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Contents: September 2006, Volume 72, Issue 9        Microbial Ecology        Biodegradation        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Environmental Microbiology        Methods        Geomicrobiology        Public Health Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Invertebrate Microbiology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Mycology        Errata        Author's Correction

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Microbial Ecology:

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Stability and Change in Estuarine Biofilm Bacterial Community Diversity Joseph A. Moss, Andreas Nocker, Joe E. Lepo, and Richard A. Snyder Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5679-5688; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Community Diversity Associated with Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Permeable Shelf Sediments Evan M. Hunter, Heath J. Mills, and Joel E. Kostka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5689-5701; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biological Filtration Limits Carbon Availability and Affects Downstream Biofilm Formation and Community Structure Chee Meng Pang and Wen-Tso Liu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5702-5712; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Diagnostic Marker To Detect Freshwater Cyanophages of Filamentous Cyanobacteria Andrea C. Baker, Victoria J. Goddard, Joanne Davy, Declan C. Schroeder, David G. Adams, and William H. Wilson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5713-5719; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Detection of the Free-Living Amoeba Hartmannella vermiformis in Surface Water by Using Real-Time PCR Melanie W. Kuiper, Rinske M. Valster, Bart A. Wullings, Harry Boonstra, Hauke Smidt, and Dick van der Kooij Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5750-5756; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Effect of Natural Sunlight on Bacterial Activity and Differential Sensitivity of Natural Bacterioplankton Groups in Northwestern Mediterranean Coastal Waters Laura Alonso-Sáez, Josep M. Gasol, Thomas Lefort, Julia Hofer, and Ruben Sommaruga Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5806-5813; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distinct Bacterial Communities Exist beneath a High Arctic Polythermal Glacier Maya Bhatia, Martin Sharp, and Julia Foght Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5838-5845; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lettuce for Human Consumption Collected in Costa Rica Contains Complex Communities of Culturable Oxytetracycline- and Gentamicin-Resistant Bacteria César Rodríguez, Lore Lang, Amy Wang, Karlheinz Altendorf, Fernando García, and André Lipski Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5870-5876; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification, Typing, and Insecticidal Activity of Xenorhabdus Isolates from Entomopathogenic Nematodes in United Kingdom Soil and Characterization of the xpt Toxin Loci Martin Sergeant, Laura Baxter, Paul Jarrett, Eve Shaw, Margaret Ousley, Craig Winstanley, and J. Alun W. Morgan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5895-5907; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Application of the [3H]Leucine Incorporation Technique for Quantification of Bacterial Secondary Production Associated with Decaying Wetland Plant Litter Jane E. Gillies, Kevin A. Kuehn, Steven N. Francoeur, and Robert K. Neely Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5948-5956; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Abundance of narG, nirS, nirK, and nosZ Genes of Denitrifying Bacteria during Primary Successions of a Glacier Foreland Ellen Kandeler, Kathrin Deiglmayr, Dagmar Tscherko, David Bru, and Laurent Philippot Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5957-5962; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Communities in the Surface Mucopolysaccharide Layer and the Black Band Microbial Mat of Black Band-Diseased Siderastrea siderea Raju Sekar, DeEtta K. Mills, Elizabeth R. Remily, Joshua D. Voss, and Laurie L. Richardson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5963-5973; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Two Fingerprinting Techniques, Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism and Automated Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Analysis, for Determination of Bacterial Diversity in Aquatic Environments R. Danovaro, G. M. Luna, A. Dell'Anno, and B. Pietrangeli Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5982-5989; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Monitoring of the Fecal Microbiota of Healthy Human Subjects during Administration of Lactulose and Saccharomyces boulardii Tom Vanhoutte, Vicky De Preter, Evie De Brandt, Kristin Verbeke, Jean Swings, and Geert Huys Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5990-5997; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Environmental Influences on Vibrio Populations in Northern Temperate and Boreal Coastal Waters (Baltic and Skagerrak Seas) Alexander Eiler, Mona Johansson, and Stefan Bertilsson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6004-6011; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Microcystin-Producing Cyanobacteria in Finnish Lakes with Genus-Specific Microcystin Synthetase Gene E (mcyE) PCR and Associations with Environmental Factors Anne Rantala, Pirjo Rajaniemi-Wacklin, Christina Lyra, Liisa Lepistö, Jukka Rintala, Joanna Mankiewicz-Boczek, and Kaarina Sivonen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6101-6110; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Associations between the Ecology of Virulent Rhodococcus equi and the Epidemiology of R. equi Pneumonia on Australian Thoroughbred Farms G. Muscatello, G. A. Anderson, J. R. Gilkerson, and G. F. Browning Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6152-6160; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Composition and Metabolic Activities of Bacterial Biofilms Colonizing Food Residues in the Human Gut Sandra Macfarlane and George T. Macfarlane Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6204-6211; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Phototrophic Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria Forming Colored Microbial Mats in a Swine Wastewater Ditch Yoko Okubo, Hiroyuki Futamata, and Akira Hiraishi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6225-6233; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

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

Microbial Population Dynamics Associated with Crude-Oil Biodegradation in Diverse Soils Natsuko Hamamura, Sarah H. Olson, David M. Ward, and William P. Inskeep Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6316-6324; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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 Rustam I. Aminov, Alan W. Walker, Sylvia H. Duncan, Hermie J. M. Harmsen, Gjalt W. Welling, and Harry J. Flint Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6371-6376; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Haloalkane Dehalogenase LinB Is Responsible for ß- and -Hexachlorocyclohexane Transformation in Sphingobium indicum B90A Poonam Sharma, Vishakha Raina, Rekha Kumari, Shweta Malhotra, Charu Dogra, Hansi Kumari, Hans-Peter E. Kohler, Hans-Rudolf Buser, Christof Holliger, and Rup Lal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5720-5727; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbially Mediated Biodegradation of Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5- Triazine by Extracellular Electron Shuttling Compounds Man Jae Kwon and Kevin T. Finneran Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5933-5941; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Intermediates of Acenaphthylene Degradation by Rhizobium sp. Strain CU-A1: Evidence for Naphthalene-1,8-Dicarboxylic Acid Metabolism Siriwat Poonthrigpun, Kobchai Pattaragulwanit, Sarunya Paengthai, Thanyanuch Kriangkripipat, Kanchana Juntongjin, Suthep Thaniyavarn, Amorn Petsom, and Pairoh Pinphanichakarn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6034-6039; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Organotin Decomposition by Pyochelin, Secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Even in an Iron-Sufficient Environment Guo-Xin Sun, Wen-Qiang Zhou, and Jian-Jiang Zhong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6411-6413; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Diversity of Telomere Palindromic Sequences and Replication Genes among Streptomyces Linear Plasmids Ran Zhang, Yong Yang, Ping Fang, Chenglin Jiang, Lihua Xu, Yingmin Zhu, Meijuan Shen, Haiyang Xia, Jianfu Zhao, Tongbin Chen, and Zhongjun Qin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5728-5733; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contraselectable Streptomycin Susceptibility Determinant for Genetic Manipulation and Analysis of Helicobacter pylori Daiva Dailidiene, Giedrius Dailide, Dangeruta Kersulyte, and Douglas E. Berg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5908-5914; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Chloromethanes on Growth of and Deletion of the pce Gene Cluster in Dehalorespiring Desulfitobacterium hafniense Strain Y51 Taiki Futagami, Takehito Yamaguchi, Shun-ichi Nakayama, Masatoshi Goto, and Kensuke Furukawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5998-6003; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptomic Assessment of Isozymes in the Biphenyl Pathway of Rhodococcus sp. Strain RHA1 Edmilson R. Gonçalves, Hirofumi Hara, Daisuke Miyazawa, Julian E. Davies, Lindsay D. Eltis, and William W. Mohn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6183-6193; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Assessment of Genes Associated with Streptococcus mutans Biofilm Morphology Mizuho Motegi, Yuzo Takagi, Hideo Yonezawa, Nobuhiro Hanada, Jun Terajima, Haruo Watanabe, and Hidenobu Senpuku Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6277-6287; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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New Screening Software Shows that Most Recent Large 16S rRNA Gene Clone Libraries Contain Chimeras Kevin E. Ashelford, Nadia A. Chuzhanova, John C. Fry, Antonia J. Jones, and Andrew J. Weightman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5734-5741; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transformation of the Antibacterial Agent Norfloxacin by Environmental Mycobacteria Michael D. Adjei, Thomas M. Heinze, Joanna Deck, James P. Freeman, Anna J. Williams, and John B. Sutherland Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5790-5793; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Discrimination of Multiple Dehalococcoides Strains in a Trichloroethene Enrichment by Quantification of Their Reductive Dehalogenase Genes Victor F. Holmes, Jianzhong He, Patrick K. H. Lee, and Lisa Alvarez-Cohen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5877-5883; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival of Environmental Mycobacteria in Acanthamoeba polyphaga Toïdi Adékambi, Skandar Ben Salah, Mohamed Khlif, Didier Raoult, and Michel Drancourt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5974-5981; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

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Methods:

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Fiber-Optic Microarray for Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Harmful Algal Bloom Species Soohyoun Ahn, David M. Kulis, Deana L. Erdner, Donald M. Anderson, and David R. Walt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5742-5749; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid, Sensitive, and Discriminating Identification of Naegleria spp. by Real-Time PCR and Melting-Curve Analysis Bret S. Robinson, Paul T. Monis, and Phillip J. Dobson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5857-5863; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Detection of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Water: Effect of the Number of Samples and Analytic Replicates on Test Results Lihua Xiao, Kerri A. Alderisio, and Jianlin Jiang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5942-5947; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Quantitative Detection of Lactobacillus sakei in Meat and Fermented Sausages by Real-Time PCR Belén Martín, Anna Jofré, Margarita Garriga, Maria Pla, and Teresa Aymerich Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6040-6048; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Assay of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) Depolymerase Activity and Product Determination Birgit Gebauer and Dieter Jendrossek Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6094-6100; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of DNA Quantification To Measure Growth and Autolysis of Lactococcus and Propionibacterium spp. in Mixed Populations Janneke Treimo, Gerd Vegarud, Thor Langsrud, and Knut Rudi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6174-6182; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Determination of Free-DNA Uptake in River Bacteria at the Single-Cell Level by In Situ Rolling-Circle Amplification Fumito Maruyama, Katsuji Tani, Takehiko Kenzaka, Nobuyasu Yamaguchi, and Masao Nasu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6248-6256; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Enterobacter sakazakii in Dried Infant Milk Formula by Cationic-Magnetic-Bead Capture N. R. Mullane, J. Murray, D. Drudy, N. Prentice, P. Whyte, P. G. Wall, A. Parton, and S. Fanning Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6325-6330; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular-Beacon Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection of Vibrio cholerae Aneta J. Gubala and David F. Proll Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6424-6428; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Transcriptional Organization and Regulation of Magnetosome Operons in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense Sabrina Schübbe, Chris Würdemann, Jörg Peplies, Udo Heyen, Cathrin Wawer, Frank Oliver Glöckner, and Dirk Schüler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5757-5765; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methane- and Sulfur-Metabolizing Microbial Communities Dominate the Lost City Hydrothermal Field Ecosystem William J. Brazelton, Matthew O. Schrenk, Deborah S. Kelley, and John A. Baross Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6257-6270; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Seleno-L-Methionine Is the Predominant Organic Form of Selenium in Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34 Exposed to Selenite or Selenate Laure Avoscan, Richard Collins, Marie Carriere, Barbara Gouget, and Jacques Covès Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6414-6416; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Survival of Salmonella enterica Serovar Newport in Manure and Manure-Amended Soils Youwen You, Shelley C. Rankin, Helen W. Aceto, Charles E. Benson, John D. Toth, and Zhengxia Dou Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5777-5783; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Copper Resistance in Enterococcus faecium, Mediated by the tcrB Gene, Is Selected by Supplementation of Pig Feed with Copper Sulfate Henrik Hasman, Isabelle Kempf, Bérangère Chidaine, Roland Cariolet, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Hans Houe, Hans Christian Bruun Hansen, and Frank Møller Aarestrup Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5784-5789; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Attachment of and Biofilm Formation by Enterobacter sakazakii on Stainless Steel and Enteral Feeding Tubes Hoikyung Kim, Jee-Hoon Ryu, and Larry R. Beuchat Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5846-5856; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

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 Lucía de Juan, Julio Álvarez, Beatriz Romero, Javier Bezos, Elena Castellanos, Alicia Aranaz, Ana Mateos, and Lucas Domínguez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5927-5932; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Biotyping of Enterotoxigenic Staphylococcus aureus by Enterotoxin Gene Cluster (egc) Polymorphism and spa Typing Analyses Giuseppe Blaiotta, Vincenzina Fusco, Christof von Eiff, Francesco Villani, and Karsten Becker Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6117-6123; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Capture and Retention of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms Kristin E. Searcy, Aaron I. Packman, Edward R. Atwill, and Thomas Harter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6242-6247; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Removal and Inactivation of Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilms by Electrolysis Christine Rabinovitch and Philip S. Stewart Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6364-6366; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Epidemiology of Echoviruses 11 and 13, Based on an Environmental Surveillance Conducted in Toyama Prefecture, 2002-2003 Masae Iwai, Hiromu Yoshida, Kumiko Matsuura, Tsuguto Fujimoto, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Takenori Takizawa, and Yoshiyuki Nagai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6381-6387; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of a New T-Even Bacteriophage, CEV1, and Determination of Its Potential To Reduce Escherichia coli O157:H7 Levels in Sheep Raul R. Raya, Peter Varey, Rebecca A. Oot, Michael R. Dyen, Todd R. Callaway, Tom S. Edrington, Elizabeth M. Kutter, and Andrew D. Brabban Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6405-6410; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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

Selecting Lactic Acid Bacteria for Their Safety and Functionality by Use of a Mouse Colitis Model Catherine Daniel, Sabine Poiret, Denise Goudercourt, Veronique Dennin, Gregory Leyer, and Bruno Pot Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5799-5805; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantification of the Effects of Salt Stress and Physiological State on Thermotolerance of Bacillus cereus ATCC 10987 and ATCC 14579 Heidy M. W. den Besten, Marios Mataragas, Roy Moezelaar, Tjakko Abee, and Marcel H. Zwietering Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5884-5894; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Freeze-Dried Kefir Coculture as Starter in Feta-Type Cheese Production Y. Kourkoutas, P. Kandylis, P. Panas, J. S. G. Dooley, P. Nigam, and A. A. Koutinas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6124-6135; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Distinctions among Clinical and Environmental Strains of Vibrio vulnificus Maria Chatzidaki-Livanis, Michael A. Hubbard, Katrina Gordon, Valerie J. Harwood, and Anita C. Wright Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6136-6141; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium LT2 and Non-LT2 Salmonella Genomic Sequences, and Genotyping of Salmonellae by Using PCR Hyun-Joong Kim, Si-Hong Park, and Hae-Yeong Kim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6142-6151; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Purification, Characterization, and Gene Sequence of Michiganin A, an Actagardine-Like Lantibiotic Produced by the Tomato Pathogen Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis I. Holtsmark, D. Mantzilas, V. G. H. Eijsink, and M. B. Brurberg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5814-5821; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Oxidoreductase Is Involved in Cercosporin Degradation by the Bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. zinniae Tanya V. Taylor, Thomas K. Mitchell, and Margaret E. Daub Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6070-6078; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Fungal Colonization by Pseudoalteromonas tunicata Provides a Competitive Advantage during Surface Colonization A. Franks, S. Egan, C. Holmström, S. James, H. Lappin-Scott, and S. Kjelleberg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6079-6087; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Temporal Changes in Microscale Colonization of the Phylloplane by Aureobasidium pullulans Molly J. McGrath and John H. Andrews Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6234-6241; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Engineering a Saccharomyces cerevisiae Wine Yeast That Exhibits Reduced Ethanol Production during Fermentation under Controlled Microoxygenation Conditions Stéphanie Heux, Jean-Marie Sablayrolles, Rémy Cachon, and Sylvie Dequin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5822-5828; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lysine-Oriented Charges Trigger the Membrane Binding and Activity of Nukacin ISK-1 Sikder M. Asaduzzaman, Jun-ichi Nagao, Yuji Aso, Jiro Nakayama, and Kenji Sonomoto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6012-6017; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Halotolerant Cyanobacterium Aphanothece halophytica Contains a Betaine Transporter Active at Alkaline pH and High Salinity Surasak Laloknam, Kimihiro Tanaka, Teerapong Buaboocha, Rungaroon Waditee, Aran Incharoensakdi, Takashi Hibino, Yoshito Tanaka, and Teruhiro Takabe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6018-6026; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two 2[5H]-Furanones as Possible Signaling Molecules in Lactobacillus helveticus Maurice Ndagijimana, Melania Vallicelli, P. Sandro Cocconcelli, Fabrizio Cappa, Francesca Patrignani, Rosalba Lanciotti, and M. Elisabetta Guerzoni Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6053-6061; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multicopy Integration of Heterologous Genes, Using the Lactococcal Group II Intron Targeted to Bacterial Insertion Sequences Helen Rawsthorne, Kevin N. Turner, and David A. Mills Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6088-6093; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reductive Dehalogenase Gene Expression as a Biomarker for Physiological Activity of Dehalococcoides spp. Patrick K. H. Lee, David R. Johnson, Victor F. Holmes, Jianzhong He, and Lisa Alvarez-Cohen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6161-6168; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Occurrence of 1-Glyceryl-1-myo-Inosityl Phosphate in Hyperthermophiles Pedro Lamosa, Luís G. Gonçalves, Marta V. Rodrigues, Lígia O. Martins, Neil D. H. Raven, and Helena Santos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6169-6173; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Transcriptional and Physiological Responses of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Ammonium, L-Alanine, or L-Glutamine Limitation Renata Usaite, Kiran R. Patil, Thomas Grotkjær, Jens Nielsen, and Birgitte Regenberg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6194-6203; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

Granadaene: Proposed Structure of the Group B Streptococcus Polyenic Pigment Manuel Rosa-Fraile, Javier Rodríguez-Granger, Ali Haidour-Benamin, Juan Manuel Cuerva, and Antonio Sampedro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6367-6370; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning of a Heavy-Metal-Binding Protein Derived from Activated-Sludge Microorganisms Daisuke Sano, Ken Myojo, and Tatsuo Omura Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6377-6380; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complementation of a Clostridium perfringens spo0A Mutant with Wild-Type spo0A from Other Clostridium Species I-Hsiu Huang and Mahfuzur R. Sarker Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6388-6393; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Mutational and Functional Analysis of the ß-Carotene Ketolase Involved in the Production of Canthaxanthin and Astaxanthin Rick W. Ye, Kristen J. Stead, Henry Yao, and Hongxian He Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 5829-5837; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of (R)-2-Hydroxyisocaproate Dehydrogenase and a Family III Coenzyme A Transferase Involved in Reduction of L-Leucine to Isocaproate by Clostridium difficile Jihoe Kim, Daniel Darley, Thorsten Selmer, and Wolfgang Buckel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6062-6069; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning of the Novel Gene Encoding ß-Agarase C from a Marine Bacterium, Vibrio sp. Strain PO-303, and Characterization of the Gene Product Jinhua Dong, Shinnosuke Hashikawa, Takafumi Konishi, Yutaka Tamaru, and Toshiyoshi Araki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6399-6401; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enzymatic Activation of Lysine 2,3-Aminomutase from Porphyromonas gingivalis Brian J. Brazeau, Steven J. Gort, Holly J. Jessen, Amy J. Andrew, and Hans H. Liao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6402-6404; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Relevance of the Endosymbiosis of Blochmannia floridanus and Carpenter Ants at Different Stages of the Life Cycle of the Host Evelyn Zientz, Ivo Beyaert, Roy Gross, and Heike Feldhaar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6027-6033; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Virulence of Serratia Strains against Costelytra zealandica Binglin Tan, Trevor A. Jackson, and Mark R. H. Hurst Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6417-6418; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quorum Sensing-Disrupting Brominated Furanones Protect the Gnotobiotic Brine Shrimp Artemia franciscana from Pathogenic Vibrio harveyi, Vibrio campbellii, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolates Tom Defoirdt, Roselien Crab, Thomas K. Wood, Patrick Sorgeloos, Willy Verstraete, and Peter Bossier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6419-6423; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Optimization of Analytical Parameters for Inferring Relationships among Escherichia coli Isolates from Repetitive-Element PCR by Maximizing Correspondence with Multilocus Sequence Typing Data Tony L. Goldberg, Thomas R. Gillespie, and Randall S. Singer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6049-6052; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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

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

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Mycology:

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Multiple Contributions of Peroxisomal Metabolic Function to Fungal Pathogenicity in Colletotrichum lagenarium Makoto Asakura, Tetsuro Okuno, and Yoshitaka Takano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2006 72: 6345-6354; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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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. September 2006 72: 6429 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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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. September 2006 72: 6430 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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