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Contents: January 2006, Volume 72, Issue 1        Instructions to Authors        Methods        Mycology        Environmental Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Biodegradation        Food Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Public Health Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Geomicrobiology        Letters to the Editor

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Instructions to Authors:

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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY: 2006 INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 1-20; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Selective Phylogenetic Analysis Targeted at 16S rRNA Genes of Thermophiles and Hyperthermophiles in Deep-Subsurface Geothermal Environments Hiroyuki Kimura, Maki Sugihara, Kenji Kato, and Satoshi Hanada Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 21-27; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sensitive Determination of Microbial Growth by Nucleic Acid Staining in Aqueous Suspension Willm Martens-Habbena and Henrik Sass Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 87-95; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Eukaryotic Open Reading Frames in Metagenomic cDNA Libraries Made from Environmental Samples Susan Grant, William D. Grant, Don A. Cowan, Brian E. Jones, Yanhe Ma, Antonio Ventosa, and Shaun Heaphy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 135-143; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Affymetrix Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Resequencing GeneChips in Characterization of the Genomes of Two Strains of Coronavirus Infecting Humans Irshad M. Sulaiman, Xin Liu, Michael Frace, Nikhat Sulaiman, Melissa Olsen-Rasmussen, Elizabeth Neuhaus, Paul A. Rota, and Robert M. Wohlhueter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 207-211; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Random Mutagenesis of Bacillus subtilis by Use of TnYLB-1, a mariner-Based Transposon Yoann Le Breton, Nrusingh Prasad Mohapatra, and W. G. Haldenwang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 327-333; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mercury Analysis of Acid- and Alkaline-Reduced Biological Samples: Identification of meta-Cinnabar as the Major Biotransformed Compound in Algae David Kelly, Kenneth Budd, and Daniel D. Lefebvre Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 361-367; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of Cyclopropane Fatty Acids in the Response of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 to Freeze-Drying Jesús Muñoz-Rojas, Patricia Bernal, Estrella Duque, Patricia Godoy, Ana Segura, and Juan-Luis Ramos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 472-477; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Real-Time Fluorogenic Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays for Detection of Bacteriophage MS2 Kevin P. O'Connell, Jennifer R. Bucher, Patricia E. Anderson, Cheng J. Cao, Akbar S. Khan, Mark V. Gostomski, and James J. Valdes Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 478-483; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Making All Parts of the 16S rRNA of Escherichia coli Accessible In Situ to Single DNA Oligonucleotides L. Safak Yilmaz, Hatice E. Ökten, and Daniel R. Noguera Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 733-744; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

New rfp- and pES213-Derived Tools for Analyzing Symbiotic Vibrio fischeri Reveal Patterns of Infection and lux Expression In Situ Anne K. Dunn, Deborah S. Millikan, Dawn M. Adin, Jeffrey L. Bose, and Eric V. Stabb Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 802-810; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Using Peptide Nucleic Acid Probes for Rapid Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Potable-Water Biofilms Markku J. Lehtola, Eila Torvinen, Ilkka T. Miettinen, and C. William Keevil Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 848-853; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Quantification of the Toxic Alga Prymnesium parvum in Natural Samples by Use of a Specific Monoclonal Antibody and Solid-Phase Cytometry N. J. West, R. Bacchieri, G. Hansen, C. Tomas, P. Lebaron, and H. Moreau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 860-868; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Catalyzed Reporter Deposition-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Allows for Enrichment-Independent Detection of Microcolony-Forming Soil Bacteria Belinda C. Ferrari, Niina Tujula, Kate Stoner, and Staffan Kjelleberg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 918-922; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Role of Autochthonous Filamentous Fungi in Bioremediation of a Soil Historically Contaminated with Aromatic Hydrocarbons A. D'Annibale, F. Rosetto, V. Leonardi, F. Federici, and M. Petruccioli Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 28-36; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Variability and Distribution of Mating Type Alleles in Field Populations of Leptosphaeria maculans from France Lilian Gout, Maria Eckert, Thierry Rouxel, and Marie-Hélène Balesdent Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 185-191; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Analysis of an Inactive Aflatoxin Biosynthesis Gene Cluster in Aspergillus oryzae RIB Strains Mihoko Tominaga, Yun-Hae Lee, Risa Hayashi, Yuji Suzuki, Osamu Yamada, Kazutoshi Sakamoto, Kuniyasu Gotoh, and Osamu Akita Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 484-490; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ochratoxin A Production and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Aspergillus carbonarius, Aspergillus tubingensis, and Aspergillus niger Strains Isolated from Grapes in Italy Giancarlo Perrone, Giuseppina Mulè, Antonia Susca, Paola Battilani, Amedeo Pietri, and Antonio Logrieco Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 680-685; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

HacA-Independent Induction of Chaperone-Encoding Gene bipA in Aspergillus niger Strains Overproducing Membrane Proteins Anoushka Davé, David J. Jeenes, Donald A. Mackenzie, and David B. Archer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 953-955; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Identification and Specific Detection of a Novel Pseudomonadaceae Cluster Associated with Soils from Winter Wheat Plots of a Long-Term Agricultural Field Experiment Manuel Pesaro and Franco Widmer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 37-43; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Evidence for Association of Chlamydiales Bacteria with Epitheliocystis in Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques), Silver Perch (Bidyanus bidyanus), and Barramundi (Lates calcarifer) Adam Meijer, Paul J. M. Roholl, Jacobus M. Ossewaarde, Brian Jones, and Barbara F. Nowak Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 284-290; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Real-Time PCR for the Detection and Quantification of Geodermatophilaceae from Stone Samples and Identification of New Members of the Genus Blastococcus Oscar Salazar, Aranzazu Valverde, and Olga Genilloud Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 346-352; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Poly-3-Hydroxybutyrate Metabolism Genes from Complex Microbial Communities by Phenotypic Complementation of Bacterial Mutants Chunxia Wang, David J. Meek, Priya Panchal, Natalie Boruvka, Frederick S. Archibald, Brian T. Driscoll, and Trevor C. Charles Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 384-391; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mercury Methylation from Unexpected Sources: Molybdate-Inhibited Freshwater Sediments and an Iron-Reducing Bacterium Emily J. Fleming, E. Erin Mack, Peter G. Green, and Douglas C. Nelson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 457-464; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Temperature and Light on Growth of and Photosynthesis by Synechococcus Isolates Typical of Those Predominating in the Octopus Spring Microbial Mat Community of Yellowstone National Park Jessica P. Allewalt, Mary M. Bateson, Niels Peter Revsbech, Kimberly Slack, and David M. Ward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 544-550; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Leaching of Phage from Class B Biosolids and Potential Transport through Soil Alexandra S. Chetochine, Mark L. Brusseau, Charles P. Gerba, and Ian L. Pepper Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 665-671; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prochlorococcus Ecotype Abundances in the North Atlantic Ocean As Revealed by an Improved Quantitative PCR Method Erik R. Zinser, Allison Coe, Zackary I. Johnson, Adam C. Martiny, Nicholas J. Fuller, David J. Scanlan, and Sallie W. Chisholm Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 723-732; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium avium Genes Associated with the Ability To Form a Biofilm Yoshitaka Yamazaki, Lia Danelishvili, Martin Wu, Molly MacNab, and Luiz E. Bermudez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 819-825; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Naturally Transformable Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1 Belongs to the Newly Described Species Acinetobacter baylyi Mario Vaneechoutte, David M. Young, L. Nicholas Ornston, Thierry De Baere, Alexandr Nemec, Tanny Van Der Reijden, Emma Carr, Ingela Tjernberg, and Lenie Dijkshoorn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 932-936; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Emergence of Biofilm-Forming Subpopulations upon Exposure of Escherichia coli to Environmental Bacteriophages Andrea Lacqua, Oskar Wanner, Teresa Colangelo, Maria Giovanna Martinotti, and Paolo Landini Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 956-959; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Characterization of Germination Receptors of Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 Luc M. Hornstra, Ynte P. de Vries, Marjon H. J. Wells-Bennik, Willem M. de Vos, and Tjakko Abee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 44-53; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improvement of -Amylase Production by Modulation of Ribosomal Component Protein S12 in Bacillus subtilis 168 Kazuhiko Kurosawa, Takeshi Hosaka, Norimasa Tamehiro, Takashi Inaoka, and Kozo Ochi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 71-77; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Conversion of Glycerol to 1,3-Propanediol: Physiological Comparison of a Natural Producer, Clostridium butyricum VPI 3266, and an Engineered Strain, Clostridium acetobutylicum DG1(pSPD5) María González-Pajuelo, Isabelle Meynial-Salles, Filipa Mendes, Philippe Soucaille, and Isabel Vasconcelos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 96-101; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Recombinant and Tagged Proteins in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus S.-V. Albers, M. Jonuscheit, S. Dinkelaker, T. Urich, A. Kletzin, R. Tampé, A. J. M. Driessen, and C. Schleper Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 102-111; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transposons Inactivate Biosynthesis of the Nonribosomal Peptide Microcystin in Naturally Occurring Planktothrix spp. Guntram Christiansen, Rainer Kurmayer, Qian Liu, and Thomas Börner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 117-123; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Deoxysugar Transfer during Chromomycin A3 Biosynthesis in Streptomyces griseus subsp. griseus: New Derivatives with Antitumor Activity Nuria Menéndez, Mohammad Nur-e-Alam, Carsten Fischer, Alfredo F. Braña, José A. Salas, Jürgen Rohr, and Carmen Méndez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 167-177; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Lithium-Sensitive and Sodium-Tolerant 3'-Phosphoadenosine-5'-Phosphatase Encoded by halA from the Cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis Is Closely Related to Its Counterparts from Yeasts and Plants Ju-Yuan Zhang, Jie Zou, Qiyu Bao, Wen-Li Chen, Li Wang, Huanming Yang, and Cheng-Cai Zhang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 245-251; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Long Serial Analysis of Gene Expression for Gene Discovery and Transcriptome Profiling in the Widespread Marine Coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi Sonya T. Dyhrman, Sheean T. Haley, Shanda R. Birkeland, Louie L. Wurch, Michael J. Cipriano, and Andrew G. McArthur Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 252-260; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Display of -Amylase on the Surface of Lactobacillus casei Cells by Use of the PgsA Anchor Protein, and Production of Lactic Acid from Starch Junya Narita, Kenji Okano, Tomoe Kitao, Saori Ishida, Tomomitsu Sewaki, Moon-Hee Sung, Hideki Fukuda, and Akihiko Kondo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 269-275; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification, Mutagenesis, and Transcriptional Analysis of the Methanesulfonate Transport Operon of Methylosulfonomonas methylovora Mohammed Jamshad, Paolo De Marco, Catarina C. Pacheco, Timea Hanczar, and J. Colin Murrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 276-283; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Alginate Polymerization and the Functional Role of Alg8 in Alginate Production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Uwe Remminghorst and Bernd H. A. Rehm Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 298-305; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cometabolism of Citrate and Glucose by Enterococcus faecium FAIR-E 198 in the Absence of Cellular Growth Frederik Vaningelgem, Veerle Ghijsels, Effie Tsakalidou, and Luc De Vuyst Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 319-326; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Efficient and Stable Display of Functional Proteins on Bacterial Magnetic Particles Using Mms13 as a Novel Anchor Molecule Tomoko Yoshino and Tadashi Matsunaga Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 465-471; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Putative ABC Transporter Responsible for Acetic Acid Resistance in Acetobacter aceti Shigeru Nakano, Masahiro Fukaya, and Sueharu Horinouchi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 497-505; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering the Monomer Composition of Polyhydroxyalkanoates Synthesized in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Bo Zhang, Ross Carlson, and Friedrich Srienc Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 536-543; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of NarK1 and NarK2 Proteins in Transport of Nitrate and Nitrite in the Denitrifying Bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Vandana Sharma, Chris E. Noriega, and John J. Rowe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 695-701; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptomic and Proteomic Approach for Understanding the Molecular Basis of Adaptation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Wine Fermentation Aurora Zuzuarregui, Lucía Monteoliva, Concha Gil, and Marcel·lí del Olmo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 836-847; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Surface Display System for Proteins on Non-Genetically Modified Gram-Positive Bacteria Tjibbe Bosma, Rolf Kanninga, Jolanda Neef, Sandrine A. L. Audouy, Maarten L. van Roosmalen, Anton Steen, Girbe Buist, Jan Kok, Oscar P. Kuipers, George Robillard, and Kees Leenhouts Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 880-889; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Bifidobacterium longum NCIMB 702259T ctr Gene Codes for a Novel Cholate Transporter Claire E. Price, Sharon J. Reid, Arnold J. M. Driessen, and Valerie R. Abratt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 923-926; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immobilization of Cells with Surface-Displayed Chitin-Binding Domain Jen-You Wang and Yun-Peng Chao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 927-931; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Deep Desulfurization of Diesel Oil and Crude Oils by a Newly Isolated Rhodococcus erythropolis Strain Bo Yu, Ping Xu, Quan Shi, and Cuiqing Ma Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 54-58; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytochrome P450 Alkane Hydroxylases of the CYP153 Family Are Common in Alkane-Degrading Eubacteria Lacking Integral Membrane Alkane Hydroxylases Jan B. van Beilen, Enrico G. Funhoff, Alexander van Loon, Andrea Just, Leo Kaysser, Manuel Bouza, René Holtackers, Martina Röthlisberger, Zhi Li, and Bernard Witholt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 59-65; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biotransformation of 1,2,3-Tri- and 1,2,3,4,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzo-p- Dioxin by Sphingomonas wittichii Strain RW1 In-Hyun Nam, Young-Mo Kim, Stefan Schmidt, and Yoon-Seok Chang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 112-116; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth of Dehalobacter and Dehalococcoides spp. during Degradation of Chlorinated Ethanes Ariel Grostern and Elizabeth A. Edwards Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 428-436; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Endogenous Substrates on Adaptation of Anaerobic Microbial Communities to 3-Chlorobenzoate Jennifer G. Becker, Gina Berardesco, Bruce E. Rittmann, and David A. Stahl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 449-456; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Aerobic Biodegradation of 2,2'-Dithiodibenzoic Acid Produced from Dibenzothiophene Metabolites Rozlyn F. Young, Stephanie M. Cheng, and Phillip M. Fedorak Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 491-496; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Slow-Release Inoculation Allows Sustained Biodegradation of -Hexachlorocyclohexane Birgit Mertens, Nico Boon, and Willy Verstraete Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 622-627; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Propane and n-Butane Oxidation by Pseudomonas putida GPo1 Erika L. Johnson and Michael R. Hyman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 950-952; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Quantification of Campylobacter Species Cross-Contamination during Handling of Contaminated Fresh Chicken Parts in Kitchens Petra Luber, Sigrid Brynestad, Daniela Topsch, Kathrin Scherer, and Edda Bartelt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 66-70; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Microbial Model for the Combined Effect of Temperature and pH on Spoilage of Ground Meat, and Validation of the Model under Dynamic Temperature Conditions K. Koutsoumanis, A. Stamatiou, P. Skandamis, and G.-J. E. Nychas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 124-134; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Synergistic and Antagonistic Effects of Combined Subzero Temperature and High Pressure on Inactivation of Escherichia coli Marwen Moussa, Jean-Marie Perrier-Cornet, and Patrick Gervais Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 150-156; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Simultaneous Inoculation with Yeast and Bacteria on Fermentation Kinetics and Key Wine Parameters of Cool-Climate Chardonnay Delphine Jussier, Amélie Dubé Morneau, and Ramón Mira de Orduña Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 221-227; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fourier Transform Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy for Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes Strains Astrid Oust, Trond Møretrø, Kristine Naterstad, Ganesh D. Sockalingum, Isabelle Adt, Michel Manfait, and Achim Kohler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 228-232; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modeling and Predicting the Simultaneous Growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Ground Beef Background Microflora for Various Enrichment Protocols A. Vimont, C. Vernozy-Rozand, M. P. Montet, C. Lazizzera, C. Bavai, and M.-L. Delignette-Muller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 261-268; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes by Food-Borne Yeasts Stefanie Goerges, Ulrike Aigner, Barbara Silakowski, and Siegfried Scherer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 313-318; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stable Concentrated Emulsions of the 1-Monoglyceride of Capric Acid (Monocaprin) with Microbicidal Activities against the Food-Borne Bacteria Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella spp., and Escherichia coli Halldor Thormar, Hilmar Hilmarsson, and Gudmundur Bergsson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 522-526; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sources of Campylobacter spp. Colonizing Housed Broiler Flocks during Rearing S. A. Bull, V. M. Allen, G. Domingue, F. Jørgensen, J. A. Frost, R. Ure, R. Whyte, D. Tinker, J. E. L. Corry, J. Gillard-King, and T. J. Humphrey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 645-652; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protective Effects of Organic Acids on Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Acidic Environments K. Bjornsdottir, F. Breidt, Jr., and R. F. McFeeters Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 660-664; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impact of Inoculum Preparation and Storage Conditions on the Response of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Populations to Undercooking and Simulated Exposure to Gastric Fluid Jarret D. Stopforth, Panagiotis N. Skandamis, Laura V. Ashton, Ifigenia Geornaras, Patricia A. Kendall, Keith E. Belk, John A. Scanga, Gary C. Smith, and John N. Sofos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 672-679; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Competitive Fitness of Listeria monocytogenes Serotype 1/2a and 4b Strains in Mixed Cultures with and without Food in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Enrichment Protocol Lisa Gorski, Denise Flaherty, and Robert E. Mandrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 776-783; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heat Resistance and Mechanism of Heat Inactivation in Thermophilic Campylobacters Hong T. T. Nguyen, Janet E. L. Corry, and Christopher A. Miles Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 908-913; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relating Cell Killing to Inactivation of Critical Components Christopher A. Miles Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 914-917; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Autoinducer 2 Affects Biofilm Formation by Bacillus cereus Sandrine Auger, Evelyne Krin, Stéphane Aymerich, and Michel Gohar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 937-941; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiphasic Approach To Study the Bacterial Ecology of Fermented Sausages Inoculated with a Commercial Starter Culture Luca Cocolin, Rosalinda Urso, Kalliopi Rantsiou, Carlo Cantoni, and Giuseppe Comi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 942-945; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Direct and Indirect Effects of Protist Predation on Population Size Structure of a Bacterial Strain with High Phenotypic Plasticity Gianluca Corno and Klaus Jürgens Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 78-86; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Inhibition of Acetoclastic Methanogenesis on Growth of Archaeal Populations in an Anoxic Model Environment Holger Penning and Ralf Conrad Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 178-184; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Insights into the Lifestyle of the Cold-Loving SM1 Euryarchaeon: Natural Growth as a Monospecies Biofilm in the Subsurface Ruth Henneberger, Christine Moissl, Thomas Amann, Christian Rudolph, and Robert Huber Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 192-199; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development and Validation of a Real-Time PCR Method To Quantify Rumen Protozoa and Examination of Variability between Entodinium Populations in Sheep Offered a Hay-Based Diet Lucy C. Skillman, Andrew F. Toovey, Andrew J. Williams, and André-Denis G. Wright Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 200-206; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structure and Function of Bacterial Communities Emerging from Different Sources under Identical Conditions Silke Langenheder, Eva S. Lindström, and Lars J. Tranvik Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 212-220; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Lactococcus lactis on Composition of Intestinal Microbiota: Role of Nisin Nete Bernbom, Tine Rask Licht, Carl-Henrik Brogren, Birthe Jelle, Anette H. Johansen, Iker Badiola, Finn K. Vogensen, and Birgit Nørrung Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 239-244; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extensive Variation in Intracellular Symbiont Community Composition among Members of a Single Population of the Wood-Boring Bivalve Lyrodus pedicellatus (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) Yvette A. Luyten, Janelle R. Thompson, Wendy Morrill, Martin F. Polz, and Daniel L. Distel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 412-417; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Microorganisms in Fe-As-Rich Acid Mine Drainage Waters of Carnoulès, France O. Bruneel, R. Duran, C. Casiot, F. Elbaz-Poulichet, and J.-C. Personné Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 551-556; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria in the Mid-Atlantic Bight and the North Pacific Gyre Matthew T. Cottrell, Antonio Mannino, and David L. Kirchman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 557-564; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Nutrient Inputs, Hexadecane, and Temporal Variations on Denitrification and Community Composition of River Biofilms M. R. Chénier, D. Beaumier, N. Fortin, R. Roy, B. T. Driscoll, J. R. Lawrence, and C. W. Greer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 575-584; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Benthic Bacterial and Fungal Productivity and Carbon Turnover in a Freshwater Marsh Nanna Buesing and Mark O. Gessner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 596-605; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Presence and Growth of Naturalized Escherichia coli in Temperate Soils from Lake Superior Watersheds Satoshi Ishii, Winfried B. Ksoll, Randall E. Hicks, and Michael J. Sadowsky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 612-621; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Responses of the Anaerobic Bacterial Community to Addition of Organic C in Chromium(VI)- and Iron(III)-Amended Microcosms Peter S. Kourtev, Cindy H. Nakatsu, and Allan Konopka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 628-637; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distinguishing Nitrous Oxide Production from Nitrification and Denitrification on the Basis of Isotopomer Abundances R. L. Sutka, N. E. Ostrom, P. H. Ostrom, J. A. Breznak, H. Gandhi, A. J. Pitt, and F. Li Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 638-644; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Nitrate-Dependent Iron(II) Bio-Oxidation by a Novel Lithoautotrophic Betaproteobacterium, Strain 2002 Karrie A. Weber, Jarrod Pollock, Kimberly A. Cole, Susan M. O'Connor, Laurie A. Achenbach, and John D. Coates Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 686-694; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recurring Seasonal Dynamics of Microbial Communities in Stream Habitats Meredith A. J. Hullar, Louis A. Kaplan, and David A. Stahl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 713-722; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of Quinolinate Phosphoribosyl Transferase in Promotion of Potato Growth by a Burkholderia Strain Keri Wang, Kenneth Conn, and George Lazarovits Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 760-768; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of Rat Cecal Microbiota by Administration of Raffinose and Encapsulated Bifidobacterium breve Achmad Dinoto, Akarat Suksomcheep, Satoshi Ishizuka, Hanae Kimura, Satoshi Hanada, Yoichi Kamagata, Kozo Asano, Fusao Tomita, and Atsushi Yokota Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 784-792; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Abundant and Diverse Fungal Microbiota in the Murine Intestine Alexandra J Scupham, Laura L. Presley, Bo Wei, Elizabeth Bent, Natasha Griffith, Michael McPherson, Feilin Zhu, Oluwadayo Oluwadara, Nagesh Rao, Jonathan Braun, and James Borneman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 793-801; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Replication and Long-Term Persistence of Bovine and Human Strains of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis within Acanthamoeba polyphaga Manuela Mura, Tim J. Bull, Hugh Evans, Karim Sidi-Boumedine, Liz McMinn, Glenn Rhodes, Roger Pickup, and John Hermon-Taylor Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 854-859; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Slugs: Potential Novel Vectors of Escherichia coli O157 Emma L. Sproston, M. Macrae, Iain D. Ogden, Michael J. Wilson, and Norval J. C. Strachan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 144-149; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Occurrence and Genetic Diversity of Uncultured Legionella spp. in Drinking Water Treated at Temperatures below 15°C Bart A. Wullings and Dick van der Kooij Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 157-166; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmid-Mediated High-Level Gentamicin Resistance among Enteric Bacteria Isolated from Pet Turtles in Louisiana María Alejandra Díaz, Richard Kent Cooper, Axel Cloeckaert, and Ronald John Siebeling Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 306-312; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Introduction of Monochloramine into a Municipal Water System: Impact on Colonization of Buildings by Legionella spp. Matthew R. Moore, Marsha Pryor, Barry Fields, Claressa Lucas, Maureen Phelan, and Richard E. Besser Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 378-383; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Routes of Intraspecies Transmission of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus): a Field Study Johanna Judge, Ilias Kyriazakis, Alastair Greig, Ross S. Davidson, and Michael R. Hutchings Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 398-403; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antimicrobial Drug Resistance Genes Do Not Convey a Secondary Fitness Advantage to Calf-Adapted Escherichia coli Artashes R. Khachatryan, Dale D. Hancock, Thomas E. Besser, and Douglas R. Call Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 443-448; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence, Persistence, and Molecular Characterization of Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococci in Norwegian Poultry and Poultry Farmers 3 to 8 Years after the Ban on Avoparcin M. Sørum, P. J. Johnsen, B. Aasnes, T. Rosvoll, H. Kruse, A. Sundsfjord, and G. S. Simonsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 516-521; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Persistence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and Other Zoonotic Pathogens during Simulated Composting, Manure Packing, and Liquid Storage of Dairy Manure Sukhbir K. Grewal, Sreekumari Rajeev, Srinand Sreevatsan, and Frederick C. Michel, Jr. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 565-574; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence and Virulence Factors of Escherichia coli Serogroups O26, O103, O111, and O145 Shed by Cattle in Scotland M. C. Pearce, J. Evans, I. J. McKendrick, A. W. Smith, H. I. Knight, D. J. Mellor, M. E. J. Woolhouse, G. J. Gunn, and J. C. Low Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 653-659; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Presence of Salmonella and Campylobacter spp. in Wild Small Mammals on Organic Farms B. G. Meerburg, W. F. Jacobs-Reitsma, J. A. Wagenaar, and A. Kijlstra Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 960-962; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Ticks Collected from Migratory Birds in Switzerland Marie-Angèle Poupon, Elena Lommano, Pierre-François Humair, Véronique Douet, Olivier Rais, Michael Schaad, Lukas Jenni, and Lise Gern Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 976-979; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Production and Characterization of a Thermostable Alcohol Dehydrogenase That Belongs to the Aldo-Keto Reductase Superfamily Ronnie Machielsen, Agustinus R. Uria, Servé W. M. Kengen, and John van der Oost Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 233-238; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Expression of a Xylitol-4-Dehydrogenase Gene from Pantoea ananatis J. S. Aarnikunnas, A. Pihlajaniemi, A. Palva, M. Leisola, and A. Nyyssölä Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 368-377; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of PhlG, a Hydrolase That Specifically Degrades the Antifungal Compound 2,4-Diacetylphloroglucinol in the Biocontrol Agent Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0 Mélanie Bottiglieri and Christoph Keel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 418-427; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Novel PepF-Like Oligopeptidase Secreted by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens 23-7A Shiou-Huei Chao, Tzu-Hao Cheng, Chin-Ying Shaw, Meng-Hwan Lee, Yuan-Hsun Hsu, and Ying-Chieh Tsai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 968-971; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material][Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bilirubin Oxidase Activity of Bacillus subtilis CotA Shin-ichi Sakasegawa, Hidehiko Ishikawa, Shigeyuki Imamura, Haruhiko Sakuraba, Shuichiro Goda, and Toshihisa Ohshima Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 972-975; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Functional Analysis of Unique Class II Insertion Sequence IS1071 Masahiro Sota, Hirokazu Yano, Yuji Nagata, Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Hiroyuki Genka, Hisashi Anbutsu, Haruhiko Kawasaki, and Masataka Tsuda Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 291-297; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of Improved Temperature-Sensitive and Mobilizable Vectors and Their Use for Constructing Mutations in the Adhesin-Encoding acm Gene of Poorly Transformable Clinical Enterococcus faecium Strains Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy, Kavindra V. Singh, and Barbara E. Murray Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 334-345; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Transcription Activator ComK of Bacillus subtilis in the Heterologous Host Lactococcus lactis Leads to a Genome-Wide Repression Pattern: a Case Study of Horizontal Gene Transfer Kim A. Susanna, Chris D. den Hengst, Leendert W. Hamoen, and Oscar P. Kuipers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 404-411; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequence Analysis of Two Cryptic Plasmids from Bifidobacterium longum DJO10A and Construction of a Shuttle Cloning Vector Ju-Hoon Lee and Daniel J. O’Sullivan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 527-535; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic and Genomic Insights into the Role of Benzoate-Catabolic Pathway Redundancy in Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 V. J. Denef, J. A. Klappenbach, M. A. Patrauchan, C. Florizone, J. L. M. Rodrigues, T. V. Tsoi, W. Verstraete, L. D. Eltis, and J. M. Tiedje Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 585-595; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Human Papillomavirus Type 16 L1 Virus-Like Particles by Recombinant Lactobacillus casei Cells Karina Araujo Aires, Aurora Marques Cianciarullo, Sylvia Mendes Carneiro, Luisa Lina Villa, Enrique Boccardo, Gaspar Pérez-Martinez, Isabel Perez-Arellano, Maria Leonor Sarno Oliveira, and Paulo Lee Ho Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 745-752; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multicopy Integration and Expression of Heterologous Genes in Methylobacterium extorquens ATCC 55366 Young J. Choi, Denis Bourque, Lyne Morel, Denis Groleau, and Carlos B. Míguez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 753-759; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Targeting in the Gram-Positive Bacterium Lactococcus lactis, Using Various Delta Ribozymes Karine Fiola, Jean-Pierre Perreault, and Benoit Cousineau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 869-879; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cellular Response of Shewanella oneidensis to Strontium Stress Steven D. Brown, Madhavi Martin, Sameer Deshpande, Sudipta Seal, Katherine Huang, Eric Alm, Yunfeng Yang, Liyou Wu, Tingfen Yan, Xueduan Liu, Adam Arkin, Karuna Chourey, Jizhong Zhou, and Dorothea K. Thompson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 890-900; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Butyrate Specifically Down-Regulates Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 Gene Expression I. Gantois, R. Ducatelle, F. Pasmans, F. Haesebrouck, I. Hautefort, A. Thompson, J. C. Hinton, and F. Van Immerseel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 946-949; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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A Bacillus thuringiensis S-Layer Protein Involved in Toxicity against Epilachna varivestis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Guadalupe Peña, Juan Miranda-Rios, Gustavo de la Riva, Liliana Pardo-López, Mario Soberón, and Alejandra Bravo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 353-360; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spirochaeta coccoides sp. nov., a Novel Coccoid Spirochete from the Hindgut of the Termite Neotermes castaneus Stefan Dröge, Jürgen Fröhlich, Renate Radek, and Helmut König Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 392-397; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins for Control of the Cotton Pest Earias insulana (Boisd.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) María A. Ibargutxi, Anna Estela, Juan Ferré, and Primitivo Caballero Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 437-442; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protease Inhibitors Fail To Prevent Pore Formation by the Activated Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin Cry1Aa in Insect Brush Border Membrane Vesicles Martin Kirouac, Vincent Vachon, Delphine Quievy, Jean-Louis Schwartz, and Raynald Laprade Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 506-515; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence and Transmission of Honeybee Viruses Y. P. Chen, J. S. Pettis, A. Collins, and M. F. Feldlaufer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 606-611; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transmission of Nephridial Bacteria of the Earthworm Eisenia fetida Seana K. Davidson and David A. Stahl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 769-775; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evolutionary Dynamics of wAu-Like Wolbachia Variants in Neotropical Drosophila spp. Wolfgang J. Miller and Markus Riegler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 826-835; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Tryptophan Residues in Toxicity of Cry1Ab Toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis Cristopher Padilla, Liliana Pardo-López, Gustavo de la Riva, Isabel Gómez, Jorge Sánchez, Georgina Hernandez, Maria Eugenia Nuñez, Marianne P. Carey, Donald H. Dean, Oscar Alzate, Mario Soberón, and Alejandra Bravo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 901-907; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Diverse AvrPtoB Homologs from Several Pseudomonas syringae Pathovars Elicit Pto-Dependent Resistance and Have Similar Virulence Activities Nai-Chun Lin, Robert B. Abramovitch, Young Jin Kim, and Gregory B. Martin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 702-712; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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The Thermotoga maritima Phenotype Is Impacted by Syntrophic Interaction with Methanococcus jannaschii in Hyperthermophilic Coculture M. R. Johnson, S. B. Conners, C. I. Montero, C. J. Chou, K. R. Shockley, and R. M. Kelly Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 811-818; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Expression of the ubiE Gene of Geobacillus stearothermophilus V in Escherichia coli K-12 Mediates the Evolution of Selenium Compounds into the Headspace of Selenite- and Selenate-Amended Cultures J. W. Swearingen, Jr., D. E. Fuentes, M. A. Araya, M. F. Plishker, C. P. Saavedra, T. G. Chasteen, and C. C. Vásquez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 963-967; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letters to the Editor:

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Deja Vu All Over Again: Rapid Enumeration of Legionella pneumophila in Water Paul H. Edelstein Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2006 72: 980 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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