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Contents: May 2006, Volume 72, Issue 5

       Microbial Ecology

       Food Microbiology

       Plant Microbiology

       Environmental Microbiology

       Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

       Physiology and Biotechnology

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

       Invertebrate Microbiology

       Geomicrobiology

       Mycology

       Public Health Microbiology

       Enzymology and Protein Engineering

       Biodegradation

       Methods

       Errata

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Microbial Ecology:

Diversity and Distribution of Marine Microbial Eukaryotes in the Arctic Ocean and Adjacent Seas
C. Lovejoy, R. Massana, and C. Pedrós-Alió
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3085-3095;
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Effect of Nutrient Periodicity on Microbial Community Dynamics
Militza Carrero-Colón, Cindy H. Nakatsu, and Allan Konopka
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3175-3183;
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Modeling the Dynamic Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation in the Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium sp.
Sophie Rabouille, Marc Staal, Lucas J. Stal, and Karline Soetaert
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3217-3227;
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Determination of Cyanobacterial Diversity during Algal Blooms in Daechung Reservoir, Korea, on the Basis of cpcBA Intergenic Spacer Region Analysis
Song-Gun Kim, Sung-Keun Rhee, Chi-Yong Ahn, So-Ra Ko, Gang-Guk Choi, Jin-Woo Bae, Yong-Ha Park, and Hee-Mock Oh
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3252-3258;
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Environmental Whole-Genome Amplification To Access Microbial Populations in Contaminated Sediments
Carl B. Abulencia, Denise L. Wyborski, Joseph A. Garcia, Mircea Podar, Wenqiong Chen, Sherman H. Chang, Hwai W. Chang, David Watson, Eoin L. Brodie, Terry C. Hazen, and Martin Keller
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3291-3301;
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Diversity, Composition, and Geographical Distribution of Microbial Communities in California Salt Marsh Sediments
Ana Lucía Córdova-Kreylos, Yiping Cao, Peter G. Green, Hyun-Min Hwang, Kathryn M. Kuivila, Michael G. LaMontagne, Laurie C. Van De Werfhorst, Patricia A. Holden, and Kate M. Scow
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3357-3366;
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Diversity and Seasonal Dynamics of Actinobacteria Populations in Four Lakes in Northeastern Germany
Martin Allgaier and Hans-Peter Grossart
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3489-3497;
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Dynamics of a Pig Slurry Microbial Community during Anaerobic Storage and Management
Pascal Peu, Hubert Brugère, Anne-Marie Pourcher, Monique Kérourédan, Jean-Jacques Godon, Jean-Philippe Delgenès, and Patrick Dabert
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3578-3585;
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Two Routes of Metabolic Cross-Feeding between Bifidobacterium adolescentis and Butyrate-Producing Anaerobes from the Human Gut
Alvaro Belenguer, Sylvia H. Duncan, A. Graham Calder, Grietje Holtrop, Petra Louis, Gerald E. Lobley, and Harry J. Flint
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3593-3599;
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Microeukaryote Community Patterns along an O₂/H₂S Gradient in a Supersulfidic Anoxic Fjord (Framvaren, Norway)
Anke Behnke, John Bunge, Kathryn Barger, Hans-Werner Breiner, Victoria Alla, and Thorsten Stoeck
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3626-3636;
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Modeling Shifts in Microbial Populations Associated with Health or Disease
F. Dalwai, D. A. Spratt, and J. Pratten
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3678-3684;
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Unexpected Diversity and Complexity of the Guerrero Negro Hypersaline Microbial Mat
Ruth E. Ley, J. Kirk Harris, Joshua Wilcox, John R. Spear, Scott R. Miller, Brad M. Bebout, Julia A. Maresca, Donald A. Bryant, Mitchell L. Sogin, and Norman R. Pace
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3685-3695;
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Fecal Bacterial Diversity in a Wild Gorilla
Julie C. Frey, Jessica M. Rothman, Alice N. Pell, John Bosco Nizeyi, Michael R. Cranfield, and Esther R. Angert
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3788-3792;
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Food Microbiology:

Elimination of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Fermented Dry Sausages at an Organoleptically Acceptable Level of Microencapsulated Allyl Isothiocyanate
Pedro A. Chacon, Parthiban Muthukumarasamy, and Richard A. Holley
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3096-3102;
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Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius Thermophilic Esterase EST2's Activity in Milk and Cheese Models
Luigi Mandrich, Giuseppe Manco, Mosè Rossi, Esther Floris, Tanja Jansen-van den Bosch, Gerrit Smit, and Jeroen A. Wouters
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3191-3197;
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Characterization of Shiga Toxin Gene (stx)-Positive and Intimin Gene (eae)-Positive Escherichia coli Isolates from Wastewater of Slaughterhouses in France
Estelle Loukiadis, Monique Kérourédan, Lothar Beutin, Eric Oswald, and Hubert Brugère
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3245-3251;
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Genetic Diversity and Quinolone Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni Isolates from Poultry in Senegal
Alfred Dieudonné Kinana, Eric Cardinale, Fatou Tall, Ibrahim Bahsoun, Jean-Marie Sire, Benoit Garin, Sebastien Breurec, Cheikh Saad-Bouh Boye, and Jean-David Perrier-Gros-Claude
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3309-3313;
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Control of Listeria spp. by Competitive-Exclusion Bacteria in Floor Drains of a Poultry Processing Plant
Tong Zhao, Teresa C. Podtburg, Ping Zhao, Bruce E. Schmidt, David A. Baker, Bruce Cords, and Michael P. Doyle
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3314-3320;
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Occurrence of Natural Bacillus thuringiensis Contaminants and Residues of Bacillus thuringiensis-Based Insecticides on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Kristine Frederiksen, Hanne Rosenquist, Kirsten Jørgensen, and Andrea Wilcks
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3435-3440;
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High-Pressure-Mediated Survival of Clostridium botulinum and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Endospores at High Temperature
Dirk Margosch, Matthias A. Ehrmann, Roman Buckow, Volker Heinz, Rudi F. Vogel, and Michael G. Gänzle
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3476-3481;
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Combination of Multiplex PCR and PCR-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis for Monitoring Common Sourdough-Associated Lactobacillus Species
Luca Settanni, Sara Valmorri, Douwe van Sinderen, Giovanna Suzzi, Antonello Paparella, and Aldo Corsetti
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3793-3796;
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Plant Microbiology:

Diazotrophic Burkholderia Species Associated with Field-Grown Maize and Sugarcane
L. Perin, L. Martínez-Aguilar, R. Castro-González, P. Estrada-de los Santos, T. Cabellos-Avelar, H. V. Guedes, V. M. Reis, and J. Caballero-Mellado
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3103-3110;
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Bacillus anthracis Multiplication, Persistence, and Genetic Exchange in the Rhizosphere of Grass Plants
Elke Saile and Theresa M. Koehler
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3168-3174;
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Stolbur Phytoplasma Genome Survey Achieved Using a Suppression Subtractive Hybridization Approach with High Specificity
Agnès Cimerman, Guillaume Arnaud, and Xavier Foissac
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3274-3283;
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Inhibition of Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria by Short Synthetic Cecropin A-Melittin Hybrid Peptides
Rafael Ferre, Esther Badosa, Lidia Feliu, Marta Planas, Emili Montesinos, and Eduard Bardají
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3302-3308;
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Rhizosphere Selection of Highly Motile Phenotypic Variants of Pseudomonas fluorescens with Enhanced Competitive Colonization Ability
Francisco Martínez-Granero, Rafael Rivilla, and Marta Martín
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3429-3434;
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Survival Strategy of Erwinia amylovora against Copper: Induction of the Viable-but-Nonculturable State
Mónica Ordax, Ester Marco-Noales, María M. López, and Elena G. Biosca
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3482-3488;
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The General Secretory Pathway of Burkholderia gladioli pv. agaricicola BG164R Is Necessary for Cavity Disease in White Button Mushrooms
Piklu Roy Chowdhury and Jack A. Heinemann
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3558-3565;
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Environmental Microbiology:

Horizontal Gene Transfer of P_IB-Type ATPases among Bacteria Isolated from Radionuclide- and Metal-Contaminated Subsurface Soils
Robert J. Martinez, Yanling Wang, Melanie A. Raimondo, Jonna M. Coombs, Tamar Barkay, and Patricia A. Sobecky
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3111-3118;
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Pyridine-2,6-Bis(Thiocarboxylic Acid) Produced by Pseudomonas stutzeri KC Reduces and Precipitates Selenium and Tellurium Oxyanions
Anna M. Zawadzka, Ronald L. Crawford, and Andrzej J. Paszczynski
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3119-3129;
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Interaction of Escherichia coli and Soil Particles in Runoff
Richard William Muirhead, Robert Peter Collins, and Philip James Bremer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3406-3411;
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Classification Tree Method for Bacterial Source Tracking with Antibiotic Resistance Analysis Data
Bertram Price, Elichia A. Venso, Mark F. Frana, Joshua Greenberg, Adam Ware, and Lee Currey
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3468-3475;
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Population Dynamics within a Microbial Consortium during Growth on Diesel Fuel in Saline Environments
Sabine Kleinsteuber, Volker Riis, Ingo Fetzer, Hauke Harms, and Susann Müller
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3531-3542;
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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

Comparative Genomics and Transcriptional Analysis of Prophages Identified in the Genomes of Lactobacillus gasseri, Lactobacillus salivarius, and Lactobacillus casei
Marco Ventura, Carlos Canchaya, Valentina Bernini, Eric Altermann, Rodolphe Barrangou, Stephen McGrath, Marcus J. Claesson, Yin Li, Sinead Leahy, Carey D. Walker, Ralf Zink, Erasmo Neviani, Jim Steele, Jeff Broadbent, Todd R. Klaenhammer, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Paul W. O'Toole, and Douwe van Sinderen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3130-3146;
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Genetic Population Structure of the Soil Bacterium Myxococcus xanthus at the Centimeter Scale
Michiel Vos and Gregory J. Velicer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3615-3625;
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Physiology and Biotechnology:

Genetic and Biochemical Evidence for the Involvement of a Molybdenum-Dependent Enzyme in One of the Selenite Reduction Pathways of Rhodobacter sphaeroides f. sp. denitrificans IL106
Bénédicte Pierru, Sandrine Grosse, David Pignol, and Monique Sabaty
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3147-3153;
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Isolation and Characterization of Acid-Tolerant, Thermophilic Bacteria for Effective Fermentation of Biomass-Derived Sugars to Lactic Acid
Milind A. Patel, Mark S. Ou, Roberta Harbrucker, Henry C. Aldrich, Marian L. Buszko, Lonnie O. Ingram, and K. T. Shanmugam
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3228-3235;
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Metal Reduction and Iron Biomineralization by a Psychrotolerant Fe(III)-Reducing Bacterium, Shewanella sp. Strain PV-4
Yul Roh, Haichun Gao, Hojatollah Vali, David W. Kennedy, Zamin K. Yang, Weimin Gao, Alice C. Dohnalkova, Raymond D. Stapleton, Ji-Won Moon, Tommy J. Phelps, James K. Fredrickson, and Jizhong Zhou
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3236-3244;
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Development of a Biofilm Production-Deficient Escherichia coli Strain as a Host for Biotechnological Applications
Bong Hyun Sung, Choong Hoon Lee, Byung Jo Yu, Jun Hyoung Lee, Ju Young Lee, Mi Sun Kim, Frederick R. Blattner, and Sun Chang Kim
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3336-3342;
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Modeling for Gellan Gum Production by Sphingomonas paucimobilis ATCC 31461 in a Simplified Medium
Xia Wang, Ping Xu, Yong Yuan, Changlong Liu, Dezhong Zhang, Zhengting Yang, Chunyu Yang, and Cuiqing Ma
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3367-3374;
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Lactococcin Q, a Novel Two-Peptide Bacteriocin Produced by Lactococcus lactis QU 4
Takeshi Zendo, Shoko Koga, Yasushi Shigeri, Jiro Nakayama, and Kenji Sonomoto
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3383-3389;
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Engineering of a Xylose Metabolic Pathway in Corynebacterium glutamicum
Hideo Kawaguchi, Alain A. Vertès, Shohei Okino, Masayuki Inui, and Hideaki Yukawa
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3418-3428;
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Effects of Various Growth Conditions in a Chemostat on Expression of Virulence Factors in Porphyromonas gingivalis
Takashi Masuda, Yukitaka Murakami, Toshihide Noguchi, and Fuminobu Yoshimura
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3458-3467;
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Role of Efflux Pumps in Adaptation and Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes to Benzalkonium Chloride
N. A. Romanova, P. F. G. Wolffs, L. Y. Brovko, and M. W. Griffiths
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3498-3503;
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Auxofuran, a Novel Metabolite That Stimulates the Growth of Fly Agaric, Is Produced by the Mycorrhiza Helper Bacterium Streptomyces Strain AcH 505
Julia Riedlinger, Silvia D. Schrey, Mika T. Tarkka, Rüdiger Hampp, Manmohan Kapur, and Hans-Peter Fiedler
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3550-3557;
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Short-Term Metabolome Dynamics and Carbon, Electron, and ATP Balances in Chemostat-Grown Saccharomyces cerevisiae CEN.PK 113-7D following a Glucose Pulse
Liang Wu, Jan van Dam, Dick Schipper, M. T. A. Penia Kresnowati, Angela M. Proell, Cor Ras, Wouter A. van Winden, Walter M. van Gulik, and Joseph J. Heijnen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3566-3577;
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Overflow Metabolism in Escherichia coli during Steady-State Growth: Transcriptional Regulation and Effect of the Redox Ratio
G. N. Vemuri, E. Altman, D. P. Sangurdekar, A. B. Khodursky, and M. A. Eiteman
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3653-3661;
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Isolation and Characterization of a New Clostridium sp. That Performs Effective Cellulosic Waste Digestion in a Thermophilic Methanogenic Bioreactor
Hatsumi Shiratori, Hironori Ikeno, Shohei Ayame, Naoaki Kataoka, Akiko Miya, Kuniaki Hosono, Teruhiko Beppu, and Kenji Ueda
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3702-3709;
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Extracellular Production of Neoculin, a Sweet-Tasting Heterodimeric Protein with Taste-Modifying Activity, by Aspergillus oryzae
Ken-ichiro Nakajima, Tomiko Asakura, Jun-ichi Maruyama, Yuji Morita, Hideaki Oike, Akiko Shimizu-Ibuka, Takumi Misaka, Hiroyuki Sorimachi, Soichi Arai, Katsuhiko Kitamoto, and Keiko Abe
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3716-3723;
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Influence of Sporulation Medium Composition on Transcription of ger Operons and the Germination Response of Spores of Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579
Luc M. Hornstra, Ynte P. de Vries, Willem M. de Vos, and Tjakko Abee
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3746-3749;
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Involvement of Coenzyme M during Aerobic Biodegradation of Vinyl Chloride and Ethene by Pseudomonas putida Strain AJ and Ochrobactrum sp. Strain TD
Anthony S. Danko, Christopher A. Saski, Jeffrey P. Tomkins, and David L. Freedman
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3756-3758;
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Effect of Biofilm Growth on Expression of Surface Proteins of Actinomyces naeslundii Genospecies 2
James S. Paddick, Susan R. Brailsford, Susmitha Rao, Renata F. Soares, Edwina A. M. Kidd, David Beighton, and Karen A. Homer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3774-3779;
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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Isolation and Sequencing of a Temperate Transducing Phage for Pasteurella multocida
Susana Campoy, Jesús Aranda, Gerard Àlvarez, Jordi Barbé, and Montserrat Llagostera
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3154-3160;
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Plasmid pCAR3 Contains Multiple Gene Sets Involved in the Conversion of Carbazole to Anthranilate
Masaaki Urata, Hiromasa Uchimura, Haruko Noguchi, Tomoya Sakaguchi, Tetsuo Takemura, Kaori Eto, Hiroshi Habe, Toshio Omori, Hisakazu Yamane, and Hideaki Nojiri
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3198-3205;
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Characterization of the Replication, Maintenance, and Transfer Features of the IncP-7 Plasmid pCAR1, Which Carries Genes Involved in Carbazole and Dioxin Degradation
Masaki Shintani, Hirokazu Yano, Hiroshi Habe, Toshio Omori, Hisakazu Yamane, Masataka Tsuda, and Hideaki Nojiri
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3206-3216;
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Characterization of Novel Carbazole Catabolism Genes from Gram-Positive Carbazole Degrader Nocardioides aromaticivorans IC177
Kengo Inoue, Hiroshi Habe, Hisakazu Yamane, and Hideaki Nojiri
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3321-3329;
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L-Methionine Degradation Pathway in Kluyveromyces lactis: Identification and Functional Analysis of the Genes Encoding L-Methionine Aminotransferase
Dafni-Maria Kagkli, Pascal Bonnarme, Cécile Neuvéglise, Timothy M. Cogan, and Serge Casaregola
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3330-3335;
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Genomic and Proteomic Analyses of the Agarolytic System Expressed by Saccharophagus degradans 2-40
Nathan A. Ekborg, Larry E. Taylor, Atkinson G. Longmire, Bernard Henrissat, Ronald M. Weiner, and Steven W. Hutcheson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3396-3405;
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Sequence Analysis of the 144-Kilobase Accessory Plasmid pSmeSM11a, Isolated from a Dominant Sinorhizobium meliloti Strain Identified during a Long-Term Field Release Experiment
M. Stiens, S. Schneiker, M. Keller, S. Kuhn, A. Pühler, and A. Schlüter
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3662-3672;
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Identifying Functionally Important Mutations from Phenotypically Diverse Sequence Data
Kyle Jensen, Hal Alper, Curt Fischer, and Gregory Stephanopoulos
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3696-3701;
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Multiniche Screening Reveals the Clinically Relevant Metallo-ß-Lactamase VIM-2 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Far from the Hospital Setting: an Ongoing Dispersion Process?
Sandra Quinteira and Luísa Peixe
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3743-3745;
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High-Throughput Transposon Mutagenesis of Corynebacterium glutamicum and Construction of a Single-Gene Disruptant Mutant Library
Nobuaki Suzuki, Naoko Okai, Hiroshi Nonaka, Yota Tsuge, Masayuki Inui, and Hideaki Yukawa
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3750-3755;
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Invertebrate Microbiology:

Wolbachia Infections in the Cimicidae: Museum Specimens as an Untapped Resource for Endosymbiont Surveys
Joyce M. Sakamoto, Julie Feinstein, and Jason L. Rasgon
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3161-3167;
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Identification and Localization of a Rickettsia sp. in Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae)
Yuval Gottlieb, Murad Ghanim, Elad Chiel, Dan Gerling, Vitaly Portnoy, Shimon Steinberg, Galil Tzuri, A. Rami Horowitz, Eduard Belausov, Neta Mozes-Daube, Svetlana Kontsedalov, Moshe Gershon, Shunit Gal, Nurit Katzir, and Einat Zchori-Fein
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3646-3652;
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Characterization of a Culturable Alphaproteobacterial Symbiont Common to Many Marine Sponges and Evidence for Vertical Transmission via Sponge Larvae
Julie J. Enticknap, Michelle Kelly, Olivier Peraud, and Russell T. Hill
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3724-3732;
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Geomicrobiology:

Manganese(II)-Oxidizing Bacillus Spores in Guaymas Basin Hydrothermal Sediments and Plumes
Gregory J. Dick, Yifan E. Lee, and Bradley M. Tebo
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3184-3190;
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Coupled Photochemical and Enzymatic Mn(II) Oxidation Pathways of a Planktonic Roseobacter-Like Bacterium
Colleen M. Hansel and Chris A. Francis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3543-3549;
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Uranium(VI) Reduction by Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans Strain 2CP-C
Qingzhong Wu, Robert A. Sanford, and Frank E. Löffler
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3608-3614;
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Novel Thermophilic Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria from a Geothermally Active Underground Mine in Japan
Anna H. Kaksonen, Jason J. Plumb, Wendy J. Robertson, Stefan Spring, Peter Schumann, Peter D. Franzmann, and Jaakko A. Puhakka
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3759-3762;
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Mycology:

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Ecm33p Influences Conidial Cell Wall Biosynthesis in Aspergillus fumigatus
Sandrine Chabane, Jacqueline Sarfati, Oumaima Ibrahim-Granet, Chen Du, Christine Schmidt, Isabelle Mouyna, Marie-Christine Prevost, Richard Calderone, and Jean-Paul Latgé
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3259-3267;
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Levels of Polyamines and Kinetic Characterization of Their Uptake in the Soybean Pathogen Phytophthora sojae
M. Constantine Chibucos and Paul F. Morris
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3350-3356;
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Proteomic Analysis of Extracellular Proteins from Aspergillus oryzae Grown under Submerged and Solid-State Culture Conditions
Ken Oda, Dararat Kakizono, Osamu Yamada, Haruyuki Iefuji, Osamu Akita, and Kazuhiro Iwashita
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3448-3457;
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Public Health Microbiology:

Inactivation of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in Rumen Content- or Feces-Contaminated Drinking Water for Cattle
Tong Zhao, Ping Zhao, Joe W. West, John K. Bernard, Heath G. Cross, and Michael P. Doyle
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3268-3273;
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Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment Models for Consumption of Raw Vegetables Irrigated with Reclaimed Water
Andrew J. Hamilton, Frank Stagnitti, Robert Premier, Anne-Maree Boland, and Glenn Hale
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3284-3290;
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Recovery, Bioaccumulation, and Inactivation of Human Waterborne Pathogens by the Chesapeake Bay Nonnative Oyster, Crassostrea ariakensis
Thaddeus K. Graczyk, Autumn S. Girouard, Leena Tamang, Sharon P. Nappier, and Kellogg J. Schwab
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3390-3395;
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Dissemination of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Campylobacter spp. within an Integrated Commercial Poultry Production System
Umelaalim Idris, Jingrang Lu, Marie Maier, Susan Sanchez, Charles L. Hofacre, Barry G. Harmon, John J. Maurer, and Margie D. Lee
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3441-3447;
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Effect of Conventional and Organic Production Practices on the Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Campylobacter spp. in Poultry
Taradon Luangtongkum, Teresa Y. Morishita, Aaron J. Ison, Shouxiong Huang, Patrick F. McDermott, and Qijing Zhang
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3600-3607;
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Effects of Quaternary Ammonium Silane Coatings on Mixed Fungal and Bacterial Biofilms on Tracheoesophageal Shunt Prostheses
Janine J. H. Oosterhof, Kevin J. D. A. Buijssen, Henk J. Busscher, Bernard F. A. M. van der Laan, and Henny C. van der Mei
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3673-3677;
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Assessment of the Effectiveness of Low-Pressure UV Light for Inactivation of Helicobacter pylori
Samuel L. Hayes, Karen M. White, and Mark R. Rodgers
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3763-3765;
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Salmonella Serovars in the Herpetofauna of Indiana County, Pennsylvania
David L. Chambers and Arthur C. Hulse
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3771-3773;
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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Generation of High-Affinity Chicken Single-Chain Fv Antibody Fragments for Measurement of the Pseudonitzschia pungens Toxin Domoic Acid
William J. J. Finlay, Iain Shaw, Joanna P. Reilly, and Marian Kane
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3343-3349;
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Characterization of an Exo-ß-1,3-Galactanase from Clostridium thermocellum
Hitomi Ichinose, Atsushi Kuno, Toshihisa Kotake, Makoto Yoshida, Kazuo Sakka, Jun Hirabayashi, Yoichi Tsumuraya, and Satoshi Kaneko
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3515-3523;
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Isolation and Biochemical Characterization of Two Novel Metagenome-Derived Esterases
C. Elend, C. Schmeisser, C. Leggewie, P. Babiak, J. D. Carballeira, H. L. Steele, J.-L. Reymond, K.-E. Jaeger, and W. R. Streit
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3637-3645;
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Improvement of an Unusual Twin-Arginine Transporter Leader Peptide by a Codon-Based Randomization Approach
Olga Monroy-Lagos, Xavier Soberon, Paul Gaytan, and Joel Osuna
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3797-3801;
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Biodegradation:

Identification of Poly(cis-1,4-Isoprene) Degradation Intermediates during Growth of Moderately Thermophilic Actinomycetes on Rubber and Cloning of a Functional lcp Homologue from Nocardia farcinica Strain E1
Ebaid M. A. Ibrahim, Matthias Arenskötter, Heinrich Luftmann, and Alexander Steinbüchel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3375-3382;
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Assessment of Toluene/Biphenyl Dioxygenase Gene Diversity in Benzene-Polluted Soils: Links between Benzene Biodegradation and Genes Similar to Those Encoding Isopropylbenzene Dioxygenases
Robert Witzig, Howard Junca, Hans-Jürgen Hecht, and Dietmar H. Pieper
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3504-3514;
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A Single Monooxygenase, Ese, Is Involved in the Metabolism of the Organochlorides Endosulfan and Endosulfate in an Arthrobacter sp.
Kahli M. Weir, Tara D. Sutherland, Irene Horne, Robyn J. Russell, and John G. Oakeshott
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3524-3530;
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RNA-Based Stable Isotope Probing and Isolation of Anaerobic Benzene-Degrading Bacteria from Gasoline-Contaminated Groundwater
Yuki Kasai, Yoh Takahata, Mike Manefield, and Kazuya Watanabe
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3586-3592;
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arsRBOCT Arsenic Resistance System Encoded by Linear Plasmid pHZ227 in Streptomyces sp. Strain FR-008
Lianrong Wang, Shi Chen, Xiang Xiao, Xi Huang, Delin You, Xiufen Zhou, and Zixin Deng
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3738-3742;
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Methods:

High-Throughput Screen for Poly-3-Hydroxybutyrate in Escherichia coli and Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC6803
Keith E. Tyo, Hang Zhou, and Gregory N. Stephanopoulos
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3412-3417;
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Use of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer for Rapid Detection of Enteroviral Infection In Vivo
Yu-Chen Hwang, Wilfred Chen, and Marylynn V. Yates
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3710-3715;
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Improved Methodology for Bioremoval of Black Crusts on Historical Stone Artworks by Use of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria
Francesca Cappitelli, Elisabetta Zanardini, Giancarlo Ranalli, Emilio Mello, Daniele Daffonchio, and Claudia Sorlini
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3733-3737;
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Comparison of Cultures from Rectoanal-Junction Mucosal Swabs and Feces for Detection of Escherichia coli O157 in Dairy Heifers
Margaret A. Davis, Daniel H. Rice, Haiqing Sheng, Dale D. Hancock, Thomas E. Besser, Rowland Cobbold, and Carolyn J. Hovde
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3766-3770;
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Development and Validation of an Oligonucleotide Microarray for Detection of Multiple Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Escherichia coli
Guillaume Bruant, Christine Maynard, Sadjia Bekal, Isabelle Gaucher, Luke Masson, Roland Brousseau, and Josée Harel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3780-3784;
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Single-Nucleotide-Polymorphism-Specific PCR for Quantification and Discrimination of Chlamydia pneumoniae Genotypes by Use of a "Locked" Nucleic Acid
Jan Rupp, Werner Solbach, and Jens Gieffers
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2006 72: 3785-3787;
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Errata:

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. May 2006 72: 3802
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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. May 2006 72: 3803
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