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Contents: February 2006, Volume 72, Issue 2        Physiology and Biotechnology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Food Microbiology        Environmental Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Mycology        Biodegradation        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Plant Microbiology        Methods        Geomicrobiology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Public Health Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Errata

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Characterization of an Agrobacterium tumefaciens D-Psicose 3-Epimerase That Converts D-Fructose to D-Psicose Hye-Jung Kim, Eun-Kyung Hyun, Yeong-Su Kim, Yong-Joo Lee, and Deok-Kun Oh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 981-985; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Kinetic Analysis of Oligofructose Consumption by Bacteroides and Bifidobacterium spp. Indicates Different Degradation Mechanisms Roel Van der Meulen, Lefteris Makras, Kristof Verbrugghe, Tom Adriany, and Luc De Vuyst Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1006-1012; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pure-Culture Growth of Fermentative Bacteria, Facilitated by H2 Removal: Bioenergetics and H2 Production Cameron J. Adams, Molly C. Redmond, and David L. Valentine Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1079-1085; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering Plant-Microbe Symbiosis for Rhizoremediation of Heavy Metals Cindy H. Wu, Thomas K. Wood, Ashok Mulchandani, and Wilfred Chen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1129-1134; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nonlinear Dependency of Intracellular Fluxes on Growth Rate in Miniaturized Continuous Cultures of Escherichia coli Annik Nanchen, Alexander Schicker, and Uwe Sauer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1164-1172; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of QuiP, the Product of Gene PA1032, as the Second Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Acylase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Jean J. Huang, Ashley Petersen, Marvin Whiteley, and Jared R. Leadbetter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1190-1197; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the tre Locus and Analysis of Trehalose Cryoprotection in Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM Tri Duong, Rodolphe Barrangou, W. Michael Russell, and Todd R. Klaenhammer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1218-1225; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for Autotrophy via the Reverse Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle in the Marine Magnetotactic Coccus Strain MC-1 Timothy J. Williams, Chuanlun L. Zhang, James H. Scott, and Dennis A. Bazylinski Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1322-1329; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of Two Specific Causes of Cell Mortality in Freeze-Thaw Cycles with Freezing to –196°C Frédéric Dumont, Pierre-André Marechal, and Patrick Gervais Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1330-1335; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Neutral Lipid Biosynthesis in Engineered Escherichia coli: Jojoba Oil-Like Wax Esters and Fatty Acid Butyl Esters Rainer Kalscheuer, Tim Stöveken, Heinrich Luftmann, Ursula Malkus, Rudolf Reichelt, and Alexander Steinbüchel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1373-1379; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Thin Pili of Acinetobacter sp. Strain BD413 Mediate Adhesion to Biotic and Abiotic Surfaces Olivia Gohl, Alexandra Friedrich, Michael Hoppert, and Beate Averhoff Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1394-1401; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Glutamate Dehydrogenase Activity Can Be Transmitted Naturally to Lactococcus lactis Strains To Stimulate Amino Acid Conversion to Aroma Compounds Catherine Tanous, Emilie Chambellon, Dominique Le Bars, Gilbert Delespaul, and Mireille Yvon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1402-1409; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering the Genotype of Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1 To Enhance Biosynthesis of Cyanophycin Yasser Elbahloul and Alexander Steinbüchel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1410-1419; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Situ and In Vitro Gene Expression by Vibrio vulnificus during Entry into, Persistence within, and Resuscitation from the Viable but Nonculturable State Ben Smith and James D. Oliver Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1445-1451; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of the Lantibiotic Salivaricin A and Its Variants by Oral Streptococci and Use of a Specific Induction Assay To Detect Their Presence in Human Saliva Philip A. Wescombe, Mathew Upton, Karen P. Dierksen, Nancy L. Ragland, Senthuran Sivabalan, Ruth E. Wirawan, Megan A. Inglis, Chris J. Moore, Glenn V. Walker, Chris N. Chilcott, Howard F. Jenkinson, and John R. Tagg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1459-1466; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Paenibacillus sp. Strain JDR-2 and XynA1: a Novel System for Methylglucuronoxylan Utilization Franz J. StJohn, John D. Rice, and James F. Preston Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1496-1506; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Functional Assay of a Recombinant Aquaporin in Pichia pastoris Mark J. Daniels, Malcolm R. Wood, and Mark Yeager Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1507-1514; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of PMA1 as a Housekeeping Biomarker for Assessment of Toxicant-Induced Stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Marcel Schmitt, Petra Schwanewilm, Jost Ludwig, and Hella Lichtenberg-Fraté Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1515-1522; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Metabolism in the Fe(III)-Reducing Organism Geobacter sulfurreducens by Constraint-Based Modeling R. Mahadevan, D. R. Bond, J. E. Butler, A. Esteve-Nuñez, M. V. Coppi, B. O. Palsson, C. H. Schilling, and D. R. Lovley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1558-1568; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Quorum-Quenching Approach To Investigate the Conservation of Quorum-Sensing-Regulated Functions within the Burkholderia cepacia Complex Julia Wopperer, Silvia T. Cardona, Birgit Huber, Christoph A. Jacobi, Miguel A. Valvano, and Leo Eberl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1579-1587; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Benzaldehyde Tolerance in Zymomonas mobilis Biofilms and the Potential of Biofilm Applications in Fine-Chemical Production Xuan Zhong Li, Jeremy S. Webb, Staffan Kjelleberg, and Bettina Rosche Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1639-1644; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Identification of an endo-ß-1,4-D-Xylanase from Magnaporthe grisea by Gene Knockout Analysis, Purification, and Heterologous Expression Sheng-Cheng Wu, Jeffrey E. Halley, Christopher Luttig, Linda M. Fernekes, Gerardo Gutiérrez-Sanchez, Alan G. Darvill, and Peter Albersheim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 986-993; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification, Characterization, and Gene Cloning of a Novel Maltosyltransferase from an Arthrobacter globiformis Strain That Produces an Alternating -1,4- and -1,6-Cyclic Tetrasaccharide from Starch Kazuhisa Mukai, Hikaru Watanabe, Michio Kubota, Hiroto Chaen, Shigeharu Fukuda, and Masashi Kurimoto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1065-1071; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Catabolism of 1,5-Anhydro-D-Fructose in Sinorhizobium morelense S-30.7.5: Discovery, Characterization, and Overexpression of a New 1,5-Anhydro-D-Fructose Reductase and Its Application in Sugar Analysis and Rare Sugar Synthesis Annette Kühn, Shukun Yu, and Friedrich Giffhorn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1248-1257; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pyrroloquinoline Quinone-Dependent Dehydrogenases from Ketogulonicigenium vulgare Catalyze the Direct Conversion of L-Sorbosone to L-Ascorbic Acid Taro Miyazaki, Teruhide Sugisawa, and Tatsuo Hoshino Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1487-1495; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional and Structural Characterization of Thermostable D-Amino Acid Aminotransferases from Geobacillus spp. Seung-Goo Lee, Seung-Pyo Hong, Jae Jun Song, Su-Jin Kim, Mi-Sun Kwak, and Moon-Hee Sung Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1588-1594; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Reliable and Rapid Identification of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria Species by Artificial Neural Network-Based Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Cecilia A. Rebuffo, Jürgen Schmitt, Mareike Wenning, Felix von Stetten, and Siegfried Scherer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 994-1000; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bioassay for Nisin in Milk, Processed Cheese, Salad Dressings, Canned Tomatoes, and Liquid Egg Products J. Hakovirta, J. Reunanen, and P. E. J. Saris Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1001-1005; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biocontrol of the Food-Borne Pathogens Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella enterica Serovar Poona on Fresh-Cut Apples with Naturally Occurring Bacterial and Yeast Antagonists Britta Leverentz, William S. Conway, Wojciech Janisiewicz, Maribel Abadias, Cletus P. Kurtzman, and Mary J. Camp Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1135-1140; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Determination of Essential and Variable Residues in Pediocin PA-1 by NNK Scanning Tatsuya Tominaga and Yoshinori Hatakeyama Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1141-1147; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular and Genetic Characterization of a Novel Nisin Variant Produced by Streptococcus uberis Ruth E. Wirawan, Nikolai A. Klesse, Ralph W. Jack, and John R. Tagg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1148-1156; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Expression of Proteins and Genes in the Lag Phase of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis Grown in Synthetic Medium and Reconstituted Skim Milk Nadja Larsen, Mette Boye, Henrik Siegumfeldt, and Mogens Jakobsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1173-1179; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for the Discrimination of Food-Borne Microorganisms Maria Fiorella Mazzeo, Alida Sorrentino, Marcello Gaita, Giuseppina Cacace, Michele Di Stasio, Angelo Facchiano, Giuseppe Comi, Antonio Malorni, and Rosa Anna Siciliano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1180-1189; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two Subpopulations of Listeria monocytogenes Occur at Subinhibitory Concentrations of Leucocin 4010 and Nisin Tina Hornbæk, Per B. Brockhoff, Henrik Siegumfeldt, and Birgitte Bjørn Budde Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1631-1638; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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In Vivo Emission of Dinitrogen by Earthworms via Denitrifying Bacteria in the Gut Marcus A. Horn, Ralph Mertel, Matthias Gehre, Matthias Kästner, and Harold L. Drake Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1013-1018; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nitrous Oxide Reductase Genes (nosZ) of Denitrifying Microbial Populations in Soil and the Earthworm Gut Are Phylogenetically Similar Marcus A. Horn, Harold L. Drake, and Andreas Schramm Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1019-1026; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Carbon Isotope Fractionation during Anaerobic Degradation of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether under Sulfate-Reducing and Methanogenic Conditions Piyapawn Somsamak, Hans H. Richnow, and Max M. Häggblom Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1157-1163; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequence Variation among Group III F-Specific RNA Coliphages from Water Samples and Swine Lagoons Jill R. Stewart, Jan Vinjé, Sjon J. G. Oudejans, Geoff I. Scott, and Mark D. Sobsey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1226-1230; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of a Cyanophage Infecting the Toxic Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa Takashi Yoshida, Yukari Takashima, Yuji Tomaru, Yoko Shirai, Yoshitake Takao, Shingo Hiroishi, and Keizo Nagasaki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1239-1247; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Functional Characterization of the styE Gene, Involved in Styrene Transport in Pseudomonas putida CA-3 Aisling Mooney, Niall D. O'Leary, and Alan D. W. Dobson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1302-1309; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Unstable Lysogeny and Pseudolysogeny in Vibrio harveyi Siphovirus-Like Phage 1 Krit Khemayan, Tirasak Pasharawipas, Orapim Puiprom, Siriporn Sriurairatana, Orasa Suthienkul, and Timothy W. Flegel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1355-1363; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Thiomicrospira denitrificans-Like Epsilonproteobacterium as a Catalyst for Autotrophic Denitrification in the Central Baltic Sea Ingrid Brettar, Matthias Labrenz, Sébastien Flavier, Julia Bötel, Harri Kuosa, Richard Christen, and Manfred G. Höfle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1364-1372; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temperature-Regulated Formation of Mycelial Mat-Like Biofilms by Legionella pneumophila Zhenyu Piao, Chun Chau Sze, Oksana Barysheva, Ken-ichiro Iida, and Shin-ichi Yoshida Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1613-1622; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Bacterial Communities Associated with Deep-Sea Corals on Gulf of Alaska Seamounts Kevin Penn, Dongying Wu, Jonathan A. Eisen, and Naomi Ward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1680-1683; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Microorganisms within Rock Varnish in the Whipple Mountains, California K. R. Kuhlman, W. G. Fusco, M. T. La Duc, L. B. Allenbach, C. L. Ball, G. M. Kuhlman, R. C. Anderson, I. K. Erickson, T. Stuecker, J. Benardini, J. L. Strap, and R. L. Crawford Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1708-1715; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Differences in Fecal Microbiota in Different European Study Populations in Relation to Age, Gender, and Country: a Cross-Sectional Study Susanne Mueller, Katiana Saunier, Christiana Hanisch, Elisabeth Norin, Livia Alm, Tore Midtvedt, Alberto Cresci, Stefania Silvi, Carla Orpianesi, Maria Cristina Verdenelli, Thomas Clavel, Corinna Koebnick, Hans-Joachim Franz Zunft, Joël Doré, and Michael Blaut Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1027-1033; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Genetic Variants of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Anaplasma bovis, Anaplasma centrale, and a Novel Ehrlichia sp. in Wild Deer and Ticks on Two Major Islands in Japan Makoto Kawahara, Yasuko Rikihisa, Quan Lin, Emiko Isogai, Kenji Tahara, Asao Itagaki, Yoshimichi Hiramitsu, and Tomoko Tajima Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1102-1109; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Variance in the Composition of Two Functional Groups (Diazotrophs and Cyanobacteria) from a Hypersaline Microbial Mat Anthony C. Yannarell, Timothy F. Steppe, and Hans W. Paerl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1207-1217; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Effects of Nitrogenous Fertilizers on Methane-Consuming Microbes in Rice Field and Forest Soils Santosh R. Mohanty, Paul L. E. Bodelier, Virgilio Floris, and Ralf Conrad Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1346-1354; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phosphorus Scavenging in the Unicellular Marine Diazotroph Crocosphaera watsonii Sonya T. Dyhrman and Sheean T. Haley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1452-1458; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of 4-Chloro-2-Methylphenoxyacetic Acid in Top- and Subsoil Is Quantitatively Linked to the Class III tfdA Gene Jacob Bælum, Trine Henriksen, Hans Christian Bruun Hansen, and Carsten Suhr Jacobsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1476-1486; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dynamic Transition of a Methanogenic Population in Response to the Concentration of Volatile Fatty Acids in a Thermophilic Anaerobic Digester Tomoyuki Hori, Shin Haruta, Yoshiyuki Ueno, Masaharu Ishii, and Yasuo Igarashi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1623-1630; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biodiversity of Methanogenic and Other Archaea in the Permanently Frozen Lake Fryxell, Antarctica Elizabeth A. Karr, Joshua M. Ng, Sara M. Belchik, W. Matthew Sattley, Michael T. Madigan, and Laurie A. Achenbach Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1663-1666; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cumulative Effects of Short-Term Polymetal Contamination on Soil Bacterial Community Structure L. Ranjard, L. Lignier, and R. Chaussod Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1684-1687; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Effect of Ammonia Production by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides on pelB Activation, Pectate Lyase Secretion, and Fruit Pathogenicity H. Kramer-Haimovich, E. Servi, T. Katan, J. Rollins, Y. Okon, and D. Prusky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1034-1039; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Only a Few Fungal Species Dominate Highly Diverse Mycofloras Associated with the Common Reed Karin Neubert, Kurt Mendgen, Henner Brinkmann, and Stefan G. R. Wirsel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1118-1128; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Colonization of Tomato Root by Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Fusarium oxysporum Strains Inoculated Together and Separately into the Soil Chantal Olivain, Claude Humbert, Jarmila Nahalkova, Jamshid Fatehi, Floriane L'Haridon, and Claude Alabouvette Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1523-1531; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction by Klebsiella aerogenes of a Melanin-Like Pigment in Cryptococcus neoformans Susana Frases, Stuart Chaskes, Ekaterina Dadachova, and Arturo Casadevall Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1542-1550; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

GIP2, a Putative Transcription Factor That Regulates the Aurofusarin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster in Gibberella zeae Jung-Eun Kim, Jianming Jin, Hun Kim, Jin-Cheol Kim, Sung-Hwan Yun, and Yin-Won Lee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1645-1652; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Expressed Sequence Tag Data and Gene Expression Profiles Involved in Conidial Germination of Fusarium oxysporum Ye Deng, Haitao Dong, Qingchao Jin, Cheng'en Dai, Yongqi Fang, Shen Liang, Ke Wang, Jing Shao, Yichun Lou, Wenqin Shi, Demetrios J. Vakalounakis, and Debao Li Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1667-1671; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Biodegradation of 3-Nitrotyrosine by Burkholderia sp. Strain JS165 and Variovorax paradoxus JS171 Shirley F. Nishino and Jim C. Spain Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1040-1044; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Cloning and Expression of Genes Encoding a Novel Dioxygenase Involved in Low- and High-Molecular-Weight Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation in Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 Seong-Jae Kim, Ohgew Kweon, James P. Freeman, Richard C. Jones, Michael D. Adjei, Jin-Woo Jhoo, Ricky D. Edmondson, and Carl E. Cerniglia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1045-1054; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of 2,3-Diethyl-5-Methylpyrazine by a Newly Discovered Bacterium, Mycobacterium sp. Strain DM-11 Sugima Rappert, Kathrin Caroline Botsch, Stephanie Nagorny, Wittko Francke, and Rudolf Müller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1437-1444; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Identification of Genes Associated with Survival of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis in Chicken Egg Albumen Raul I. Clavijo, Cindy Loui, Gary L. Andersen, Lee W. Riley, and Sangwei Lu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1055-1064; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Naphthalene Catabolic (nag) Genes of Polaromonas naphthalenivorans CJ2: Evolutionary Implications for Two Gene Clusters and Novel Regulatory Control Che Ok Jeon, Minjeong Park, Hyun-Su Ro, Woojun Park, and Eugene L. Madsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1086-1095; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Aflatoxin Biosynthesis Cluster Gene, aflX, Encodes an Oxidoreductase Involved in Conversion of Versicolorin A to Demethylsterigmatocystin Jeffrey W. Cary, Kenneth C. Ehrlich, John M. Bland, and Beverly G. Montalbano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1096-1101; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Expression of the Lysis Genes of Actinomyces naeslundii Phage Av-1 Allan L. Delisle, Gerard J. Barcak, and Ming Guo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1110-1117; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction and Complementation of In-Frame Deletions of the Essential Escherichia coli Thymidylate Kinase Gene David-Nicolas Chaperon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1288-1294; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Strategy for Identification of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis Strains Closely Related to Bacillus anthracis Daniele Daffonchio, Noura Raddadi, Maya Merabishvili, Ameur Cherif, Lorenzo Carmagnola, Lorenzo Brusetti, Aurora Rizzi, Nina Chanishvili, Paolo Visca, Richard Sharp, and Sara Borin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1295-1301; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Natural Transformation-Mediated Transfer of Erythromycin Resistance in Campylobacter coli Strains from Turkeys and Swine Joo-Sung Kim, Donna K. Carver, and Sophia Kathariou Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1316-1321; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Bacillus megaterium Plasmid System for the Production, Export, and One-Step Purification of Affinity-Tagged Heterologous Levansucrase from Growth Medium Marco Malten, Rebekka Biedendieck, Martin Gamer, Ann-Christin Drews, Simon Stammen, Klaus Buchholz, Lubbert Dijkhuizen, and Dieter Jahn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1677-1679; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Probing In Vivo Promoter Activities in Mycoplasma pneumoniae: a System for Generation of Single-Copy Reporter Constructs Sven Halbedel and Jörg Stülke Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1696-1699; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Specific Detection of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. dieffenbachiae in Anthurium (Anthurium andreanum) Tissues by Nested PCR Isabelle Robène-Soustrade, Philippe Laurent, Lionel Gagnevin, Emmanuel Jouen, and Olivier Pruvost Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1072-1078; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coexistence of Burkholderia, Cupriavidus, and Rhizobium sp. Nodule Bacteria on two Mimosa spp. in Costa Rica Craig F. Barrett and Matthew A. Parker Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1198-1206; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Detection of Type A, B, E, and F Clostridium botulinum Neurotoxins in Foods by Using an Amplified Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay with Digoxigenin-Labeled Antibodies Shashi K. Sharma, Joseph. L. Ferreira, Brian S. Eblen, and Richard C. Whiting Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1231-1238; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RNA-Mediated Gene Silencing in Monokaryons and Dikaryons of Schizophyllum commune Jan F. de Jong, Heine J. Deelstra, Han A. B. Wösten, and Luis G. Lugones Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1267-1269; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Threshold and Confidence Estimates for Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Complex Bacterial Communities Catherine A. Osborne, Gavin N. Rees, Yaniv Bernstein, and Peter H. Janssen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1270-1278; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid High-Throughput Assessment of Aerobic Bacteria in Complex Samples by Fluorescence-Based Oxygen Respirometry Fiach C. O'Mahony and Dmitri B. Papkovsky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1279-1287; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Modification of Bacillus subtilis for Production of D-chiro-Inositol, an Investigational Drug Candidate for Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Ken-ichi Yoshida, Masanori Yamaguchi, Tetsuro Morinaga, Maya Ikeuchi, Masaki Kinehara, and Hitoshi Ashida Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1310-1315; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Assays for Detecting Aphanomyces invadans in Ulcerative Mycotic Fish Lesions Mark W. Vandersea, R. Wayne Litaker, Bryan Yonnish, Emilio Sosa, Jan H. Landsberg, Chris Pullinger, Paula Moon-Butzin, Jason Green, James A. Morris, Howard Kator, Edward J. Noga, and Patricia A. Tester Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1551-1557; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

mRNA-Based Parallel Detection of Active Methanotroph Populations by Use of a Diagnostic Microarray Levente Bodrossy, Nancy Stralis-Pavese, Marianne Konrad-Köszler, Alexandra Weilharter, Thomas G. Reichenauer, David Schöfer, and Angela Sessitsch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1672-1676; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improvement of Oligonucleotide Probe Design Criteria for Functional Gene Microarrays in Environmental Applications Jost Liebich, Christopher W. Schadt, Song C. Chong, Zhili He, Sung-Keun Rhee, and Jizhong Zhou Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1688-1691; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Measurement of Respiration Rates of Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 Cultures by Use of a Phosphorescence-Based Sensor Tim J. Strovas, Joe M. Dragavon, Tyler J. Hankins, James B. Callis, Lloyd W. Burgess, and Mary E. Lidstrom Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1692-1695; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Freezing Induces Biased Results in the Molecular Detection of Flavobacterium columnare Lotta-Riina Suomalainen, Hilkka Reunanen, Ritva Ijäs, E. Tellervo Valtonen, and Marja Tiirola Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1702-1704; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Rickettsia felis in the Mosquito Cell Line C6/36 Maurício C. Horta, Marcelo B. Labruna, Edison L. Durigon, and Teresinha T. S. Schumaker Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1705-1707; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Root-Associated Bacteria Contribute to Mineral Weathering and to Mineral Nutrition in Trees: a Budgeting Analysis Christophe Calvaruso, Marie-Pierre Turpault, and Pascale Frey-Klett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1258-1266; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Several Archaeal Homologs of Putative Oligopeptide-Binding Proteins Encoded by Thermotoga maritima Bind Sugars Dhaval M. Nanavati, Kamolwan Thirangoon, and Kenneth M. Noll Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1336-1345; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

First Insights into the Evolution of Streptococcus uberis: a Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme That Enables Investigation of Its Population Biology Tracey J. Coffey, Gillian D. Pullinger, Rachel Urwin, Keith A. Jolley, Stephen M. Wilson, Martin C. Maiden, and James A. Leigh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1420-1428; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Application of Streptococcus uberis Multilocus Sequence Typing: Analysis of the Population Structure Detected among Environmental and Bovine Isolates from New Zealand and the United Kingdom Gillian D. Pullinger, Mario López-Benavides, Tracey J. Coffey, John H. Williamson, Ray T. Cursons, Emma Summers, Jane Lacy-Hulbert, Martin C. Maiden, and James A. Leigh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1429-1436; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Genomics of DNA Fragments from Six Antarctic Marine Planktonic Bacteria Joseph J. Grzymski, Brandon J. Carter, Edward F. DeLong, Robert A. Feldman, Amir Ghadiri, and Alison E. Murray Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1532-1541; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Comparison of the Efficacies of Disinfectants To Control Microbial Contamination in Dental Unit Water Systems in General Dental Practices across the European Union A. J. Schel, P. D. Marsh, D. J. Bradshaw, M. Finney, M. R. Fulford, E. Frandsen, E. Østergaard, J. M. ten Cate, W. R. Moorer, A. Mavridou, J. J. Kamma, G. Mandilara, L. Stösser, S. Kneist, R. Araujo, N. Contreras, P. Goroncy-Bermes, D. O'Mullane, F. Burke, P. O'Reilly, G. Hourigan, M. O'Sullivan, R. Holman, and J. T. Walker Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1380-1387; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiple-Locus Sequence Typing Analysis of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis Reveals Separate Clustering and a Distinct Population Structure of Psychrotrophic Strains Alexei Sorokin, Benjamin Candelon, Kévin Guilloux, Nathalie Galleron, Natalia Wackerow-Kouzova, S. Dusko Ehrlich, Denis Bourguet, and Vincent Sanchis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1569-1578; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multitiered Approach Using Quantitative PCR To Track Sources of Fecal Pollution Affecting Santa Monica Bay, California Rachel T. Noble, John F. Griffith, A. Denene Blackwood, Jed A. Fuhrman, Jason B. Gregory, Ximena Hernandez, Xiaolin Liang, Angie A. Bera, and Kenneth Schiff Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1604-1612; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Host-Symbiont Relationships in Hydrothermal Vent Gastropods of the Genus Alviniconcha from the Southwest Pacific Yohey Suzuki, Shigeaki Kojima, Takenori Sasaki, Masae Suzuki, Takashi Utsumi, Hiromi Watanabe, Hidetoshi Urakawa, Shinji Tsuchida, Takuro Nunoura, Hisako Hirayama, Ken Takai, Kenneth H. Nealson, and Koki Horikoshi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1388-1393; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Bacteroidetes Symbiont Is Localized in Scaphoideus titanus, the Insect Vector of Flavescence Dorée in Vitis vinifera Massimo Marzorati, Alberto Alma, Luciano Sacchi, Massimo Pajoro, Simona Palermo, Lorenzo Brusetti, Noura Raddadi, Annalisa Balloi, Rosemarie Tedeschi, Emanuela Clementi, Silvia Corona, Fabio Quaglino, Piero Attilio Bianco, Tiziana Beninati, Claudio Bandi, and Daniele Daffonchio Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1467-1475; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lack of Detrimental Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry Toxins on the Insect Predator Chrysoperla carnea: a Toxicological, Histopathological, and Biochemical Analysis Ana Rodrigo-Simón, Ruud A. de Maagd, Carlos Avilla, Petra L. Bakker, Jos Molthoff, Jose E. González-Zamora, and Juan Ferré Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1595-1603; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Txp40, a Ubiquitous Insecticidal Toxin Protein from Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus Bacteria S. E. Brown, A. T. Cao, P. Dobson, E. R. Hines, R. J. Akhurst, and P. D. East Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1653-1662; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Caenorhabditis elegans Is a Model Host for Listeria monocytogenes Line E. Thomsen, Sandra S. Slutz, Man-Wah Tan, and Hanne Ingmer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1700-1701; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Enhanced Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid by Formate Hydrogen Lyase-Overexpressing Escherichia coli Strains Akihito Yoshida, Taku Nishimura, Hideo Kawaguchi, Masayuki Inui, and Hideaki Yukawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1716 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequential Reductive Dechlorination of meta-Chlorinated Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in Sediment Microcosms by Two Different Chloroflexi Phylotypes Sonja K. Fagervold, Joy E. M. Watts, Harold D. May, and Kevin R. Sowers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2006 72: 1717 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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