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Microbial Ecology:

Joseph A. Moss, Andreas Nocker, Joe E. Lepo, and Richard A. Snyder

Stability and Change in Estuarine Biofilm Bacterial Community Diversity
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5679-5688. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evan M. Hunter, Heath J. Mills, and Joel E. Kostka

Microbial Community Diversity Associated with Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Permeable Shelf Sediments
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5689-5701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Chee Meng Pang and Wen-Tso Liu

Biological Filtration Limits Carbon Availability and Affects Downstream Biofilm Formation and Community Structure
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5702-5712. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Andrea C. Baker, Victoria J. Goddard, Joanne Davy, Declan C. Schroeder, David G. Adams, and William H. Wilson

Identification of a Diagnostic Marker To Detect Freshwater Cyanophages of Filamentous Cyanobacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5713-5719. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Melanie W. Kuiper, Rinske M. Valster, Bart A. Wullings, Harry Boonstra, Hauke Smidt, and Dick van der Kooij

Quantitative Detection of the Free-Living Amoeba Hartmannella vermiformis in Surface Water by Using Real-Time PCR
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5750-5756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Chul-Min Kim, Ying-Hua Yi, Do-Hyeon Yu, Mi-Jin Lee, Mae-Rim Cho, Atul R. Desai, Smriti Shringi, Terry A. Klein, Heung-Chul Kim, Jin-Won Song, Luck-Ju Baek, Sung-Tae Chong, Monica L. O'Guinn, John S. Lee, In-Yong Lee, Jin-Ho Park, Janet Foley, and Joon-Seok Chae

Tick-Borne Rickettsial Pathogens in Ticks and Small Mammals in Korea
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5766-5776. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura Alonso-Sáez, Josep M. Gasol, Thomas Lefort, Julia Hofer, and Ruben Sommaruga

Effect of Natural Sunlight on Bacterial Activity and Differential Sensitivity of Natural Bacterioplankton Groups in Northwestern Mediterranean Coastal Waters
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5806-5813. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maya Bhatia, Martin Sharp, and Julia Foght

Distinct Bacterial Communities Exist beneath a High Arctic Polythermal Glacier
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5838-5845. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

César Rodríguez, Lore Lang, Amy Wang, Karlheinz Altendorf, Fernando García, and André Lipski

Lettuce for Human Consumption Collected in Costa Rica Contains Complex Communities of Culturable Oxytetracycline- and Gentamicin-Resistant Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5870-5876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Sergeant, Laura Baxter, Paul Jarrett, Eve Shaw, Margaret Ousley, Craig Winstanley, and J. Alun W. Morgan

Identification, Typing, and Insecticidal Activity of Xenorhabdus Isolates from Entomopathogenic Nematodes in United Kingdom Soil and Characterization of the xpt Toxin Loci
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5895-5907. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jane E. Gillies, Kevin A. Kuehn, Steven N. Francoeur, and Robert K. Neely

Application of the [³H]Leucine Incorporation Technique for Quantification of Bacterial Secondary Production Associated with Decaying Wetland Plant Litter
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5948-5956. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ellen Kandeler, Kathrin Deiglmayr, Dagmar Tscherko, David Bru, and Laurent Philippot

Abundance of narG, nirS, nirK, and nosZ Genes of Denitrifying Bacteria during Primary Successions of a Glacier Foreland
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5957-5962. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Raju Sekar, DeEtta K. Mills, Elizabeth R. Remily, Joshua D. Voss, and Laurie L. Richardson

Microbial Communities in the Surface Mucopolysaccharide Layer and the Black Band Microbial Mat of Black Band-Diseased Siderastrea siderea
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5963-5973. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Danovaro, G. M. Luna, A. Dell'Anno, and B. Pietrangeli

Comparison of Two Fingerprinting Techniques, Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism and Automated Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Analysis, for Determination of Bacterial Diversity in Aquatic Environments
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5982-5989. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tom Vanhoutte, Vicky De Preter, Evie De Brandt, Kristin Verbeke, Jean Swings, and Geert Huys

Molecular Monitoring of the Fecal Microbiota of Healthy Human Subjects during Administration of Lactulose and Saccharomyces boulardii
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5990-5997. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alexander Eiler, Mona Johansson, and Stefan Bertilsson

Environmental Influences on Vibrio Populations in Northern Temperate and Boreal Coastal Waters (Baltic and Skagerrak Seas)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6004-6011. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Anne Rantala, Pirjo Rajaniemi-Wacklin, Christina Lyra, Liisa Lepistö, Jukka Rintala, Joanna Mankiewicz-Boczek, and Kaarina Sivonen

Detection of Microcystin-Producing Cyanobacteria in Finnish Lakes with Genus-Specific Microcystin Synthetase Gene E (mcyE) PCR and Associations with Environmental Factors
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6101-6110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. Muscatello, G. A. Anderson, J. R. Gilkerson, and G. F. Browning

Associations between the Ecology of Virulent Rhodococcus equi and the Epidemiology of R. equi Pneumonia on Australian Thoroughbred Farms
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6152-6160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Sandra Macfarlane and George T. Macfarlane

Composition and Metabolic Activities of Bacterial Biofilms Colonizing Food Residues in the Human Gut
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6204-6211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoko Okubo, Hiroyuki Futamata, and Akira Hiraishi

Characterization of Phototrophic Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria Forming Colored Microbial Mats in a Swine Wastewater Ditch
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6225-6233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yusuke Nakanishi, Koichiro Murashima, Hiroki Ohara, Takahisa Suzuki, Hidenori Hayashi, Mitsuo Sakamoto, Tomoyuki Fukasawa, Hidetoshi Kubota, Akira Hosono, Toshiaki Kono, Shuichi Kaminogawa, and Yoshimi Benno

Increase in Terminal Restriction Fragments of Bacteroidetes-Derived 16S rRNA Genes after Administration of Short-Chain Fructooligosaccharides
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6271-6276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eoin L. Brodie, Todd Z. DeSantis, Dominique C. Joyner, Seung M. Baek, Joern T. Larsen, Gary L. Andersen, Terry C. Hazen, Paul M. Richardson, Donald J. Herman, Tetsu K. Tokunaga, Jiamin M. Wan, and Mary K. Firestone

Application of a High-Density Oligonucleotide Microarray Approach To Study Bacterial Population Dynamics during Uranium Reduction and Reoxidation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6288-6298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Natsuko Hamamura, Sarah H. Olson, David M. Ward, and William P. Inskeep

Microbial Population Dynamics Associated with Crude-Oil Biodegradation in Diverse Soils
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6316-6324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rustam I. Aminov, Alan W. Walker, Sylvia H. Duncan, Hermie J. M. Harmsen, Gjalt W. Welling, and Harry J. Flint

Molecular Diversity, Cultivation, and Improved Detection by Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization of a Dominant Group of Human Gut Bacteria Related to Roseburia spp. or Eubacterium rectale
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6371-6376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Biodegradation:

Poonam Sharma, Vishakha Raina, Rekha Kumari, Shweta Malhotra, Charu Dogra, Hansi Kumari, Hans-Peter E. Kohler, Hans-Rudolf Buser, Christof Holliger, and Rup Lal

Haloalkane Dehalogenase LinB Is Responsible for ß- and -Hexachlorocyclohexane Transformation in Sphingobium indicum B90A
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5720-5727. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Man Jae Kwon and Kevin T. Finneran

Microbially Mediated Biodegradation of Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5- Triazine by Extracellular Electron Shuttling Compounds
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5933-5941. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Siriwat Poonthrigpun, Kobchai Pattaragulwanit, Sarunya Paengthai, Thanyanuch Kriangkripipat, Kanchana Juntongjin, Suthep Thaniyavarn, Amorn Petsom, and Pairoh Pinphanichakarn

Novel Intermediates of Acenaphthylene Degradation by Rhizobium sp. Strain CU-A1: Evidence for Naphthalene-1,8-Dicarboxylic Acid Metabolism
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6034-6039. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guo-Xin Sun, Wen-Qiang Zhou, and Jian-Jiang Zhong

Organotin Decomposition by Pyochelin, Secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Even in an Iron-Sufficient Environment
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6411-6413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Ran Zhang, Yong Yang, Ping Fang, Chenglin Jiang, Lihua Xu, Yingmin Zhu, Meijuan Shen, Haiyang Xia, Jianfu Zhao, Tongbin Chen, and Zhongjun Qin

Diversity of Telomere Palindromic Sequences and Replication Genes among Streptomyces Linear Plasmids
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5728-5733. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daiva Dailidiene, Giedrius Dailide, Dangeruta Kersulyte, and Douglas E. Berg

Contraselectable Streptomycin Susceptibility Determinant for Genetic Manipulation and Analysis of Helicobacter pylori
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5908-5914. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Taiki Futagami, Takehito Yamaguchi, Shun-ichi Nakayama, Masatoshi Goto, and Kensuke Furukawa

Effects of Chloromethanes on Growth of and Deletion of the pce Gene Cluster in Dehalorespiring Desulfitobacterium hafniense Strain Y51
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5998-6003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edmilson R. Gonçalves, Hirofumi Hara, Daisuke Miyazawa, Julian E. Davies, Lindsay D. Eltis, and William W. Mohn

Transcriptomic Assessment of Isozymes in the Biphenyl Pathway of Rhodococcus sp. Strain RHA1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6183-6193. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Mizuho Motegi, Yuzo Takagi, Hideo Yonezawa, Nobuhiro Hanada, Jun Terajima, Haruo Watanabe, and Hidenobu Senpuku

Assessment of Genes Associated with Streptococcus mutans Biofilm Morphology
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6277-6287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Environmental Microbiology:

Kevin E. Ashelford, Nadia A. Chuzhanova, John C. Fry, Antonia J. Jones, and Andrew J. Weightman

New Screening Software Shows that Most Recent Large 16S rRNA Gene Clone Libraries Contain Chimeras
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5734-5741. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Michael D. Adjei, Thomas M. Heinze, Joanna Deck, James P. Freeman, Anna J. Williams, and John B. Sutherland

Transformation of the Antibacterial Agent Norfloxacin by Environmental Mycobacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5790-5793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Victor F. Holmes, Jianzhong He, Patrick K. H. Lee, and Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

Discrimination of Multiple Dehalococcoides Strains in a Trichloroethene Enrichment by Quantification of Their Reductive Dehalogenase Genes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5877-5883. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toïdi Adékambi, Skandar Ben Salah, Mohamed Khlif, Didier Raoult, and Michel Drancourt

Survival of Environmental Mycobacteria in Acanthamoeba polyphaga
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5974-5981. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne Stølhaug and Kåre Bergh

Identification and Differentiation of Legionella pneumophila and Legionella spp. with Real-Time PCR Targeting the 16S rRNA Gene and Species Identification by mip Sequencing
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6394-6398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Methods:

Soohyoun Ahn, David M. Kulis, Deana L. Erdner, Donald M. Anderson, and David R. Walt

Fiber-Optic Microarray for Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Harmful Algal Bloom Species
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5742-5749. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bret S. Robinson, Paul T. Monis, and Phillip J. Dobson

Rapid, Sensitive, and Discriminating Identification of Naegleria spp. by Real-Time PCR and Melting-Curve Analysis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5857-5863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anicet R. Blanch, Lluís Belanche-Muñoz, Xavier Bonjoch, James Ebdon, Christophe Gantzer, Francisco Lucena, Jakob Ottoson, Christos Kourtis, Aina Iversen, Inger Kühn, Laura Mocé, Maite Muniesa, Janine Schwartzbrod, Sylvain Skraber, Georgios T. Papageorgiou, Huw Taylor, Jessica Wallis, and Joan Jofre

Integrated Analysis of Established and Novel Microbial and Chemical Methods for Microbial Source Tracking
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5915-5926. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Lihua Xiao, Kerri A. Alderisio, and Jianlin Jiang

Detection of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Water: Effect of the Number of Samples and Analytic Replicates on Test Results
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5942-5947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Belén Martín, Anna Jofré, Margarita Garriga, Maria Pla, and Teresa Aymerich

Rapid Quantitative Detection of Lactobacillus sakei in Meat and Fermented Sausages by Real-Time PCR
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6040-6048. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Birgit Gebauer and Dieter Jendrossek

Assay of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) Depolymerase Activity and Product Determination
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6094-6100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Janneke Treimo, Gerd Vegarud, Thor Langsrud, and Knut Rudi

Use of DNA Quantification To Measure Growth and Autolysis of Lactococcus and Propionibacterium spp. in Mixed Populations
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6174-6182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fumito Maruyama, Katsuji Tani, Takehiko Kenzaka, Nobuyasu Yamaguchi, and Masao Nasu

Quantitative Determination of Free-DNA Uptake in River Bacteria at the Single-Cell Level by In Situ Rolling-Circle Amplification
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6248-6256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. R. Mullane, J. Murray, D. Drudy, N. Prentice, P. Whyte, P. G. Wall, A. Parton, and S. Fanning

Detection of Enterobacter sakazakii in Dried Infant Milk Formula by Cationic-Magnetic-Bead Capture
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6325-6330. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aneta J. Gubala and David F. Proll

Molecular-Beacon Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection of Vibrio cholerae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6424-6428. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Geomicrobiology:

Sabrina Schübbe, Chris Würdemann, Jörg Peplies, Udo Heyen, Cathrin Wawer, Frank Oliver Glöckner, and Dirk Schüler

Transcriptional Organization and Regulation of Magnetosome Operons in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5757-5765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

William J. Brazelton, Matthew O. Schrenk, Deborah S. Kelley, and John A. Baross

Methane- and Sulfur-Metabolizing Microbial Communities Dominate the Lost City Hydrothermal Field Ecosystem
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6257-6270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laure Avoscan, Richard Collins, Marie Carriere, Barbara Gouget, and Jacques Covès

Seleno-L-Methionine Is the Predominant Organic Form of Selenium in Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 Exposed to Selenite or Selenate
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6414-6416. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Public Health Microbiology:

Youwen You, Shelley C. Rankin, Helen W. Aceto, Charles E. Benson, John D. Toth, and Zhengxia Dou

Survival of Salmonella enterica Serovar Newport in Manure and Manure-Amended Soils
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5777-5783. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Henrik Hasman, Isabelle Kempf, Bérangère Chidaine, Roland Cariolet, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Hans Houe, Hans Christian Bruun Hansen, and Frank Møller Aarestrup

Copper Resistance in Enterococcus faecium, Mediated by the tcrB Gene, Is Selected by Supplementation of Pig Feed with Copper Sulfate
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5784-5789. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hoikyung Kim, Jee-Hoon Ryu, and Larry R. Beuchat

Attachment of and Biofilm Formation by Enterobacter sakazakii on Stainless Steel and Enteral Feeding Tubes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5846-5856. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth D. Hilborn, Terry C. Covert, Mitchell A. Yakrus, Stephanie I. Harris, Sandra F. Donnelly, Eugene W. Rice, Sean Toney, Stephanie A. Bailey, and Gerard N. Stelma, Jr.

Persistence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in a Drinking Water System after Addition of Filtration Treatment
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5864-5869. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lucía de Juan, Julio Álvarez, Beatriz Romero, Javier Bezos, Elena Castellanos, Alicia Aranaz, Ana Mateos, and Lucas Domínguez

Comparison of Four Different Culture Media for Isolation and Growth of Type II and Type I/III Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Strains Isolated from Cattle and Goats
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5927-5932. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ming-Show Wong, Wen-Chen Chu, Der-Shan Sun, Hsuan-Shun Huang, Jiann-Hwa Chen, Pei-Jane Tsai, Nien-Tsung Lin, Mei-Shiuan Yu, Shang-Feng Hsu, Shih-Lien Wang, and Hsin-Hou Chang

Visible-Light-Induced Bactericidal Activity of a Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Photocatalyst against Human Pathogens
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6111-6116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giuseppe Blaiotta, Vincenzina Fusco, Christof von Eiff, Francesco Villani, and Karsten Becker

Biotyping of Enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus by Enterotoxin Gene Cluster (egc) Polymorphism and spa Typing Analyses
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6117-6123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kristin E. Searcy, Aaron I. Packman, Edward R. Atwill, and Thomas Harter

Capture and Retention of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6242-6247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine Rabinovitch and Philip S. Stewart

Removal and Inactivation of Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilms by Electrolysis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6364-6366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masae Iwai, Hiromu Yoshida, Kumiko Matsuura, Tsuguto Fujimoto, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Takenori Takizawa, and Yoshiyuki Nagai

Molecular Epidemiology of Echoviruses 11 and 13, Based on an Environmental Surveillance Conducted in Toyama Prefecture, 2002-2003
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6381-6387. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Raul R. Raya, Peter Varey, Rebecca A. Oot, Michael R. Dyen, Todd R. Callaway, Tom S. Edrington, Elizabeth M. Kutter, and Andrew D. Brabban

Isolation and Characterization of a New T-Even Bacteriophage, CEV1, and Determination of Its Potential To Reduce Escherichia coli O157:H7 Levels in Sheep
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6405-6410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Food Microbiology:

Kenneth A. Callicott, Vala Friðriksdóttir, Jarle Reiersen, Ruff Lowman, Jean-Robert Bisaillon, Eggert Gunnarsson, Eva Berndtson, Kelli L. Hiett, David S. Needleman, and Norman J. Stern

Lack of Evidence for Vertical Transmission of Campylobacter spp. in Chickens
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5794-5798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Catherine Daniel, Sabine Poiret, Denise Goudercourt, Veronique Dennin, Gregory Leyer, and Bruno Pot

Selecting Lactic Acid Bacteria for Their Safety and Functionality by Use of a Mouse Colitis Model
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5799-5805. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heidy M. W. den Besten, Marios Mataragas, Roy Moezelaar, Tjakko Abee, and Marcel H. Zwietering

Quantification of the Effects of Salt Stress and Physiological State on Thermotolerance of Bacillus cereus ATCC 10987 and ATCC 14579
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5884-5894. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Y. Kourkoutas, P. Kandylis, P. Panas, J. S. G. Dooley, P. Nigam, and A. A. Koutinas

Evaluation of Freeze-Dried Kefir Coculture as Starter in Feta-Type Cheese Production
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6124-6135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Chatzidaki-Livanis, Michael A. Hubbard, Katrina Gordon, Valerie J. Harwood, and Anita C. Wright

Genetic Distinctions among Clinical and Environmental Strains of Vibrio vulnificus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6136-6141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hyun-Joong Kim, Si-Hong Park, and Hae-Yeong Kim

Comparison of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium LT2 and Non-LT2 Salmonella Genomic Sequences, and Genotyping of Salmonellae by Using PCR
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6142-6151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Plant Microbiology:

I. Holtsmark, D. Mantzilas, V. G. H. Eijsink, and M. B. Brurberg

Purification, Characterization, and Gene Sequence of Michiganin A, an Actagardine-Like Lantibiotic Produced by the Tomato Pathogen Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5814-5821. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tanya V. Taylor, Thomas K. Mitchell, and Margaret E. Daub

An Oxidoreductase Is Involved in Cercosporin Degradation by the Bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. zinniae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6070-6078. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Franks, S. Egan, C. Holmström, S. James, H. Lappin-Scott, and S. Kjelleberg

Inhibition of Fungal Colonization by Pseudoalteromonas tunicata Provides a Competitive Advantage during Surface Colonization
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6079-6087. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Li-fang Zou, Xing-ping Wang, Yong Xiang, Bing Zhang, Yu-Rong Li, You-lun Xiao, Jin-sheng Wang, Adrian R. Walmsley, and Gong-you Chen

Elucidation of the hrp Clusters of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola That Control the Hypersensitive Response in Nonhost Tobacco and Pathogenicity in Susceptible Host Rice
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6212-6224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molly J. McGrath and John H. Andrews

Temporal Changes in Microscale Colonization of the Phylloplane by Aureobasidium pullulans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6234-6241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Biotechnology:

Stéphanie Heux, Jean-Marie Sablayrolles, Rémy Cachon, and Sylvie Dequin

Engineering a Saccharomyces cerevisiae Wine Yeast That Exhibits Reduced Ethanol Production during Fermentation under Controlled Microoxygenation Conditions
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5822-5828. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sikder M. Asaduzzaman, Jun-ichi Nagao, Yuji Aso, Jiro Nakayama, and Kenji Sonomoto

Lysine-Oriented Charges Trigger the Membrane Binding and Activity of Nukacin ISK-1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6012-6017. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surasak Laloknam, Kimihiro Tanaka, Teerapong Buaboocha, Rungaroon Waditee, Aran Incharoensakdi, Takashi Hibino, Yoshito Tanaka, and Teruhiro Takabe

Halotolerant Cyanobacterium Aphanothece halophytica Contains a Betaine Transporter Active at Alkaline pH and High Salinity
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6018-6026. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maurice Ndagijimana, Melania Vallicelli, P. Sandro Cocconcelli, Fabrizio Cappa, Francesca Patrignani, Rosalba Lanciotti, and M. Elisabetta Guerzoni

Two 2[5H]-Furanones as Possible Signaling Molecules in Lactobacillus helveticus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6053-6061. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Helen Rawsthorne, Kevin N. Turner, and David A. Mills

Multicopy Integration of Heterologous Genes, Using the Lactococcal Group II Intron Targeted to Bacterial Insertion Sequences
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6088-6093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Patrick K. H. Lee, David R. Johnson, Victor F. Holmes, Jianzhong He, and Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

Reductive Dehalogenase Gene Expression as a Biomarker for Physiological Activity of Dehalococcoides spp.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6161-6168. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pedro Lamosa, Luís G. Gonçalves, Marta V. Rodrigues, Lígia O. Martins, Neil D. H. Raven, and Helena Santos

Occurrence of 1-Glyceryl-1-myo-Inosityl Phosphate in Hyperthermophiles
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6169-6173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Renata Usaite, Kiran R. Patil, Thomas Grotkjær, Jens Nielsen, and Birgitte Regenberg

Global Transcriptional and Physiological Responses of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Ammonium, L-Alanine, or L-Glutamine Limitation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6194-6203. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Karuna Chourey, Melissa R. Thompson, Jennifer Morrell-Falvey, Nathan C. VerBerkmoes, Steven D. Brown, Manesh Shah, Jizhong Zhou, Mitchel Doktycz, Robert L. Hettich, and Dorothea K. Thompson

Global Molecular and Morphological Effects of 24-Hour Chromium(VI) Exposure on Shewanella oneidensis MR-1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6331-6344. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manuel Rosa-Fraile, Javier Rodríguez-Granger, Ali Haidour-Benamin, Juan Manuel Cuerva, and Antonio Sampedro

Granadaene: Proposed Structure of the Group B Streptococcus Polyenic Pigment
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6367-6370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daisuke Sano, Ken Myojo, and Tatsuo Omura

Cloning of a Heavy-Metal-Binding Protein Derived from Activated-Sludge Microorganisms
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6377-6380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

I-Hsiu Huang and Mahfuzur R. Sarker

Complementation of a Clostridium perfringens spo0A Mutant with Wild-Type spo0A from Other Clostridium Species
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6388-6393. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Rick W. Ye, Kristen J. Stead, Henry Yao, and Hongxian He

Mutational and Functional Analysis of the ß-Carotene Ketolase Involved in the Production of Canthaxanthin and Astaxanthin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 5829-5837. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jihoe Kim, Daniel Darley, Thorsten Selmer, and Wolfgang Buckel

Characterization of (R)-2-Hydroxyisocaproate Dehydrogenase and a Family III Coenzyme A Transferase Involved in Reduction of L-Leucine to Isocaproate by Clostridium difficile
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6062-6069. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jinhua Dong, Shinnosuke Hashikawa, Takafumi Konishi, Yutaka Tamaru, and Toshiyoshi Araki

Cloning of the Novel Gene Encoding ß-Agarase C from a Marine Bacterium, Vibrio sp. Strain PO-303, and Characterization of the Gene Product
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6399-6401. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian J. Brazeau, Steven J. Gort, Holly J. Jessen, Amy J. Andrew, and Hans H. Liao

Enzymatic Activation of Lysine 2,3-Aminomutase from Porphyromonas gingivalis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6402-6404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invertebrate Microbiology:

Evelyn Zientz, Ivo Beyaert, Roy Gross, and Heike Feldhaar

Relevance of the Endosymbiosis of Blochmannia floridanus and Carpenter Ants at Different Stages of the Life Cycle of the Host
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6027-6033. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Binglin Tan, Trevor A. Jackson, and Mark R. H. Hurst

Virulence of Serratia Strains against Costelytra zealandica
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6417-6418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tom Defoirdt, Roselien Crab, Thomas K. Wood, Patrick Sorgeloos, Willy Verstraete, and Peter Bossier

Quorum Sensing-Disrupting Brominated Furanones Protect the Gnotobiotic Brine Shrimp Artemia franciscana from Pathogenic Vibrio harveyi, Vibrio campbellii, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolates
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6419-6423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

Tony L. Goldberg, Thomas R. Gillespie, and Randall S. Singer

Optimization of Analytical Parameters for Inferring Relationships among Escherichia coli Isolates from Repetitive-Element PCR by Maximizing Correspondence with Multilocus Sequence Typing Data
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6049-6052. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin G. Klotz, Daniel J. Arp, Patrick S. G. Chain, Amal F. El-Sheikh, Loren J. Hauser, Norman G. Hommes, Frank W. Larimer, Stephanie A. Malfatti, Jeanette M. Norton, Amisha T. Poret-Peterson, Lisa M. Vergez, and Bess B. Ward

Complete Genome Sequence of the Marine, Chemolithoautotrophic, Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium Nitrosococcus oceani ATCC 19707
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6299-6315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Vito G. DelVecchio, Joseph P. Connolly, Timothy G. Alefantis, Alexander Walz, Marian A. Quan, Guy Patra, John M. Ashton, Jessica T. Whittington, Ryan D. Chafin, Xudong Liang, Paul Grewal, Akbar S. Khan, and Cesar V. Mujer

Proteomic Profiling and Identification of Immunodominant Spore Antigens of Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6355-6363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Mycology:

Makoto Asakura, Tetsuro Okuno, and Yoshitaka Takano

Multiple Contributions of Peroxisomal Metabolic Function to Fungal Pathogenicity in Colletotrichum lagenarium
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6345-6354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Daniel H. Buckley, Varisa Huangyutitham, Tyrrell A. Nelson, Angelika Rumberger, and Janice E. Thies

Diversity of Planctomycetes in Soil in Relation to Soil History and Environmental Heterogeneity
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6429. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Author's Correction:

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

Evidence for an Intermediate Colony Morphology of Vibrio vulnificus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006 72: 6430. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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