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Contents: October 2008, Volume 74, Issue 20        Invertebrate Microbiology        Public Health Microbiology        Biodegradation        Microbial Ecology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Food Microbiology        Mycology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Methods        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Letter to the Editor

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Phylogenetic Characterization of Two Novel Commensal Bacteria Involved with Innate Immune Homeostasis in Drosophila melanogaster Seong Woon Roh, Young-Do Nam, Ho-Won Chang, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Min-Soo Kim, Ji-Hwan Ryu, Sung-Hee Kim, Won-Jae Lee, and Jin-Woo Bae Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6171-6177; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00301-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Diversity and Distribution of Commensal Fecal Escherichia coli Bacteria in Beef Cattle Administered Selected Subtherapeutic Antimicrobials in a Feedlot Setting Ranjana Sharma, Krysty Munns, Trevor Alexander, Toby Entz, Parasto Mirzaagha, L. Jay Yanke, Michael Mulvey, Edward Topp, and Tim McAllister Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6178-6186; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00704-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella and Escherichia coli O157:H7 Contamination on Hides and Carcasses of Cull Cattle Presented for Slaughter in the United States: an Evaluation of Prevalence and Bacterial Loads by Immunomagnetic Separation and Direct Plating Methods Dayna M. Brichta-Harhay, Michael N. Guerini, Terrance M. Arthur, Joseph M. Bosilevac, Norasak Kalchayanand, Steven D. Shackelford, Tommy L. Wheeler, and Mohammad Koohmaraie Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6289-6297; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00700-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Factors Associated with Cross-Contamination of Hides of Scottish Cattle by Escherichia coli O157 A. E. Mather, S. W. J. Reid, S. A. McEwen, H. E. Ternent, R. J. Reid-Smith, P. Boerlin, D. J. Taylor, W. B. Steele, G. J. Gunn, and D. J. Mellor Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6313-6319; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00770-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Early Attachment Sites for Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Experimentally Inoculated Weaned Calves Evelyn A. Dean-Nystrom, William C. Stoffregen, Brad T. Bosworth, Harley W. Moon, and Joachim F. Pohlenz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6378-6384; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00636-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization and Deposition of Respirable Large- and Small-Particle Bioaerosols Richard J. Thomas, Daniel Webber, William Sellors, Aaron Collinge, Andrew Frost, Anthony J. Stagg, Stephen C. Bailey, Pramukh N. Jayasekera, Rosa R. Taylor, Steve Eley, and Richard W. Titball Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6437-6443; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01194-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Identification of Bifidobacteriaceae from Human Saliva David Beighton, Steven C. Gilbert, Douglas Clark, Maria Mantzourani, Mustafa al-Haboubi, Farida Ali, Elizabeth Ransome, Nicholas Hodson, Michael Fenlon, Liana Zoitopoulos, and Jennifer Gallagher Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6457-6460; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00895-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Biodegradation of 2-Ethylhexyl Nitrate by Mycobacterium austroafricanum IFP 2173 Elodie Nicolau, Lucien Kerhoas, Martine Lettere, Yves Jouanneau, and Rémy Marchal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6187-6193; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01142-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fate of the Nitrilotriacetic Acid-Fe(III) Complex during Photodegradation and Biodegradation by Rhodococcus rhodochrous Andrei Bunescu, Pascale Besse-Hoggan, Martine Sancelme, Gilles Mailhot, and Anne-Marie Delort Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6320-6326; published ahead of print August 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00537-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Critical Members in a Sulfidogenic Benzene-Degrading Consortium by DNA Stable Isotope Probing A. R. Oka, C. D. Phelps, L. M. McGuinness, A. Mumford, L. Y. Young, and L. J. Kerkhof Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6476-6480; published ahead of print August 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01082-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Multilocus Sequence Typing and Phylogenetic Analyses of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from the Ocean Nurul Huda Khan, Mahbuba Ahsan, Susumu Yoshizawa, Shoichi Hosoya, Akira Yokota, and Kazuhiro Kogure Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6194-6205; published ahead of print August 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02322-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

First Cultivation and Ecological Investigation of a Bacterium Affiliated with the Candidate Phylum OP5 from Hot Springs Koji Mori, Michinari Sunamura, Katsunori Yanagawa, Jun-ichiro Ishibashi, Youko Miyoshi, Takao Iino, Ken-ichiro Suzuki, and Tetsuro Urabe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6223-6229; published ahead of print September 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01351-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heme Uptake by Microscilla marina and Evidence for Heme Uptake Systems in the Genomes of Diverse Marine Bacteria Brian M. Hopkinson, Kelly L. Roe, and Katherine A. Barbeau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6263-6270; published ahead of print August 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00964-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolic Microenvironmental Control by Photosynthetic Biofilms under Changing Macroenvironmental Temperature and pH Conditions Andrew Bissett, Andreas Reimer, Dirk de Beer, Fumito Shiraishi, and Gernot Arp Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6306-6312; published ahead of print August 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00877-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (Bb12) in the Intestine after Feeding of Sows and Their Piglets Gloria Solano-Aguilar, Harry Dawson, Marta Restrepo, Kate Andrews, Bryan Vinyard, and Joseph F. Urban, Jr. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6338-6347; published ahead of print August 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00309-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Occurrence of Archaeal amoA Genes in Terrestrial Hot Springs Chuanlun L. Zhang, Qi Ye, Zhiyong Huang, WenJun Li, Jinquan Chen, Zhaoqi Song, Weidong Zhao, Christopher Bagwell, William P. Inskeep, Christian Ross, Lei Gao, Juergen Wiegel, Christopher S. Romanek, Everett L. Shock, and Brian P. Hedlund Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6417-6426; published ahead of print August 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00843-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Molecular Analysis of Endoevaporitic Microbial Communities Jason W. Sahl, Norman R. Pace, and John R. Spear Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6444-6446; published ahead of print August 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00879-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extensive Genome Rearrangements and Multiple Horizontal Gene Transfers in a Population of Pyrococcus Isolates from Vulcano Island, Italy James R. White, Patricia Escobar-Paramo, Emmanuel F. Mongodin, Karen E. Nelson, and Jocelyne DiRuggiero Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6447-6451; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01024-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Identification and Characterization of Lactococcal-Prophage-Carried Superinfection Exclusion Genes Jennifer Mahony, Stephen McGrath, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Douwe van Sinderen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6206-6215; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01053-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specific DNA Binding of a Potential Transcriptional Regulator, Inosine 5'-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase-Related Protein VII, to the Promoter Region of a Methyl Coenzyme M Reductase I-Encoding Operon Retrieved from Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus Strain H Naoya Shinzato, Miho Enoki, Hiroaki Sato, Kohei Nakamura, Toru Matsui, and Yoichi Kamagata Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6239-6247; published ahead of print August 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02155-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Deep-Sea Bacterium Photobacterium profundum SS9 Utilizes Separate Flagellar Systems for Swimming and Swarming under High-Pressure Conditions Emiley A. Eloe, Federico M. Lauro, Rudi F. Vogel, and Douglas H. Bartlett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6298-6305; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01316-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth Temperature Exerts Differential Physiological and Transcriptional Responses in Laboratory and Wine Strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Francisco J. Pizarro, Michael C. Jewett, Jens Nielsen, and Eduardo Agosin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6358-6368; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00602-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Engineering of a Glycerol Utilization Pathway for Amino Acid Production by Corynebacterium glutamicum Doris Rittmann, Steffen N. Lindner, and Volker F. Wendisch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6216-6222; published ahead of print August 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00963-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes CECT5344 Cyanase, an Enzyme That Is Not Essential for Cyanide Assimilation Víctor M. Luque-Almagro, María-J. Huertas, Lara P. Sáez, Manuel Martínez Luque-Romero, Conrado Moreno-Vivián, Francisco Castillo, M. Dolores Roldán, and Rafael Blasco Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6280-6288; published ahead of print August 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00916-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Bacteriophages Reduce Experimental Contamination of Hard Surfaces, Tomato, Spinach, Broccoli, and Ground Beef by Escherichia coli O157:H7 Tamar Abuladze, Manrong Li, Marc Y. Menetrez, Timothy Dean, Andre Senecal, and Alexander Sulakvelidze Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6230-6238; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01465-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of ApuB, an Extracellular Type II Amylopullulanase from Bifidobacterium breve UCC2003 Mary O'Connell Motherway, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Sabine Neirynck, Sinead Ryan, Lothar Steidler, and Douwe van Sinderen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6271-6279; published ahead of print August 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01169-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sources of Clostridia in Raw Milk on Farms Marie-Claude Julien, Patrice Dion, Carole Lafrenière, Hani Antoun, and Pascal Drouin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6348-6357; published ahead of print August 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00913-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Formulation of a Defined V8 Medium for Induction of Sexual Development of Cryptococcus neoformans Cory R. Kent, Patricia Ortiz-Bermúdez, Steven S. Giles, and Christina M. Hull Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6248-6253; published ahead of print September 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00970-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Structure and Aggressiveness of Erysiphe necator Populations during Grapevine Powdery Mildew Epidemics Josselin Montarry, Philippe Cartolaro, François Delmotte, Jérôme Jolivet, and Laetitia Willocquet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6327-6332; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01200-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Expression and Subcellular Localization of the Aflatoxin Pathway Enzyme Ver-1 Fused to Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein Sung-Yong Hong and John E. Linz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6385-6396; published ahead of print August 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01185-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Situ Detection of Freshwater Fungi in an Alpine Stream by New Taxon-Specific Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Probes Christiane Baschien, Werner Manz, Thomas R. Neu, Ludmila Marvanová, and Ulrich Szewzyk Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6427-6436; published ahead of print September 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00815-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Characterization of DegQVh, a Serine Protease and a Protective Immunogen from a Pathogenic Vibrio harveyi Strain Wei-wei Zhang, Kun Sun, Shuang Cheng, and Li Sun Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6254-6262; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00109-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Lacto-N-Biose I Phosphorylase from Vibrio vulnificus CMCP6 Masahiro Nakajima and Motomitsu Kitaoka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6333-6337; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02846-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Genetic Tools for Studying Capnocytophaga canimorsus Manuela Mally and Guy R. Cornelis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6369-6377; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01218-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Parachlamydia acanthamoebae Quantification Method Based on Coculture with Amoebae Junji Matsuo, Yasuhiro Hayashi, Shinji Nakamura, Marie Sato, Yoshihiko Mizutani, Masahiro Asaka, and Hiroyuki Yamaguchi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6397-6404; published ahead of print August 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00841-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

TRiFLe, a Program for In Silico Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis with User-Defined Sequence Sets Pilar Junier, Thomas Junier, and Karl-Paul Witzel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6452-6456; published ahead of print August 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01394-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of a Transposon Mutagenesis System in the Oral Spirochete Treponema denticola Yu Yang, Philip E. Stewart, Xiaoguang Shi, and Chunhao Li Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6461-6464; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01424-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

TaqMan-Based Real-Time PCR Method for Detection of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in Food S. Thisted Lambertz, C. Nilsson, and S. Hallanvuo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6465-6469; published ahead of print August 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01459-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gram-Negative Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide Retention by a Positively Charged New-Generation Filter Ilaria Bononi, Veronica Balatti, Soccorso Gaeta, and Mauro Tognon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6470-6472; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00552-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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The Genome of Polaromonas sp. Strain JS666: Insights into the Evolution of a Hydrocarbon- and Xenobiotic-Degrading Bacterium, and Features of Relevance to Biotechnology Timothy E. Mattes, Anne K. Alexander, Paul M. Richardson, A. Christine Munk, Cliff S. Han, Paul Stothard, and Nicholas V. Coleman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6405-6416; published ahead of print August 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00197-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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ShmR Is Essential for Utilization of Heme as a Nutritional Iron Source in Sinorhizobium meliloti Vanesa Amarelle, Mark R. O'Brian, and Elena Fabiano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6473-6475; published ahead of print August 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01590-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letter to the Editor:

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Models with Insignificant Parameters Sencer Buzrul, Roman Buckow, and Anselm Lehmacher Appl. Environ. Microbiol. October 2008 74: 6481-6482; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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