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Contents: May 2007, Volume 73, Issue 9        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Plant Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Food Microbiology        Methods        Physiology and Biotechnology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Biodegradation        Environmental Microbiology        Public Health Microbiology        Geomicrobiology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Errata

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Genetic Characterization of 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol Degradation in Cupriavidus necator JMP134 M. A. Sánchez and B. González Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2769-2776; published ahead of print February 23, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02584-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Alternative Sigma Factor B and the Virulence Gene Regulator PrfA Both Regulate Transcription of Listeria monocytogenes Internalins Patrick McGann, Martin Wiedmann, and Kathryn J. Boor Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2919-2930; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02664-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The dasABC Gene Cluster, Adjacent to dasR, Encodes a Novel ABC Transporter for the Uptake of N,N'-Diacetylchitobiose in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Akihiro Saito, Tomonori Shinya, Katsushiro Miyamoto, Tomofumi Yokoyama, Hanae Kaku, Eiichi Minami, Naoto Shibuya, Hiroshi Tsujibo, Yoshiho Nagata, Akikazu Ando, Takeshi Fujii, and Kiyotaka Miyashita Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3000-3008; published ahead of print March 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02612-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Two Host-Induced Ralstonia solanacearum Genes, acrA and dinF, Encode Multidrug Efflux Pumps and Contribute to Bacterial Wilt Virulence Darby G. Brown, Jill K. Swanson, and Caitilyn Allen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2777-2786; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00984-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

PCR-Based Strategy To Detect and Identify Species of Phaeoacremonium Causing Grapevine Diseases Angeles Aroca and Rosa Raposo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2911-2918; published ahead of print March 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02176-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Actively Growing Bacteria in the Inland Sea of Japan, Identified by Combined Bromodeoxyuridine Immunocapture and Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Koji Hamasaki, Akito Taniguchi, Yuya Tada, Richard A. Long, and Farooq Azam Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2787-2798; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02111-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity and Metabolism of Marine Bacteria Cultivated on Dissolved DNA Jay T. Lennon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2799-2805; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02674-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Competition for Light between Toxic and Nontoxic Strains of the Harmful Cyanobacterium Microcystis W. Edwin A. Kardinaal, Linda Tonk, Ingmar Janse, Suzanne Hol, Pieter Slot, Jef Huisman, and Petra M. Visser Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2939-2946; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02892-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biogeography of Actinomycete Communities and Type II Polyketide Synthase Genes in Soils Collected in New Jersey and Central Asia Boris Wawrik, Djumaniyaz Kutliev, Urinova A. Abdivasievna, Jerome J. Kukor, Gerben J. Zylstra, and Lee Kerkhof Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2982-2989; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02611-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lack of Control of Nitrite Assimilation by Ammonium in an Oceanic Picocyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. Strain WH 8103 Michael Wyman and Clare Bird Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3028-3033; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02606-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cold-Active Chemoorganotrophic Bacteria from Permanently Ice-Covered Lake Hoare, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica Kate M. Clocksin, Deborah O. Jung, and Michael T. Madigan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3077-3083; published ahead of print March 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00085-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Thiols in Nitric Oxide Synthase-Containing Nocardia sp. Strain NRRL 5646 Sungwon Lee, Hélène Bergeron, Peter C. K. Lau, and John P. N. Rosazza Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3095-3097; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02809-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acidobacteria Phylum Sequences in Uranium-Contaminated Subsurface Sediments Greatly Expand the Known Diversity within the Phylum Susan M. Barns, Elizabeth C. Cain, Leslie Sommerville, and Cheryl R. Kuske Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3113-3116; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02012-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impacts of Cultivation of Marine Diatoms on the Associated Bacterial Community Melanie Sapp, Antje Wichels, and Gunnar Gerdts Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3117-3120; published ahead of print March 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02274-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Temperature-Dependent Expression of Listeria monocytogenes Internalin and Internalin-Like Genes Suggests Functional Diversity of These Proteins among the Listeriae Patrick McGann, Renata Ivanek, Martin Wiedmann, and Kathryn J. Boor Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2806-2814; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02923-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

First Evidence of Division and Accumulation of Viable but Nonculturable Pseudomonas fluorescens Cells on Surfaces Subjected to Conditions Encountered at Meat Processing Premises Sophie Peneau, Danielle Chassaing, and Brigitte Carpentier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2839-2846; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02267-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Lactic Acid Bacteria Associated with Fish and the Fish Farm Environment, Established by Amplified rRNA Gene Restriction Analysis Christian Michel, Claire Pelletier, Mekki Boussaha, Diane-Gaëlle Douet, Armand Lautraite, and Patrick Tailliez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2947-2955; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01852-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Optimization of a 12-Hour TaqMan PCR-Based Method for Detection of Salmonella Bacteria in Meat M. H. Josefsen, M. Krause, F. Hansen, and J. Hoorfar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3040-3048; published ahead of print March 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02823-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adherence of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157, O26, and O111 Strains to Bovine Intestinal Explants Ex Vivo Francis Girard, Francis Dziva, Pauline van Diemen, Alan D. Phillips, Mark P. Stevens, and Gad Frankel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3084-3090; published ahead of print March 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02893-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Luciferase Tagging System for Listeria monocytogenes Allows Real-Time Monitoring In Vivo and In Vitro Christian U. Riedel, Ian R. Monk, Pat G. Casey, David Morrissey, Gerald C. O'Sullivan, Mark Tangney, Colin Hill, and Cormac G. M. Gahan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3091-3094; published ahead of print March 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02940-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Refined Medium for Direct Isolation of Vibrio vulnificus from Oyster Tissue and Seawater Elizabeth Warner and James D. Oliver Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3098-3100; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02245-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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New Method for Evaluation of Genotoxicity, Based on the Use of Real-Time PCR and Lysogenic Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria Nora Soberón, Rebeca Martín, and Juan E. Suárez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2815-2819; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00407-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

SYBR Green Real-Time PCR Method To Detect Clostridium botulinum Type A Lucia Fenicia, Fabrizio Anniballi, Dario De Medici, Elisabetta Delibato, and Paolo Aureli Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2891-2896; published ahead of print March 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02234-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Automated Image Analysis for Quantitative Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization with Environmental Samples Zhi Zhou, Marie Noëlle Pons, Lutgarde Raskin, and Julie L. Zilles Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2956-2962; published ahead of print March 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02954-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Flagellin Diversity in Clostridium botulinum Groups I and II: a New Strategy for Strain Identification Catherine J. Paul, Susan M. Twine, Kevin J. Tam, James A. Mullen, John F. Kelly, John W. Austin, and Susan M. Logan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2963-2975; published ahead of print March 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02623-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Role of Lipid Composition and Lipid Peroxidation in the Sensitivity of Fungal Plant Pathogens to Aluminum Chloride and Sodium Metabisulfite Tyler J. Avis, Mélanie Michaud, and Russell J. Tweddell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2820-2824; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02849-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structural Analysis and Characterization of Lacticin Q, a Novel Bacteriocin Belonging to a New Family of Unmodified Bacteriocins of Gram-Positive Bacteria Koji Fujita, Shiro Ichimasa, Takeshi Zendo, Shoko Koga, Fuminori Yoneyama, Jiro Nakayama, and Kenji Sonomoto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2871-2877; published ahead of print March 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02286-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biofilm Cohesiveness Measurement Using a Novel Atomic Force Microscopy Methodology Francois Ahimou, Michael J. Semmens, Paige J. Novak, and Greg Haugstad Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2897-2904; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02388-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Protein, Polysaccharide, and Oxygen Concentration Profiles on Biofilm Cohesiveness Francois Ahimou, Michael J. Semmens, Greg Haugstad, and Paige J. Novak Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2905-2910; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02420-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Cystathionine ß-Lyase in Catabolism of Amino Acids to Sulfur Volatiles by Genetic Variants of Lactobacillus helveticus CNRZ 32 Won-Jae Lee, Dattatreya S. Banavara, Joanne E. Hughes, Jason K. Christiansen, James L. Steele, Jeffery R. Broadbent, and Scott A. Rankin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3034-3039; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02290-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Different Nitrogen Concentrations during Alcoholic Fermentation A. Mendes-Ferreira, M. del Olmo, J. García-Martínez, E. Jiménez-Martí, A. Mendes-Faia, J. E. Pérez-Ortín, and C. Leão Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3049-3060; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02754-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Cloning, Characterization, and Molecular Application of a Beta-Agarase Gene from Vibrio sp. Strain V134 Wei-wei Zhang and Li Sun Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2825-2831; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02872-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Two-Peptide Bacteriocins Lactococcin G and Enterocin 1071 by Site-Directed Mutagenesis Camilla Oppegård, Gunnar Fimland, Lisbeth Thorbæk, and Jon Nissen-Meyer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2931-2938; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02718-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Reductive Dehalogenase, Identified in a Contaminated Groundwater Enrichment Culture and in Desulfitobacterium dichloroeliminans Strain DCA1, Is Linked to Dehalogenation of 1,2-Dichloroethane Massimo Marzorati, Francesca de Ferra, Hilde Van Raemdonck, Sara Borin, Elena Allifranchini, Giovanna Carpani, Luca Serbolisca, Willy Verstraete, Nico Boon, and Daniele Daffonchio Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2990-2999; published ahead of print March 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02748-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adopting Selected Hydrogen Bonding and Ionic Interactions from Aspergillus fumigatus Phytase Structure Improves the Thermostability of Aspergillus niger PhyA Phytase Wanming Zhang, Edward J. Mullaney, and Xin Gen Lei Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3069-3076; published ahead of print March 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02970-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Fusarium oxysporum ß-1,6-Galactanase, an Enzyme That Hydrolyzes Larch Wood Arabinogalactan Tatsuji Sakamoto, Yuya Taniguchi, Shiho Suzuki, Hideshi Ihara, and Haruhiko Kawasaki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3109-3112; published ahead of print March 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02101-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Cometabolic Degradation of Dibenzofuran and Dibenzothiophene by a Newly Isolated Carbazole-Degrading Sphingomonas sp. Strain Zhonghui Gai, Bo Yu, Li Li, Ying Wang, Cuiqing Ma, Jinhui Feng, Zixin Deng, and Ping Xu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2832-2838; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02704-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Reductive Dechlorination of Aroclor 1260 in Baltimore Harbor Sediment Microcosms Is Catalyzed by Three Phylotypes within the Phylum Chloroflexi Sonja K. Fagervold, Harold D. May, and Kevin R. Sowers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3009-3018; published ahead of print March 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02958-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacterial Degradation of N,N-Diethyl-m-Toluamide (DEET): Cloning and Heterologous Expression of DEET Hydrolase Giomar Rivera-Cancel, Daniela Bocioaga, and Anthony G. Hay Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3105-3108; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02765-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Influence of Vitamin B12 and Cocultures on the Growth of Dehalococcoides Isolates in Defined Medium Jianzhong He, Victor F. Holmes, Patrick K. H. Lee, and Lisa Alvarez-Cohen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2847-2853; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02574-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Microbial Community Structure in Petroleum-Contaminated Sediments Corresponds to Geophysical Signatures Jonathan P. Allen, Estella A. Atekwana, Eliot A. Atekwana, Joseph W. Duris, D. Dale Werkema, and Silvia Rossbach Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2860-2870; published ahead of print March 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01752-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Latent Virus-Like Infection of Symbiotic Zooxanthellae Jayme Lohr, Colin B. Munn, and William H. Wilson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2976-2981; published ahead of print March 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02449-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Survival of Mycobacterium avium, Legionella pneumophila, Escherichia coli, and Caliciviruses in Drinking Water-Associated Biofilms Grown under High-Shear Turbulent Flow Markku J. Lehtola, Eila Torvinen, Jaana Kusnetsov, Tarja Pitkänen, Leena Maunula, Carl-Henrik von Bonsdorff, Pertti J. Martikainen, Sandra A. Wilks, C. William Keevil, and Ilkka T. Miettinen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2854-2859; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02916-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Considerations When Using Discriminant Function Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles To Identify Sources of Fecal Contamination of Surface Water in Michigan John B. Kaneene, RoseAnn Miller, Raida Sayah, Yvette J. Johnson, Dennis Gilliland, and Joseph C. Gardiner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 2878-2890; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02376-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Effect of the Mycorrhizosphere on the Genotypic and Metabolic Diversity of the Bacterial Communities Involved in Mineral Weathering in a Forest Soil S. Uroz, C. Calvaruso, M. P. Turpault, J. C. Pierrat, C. Mustin, and P. Frey-Klett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3019-3027; published ahead of print March 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.00121-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Dynamics of Genomic-Library Enrichment and Identification of Solvent Tolerance Genes for Clostridium acetobutylicum Jacob R. Borden and Eleftherios Terry Papoutsakis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3061-3068; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02296-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiple Environmental Stress Tests Show No Common Phenotypes Shared among Contemporary Epidemic Strains of Salmonella enterica Min-Su Kang, Thomas E. Besser, Dale D. Hancock, and Douglas R. Call Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3101-3104; published ahead of print March 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02607-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Response of Nitrosospira sp. Strain AF-Like Ammonia Oxidizers to Changes in Temperature, Soil Moisture Content, and Fertilizer Concentration Sharon Avrahami and Brendan J. M. Bohannan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3121 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiplex PCR with 16S rRNA Gene-Targeted Primers of Bifidobacterium spp. To Identify Sources of Fecal Pollution X. Bonjoch, E. Ballesté, and A. R. Blanch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2007 73: 3122 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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