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Contents: August 2008, Volume 74, Issue 16        Minireviews        Public Health Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Methods        Microbial Ecology        Environmental Microbiology        Mycology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Invertebrate Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Letter to the Editor        Errata

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Minireviews:

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Ecological Role of Lactobacilli in the Gastrointestinal Tract: Implications for Fundamental and Biomedical Research Jens Walter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 4985-4996; published ahead of print June 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00753-08 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Unraveling Microbial Interactions in Food Fermentations: from Classical to Genomics Approaches Sander Sieuwerts, Frank A. M. de Bok, Jeroen Hugenholtz, and Johan E. T. van Hylckama Vlieg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 4997-5007; published ahead of print June 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00113-08 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto Is Clonal in Patients with Early Lyme Borreliosis Klára Hanincová, Dionysios Liveris, Sabina Sandigursky, Gary P. Wormser, and Ira Schwartz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5008-5014; published ahead of print June 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00479-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 O-Antigen Deletion Mutant and Effect of the Deletion on Bacterial Persistence in the Mouse Intestine and Colonization at the Bovine Terminal Rectal Mucosa Haiqing Sheng, Ji Youn Lim, Maryann K. Watkins, Scott A. Minnich, and Carolyn J. Hovde Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5015-5022; published ahead of print June 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00743-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Salmonella enterica serovar Heidelberg from Turkey-Associated Sources Pravin Kaldhone, Rajesh Nayak, Aaron M. Lynne, Donna E. David, Patrick F. McDermott, Catherine M. Logue, and Steven L. Foley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5038-5046; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00409-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Inactivation of Nonenveloped Enteric Viruses and Their Surrogates by a Novel Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer David R. Macinga, Syed A. Sattar, Lee-Ann Jaykus, and James W. Arbogast Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5047-5052; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00487-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transfer of Class 1 Integron-Mediated Antibiotic Resistance Genes from Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli to a Susceptible E. coli K-12 Strain in Storm Water and Bovine Feces Supakana Nagachinta and Jinru Chen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5063-5067; published ahead of print June 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00517-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Bartonella Species Isolated from Wild Rodents in Japan Kai Inoue, Soichi Maruyama, Hidenori Kabeya, Naoyuki Yamada, Norio Ohashi, Yukita Sato, Masayoshi Yukawa, Toshiyuki Masuzawa, Fumihiko Kawamori, Teruki Kadosaka, Nobuhiro Takada, Hiromi Fujita, and Hiroki Kawabata Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5086-5092; published ahead of print July 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00071-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni Populations in Dairy Cattle, Wildlife, and the Environment in a Farmland Area Patrick S. L. Kwan, Mishele Barrigas, Frederick J. Bolton, Nigel P. French, Peter Gowland, Richard Kemp, Howard Leatherbarrow, Mathew Upton, and Andrew J. Fox Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5130-5138; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02198-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Verotoxin-Encoding Phages from Escherichia coli O103:H2 Strains of Bovine and Human Origins Musafiri Karama and Carlton L. Gyles Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5153-5158; published ahead of print June 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00723-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacillus subtilis Spores Germinate in the Chicken Gastrointestinal Tract Stephen T. Cartman, Roberto M. La Ragione, and Martin J. Woodward Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5254-5258; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00580-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Environmental and Growth Phase Regulation of the Streptococcus gordonii Arginine Deiminase Genes Yaling Liu, Yiqian Dong, Yi-Ywan M. Chen, and Robert A. Burne Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5023-5030; published ahead of print June 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00556-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Engineering Pseudomonas putida S12 for Efficient Utilization of D-Xylose and L-Arabinose Jean-Paul Meijnen, Johannes H. de Winde, and Harald J. Ruijssenaars Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5031-5037; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00924-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Broad-Host-Range Expression Vectors with Tightly Regulated Promoters and Their Use To Examine the Influence of TraR and TraM Expression on Ti Plasmid Quorum Sensing Sharik R. Khan, Jennifer Gaines, R. Martin Roop, II, and Stephen K. Farrand Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5053-5062; published ahead of print July 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01098-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Function of Heterologous Mycobacterium tuberculosis InhA, a Type 2 Fatty Acid Synthase Enzyme Involved in Extending C20 Fatty Acids to C60-to-C90 Mycolic Acids, during De Novo Lipoic Acid Synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Aner Gurvitz, J. Kalervo Hiltunen, and Alexander J. Kastaniotis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5078-5085; published ahead of print June 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00655-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification, Characterization, and Gene Cloning of Ceriporiopsis sp. Strain MD-1 Peroxidases That Decolorize Human Hair Melanin Kenji Nagasaki, Masaro Kumazawa, Shuichiro Murakami, Shinji Takenaka, Kenzo Koike, and Kenji Aoki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5106-5112; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00253-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Noncovalent Immobilization of Streptavidin on In Vitro- and In Vivo-Biotinylated Bacterial Magnetic Particles Yoshiaki Maeda, Tomoko Yoshino, Masaaki Takahashi, Harumi Ginya, Junko Asahina, Hideji Tajima, and Tadashi Matsunaga Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5139-5145; published ahead of print June 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00618-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Group 2 Sigma Factor SigB of Corynebacterium glutamicum Positively Regulates Glucose Metabolism under Conditions of Oxygen Deprivation Shigeki Ehira, Tomokazu Shirai, Haruhiko Teramoto, Masayuki Inui, and Hideaki Yukawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5146-5152; published ahead of print June 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00944-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of an Insecticidal Crystal Protein from Bacillus thuringiensis by the Methylotroph Methylobacterium extorquens Young J. Choi, J. Lawrence Gringorten, Louise Bélanger, Lyne Morel, Denis Bourque, Luke Masson, Denis Groleau, and Carlos B. Míguez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5178-5182; published ahead of print June 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00598-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Silver-Doped Phosphate-Based Glasses on Bacterial Biofilm Growth Sabeel P. Valappil, Jonathan C. Knowles, and Michael Wilson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5228-5230; published ahead of print June 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00086-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Membrane-Bound Pyrroloquinoline Quinone-Dependent Dehydrogenase in Gluconobacter oxydans M5, Responsible for Production of 6-(2-Hydroxyethyl) Amino-6-Deoxy-L-Sorbose Xue-Peng Yang, Liu-Jing Wei, Jin-Ping Lin, Bo Yin, and Dong-Zhi Wei Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5250-5253; published ahead of print May 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00272-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Quantification of Target Molecules Needed To Detect Microorganisms by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) and Catalyzed Reporter Deposition-FISH Tatsuhiko Hoshino, L. Safak Yilmaz, Daniel R. Noguera, Holger Daims, and Michael Wagner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5068-5077; published ahead of print June 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00208-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Simple Method for Plating Escherichia coli Bacteriophages Forming Very Small Plaques or No Plaques under Standard Conditions Joanna M. Los, Piotr Golec, Grzegorz Wegrzyn, Alicja Wegrzyn, and Marcin Los Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5113-5120; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00306-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Porous Surface Model, a Novel Experimental System for Online Quantitative Observation of Microbial Processes under Unsaturated Conditions Arnaud Dechesne, Dani Or, Gamze Gülez, and Barth F. Smets Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5195-5200; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00313-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

High-Throughput, Single-Cell Analysis of Macrophage Interactions with Fluorescently Labeled Bacillus anthracis Spores Bojana Stojkovic, Eric M. Torres, Angela M. Prouty, Hetal K. Patel, Lefan Zhuang, Theresa M. Koehler, Jimmy D. Ballard, and Steven R. Blanke Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5201-5210; published ahead of print June 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02890-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of Bacillus anthracis Spores by Multiparameter Flow Cytometry William C. Schumacher, Craig A. Storozuk, Prabir K. Dutta, and Andrew J. Phipps Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5220-5223; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00369-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Isolation of Surfactant-Resistant Bacteria from Natural, Surfactant-Rich Marine Habitats Craig J. Plante, Kieran M. Coe, and Rebecca G. Plante Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5093-5099; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02734-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Microbial Community Analysis of Three Different Sulfidic Mine Tailing Dumps Generating Acid Mine Drainage Dagmar Kock and Axel Schippers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5211-5219; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00649-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Particle Size on Bacterial Community Structure in Aquatic Sediments as Revealed by 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis Colin R. Jackson and Andrew Q. Weeks Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5237-5240; published ahead of print June 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00923-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis as a Tool To Determine Batch Similarity of Probiotic Cultures of Porcine Cecal Bacteria Michael E. Hume, Charles M. Scanlan, Roger B. Harvey, Kathleen Andrews, James D. Snodgrass, Armen G. Nalian, Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley, and David J. Nisbet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5241-5243; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02580-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum 299v Does Not Counteract Unfavorable Phytohemagglutinin-Induced Changes in the Rat Intestinal Microbiota Gabriele Gross, Jessica Wildner, Arjan Schonewille, Jan L. W. Rademaker, Roelof van der Meer, and Johannes Snel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5244-5249; published ahead of print July 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00514-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Molecular Characterization of Giardia Isolates from Calves and Humans in a Region in Which Dairy Farming Has Recently Intensified Cynthia L. Winkworth, James J. Learmonth, Christoph D. Matthaei, and Colin R. Townsend Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5100-5105; published ahead of print June 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00232-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Persistence of Biomarker ATP and ATP-Generating Capability in Bacterial Cells and Spores Contaminating Spacecraft Materials under Earth Conditions and in a Simulated Martian Environment Patricia Fajardo-Cavazos, Andrew C. Schuerger, and Wayne L. Nicholson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5159-5167; published ahead of print June 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00891-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of PCR Primer Selectivity and Phylogenetic Specificity by Using Amplification of 16S rRNA Genes from Betaproteobacterial Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria in Environmental Samples Pilar Junier, Ok-Sun Kim, Ora Hadas, Johannes F. Imhoff, and Karl-Paul Witzel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5231-5236; published ahead of print June 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00288-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Genes for the Biosynthesis of the Fungal Polyketides Hypothemycin from Hypomyces subiculosus and Radicicol from Pochonia chlamydosporia Christopher D. Reeves, Zhihao Hu, Ralph Reid, and James T. Kealey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5121-5129; published ahead of print June 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00478-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Enhancement of the Alcoholytic Activity of -Amylase AmyA from Thermotoga maritima MSB8 (DSM 3109) by Site-Directed Mutagenesis Juanita Yazmin Damián-Almazo, Alina Moreno, Agustin López-Munguía, Xavier Soberón, Fernando González-Muñoz, and Gloria Saab-Rincón Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5168-5177; published ahead of print June 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00121-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isomaltose Production by Modification of the Fructose-Binding Site on the Basis of the Predicted Structure of Sucrose Isomerase from "Protaminobacter rubrum" Hyeon Cheol Lee, Jin Ha Kim, Sang Yong Kim, and Jung Kul Lee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5183-5194; published ahead of print June 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00181-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Analysis of a Novel Insect Cell Culture Medium-Based Growth Medium for Bartonella Species Tanja Riess, Florian Dietrich, Katja V. Schmidt, Patrick O. Kaiser, Heinz Schwarz, Andrea Schäfer, and Volkhard A. J. Kempf Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5224-5227; published ahead of print June 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00621-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Heterologous Expression of a Position 2-Substituted (13)-β-D-Glucan in Lactococcus lactis María Laura Werning, María Angeles Corrales, Alicia Prieto, Pilar Fernández de Palencia, Jesús Navas, and Paloma López Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5259-5262; published ahead of print June 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00463-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letter to the Editor:

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Reorganization and Monophyly of the Genus Rickettsiella: All in Good Time Andreas Leclerque, Richard Cordaux, and Didier Bouchon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5263-5264; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Genetic Tools for Select-Agent-Compliant Manipulation of Burkholderia pseudomallei Kyoung-Hee Choi, Takehiko Mima, Yveth Casart, Drew Rholl, Ayush Kumar, Ifor R. Beacham, and Herbert P. Schweizer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5265 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sheathless Mutant of Cyanobacterium Gloeothece sp. Strain PCC 6909 with Increased Capacity To Remove Copper Ions from Aqueous Solutions Ernesto Micheletti, Sara Pereira, Francesca Mannelli, Pedro Moradas-Ferreira, Paula Tamagnini, and Roberto De Philippis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2008 74: 5266 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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