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Contents: December 2007, Volume 73, Issue 23        Public Health Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Invertebrate Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Methods        Plant Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Environmental Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Biodegradation        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Errata

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Role of Iron in Human Serum Resistance of the Clinical and Environmental Vibrio vulnificus Genotypes Ryan W. Bogard and James D. Oliver Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7501-7505; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01551-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced UV Inactivation of Adenoviruses under Polychromatic UV Lamps Karl G. Linden, Jeanette Thurston, Raymond Schaefer, and James P. Malley, Jr. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7571-7574; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01587-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Salmonella enterica Subpopulations by Phenotype Microarray Antibiotic Resistance Patterns Jean Guard-Bouldin, Cesar A. Morales, Jonathan G. Frye, Richard K. Gast, and Michael Musgrove Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7753-7756; published ahead of print October 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01228-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Expanding the Helicobacter pylori Genetic Toolbox: Modification of an Endogenous Plasmid for Use as a Transcriptional Reporter and Complementation Vector Beth M. Carpenter, Timothy K. McDaniel, Jeannette M. Whitmire, Hanan Gancz, Silvia Guidotti, Stefano Censini, and D. Scott Merrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7506-7514; published ahead of print October 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01084-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genome-Wide Screen of Salmonella Genes Expressed during Infection in Pigs, Using In Vivo Expression Technology Yanyan Huang, Christopher L. Leming, Mitsu Suyemoto, and Craig Altier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7522-7530; published ahead of print October 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01481-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Physiological and Transcriptional Responses of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Zinc Limitation in Chemostat Cultures Raffaele De Nicola, Lucie A. Hazelwood, Erik A. F. De Hulster, Michael C. Walsh, Theo A. Knijnenburg, Marcel J. T. Reinders, Graeme M. Walker, Jack T. Pronk, Jean-Marc Daran, and Pascale Daran-Lapujade Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7680-7692; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01445-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ubericin A, a Class IIa Bacteriocin Produced by Streptococcus uberis Nicholas C. K. Heng, Grace A. Burtenshaw, Ralph W. Jack, and John R. Tagg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7763-7766; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01818-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Purification and Characterization of a Three-Component Salicylate 1-Hydroxylase from Sphingomonas sp. Strain CHY-1 Yves Jouanneau, Julien Micoud, and Christine Meyer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7515-7521; published ahead of print September 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01519-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of Two Highly Thermophilic Alkaline Lipases from Thermosyntropha lipolytica Moh'd A. Salameh and Juergen Wiegel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7725-7731; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01509-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CelAB, a Multifunctional Cellulase Encoded by Teredinibacter turnerae T7902T, a Culturable Symbiont Isolated from the Wood-Boring Marine Bivalve Lyrodus pedicellatus Nathan A. Ekborg, Wendy Morrill, Adam M. Burgoyne, Li Li, and Daniel L. Distel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7785-7788; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00876-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Frequency of Secondary Symbiont Infection in an Invasive Psyllid Relates to Parasitism Pressure on a Geographic Scale in California A. K. Hansen, G. Jeong, T. D. Paine, and R. Stouthamer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7531-7535; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01672-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Metalloprotease Secreted by the Insect Pathogen Photorhabdus luminescens Induces Melanization Kiara G. Held, Christopher N. LaRock, David A. D'Argenio, Celeste A. Berg, and Carleen M. Collins Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7622-7628; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01000-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spread of Infectious Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus by Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) Feces M. Ribière, P. Lallemand, A.-L. Iscache, F. Schurr, O. Celle, P. Blanchard, V. Olivier, and J.-P. Faucon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7711-7716; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01053-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improving the Insecticidal Activity against Resistant Culex quinquefasciatus Mosquitoes by Expression of Chitinase Gene chiAC in Bacillus sphaericus Yajun Cai, Jianpin Yan, Xiaomin Hu, Bei Han, and Zhiming Yuan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7744-7746; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01510-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Hydrogen Peroxide-Dependent Uptake of Iodine by Marine Flavobacteriaceae Bacterium Strain C-21 Seigo Amachi, Koh Kimura, Yasuyuki Muramatsu, Hirofumi Shinoyama, and Takaaki Fujii Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7536-7541; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01592-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Propionicin F Bacteriocin Immunity Gene (pcfI) and Development of a Food-Grade Cloning System for Propionibacterium freudenreichii Dag Anders Brede, Sheba Lothe, Zhian Salehian, Therese Faye, and Ingolf F. Nes Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7542-7547; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01023-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Disruption of Homocitrate Synthase Genes on Nostoc sp. Strain PCC 7120 Photobiological Hydrogen Production and Nitrogenase Hajime Masukawa, Kazuhito Inoue, and Hidehiro Sakurai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7562-7570; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01160-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhancement of Shiga Toxin Production in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Serotype O157:H7 by DNase Colicins Hirono Toshima, Ayana Yoshimura, Kentaro Arikawa, Ayumi Hidaka, Jun Ogasawara, Atsushi Hase, Haruhiko Masaki, and Yoshikazu Nishikawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7582-7588; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01326-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Caulobacter crescentus as a Whole-Cell Uranium Biosensor Nathan J. Hillson, Ping Hu, Gary L. Andersen, and Lucy Shapiro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7615-7621; published ahead of print September 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01566-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improvement of NADPH-Dependent Bioconversion by Transcriptome-Based Molecular Breeding Makoto Hibi, Hiromi Yukitomo, Mikito Ito, and Hideo Mori Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7657-7663; published ahead of print October 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01754-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

TiO2 Photocatalysis Causes DNA Damage via Fenton Reaction-Generated Hydroxyl Radicals during the Recovery Period Gaëtan Gogniat and Sam Dukan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7740-7743; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01079-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nisin-Controlled Extracellular Production of Interleukin-2 in Lactococcus lactis Strains, without the Requirement for a Signal Peptide Sequence Antonio Fernández, Juan M. Rodríguez, Roy J. Bongaerts, Michael J. Gasson, and Nikki Horn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7781-7784; published ahead of print September 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01247-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Listeria monocytogenes Homolog of the Escherichia coli era Gene Is Involved in Adhesion to Inert Surfaces Frédéric Auvray, Danielle Chassaing, Cécile Duprat, and Brigitte Carpentier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7789-7792; published ahead of print October 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01157-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Malate Chemoreceptor in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Screening for Chemotaxis Defects in an Energy Taxis-Deficient Mutant Carolina Alvarez-Ortega and Caroline S. Harwood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7793-7795; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01898-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Mycoplasma Proteins Carrying an Affinity Tag in M. pneumoniae Allows Rapid Purification and Circumvents Problems Related to the Aberrant Genetic Code Sebastian R. Schmidl, Claudine Hames, and Jörg Stülke Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7799-7801; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01861-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Aged HCT-8 Cell Monolayers Support Cryptosporidium parvum Infection Laura Y. Sifuentes and George D. Di Giovanni Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7548-7551; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01579-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Bacteriophage-Infected Cells of Lactococcus lactis by Using Flow Cytometry Ole Michelsen, Álvaro Cuesta-Dominguez, Bjarne Albrechtsen, and Peter Ruhdal Jensen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7575-7581; published ahead of print October 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01219-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Nitrogen-Fixing Members of the Subclass of Proteobacteria in Salt Marsh Sediments Allana Welsh, David J. Burke, and Dittmar Hahn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7747-7752; published ahead of print October 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00757-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Distribution and Replication of the Pathogenicity Plasmid pPATH in Diverse Populations of the Gall-Forming Bacterium Pantoea agglomerans Dan M. Weinthal, Isaac Barash, Mary Panijel, Lea Valinsky, Victor Gaba, and Shulamit Manulis-Sasson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7552-7561; published ahead of print October 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01511-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chromosomal and Symbiotic Relationships of Rhizobia Nodulating Medicago truncatula and M. laciniata Peter van Berkum, Yazid Badri, Patrick Elia, Mohammed Elarbi Aouani, and Bertrand D. Eardly Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7597-7604; published ahead of print October 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01046-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Variability of Total and Pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus Densities in Northern Gulf of Mexico Water and Oysters A. M. Zimmerman, A. DePaola, J. C. Bowers, J. A. Krantz, J. L. Nordstrom, C. N. Johnson, and D. J. Grimes Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7589-7596; published ahead of print October 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01700-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Fingerprinting of Lactic Acid Bacteria in Sauerkraut Fermentations Vethachai Plengvidhya, Fredrick Breidt, Jr., Zhongjing Lu, and Henry P. Fleming Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7697-7702; published ahead of print October 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01342-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth Characteristics of Brevibacterium, Corynebacterium, Microbacterium, and Staphylococcus spp. Isolated from Surface-Ripened Cheese Jérôme Mounier, Mary C. Rea, Paula M. O'Connor, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Timothy M. Cogan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7732-7739; published ahead of print October 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01260-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Different Genotypes of Anatoxin-Producing Cyanobacteria Coexist in the Tarn River, France Sabrina Cadel-Six, Caroline Peyraud-Thomas, Luc Brient, Nicole Tandeau de Marsac, Rosmarie Rippka, and Annick Méjean Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7605-7614; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01225-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Cryptosporidium Genotype in Wild Australian Mice (Mus domesticus) Colin Foo, Julianne Farrell, Annika Boxell, Ian Robertson, and Una M. Ryan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7693-7696; published ahead of print October 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00848-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequence Characterization and Comparative Analysis of Three Plasmids Isolated from Environmental Vibrio spp. Tracy H. Hazen, Dongying Wu, Jonathan A. Eisen, and Patricia A. Sobecky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7703-7710; published ahead of print October 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01577-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Chlorobenzene Reductive Dehalogenase in Dehalococcoides sp. Strain CBDB1 Lorenz Adrian, Jan Rahnenführer, Johan Gobom, and Tina Hölscher Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7717-7724; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01649-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Metagenomic Characterization of Chesapeake Bay Virioplankton Shellie R. Bench, Thomas E. Hanson, Kurt E. Williamson, Dhritiman Ghosh, Mark Radosovich, Kui Wang, and K. Eric Wommack Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7629-7641; published ahead of print October 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00938-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Culture-Dependent and -Independent Characterization of Microbial Communities Associated with a Shallow Submarine Hydrothermal System Occurring within a Coral Reef off Taketomi Island, Japan Hisako Hirayama, Michinari Sunamura, Ken Takai, Takuro Nunoura, Takuro Noguchi, Hanako Oida, Yasuo Furushima, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Tamotsu Oomori, and Koki Horikoshi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7642-7656; published ahead of print October 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01258-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Analysis of the Diversity of Sulfate-Reducing and Sulfur-Oxidizing Prokaryotes in the Environment, Using aprA as Functional Marker Gene Birte Meyer and Jan Kuever Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7664-7679; published ahead of print October 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01272-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microarray Analysis of Escherichia coli Strains from Interstitial Beach Waters of Lake Huron (Canada) T. Kon, S. C. Weir, J. T. Trevors, H. Lee, J. Champagne, L. Meunier, R. Brousseau, and L. Masson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7757-7758; published ahead of print September 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01333-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intestinal Integrity and Akkermansia muciniphila, a Mucin-Degrading Member of the Intestinal Microbiota Present in Infants, Adults, and the Elderly M. Carmen Collado, Muriel Derrien, Erika Isolauri, Willem M. de Vos, and Seppo Salminen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7767-7770; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01477-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of CO2 on Colony Development by Bifidobacterium Species Shinji Kawasaki, Masahiro Nagasaku, Tsuyoshi Mimura, Hitomi Katashima, Susumu Ijyuin, Takumi Satoh, and Youichi Niimura Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7796-7798; published ahead of print October 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01163-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Anaerobic Metabolism of 1-Amino-2-Naphthol-Based Azo Dyes (Sudan Dyes) by Human Intestinal Microflora Haiyan Xu, Thomas M. Heinze, Siwei Chen, Carl E. Cerniglia, and Huizhong Chen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7759-7762; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01410-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Comparative Analyses of Prophage-Like Elements Present in Two Lactococcus lactis Strains Marco Ventura, Aldert Zomer, Carlos Canchaya, Mary O'Connell-Motherway, Oscar Kuipers, Francesca Turroni, Angela Ribbera, Elena Foroni, Girbe Buist, Udo Wegmann, Claire Shearman, Michael J. Gasson, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Jan Kok, and Douwe van Sinderen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2007 73: 7771-7780; published ahead of print October 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01273-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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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. December 2007 73: 7802 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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