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Contents: July 2007, Volume 73, Issue 13

       Public Health Microbiology

       Methods

       Environmental Microbiology

       Plant Microbiology

       Microbial Ecology

       Food Microbiology

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

       Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

       Geomicrobiology

       Physiology and Biotechnology

       Invertebrate Microbiology

       Enzymology and Protein Engineering

       Biodegradation

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Public Health Microbiology:

Quantitative Evaluation of the Impact of Bather Density on Levels of Human-Virulent Microsporidian Spores in Recreational Water
Thaddeus K. Graczyk, Deirdre Sunderland, Leena Tamang, Timothy M. Shields, Frances E. Lucy, and Patrick N. Breysse
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4095-4099; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00365-07
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Biofilms Are Inhibited by 7-Hydroxyindole and Stimulated by Isatin
Jintae Lee, Tarun Bansal, Arul Jayaraman, William E. Bentley, and Thomas K. Wood
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4100-4109; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00360-07
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Molecular Identification and Genetic Analysis of Norovirus Genogroups I and II in Water Environments: Comparative Analysis of Different Reverse Transcription-PCR Assays
G. La Rosa, S. Fontana, A. Di Grazia, M. Iaconelli, M. Pourshaban, and M. Muscillo
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4152-4161; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00222-07
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Mass Spectrometry-Based Strategy for Direct Detection and Quantification of Some Mycotoxins Produced by Stachybotrys and Aspergillus spp. in Indoor Environments
Erica Bloom, Karol Bal, Eva Nyman, Aime Must, and Lennart Larsson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4211-4217; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00343-07
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Urban Feral Pigeons (Columba livia) as a Source for Air- and Waterborne Contamination with Enterocytozoon bieneusi Spores
Thaddeus K. Graczyk, Deirdre Sunderland, Ana M. Rule, Alexandre J. da Silva, Iaci N. S. Moura, Leena Tamang, Autumn S. Girouard, Kellogg J. Schwab, and Patrick N. Breysse
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4357-4358; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00202-07
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Methods:

Simple and Rapid F+ Coliphage Culture, Latex Agglutination, and Typing Assay To Detect and Source Track Fecal Contamination
David C. Love and Mark D. Sobsey
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4110-4118; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02546-06
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Multistate Evaluation of an Ultrafiltration-Based Procedure for Simultaneous Recovery of Enteric Microbes in 100-Liter Tap Water Samples
Vincent R. Hill, Amy M. Kahler, Narayanan Jothikumar, Trisha B. Johnson, Donghyun Hahn, and Theresa L. Cromeans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4218-4225; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02713-06
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Rapid Engineering of Bacterial Reporter Gene Fusions by Using Red Recombination
Roman G. Gerlach, Stefanie U. Hölzer, Daniela Jäckel, and Michael Hensel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4234-4242; published ahead of print May 18, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00509-07
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Genomic Methylation: a Tool for Typing Helicobacter pylori Isolates
Filipa F. Vale and Jorge M. B. Vítor
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4243-4249; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00199-07
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A Rapid and Efficient Method for Cloning Genes of Type II Restriction-Modification Systems by Use of a Killer Plasmid
Iwona Mruk and Tadeusz Kaczorowski
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4286-4293; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00119-07
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Environmental Microbiology:

Diversity of Anaerobic Microorganisms Involved in Long-Chain Fatty Acid Degradation in Methanogenic Sludges as Revealed by RNA-Based Stable Isotope Probing
Masashi Hatamoto, Hiroyuki Imachi, Yuto Yashiro, Akiyoshi Ohashi, and Hideki Harada
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4119-4127; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00362-07
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Responses of a Thermophilic Synechococcus Isolate from the Microbial Mat of Octopus Spring to Light
Oliver Kilian, Anne-Soisig Steunou, Fariba Fazeli, Shaun Bailey, Devaki Bhaya, and Arthur R. Grossman
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4268-4278; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00201-07
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Comparison of Aerobic Methanotrophic Communities in Littoral and Profundal Sediments of Lake Constance by a Molecular Approach
Monali Rahalkar and Bernhard Schink
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4389-4394; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02602-06
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Plant Microbiology:

Alteration of Soil Rhizosphere Communities following Genetic Transformation of White Spruce
Philippe M. LeBlanc, Richard C. Hamelin, and Martin Filion
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4128-4134; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02590-06
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Mycorrhizal and Rhizobial Colonization of Genetically Modified and Conventional Soybeans
Jeff R. Powell, Robert H. Gulden, Miranda M. Hart, Rachel G. Campbell, David J. Levy-Booth, Kari E. Dunfield, K. Peter Pauls, Clarence J. Swanton, Jack T. Trevors, and John N. Klironomos
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4365-4367; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00594-07
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Repeat Domain Diversity of avrBs3-Like Genes in Ralstonia solanacearum Strains and Association with Host Preferences in the Field
Holger Heuer, Yan-Ni Yin, Qing-Yun Xue, Kornelia Smalla, and Jian-Hua Guo
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4379-4384; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00367-07
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Microbial Ecology:

Structure and Function of Methanogens along a Short-Term Restoration Chronosequence in the Florida Everglades
Jason M. Smith, Hector Castro, and Andrew Ogram
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4135-4141; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02557-06
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Salinity Constraints on Subsurface Archaeal Diversity and Methanogenesis in Sedimentary Rock Rich in Organic Matter
Patricia J. Waldron, Steven T. Petsch, Anna M. Martini, and Klaus Nüsslein
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4171-4179; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02810-06
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Occurrence of Antibiotic-Resistant Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Clonal Group A in Wastewater Effluents
Laura A. Boczek, Eugene W. Rice, Brian Johnston, and James R. Johnson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4180-4184; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02225-06
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Specific Detection and Real-Time PCR Quantification of Potentially Mycophagous Bacteria Belonging to the Genus Collimonas in Different Soil Ecosystems
Sachie Höppener-Ogawa, Johan H. J. Leveau, Wiecher Smant, Johannes A. van Veen, and Wietse de Boer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4191-4197; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00387-07
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High Abundances of Aerobic Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria in the South Pacific Ocean
Raphaël Lami, Matthew T. Cottrell, Joséphine Ras, Osvaldo Ulloa, Ingrid Obernosterer, Hervé Claustre, David L. Kirchman, and Philippe Lebaron
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4198-4205; published ahead of print May 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02652-06
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Molecular Diversity of Methanogens in Feedlot Cattle from Ontario and Prince Edward Island, Canada
André-Denis G. Wright, Clare H. Auckland, and Denis H. Lynn
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4206-4210; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00103-07
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Possible Origins of CTnBST, a Conjugative Transposon Found Recently in a Human Colonic Bacteroides Strain
David J. Schlesinger, Nadja B. Shoemaker, and Abigail A. Salyers
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4226-4233; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00455-07
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Nitric Oxide Reductase-Targeted Real-Time PCR Quantification of Denitrifier Populations in Soil
C. E. Dandie, M. N. Miller, D. L. Burton, B. J. Zebarth, J. T. Trevors, and C. Goyer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4250-4258; published ahead of print April 20, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00081-07
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Isolation of Key Methanogens for Global Methane Emission from Rice Paddy Fields: a Novel Isolate Affiliated with the Clone Cluster Rice Cluster I
Sanae Sakai, Hiroyuki Imachi, Yuji Sekiguchi, Akiyoshi Ohashi, Hideki Harada, and Yoichi Kamagata
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4326-4331; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.03008-06
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Food Microbiology:

Characterization of the Zinc-Containing Metalloprotease Encoded by zpx and Development of a Species-Specific Detection Method for Enterobacter sakazakii
M. H. Kothary, B. A. McCardell, C. D. Frazar, D. Deer, and B. D. Tall
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4142-4151; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02729-06
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Effective Heat Inactivation of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Raw Milk Contaminated with Naturally Infected Feces
Jan L. W. Rademaker, Marc M. M. Vissers, and Meike C. te Giffel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4185-4190; published ahead of print May 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00326-07
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Probiotics Affect Virulence-Related Gene Expression in Escherichia coli O157:H7
Maira Jessica Medellin-Peña, Haifeng Wang, Roger Johnson, Sanjeev Anand, and Mansel W. Griffiths
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4259-4267; published ahead of print May 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00159-07
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Sensitivity of Escherichia albertii, a Potential Food-Borne Pathogen, to Food Preservation Treatments
Manan Sharma, Kalmia E. Kniel, Alexandra Derevianko, Jason Ling, and Arvind A. Bhagwat
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4351-4353; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.03001-06
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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Identification of the Biosynthetic Gene Cluster and an Additional Gene for Resistance to the Antituberculosis Drug Capreomycin
Elizabeth A. Felnagle, Michelle R. Rondon, Andrew D. Berti, Heidi A. Crosby, and Michael G. Thomas
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4162-4170; published ahead of print May 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00485-07
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Use of Selective Capture of Transcribed Sequences To Identify Genes Preferentially Expressed by Streptococcus suis upon Interaction with Porcine Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells
Nahuel Fittipaldi, Marcelo Gottschalk, Ghyslaine Vanier, France Daigle, and Josée Harel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4359-4364; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00258-07
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Pichia acaciae Killer System: Genetic Analysis of Toxin Immunity
John P. Paluszynski, Roland Klassen, and Friedhelm Meinhardt
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4373-4378; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00271-07
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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

Multilocus Sequence Analysis Reveals that Vibrio harveyi and V. campbellii Are Distinct Species
Fabiano L. Thompson, Bruno Gomez-Gil, Ana Teresa Ribeiro Vasconcelos, and Tomoo Sawabe
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4279-4285; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00020-07
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Geomicrobiology:

A Novel Acidimicrobium Species in Continuous Cultures of Moderately Thermophilic, Mineral-Sulfide-Oxidizing Acidophiles
Adam A. Cleaver, Nicolas P. Burton, and Paul R. Norris
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4294-4299; published ahead of print April 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02658-06
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Physiology and Biotechnology:

Inhibition of Escherichia coli Biofilm Formation by Self-Assembled Monolayers of Functional Alkanethiols on Gold
Shuyu Hou, Erik A. Burton, Karen A. Simon, Dustin Blodgett, Yan-Yeung Luk, and Dacheng Ren
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4300-4307; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02633-06
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High-Level Production of Beta-Carotene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Successive Transformation with Carotenogenic Genes from Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous
René Verwaal, Jing Wang, Jean-Paul Meijnen, Hans Visser, Gerhard Sandmann, Johan A. van den Berg, and Albert J. J. van Ooyen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4342-4350; published ahead of print May 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02759-06
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Dekkera bruxellensis and Lactobacillus vini Form a Stable Ethanol-Producing Consortium in a Commercial Alcohol Production Process
Volkmar Passoth, Johanna Blomqvist, and Johan Schnürer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4354-4356; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00437-07
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Screening of Exopolysaccharide-Producing Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium Strains Isolated from the Human Intestinal Microbiota
Patricia Ruas-Madiedo, José Antonio Moreno, Nuria Salazar, Susana Delgado, Baltasar Mayo, Abelardo Margolles, and Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4385-4388; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02470-06
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Invertebrate Microbiology:

Insect-Microbe Mutualism without Vertical Transmission: a Stinkbug Acquires a Beneficial Gut Symbiont from the Environment Every Generation
Yoshitomo Kikuchi, Takahiro Hosokawa, and Takema Fukatsu
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4308-4316; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00067-07
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Unexpected Mechanism of Symbiont-Induced Reversal of Insect Sex: Feminizing Wolbachia Continuously Acts on the Butterfly Eurema hecabe during Larval Development
Satoko Narita, Daisuke Kageyama, Masashi Nomura, and Takema Fukatsu
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4332-4341; published ahead of print May 11, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00145-07
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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Biocatalytic Conversion of Avermectin to 4''-Oxo-Avermectin: Improvement of Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase Specificity by Directed Evolution
Axel Trefzer, Volker Jungmann, István Molnár, Ajit Botejue, Dagmar Buckel, Gerhard Frey, D. Steven Hill, Mario Jörg, James M. Ligon, Dylan Mason, David Moore, J. Paul Pachlatko, Toby H. Richardson, Petra Spangenberg, Mark A. Wall, Ross Zirkle, and Justin T. Stege
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4317-4325; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02676-06
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Biodegradation:

Identification of Polypeptides Expressed in Response to Vinyl Chloride, Ethene, and Epoxyethane in Nocardioides sp. Strain JS614 by Using Peptide Mass Fingerprinting
Adina S. Chuang and Timothy E. Mattes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. July 2007 73: 4368-4372; published ahead of print May 4, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00086-07
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