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Contents: September 2008, Volume 74, Issue 18        Minireviews        Public Health Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Mycology        Environmental Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Methods        Physiology and Biotechnology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Invertebrate Microbiology

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Minireviews:

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Criteria for Validation of Methods in Microbial Forensics Bruce Budowle, Steven E. Schutzer, Stephen A. Morse, Kenneth F. Martinez, Ranajit Chakraborty, Babetta L. Marrone, Sharon L. Messenger, Randall S. Murch, Paul J. Jackson, Phillip Williamson, Rockne Harmon, and Stephan P. Velsko Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5599-5607; published ahead of print July 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00966-08 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Isolation of Sabin-Like Polioviruses from Wastewater in a Country Using Inactivated Polio Vaccine Sebastian Zurbriggen, Kurt Tobler, Carlos Abril, Sabine Diedrich, Mathias Ackermann, Mark A. Pallansch, and Alfred Metzler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5608-5614; published ahead of print July 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02764-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of a Low-Cost Electrostatic Dust Fall Collector for Indoor Air Endotoxin Exposure Assessment Ilka Noss, Inge M. Wouters, Maaike Visser, Dick J. J. Heederik, Peter S. Thorne, Bert Brunekreef, and Gert Doekes Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5621-5627; published ahead of print August 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00619-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microscopic and Molecular Studies of the Diversity of Free-Living Protozoa in Meat-Cutting Plants Mario J. M. Vaerewijck, Koen Sabbe, Julie Baré, and Kurt Houf Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5741-5749; published ahead of print July 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00980-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Diversity of Porphyromonas gingivalis Isolates Recovered from Single "Refractory" Periodontitis Sites Morten Enersen, Ingar Olsen, and Dominique A. Caugant Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5817-5821; published ahead of print July 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00225-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli Constructs Expressing Human or Porcine Enterotoxins Induce Identical Diarrheal Diseases in a Piglet Infection Model Weiping Zhang, Donald C. Robertson, Chengxian Zhang, Wei Bai, Mojun Zhao, and David H. Francis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5832-5837; published ahead of print July 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00893-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacteriophage P22 and Staphylococcus aureus Attenuation on Nonporous Fomites as Determined by Plate Assay and Quantitative PCR Yoshifumi Masago, Tomoyuki Shibata, and Joan B. Rose Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5838-5840; published ahead of print July 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00352-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Genetic and Functional Variation in Denitrifier Populations along a Short-Term Restoration Chronosequence Jason M. Smith and Andrew Ogram Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5615-5620; published ahead of print July 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00349-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Polyphasic Approach to Bacterial Dynamics during the Ripening of Spanish Farmhouse Cheese, Using Culture-Dependent and -Independent Methods Antonio M. Martín-Platero, Eva Valdivia, Mercedes Maqueda, Inés Martín-Sánchez, and Manuel Martínez-Bueno Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5662-5673; published ahead of print July 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00418-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relative Importance of H2 and H2S as Energy Sources for Primary Production in Geothermal Springs Seth D'Imperio, Corinne R. Lehr, Harry Oduro, Greg Druschel, Michael Kühl, and Timothy R. McDermott Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5802-5808; published ahead of print July 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00852-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Bacterial Endosymbionts of Environmental Acanthamoeba Isolates Stephan Schmitz-Esser, Elena R. Toenshoff, Susanne Haider, Eva Heinz, Verena M. Hoenninger, Michael Wagner, and Matthias Horn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5822-5831; published ahead of print July 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01093-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Characterization of an Endoglucanase Belonging to a New Subfamily of Glycoside Hydrolase Family 45 of the Basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium Kiyohiko Igarashi, Takuya Ishida, Chiaki Hori, and Masahiro Samejima Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5628-5634; published ahead of print August 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00812-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Morphological Transitions Governed by Density Dependence and Lipoxygenase Activity in Aspergillus flavus S. Horowitz Brown, R. Zarnowski, W. C. Sharpee, and N. P. Keller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5674-5685; published ahead of print July 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00565-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification, Molecular Cloning, and Enzymatic Properties of a Family 12 Endoglucanase (EG-II) from Fomitopsis palustris: Role of EG-II in Larch Holocellulose Hydrolysis Tomoko Shimokawa, Hajime Shibuya, Masanobu Nojiri, Shigeki Yoshida, and Mitsuro Ishihara Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5857-5861; published ahead of print July 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00435-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Putative Virulence Traits and Pathogenicity of Vibrio cholerae Non-O1, Non-O139 Isolates from Surface Waters in Kolkata, India Prasanta K. Bag, Poulami Bhowmik, Tapas K. Hajra, T. Ramamurthy, Pradipta Sarkar, Mrinmoyee Majumder, Goutam Chowdhury, and Suresh C. Das Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5635-5644; published ahead of print July 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00029-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Monitoring Abundance and Expression of "Dehalococcoides" Species Chloroethene-Reductive Dehalogenases in a Tetrachloroethene-Dechlorinating Flow Column Sebastian Behrens, Mohammad F. Azizian, Paul J. McMurdie, Andrew Sabalowsky, Mark E. Dolan, Lew Semprini, and Alfred M. Spormann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5695-5703; published ahead of print August 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00926-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temporal Changes in the Ectomycorrhizal Community in Two Soil Horizons of a Temperate Oak Forest Pierre-Emmanuel Courty, Alain Franc, Jean-Claude Pierrat, and Jean Garbaye Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5792-5801; published ahead of print July 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01592-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantification of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Dissimilatory Sulfite Reductase Gene Expression during Electron Donor- and Electron Acceptor-Limited Growth Laura Villanueva, Shelley A. Haveman, Zara M. Summers, and Derek R. Lovley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5850-5853; published ahead of print July 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00399-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Identification and Characterization of Shiga Toxin Type 2 Variants in Escherichia coli Isolates from Animals, Food, and Humans Jie Zheng, Shenghui Cui, Louise D. Teel, Shaohua Zhao, Ruby Singh, Alison D. O'Brien, and Jianghong Meng Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5645-5652; published ahead of print July 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00503-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Effects of Medicago truncatula Genetic Diversity, Rhizobial Competition, and Strain Effectiveness on the Diversity of a Natural Sinorhizobium Species Community Cécile Rangin, Brigitte Brunel, Jean-Claude Cleyet-Marel, Marie-Mathilde Perrineau, and Gilles Béna Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5653-5661; published ahead of print July 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01107-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Community Analysis of Field-Grown Soybeans with Different Nodulation Phenotypes Seishi Ikeda, Lynn Esther E. Rallos, Takashi Okubo, Shima Eda, Shoko Inaba, Hisayuki Mitsui, and Kiwamu Minamisawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5704-5709; published ahead of print July 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00833-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Preferential Colonization of Solanum tuberosum L. Roots by the Fungus Glomus intraradices in Arable Soil of a Potato Farming Area Patrizia Cesaro, Diederik van Tuinen, Andrea Copetta, Odile Chatagnier, Graziella Berta, Silvio Gianinazzi, and Guido Lingua Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5776-5783; published ahead of print August 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00719-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Gene Expression Profiles Suggest an Important Role for Nutrient Acquisition in Early Pathogenesis in a Plant Model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection Tiffany L. Weir, Valerie J. Stull, Dayakar Badri, Lily A. Trunck, Herbert P. Schweizer, and Jorge Vivanco Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5784-5791; published ahead of print July 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00860-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Amino Acid Substitution at Position 740 in 70 of Ralstonia solanacearum Strain OE1-1 Affects Its In Planta Growth Ayami Kanda, Kazuhiro Tsuneishi, Ai Mori, Kouhei Ohnishi, Akinori Kiba, and Yasufumi Hikichi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5841-5844; published ahead of print July 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01099-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Construction of arsB and tetH Mutants of the Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacterium Acidithiobacillus caldus by Marker Exchange Leonardo J. van Zyl, Jolanda M. van Munster, and Douglas E. Rawlings Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5686-5694; published ahead of print July 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01235-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extraction of RNA from Cheese without Prior Separation of Microbial Cells Christophe Monnet, Vincent Ulvé, Anne-Sophie Sarthou, and Françoise Irlinger Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5724-5730; published ahead of print July 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00716-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DjlA, a Membrane-Anchored DnaJ-Like Protein, Is Required for Cytotoxicity of Clam Pathogen Vibrio tapetis to Hemocytes Fatma Lakhal, Stéphanie Bury-Moné, Yanoura Nomane, Nelly Le Goïc, Christine Paillard, and Annick Jacq Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5750-5758; published ahead of print July 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01043-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Dynamics of Glycolytic Regulation during Adaptation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Fermentative Metabolism Joost van den Brink, André B. Canelas, Walter M. van Gulik, Jack T. Pronk, Joseph J. Heijnen, Johannes H. de Winde, and Pascale Daran-Lapujade Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5710-5723; published ahead of print July 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01121-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Physiological and Transcriptional Responses to High Concentrations of Lactic Acid in Anaerobic Chemostat Cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Derek A. Abbott, Erwin Suir, Antonius J. A. van Maris, and Jack T. Pronk Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5759-5768; published ahead of print August 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01030-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering of an Escherichia coli Strain for the Production of 3-Methyl-1-Butanol Michael R. Connor and James C. Liao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5769-5775; published ahead of print August 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00468-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Integration of Metabolic Modeling and Phenotypic Data in Evaluation and Improvement of Ethanol Production Using Respiration-Deficient Mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Duygu Dikicioglu, Pinar Pir, Z. Ilsen Onsan, Kutlu O. Ulgen, Betul Kirdar, and Stephen G. Oliver Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5809-5816; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00009-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Self-Cloning Baker's Yeasts That Accumulate Proline Enhance Freeze Tolerance in Doughs Tomohiro Kaino, Tetsuya Tateiwa, Satomi Mizukami-Murata, Jun Shima, and Hiroshi Takagi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5845-5849; published ahead of print July 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00998-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Regulation of Lactobacillus casei Sorbitol Utilization Genes Requires DNA-Binding Transcriptional Activator GutR and the Conserved Protein GutM Cristina Alcántara, Luz Adriana Sarmiento-Rubiano, Vicente Monedero, Josef Deutscher, Gaspar Pérez-Martínez, and María J. Yebra Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5731-5740; published ahead of print August 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00230-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Enhancement of Recombinant Hemoglobin Production in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) Containing the Plesiomonas shigelloides Heme Transport System D. M. Villarreal, C. L. Phillips, A. M. Kelley, S. Villarreal, A. Villaloboz, P. Hernandez, J. S. Olson, and D. P. Henderson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5854-5856; published ahead of print August 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01291-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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A New Huanglongbing Species, "Candidatus Liberibacter psyllaurous," Found To Infect Tomato and Potato, Is Vectored by the Psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc) A. K. Hansen, J. T. Trumble, R. Stouthamer, and T. D. Paine Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 2008 74: 5862-5865; published ahead of print August 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01268-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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