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Contents: June 2007, Volume 73, Issue 11        Minireviews        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Methods        Microbial Ecology        Environmental Microbiology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Food Microbiology        Public Health Microbiology        Errata

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Minireviews:

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Responses of Rhizobia to Desiccation in Relation to Osmotic Stress, Oxygen, and Temperature Jan A. C. Vriezen, Frans J. de Bruijn, and K. Nüsslein Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3451-3459; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02991-06 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Characterization of a Gene Cluster Responsible for the Biosynthesis of Anticancer Agent FK228 in Chromobacterium violaceum No. 968 Yi-Qiang Cheng, Min Yang, and Andrea M. Matter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3460-3469; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01751-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Insights into the Enterococcus faecalis CroRS Two-Component System Obtained Using a Differential-Display Random Arbitrarily Primed PCR Approach Yoann Le Breton, Cécile Muller, Yanick Auffray, and Alain Rincé Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3738-3741; published ahead of print April 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00390-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Geographical Distribution and Diversity of Bacteria Associated with Natural Populations of Drosophila melanogaster Vanessa Corby-Harris, Ana Clara Pontaroli, Lawrence J. Shimkets, Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, Kristin E. Habel, and Daniel E. L. Promislow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3470-3479; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02120-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Analysis of Deformed Wing Virus Genotypes from Diverse Geographic Origins Indicates Recent Global Distribution of the Virus Olga Berényi, Tamás Bakonyi, Irmgard Derakhshifar, Hemma Köglberger, Grazyna Topolska, Wolfgang Ritter, Hermann Pechhacker, and Norbert Nowotny Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3605-3611; published ahead of print April 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00696-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Binding of Cyt1Aa and Cry11Aa Toxins of Bacillus thuringiensis Serovar israelensis to Brush Border Membrane Vesicles of Tipula paludosa (Diptera: Nematocera) and Subsequent Pore Formation Jesko Oestergaard, Ralf-Udo Ehlers, Amparo C. Martínez-Ramírez, and Maria Dolores Real Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3623-3629; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01056-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Variable-Number Tandem Repeats as Molecular Markers for Biotypes of Pasteuria ramosa in Daphnia spp. Laurence Mouton, Guang Nong, James F. Preston, and Dieter Ebert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3715-3718; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02398-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Use of PCR-Targeted Mutagenesis To Disrupt Production of Fusaricidin-Type Antifungal Antibiotics in Paenibacillus polymyxa Jingru Li, Perrin K. Beatty, Saleh Shah, and Susan E. Jensen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3480-3489; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02662-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PsrA, the Pseudomonas Sigma Regulator, Controls Regulators of Epiphytic Fitness, Quorum-Sensing Signals, and Plant Interactions in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato Strain DC3000 Asita Chatterjee, Yaya Cui, Hiroaki Hasegawa, and Arun K. Chatterjee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3684-3694; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02445-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Novel Methods for Genetic Transformation of Natural Bacillus subtilis Isolates Used To Study the Regulation of the Mycosubtilin and Surfactin Synthetases Erwin H. Duitman, Dobek Wyczawski, Ludolf G. Boven, Gerard Venema, Oscar P. Kuipers, and Leendert W. Hamoen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3490-3496; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02751-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sonoporation Is an Efficient Tool for Intracellular Fluorescent Dextran Delivery and One-Step Double-Crossover Mutant Construction in Fusobacterium nucleatum Yiping W. Han, Akihiko Ikegami, Peter Chung, Lei Zhang, and Cheri X. Deng Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3677-3683; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00428-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of High-Throughput Phenotyping of Metagenomic Clones from the Human Gut Microbiome for Modulation of Eukaryotic Cell Growth Karine Gloux, Marion Leclerc, Harout Iliozer, René L'Haridon, Chaysavanh Manichanh, Gérard Corthier, Renaud Nalin, Hervé M. Blottière, and Joël Doré Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3734-3737; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02204-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Phylogenetic Composition of Rocky Mountain Endolithic Microbial Ecosystems Jeffrey J. Walker and Norman R. Pace Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3497-3504; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02656-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Flavobacteria Blooms in Four Eutrophic Lakes: Linking Population Dynamics of Freshwater Bacterioplankton to Resource Availability Alexander Eiler and Stefan Bertilsson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3511-3518; published ahead of print April 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02534-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Anaerobic Selenate-Respiring Bacteria from Aquatic Sediments Priya Narasingarao and Max M. Häggblom Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3519-3527; published ahead of print April 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02737-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Seasonal Variations in the Contributions of Different Bacterial Groups to the Uptake of Low-Molecular-Weight Compounds in Northwestern Mediterranean Coastal Waters Laura Alonso-Sáez and Josep M. Gasol Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3528-3535; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02627-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ammonia-Oxidizing ß-Proteobacteria from the Oxygen Minimum Zone off Northern Chile Verónica Molina, Osvaldo Ulloa, Laura Farías, Homero Urrutia, Salvador Ramírez, Pilar Junier, and Karl-Paul Witzel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3547-3555; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02275-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clonothrix fusca Roze 1896, a Filamentous, Sheathed, Methanotrophic -Proteobacterium Giovanni Vigliotta, Eliana Nutricati, Elisabetta Carata, Salvatore M. Tredici, Mario De Stefano, Paola Pontieri, Domenica Rita Massardo, Maria Vittoria Prati, Luigi De Bellis, and Pietro Alifano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3556-3565; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02678-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Marine Mesorhizobium sp. Produces Structurally Novel Long-Chain N-Acyl-L-Homoserine Lactones Anja Krick, Stefan Kehraus, Leo Eberl, Kathrin Riedel, Heidrun Anke, Ines Kaesler, Ingeborg Graeber, Ulrich Szewzyk, and Gabriele M. König Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3587-3594; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02344-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity and Abundance of Nitrate Reductase Genes (narG and napA), Nitrite Reductase Genes (nirS and nrfA), and Their Transcripts in Estuarine Sediments Cindy J. Smith, David B. Nedwell, Liang F. Dong, and A. Mark Osborn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3612-3622; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02894-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Epilithic Cyanobacterial Communities of a Marine Tropical Beach Rock (Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef): Diversity and Diazotrophy Beatriz Díez, Karolina Bauer, and Birgitta Bergman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3656-3668; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02067-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Signal Mimics Derived from a Metagenomic Analysis of the Gypsy Moth Gut Microbiota Changhui Guan, Jianhua Ju, Bradley R. Borlee, Lynn L. Williamson, Ben Shen, Kenneth F. Raffa, and Jo Handelsman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3669-3676; published ahead of print April 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02617-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salivaricin P, One of a Family of Two-Component Antilisterial Bacteriocins Produced by Intestinal Isolates of Lactobacillus salivarius Eoin Barrett, Maria Hayes, Paula O'Connor, Gillian Gardiner, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Catherine Stanton, R. Paul Ross, and Colin Hill Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3719-3723; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00666-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sensitive Whole-Cell Biosensor Suitable for Detecting a Variety of N-Acyl Homoserine Lactones in Intact Rhizosphere Microbial Communities Kristen M. DeAngelis, Mary K. Firestone, and Steven E. Lindow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3724-3727; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02187-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Evaluation of Two Surface Sampling Methods for Detection of Erwinia herbicola on a Variety of Materials by Culture and Quantitative PCR Mark P. Buttner, Patricia Cruz, Linda D. Stetzenbach, and Tracy Cronin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3505-3510; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01825-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Phosphorus on Survival of Escherichia coli in Drinking Water Biofilms Talis Juhna, Dagne Birzniece, and Janis Rubulis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3755-3758; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00313-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Genome Sequence of the Cellulolytic Gliding Bacterium Cytophaga hutchinsonii Gary Xie, David C. Bruce, Jean F. Challacombe, Olga Chertkov, John C. Detter, Paul Gilna, Cliff S. Han, Susan Lucas, Monica Misra, Gerald L. Myers, Paul Richardson, Roxanne Tapia, Nina Thayer, Linda S. Thompson, Thomas S. Brettin, Bernard Henrissat, David B. Wilson, and Mark J. McBride Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3536-3546; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00225-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection and Transformation of Genome Segments That Differ within a Coastal Population of Vibrio cholerae Strains Michael C. Miller, Daniel P. Keymer, Abigail Avelar, Alexandria B. Boehm, and Gary K. Schoolnik Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3695-3704; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02735-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomic and Phenotypic Diversity of Coastal Vibrio cholerae Strains Is Linked to Environmental Factors Daniel P. Keymer, Michael C. Miller, Gary K. Schoolnik, and Alexandria B. Boehm Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3705-3714; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02736-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strain Expressing a Model Cytochrome P450 in the Rat Digestive Environment: Viability and Bioconversion Activity G. Garrait, J. F. Jarrige, S. Blanquet, E. Beyssac, and M. Alric Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3566-3574; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02091-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of a Glucokinase with Broad Hexose Specificity from Bacillus sphaericus Strain C3-41 Bei Han, Haizhou Liu, Xiaomin Hu, Yajun Cai, Dasheng Zheng, and Zhiming Yuan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3581-3586; published ahead of print March 30, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02863-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Caffeate Respiration in the Acetogenic Bacterium Acetobacterium woodii Sabrina Dilling, Frank Imkamp, Silke Schmidt, and Volker Müller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3630-3636; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02060-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Kinetics and Metabolism of Bifidobacterium adolescentis MB 239 Growing on Glucose, Galactose, Lactose, and Galactooligosaccharides Alberto Amaretti, Tatiana Bernardi, Elena Tamburini, Simona Zanoni, Mariella Lomma, Diego Matteuzzi, and Maddalena Rossi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3637-3644; published ahead of print April 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02914-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quorum Sensing Enhances the Stress Response in Vibrio cholerae Adam Joelsson, Biao Kan, and Jun Zhu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3742-3746; published ahead of print April 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02804-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Kinetic Constant Variability in Bacterial Oxidation of Elemental Sulfur Blanka Pokorna, Martin Mandl, Sarka Borilova, Pavla Ceskova, Romana Markova, and Oldrich Janiczek Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3752-3754; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02549-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Characterization of SafC, a Catechol 4-O-Methyltransferase Involved in Saframycin Biosynthesis James T. Nelson, Jaeheon Lee, James W. Sims, and Eric W. Schmidt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3575-3580; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00011-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification, Characterization, Gene Cloning, and Expression of a Novel Alcohol Dehydrogenase with Anti-Prelog Stereospecificity from Candida parapsilosis Yao Nie, Yan Xu, Xiao Qing Mu, Hai Yan Wang, Ming Yang, and Rong Xiao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3759-3764; published ahead of print April 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02185-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Functional Analysis of D-Alanylation of Lipoteichoic Acid in the Probiotic Strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Mónica Perea Vélez, Tine L. A. Verhoeven, Christian Draing, Sonja Von Aulock, Markus Pfitzenmaier, Armin Geyer, Ivo Lambrichts, Corinne Grangette, Bruno Pot, Jos Vanderleyden, and Sigrid C. J. De Keersmaecker Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3595-3604; published ahead of print April 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02083-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection and Genotyping of Arcobacter and Campylobacter Isolates from Retail Chicken Samples by Use of DNA Oligonucleotide Arrays Beatriz Quiñones, Craig T. Parker, John M. Janda, Jr., William G. Miller, and Robert E. Mandrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3645-3655; published ahead of print April 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02984-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

UV Light Inactivation of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Milk as Assessed by FASTPlaqueTB Phage Assay and Culture Leslie C. Altic, Michael T. Rowe, and Irene R. Grant Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3728-3733; published ahead of print April 13, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00057-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Detection of Clostridium tyrobutyricum in Milk by Real-Time PCR Lorena López-Enríquez, David Rodríguez-Lázaro, and Marta Hernández Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3747-3751; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02642-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Shedding of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Calves Is Reduced by Prior Colonization with the Homologous Strain Stuart W. Naylor, Allen Flockhart, Pablo Nart, David G. E. Smith, John Huntley, David L. Gally, and J. Christopher Low Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3765-3767; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02670-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Plasmid Replicon Typing of Commensal and Pathogenic Types of Escherichia coli Isolates Timothy J. Johnson, Yvonne M. Wannemuehler, Sara J. Johnson, Catherine M. Logue, David G. White, Curt Doetkott, and Lisa K. Nolan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3768 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Potential for Mercury Reduction by Microbes in the High Arctic Alexandre J. Poulain, Sinéad M. Ni Chadhain, Parisa A. Ariya, Marc Amyot, Edenise Garcia, Peter G. C. Campbell, Gerben J. Zylstra, and Tamar Barkay Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3769 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Consumption of Methane and CO2 by Methanotrophic Microbial Mats from Gas Seeps of the Anoxic Black Sea Tina Treude, Victoria Orphan, Katrin Knittel, Armin Gieseke, Christopher H. House, and Antje Boetius Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3770 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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