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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Preeti Malik-Kale, Brian H. Raphael, Craig T. Parker, Lynn A. Joens, John D. Klena, Beatriz Quiñones, Amy M. Keech, and Michael E. Konkel

Characterization of Genetically Matched Isolates of Campylobacter jejuni Reveals that Mutations in Genes Involved in Flagellar Biosynthesis Alter the Organism's Virulence Potential
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3123-3136. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tracy E. Letain, Staci R. Kane, Tina C. Legler, Edmund P. Salazar, Peter G. Agron, and Harry R. Beller

Development of a Genetic System for the Chemolithoautotrophic Bacterium Thiobacillus denitrificans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3265-3271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elke Zameitat, Gerald Freymark, Cornelia D. Dietz, Monika Löffler, and Michael Bölker

Functional Expression of Human Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase (DHODH) in pyr4 Mutants of Ustilago maydis Allows Target Validation of DHODH Inhibitors In Vivo
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3371-3379. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Biotechnology:

Keisuke Furuichi, Yoshio Katakura, Kazuaki Ninomiya, and Suteaki Shioya

Enhancement of 1,4-Dihydroxy-2-Naphthoic Acid Production by Propionibacterium freudenreichii ET-3 Fed-Batch Culture
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3137-3143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marja Paloheimo, Arja Mäntylä, Jarno Kallio, Terhi Puranen, and Pirkko Suominen

Increased Production of Xylanase by Expression of a Truncated Version of the xyn11A Gene from Nonomuraea flexuosa in Trichoderma reesei
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3215-3224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John F. Nomellini, Gillian Duncan, Irene R. Dorocicz, and John Smit

S-Layer-Mediated Display of the Immunoglobulin G-Binding Domain of Streptococcal Protein G on the Surface of Caulobacter crescentus: Development of an Immunoactive Reagent
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3245-3253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Torsten Schubert, Thomas Maskow, Dirk Benndorf, Hauke Harms, and Uta Breuer

Continuous Synthesis and Excretion of the Compatible Solute Ectoine by a Transgenic, Nonhalophilic Bacterium
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3343-3347. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandra Da Re, Benjamin Le Quéré, Jean-Marc Ghigo, and Christophe Beloin

Tight Modulation of Escherichia coli Bacterial Biofilm Formation through Controlled Expression of Adhesion Factors
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3391-3403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Public Health Microbiology:

Martina Bielaszewska, Rita Prager, Robin Köck, Alexander Mellmann, Wenlan Zhang, Helmut Tschäpe, Phillip I. Tarr, and Helge Karch

Shiga Toxin Gene Loss and Transfer In Vitro and In Vivo during Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26 Infection in Humans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3144-3150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marjaana Hakkinen, Helmi Heiska, and Marja-Liisa Hänninen

Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in Cattle in Finland and Antimicrobial Susceptibilities of Bovine Campylobacter jejuni Strains
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3232-3238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

F. Biavasco, G. Foglia, C. Paoletti, G. Zandri, G. Magi, E. Guaglianone, A. Sundsfjord, C. Pruzzo, G. Donelli, and B. Facinelli

VanA-Type Enterococci from Humans, Animals, and Food: Species Distribution, Population Structure, Tn1546 Typing and Location, and Virulence Determinants
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3307-3319. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicolas Touzet, Jose M. Franco, and Robin Raine

Characterization of Nontoxic and Toxin-Producing Strains of Alexandrium minutum (Dinophyceae) in Irish Coastal Waters
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3333-3342. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. F. Azevedo, C. Almeida, L. Cerqueira, S. Dias, C. W. Keevil, and M. J. Vieira

Coccoid Form of Helicobacter pylori as a Morphological Manifestation of Cell Adaptation to the Environment
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3423-3427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Laura J. Rose, Eugene W. Rice, Lisa Hodges, Alicia Peterson, and Matthew J. Arduino

Monochloramine Inactivation of Bacterial Select Agents
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3437-3439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Ecology:

Marlene Mark Jensen, Bo Thamdrup, and Tage Dalsgaard

Effects of Specific Inhibitors on Anammox and Denitrification in Marine Sediments
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3151-3158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Allison J. Kaeding, Jennifer C. Ast, Meghan M. Pearce, Henryk Urbanczyk, Seishi Kimura, Hiromitsu Endo, Masaru Nakamura, and Paul V. Dunlap

Phylogenetic Diversity and Cosymbiosis in the Bioluminescent Symbioses of "Photobacterium mandapamensis"
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3173-3182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Takenori Ishida, Tsukasa Ikeda, Noboru Takiguchi, Akio Kuroda, Hisao Ohtake, and Junichi Kato

Inhibition of Quorum Sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by N-Acyl Cyclopentylamides
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3183-3188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel H. Buckley, Varisa Huangyutitham, Shi-Fang Hsu, and Tyrrell A. Nelson

Stable Isotope Probing with ¹⁵N Achieved by Disentangling the Effects of Genome G+C Content and Isotope Enrichment on DNA Density
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3189-3195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Daniel H. Buckley, Varisa Huangyutitham, Shi-Fang Hsu, and Tyrrell A. Nelson

Stable Isotope Probing with ¹⁵N₂ Reveals Novel Noncultivated Diazotrophs in Soil
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3196-3204. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomasz Stepkowski, Colin E. Hughes, Ian J. Law, Lukasz Markiewicz, Dorota Gurda, Agnieszka Chlebicka, and Lionel Moulin

Diversification of Lupine Bradyrhizobium Strains: Evidence from Nodulation Gene Trees
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3254-3264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Erin A. Gontang, William Fenical, and Paul R. Jensen

Phylogenetic Diversity of Gram-Positive Bacteria Cultured from Marine Sediments
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3272-3282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Tina Lösekann, Katrin Knittel, Thierry Nadalig, Bernhard Fuchs, Helge Niemann, Antje Boetius, and Rudolf Amann

Diversity and Abundance of Aerobic and Anaerobic Methane Oxidizers at the Haakon Mosby Mud Volcano, Barents Sea
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3348-3362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel Müller, Lilo Greune, Gerhard Heusipp, Helge Karch, Angelika Fruth, Helmut Tschäpe, and M. Alexander Schmidt

Identification of Unconventional Intestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates Expressing Intermediate Virulence Factor Profiles by Using a Novel Single-Step Multiplex PCR
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3380-3390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Biodegradation:

Maarten Uyttebroek, Steven Vermeir, Pierre Wattiau, Annemie Ryngaert, and Dirk Springael

Characterization of Cultures Enriched from Acidic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soil for Growth on Pyrene at Low pH
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3159-3164. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mimmi Throne-Holst, Alexander Wentzel, Trond E. Ellingsen, Hans-Kristian Kotlar, and Sergey B. Zotchev

Identification of Novel Genes Involved in Long-Chain n-Alkane Degradation by Acinetobacter sp. Strain DSM 17874
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3327-3332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Yongchao Li, Diana C. Irwin, and David B. Wilson

Processivity, Substrate Binding, and Mechanism of Cellulose Hydrolysis by Thermobifida fusca Cel9A
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3165-3172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frédéric L. P. Gabriel, Maike Cyris, Niels Jonkers, Walter Giger, Klaus Guenther, and Hans-Peter E. Kohler

Elucidation of the ipso-Substitution Mechanism for Side-Chain Cleavage of -Quaternary 4-Nonylphenols and 4-t-Butoxyphenol in Sphingobium xenophagum Bayram
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3320-3326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

Mircea Podar, Carl B. Abulencia, Marion Walcher, Don Hutchison, Karsten Zengler, Joseph A. Garcia, Trevin Holland, David Cotton, Loren Hauser, and Martin Keller

Targeted Access to the Genomes of Low-Abundance Organisms in Complex Microbial Communities
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3205-3214. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barbara O. Gvakharia, Elizabeth A. Permina, Mikhail S. Gelfand, Peter J. Bottomley, Luis A. Sayavedra-Soto, and Daniel J. Arp

Global Transcriptional Response of Nitrosomonas europaea to Chloroform and Chloromethane
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3440-3445. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Geomicrobiology:

Mariella Rivas, Michael Seeger, Eugenia Jedlicki, and David S. Holmes

Second Acyl Homoserine Lactone Production System in the Extreme Acidophile Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3225-3231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Suraj Dhungana, Charles R. Anthony, III, and Larry E. Hersman

Effect of Exogenous Reductant on Growth and Iron Mobilization from Ferrihydrite by the Pseudomonas mendocina ymp Strain
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3428-3430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Environmental Microbiology:

Brendan A. Niemira

Irradiation Sensitivity of Planktonic and Biofilm-Associated Escherichia coli O157:H7 Isolates Is Influenced by Culture Conditions
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3239-3244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takehiko Kenzaka, Katsuji Tani, Akiko Sakotani, Nobuyasu Yamaguchi, and Masao Nasu

High-Frequency Phage-Mediated Gene Transfer among Escherichia coli Cells, Determined at the Single-Cell Level
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3291-3299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrey K. Guber, Yakov A. Pachepsky, Daniel R. Shelton, and Olivia Yu

Effect of Bovine Manure on Fecal Coliform Attachment to Soil and Soil Particles of Different Sizes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3363-3370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Methods:

Michael Berney, Frederik Hammes, Franziska Bosshard, Hans-Ulrich Weilenmann, and Thomas Egli

Assessment and Interpretation of Bacterial Viability by Using the LIVE/DEAD BacLight Kit in Combination with Flow Cytometry
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3283-3290. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erin P. Price, Helen Smith, Flavia Huygens, and Philip M. Giffard

High-Resolution DNA Melt Curve Analysis of the Clustered, Regularly Interspaced Short-Palindromic-Repeat Locus of Campylobacter jejuni
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3431-3436. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Wenwan Zhong, Yulin Shou, Thomas M. Yoshida, and Babetta L. Marrone

Differentiation of Bacillus anthracis, B. cereus, and B. thuringiensis by Using Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3446-3449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Food Microbiology:

Jürgen Behr, Lars Israel, Michael G. Gänzle, and Rudi F. Vogel

Proteomic Approach for Characterization of Hop-Inducible Proteins in Lactobacillus brevis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3300-3306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invertebrate Microbiology:

Hisashi Nishiwaki, Kenta Nakashima, Chiharu Ishida, Tadayuki Kawamura, and Kazuhiko Matsuda

Cloning, Functional Characterization, and Mode of Action of a Novel Insecticidal Pore-Forming Toxin, Sphaericolysin, Produced by Bacillus sphaericus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3404-3411. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mycology:

Jacqueline Dreyer, Heiko Eichhorn, Ernst Friedlin, Hubert Kürnsteiner, and Ulrich Kück

A Homologue of the Aspergillus velvet Gene Regulates both Cephalosporin C Biosynthesis and Hyphal Fragmentation in Acremonium chrysogenum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 3412-3422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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