Jorand, and Jean-Claude Block Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5621-5623; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Adhesion of the Entomopathogenic Fungus Beauveria (Cordyceps) bassiana to Substrata Diane J. Holder and Nemat O. Keyhani Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5260-5266; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dependence of Arbuscular-Mycorrhizal Fungi on Their Plant Host for Palmitic Acid Synthesis Martin Trépanier, Guillaume Bécard, Peter Moutoglis, Claude Willemot, Serge Gagné, Tyler J. Avis, and Jacques-André Rioux Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5341-5347; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Generation and Phenotypic Characterization of Aspergillus nidulans Methylisocitrate Lyase Deletion Mutants: Methylisocitrate Inhibits Growth and Conidiation Matthias Brock Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5465-5475; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Inhibition of NO3– and NO2– Reduction by Microbial Fe(III) Reduction: Evidence of a Reaction between NO2– and Cell Surface-Bound Fe2+ Aaron J. Coby and Flynn W. Picardal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5267-5274; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complexation of Uranium by Cells and S-Layer Sheets of Bacillus sphaericus JG-A12 Mohamed L. Merroun, Johannes Raff, André Rossberg, Christoph Hennig, Tobias Reich, and Sonja Selenska-Pobell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5532-5543; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Structure and Sequence Conservation of hao Cluster Genes of Autotrophic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria: Evidence for Their Evolutionary History David J. Bergmann, Alan B. Hooper, and Martin G. Klotz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5371-5382; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Novel Chemoautotrophic Endosymbiosis between a Member of the Epsilonproteobacteria and the Hydrothermal-Vent Gastropod Alviniconcha aff. hessleri (Gastropoda: Provannidae) from the Indian Ocean Yohey Suzuki, Takenori Sasaki, Masae Suzuki, Yuichi Nogi, Tetsuya Miwa, Ken Takai, Kenneth H. Nealson, and Koki Horikoshi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5440-5450; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Common Receptor for Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins Cry1Ac, Cry1Fa, and Cry1Ja in Helicoverpa armigera, Helicoverpa zea, and Spodoptera exigua Carmen Sara Hernández and Juan Ferré Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5627-5629; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extracellular Protease of Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0, a Biocontrol Factor with Activity against the Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita Imran Ali Siddiqui, Dieter Haas, and Stephan Heeb Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5646-5649; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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Small, Acid-Soluble Proteins as Biomarkers in Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Bacillus Spores Yetrib Hathout, Barbara Setlow, Rosa-Martha Cabrera-Martinez, Catherine Fenselau, and Peter Setlow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2005 71: 5663 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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