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Contents: November 2008, Volume 74, Issue 21

       Food Microbiology

       Public Health Microbiology

       Plant Microbiology

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

       Mycology

       Environmental Microbiology

       Enzymology and Protein Engineering

       Physiology and Biotechnology

       Methods

       Biodegradation

       Geomicrobiology

       Microbial Ecology

       Invertebrate Microbiology

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Food Microbiology:

Broiler Campylobacter Contamination and Human Campylobacteriosis in Iceland
Kenneth A. Callicott, Hjördís Harðardóttir, Franklín Georgsson, Jarle Reiersen, Vala Friðriksdóttir, Eggert Gunnarsson, Pascal Michel, Jean-Robert Bisaillon, Karl G. Kristinsson, Haraldur Briem, Kelli L. Hiett, David S. Needleman, and Norman J. Stern
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6483-6494; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01129-08
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Lactate and Amino Acid Catabolism in the Cheese-Ripening Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica
S. Mansour, J. M. Beckerich, and P. Bonnarme
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6505-6512; published ahead of print September 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01519-08
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inlA Premature Stop Codons Are Common among Listeria monocytogenes Isolates from Foods and Yield Virulence-Attenuated Strains That Confer Protection against Fully Virulent Strains
K. K. Nightingale, R. A. Ivy, A. J. Ho, E. D. Fortes, B. L. Njaa, R. M. Peters, and M. Wiedmann
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6570-6583; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00997-08
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Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Genes Induced during Oviduct Colonization and Egg Contamination in Laying Hens
I. Gantois, R. Ducatelle, F. Pasmans, F. Haesebrouck, and F. Van Immerseel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6616-6622; published ahead of print September 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01087-08
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Host Ranges of Listeria-Specific Bacteriophages from the Turkey Processing Plant Environment in the United States
Jae-Won Kim, Robin M. Siletzky, and Sophia Kathariou
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6623-6630; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01282-08
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Antimicrobial Resistance in Salmonella enterica Serovar Heidelberg Isolates from Retail Meats, Including Poultry, from 2002 to 2006
S. Zhao, D. G. White, S. L. Friedman, A. Glenn, K. Blickenstaff, S. L. Ayers, J. W. Abbott, E. Hall-Robinson, and P. F. McDermott
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6656-6662; published ahead of print August 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01249-08
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Public Health Microbiology:

Cryptosporidium Source Tracking in the Potomac River Watershed
Wenli Yang, Plato Chen, Eric N. Villegas, Ronald B. Landy, Charles Kanetsky, Vitaliano Cama, Theresa Dearen, Cherie L. Schultz, Kenneth G. Orndorff, Gregory J. Prelewicz, Miranda H. Brown, Kim Roy Young, and Lihua Xiao
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6495-6504; published ahead of print September 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01345-08
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Distribution of Different Species of the Bacteroides fragilis Group in Individuals with Japanese Cedar Pollinosis
Toshitaka Odamaki, Jin-Zhong Xiao, Mitsuo Sakamoto, Shizuki Kondo, Tomoko Yaeshima, Keiji Iwatsuki, Hideo Togashi, Tadao Enomoto, and Yoshimi Benno
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6814-6817; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01106-08
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Plant Microbiology:

Comparative Mycotoxin Profiles of Gibberella zeae Populations from Barley, Wheat, Potatoes, and Sugar Beets
Rishi R. Burlakoti, Shaukat Ali, Gary A. Secor, Stephen M. Neate, Marcia P. McMullen, and Tika B. Adhikari
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6513-6520; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01580-08
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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Nitric Oxide as a Signaling Factor To Upregulate the Death-Specific Protein in a Marine Diatom, Skeletonema costatum, during Blockage of Electron Flow in Photosynthesis
Chih-Ching Chung, Sheng-Ping L. Hwang, and Jeng Chang
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6521-6527; published ahead of print September 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01481-08
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AbiV, a Novel Antiphage Abortive Infection Mechanism on the Chromosome of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris MG1363
Jakob Haaber, Sylvain Moineau, Louis-Charles Fortier, and Karin Hammer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6528-6537; published ahead of print September 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00780-08
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Transcriptional Regulation of xyr1, Encoding the Main Regulator of the Xylanolytic and Cellulolytic Enzyme System in Hypocrea jecorina
Astrid R. Mach-Aigner, Marion E. Pucher, Matthias G. Steiger, Gudrun E. Bauer, Sonja J. Preis, and Robert L. Mach
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6554-6562; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01143-08
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Subfunctionality of Hydride Transferases of the Old Yellow Enzyme Family of Flavoproteins of Pseudomonas putida
Pieter van Dillewijn, Rolf-Michael Wittich, Antonio Caballero, and Juan-Luis Ramos
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6703-6708; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00386-08
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Dynamic Localization of MreB in Vibrio parahaemolyticus and in the Ectopic Host Bacterium Escherichia coli
Shen-Wen Chiu, Shau-Yan Chen, and Hin-chung Wong
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6739-6745; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01021-08
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Molecular Characterization of a Variant of Bacillus anthracis-Specific Phage AP50 with Improved Bacteriolytic Activity
Shanmuga Sozhamannan, Michael McKinstry, Shannon M. Lentz, Matti Jalasvuori, Farrell McAfee, Angela Smith, Jason Dabbs, Hans-W. Ackermann, Jaana K. H. Bamford, Alfred Mateczun, and Timothy D. Read
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6792-6796; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01124-08
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Mycology:

Codon Optimization Increases Steady-State mRNA Levels in Aspergillus oryzae Heterologous Gene Expression
Masafumi Tokuoka, Mizuki Tanaka, Kazuhisa Ono, Shinobu Takagi, Takahiro Shintani, and Katsuya Gomi
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6538-6546; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01354-08
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Environmental Microbiology:

Occurrence of Free-Living Amoebae in Communities of Low and High Endemicity for Buruli Ulcer in Southern Benin
Miriam Eddyani, Johan F. De Jonckheere, Lies Durnez, Patrick Suykerbuyk, Herwig Leirs, and Françoise Portaels
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6547-6553; published ahead of print September 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01066-08
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Gene Transcription in Lactarius quietus-Quercus petraea Ectomycorrhizas from a Forest Soil
P. E. Courty, M. Poletto, F. Duchaussoy, M. Buée, J. Garbaye, and F. Martin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6598-6605; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00584-08
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Phylogenetic Comparison of the Methanogenic Communities from an Acidic, Oligotrophic Fen and an Anaerobic Digester Treating Municipal Wastewater Sludge
Lisa M. Steinberg and John M. Regan
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6663-6671; published ahead of print September 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00553-08
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Isolation and Characterization of Alicycliphilus denitrificans Strain BC, Which Grows on Benzene with Chlorate as the Electron Acceptor
Sander A. B. Weelink, Nico C. G. Tan, Harm ten Broeke, Corné van den Kieboom, Wim van Doesburg, Alette A. M. Langenhoff, Jan Gerritse, Howard Junca, and Alfons J. M. Stams
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6672-6681; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00835-08
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Characterization of the Community Structure of a Dechlorinating Mixed Culture and Comparisons of Gene Expression in Planktonic and Biofloc-Associated "Dehalococcoides" and Methanospirillum Species
Annette R. Rowe, Brendan J. Lazar, Robert M. Morris, and Ruth E. Richardson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6709-6719; published ahead of print September 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00445-08
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Novel Carotenoid-Based Biosensor for Simple Visual Detection of Arsenite: Characterization and Preliminary Evaluation for Environmental Application
Kazuyuki Yoshida, Koichi Inoue, Yuko Takahashi, Shunsaku Ueda, Katsuhiro Isoda, Kiyohito Yagi, and Isamu Maeda
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6730-6738; published ahead of print September 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00498-08
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Joint Immobilization of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria and Green Microalgae in Alginate Beads as an Experimental Model for Studying Plant-Bacterium Interactions
Luz E. de-Bashan and Yoav Bashan
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6797-6802; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00518-08
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Metagenomic Screening for Bleomycin Resistance Genes
Toshio Mori, Shiori Mizuta, Hikaru Suenaga, and Kentaro Miyazaki
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6803-6805; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00873-08
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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Unique Substrate Spectrum and PCR Application of Nanoarchaeum equitans Family B DNA Polymerase
Jeong Jin Choi, Jae-Geun Song, Ki Hoon Nam, Jong Il Lee, Heejin Bae, Gun A. Kim, Younguk Sun, and Suk-Tae Kwon
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6563-6569; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00624-08
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Mechanistic Dissection of the Enzyme Complexes Involved in Biosynthesis of Lacticin 3147 and Nisin
Anneke Kuipers, Jenny Meijer-Wierenga, Rick Rink, Leon D. Kluskens, and Gert N. Moll
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6591-6597; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01334-08
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Identification, Cloning, and Characterization of a Novel Ketoreductase from the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7942
Kathrin Hölsch, Jan Havel, Martin Haslbeck, and Dirk Weuster-Botz
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6697-6702; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00925-08
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Kinetics of Reduction of Fe(III) Complexes by Outer Membrane Cytochromes MtrC and OmcA of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1
Zheming Wang, Chongxuan Liu, Xuelin Wang, Matthew J. Marshall, John M. Zachara, Kevin M. Rosso, Michel Dupuis, James K. Fredrickson, Steve Heald, and Liang Shi
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6746-6755; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01454-08
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Mutational Analysis of the Class IIa Bacteriocin Curvacin A and Its Orientation in Target Cell Membranes
Helén Sophie Haugen, Per Eugen Kristiansen, Gunnar Fimland, and Jon Nissen-Meyer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6766-6773; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01068-08
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Reconstitution of Iron Oxidase from Sulfur-Grown Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
Taher M. Taha, Tadayoshi Kanao, Fumiaki Takeuchi, and Tsuyoshi Sugio
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6808-6810; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00787-08
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Type II Hydride Transferases from Different Microorganisms Yield Nitrite and Diarylamines from Polynitroaromatic Compounds
Pieter van Dillewijn, Rolf-Michael Wittich, Antonio Caballero, and Juan-Luis Ramos
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6820-6823; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00388-08
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Physiology and Biotechnology:

Formate-Dependent H₂ Production by the Mesophilic Methanogen Methanococcus maripaludis
Boguslaw Lupa, Erik L. Hendrickson, John A. Leigh, and William B. Whitman
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6584-6590; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01455-08
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Brominated Furanones Inhibit Biofilm Formation by Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Joost C. A. Janssens, Hans Steenackers, Stijn Robijns, Edith Gellens, Jeremy Levin, Hui Zhao, Kim Hermans, David De Coster, Tine L. Verhoeven, Kathleen Marchal, Jos Vanderleyden, Dirk E. De Vos, and Sigrid C. J. De Keersmaecker
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6639-6648; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01262-08
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High Glycolytic Flux Improves Pyruvate Production by a Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli Strain
Yihui Zhu, Mark A. Eiteman, Ronni Altman, and Elliot Altman
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6649-6655; published ahead of print September 19, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01610-08
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Hydrogenomics of the Extremely Thermophilic Bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus
Harmen J. G. van de Werken, Marcel R. A. Verhaart, Amy L. VanFossen, Karin Willquist, Derrick L. Lewis, Jason D. Nichols, Heleen P. Goorissen, Emmanuel F. Mongodin, Karen E. Nelson, Ed W. J. van Niel, Alfons J. M. Stams, Donald E. Ward, Willem M. de Vos, John van der Oost, Robert M. Kelly, and Servé W. M. Kengen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6720-6729; published ahead of print September 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00968-08
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Methods:

Rapid Determination of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Lineage Types and Molecular Subtypes by Using Comparative Genomic Fingerprinting
Chad Laing, Crystal Pegg, Davis Yawney, Kim Ziebell, Marina Steele, Roger Johnson, James E. Thomas, Eduardo N. Taboada, Yongxiang Zhang, and Victor P. J. Gannon
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6606-6615; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00985-08
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Construction and Expression of Sugar Kinase Transcriptional Gene Fusions by Using the Sinorhizobium meliloti ORFeome
Jodi L. Humann, Brenda K. Schroeder, Michael W. Mortimer, Brent L. House, Svetlana N. Yurgel, Scott C. Maloney, Kristel L. Ward, Heather M. Fallquist, Hope T. Ziemkiewicz, and Michael L. Kahn
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6756-6765; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01468-08
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Time-Lapse Microscopy of Streptomyces coelicolor Growth and Sporulation
Vinod Jyothikumar, Emma J. Tilley, Rashmi Wali, and Paul R. Herron
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6774-6781; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01233-08
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Simple and Safe Method for Simultaneous Isolation of Microbial RNA and DNA from Problematic Populations
Simon McIlroy, Kate Porter, Robert J. Seviour, and Daniel Tillett
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6806-6807; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01047-08
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Histo-Blood Group Antigen Assay for Detecting Noroviruses in Water
Jennifer L. Cannon and Jan Vinjé
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6818-6819; published ahead of print September 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01302-08
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Biodegradation:

Involvement of a Novel Enzyme, MdpA, in Methyl tert-Butyl Ether Degradation in Methylibium petroleiphilum PM1
Radomir Schmidt, Vince Battaglia, Kate Scow, Staci Kane, and Krassimira R. Hristova
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6631-6638; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01192-08
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Geomicrobiology:

Role of DNA Protection and Repair in Resistance of Bacillus subtilis Spores to Ultrahigh Shock Pressures Simulating Hypervelocity Impacts
Ralf Moeller, Gerda Horneck, Elke Rabbow, Günther Reitz, Cornelia Meyer, Ulrich Hornemann, and Dieter Stöffler
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6682-6689; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01091-08
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Microbial Ecology:

Soil Formate Regulates the Fungal Nitrous Oxide Emission Pathway
W. K. Ma, R. E. Farrell, and S. D. Siciliano
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6690-6696; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00797-08
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Invertebrate Microbiology:

Diverse Phage-Encoded Toxins in a Protective Insect Endosymbiont
Patrick H. Degnan and Nancy A. Moran
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6782-6791; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01285-08
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Evaluating the Insecticidal Genes and Their Expressed Products in Bacillus thuringiensis Strains by Combining PCR with Mass Spectrometry
Yunjun Sun, Zujiao Fu, Xuezhi Ding, and Liqiu Xia
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. November 2008 74: 6811-6813; published ahead of print September 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01085-08
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