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Contents: June 2006, Volume 72, Issue 6

       Minireviews

       Plant Microbiology

       Public Health Microbiology

       Microbial Ecology

       Methods

       Environmental Microbiology

       Food Microbiology

       Mycology

       Enzymology and Protein Engineering

       Physiology and Biotechnology

       Geomicrobiology

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

       Biodegradation

       Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

       Errata

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Minireviews:

Quorum Sensing in Dimorphic Fungi: Farnesol and Beyond
Kenneth W. Nickerson, Audrey L. Atkin, and Jacob M. Hornby
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3805-3813;
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Plant Microbiology:

Yersiniabactin Production by Pseudomonas syringae and Escherichia coli, and Description of a Second Yersiniabactin Locus Evolutionary Group
Alain Bultreys, Isabelle Gheysen, and Edmond de Hoffmann
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3814-3825;
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Succession of Bacterial Communities during Early Plant Development: Transition from Seed to Root and Effect of Compost Amendment
Stefan J. Green, Ehud Inbar, Frederick C. Michel, Jr., Yitzhak Hadar, and Dror Minz
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3975-3983;
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Public Health Microbiology:

Validation of AKACID Plus as a Room Disinfectant in the Hospital Setting
Christina Kratzer, Selma Tobudic, Ojan Assadian, Astrid Buxbaum, Wolfgang Graninger, and Apostolos Georgopoulos
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3826-3831;
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Development, Evaluation, and Standardization of a Real-Time TaqMan Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay for Quantification of Hepatitis A Virus in Clinical and Shellfish Samples
M. Isabel Costafreda, Albert Bosch, and Rosa M. Pintó
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3846-3855;
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Evaluation of Two Methods of Determining the Efficacies of Two Alcohol-Based Hand Rubs for Surgical Hand Antisepsis
Günter Kampf, Christiane Ostermeyer, Peter Heeg, and Daryl Paulson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3856-3861;
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Differential inlA and inlB Expression and Interaction with Human Intestinal and Liver Cells by Listeria monocytogenes Strains of Different Origins
Hadewig Werbrouck, Koen Grijspeerdt, Nadine Botteldoorn, Els Van Pamel, Nancy Rijpens, Jo Van Damme, Mieke Uyttendaele, Lieve Herman, and Els Van Coillie
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3862-3871;
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Field Trial Evaluating the Influence of Prophylactic and Therapeutic Antimicrobial Administration on Antimicrobial Resistance of Fecal Escherichia coli in Dairy Calves
Anna Catharina B. Berge, Dale A. Moore, and William M. Sischo
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3872-3878;
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Molecular Epidemiology of Ceftiofur-Resistant Escherichia coli Isolates from Dairy Calves
Sarah C. Donaldson, Beth A. Straley, Narasimha V. Hegde, Ashish A. Sawant, Chitrita DebRoy, and Bhushan M. Jayarao
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3940-3948;
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Effect of Growth in Biofilms on Chlorine Susceptibility of Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare
Keesha A. Steed and Joseph O. Falkinham, III
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4007-4011;
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Development of Goose- and Duck-Specific DNA Markers To Determine Sources of Escherichia coli in Waterways
Matthew J. Hamilton, Tao Yan, and Michael J. Sadowsky
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4012-4019;
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Ecology of Antibiotic Resistance Genes: Characterization of Enterococci from Houseflies Collected in Food Settings
Lilia Macovei and Ludek Zurek
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4028-4035;
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Genotyping of Human and Porcine Yersinia enterocolitica, Yersinia intermedia, and Yersinia bercovieri Strains from Switzerland by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
Kathrin Kuehni Boghenbor, Stephen L. W. On, Branko Kokotovic, Andreas Baumgartner, Trudy M. Wassenaar, Matthias Wittwer, Beatrice Bissig-Choisat, and Joachim Frey
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4061-4066;
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Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Lake Catchments, in River Water Abstracted for Domestic Use, and in Effluent from Domestic Sewage Treatment Works: Diverse Opportunities for Environmental Cycling and Human Exposure
R. W. Pickup, G. Rhodes, T. J. Bull, S. Arnott, K. Sidi-Boumedine, M. Hurley, and J. Hermon-Taylor
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4067-4077;
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Temporal Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter spp. from Beef Cattle in Alberta Feedlots
G. D. Inglis, D. W. Morck, T. A. McAllister, T. Entz, M. E. Olson, L. J. Yanke, and R. R. Read
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4088-4095;
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Seasonal Cholera Caused by Vibrio cholerae Serogroups O1 and O139 in the Coastal Aquatic Environment of Bangladesh
Munirul Alam, Nur A. Hasan, Abdus Sadique, N. A. Bhuiyan, Kabir U. Ahmed, Suraia Nusrin, G. Balakrish Nair, A. K. Siddique, R. Bradley Sack, David A. Sack, Anwar Huq, and Rita R. Colwell
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4096-4104;
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Biotic and Abiotic Factors Influencing In Vitro Growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Ruminant Digestive Contents
Frédérique Chaucheyras-Durand, Jordan Madic, Florent Doudin, and Christine Martin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4136-4142;
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A Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance DNA Microarray Detects a High Frequency of Virulence Genes in Escherichia coli Isolates from Great Lakes Recreational Waters
Katia Hamelin, Guillaume Bruant, Abdel El-Shaarawi, Stephen Hill, Thomas A. Edge, Sadjia Bekal, John Morris Fairbrother, Josée Harel, Christine Maynard, Luke Masson, and Roland Brousseau
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4200-4206;
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Development of Bacteroides 16S rRNA Gene TaqMan-Based Real-Time PCR Assays for Estimation of Total, Human, and Bovine Fecal Pollution in Water
Alice Layton, Larry McKay, Dan Williams, Victoria Garrett, Randall Gentry, and Gary Sayler
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4214-4224;
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Necrotrophic Growth of Legionella pneumophila
R. Temmerman, H. Vervaeren, B. Noseda, N. Boon, and W. Verstraete
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4323-4328;
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Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157 in Saskatchewan Cattle: Characterization of Isolates by Using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA PCR, Antibiotic Resistance Profiles, and Pathogenicity Determinants
Sinisa Vidovic and Darren R. Korber
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4347-4355;
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Evidence for an Intermediate Colony Morphology of Vibrio vulnificus
Thomas M. Rosche, Ben Smith, and James D. Oliver
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4356-4359;
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Prevalence of Chlamydophila psittaci in Fecal Droppings from Feral Pigeons in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Edou R. Heddema, Sietske ter Sluis, Jan A. Buys, Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Joop H. van Wijnen, and Caroline E. Visser
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4423-4425;
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Identification of a DNA Methyltransferase Gene Carried on a Pathogenicity Island-Like Element (VPAI) in Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Its Prevalence among Clinical and Environmental Isolates
Hui-zhen Wang, Minnie M. L. Wong, Desmond O'Toole, Mandy M. H. Mak, Rudolf S. S. Wu, and Richard Y. C. Kong
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4455-4460;
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Prevalence and Identity of Cryptosporidium spp. in Pig Slurry
Lihua Xiao, John E. Moore, Ukeme Ukoh, Wangeci Gatei, Colm J. Lowery, Thomas M. Murphy, James S. G. Dooley, B. Cherie Millar, Paul J. Rooney, and Juluri R. Rao
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4461-4463;
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Atypical Helicobacter canadensis Strains Associated with Swine
G. Douglas Inglis, Malcolm McConville, and Anno de Jong
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4464-4471;
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Microbial Ecology:

Microbial Diversity in Water and Sediment of Lake Chaka, an Athalassohaline Lake in Northwestern China
Hongchen Jiang, Hailiang Dong, Gengxin Zhang, Bingsong Yu, Leah R. Chapman, and Matthew W. Fields
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3832-3845;
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Estimating High-Affinity Methanotrophic Bacterial Biomass, Growth, and Turnover in Soil by Phospholipid Fatty Acid ¹³C Labeling
P. J. Maxfield, E. R. C. Hornibrook, and R. P. Evershed
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3901-3907;
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Quantifying the Significance of Phage Attack on Starter Cultures: a Mechanistic Model for Population Dynamics of Phage and Their Hosts Isolated from Fermenting Sauerkraut
P. Mudgal, F. Breidt, Jr., S. R. Lubkin, and K. P. Sandeep
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3908-3915;
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Enhanced Biofilm Formation and Increased Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents and Bacterial Invasion Are Caused by Synergistic Interactions in Multispecies Biofilms
Mette Burmølle, Jeremy S. Webb, Dhana Rao, Lars H. Hansen, Søren J. Sørensen, and Staffan Kjelleberg
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3916-3923;
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Genotypic Diversity of Haemophilus parasuis Field Strains
A. Olvera, M. Calsamiglia, and V. Aragon
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3984-3992;
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Microbial Dioxygenase Gene Population Shifts during Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Biodegradation
Sinéad M. Ní Chadhain, R. Sean Norman, Karen V. Pesce, Jerome J. Kukor, and Gerben J. Zylstra
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4078-4087;
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Dynamics and Characterization of Refractory Dissolved Organic Matter Produced by a Pure Bacterial Culture in an Experimental Predator-Prey System
David F. Gruber, Jean-Paul Simjouw, Sybil P. Seitzinger, and Gary L. Taghon
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4184-4191;
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Characterization of Antimicrobial Substances Produced by Enterococcus faecalis MRR 10-3, Isolated from the Uropygial Gland of the Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
Antonio M. Martín-Platero, Eva Valdivia, Magdalena Ruíz-Rodríguez, Juan J. Soler, Manuel Martín-Vivaldi, Mercedes Maqueda, and Manuel Martínez-Bueno
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4245-4249;
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Nitrification in a Biofilm at Low pH Values: Role of In Situ Microenvironments and Acid Tolerance
Armin Gieseke, Sheldon Tarre, Michal Green, and Dirk de Beer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4283-4292;
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Potential of a 16S rRNA-Based Taxonomic Microarray for Analyzing the Rhizosphere Effects of Maize on Agrobacterium spp. and Bacterial Communities
Hervé Sanguin, Benoît Remenant, Arnaud Dechesne, Jean Thioulouse, Timothy M. Vogel, Xavier Nesme, Yvan Moënne-Loccoz, and Geneviève L. Grundmann
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4302-4312;
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New Lineage of Filamentous, Spore-Forming, Gram-Positive Bacteria from Soil
Linda Cavaletti, Paolo Monciardini, Ruggiero Bamonte, Peter Schumann, Manfred Rohde, Margherita Sosio, and Stefano Donadio
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4360-4369;
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Thermophilic Temperature Optimum for Crenarchaeol Synthesis and Its Implication for Archaeal Evolution
Chuanlun L. Zhang, Ann Pearson, Yi-Liang Li, Gary Mills, and Juergen Wiegel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4419-4422;
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Depth-Related Gradients of Viral Activity in Lake Pavin
J. Colombet, T. Sime-Ngando, H. M. Cauchie, G. Fonty, L. Hoffmann, and G. Demeure
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4440-4445;
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Methods:

Comparison of Methods of Extracting Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis DNA from Environmental Substrates and Quantification of Organisms by Using a General Internal Procedural Control
M. M. Klerks, A. H. C. van Bruggen, C. Zijlstra, and M. Donnikov
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3879-3886;
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Rapid One-Step Quantitative Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assay with Competitive Internal Positive Control for Detection of Enteroviruses in Environmental Samples
Jason B. Gregory, R. Wayne Litaker, and Rachel T. Noble
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3960-3967;
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Competitive Metagenomic DNA Hybridization Identifies Host-Specific Microbial Genetic Markers in Cow Fecal Samples
Orin C. Shanks, Jorge W. Santo Domingo, Regina Lamendella, Catherine A. Kelty, and James E. Graham
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4054-4060;
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Internally Controlled Real-Time PCR Method for Quantitative Species-Specific Detection and vapA Genotyping of Rhodococcus equi
David Rodríguez-Lázaro, Deborah A. Lewis, Alain A. Ocampo-Sosa, Ursula Fogarty, László Makrai, Jesús Navas, Mariela Scortti, Marta Hernández, and José A. Vázquez-Boland
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4256-4263;
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Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization-Flow Cytometry-Cell Sorting-Based Method for Separation and Enrichment of Type I and Type II Methanotroph Populations
Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya, Rebecca Zabinsky, Sarah Bowerman, David R. Baker, Mary E. Lidstrom, and Ludmila Chistoserdova
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4293-4301;
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Heterologous Expression of Arabidopsis UDP-Glucosyltransferases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for Production of Zearalenone-4-O-Glucoside
Brigitte Poppenberger, Franz Berthiller, Herwig Bachmann, Doris Lucyshyn, Clemens Peterbauer, Rudolf Mitterbauer, Rainer Schuhmacher, Rudolf Krska, Josef Glössl, and Gerhard Adam
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4404-4410;
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Evaluation of a Macrofoam Swab Protocol for the Recovery of Bacillus anthracis Spores from a Steel Surface
L. R. Hodges, L. J. Rose, A. Peterson, J. Noble-Wang, and M. J. Arduino
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4429-4430;
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High-Resolution Fluorometer for Mapping Microscale Phytoplankton Distributions
Mark J. Doubell, Laurent Seuront, Justin R. Seymour, Nicole L. Patten, and James G. Mitchell
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4475-4478;
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Quantification of In Vitro and In Vivo Cryptosporidium parvum Infection by Using Real-Time PCR
Nihal T. Godiwala, Alain Vandewalle, Honorine D. Ward, and Brett A. Leav
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4484-4488;
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Evaluation of the Duopath Legionella Lateral Flow Assay for Identification of Legionella pneumophila and Legionella Species Culture Isolates
Jürgen Herbert Helbig, Paul Christian Lück, Britta Kunz, and Andreas Bubert
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4489-4491;
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Environmental Microbiology:

Microbial Diversity in Maras Salterns, a Hypersaline Environment in the Peruvian Andes
Lenin Maturrano, Fernando Santos, Ramon Rosselló-Mora, and Josefa Antón
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3887-3895;
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Microbial Diversity Associated with Odor Modification for Production of Fertilizers from Chicken Litter
Julie J. Enticknap, Hirofumi Nonogaki, Allen R. Place, and Russell T. Hill
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4105-4114;
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Structure of Trichamide, a Cyclic Peptide from the Bloom-Forming Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium erythraeum, Predicted from the Genome Sequence
Sebastian Sudek, Margo G. Haygood, Diaa T. A. Youssef, and Eric W. Schmidt
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4382-4387;
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Cellulose Acetate Containing Toluidine Blue and Rose Bengal Is an Effective Antimicrobial Coating when Exposed to White Light
Valérie Decraene, Jonathan Pratten, and Michael Wilson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4436-4439;
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Food Microbiology:

Direct Quantitation and Detection of Salmonellae in Biological Samples without Enrichment, Using Two-Step Filtration and Real-Time PCR
Petra F. G Wolffs, Kari Glencross, Romain Thibaudeau, and Mansel W. Griffiths
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3896-3900;
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Improved Enumeration of Lactic Acid Bacteria in Mesophilic Dairy Starter Cultures by Using Multiplex Quantitative Real-Time PCR and Flow Cytometry-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
Udo Friedrich and Jan Lenke
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4163-4171;
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Use of Copper Cast Alloys To Control Escherichia coli O157 Cross-Contamination during Food Processing
J. O. Noyce, H. Michels, and C. W. Keevil
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4239-4244;
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One Group of Genetically Similar Listeria monocytogenes Strains Frequently Dominates and Persists in Several Fish Slaughter- and Smokehouses
Gitte Wulff, Lone Gram, Peter Ahrens, and Birte Fonnesbech Vogel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4313-4322;
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Immobilization and Detection of Listeria monocytogenes
B. D. Schindler and L. A. Shelef
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4426-4428;
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Inactivation of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Cow's Milk by Means of High Hydrostatic Pressure at Mild Temperatures
Tomás López-Pedemonte, Iker Sevilla, Joseba M. Garrido, Gorka Aduriz, Buenaventura Guamis, Ramón A. Juste, and Artur X. Roig-Sagués
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4446-4449;
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Thermal Inactivation of Bacillus anthracis Spores in Cow's Milk
Sa Xu, Theodore P. Labuza, and Francisco Diez-Gonzalez
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4479-4483;
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Mycology:

The PKS4 Gene of Fusarium graminearum Is Essential for Zearalenone Production
Erik Lysøe, Sonja S. Klemsdal, Karen R. Bone, Rasmus J. N. Frandsen, Thomas Johansen, Ulf Thrane, and Henriette Giese
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3924-3932;
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Pure and Mixed Genetic Lines of Saccharomyces bayanus and Saccharomyces pastorianus and Their Contribution to the Lager Brewing Strain Genome
Sandra Rainieri, Yukiko Kodama, Yoshinobu Kaneko, Kozaburo Mikata, Yoshihiro Nakao, and Toshihiko Ashikari
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3968-3974;
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Effect of P Availability on Temporal Dynamics of Carbon Allocation and Glomus intraradices High-Affinity P Transporter Gene Induction in Arbuscular Mycorrhiza
Pål Axel Olsson, Maria C. Hansson, and Stephen H. Burleigh
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4115-4120;
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Analysis of Quantitative Interactions between Two Species of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Glomus mosseae and G. intraradices, by Real-Time PCR
Noam Alkan, Vijay Gadkar, Oded Yarden, and Yoram Kapulnik
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4192-4199;
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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Protein Engineering of the 4-Methyl-5-Nitrocatechol Monooxygenase from Burkholderia sp. Strain DNT for Enhanced Degradation of Nitroaromatics
Thammajun Leungsakul, Glenn R. Johnson, and Thomas K. Wood
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3933-3939;
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Ca²⁺-Dependent Maturation of Subtilisin from a Hyperthermophilic Archaeon, Thermococcus kodakaraensis: the Propeptide Is a Potent Inhibitor of the Mature Domain but Is Not Required for Its Folding
Marian Pulido, Kenji Saito, Shun-Ichi Tanaka, Yuichi Koga, Masaaki Morikawa, Kazufumi Takano, and Shigenori Kanaya
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4154-4162;
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Dipeptide Synthesis by an Aminopeptidase from Streptomyces septatus TH-2 and Its Application to Synthesis of Biologically Active Peptides
Jiro Arima, Yoshiko Uesugi, Misugi Uraji, Masaki Iwabuchi, and Tadashi Hatanaka
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4225-4231;
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Three Enzymes for Trehalose Synthesis in Bradyrhizobium Cultured Bacteria and in Bacteroids from Soybean Nodules
J. G. Streeter and M. L. Gomez
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4250-4255;
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Analysis of Amino Acid Residues Involved in Catalysis of Polyethylene Glycol Dehydrogenase from Sphingopyxis terrae, Using Three-Dimensional Molecular Modeling-Based Kinetic Characterization of Mutants
Takeshi Ohta, Takeshi Kawabata, Ken Nishikawa, Akio Tani, Kazuhide Kimbara, and Fusako Kawai
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4388-4396;
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Shifting the pH Profile of Aspergillus niger PhyA Phytase To Match the Stomach pH Enhances Its Effectiveness as an Animal Feed Additive
Taewan Kim, Edward J. Mullaney, Jesus M. Porres, Karl R. Roneker, Sarah Crowe, Sarah Rice, Taegu Ko, Abul H. J. Ullah, Catherine B. Daly, Ross Welch, and Xin Gen Lei
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4397-4403;
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Physiology and Biotechnology:

New Recombinant Escherichia coli Strain Tailored for the Production of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) from Agroindustrial By-Products
Pablo I. Nikel, Alejandra de Almeida, Evelia C. Melillo, Miguel A. Galvagno, and M. Julia Pettinari
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3949-3954;
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A Cold-Sensitive Listeria monocytogenes Mutant Has a Transposon Insertion in a Gene Encoding a Putative Membrane Protein and Shows Altered (p)ppGpp Levels
Siqing Liu, Darrell O. Bayles, Tricia M. Mason, and Brian J. Wilkinson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3955-3959;
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Cysteine Metabolism in Legionella pneumophila: Characterization of an L-Cystine-Utilizing Mutant
Fanny Ewann and Paul S. Hoffman
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 3993-4000;
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Tomato QM-Like Protein Protects Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells against Oxidative Stress by Regulating Intracellular Proline Levels
Changbin Chen, Srimevan Wanduragala, Donald F. Becker, and Martin B. Dickman
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4001-4006;
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A Mutation in Flavobacterium psychrophilum tlpB Inhibits Gliding Motility and Induces Biofilm Formation
B. Álvarez, P. Secades, M. Prieto, M. J. McBride, and J. A. Guijarro
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4044-4053;
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Induction of Autophagy by Second-Fermentation Yeasts during Elaboration of Sparkling Wines
Eduardo Cebollero and Ramon Gonzalez
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4121-4127;
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Isolation, Characterization, and Heterologous Expression of the Biosynthesis Gene Cluster for the Antitumor Anthracycline Steffimycin
Sonia Gullón, Carlos Olano, Mohamed S. Abdelfattah, Alfredo F. Braña, Jürgen Rohr, Carmen Méndez, and José A. Salas
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4172-4183;
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Production of Xylitol from D-Xylose by a Xylitol Dehydrogenase Gene-Disrupted Mutant of Candida tropicalis
Byoung Sam Ko, Jinmi Kim, and Jung Hoe Kim
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4207-4213;
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Energetics and Surface Properties of Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E in a Two-Phase Fermentation System with 1-Decanol as Second Phase
Grit Neumann, Sjef Cornelissen, Frank van Breukelen, Steffi Hunger, Holger Lippold, Norbert Loffhagen, Lukas Y. Wick, and Hermann J. Heipieper
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4232-4238;
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Identification of the Leucine-to-2-Methylbutyric Acid Catabolic Pathway of Lactococcus lactis
Balasubramanian Ganesan, Piotr Dobrowolski, and Bart C. Weimer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4264-4273;
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Energetic Consequences of Nitrite Stress in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough, Inferred from Global Transcriptional Analysis
Qiang He, Katherine H. Huang, Zhili He, Eric J. Alm, Matthew W. Fields, Terry C. Hazen, Adam P. Arkin, Judy D. Wall, and Jizhong Zhou
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4370-4381;
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Diversity of Heteropolysaccharide-Producing Lactic Acid Bacterium Strains and Their Biopolymers
Fernanda Mozzi, Frederik Vaningelgem, Elvira María Hébert, Roel Van der Meulen, María Remedios Foulquié Moreno, Graciela Font de Valdez, and Luc De Vuyst
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4431-4435;
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Reduction of Acid Tolerance by Tetracycline in Escherichia coli Expressing tetA(C) Is Reversed by Cations
Kai F. Hung, Jeffrey J. Byrd, Jeffrey L. Bose, and Charles W. Kaspar
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4472-4474;
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Overproduction of Wild-Type and Bioengineered Derivatives of the Lantibiotic Lacticin 3147
Paul D. Cotter, Lorraine A. Draper, Elaine M. Lawton, Olivia McAuliffe, Colin Hill, and R. Paul Ross
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4492-4496;
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In Vitro Fermentation of Breast Milk Oligosaccharides by Bifidobacterium infantis and Lactobacillus gasseri
Robert E. Ward, Milady Niñonuevo, David A. Mills, Carlito B. Lebrilla, and J. Bruce German
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4497-4499;
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Geomicrobiology:

Cadmium Ion Biosorption by the Thermophilic Bacteria Geobacillus stearothermophilus and G. thermocatenulatus
Adrian Hetzer, Christopher J. Daughney, and Hugh W. Morgan
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4020-4027;
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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

A Constitutively Expressed, Truncated umuDC Operon Regulates the recA-Dependent DNA Damage Induction of a Gene in Acinetobacter baylyi Strain ADP1
Janelle M. Hare, Sara N. Perkins, and Leslie A. Gregg-Jolly
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4036-4043;
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Comparative and Functional Analysis of Sortase-Dependent Proteins in the Predicted Secretome of Lactobacillus salivarius UCC118
Jan-Peter van Pijkeren, Carlos Canchaya, Kieran A. Ryan, Yin Li, Marcus J. Claesson, Barbara Sheil, Lothar Steidler, Liam O'Mahony, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Douwe van Sinderen, and Paul W. O'Toole
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4143-4153;
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Construction of a Large Signature-Tagged Mini-Tn5 Transposon Library and Its Application to Mutagenesis of Sinorhizobium meliloti
Nataliya Pobigaylo, Danijel Wetter, Silke Szymczak, Ulf Schiller, Stefan Kurtz, Folker Meyer, Tim W. Nattkemper, and Anke Becker
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4329-4337;
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Biodiversity and Classification of Lactococcal Phages
Hélène Deveau, Simon J. Labrie, Marie-Christine Chopin, and Sylvain Moineau
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4338-4346;
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Biodegradation:

The Alkyl tert-Butyl Ether Intermediate 2-Hydroxyisobutyrate Is Degraded via a Novel Cobalamin-Dependent Mutase Pathway
Thore Rohwerder, Uta Breuer, Dirk Benndorf, Ute Lechner, and Roland H. Müller
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4128-4135;
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Comparison of Mechanisms of Alkane Metabolism under Sulfate-Reducing Conditions among Two Bacterial Isolates and a Bacterial Consortium
Amy V. Callaghan, Lisa M. Gieg, Kevin G. Kropp, Joseph M. Suflita, and Lily Y. Young
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4274-4282;
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Stability and Performance of Xanthobacter autotrophicus GJ10 during 1,2-Dichloroethane Biodegradation
Ines I. R. Baptista, Ludmila G. Peeva, Ning-Yi Zhou, David J. Leak, Athanasios Mantalaris, and Andrew G. Livingston
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4411-4418;
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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

Transcriptome of a Nitrosomonas europaea Mutant with a Disrupted Nitrite Reductase Gene (nirK)
Catherine Mee-Hie Cho, Tingfen Yan, Xueduan Liu, Liyou Wu, Jizhong Zhou, and Lisa Y. Stein
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4450-4454;
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Errata:

Nodulation of Lupinus albus by Strains of Ochrobactrum lupini sp. nov.
Martha E. Trujillo, Anne Willems, Adriana Abril, Ana-María Planchuelo, Raúl Rivas, Dolores Ludeña, Pedro F. Mateos, Eustaquio Martínez-Molina, and Encarna Velázquez
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4500
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Analysis of the Sulfate-Reducing Bacterial and Methanogenic Archaeal Populations in Contrasting Antarctic Sediments
K. J. Purdy, D. B. Nedwell, and T. M. Embley
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4501
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Author's Correction:

Conversion of Sphingobium chlorophenolicum ATCC 39723 to a Hexachlorobenzene Degrader by Metabolic Engineering
Da-Zhong Yan, Hong Liu, and Ning-Yi Zhou
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2006 72: 4502
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