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Contents: December 2008, Volume 74, Issue 23        Minireviews        Invertebrate Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Environmental Microbiology        Methods        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Public Health Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Biodegradation        Errata

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Minireviews:

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Evaluation of the Effect of Temperature on the Die-Off Rate for Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in Water, Soils, and Feces X. Peng, T. Murphy, and N. M. Holden Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7101-7107; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01442-08 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Metalloprotease Vsm Is the Major Determinant of Toxicity for Extracellular Products of Vibrio splendidus Johan Binesse, Claude Delsert, Denis Saulnier, Marie-Christine Champomier-Vergès, Monique Zagorec, Hélène Munier-Lehmann, Didier Mazel, and Frédérique Le Roux Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7108-7117; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01261-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relative Importance of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes trianguliceps as Vectors for Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti in Field Vole (Microtus agrestis) Populations K. J. Bown, X. Lambin, G. R. Telford, N. H. Ogden, S. Telfer, Z. Woldehiwet, and R. J. Birtles Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7118-7125; published ahead of print September 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00625-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Variations in Ixodes ricinus Density and Borrelia Infections Associated with Cattle Introduced into a Woodland in The Netherlands Fedor Gassner, Patrick Verbaarschot, Renate C. Smallegange, Jeroen Spitzen, Sipke E. Van Wieren, and Willem Takken Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7138-7144; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00310-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Solubilization, Activation, and Insecticidal Activity of Bacillus thuringiensis Serovar thompsoni HD542 Crystal Proteins Samir Naimov, Rumyana Boncheva, Rumyana Karlova, Stefan Dukiandjiev, Ivan Minkov, and Ruud A. de Maagd Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7145-7151; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00752-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Origin and Diversity of Metabolically Active Gut Bacteria from Laboratory-Bred Larvae of Manduca sexta (Sphingidae, Lepidoptera, Insecta) Nicole Brinkmann, Rainer Martens, and Christoph C. Tebbe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7189-7196; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01464-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Heterologous Expression of Insecticidal-Protein-Encoding Genes from Photorhabdus luminescens TT01 in Enterobacter cloacae for Termite Control Ruihua Zhao, Richou Han, Xuehong Qiu, Xun Yan, Li Cao, and Xiuling Liu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7219-7226; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00977-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Mechanism of Synergistic Inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes Growth by Lactic Acid, Monolaurin, and Nisin Oleksandr Tokarskyy and Douglas L. Marshall Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7126-7129; published ahead of print September 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01292-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development and Implementation of a Multiplex Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Genotyping Assay for Detection of Virulence-Attenuating Mutations in the Listeria monocytogenes Virulence-Associated Gene inlA A. Van Stelten and K. K. Nightingale Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7365-7375; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01138-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Long-Term Fungal Inhibitory Activity of Water-Soluble Extracts of Phaseolus vulgaris cv. Pinto and Sourdough Lactic Acid Bacteria during Bread Storage Rossana Coda, Carlo G. Rizzello, Franco Nigro, Maria De Angelis, Philip Arnault, and Marco Gobbetti Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7391-7398; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01420-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Analysis of Extracellular and Intracellular Proteomes of Listeria monocytogenes Strains Reveals a Correlation between Protein Expression and Serovar Emilie Dumas, Bruno Meunier, Jean-Louis Berdagué, Christophe Chambon, Mickaël Desvaux, and Michel Hébraud Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7399-7409; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00594-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Bacillus cereus Group Species Associated with Food Poisoning Outbreaks in British Columbia, Canada Lorraine McIntyre, Kathryn Bernard, Daniel Beniac, Judith L. Isaac-Renton, and David Craig Naseby Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7451-7453; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01284-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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SOD1, a New Kluyveromyces lactis Helper Gene for Heterologous Protein Secretion S. Raimondi, E. Zanni, C. Talora, M. Rossi, C. Palleschi, and D. Uccelletti Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7130-7137; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00955-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proteome-Based Comparative Analyses of Growth Stages Reveal New Cell Cycle-Dependent Functions in the Predatory Bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus Mally Dori-Bachash, Bareket Dassa, Shmuel Pietrokovski, and Edouard Jurkevitch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7152-7162; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01736-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Aromatic Alcohol Production in Candida albicans Suman Ghosh, Bessie W. Kebaara, Audrey L. Atkin, and Kenneth W. Nickerson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7211-7218; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01614-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Synthesis and Uptake of the Compatible Solutes Ectoine and 5-Hydroxyectoine by Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) in Response to Salt and Heat Stresses Jan Bursy, Anne U. Kuhlmann, Marco Pittelkow, Holger Hartmann, Mohamed Jebbar, Antonio J. Pierik, and Erhard Bremer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7286-7296; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00768-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Biofilm Voltammetry: Direct Electrochemical Characterization of Catalytic Electrode-Attached Biofilms Enrico Marsili, Janet B. Rollefson, Daniel B. Baron, Raymond M. Hozalski, and Daniel R. Bond Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7329-7337; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00177-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Electrode Reduction Activities of Geobacter sulfurreducens and an Enriched Consortium in an Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cell Shun'ichi Ishii, Kazuya Watanabe, Soichi Yabuki, Bruce E. Logan, and Yuji Sekiguchi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7348-7355; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01639-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation of Efflux Pumps Abolishes Bacterial Biofilm Formation Malin Kvist, Viktoria Hancock, and Per Klemm Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7376-7382; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01310-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Knockout of the Erythromycin Biosynthetic Cluster Gene, eryBI, Blocks Isoflavone Glucoside Bioconversion during Erythromycin Fermentations in Aeromicrobium erythreum but Not in Saccharopolyspora erythraea Andrew R. Reeves, Ramya Seshadri, Igor A. Brikun, William H. Cernota, Melissa C. Gonzalez, and J. Mark Weber Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7383-7390; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01759-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Temperature on the Cannibalistic Behavior of Bacillus subtilis Subir Kumar Nandy, Vinay Prasad, and K. V. Venkatesh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7427-7430; published ahead of print September 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00683-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Functional Quality of Soluble Recombinant Polypeptides Produced in Escherichia coli Is Defined by a Wide Conformational Spectrum Mónica Martínez-Alonso, Nuria González-Montalbán, Elena García-Fruitós, and Antonio Villaverde Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7431-7433; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01446-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Secretion of Insulinotropic Proteins by Commensal Bacteria: Rewiring the Gut To Treat Diabetes Faping Duan, Katherine L. Curtis, and John C. March Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7437-7438; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01019-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

HtrA Is Essential for Efficient Secretion of Recombinant Proteins by Lactococcus lactis Kalpana Sriraman and Guhan Jayaraman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7442-7446; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00638-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Volatilization and Precipitation of Tellurium by Aerobic, Tellurite-Resistant Marine Microbes Patrick R. L. Ollivier, Andrew S. Bahrou, Sarah Marcus, Talisha Cox, Thomas M. Church, and Thomas E. Hanson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7163-7173; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00733-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acanthamoeba castellanii Promotes the Survival of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Michelle A. Laskowski-Arce and Kim Orth Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7183-7188; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01332-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Relationships and Functional Genes: Distribution of a Gene (mnxG) Encoding a Putative Manganese-Oxidizing Enzyme in Bacillus Species Lisa E. Mayhew, Elizabeth D. Swanner, Andy P. Martin, and Alexis S. Templeton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7265-7271; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00540-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Permeate Drag Force on the Development of a Biofouling Layer in a Pressure-Driven Membrane Separation System L. Eshed, S. Yaron, and C. G. Dosoretz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7338-7347; published ahead of print October 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00631-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Quantification of Diatom and Dinoflagellate Biomasses in Coastal Marine Seawater Samples by Real-Time PCR Anna Godhe, Maria E. Asplund, Karolina Härnström, V. Saravanan, Anuj Tyagi, and Indrani Karunasagar Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7174-7182; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01298-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative rRNA-Targeted Solution-Based Hybridization Assay Using Peptide Nucleic Acid Molecular Beacons Xu Li, Eberhard Morgenroth, and Lutgarde Raskin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7297-7305; published ahead of print September 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01002-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

PBAD-Based Shuttle Vectors for Functional Analysis of Toxic and Highly Regulated Genes in Pseudomonas and Burkholderia spp. and Other Bacteria Dongru Qiu, F. Heath Damron, Takehiko Mima, Herbert P. Schweizer, and Hongwei D. Yu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7422-7426; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01369-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Characterization of a Second Rhodococcus erythropolis SQ1 3-Ketosteroid 9-Hydroxylase Activity Comprising a Terminal Oxygenase Homologue, KshA2, Active with Oxygenase-Reductase Component KshB R. van der Geize, G. I. Hessels, M. Nienhuis-Kuiper, and L. Dijkhuizen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7197-7203; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00888-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selective Removal of Aberrant Extender Units by a Type II Thioesterase for Efficient FR-008/Candicidin Biosynthesis in Streptomyces sp. Strain FR-008 Yongjun Zhou, Qingqing Meng, Delin You, Jialiang Li, Shi Chen, Dazhong Ding, Xiufen Zhou, Huchen Zhou, Linquan Bai, and Zixin Deng Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7235-7242; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01012-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Expression in Phanerochaete chrysosporium of Membrane-Associated Proteins Relevant to Lignin Degradation Semarjit Shary, Alexander N. Kapich, Ellen A. Panisko, Jon K. Magnuson, Daniel Cullen, and Kenneth E. Hammel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7252-7257; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01997-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Generation of Bradyrhizobium japonicum Mutants with Increased N2O Reductase Activity by Selection after Introduction of a Mutated dnaQ Gene Manabu Itakura, Kazufumi Tabata, Shima Eda, Hisayuki Mitsui, Kiriko Murakami, Junichi Yasuda, and Kiwamu Minamisawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7258-7264; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01850-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression Profiles and Physiological Roles of Two Types of Molecular Chaperonins from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus kodakarensis Shinsuke Fujiwara, Ryohei Aki, Masaya Yoshida, Hiroki Higashibata, Tadayuki Imanaka, and Wakao Fukuda Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7306-7312; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01245-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Evidence for Growth of Enterococci in Municipal Oxidation Ponds, Obtained Using Antibiotic Resistance Analysis Elaine Moriarty, Fariba Nourozi, Beth Robson, David Wood, and Brent Gilpin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7204-7210; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00341-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inferences about the Global Population Structures of Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis Sultan Tanriverdi, Alex Grinberg, Rachel M. Chalmers, Paul R. Hunter, Zorana Petrovic, Donna E. Akiyoshi, Eric London, Linghui Zhang, Saul Tzipori, James K. Tumwine, and Giovanni Widmer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7227-7234; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01576-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantification and Genotyping of Torque Teno Virus at a Wastewater Treatment Plant in Japan Eiji Haramoto, Hiroyuki Katayama, and Shinichiro Ohgaki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7434-7436; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01605-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Seagulls of the Berlengas Natural Reserve of Portugal as Carriers of Fecal Escherichia coli Harboring CTX-M and TEM Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases Patricia Poeta, Hajer Radhouani, Gilberto Igrejas, Alexandre Gonçalves, Carlos Carvalho, Jorge Rodrigues, Laura Vinué, Sergio Somalo, and Carmen Torres Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7439-7441; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00949-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

International Comparison of Clinical, Bovine, and Environmental Escherichia coli O157 Isolates on the Basis of Shiga Toxin-Encoding Bacteriophage Insertion Site Genotypes Joshua H. Whitworth, Narelle Fegan, Jasmin Keller, Kari S. Gobius, James L. Bono, Douglas R. Call, Dale D. Hancock, and Thomas E. Besser Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7447-7450; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01190-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Widespread Distribution and Identification of Eight Novel Microcystins in Antarctic Cyanobacterial Mats Susanna A. Wood, Doug Mountfort, Andrew I. Selwood, Patrick T. Holland, Jonathan Puddick, and S. Craig Cary Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7243-7251; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01243-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phenotype-Specific Bacterial Communities in the Cold-Water Coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia) and Their Implications for the Coral's Nutrition, Health, and Distribution Sven C. Neulinger, Johanna Järnegren, Martin Ludvigsen, Karin Lochte, and Wolf-Christian Dullo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7272-7285; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01777-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Substrate-Specific Clades of Active Marine Methylotrophs Associated with a Phytoplankton Bloom in a Temperate Coastal Environment Josh D. Neufeld, Rich Boden, Hélène Moussard, Hendrik Schäfer, and J. Colin Murrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7321-7328; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01266-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phaeobacter and Ruegeria Species of the Roseobacter Clade Colonize Separate Niches in a Danish Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus)-Rearing Farm and Antagonize Vibrio anguillarum under Different Growth Conditions Cisse Hedegaard Porsby, Kristian Fog Nielsen, and Lone Gram Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7356-7364; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01738-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Characterization of the Microbial Diversities of an Artificial Microbialite Model and a Natural Stromatolite Stephanie A. Havemann and Jamie S. Foster Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7410-7421; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01710-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biodegradation:

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Influence of Soil Components on the Biodegradation of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and o-, m-, and p-Xylenes by the Newly Isolated Bacterium Pseudoxanthomonas spadix BD-a59 Jeong Myeong Kim, Ngoc Thuan Le, Bok Sil Chung, Jin Ho Park, Jin-Woo Bae, Eugene L. Madsen, and Che Ok Jeon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7313-7320; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01695-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Structure, Diffusivity, and Copper Immobilization in a Phototrophic Biofilm V. R. Phoenix and W. M. Holmes Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7454 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Insights into the Mode of Action of Chitosan as an Antibacterial Compound Dina Raafat, Kristine von Bargen, Albert Haas, and Hans-Georg Sahl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7455 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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