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Contents: July 2006, Volume 72, Issue 7        Physiology and Biotechnology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Environmental Microbiology        Public Health Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Food Microbiology        Biodegradation        Mycology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Methods        Plant Microbiology

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Response of Lactobacillus helveticus PR4 to Heat Stress during Propagation in Cheese Whey with a Gradient of Decreasing Temperatures Raffaella Di Cagno, Maria De Angelis, Antonio Limitone, Patrick F. Fox, and Marco Gobbetti Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4503-4514; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Low-Shear Modeled Microgravity on Cell Function, Gene Expression, and Phenotype in Saccharomyces cerevisiae B. Purevdorj-Gage, K. B. Sheehan, and L. E. Hyman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4569-4575; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of GPD1 Overexpression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Commercial Wine Yeast Strains Lacking ALD6 Genes Brigitte Cambon, Virginie Monteil, Fabienne Remize, Carole Camarasa, and Sylvie Dequin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4688-4694; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Drug Transporter Genes on Cysteine Export and Overproduction in Escherichia coli Satoshi Yamada, Naoki Awano, Kyoko Inubushi, Eri Maeda, Shigeru Nakamori, Kunihiko Nishino, Akihito Yamaguchi, and Hiroshi Takagi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4735-4742; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

13C-Labeled Gluconate Tracing as a Direct and Accurate Method for Determining the Pentose Phosphate Pathway Split Ratio in Penicillium chrysogenum Roelco J. Kleijn, Wouter A. van Winden, Cor Ras, Walter M. van Gulik, Dick Schipper, and Joseph J. Heijnen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4743-4754; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Protective Immune Response Is Generated in Rainbow Trout by an OmpH-Like Surface Antigen (P18) of Flavobacterium psychrophilum Fabien Dumetz, Eric Duchaud, Scott E. LaPatra, Claire Le Marrec, Stéphane Claverol, Maria-C. Urdaci, and Michel Le Hénaff Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4845-4852; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

YtjE from Lactococcus lactis IL1403 Is a C-S Lyase with ,-Elimination Activity toward Methionine M. Carmen Martínez-Cuesta, Carmen Peláez, John Eagles, Michael J. Gasson, Teresa Requena, and Sean B. Hanniffy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4878-4884; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Heterogeneity of RpoS in Stress Tolerance of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Strains Arvind A. Bhagwat, Jasmine Tan, Manan Sharma, Mahendra Kothary, Sharon Low, Ben D. Tall, and Medha Bhagwat Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4978-4986; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alteration of the Rugose Phenotype in waaG and ddhC Mutants of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium DT104 Is Associated with Inverse Production of Curli and Cellulose Yuda Anriany, Surashri N. Sahu, Kimberly R. Wessels, Lindsay M. McCann, and Sam W. Joseph Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5002-5012; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Simulating the Contribution of Coaggregation to Interspecies Hydrogen Fluxes in Syntrophic Methanogenic Consortia Shun'ichi Ishii, Tomoyuki Kosaka, Yasuaki Hotta, and Kazuya Watanabe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5093-5096; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Survival of GroESL-Overproducing Lactobacillus paracasei NFBC 338 under Stressful Conditions Induced by Drying B. M. Corcoran, R. P. Ross, G. F. Fitzgerald, P. Dockery, and C. Stanton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5104-5107; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Cell Lysis Activity of the Streptococcus agalactiae Bacteriophage B30 Endolysin Relies on the Cysteine, Histidine-Dependent Amidohydrolase/Peptidase Domain David M. Donovan, Juli Foster-Frey, Shengli Dong, Geneviève M. Rousseau, Sylvain Moineau, and David G. Pritchard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5108-5112; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Citrate Inhibition-Resistant Form of 6-Phosphofructo-1-Kinase from Aspergillus niger Tina Mlakar and Matic Legisa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4515-4521; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phage Display of an Intracellular Carboxylesterase of Bacillus subtilis: Comparison of Sec and Tat Pathway Export Capabilities Melloney J. Dröge, Ykelien L. Boersma, Peter G. Braun, Robbert Jan Buining, Mattijs K. Julsing, Karin G. A. Selles, Jan Maarten van Dijl, and Wim J. Quax Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4589-4595; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of an Arene cis-Dihydrodiol Dehydrogenase Endowed with Broad Substrate Specificity toward Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Dihydrodiols Yves Jouanneau and Christine Meyer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4726-4734; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of Two Enantioselective -Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenases, RdpA and SdpA, from Sphingomonas herbicidovorans MH Tina A. Müller, Thomas Fleischmann, Jan Roelof van der Meer, and Hans-Peter E. Kohler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4853-4861; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Diversity of Planctomycetes in Soil in Relation to Soil History and Environmental Heterogeneity Daniel H. Buckley, Varisa Huangyutitham, Tyrrell A. Nelson, Angelika Rumberger, and Janice E. Thies Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4522-4531; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Persistence and Growth of Fecal Bacteroidales Assessed by Bromodeoxyuridine Immunocapture Sarah P. Walters and Katharine G. Field Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4532-4539; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Seasonal Variations in Virus-Host Populations in Norwegian Coastal Waters: Focusing on the Cyanophage Community Infecting Marine Synechococcus spp. Ruth-Anne Sandaa and Aud Larsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4610-4618; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Weakening Effect of Cell Permeabilizers on Gram-Negative Bacteria Causing Biodeterioration H.-L. Alakomi, A. Paananen, M.-L. Suihko, I. M. Helander, and M. Saarela Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4695-4703; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phenotypic Properties and Microbial Diversity of Methanogenic Granules from a Full-Scale Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Bed Reactor Treating Brewery Wastewater Emiliano E. Díaz, Alfons J. M. Stams, Ricardo Amils, and José L. Sanz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4942-4949; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for Existence of "Mesotogas," Members of the Order Thermotogales Adapted to Low-Temperature Environments Camilla L. Nesbø, Marlena Dlutek, Olga Zhaxybayeva, and W. Ford Doolittle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5061-5068; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Microsporidian Species Known To Infect Humans Are Present in Aquatic Birds: Implications for Transmission via Water? Anna Slodkowicz-Kowalska, Thaddeus K. Graczyk, Leena Tamang, Szymon Jedrzejewski, Andrzej Nowosad, Piotr Zduniak, Piotr Solarczyk, Autumn S. Girouard, and Anna C. Majewska Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4540-4544; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Epidemiology of Group A Rotaviruses in Water Sources and Selected Raw Vegetables in Southern Africa W. B. van Zyl, N. A. Page, W. O. K. Grabow, A. D. Steele, and M. B. Taylor Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4554-4560; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of a Nonmedicated Dietary Supplement Correlates with Increased Prevalence of Streptomycin-Sulfa-Tetracycline-Resistant Escherichia coli on a Dairy Farm Artashes R. Khachatryan, Thomas E. Besser, Dale D. Hancock, and Douglas R. Call Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4583-4588; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Helicobacter anseris sp. nov. and Helicobacter brantae sp. nov., Isolated from Feces of Resident Canada Geese in the Greater Boston Area James G. Fox, Nancy S. Taylor, Shelly Howe, Michele Tidd, Shilu Xu, Bruce J. Paster, and Floyd E. Dewhirst Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4633-4637; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Colonization Dynamics of Altered Schaedler Flora Is Influenced by Gender, Aging, and Helicobacter hepaticus Infection in the Intestines of Swiss Webster Mice Zhongming Ge, Yang Feng, Nancy S. Taylor, Masahiro Ohtani, Martin F. Polz, David B. Schauer, and James G. Fox Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5100-5103; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Cladophora (Chlorophyta) spp. Harbor Human Bacterial Pathogens in Nearshore Water of Lake Michigan Satoshi Ishii, Tao Yan, Dawn A. Shively, Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli, Richard L. Whitman, and Michael J. Sadowsky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4545-4553; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stratified Communities of Active Archaea in Deep Marine Subsurface Sediments Ketil B. Sørensen and Andreas Teske Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4596-4603; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recurrent Seasonal Variations in Abundance and Composition of Filamentous SOL Cluster Bacteria (Saprospiraceae, Bacteroidetes) in Oligomesotrophic Lake Mondsee (Austria) Michael Schauer, Jing Jiang, and Martin W. Hahn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4704-4712; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Sulfide Oxidation with Nitrate by a Freshwater Beggiatoa Enrichment Culture Anja Kamp, Peter Stief, and Heide N. Schulz-Vogt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4755-4760; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Infection Paradox: High Abundance but Low Impact of Freshwater Benthic Viruses Manuela Filippini, Nanna Buesing, Yvan Bettarel, Télesphore Sime-Ngando, and Mark O. Gessner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4893-4898; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Marine and Freshwater Cyanophages in a Laurentian Great Lake: Evidence from Infectivity Assays and Molecular Analyses of g20 Genes Steven W. Wilhelm, Matthew J. Carberry, Melanie L. Eldridge, Leo Poorvin, Matthew A. Saxton, and Martina A. Doblin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4957-4963; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Life Cycle of the Soil Saprophyte Bacillus cereus in Liquid Soil Extract and in Soil Sébastien Vilain, Yun Luo, Michael B. Hildreth, and Volker S. Brözel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4970-4977; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influences of Biofilm Structure and Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms on Indirect Pathogenicity in a Model Polymicrobial Biofilm Heather A. O'Connell, Greg S. Kottkamp, James L. Eppelbaum, Bryan A. Stubblefield, Sarah E. Gilbert, and Eric S. Gilbert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5013-5019; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

16S rRNA Phylogenetic Investigation of the Candidate Division "Korarchaeota" Thomas A. Auchtung, Cristina D. Takacs-Vesbach, and Colleen M. Cavanaugh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5077-5082; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Microcystin-Producing Cyanobacteria in Spatially Isolated Regions of Lake Erie Johanna M. Rinta-Kanto and Steven W. Wilhelm Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5083-5085; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biofilm Formation by Bacillus cereus Is Influenced by PlcR, a Pleiotropic Regulator Yi-Huang Hsueh, Eileen B. Somers, Didier Lereclus, and Amy C. Lee Wong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5089-5092; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhancement of In Vitro Growth of Pathogenic Bacteria by Norepinephrine: Importance of Inoculum Density and Role of Transferrin Phyllis M. O'Donnell, Hernan Aviles, Mark Lyte, and Gerald Sonnenfeld Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5097-5099; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acetate Oxidation Is the Dominant Methanogenic Pathway from Acetate in the Absence of Methanosaetaceae Dimitar Karakashev, Damien J. Batstone, Eric Trably, and Irini Angelidaki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5138-5141; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Further Comparison of Temperature Effects on Growth and Survival of Clostridium perfringens Type A Isolates Carrying a Chromosomal or Plasmid-Borne Enterotoxin Gene Jihong Li and Bruce A. McClane Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4561-4568; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Soft-Agar-Coated Filter Method for Early Detection of Viable and Thermostable Direct Hemolysin (TDH)- or TDH-Related Hemolysin-Producing Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Seafood Sachiko Hayashi, Masatoshi Okura, and Ro Osawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4576-4582; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Changes in the Spoilage-Related Microbiota of Beef during Refrigerated Storage under Different Packaging Conditions Danilo Ercolini, Federica Russo, Elena Torrieri, Paolo Masi, and Francesco Villani Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4663-4671; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Estimation of Staphylococcus aureus Growth Parameters from Turbidity Data: Characterization of Strain Variation and Comparison of Methods R. Lindqvist Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4862-4870; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Flow Cytometric Testing of Green Fluorescent Protein-Tagged Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG for Response to Defensins Sigrid C. J. De Keersmaecker, Kristien Braeken, Tine L. A. Verhoeven, Mónica Perea Vélez, Sarah Lebeer, Jos Vanderleyden, and Pascal Hols Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4923-4930; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes Isolates from Ready-To-Eat Foods in Florida Yuelian Shen, Yan Liu, Yifan Zhang, Jennifer Cripe, William Conway, Jianghong Meng, Grace Hall, and Arvind A. Bhagwat Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5073-5076; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of Yogurt Bacteria in the Human Gut Marina Elli, Maria Luisa Callegari, Susanna Ferrari, Elena Bessi, Daniela Cattivelli, Sara Soldi, Lorenzo Morelli, Nathalie Goupil Feuillerat, and Jean-Michel Antoine Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5113-5117; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Emetic Bacillus weihenstephanensis, a New Cereulide-Producing Bacterium Line Thorsen, Bjarne Munk Hansen, Kristian Fog Nielsen, Niels Bohse Hendriksen, Richard Kerry Phipps, and Birgitte Bjørn Budde Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5118-5121; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intrinsic Properties of So-Called Dormant Probiotic Bacteria, Determined by Flow Cytometric Viability Assays Sampo J. Lahtinen, Arthur C. Ouwehand, Johanna P. Reinikainen, Jaakko M. Korpela, Jouko Sandholm, and Seppo J. Salminen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5132-5134; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Biodesulfurization in Biphasic Systems Containing Organic Solvents Fei Tao, Bo Yu, Ping Xu, and Cui Qing Ma Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4604-4609; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Identification of an Abscisic Acid Gene Cluster in the Grey Mold Botrytis cinerea Verena Siewers, Leonie Kokkelink, Jørn Smedsgaard, and Paul Tudzynski Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4619-4626; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structure, Organization, and Transcriptional Regulation of a Family of Copper Radical Oxidase Genes in the Lignin-Degrading Basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium Amber Vanden Wymelenberg, Grzegorz Sabat, Michael Mozuch, Philip J. Kersten, Dan Cullen, and Robert A. Blanchette Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4871-4877; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Old Yellow Enzymes Protect against Acrolein Toxicity in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Eleanor W. Trotter, Emma J. Collinson, Ian W. Dawes, and Chris M. Grant Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4885-4892; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modification of Sexual Development and Carotene Production by Acetate and Other Small Carboxylic Acids in Blakeslea trispora and Phycomyces blakesleeanus Vera Kuzina and Enrique Cerdá-Olmedo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4917-4922; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Laccase as a Novel, Versatile Reporter System in Filamentous Fungi Gerd J. Mander, Huaming Wang, Elizabeth Bodie, Jens Wagner, Kay Vienken, Claudia Vinuesa, Caroline Foster, Abigail C. Leeder, Gethin Allen, Valerie Hamill, Giselle G. Janssen, Nigel Dunn-Coleman, Marvin Karos, Hans Georg Lemaire, Thomas Subkowski, Claus Bollschweiler, Geoffrey Turner, Bernhard Nüsslein, and Reinhard Fischer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5020-5026; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purine Biosynthesis, Riboflavin Production, and Trophic-Phase Span Are Controlled by a Myb-Related Transcription Factor in the Fungus Ashbya gossypii Laura Mateos, Alberto Jiménez, José L. Revuelta, and María A. Santos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5052-5060; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transfer of Genetic Material between Pathogenic and Food-Borne Yeasts Marek Mentel, Mário Spírek, Dorte Jørck-Ramberg, and Jure Piskur Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5122-5125; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Perpetuation of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia lusitaniae by Lizards Dania Richter and Franz-Rainer Matuschka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4627-4632; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Adsorption of Occluded and Nonoccluded Insect-Pathogenic Viruses to Soil-Forming Minerals Peter D. Christian, Andrew R. Richards, and Trevor Williams Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4648-4652; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Culture-Independent Characterization of the Digestive-Tract Microbiota of the Medicinal Leech Reveals a Tripartite Symbiosis Paul L. Worthen, Cindy J. Gode, and Joerg Graf Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4775-4781; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular and Insecticidal Characterization of a Cry1I Protein Toxic to Insects of the Families Noctuidae, Tortricidae, Plutellidae, and Chrysomelidae Iñigo Ruiz de Escudero, Anna Estela, Manuel Porcar, Clara Martínez, José A. Oguiza, Baltasar Escriche, Juan Ferré, and Primitivo Caballero Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4796-4804; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Asymmetrical Interactions between Wolbachia and Spiroplasma Endosymbionts Coexisting in the Same Insect Host Shunsuke Goto, Hisashi Anbutsu, and Takema Fukatsu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4805-4810; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Okadaic Acid, an Apoptogenic Toxin for Symbiotic/Parasitic Annelids in the Demosponge Suberites domuncula Heinz C. Schröder, Hans J. Breter, Ernesto Fattorusso, Hiroshi Ushijima, Matthias Wiens, Renate Steffen, Renato Batel, and Werner E. G. Müller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4907-4916; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Respiration on Tellurate and Other Metalloids in Bacteria from Hydrothermal Vent Fields in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Julius T. Csotonyi, Erko Stackebrandt, and Vladimir Yurkov Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4950-4956; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Caenorhabditis elegans ABL-1 Tyrosine Kinase Is Required for Shigella flexneri Pathogenesis Elizabeth A. Burton, Ann Marie Pendergast, and Alejandro Aballay Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5043-5051; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Caenorhabditis elegans Senses Bacterial Autoinducers Elmus Beale, Guigen Li, Man-Wah Tan, and Kendra P. Rumbaugh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5135-5137; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Phase-Variable Surface Structures Are Required for Infection of Campylobacter jejuni by Bacteriophages Chris Coward, Andrew J. Grant, Craig Swift, Jennifer Philp, Rebecca Towler, Mohammad Heydarian, Jennifer A. Frost, and Duncan J. Maskell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4638-4647; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacteriocin T8, a Novel Class IIa sec-Dependent Bacteriocin Produced by Enterococcus faecium T8, Isolated from Vaginal Secretions of Children Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus M. De Kwaadsteniet, T. Fraser, C. A. Van Reenen, and L. M. T. Dicks Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4761-4766; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Virulence Gene Profiles of Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Healthy and Diarrheic Swine Toni A. Chapman, Xi-Yang Wu, Idris Barchia, Karl A. Bettelheim, Steven Driesen, Darren Trott, Mark Wilson, and James J.-C. Chin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4782-4795; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Genes and Proteins Necessary for Catabolism of Acyclic Terpenes and Leucine/Isovalerate in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Karin Förster-Fromme, Birgit Höschle, Christina Mack, Michael Bott, Wolfgang Armbruster, and Dieter Jendrossek Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4819-4828; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Multiple Prophages from a Marine Bacterium: a Genomic Approach Feng Chen, Kui Wang, Jeneen Stewart, and Robert Belas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4995-5001; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Transduction of an Stx-Encoding Phage in Ruminants Nancy A. Cornick, Amy F. Helgerson, Volker Mai, Jennifer M. Ritchie, and David W. K. Acheson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5086-5088; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Functional mobA Gene for Molybdopterin Cytosine Dinucleotide Cofactor Biosynthesis Is Required for Activity and Holoenzyme Assembly of the Heterotrimeric Nicotine Dehydrogenases of Arthrobacter nicotinovorans Paula Sachelaru, Emile Schiltz, and Roderich Brandsch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 5126-5131; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Sequence Diversity of the Bacillus thuringiensis and B. cereus Sensu Lato Flagellin (H Antigen) Protein: Comparison with H Serotype Diversity Dong Xu and Jean-Charles Côté Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4653-4662; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Suspension Array Analysis of 16S rRNA from Fe- and SO42-Reducing Bacteria in Uranium-Contaminated Sediments Undergoing Bioremediation Darrell P. Chandler, Ann E. Jarrell, Eric R. Roden, Julia Golova, Boris Chernov, Matthew J. Schipma, Aaron D. Peacock, and Philip E. Long Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4672-4687; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effectiveness of Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus PCR and Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Fingerprinting for Helicobacter pylori Strain Differentiation S. Alison Finger, Billie Velapatiño, Margaret Kosek, Livia Santivañez, Daiva Dailidiene, Willi Quino, Jacqueline Balqui, Phabiola Herrera, Douglas E. Berg, and Robert H. Gilman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4713-4716; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Generating Tetracycline-Inducible Auxotrophy in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium by Using an Insertion Element and a Hyperactive Transposase Martin Köstner, Britta Schmidt, Ralph Bertram, and Wolfgang Hillen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4717-4725; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Assessment of Factors Influencing Direct Enumeration of Viruses within Estuarine Sediments Rebekah R. Helton, Ling Liu, and K. Eric Wommack Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4767-4774; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Optimization of a Sampling System for Recovery and Detection of Airborne Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus and Swine Influenza Virus J. R. Hermann, S. J. Hoff, K. J. Yoon, A. C. Burkhardt, R. B. Evans, and J. J. Zimmerman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2006 72: 4811-4818; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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