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Contents: October 2007, Volume 73, Issue 20        Invertebrate Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Microbial Ecology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Public Health Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Biodegradation        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Environmental Microbiology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Mycology        Methods        Plant Microbiology        Errata        Author's Correction

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Outcome of Colonization of Apis mellifera by Nosema ceranae Raquel Martín-Hernández, Aránzazu Meana, Lourdes Prieto, Amparo Martínez Salvador, Encarna Garrido-Bailón, and Mariano Higes Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6331-6338; published ahead of print August 3, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00270-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Localization and Visualization of a Coxiella-Type Symbiont within the Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum Olga Klyachko, Barry D. Stein, Nathan Grindle, Keith Clay, and Clay Fuqua Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6584-6594; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00537-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Propagation of Arthropod-Borne Rickettsia spp. in Two Mosquito Cell Lines Joyce M. Sakamoto and Abdu F. Azad Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6637-6643; published ahead of print August 31, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00923-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Endosymbiont of the Slender Pigeon Louse, Columbicola columbae, Allied to Endosymbionts of Grain Weevils and Tsetse Flies Takema Fukatsu, Ryuichi Koga, Wendy A. Smith, Kohjiiro Tanaka, Naruo Nikoh, Kayoko Sasaki-Fukatsu, Kazunori Yoshizawa, Colin Dale, and Dale H. Clayton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6660-6668; published ahead of print August 31, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01131-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Inhibition of Quorum Sensing in Serratia marcescens AS-1 by Synthetic Analogs of N-Acylhomoserine Lactone Tomohiro Morohoshi, Toshitaka Shiono, Kiyomi Takidouchi, Masashi Kato, Norihiro Kato, Junichi Kato, and Tsukasa Ikeda Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6339-6344; published ahead of print August 3, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00593-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fermentative Production of L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine by a Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli Strain Expressing L-Amino Acid -Ligase Kazuhiko Tabata and Shin-ichi Hashimoto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6378-6385; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01249-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Whole-Cell Antibiotic Biosensors for Compound Discovery Andreas Urban, Stefan Eckermann, Beate Fast, Susanne Metzger, Matthias Gehling, Karl Ziegelbauer, Helga Rübsamen-Waigmann, and Christoph Freiberg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6436-6443; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00586-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of N-Acetylhexosamine 1-Kinase in the Complete Lacto-N-Biose I/Galacto-N-Biose Metabolic Pathway in Bifidobacterium longum Mamoru Nishimoto and Motomitsu Kitaoka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6444-6449; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01425-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Low-pH Adaptation and the Acid Tolerance Response of Bifidobacterium longum Biotype longum Borja Sánchez, Marie-Christine Champomier-Vergès, María del Carmen Collado, Patricia Anglade, Fabienne Baraige, Yolanda Sanz, Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán, Abelardo Margolles, and Monique Zagorec Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6450-6459; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00886-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptomics-Based Identification of Novel Factors Enhancing Heterologous Protein Secretion in Yeasts Brigitte Gasser, Michael Sauer, Michael Maurer, Gerhard Stadlmayr, and Diethard Mattanovich Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6499-6507; published ahead of print August 31, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01196-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Damage in Escherichia coli Cells Treated with a Combination of High Hydrostatic Pressure and Subzero Temperature Marwen Moussa, Jean-Marie Perrier-Cornet, and Patrick Gervais Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6508-6518; published ahead of print August 31, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01212-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Ability of Aneurinibacillus migulanus (Bacillus brevis) To Produce the Antibiotic Gramicidin S Is Correlated with Phenotype Variation Marina Berditsch, Sergii Afonin, and Anne S. Ulrich Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6620-6628; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00881-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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IncP-1ß Plasmid pGNB1 Isolated from a Bacterial Community from a Wastewater Treatment Plant Mediates Decolorization of Triphenylmethane Dyes Andreas Schlüter, Irene Krahn, Florian Kollin, Gabriele Bönemann, Michael Stiens, Rafael Szczepanowski, Susanne Schneiker, and Alfred Pühler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6345-6350; published ahead of print August 3, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01177-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Incubation of Environmental Samples in a Diffusion Chamber Increases the Diversity of Recovered Isolates Annette Bollmann, Kim Lewis, and Slava S. Epstein Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6386-6390; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01309-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Establishment and Development of Ruminal Hydrogenotrophs in Methanogen-Free Lambs Gérard Fonty, Keith Joblin, Michel Chavarot, Remy Roux, Graham Naylor, and Fabien Michallon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6391-6403; published ahead of print August 3, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00181-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Biotic and Abiotic Factors on In Vitro Proliferation, Encystment, and Excystment of Pfiesteria piscicida Keiko Saito, Tomás Drgon, Danara N. Krupatkina, Jana Drgonova, Daniel E. Terlizzi, Natalia Mercer, and Gerardo R. Vasta Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6410-6420; published ahead of print August 17, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01229-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cryptosporidium Genotypes in Wildlife from a New York Watershed Yaoyu Feng, Kerri A. Alderisio, Wenli Yang, Lisa A. Blancero, William G. Kuhne, Christopher A. Nadareski, Michael Reid, and Lihua Xiao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6475-6483; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01034-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impact of pH on Lactate Formation and Utilization by Human Fecal Microbial Communities Alvaro Belenguer, Sylvia H. Duncan, Grietje Holtrop, Susan E. Anderson, Gerald E. Lobley, and Harry J. Flint Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6526-6533; published ahead of print August 31, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00508-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fine-Scale Genetic Diversity among Burkholderia pseudomallei Soil Isolates in Northeast Thailand Jana M. U'Ren, Heidie Hornstra, Talima Pearson, James M. Schupp, Benjamin Leadem, Shalamar Georgia, Rasana W. Sermswan, and Paul Keim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6678-6681; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00986-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Termite Group I Phylum Is Highly Diverse and Widespread in the Environment Daniel P. R. Herlemann, Oliver Geissinger, and Andreas Brune Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6682-6685; published ahead of print August 17, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00712-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Subtypes of the Plasmid-Encoded Serine Protease EspP in Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli: Distribution, Secretion, and Proteolytic Activity Jens Brockmeyer, Martina Bielaszewska, Angelika Fruth, Marie Luise Bonn, Alexander Mellmann, Hans-Ulrich Humpf, and Helge Karch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6351-6359; published ahead of print August 17, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00920-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Molecular Subtyping and Genetic Analysis of the Enterohemolysin Gene (ehxA) from Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli and Atypical Enteropathogenic E. coli Adrian L. Cookson, Jenny Bennett, Fiona Thomson-Carter, and Graeme T. Attwood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6360-6369; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00316-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impact of Feed Supplementation with Antimicrobial Agents on Growth Performance of Broiler Chickens, Clostridium perfringens and Enterococcus Counts, and Antibiotic Resistance Phenotypes and Distribution of Antimicrobial Resistance Determinants in Escherichia coli Isolates Moussa S. Diarra, Fred G. Silversides, Fatoumata Diarrassouba, Jane Pritchard, Luke Masson, Roland Brousseau, Claudie Bonnet, Pascal Delaquis, Susan Bach, Brent J. Skura, and Edward Topp Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6566-6576; published ahead of print September 7, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01086-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

No Evidence of an Impact on the Rhizosphere Diazotroph Community by the Expression of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab Toxin by Bt White Spruce Josyanne Lamarche and Richard C. Hamelin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6577-6583; published ahead of print July 27, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00812-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Zoo Animals as Reservoirs of Gram-Negative Bacteria Harboring Integrons and Antimicrobial Resistance Genes Ashraf M. Ahmed, Yusuke Motoi, Maiko Sato, Akito Maruyama, Hitoshi Watanabe, Yukio Fukumoto, and Tadashi Shimamoto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6686-6690; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01054-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Inactivation of Bacillus anthracis Spores by Liquid Biocides in the Presence of Food Residue J. Hilgren, K. M. J. Swanson, F. Diez-Gonzalez, and B. Cords Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6370-6377; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00974-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Lactic Acid Bacteria on Longevity of Caenorhabditis elegans and Host Defense against Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Takanori Ikeda, Chikako Yasui, Kaori Hoshino, Kentaro Arikawa, and Yoshikazu Nishikawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6404-6409; published ahead of print August 17, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00704-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Changes in Listeria monocytogenes Membrane Fluidity in Response to Temperature Stress Mohamed Badaoui Najjar, Michael Chikindas, and Thomas J. Montville Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6429-6435; published ahead of print August 17, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00980-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multilocus Sequence Typing of Lactobacillus casei Reveals a Clonal Population Structure with Low Levels of Homologous Recombination Laure Diancourt, Virginie Passet, Christian Chervaux, Peggy Garault, Tamara Smokvina, and Sylvain Brisse Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6601-6611; published ahead of print August 17, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01095-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Degradation of Carbazole by Microbial Cells Immobilized in Magnetic Gellan Gum Gel Beads Xia Wang, Zhonghui Gai, Bo Yu, Jinhui Feng, Changyong Xu, Yong Yuan, Zhixin Lin, and Ping Xu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6421-6428; published ahead of print September 7, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01051-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Mutagenesis of the "Leucine Gate" To Explore the Basis of Catalytic Versatility in Soluble Methane Monooxygenase Elena Borodina, Tim Nichol, Marc G. Dumont, Thomas J. Smith, and J. Colin Murrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6460-6467; published ahead of print August 17, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00823-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Membrane-Bound, 2-Keto-D-Gluconate-Yielding D-Gluconate Dehydrogenase from "Gluconobacter dioxyacetonicus" IFO 3271: Molecular Properties and Gene Disruption Hirohide Toyama, Naoko Furuya, Ittipon Saichana, Yoshitaka Ano, Osao Adachi, and Kazunobu Matsushita Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6551-6556; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00493-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Seasonal Detection of Human Viruses and Coliphage in Newport Bay, California Sunny C. Jiang, Weiping Chu, and Jian-Wen He Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6468-6474; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01370-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Direct Evidence for Production of Microcystins by Anabaena Strains from the Baltic Sea Katrianna Halinen, Jouni Jokela, David P. Fewer, Matti Wahlsten, and Kaarina Sivonen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6543-6550; published ahead of print August 31, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01377-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation, Characterization, and Ecology of Sulfur-Respiring Crenarchaea Inhabiting Acid-Sulfate-Chloride-Containing Geothermal Springs in Yellowstone National Park Eric S. Boyd, Robert A. Jackson, Gem Encarnacion, James A. Zahn, Trevor Beard, William D. Leavitt, Yundan Pi, Chuanlun L. Zhang, Ann Pearson, and Gill G. Geesey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6669-6677; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01321-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Microarray-Based Characterization of the Listeria monocytogenes Cold Regulon in Log- and Stationary-Phase Cells Yvonne C. Chan, Sarita Raengpradub, Kathryn J. Boor, and Martin Wiedmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6484-6498; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00897-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Cultivation-Independent Analysis of Fungal Genotypes in Soil by Using Simple Sequence Repeat Markers Kaspar Schwarzenbach, Franco Widmer, and Jürg Enkerli Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6519-6525; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01405-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Decarboxylation of Sorbic Acid by Spoilage Yeasts Is Associated with the PAD1 Gene Malcolm Stratford, Andrew Plumridge, and David B. Archer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6534-6542; published ahead of print August 31, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01246-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Insights into the Ligninolytic Capability of a Wood Decay Ascomycete Semarjit Shary, Sally A. Ralph, and Kenneth E. Hammel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6691-6694; published ahead of print August 31, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01361-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Development of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Assays for Detection and Quantification of Surrogate Biological Warfare Agents in Building Debris and Leachate Pascal E. Saikaly, Morton A. Barlaz, and Francis L. de los Reyes, III Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6557-6565; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00779-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Screen for Regulatory Mutations in Methanococcus maripaludis and Its Use in Identification of Induction-Deficient Mutants of the Euryarchaeal Repressor NrpR Thomas J. Lie and John A. Leigh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6595-6600; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01324-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Immunoglobulins to Surface-Associated Biofilm Immunogens Provide a Novel Means of Visualization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms Rebecca A. Brady, Jeff G. Leid, Jennifer Kofonow, J. William Costerton, and Mark E. Shirtliff Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6612-6619; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00855-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

mariner-Based Transposon Mutagenesis of Rickettsia prowazekii Zhi-Mei Liu, Aimee M. Tucker, Lonnie O. Driskell, and David O. Wood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6644-6649; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01727-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Inhibition of Fungal and Bacterial Plant Pathogens In Vitro and In Planta with Ultrashort Cationic Lipopeptides Arik Makovitzki, Ada Viterbo, Yariv Brotman, Ilan Chet, and Yechiel Shai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6629-6636; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01334-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rhizobial Factors Required for Stem Nodule Maturation and Maintenance in Sesbania rostrata-Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 Symbiosis Shino Suzuki, Toshihiro Aono, Kyung-Bum Lee, Tadahiro Suzuki, Chi-Te Liu, Hiroki Miwa, Seiji Wakao, Taichiro Iki, and Hiroshi Oyaizu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6650-6659; published ahead of print August 24, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01514-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Sensitive Quantitative Detection of Commensal Bacteria by rRNA-Targeted Reverse Transcription-PCR Kazunori Matsuda, Hirokazu Tsuji, Takashi Asahara, Yukiko Kado, and Koji Nomoto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6695 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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Respiration and Growth of Shewanella decolorationis S12 with an Azo Compound as the Sole Electron Acceptor Yiguo Hong, Meiying Xu, Jun Guo, Zhicheng Xu, Xingjuan Chen, and Guoping Sun Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2007 73: 6696 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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