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Minireviews:

Kenneth W. Nickerson, Audrey L. Atkin, and Jacob M. Hornby

Quorum Sensing in Dimorphic Fungi: Farnesol and Beyond
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3805-3813. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plant Microbiology:

Alain Bultreys, Isabelle Gheysen, and Edmond de Hoffmann

Yersiniabactin Production by Pseudomonas syringae and Escherichia coli, and Description of a Second Yersiniabactin Locus Evolutionary Group
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3814-3825. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefan J. Green, Ehud Inbar, Frederick C. Michel, Jr., Yitzhak Hadar, and Dror Minz

Succession of Bacterial Communities during Early Plant Development: Transition from Seed to Root and Effect of Compost Amendment
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3975-3983. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Public Health Microbiology:

Christina Kratzer, Selma Tobudic, Ojan Assadian, Astrid Buxbaum, Wolfgang Graninger, and Apostolos Georgopoulos

Validation of AKACID Plus as a Room Disinfectant in the Hospital Setting
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3826-3831. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Isabel Costafreda, Albert Bosch, and Rosa M. Pintó

Development, Evaluation, and Standardization of a Real-Time TaqMan Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay for Quantification of Hepatitis A Virus in Clinical and Shellfish Samples
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3846-3855. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Günter Kampf, Christiane Ostermeyer, Peter Heeg, and Daryl Paulson

Evaluation of Two Methods of Determining the Efficacies of Two Alcohol-Based Hand Rubs for Surgical Hand Antisepsis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3856-3861. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hadewig Werbrouck, Koen Grijspeerdt, Nadine Botteldoorn, Els Van Pamel, Nancy Rijpens, Jo Van Damme, Mieke Uyttendaele, Lieve Herman, and Els Van Coillie

Differential inlA and inlB Expression and Interaction with Human Intestinal and Liver Cells by Listeria monocytogenes Strains of Different Origins
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3862-3871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anna Catharina B. Berge, Dale A. Moore, and William M. Sischo

Field Trial Evaluating the Influence of Prophylactic and Therapeutic Antimicrobial Administration on Antimicrobial Resistance of Fecal Escherichia coli in Dairy Calves
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3872-3878. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sarah C. Donaldson, Beth A. Straley, Narasimha V. Hegde, Ashish A. Sawant, Chitrita DebRoy, and Bhushan M. Jayarao

Molecular Epidemiology of Ceftiofur-Resistant Escherichia coli Isolates from Dairy Calves
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3940-3948. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keesha A. Steed and Joseph O. Falkinham, III

Effect of Growth in Biofilms on Chlorine Susceptibility of Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4007-4011. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew J. Hamilton, Tao Yan, and Michael J. Sadowsky

Development of Goose- and Duck-Specific DNA Markers To Determine Sources of Escherichia coli in Waterways
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4012-4019. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lilia Macovei and Ludek Zurek

Ecology of Antibiotic Resistance Genes: Characterization of Enterococci from Houseflies Collected in Food Settings
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4028-4035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kathrin Kuehni Boghenbor, Stephen L. W. On, Branko Kokotovic, Andreas Baumgartner, Trudy M. Wassenaar, Matthias Wittwer, Beatrice Bissig-Choisat, and Joachim Frey

Genotyping of Human and Porcine Yersinia enterocolitica, Yersinia intermedia, and Yersinia bercovieri Strains from Switzerland by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4061-4066. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. W. Pickup, G. Rhodes, T. J. Bull, S. Arnott, K. Sidi-Boumedine, M. Hurley, and J. Hermon-Taylor

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4067-4077. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. D. Inglis, D. W. Morck, T. A. McAllister, T. Entz, M. E. Olson, L. J. Yanke, and R. R. Read

Temporal Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter spp. from Beef Cattle in Alberta Feedlots
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4088-4095. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Seasonal Cholera Caused by Vibrio cholerae Serogroups O1 and O139 in the Coastal Aquatic Environment of Bangladesh
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4096-4104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frédérique Chaucheyras-Durand, Jordan Madic, Florent Doudin, and Christine Martin

Biotic and Abiotic Factors Influencing In Vitro Growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Ruminant Digestive Contents
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4136-4142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

A Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance DNA Microarray Detects a High Frequency of Virulence Genes in Escherichia coli Isolates from Great Lakes Recreational Waters
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4200-4206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alice Layton, Larry McKay, Dan Williams, Victoria Garrett, Randall Gentry, and Gary Sayler

Development of Bacteroides 16S rRNA Gene TaqMan-Based Real-Time PCR Assays for Estimation of Total, Human, and Bovine Fecal Pollution in Water
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4214-4224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Temmerman, H. Vervaeren, B. Noseda, N. Boon, and W. Verstraete

Necrotrophic Growth of Legionella pneumophila
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4323-4328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sinisa Vidovic and Darren R. Korber

Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157 in Saskatchewan Cattle: Characterization of Isolates by Using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA PCR, Antibiotic Resistance Profiles, and Pathogenicity Determinants
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4347-4355. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas M. Rosche, Ben Smith, and James D. Oliver

Evidence for an Intermediate Colony Morphology of Vibrio vulnificus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4356-4359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edou R. Heddema, Sietske ter Sluis, Jan A. Buys, Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Joop H. van Wijnen, and Caroline E. Visser

Prevalence of Chlamydophila psittaci in Fecal Droppings from Feral Pigeons in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4423-4425. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hui-zhen Wang, Minnie M. L. Wong, Desmond O'Toole, Mandy M. H. Mak, Rudolf S. S. Wu, and Richard Y. C. Kong

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4455-4460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Prevalence and Identity of Cryptosporidium spp. in Pig Slurry
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4461-4463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Douglas Inglis, Malcolm McConville, and Anno de Jong

Atypical Helicobacter canadensis Strains Associated with Swine
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4464-4471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Ecology:

Hongchen Jiang, Hailiang Dong, Gengxin Zhang, Bingsong Yu, Leah R. Chapman, and Matthew W. Fields

Microbial Diversity in Water and Sediment of Lake Chaka, an Athalassohaline Lake in Northwestern China
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3832-3845. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. J. Maxfield, E. R. C. Hornibrook, and R. P. Evershed

Estimating High-Affinity Methanotrophic Bacterial Biomass, Growth, and Turnover in Soil by Phospholipid Fatty Acid ¹³C Labeling
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3901-3907. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Mudgal, F. Breidt, Jr., S. R. Lubkin, and K. P. Sandeep

Quantifying the Significance of Phage Attack on Starter Cultures: a Mechanistic Model for Population Dynamics of Phage and Their Hosts Isolated from Fermenting Sauerkraut
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3908-3915. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mette Burmølle, Jeremy S. Webb, Dhana Rao, Lars H. Hansen, Søren J. Sørensen, and Staffan Kjelleberg

Enhanced Biofilm Formation and Increased Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents and Bacterial Invasion Are Caused by Synergistic Interactions in Multispecies Biofilms
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3916-3923. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

A. Olvera, M. Calsamiglia, and V. Aragon

Genotypic Diversity of Haemophilus parasuis Field Strains
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3984-3992. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sinéad M. Ní Chadhain, R. Sean Norman, Karen V. Pesce, Jerome J. Kukor, and Gerben J. Zylstra

Microbial Dioxygenase Gene Population Shifts during Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Biodegradation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4078-4087. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David F. Gruber, Jean-Paul Simjouw, Sybil P. Seitzinger, and Gary L. Taghon

Dynamics and Characterization of Refractory Dissolved Organic Matter Produced by a Pure Bacterial Culture in an Experimental Predator-Prey System
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4184-4191. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antonio M. Martín-Platero, Eva Valdivia, Magdalena Ruíz-Rodríguez, Juan J. Soler, Manuel Martín-Vivaldi, Mercedes Maqueda, and Manuel Martínez-Bueno

Characterization of Antimicrobial Substances Produced by Enterococcus faecalis MRR 10-3, Isolated from the Uropygial Gland of the Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4245-4249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Armin Gieseke, Sheldon Tarre, Michal Green, and Dirk de Beer

Nitrification in a Biofilm at Low pH Values: Role of In Situ Microenvironments and Acid Tolerance
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4283-4292. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hervé Sanguin, Benoît Remenant, Arnaud Dechesne, Jean Thioulouse, Timothy M. Vogel, Xavier Nesme, Yvan Moënne-Loccoz, and Geneviève L. Grundmann

Potential of a 16S rRNA-Based Taxonomic Microarray for Analyzing the Rhizosphere Effects of Maize on Agrobacterium spp. and Bacterial Communities
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4302-4312. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Linda Cavaletti, Paolo Monciardini, Ruggiero Bamonte, Peter Schumann, Manfred Rohde, Margherita Sosio, and Stefano Donadio

New Lineage of Filamentous, Spore-Forming, Gram-Positive Bacteria from Soil
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4360-4369. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chuanlun L. Zhang, Ann Pearson, Yi-Liang Li, Gary Mills, and Juergen Wiegel

Thermophilic Temperature Optimum for Crenarchaeol Synthesis and Its Implication for Archaeal Evolution
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4419-4422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Colombet, T. Sime-Ngando, H. M. Cauchie, G. Fonty, L. Hoffmann, and G. Demeure

Depth-Related Gradients of Viral Activity in Lake Pavin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4440-4445. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Methods:

M. M. Klerks, A. H. C. van Bruggen, C. Zijlstra, and M. Donnikov

Comparison of Methods of Extracting Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis DNA from Environmental Substrates and Quantification of Organisms by Using a General Internal Procedural Control
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3879-3886. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason B. Gregory, R. Wayne Litaker, and Rachel T. Noble

Rapid One-Step Quantitative Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assay with Competitive Internal Positive Control for Detection of Enteroviruses in Environmental Samples
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3960-3967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Orin C. Shanks, Jorge W. Santo Domingo, Regina Lamendella, Catherine A. Kelty, and James E. Graham

Competitive Metagenomic DNA Hybridization Identifies Host-Specific Microbial Genetic Markers in Cow Fecal Samples
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4054-4060. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

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

Internally Controlled Real-Time PCR Method for Quantitative Species-Specific Detection and vapA Genotyping of Rhodococcus equi
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4256-4263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya, Rebecca Zabinsky, Sarah Bowerman, David R. Baker, Mary E. Lidstrom, and Ludmila Chistoserdova

Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization-Flow Cytometry-Cell Sorting-Based Method for Separation and Enrichment of Type I and Type II Methanotroph Populations
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4293-4301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brigitte Poppenberger, Franz Berthiller, Herwig Bachmann, Doris Lucyshyn, Clemens Peterbauer, Rudolf Mitterbauer, Rainer Schuhmacher, Rudolf Krska, Josef Glössl, and Gerhard Adam

Heterologous Expression of Arabidopsis UDP-Glucosyltransferases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for Production of Zearalenone-4-O-Glucoside
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4404-4410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L. R. Hodges, L. J. Rose, A. Peterson, J. Noble-Wang, and M. J. Arduino

Evaluation of a Macrofoam Swab Protocol for the Recovery of Bacillus anthracis Spores from a Steel Surface
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4429-4430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark J. Doubell, Laurent Seuront, Justin R. Seymour, Nicole L. Patten, and James G. Mitchell

High-Resolution Fluorometer for Mapping Microscale Phytoplankton Distributions
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4475-4478. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nihal T. Godiwala, Alain Vandewalle, Honorine D. Ward, and Brett A. Leav

Quantification of In Vitro and In Vivo Cryptosporidium parvum Infection by Using Real-Time PCR
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4484-4488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jürgen Herbert Helbig, Paul Christian Lück, Britta Kunz, and Andreas Bubert

Evaluation of the Duopath Legionella Lateral Flow Assay for Identification of Legionella pneumophila and Legionella Species Culture Isolates
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4489-4491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Environmental Microbiology:

Lenin Maturrano, Fernando Santos, Ramon Rosselló-Mora, and Josefa Antón

Microbial Diversity in Maras Salterns, a Hypersaline Environment in the Peruvian Andes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3887-3895. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julie J. Enticknap, Hirofumi Nonogaki, Allen R. Place, and Russell T. Hill

Microbial Diversity Associated with Odor Modification for Production of Fertilizers from Chicken Litter
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4105-4114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sebastian Sudek, Margo G. Haygood, Diaa T. A. Youssef, and Eric W. Schmidt

Structure of Trichamide, a Cyclic Peptide from the Bloom-Forming Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium erythraeum, Predicted from the Genome Sequence
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4382-4387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Valérie Decraene, Jonathan Pratten, and Michael Wilson

Cellulose Acetate Containing Toluidine Blue and Rose Bengal Is an Effective Antimicrobial Coating when Exposed to White Light
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4436-4439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Food Microbiology:

Petra F. G Wolffs, Kari Glencross, Romain Thibaudeau, and Mansel W. Griffiths

Direct Quantitation and Detection of Salmonellae in Biological Samples without Enrichment, Using Two-Step Filtration and Real-Time PCR
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3896-3900. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Udo Friedrich and Jan Lenke

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4163-4171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. O. Noyce, H. Michels, and C. W. Keevil

Use of Copper Cast Alloys To Control Escherichia coli O157 Cross-Contamination during Food Processing
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4239-4244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gitte Wulff, Lone Gram, Peter Ahrens, and Birte Fonnesbech Vogel

One Group of Genetically Similar Listeria monocytogenes Strains Frequently Dominates and Persists in Several Fish Slaughter- and Smokehouses
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4313-4322. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. D. Schindler and L. A. Shelef

Immobilization and Detection of Listeria monocytogenes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4426-4428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomás López-Pedemonte, Iker Sevilla, Joseba M. Garrido, Gorka Aduriz, Buenaventura Guamis, Ramón A. Juste, and Artur X. Roig-Sagués

Inactivation of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Cow's Milk by Means of High Hydrostatic Pressure at Mild Temperatures
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4446-4449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sa Xu, Theodore P. Labuza, and Francisco Diez-Gonzalez

Thermal Inactivation of Bacillus anthracis Spores in Cow's Milk
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4479-4483. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

Erik Lysøe, Sonja S. Klemsdal, Karen R. Bone, Rasmus J. N. Frandsen, Thomas Johansen, Ulf Thrane, and Henriette Giese

The PKS4 Gene of Fusarium graminearum Is Essential for Zearalenone Production
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3924-3932. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandra Rainieri, Yukiko Kodama, Yoshinobu Kaneko, Kozaburo Mikata, Yoshihiro Nakao, and Toshihiko Ashikari

Pure and Mixed Genetic Lines of Saccharomyces bayanus and Saccharomyces pastorianus and Their Contribution to the Lager Brewing Strain Genome
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3968-3974. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Pål Axel Olsson, Maria C. Hansson, and Stephen H. Burleigh

Effect of P Availability on Temporal Dynamics of Carbon Allocation and Glomus intraradices High-Affinity P Transporter Gene Induction in Arbuscular Mycorrhiza
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4115-4120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Noam Alkan, Vijay Gadkar, Oded Yarden, and Yoram Kapulnik

Analysis of Quantitative Interactions between Two Species of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Glomus mosseae and G. intraradices, by Real-Time PCR
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4192-4199. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Thammajun Leungsakul, Glenn R. Johnson, and Thomas K. Wood

Protein Engineering of the 4-Methyl-5-Nitrocatechol Monooxygenase from Burkholderia sp. Strain DNT for Enhanced Degradation of Nitroaromatics
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3933-3939. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marian Pulido, Kenji Saito, Shun-Ichi Tanaka, Yuichi Koga, Masaaki Morikawa, Kazufumi Takano, and Shigenori Kanaya

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4154-4162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jiro Arima, Yoshiko Uesugi, Misugi Uraji, Masaki Iwabuchi, and Tadashi Hatanaka

Dipeptide Synthesis by an Aminopeptidase from Streptomyces septatus TH-2 and Its Application to Synthesis of Biologically Active Peptides
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4225-4231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. G. Streeter and M. L. Gomez

Three Enzymes for Trehalose Synthesis in Bradyrhizobium Cultured Bacteria and in Bacteroids from Soybean Nodules
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4250-4255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takeshi Ohta, Takeshi Kawabata, Ken Nishikawa, Akio Tani, Kazuhide Kimbara, and Fusako Kawai

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
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4388-4396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Shifting the pH Profile of Aspergillus niger PhyA Phytase To Match the Stomach pH Enhances Its Effectiveness as an Animal Feed Additive
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4397-4403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Biotechnology:

Pablo I. Nikel, Alejandra de Almeida, Evelia C. Melillo, Miguel A. Galvagno, and M. Julia Pettinari

New Recombinant Escherichia coli Strain Tailored for the Production of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) from Agroindustrial By-Products
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3949-3954. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Siqing Liu, Darrell O. Bayles, Tricia M. Mason, and Brian J. Wilkinson

A Cold-Sensitive Listeria monocytogenes Mutant Has a Transposon Insertion in a Gene Encoding a Putative Membrane Protein and Shows Altered (p)ppGpp Levels
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3955-3959. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fanny Ewann and Paul S. Hoffman

Cysteine Metabolism in Legionella pneumophila: Characterization of an L-Cystine-Utilizing Mutant
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 3993-4000. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Changbin Chen, Srimevan Wanduragala, Donald F. Becker, and Martin B. Dickman

Tomato QM-Like Protein Protects Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells against Oxidative Stress by Regulating Intracellular Proline Levels
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4001-4006. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Álvarez, P. Secades, M. Prieto, M. J. McBride, and J. A. Guijarro

A Mutation in Flavobacterium psychrophilum tlpB Inhibits Gliding Motility and Induces Biofilm Formation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4044-4053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eduardo Cebollero and Ramon Gonzalez

Induction of Autophagy by Second-Fermentation Yeasts during Elaboration of Sparkling Wines
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4121-4127. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sonia Gullón, Carlos Olano, Mohamed S. Abdelfattah, Alfredo F. Braña, Jürgen Rohr, Carmen Méndez, and José A. Salas

Isolation, Characterization, and Heterologous Expression of the Biosynthesis Gene Cluster for the Antitumor Anthracycline Steffimycin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4172-4183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Byoung Sam Ko, Jinmi Kim, and Jung Hoe Kim

Production of Xylitol from D-Xylose by a Xylitol Dehydrogenase Gene-Disrupted Mutant of Candida tropicalis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4207-4213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Grit Neumann, Sjef Cornelissen, Frank van Breukelen, Steffi Hunger, Holger Lippold, Norbert Loffhagen, Lukas Y. Wick, and Hermann J. Heipieper

Energetics and Surface Properties of Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E in a Two-Phase Fermentation System with 1-Decanol as Second Phase
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4232-4238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Balasubramanian Ganesan, Piotr Dobrowolski, and Bart C. Weimer

Identification of the Leucine-to-2-Methylbutyric Acid Catabolic Pathway of Lactococcus lactis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4264-4273. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

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

Energetic Consequences of Nitrite Stress in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough, Inferred from Global Transcriptional Analysis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4370-4381. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Fernanda Mozzi, Frederik Vaningelgem, Elvira María Hébert, Roel Van der Meulen, María Remedios Foulquié Moreno, Graciela Font de Valdez, and Luc De Vuyst

Diversity of Heteropolysaccharide-Producing Lactic Acid Bacterium Strains and Their Biopolymers
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4431-4435. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kai F. Hung, Jeffrey J. Byrd, Jeffrey L. Bose, and Charles W. Kaspar

Reduction of Acid Tolerance by Tetracycline in Escherichia coli Expressing tetA(C) Is Reversed by Cations
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4472-4474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul D. Cotter, Lorraine A. Draper, Elaine M. Lawton, Olivia McAuliffe, Colin Hill, and R. Paul Ross

Overproduction of Wild-Type and Bioengineered Derivatives of the Lantibiotic Lacticin 3147
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4492-4496. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert E. Ward, Milady Niñonuevo, David A. Mills, Carlito B. Lebrilla, and J. Bruce German

In Vitro Fermentation of Breast Milk Oligosaccharides by Bifidobacterium infantis and Lactobacillus gasseri
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4497-4499. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geomicrobiology:

Adrian Hetzer, Christopher J. Daughney, and Hugh W. Morgan

Cadmium Ion Biosorption by the Thermophilic Bacteria Geobacillus stearothermophilus and G. thermocatenulatus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4020-4027. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Janelle M. Hare, Sara N. Perkins, and Leslie A. Gregg-Jolly

A Constitutively Expressed, Truncated umuDC Operon Regulates the recA-Dependent DNA Damage Induction of a Gene in Acinetobacter baylyi Strain ADP1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4036-4043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Comparative and Functional Analysis of Sortase-Dependent Proteins in the Predicted Secretome of Lactobacillus salivarius UCC118
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4143-4153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Nataliya Pobigaylo, Danijel Wetter, Silke Szymczak, Ulf Schiller, Stefan Kurtz, Folker Meyer, Tim W. Nattkemper, and Anke Becker

Construction of a Large Signature-Tagged Mini-Tn5 Transposon Library and Its Application to Mutagenesis of Sinorhizobium meliloti
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4329-4337. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Hélène Deveau, Simon J. Labrie, Marie-Christine Chopin, and Sylvain Moineau

Biodiversity and Classification of Lactococcal Phages
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4338-4346. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Biodegradation:

Thore Rohwerder, Uta Breuer, Dirk Benndorf, Ute Lechner, and Roland H. Müller

The Alkyl tert-Butyl Ether Intermediate 2-Hydroxyisobutyrate Is Degraded via a Novel Cobalamin-Dependent Mutase Pathway
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4128-4135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Amy V. Callaghan, Lisa M. Gieg, Kevin G. Kropp, Joseph M. Suflita, and Lily Y. Young

Comparison of Mechanisms of Alkane Metabolism under Sulfate-Reducing Conditions among Two Bacterial Isolates and a Bacterial Consortium
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4274-4282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ines I. R. Baptista, Ludmila G. Peeva, Ning-Yi Zhou, David J. Leak, Athanasios Mantalaris, and Andrew G. Livingston

Stability and Performance of Xanthobacter autotrophicus GJ10 during 1,2-Dichloroethane Biodegradation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4411-4418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

Catherine Mee-Hie Cho, Tingfen Yan, Xueduan Liu, Liyou Wu, Jizhong Zhou, and Lisa Y. Stein

Transcriptome of a Nitrosomonas europaea Mutant with a Disrupted Nitrite Reductase Gene (nirK)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4450-4454. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Errata:

Martha E. Trujillo, Anne Willems, Adriana Abril, Ana-María Planchuelo, Raúl Rivas, Dolores Ludeña, Pedro F. Mateos, Eustaquio Martínez-Molina, and Encarna Velázquez

Nodulation of Lupinus albus by Strains of Ochrobactrum lupini sp. nov.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4500. [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. J. Purdy, D. B. Nedwell, and T. M. Embley

Analysis of the Sulfate-Reducing Bacterial and Methanogenic Archaeal Populations in Contrasting Antarctic Sediments
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4501. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Author's Correction:

Da-Zhong Yan, Hong Liu, and Ning-Yi Zhou

Conversion of Sphingobium chlorophenolicum ATCC 39723 to a Hexachlorobenzene Degrader by Metabolic Engineering
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 4502. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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