About This Cover Other Issues

Contents: June 2007, Volume 73, Issue 12        Microbial Ecology        Plant Microbiology        Environmental Microbiology        Public Health Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Food Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Biodegradation        Mycology        Methods        Author's Correction

Table of Contents

[Index by Author]

To see an article, click its [Full Text], [Abstract] or [PDF] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.

---

Microbial Ecology:

---

Presence and Sources of Fecal Coliform Bacteria in Epilithic Periphyton Communities of Lake Superior Winfried B. Ksoll, Satoshi Ishii, Michael J. Sadowsky, and Randall E. Hicks Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3771-3778; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02654-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria Attached to Particles in Turbid Waters of the Delaware and Chesapeake Estuaries Lisa A. Waidner and David L. Kirchman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3936-3944; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00592-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity and Function of Chloroflexus-Like Bacteria in a Hypersaline Microbial Mat: Phylogenetic Characterization and Impact on Aerobic Respiration Ami Bachar, Enoma Omoregie, Rutger de Wit, and Henk M. Jonkers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3975-3983; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02532-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lake Superior Supports Novel Clusters of Cyanobacterial Picoplankton Natalia V. Ivanikova, Linda C. Popels, R. Michael L. McKay, and George S. Bullerjahn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 4055-4065; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00214-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Swarming Behavior of and Hemolysin BL Secretion by Bacillus cereus Emilia Ghelardi, Francesco Celandroni, Sara Salvetti, Mara Ceragioli, Douglas J. Beecher, Sonia Senesi, and Amy C. L. Wong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 4089-4093; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02345-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

---

Plant Microbiology:

---

Using the Ralstonia solanacearum Tat Secretome To Identify Bacterial Wilt Virulence Factors Enid T. González, Darby G. Brown, Jill K. Swanson, and Caitilyn Allen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3779-3786; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02999-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Trehalose Biosynthesis in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii and Its Role in Desiccation Tolerance Helen J. McIntyre, Holiday Davies, Timothy A. Hore, Simon H. Miller, Jean-Pierre Dufour, and Clive W. Ronson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3984-3992; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00412-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multilocus Sequence Typing Confirms the Close Genetic Interrelatedness of Three Distinct Flavescence Dorée Phytoplasma Strain Clusters and Group 16SrV Phytoplasmas Infecting Grapevine and Alder in Europe Guillaume Arnaud, Sylvie Malembic-Maher, Pascal Salar, Patrick Bonnet, Michael Maixner, Carmine Marcone, Elisabeth Boudon-Padieu, and Xavier Foissac Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 4001-4010; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02323-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Thermoregulation of N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone-Based Quorum Sensing in the Soft Rot Bacterium Pectobacterium atrosepticum Xavier Latour, Stéphanie Diallo, Sylvie Chevalier, Danièle Morin, Bruno Smadja, Jean-François Burini, Dominique Haras, and Nicole Orange Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 4078-4081; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02681-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

---

Environmental Microbiology:

---

Diversity of Environmental Mycobacterium Isolates from Hemodialysis Water as Shown by a Multigene Sequencing Approach Margarita Gomila, Antonio Ramirez, and Jorge Lalucat Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3787-3797; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02934-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Diversity Associated with Blood Falls, a Subglacial Outflow from the Taylor Glacier, Antarctica Jill A. Mikucki and John C. Priscu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 4029-4039; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01396-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Competitive Fitness of Isolates Enriched on Phenanthrene Sorbed to Model Phases Gregory M. Colores, David M. Ward, and William P. Inskeep Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 4074-4077; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02573-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

---

Public Health Microbiology:

---

Real-Time PCR Investigation of Potential Vectors, Reservoirs, and Shedding Patterns of Feline Hemotropic Mycoplasmas Barbara Willi, Felicitas S. Boretti, Marina L. Meli, Marco V. Bernasconi, Simona Casati, Daniel Hegglin, Maria Puorger, Harold Neimark, Valentino Cattori, Nicole Wengi, Claudia E. Reusch, Hans Lutz, and Regina Hofmann-Lehmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3798-3802; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02977-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stable Isotope Ratios and Forensic Analysis of Microorganisms Helen W. Kreuzer-Martin and Kristin H. Jarman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3896-3908; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02906-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tracking Host Sources of Cryptosporidium spp. in Raw Water for Improved Health Risk Assessment Norma J. Ruecker, Shannon L. Braithwaite, Edward Topp, Thomas Edge, David R. Lapen, Graham Wilkes, Will Robertson, Diane Medeiros, Christoph W. Sensen, and Norman F. Neumann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3945-3957; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02788-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multivariate Logistic Regression for Predicting Total Culturable Virus Presence at the Intake of a Potable-Water Treatment Plant: Novel Application of the Atypical Coliform/Total Coliform Ratio L. E. Black, G. M. Brion, and S. J. Freitas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3965-3974; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02780-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Preliminary Evidence that American Bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) Are Suitable Hosts for Escherichia coli O157:H7 Matthew J. Gray, Sreekumari Rajeev, Debra L. Miller, A. Chandler Schmutzer, Elizabeth C. Burton, Emily D. Rogers, and Graham J. Hickling Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 4066-4068; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02905-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Risk of Handling as a Route of Exposure to Infectious Waterborne Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts via Atlantic Blue Crabs (Callinectes sapidus) Thaddeus K. Graczyk, Cynthia McOliver, Ellen K. Silbergeld, Leena Tamang, and Jennifer D. Roberts Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 4069-4070; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00166-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

---

Physiology and Biotechnology:

---

Plant Cell Wall Degradation by Saprophytic Bacillus subtilis Strains: Gene Clusters Responsible for Rhamnogalacturonan Depolymerization Akihito Ochiai, Takafumi Itoh, Akiko Kawamata, Wataru Hashimoto, and Kousaku Murata Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3803-3813; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00147-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hexadecane and Tween 80 Stimulate Lipase Production in Burkholderia glumae by Different Mechanisms Bouke K. H. L. Boekema, Anke Beselin, Michael Breuer, Bernhard Hauer, Margot Koster, Frank Rosenau, Karl-Erich Jaeger, and Jan Tommassen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3838-3844; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00097-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Flux Analysis of Central Metabolic Pathways in Geobacter metallireducens during Reduction of Soluble Fe(III)-Nitrilotriacetic Acid Yinjie J. Tang, Romy Chakraborty, Héctor García Martín, Jeannie Chu, Terry C. Hazen, and Jay D. Keasling Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3859-3864; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02986-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering Central Metabolic Pathways for High-Level Flavonoid Production in Escherichia coli Effendi Leonard, Kok-Hong Lim, Phan-Nee Saw, and Mattheos A. G. Koffas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3877-3886; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00200-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity and Mechanisms of Alkali Tolerance in Lactobacilli Yuki Sawatari and Atsushi Yokota Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3909-3915; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02834-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Early Response to Acid Shock in Lactobacillus reuteri Involves the ClpL Chaperone and a Putative Cell Wall-Altering Esterase Torun Wall, Klara Båth, Robert A. Britton, Hans Jonsson, James Versalovic, and Stefan Roos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3924-3935; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01502-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Application of Flow Cytometry to Segregated Kinetic Modeling Based on the Physiological States of Microorganisms Covadonga Quirós, Mónica Herrero, Luis A. García, and Mario Díaz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3993-4000; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00171-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Desensitization of Feedback Inhibition of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae -Glutamyl Kinase Enhances Proline Accumulation and Freezing Tolerance Tomoko Sekine, Akari Kawaguchi, Yoshimitsu Hamano, and Hiroshi Takagi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 4011-4019; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00730-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protein Engineering of Wzc To Generate New Emulsan Analogs Hanna Dams-Kozlowska and David L. Kaplan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 4020-4028; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00401-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

---

Food Microbiology:

---

Relationship between Sublethal Injury and Inactivation of Yeast Cells by the Combination of Sorbic Acid and Pulsed Electric Fields M. Somolinos, D. García, S. Condón, P. Mañas, and R. Pagán Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3814-3821; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00517-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Buffalo, Bovine, Ovine, and Caprine Milk Samples Collected in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil Marta Aires-de-Sousa, Carlos E. S. R. Parente, Olney Vieira-da-Motta, Isabel C. F. Bonna, Denise A. Silva, and Hermínia de Lencastre Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3845-3849; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00019-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Gene Cluster Enabling Lactobacillus casei BL23 To Utilize myo-Inositol María Jesús Yebra, Manuel Zúñiga, Sophie Beaufils, Gaspar Pérez-Martínez, Josef Deutscher, and Vicente Monedero Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3850-3858; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00243-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recurrent and Sporadic Listeria monocytogenes Contamination in Alheiras Represents Considerable Diversity, Including Virulence-Attenuated Isolates M. T. S. Felício, T. Hogg, P. Gibbs, P. Teixeira, and M. Wiedmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3887-3895; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02912-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lactobacillus rhamnosus Strain GG Reduces Aflatoxin B1 Transport, Metabolism, and Toxicity in Caco-2 Cells S. Gratz, Q. K. Wu, H. El-Nezami, R. O. Juvonen, H. Mykkänen, and P. C. Turner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3958-3964; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02944-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Assessment of Contamination of Fresh Food Produce of Various Retail Types by Human-Virulent Microsporidian Spores Szymon Jedrzejewski, Thaddeus K. Graczyk, Anna Slodkowicz-Kowalska, Leena Tamang, and Anna C. Majewska Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 4071-4073; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00477-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

---

Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

---

Incorporation of Fungal Cellulases in Bacterial Minicellulosomes Yields Viable, Synergistically Acting Cellulolytic Complexes Florence Mingardon, Angélique Chanal, Ana M. López-Contreras, Cyril Dray, Edward A. Bayer, and Henri-Pierre Fierobe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3822-3832; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00398-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alpha-Amylase Starch Binding Domains: Cooperative Effects of Binding to Starch Granules of Multiple Tandemly Arranged Domains D. Guillén, M. Santiago, L. Linares, R. Pérez, J. Morlon, B. Ruiz, S. Sánchez, and R. Rodríguez-Sanoja Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3833-3837; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02628-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

---

Biodegradation:

---

Biodegradation Processes in a Laboratory-Scale Groundwater Contaminant Plume Assessed by Fluorescence Imaging and Microbial Analysis Helen C. Rees, Sascha E. Oswald, Steven A. Banwart, Roger W. Pickup, and David N. Lerner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3865-3876; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02933-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

---

Mycology:

---

Coprinus comatus Damages Nematode Cuticles Mechanically with Spiny Balls and Produces Potent Toxins To Immobilize Nematodes Hong Luo, Yajun Liu, Lin Fang, Xuan Li, Ninghua Tang, and Keqin Zhang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 3916-3923; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02770-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

---

Methods:

---

Faster, Simpler, More-Specific Methods for Improved Molecular Detection of Phytophthora ramorum in the Field J. A. Tomlinson, I. Barker, and N. Boonham Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 4040-4047; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00161-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Efficient Method of Cloning the Obligate Intracellular Bacterium Coxiella burnetii Paul A. Beare, Dale Howe, Diane C. Cockrell, and Robert A. Heinzen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 4048-4054; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00411-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Microarray-Based Identification of Serogroups and Virulence Gene Patterns of Escherichia coli Isolates Associated with Porcine Postweaning Diarrhea and Edema Disease Weiqing Han, Bin Liu, Boyang Cao, Lothar Beutin, Ulrike Krüger, Hongbo Liu, Yayue Li, Yanqun Liu, Lu Feng, and Lei Wang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 4082-4088; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01820-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

---

Author's Correction:

---

Characterization of a Large, Stable, High-Copy-Number Streptomyces Plasmid That Requires Stability and Transfer Functions for Heterologous Polyketide Overproduction Ryan Fong, Jonathan A. Vroom, Zhihao Hu, C. Richard Hutchinson, Jianqiang Huang, Stanley N. Cohen, and Camilla M. Kao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. June 2007 73: 4094 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.