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Contents: August 2007, Volume 73, Issue 16        Plant Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Mycology        Public Health Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Geomicrobiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Environmental Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Methods        Errata

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Plant Microbiology:

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Putative Porin of Bradyrhizobium sp. (Lupinus) Bacteroids Induced by Glyphosate Nuria de María, Ángeles Guevara, M. Teresa Serra, Isabel García-Luque, Alfonso González-Sama, Mario García de Lacoba, M. Rosario de Felipe, and Mercedes Fernández-Pascual Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5075-5082; published ahead of print June 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00392-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Tomato Rhizosphere, an Environment Rich in Nitrogen-Fixing Burkholderia Species with Capabilities of Interest for Agriculture and Bioremediation Jesús Caballero-Mellado, Janette Onofre-Lemus, Paulina Estrada-de los Santos, and Lourdes Martínez-Aguilar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5308-5319; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00324-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Effectiveness of Standard UV Depuration at Inactivating Cryptosporidium parvum Recovered from Spiked Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea gigas) O. Sunnotel, W. J. Snelling, N. McDonough, L. Browne, J. E. Moore, J. S. G. Dooley, and C. J. Lowery Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5083-5087; published ahead of print June 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00375-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Multilocus Sequence Typing To Investigate the Association between the Presence of Campylobacter spp. in Broiler Drinking Water and Campylobacter Colonization in Broilers I. D. Ogden, M. MacRae, M. Johnston, N. J. C. Strachan, A. J. Cody, K. E. Dingle, and D. G. Newell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5125-5129; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00884-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microplate Fluorescence Assay for Measurement of the Ability of Strains of Listeria monocytogenes from Meat and Meat-Processing Plants To Adhere to Abiotic Surfaces Rachel Gamble and Peter M. Muriana Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5235-5244; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00114-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Acetamide Selection of Kluyveromyces lactis Cells Transformed with an Integrative Vector Leads to High-Frequency Formation of Multicopy Strains Jeremiah D. Read, Paul A. Colussi, Mehul B. Ganatra, and Christopher H. Taron Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5088-5096; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02253-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Essential Role of Cytochrome bd-Related Oxidase in Cyanide Resistance of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes CECT5344 Alberto Quesada, M. Isabel Guijo, Faustino Merchán, Blas Blázquez, M. Isabel Igeño, and Rafael Blasco Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5118-5124; published ahead of print June 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00503-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolic Engineering of Bacillus subtilis for Ethanol Production: Lactate Dehydrogenase Plays a Key Role in Fermentative Metabolism Susana Romero, Enrique Merino, Francisco Bolívar, Guillermo Gosset, and Alfredo Martinez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5190-5198; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00625-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Glutathione Protects Lactococcus lactis against Acid Stress Juan Zhang, Rui-Yan Fu, Jeroen Hugenholtz, Yin Li, and Jian Chen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5268-5275; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02787-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Intranasal Administration of a Leptin-Secreting Lactococcus lactis Recombinant on Food Intake, Body Weight, and Immune Response of Mice Luis G. Bermúdez-Humarán, Sébastien Nouaille, Vladimir Zilberfarb, Gérard Corthier, Alexandra Gruss, Philippe Langella, and Tarik Issad Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5300-5307; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00295-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lack of Electricity Production by Pelobacter carbinolicus Indicates that the Capacity for Fe(III) Oxide Reduction Does Not Necessarily Confer Electron Transfer Ability to Fuel Cell Anodes Hanno Richter, Martin Lanthier, Kelly P. Nevin, and Derek R. Lovley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5347-5353; published ahead of print June 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00804-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Signature Genes for Predicting Nitrogen Deficiency during Alcoholic Fermentation A. Mendes-Ferreira, M. del Olmo, J. García-Martínez, E. Jiménez-Martí, C. Leão, A. Mendes-Faia, and J. E. Pérez-Ortín Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5363-5369; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01029-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Enzymatic Method of Chiral Amino Acid Synthesis by Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Amino Acid Amides: Use of Stereoselective Amino Acid Amidases in the Presence of -Amino--Caprolactam Racemase Shigenori Yamaguchi, Hidenobu Komeda, and Yasuhisa Asano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5370-5373; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00807-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Identification and In Vivo Functional Analysis by Gene Disruption of ctnA, an Activator Gene Involved in Citrinin Biosynthesis in Monascus purpureus Takeo Shimizu, Hiroshi Kinoshita, and Takuya Nihira Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5097-5103; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01979-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

At Least Two Origins of Fungicide Resistance in Grapevine Downy Mildew Populations Wei-Jen Chen, François Delmotte, Sylvie Richard Cervera, Lisette Douence, Charles Greif, and Marie-France Corio-Costet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5162-5172; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00507-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequence Motifs in Truffles: a First Step toward Their DNA Bar Coding Khalid El Karkouri, Claude Murat, Elisa Zampieri, and Paola Bonfante Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5320-5330; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00530-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Attachment of Enteric Viruses to Bottles S. Butot, T. Putallaz, C. Croquet, G. Lamothe, R. Meyer, H. Joosten, and G. Sánchez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5104-5110; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00450-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Swine-Specific Fecal Pollution Marker Based on Host Differences in Methanogen mcrA Genes Jennifer A. Ufnar, David F. Ufnar, Shiao Y. Wang, and R. D. Ellender Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5209-5217; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00319-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Different Animal Waste Treatment Technologies on Detection and Viability of Porcine Enteric Viruses Verónica P. Costantini, Ana C. Azevedo, Xin Li, Mike C. Williams, Frederick C. Michel, Jr., and Linda J. Saif Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5284-5291; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00553-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Legionella pneumophila in Cooling Towers: Fluctuations in Counts, Determination of Genetic Variability by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE), and Persistence of PFGE Patterns Sonia Ragull, Marian Garcia-Nuñez, Maria Luisa Pedro-Botet, Nieves Sopena, Maria Esteve, Rafael Montenegro, and Miquel Sabrià Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5382-5384; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00066-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Use of Propidium Monoazide for Live/Dead Distinction in Microbial Ecology Andreas Nocker, Priscilla Sossa-Fernandez, Mark D. Burr, and Anne K. Camper Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5111-5117; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02987-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Afforestation and Reforestation of Pastures on the Activity and Population Dynamics of Methanotrophic Bacteria Brajesh K. Singh, Kevin R. Tate, Gokul Kolipaka, Carolyn B. Hedley, Catriona A. Macdonald, Peter Millard, and J. Colin Murrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5153-5161; published ahead of print June 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00620-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Detection and Ecological Significance of the Cyanobacterial Genera Geitlerinema and Leptolyngbya in Black Band Disease of Corals Jamie L. Myers, Raju Sekar, and Laurie L. Richardson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5173-5182; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00900-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

High Rates of Sulfate Reduction in a Low-Sulfate Hot Spring Microbial Mat Are Driven by a Low Level of Diversity of Sulfate-Respiring Microorganisms Jesse G. Dillon, Susan Fishbain, Scott R. Miller, Brad M. Bebout, Kirsten S. Habicht, Samuel M. Webb, and David A. Stahl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5218-5226; published ahead of print June 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00357-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Virus Attachment to Transparent Exopolymeric Particles along Trophic Gradients in the Southwestern Lagoon of New Caledonia Xavier Mari, Marie-Emmanuelle Kerros, and Markus G. Weinbauer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5245-5252; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00762-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Nitrite Reductase Genes in "Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis"-Dominated Cultures Enriched by Flow-Cytometric Sorting Ryuki Miyauchi, Kazuma Oki, Yoshiteru Aoi, and Satoshi Tsuneda Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5331-5337; published ahead of print May 18, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00175-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Effects of Imposed Salinity Gradients on Dissimilatory Arsenate Reduction, Sulfate Reduction, and Other Microbial Processes in Sediments from Two California Soda Lakes T. R. Kulp, S. Han, C. W. Saltikov, B. D. Lanoil, K. Zargar, and R. S. Oremland Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5130-5137; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00771-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Use of a Dominant rpsL Allele Conferring Streptomycin Dependence for Positive and Negative Selection in Thermus thermophilus Emilio Blas-Galindo, Felipe Cava, Eduardo López-Viñas, Jesús Mendieta, and José Berenguer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5138-5145; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00751-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of Innovative Pediocin PA-1 by DNA Shuffling among Class IIa Bacteriocins Tatsuya Tominaga and Yoshinori Hatakeyama Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5292-5299; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00558-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production and Secretion Stress Caused by Overexpression of Heterologous -Amylase Leads to Inhibition of Sporulation and a Prolonged Motile Phase in Bacillus subtilis Andrzej T. Lulko, Jan-Willem Veening, Girbe Buist, Wiep Klaas Smits, Evert Jan Blom, Aaron C. Beekman, Sierd Bron, and Oscar P. Kuipers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5354-5362; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00472-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of 3-Hydroxybenzoate 6-Hydroxylase from Polaromonas naphthalenivorans CJ2 Minjeong Park, Yeji Jeon, Ho Hee Jang, Hyun-Su Ro, Woojun Park, Eugene L. Madsen, and Che Ok Jeon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5146-5152; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00782-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recombinant Expression and Characterization of a Reducing-End Xylose-Releasing Exo-Oligoxylanase from Bifidobacterium adolescentis Stijn Lagaert, Steven Van Campenhout, Annick Pollet, Tine M. Bourgois, Jan A. Delcour, Christophe M. Courtin, and Guido Volckaert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5374-5377; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00722-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Newly Discovered Penicillin Acylase Activity of Aculeacin A Acylase from Actinoplanes utahensis Jesús Torres-Bacete, Daniel Hormigo, Maribel Stuart, Miguel Arroyo, Pedro Torres, María P. Castillón, Carmen Acebal, José L. García, and Isabel de la Mata Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5378-5381; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00452-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR for Transcriptional Expression Analysis of Virulence and Housekeeping Genes in Viable but Nonculturable Vibrio parahaemolyticus after Recovery of Culturability François Coutard, Solen Lozach, Monique Pommepuy, and Dominique Hervio-Heath Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5183-5189; published ahead of print June 8, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02776-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impact of Alginate Conditioning Film on Deposition Kinetics of Motile and Nonmotile Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Alexis J. de Kerchove and Menachem Elimelech Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5227-5234; published ahead of print June 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00678-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Differences between Bacterial Communities in the Gut of a Soil-Feeding Termite (Cubitermes niokoloensis) and Its Mounds Saliou Fall, Jérôme Hamelin, Farma Ndiaye, Komi Assigbetse, Michel Aragno, Jean Luc Chotte, and Alain Brauman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5199-5208; published ahead of print June 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02616-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Insights into the Colonization and Release Processes of Xenorhabdus nematophila and the Morphology and Ultrastructure of the Bacterial Receptacle of Its Nematode Host, Steinernema carpocapsae Holly Snyder, S. Patricia Stock, Sam-Kyu Kim, Yolanda Flores-Lara, and Steven Forst Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5338-5346; published ahead of print May 25, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02947-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Evaluation of Culture Methods To Identify Bovine Feces with High Concentrations of Escherichia coli O157 J. Trent Fox, David G. Renter, Michael W. Sanderson, Daniel U. Thomson, Kelly F. Lechtenberg, and T. G. Nagaraja Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5253-5260; published ahead of print June 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00554-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Naïve Bayesian Classifier for Rapid Assignment of rRNA Sequences into the New Bacterial Taxonomy Qiong Wang, George M. Garrity, James M. Tiedje, and James R. Cole Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5261-5267; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00062-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interpreting Ecological Diversity Indices Applied to Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Data: Insights from Simulated Microbial Communities Christopher B. Blackwood, Deborah Hudleston, Donald R. Zak, and Jeffrey S. Buyer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5276-5283; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00514-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Diversity and Mechanisms of Alkali Tolerance in Lactobacilli Yuki Sawatari and Atsushi Yokota Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2007 73: 5385 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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. August 2007 73: 5386 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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. August 2007 73: 5387 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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