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Physiology and Biotechnology:

Hye-Jung Kim, Eun-Kyung Hyun, Yeong-Su Kim, Yong-Joo Lee, and Deok-Kun Oh

Characterization of an Agrobacterium tumefaciens D-Psicose 3-Epimerase That Converts D-Fructose to D-Psicose
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 981-985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roel Van der Meulen, Lefteris Makras, Kristof Verbrugghe, Tom Adriany, and Luc De Vuyst

In Vitro Kinetic Analysis of Oligofructose Consumption by Bacteroides and Bifidobacterium spp. Indicates Different Degradation Mechanisms
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1006-1012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cameron J. Adams, Molly C. Redmond, and David L. Valentine

Pure-Culture Growth of Fermentative Bacteria, Facilitated by H₂ Removal: Bioenergetics and H₂ Production
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1079-1085. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cindy H. Wu, Thomas K. Wood, Ashok Mulchandani, and Wilfred Chen

Engineering Plant-Microbe Symbiosis for Rhizoremediation of Heavy Metals
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1129-1134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annik Nanchen, Alexander Schicker, and Uwe Sauer

Nonlinear Dependency of Intracellular Fluxes on Growth Rate in Miniaturized Continuous Cultures of Escherichia coli
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1164-1172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Jean J. Huang, Ashley Petersen, Marvin Whiteley, and Jared R. Leadbetter

Identification of QuiP, the Product of Gene PA1032, as the Second Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Acylase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1190-1197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Tri Duong, Rodolphe Barrangou, W. Michael Russell, and Todd R. Klaenhammer

Characterization of the tre Locus and Analysis of Trehalose Cryoprotection in Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1218-1225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Timothy J. Williams, Chuanlun L. Zhang, James H. Scott, and Dennis A. Bazylinski

Evidence for Autotrophy via the Reverse Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle in the Marine Magnetotactic Coccus Strain MC-1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1322-1329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frédéric Dumont, Pierre-André Marechal, and Patrick Gervais

Involvement of Two Specific Causes of Cell Mortality in Freeze-Thaw Cycles with Freezing to –196°C
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1330-1335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rainer Kalscheuer, Tim Stöveken, Heinrich Luftmann, Ursula Malkus, Rudolf Reichelt, and Alexander Steinbüchel

Neutral Lipid Biosynthesis in Engineered Escherichia coli: Jojoba Oil-Like Wax Esters and Fatty Acid Butyl Esters
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1373-1379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olivia Gohl, Alexandra Friedrich, Michael Hoppert, and Beate Averhoff

The Thin Pili of Acinetobacter sp. Strain BD413 Mediate Adhesion to Biotic and Abiotic Surfaces
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1394-1401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catherine Tanous, Emilie Chambellon, Dominique Le Bars, Gilbert Delespaul, and Mireille Yvon

Glutamate Dehydrogenase Activity Can Be Transmitted Naturally to Lactococcus lactis Strains To Stimulate Amino Acid Conversion to Aroma Compounds
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1402-1409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yasser Elbahloul and Alexander Steinbüchel

Engineering the Genotype of Acinetobacter sp. Strain ADP1 To Enhance Biosynthesis of Cyanophycin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1410-1419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ben Smith and James D. Oliver

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

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

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1459-1466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Franz J. StJohn, John D. Rice, and James F. Preston

Paenibacillus sp. Strain JDR-2 and XynA₁: a Novel System for Methylglucuronoxylan Utilization
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1496-1506. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark J. Daniels, Malcolm R. Wood, and Mark Yeager

In Vivo Functional Assay of a Recombinant Aquaporin in Pichia pastoris
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1507-1514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marcel Schmitt, Petra Schwanewilm, Jost Ludwig, and Hella Lichtenberg-Fraté

Use of PMA1 as a Housekeeping Biomarker for Assessment of Toxicant-Induced Stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1515-1522. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Mahadevan, D. R. Bond, J. E. Butler, A. Esteve-Nuñez, M. V. Coppi, B. O. Palsson, C. H. Schilling, and D. R. Lovley

Characterization of Metabolism in the Fe(III)-Reducing Organism Geobacter sulfurreducens by Constraint-Based Modeling
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1558-1568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Julia Wopperer, Silvia T. Cardona, Birgit Huber, Christoph A. Jacobi, Miguel A. Valvano, and Leo Eberl

A Quorum-Quenching Approach To Investigate the Conservation of Quorum-Sensing-Regulated Functions within the Burkholderia cepacia Complex
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1579-1587. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xuan Zhong Li, Jeremy S. Webb, Staffan Kjelleberg, and Bettina Rosche

Enhanced Benzaldehyde Tolerance in Zymomonas mobilis Biofilms and the Potential of Biofilm Applications in Fine-Chemical Production
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1639-1644. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Sheng-Cheng Wu, Jeffrey E. Halley, Christopher Luttig, Linda M. Fernekes, Gerardo Gutiérrez-Sanchez, Alan G. Darvill, and Peter Albersheim

Identification of an endo-ß-1,4-D-Xylanase from Magnaporthe grisea by Gene Knockout Analysis, Purification, and Heterologous Expression
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 986-993. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kazuhisa Mukai, Hikaru Watanabe, Michio Kubota, Hiroto Chaen, Shigeharu Fukuda, and Masashi Kurimoto

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1065-1071. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annette Kühn, Shukun Yu, and Friedrich Giffhorn

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1248-1257. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Taro Miyazaki, Teruhide Sugisawa, and Tatsuo Hoshino

Pyrroloquinoline Quinone-Dependent Dehydrogenases from Ketogulonicigenium vulgare Catalyze the Direct Conversion of L-Sorbosone to L-Ascorbic Acid
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1487-1495. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Seung-Goo Lee, Seung-Pyo Hong, Jae Jun Song, Su-Jin Kim, Mi-Sun Kwak, and Moon-Hee Sung

Functional and Structural Characterization of Thermostable D-Amino Acid Aminotransferases from Geobacillus spp.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1588-1594. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Food Microbiology:

Cecilia A. Rebuffo, Jürgen Schmitt, Mareike Wenning, Felix von Stetten, and Siegfried Scherer

Reliable and Rapid Identification of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria Species by Artificial Neural Network-Based Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 994-1000. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

J. Hakovirta, J. Reunanen, and P. E. J. Saris

Bioassay for Nisin in Milk, Processed Cheese, Salad Dressings, Canned Tomatoes, and Liquid Egg Products
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1001-1005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Britta Leverentz, William S. Conway, Wojciech Janisiewicz, Maribel Abadias, Cletus P. Kurtzman, and Mary J. Camp

Biocontrol of the Food-Borne Pathogens Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella enterica Serovar Poona on Fresh-Cut Apples with Naturally Occurring Bacterial and Yeast Antagonists
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1135-1140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tatsuya Tominaga and Yoshinori Hatakeyama

Determination of Essential and Variable Residues in Pediocin PA-1 by NNK Scanning
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1141-1147. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Ruth E. Wirawan, Nikolai A. Klesse, Ralph W. Jack, and John R. Tagg

Molecular and Genetic Characterization of a Novel Nisin Variant Produced by Streptococcus uberis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1148-1156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nadja Larsen, Mette Boye, Henrik Siegumfeldt, and Mogens Jakobsen

Differential Expression of Proteins and Genes in the Lag Phase of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis Grown in Synthetic Medium and Reconstituted Skim Milk
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1173-1179. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Maria Fiorella Mazzeo, Alida Sorrentino, Marcello Gaita, Giuseppina Cacace, Michele Di Stasio, Angelo Facchiano, Giuseppe Comi, Antonio Malorni, and Rosa Anna Siciliano

Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for the Discrimination of Food-Borne Microorganisms
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1180-1189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Tina Hornbæk, Per B. Brockhoff, Henrik Siegumfeldt, and Birgitte Bjørn Budde

Two Subpopulations of Listeria monocytogenes Occur at Subinhibitory Concentrations of Leucocin 4010 and Nisin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1631-1638. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Environmental Microbiology:

Marcus A. Horn, Ralph Mertel, Matthias Gehre, Matthias Kästner, and Harold L. Drake

In Vivo Emission of Dinitrogen by Earthworms via Denitrifying Bacteria in the Gut
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1013-1018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marcus A. Horn, Harold L. Drake, and Andreas Schramm

Nitrous Oxide Reductase Genes (nosZ) of Denitrifying Microbial Populations in Soil and the Earthworm Gut Are Phylogenetically Similar
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1019-1026. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Piyapawn Somsamak, Hans H. Richnow, and Max M. Häggblom

Carbon Isotope Fractionation during Anaerobic Degradation of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether under Sulfate-Reducing and Methanogenic Conditions
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1157-1163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jill R. Stewart, Jan Vinjé, Sjon J. G. Oudejans, Geoff I. Scott, and Mark D. Sobsey

Sequence Variation among Group III F-Specific RNA Coliphages from Water Samples and Swine Lagoons
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1226-1230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takashi Yoshida, Yukari Takashima, Yuji Tomaru, Yoko Shirai, Yoshitake Takao, Shingo Hiroishi, and Keizo Nagasaki

Isolation and Characterization of a Cyanophage Infecting the Toxic Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1239-1247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aisling Mooney, Niall D. O'Leary, and Alan D. W. Dobson

Cloning and Functional Characterization of the styE Gene, Involved in Styrene Transport in Pseudomonas putida CA-3
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1302-1309. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Krit Khemayan, Tirasak Pasharawipas, Orapim Puiprom, Siriporn Sriurairatana, Orasa Suthienkul, and Timothy W. Flegel

Unstable Lysogeny and Pseudolysogeny in Vibrio harveyi Siphovirus-Like Phage 1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1355-1363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Ingrid Brettar, Matthias Labrenz, Sébastien Flavier, Julia Bötel, Harri Kuosa, Richard Christen, and Manfred G. Höfle

Identification of a Thiomicrospira denitrificans-Like Epsilonproteobacterium as a Catalyst for Autotrophic Denitrification in the Central Baltic Sea
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1364-1372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Zhenyu Piao, Chun Chau Sze, Oksana Barysheva, Ken-ichiro Iida, and Shin-ichi Yoshida

Temperature-Regulated Formation of Mycelial Mat-Like Biofilms by Legionella pneumophila
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1613-1622. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kevin Penn, Dongying Wu, Jonathan A. Eisen, and Naomi Ward

Characterization of Bacterial Communities Associated with Deep-Sea Corals on Gulf of Alaska Seamounts
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1680-1683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

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

Diversity of Microorganisms within Rock Varnish in the Whipple Mountains, California
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1708-1715. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Microbial Ecology:

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

Differences in Fecal Microbiota in Different European Study Populations in Relation to Age, Gender, and Country: a Cross-Sectional Study
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1027-1033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Makoto Kawahara, Yasuko Rikihisa, Quan Lin, Emiko Isogai, Kenji Tahara, Asao Itagaki, Yoshimichi Hiramitsu, and Tomoko Tajima

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1102-1109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anthony C. Yannarell, Timothy F. Steppe, and Hans W. Paerl

Genetic Variance in the Composition of Two Functional Groups (Diazotrophs and Cyanobacteria) from a Hypersaline Microbial Mat
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1207-1217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Santosh R. Mohanty, Paul L. E. Bodelier, Virgilio Floris, and Ralf Conrad

Differential Effects of Nitrogenous Fertilizers on Methane-Consuming Microbes in Rice Field and Forest Soils
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1346-1354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Sonya T. Dyhrman and Sheean T. Haley

Phosphorus Scavenging in the Unicellular Marine Diazotroph Crocosphaera watsonii
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1452-1458. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacob Bælum, Trine Henriksen, Hans Christian Bruun Hansen, and Carsten Suhr Jacobsen

Degradation of 4-Chloro-2-Methylphenoxyacetic Acid in Top- and Subsoil Is Quantitatively Linked to the Class III tfdA Gene
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1476-1486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomoyuki Hori, Shin Haruta, Yoshiyuki Ueno, Masaharu Ishii, and Yasuo Igarashi

Dynamic Transition of a Methanogenic Population in Response to the Concentration of Volatile Fatty Acids in a Thermophilic Anaerobic Digester
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1623-1630. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth A. Karr, Joshua M. Ng, Sara M. Belchik, W. Matthew Sattley, Michael T. Madigan, and Laurie A. Achenbach

Biodiversity of Methanogenic and Other Archaea in the Permanently Frozen Lake Fryxell, Antarctica
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1663-1666. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. Ranjard, L. Lignier, and R. Chaussod

Cumulative Effects of Short-Term Polymetal Contamination on Soil Bacterial Community Structure
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1684-1687. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

H. Kramer-Haimovich, E. Servi, T. Katan, J. Rollins, Y. Okon, and D. Prusky

Effect of Ammonia Production by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides on pelB Activation, Pectate Lyase Secretion, and Fruit Pathogenicity
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1034-1039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karin Neubert, Kurt Mendgen, Henner Brinkmann, and Stefan G. R. Wirsel

Only a Few Fungal Species Dominate Highly Diverse Mycofloras Associated with the Common Reed
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1118-1128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chantal Olivain, Claude Humbert, Jarmila Nahalkova, Jamshid Fatehi, Floriane L'Haridon, and Claude Alabouvette

Colonization of Tomato Root by Pathogenic and Nonpathogenic Fusarium oxysporum Strains Inoculated Together and Separately into the Soil
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1523-1531. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susana Frases, Stuart Chaskes, Ekaterina Dadachova, and Arturo Casadevall

Induction by Klebsiella aerogenes of a Melanin-Like Pigment in Cryptococcus neoformans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1542-1550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jung-Eun Kim, Jianming Jin, Hun Kim, Jin-Cheol Kim, Sung-Hwan Yun, and Yin-Won Lee

GIP2, a Putative Transcription Factor That Regulates the Aurofusarin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster in Gibberella zeae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1645-1652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Analysis of Expressed Sequence Tag Data and Gene Expression Profiles Involved in Conidial Germination of Fusarium oxysporum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1667-1671. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Biodegradation:

Shirley F. Nishino and Jim C. Spain

Biodegradation of 3-Nitrotyrosine by Burkholderia sp. Strain JS165 and Variovorax paradoxus JS171
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1040-1044. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Seong-Jae Kim, Ohgew Kweon, James P. Freeman, Richard C. Jones, Michael D. Adjei, Jin-Woo Jhoo, Ricky D. Edmondson, and Carl E. Cerniglia

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1045-1054. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Sugima Rappert, Kathrin Caroline Botsch, Stephanie Nagorny, Wittko Francke, and Rudolf Müller

Degradation of 2,3-Diethyl-5-Methylpyrazine by a Newly Discovered Bacterium, Mycobacterium sp. Strain DM-11
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1437-1444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Raul I. Clavijo, Cindy Loui, Gary L. Andersen, Lee W. Riley, and Sangwei Lu

Identification of Genes Associated with Survival of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis in Chicken Egg Albumen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1055-1064. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Che Ok Jeon, Minjeong Park, Hyun-Su Ro, Woojun Park, and Eugene L. Madsen

The Naphthalene Catabolic (nag) Genes of Polaromonas naphthalenivorans CJ2: Evolutionary Implications for Two Gene Clusters and Novel Regulatory Control
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1086-1095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey W. Cary, Kenneth C. Ehrlich, John M. Bland, and Beverly G. Montalbano

The Aflatoxin Biosynthesis Cluster Gene, aflX, Encodes an Oxidoreductase Involved in Conversion of Versicolorin A to Demethylsterigmatocystin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1096-1101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Allan L. Delisle, Gerard J. Barcak, and Ming Guo

Isolation and Expression of the Lysis Genes of Actinomyces naeslundii Phage Av-1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1110-1117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David-Nicolas Chaperon

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

Daniele Daffonchio, Noura Raddadi, Maya Merabishvili, Ameur Cherif, Lorenzo Carmagnola, Lorenzo Brusetti, Aurora Rizzi, Nina Chanishvili, Paolo Visca, Richard Sharp, and Sara Borin

Strategy for Identification of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis Strains Closely Related to Bacillus anthracis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1295-1301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Joo-Sung Kim, Donna K. Carver, and Sophia Kathariou

Natural Transformation-Mediated Transfer of Erythromycin Resistance in Campylobacter coli Strains from Turkeys and Swine
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1316-1321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marco Malten, Rebekka Biedendieck, Martin Gamer, Ann-Christin Drews, Simon Stammen, Klaus Buchholz, Lubbert Dijkhuizen, and Dieter Jahn

A Bacillus megaterium Plasmid System for the Production, Export, and One-Step Purification of Affinity-Tagged Heterologous Levansucrase from Growth Medium
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1677-1679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Sven Halbedel and Jörg Stülke

Probing In Vivo Promoter Activities in Mycoplasma pneumoniae: a System for Generation of Single-Copy Reporter Constructs
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1696-1699. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plant Microbiology:

Isabelle Robène-Soustrade, Philippe Laurent, Lionel Gagnevin, Emmanuel Jouen, and Olivier Pruvost

Specific Detection of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. dieffenbachiae in Anthurium (Anthurium andreanum) Tissues by Nested PCR
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1072-1078. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Craig F. Barrett and Matthew A. Parker

Coexistence of Burkholderia, Cupriavidus, and Rhizobium sp. Nodule Bacteria on two Mimosa spp. in Costa Rica
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1198-1206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Methods:

Shashi K. Sharma, Joseph. L. Ferreira, Brian S. Eblen, and Richard C. Whiting

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1231-1238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jan F. de Jong, Heine J. Deelstra, Han A. B. Wösten, and Luis G. Lugones

RNA-Mediated Gene Silencing in Monokaryons and Dikaryons of Schizophyllum commune
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1267-1269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catherine A. Osborne, Gavin N. Rees, Yaniv Bernstein, and Peter H. Janssen

New Threshold and Confidence Estimates for Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Complex Bacterial Communities
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1270-1278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Fiach C. O'Mahony and Dmitri B. Papkovsky

Rapid High-Throughput Assessment of Aerobic Bacteria in Complex Samples by Fluorescence-Based Oxygen Respirometry
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1279-1287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ken-ichi Yoshida, Masanori Yamaguchi, Tetsuro Morinaga, Maya Ikeuchi, Masaki Kinehara, and Hitoshi Ashida

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1310-1315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Molecular Assays for Detecting Aphanomyces invadans in Ulcerative Mycotic Fish Lesions
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1551-1557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Levente Bodrossy, Nancy Stralis-Pavese, Marianne Konrad-Köszler, Alexandra Weilharter, Thomas G. Reichenauer, David Schöfer, and Angela Sessitsch

mRNA-Based Parallel Detection of Active Methanotroph Populations by Use of a Diagnostic Microarray
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1672-1676. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jost Liebich, Christopher W. Schadt, Song C. Chong, Zhili He, Sung-Keun Rhee, and Jizhong Zhou

Improvement of Oligonucleotide Probe Design Criteria for Functional Gene Microarrays in Environmental Applications
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1688-1691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Tim J. Strovas, Joe M. Dragavon, Tyler J. Hankins, James B. Callis, Lloyd W. Burgess, and Mary E. Lidstrom

Measurement of Respiration Rates of Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 Cultures by Use of a Phosphorescence-Based Sensor
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1692-1695. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lotta-Riina Suomalainen, Hilkka Reunanen, Ritva Ijäs, E. Tellervo Valtonen, and Marja Tiirola

Freezing Induces Biased Results in the Molecular Detection of Flavobacterium columnare
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1702-1704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maurício C. Horta, Marcelo B. Labruna, Edison L. Durigon, and Teresinha T. S. Schumaker

Isolation of Rickettsia felis in the Mosquito Cell Line C6/36
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1705-1707. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geomicrobiology:

Christophe Calvaruso, Marie-Pierre Turpault, and Pascale Frey-Klett

Root-Associated Bacteria Contribute to Mineral Weathering and to Mineral Nutrition in Trees: a Budgeting Analysis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1258-1266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

Dhaval M. Nanavati, Kamolwan Thirangoon, and Kenneth M. Noll

Several Archaeal Homologs of Putative Oligopeptide-Binding Proteins Encoded by Thermotoga maritima Bind Sugars
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1336-1345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Tracey J. Coffey, Gillian D. Pullinger, Rachel Urwin, Keith A. Jolley, Stephen M. Wilson, Martin C. Maiden, and James A. Leigh

First Insights into the Evolution of Streptococcus uberis: a Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme That Enables Investigation of Its Population Biology
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1420-1428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1429-1436. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joseph J. Grzymski, Brandon J. Carter, Edward F. DeLong, Robert A. Feldman, Amir Ghadiri, and Alison E. Murray

Comparative Genomics of DNA Fragments from Six Antarctic Marine Planktonic Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1532-1541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Public Health Microbiology:

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

Comparison of the Efficacies of Disinfectants To Control Microbial Contamination in Dental Unit Water Systems in General Dental Practices across the European Union
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1380-1387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexei Sorokin, Benjamin Candelon, Kévin Guilloux, Nathalie Galleron, Natalia Wackerow-Kouzova, S. Dusko Ehrlich, Denis Bourguet, and Vincent Sanchis

Multiple-Locus Sequence Typing Analysis of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis Reveals Separate Clustering and a Distinct Population Structure of Psychrotrophic Strains
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1569-1578. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Multitiered Approach Using Quantitative PCR To Track Sources of Fecal Pollution Affecting Santa Monica Bay, California
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1604-1612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invertebrate Microbiology:

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

Host-Symbiont Relationships in Hydrothermal Vent Gastropods of the Genus Alviniconcha from the Southwest Pacific
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1388-1393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

A Novel Bacteroidetes Symbiont Is Localized in Scaphoideus titanus, the Insect Vector of Flavescence Dorée in Vitis vinifera
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1467-1475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ana Rodrigo-Simón, Ruud A. de Maagd, Carlos Avilla, Petra L. Bakker, Jos Molthoff, Jose E. González-Zamora, and Juan Ferré

Lack of Detrimental Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry Toxins on the Insect Predator Chrysoperla carnea: a Toxicological, Histopathological, and Biochemical Analysis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1595-1603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. E. Brown, A. T. Cao, P. Dobson, E. R. Hines, R. J. Akhurst, and P. D. East

Txp40, a Ubiquitous Insecticidal Toxin Protein from Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1653-1662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Line E. Thomsen, Sandra S. Slutz, Man-Wah Tan, and Hanne Ingmer

Caenorhabditis elegans Is a Model Host for Listeria monocytogenes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1700-1701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Akihito Yoshida, Taku Nishimura, Hideo Kawaguchi, Masayuki Inui, and Hideaki Yukawa

Enhanced Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid by Formate Hydrogen Lyase-Overexpressing Escherichia coli Strains
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1716. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sonja K. Fagervold, Joy E. M. Watts, Harold D. May, and Kevin R. Sowers

Sequential Reductive Dechlorination of meta-Chlorinated Polychlorinated Biphenyl Congeners in Sediment Microcosms by Two Different Chloroflexi Phylotypes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 1717. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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