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Contents: December 2008, Volume 74, Issue 24        Physiology and Biotechnology        Methods        Microbial Ecology        Mycology        Public Health Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Food Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Invertebrate Microbiology        Author's Correction

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Metabolic Function of Corynebacterium glutamicum Aminotransferases AlaT and AvtA and Impact on L-Valine Production Jan Marienhagen and Lothar Eggeling Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7457-7462; published ahead of print October 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01025-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Random Mutagenesis Identifies Novel Genes Involved in the Secretion of Antimicrobial, Cell Wall-Lytic Enzymes by Lactococcus lactis Yu Pei Tan, Philip M. Giffard, Daniel G. Barry, Wilhelmina M. Huston, and Mark S. Turner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7490-7496; published ahead of print October 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00767-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Twin-Arginine Signal Peptide of Bacillus subtilis YwbN Can Direct either Tat- or Sec-Dependent Secretion of Different Cargo Proteins: Secretion of Active Subtilisin via the B. subtilis Tat Pathway Marc A. B. Kolkman, René van der Ploeg, Michael Bertels, Maurits van Dijk, Joop van der Laan, Jan Maarten van Dijl, and Eugenio Ferrari Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7507-7513; published ahead of print October 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01401-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High-Temperature Ethanol Fermentation and Transformation with Linear DNA in the Thermotolerant Yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus DMKU3-1042 Sanom Nonklang, Babiker M. A. Abdel-Banat, Kamonchai Cha-aim, Nareerat Moonjai, Hisashi Hoshida, Savitree Limtong, Mamoru Yamada, and Rinji Akada Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7514-7521; published ahead of print October 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01854-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of Thiol-Disulfide Oxidoreductases for Increased Production of Disulfide-Bond-Containing Proteins in Bacillus subtilis Thijs R. H. M. Kouwen, Jean-Yves F. Dubois, Roland Freudl, Wim J. Quax, and Jan Maarten van Dijl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7536-7545; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00894-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Aerobic Fermentation of D-Glucose by an Evolved Cytochrome Oxidase-Deficient Escherichia coli Strain Vasiliy A. Portnoy, Markus J. Herrgård, and Bernhard Ø. Palsson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7561-7569; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00880-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Method for Selection of Antimicrobial Peptides from a Phage Display Library by Use of Bacterial Magnetic Particles Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Yoriko Kokuryu, and Tadashi Matsunaga Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7600-7606; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00162-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Possible Involvement of an Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase (SodA) as a Radical Scavenger in Poly(cis-1,4-Isoprene) Degradation Carina Schulte, Matthias Arenskötter, Mahmoud M. Berekaa, Quyen Arenskötter, Horst Priefert, and Alexander Steinbüchel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7643-7653; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01490-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Thermostability and Acetic Acid Tolerance of Escherichia coli via Directed Evolution of Homoserine o-Succinyltransferase Elena A. Mordukhova, Hee-Soon Lee, and Jae-Gu Pan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7660-7668; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00654-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Analysis of Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 and the Hyper-Butanol-Producing Mutant BA101 during the Shift from Acidogenesis to Solventogenesis Zhen Shi and Hans P. Blaschek Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7709-7714; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01948-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Components of Electron Transport Chains in the Extremely Thermoacidophilic Crenarchaeon Metallosphaera sedula through Iron and Sulfur Compound Oxidation Transcriptomes Kathryne S. Auernik and Robert M. Kelly Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7723-7732; published ahead of print October 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01545-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of an Autofluorescent Whole-Cell Biocatalyst by Displaying Dual Functional Moieties on Escherichia coli Cell Surfaces and Construction of a Coculture with Organophosphate-Mineralizing Activity Chao Yang, Yaran Zhu, Jijian Yang, Zheng Liu, Chuanling Qiao, Ashok Mulchandani, and Wilfred Chen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7733-7739; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01936-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Control of Lipid Accumulation in the Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica Athanasios Beopoulos, Zuzana Mrozova, France Thevenieau, Marie-Thérèse Le Dall, Ivan Hapala, Seraphim Papanikolaou, Thierry Chardot, and Jean-Marc Nicaud Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7779-7789; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01412-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Directed Evolution of Methanococcus jannaschii Citramalate Synthase for Biosynthesis of 1-Propanol and 1-Butanol by Escherichia coli Shota Atsumi and James C. Liao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7802-7808; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02046-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Sandwich Hybridization Assay for Sensitive Detection of Dynamic Changes in mRNA Transcript Levels in Crude Escherichia coli Cell Extracts in Response to Copper Ions Daniel Thieme, Peter Neubauer, Dietrich H. Nies, and Gregor Grass Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7463-7470; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01370-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development and Application of Flow-Cytometric Techniques for Analyzing and Sorting Endospore-Forming Clostridia Bryan P. Tracy, Stefan M. Gaida, and Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7497-7506; published ahead of print October 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01626-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Himar1 Transposon Mutagenesis of Burkholderia pseudomallei Drew A. Rholl, Lily A. Trunck, and Herbert P. Schweizer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7529-7535; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01973-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fast Sterility Assessment by Germinable-Endospore Biodosimetry Pun To Yung and Adrian Ponce Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7669-7674; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01437-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Generation of Large Chromosomal Deletions in Koji Molds Aspergillus oryzae and Aspergillus sojae via a Loop-Out Recombination Tadashi Takahashi, Feng Jie Jin, Misao Sunagawa, Masayuki Machida, and Yasuji Koyama Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7684-7693; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00692-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Flow Cytometry To Monitor Legionella Viability Séverine Allegra, Françoise Berger, Philippe Berthelot, Florence Grattard, Bruno Pozzetto, and Serge Riffard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7813-7816; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01364-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Transformation Efficiency of Recalcitrant Bacillus cereus and Bacillus weihenstephanensis Isolates upon In Vitro Methylation of Plasmid DNA Masja Nierop Groot, Frank Nieboer, and Tjakko Abee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7817-7820; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01932-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Developmental and Microbiological Analysis of the Inception of Bioluminescent Symbiosis in the Marine Fish Nuchequula nuchalis (Perciformes: Leiognathidae) Paul V. Dunlap, Kimberly M. Davis, Shinichi Tomiyama, Misato Fujino, and Atsushi Fukui Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7471-7481; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01619-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Epsilonproteobacteria Represent the Major Portion of Chemoautotrophic Bacteria in Sulfidic Waters of Pelagic Redoxclines of the Baltic and Black Seas Jana Grote, Günter Jost, Matthias Labrenz, Gerhard J. Herndl, and Klaus Jürgens Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7546-7551; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01186-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Community Composition and Denitrifying Enzyme Activities in Salt Marsh Sediments Yiping Cao, Peter G. Green, and Patricia A. Holden Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7585-7595; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01221-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution of Crenarchaeota Representatives in Terrestrial Hot Springs of Russia and Iceland Anna A. Perevalova, Tatiana V. Kolganova, Nils-Kåre Birkeland, Christa Schleper, Elizaveta A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya, and Alexander V. Lebedinsky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7620-7628; published ahead of print October 10, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00972-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacteria Associated with Benthic Diatoms from Lake Constance: Phylogeny and Influences on Diatom Growth and Secretion of Extracellular Polymeric Substances Christian G. Bruckner, Rahul Bahulikar, Monali Rahalkar, Bernhard Schink, and Peter G. Kroth Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7740-7749; published ahead of print October 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01399-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cross-Kingdom Amplification Using Bacteria-Specific Primers: Complications for Studies of Coral Microbial Ecology Julia P. Galkiewicz and Christina A. Kellogg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7828-7831; published ahead of print October 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01303-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Novel Family of Carbohydrate Esterases, Based on Identification of the Hypocrea jecorina Acetyl Esterase Gene Xin-Liang Li, Christopher D. Skory, Michael A. Cotta, Vladimir Puchart, and Peter Biely Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7482-7489; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00807-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of the Asperthecin Gene Cluster of Aspergillus nidulans Edyta Szewczyk, Yi-Ming Chiang, C. Elizabeth Oakley, Ashley D. Davidson, Clay C. C. Wang, and Berl R. Oakley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7607-7612; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01743-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Loss of Gibberellin Production in Fusarium verticillioides (Gibberella fujikuroi MP-A) Is Due to a Deletion in the Gibberellic Acid Gene Cluster Christiane Bömke, Maria C. Rojas, Peter Hedden, and Bettina Tudzynski Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7790-7801; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01819-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Staphylococcus aureus-Fibronectin Interactions with and without Fibronectin-Binding Proteins and Their Role in Adhesion and Desorption Chun-Ping Xu, Niels P. Boks, Joop de Vries, Hans J. Kaper, Willem Norde, Henk J. Busscher, and Henny C. van der Mei Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7522-7528; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00948-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence and Genotypes of Anaplasma Species and Habitat Suitability for Ticks in a Mediterranean Ecosystem Alessandra Torina, Angelina Alongi, Victoria Naranjo, Agustín Estrada-Peña, Joaquín Vicente, Salvatore Scimeca, Anna M. F. Marino, Felice Salina, Santo Caracappa, and José de la Fuente Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7578-7584; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01625-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Microarray Analysis of the Heat Shock Transcriptome of the Obligate Intracytoplasmic Pathogen Rickettsia prowazekii Jonathon P. Audia, Mary C. Patton, and Herbert H. Winkler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7809-7812; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00896-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Isolation of New Stenotrophomonas Bacteriophages and Genomic Characterization of Temperate Phage S1 Pilar García, Cristina Monjardín, Rebeca Martín, Carmen Madera, Nora Soberón, Eva Garcia, Álvaro Meana, and Juan E. Suárez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7552-7560; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01709-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Binding Specificity of the Lantibiotic-Binding Immunity Protein NukH Ken-ichi Okuda, Sae Yanagihara, Kouki Shioya, Yoshitaka Harada, Jun-ichi Nagao, Yuji Aso, Takeshi Zendo, Jiro Nakayama, and Kenji Sonomoto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7613-7619; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00789-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of Chaperone Gene Expression in Mutagenized Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains Developed for Recombinant Human Albumin Production Results in Increased Production of Multiple Heterologous Proteins T. Payne, C. Finnis, L. R. Evans, D. J. Mead, S. V. Avery, D. B. Archer, and D. Sleep Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7759-7766; published ahead of print October 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01178-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Relationship between Sublethal Injury and Microbial Inactivation by the Combination of High Hydrostatic Pressure and Citral or tert-Butyl Hydroquinone Maria Somolinos, Diego García, Rafael Pagán, and Bernard Mackey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7570-7577; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00936-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multilocus Genotyping Assays for Single Nucleotide Polymorphism-Based Subtyping of Listeria monocytogenes Isolates Todd J. Ward, Thomas F. Ducey, Thomas Usgaard, Katherine A. Dunn, and Joseph P. Bielawski Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7629-7642; published ahead of print October 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01127-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Putative ABC Transporter Is Involved in Negative Regulation of Biofilm Formation by Listeria monocytogenes Xinna Zhu, Fei Long, Yonghui Chen, Susanne Knøchel, Qunxin She, and Xianming Shi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7675-7683; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01229-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multilocus Sequence Typing, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, and fla Short Variable Region Typing of Clonal Complexes of Campylobacter jejuni Strains of Human, Bovine, and Poultry Origins in Luxembourg Catherine Ragimbeau, François Schneider, Serge Losch, Jos Even, and Joël Mossong Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7715-7722; published ahead of print October 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00865-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Population Heterogeneity of Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 Microcolonies in Response to and Recovery from Acid Stress Colin J. Ingham, Marke Beerthuyzen, and Johan van Hylckama Vlieg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7750-7758; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00982-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Classification and Identification of Salmonellae at the Species and Subspecies Levels by Whole-Cell Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Ralf Dieckmann, Reiner Helmuth, Marcel Erhard, and Burkhard Malorny Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7767-7778; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01402-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Purification and Gene Cloning of -Methylserine Aldolase from Ralstonia sp. Strain AJ110405 and Application of the Enzyme in the Synthesis of -Methyl-L-Serine Hiroyuki Nozaki, Shinji Kuroda, Kunihiko Watanabe, and Kenzo Yokozeki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7596-7599; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00677-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of High Pressure on the Dimerization of ToxR, a Protein Involved in Bacterial Signal Transduction Kai Linke, Nagarajan Periasamy, Matthias Ehrmann, Roland Winter, and Rudi F. Vogel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7821-7823; published ahead of print October 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02028-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Murein Hydrolase Activity in the Surface Layer of Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC 4356 Mariano Prado Acosta, María Mercedes Palomino, Mariana C. Allievi, Carmen Sanchez Rivas, and Sandra M. Ruzal Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7824-7827; published ahead of print October 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01712-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Specific Binding of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2A Insecticidal Proteins to a Common Site in the Midgut of Helicoverpa Species Carmen Sara Hernández-Rodríguez, Adri Van Vliet, Nadine Bautsoens, Jeroen Van Rie, and Juan Ferré Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7654-7659; published ahead of print October 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01373-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Microbial Diversity Survey of Sponge Reproductive Stages and Mechanistic Insights into Vertical Transmission of Microbial Symbionts Susanne Schmitt, Hilde Angermeier, Roswitha Schiller, Niels Lindquist, and Ute Hentschel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7694-7708; published ahead of print September 26, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00878-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transposable Element Loads in a Bacterial Symbiont of Weevils Are Extremely Variable Kevin M. Dougherty and Gordon R. Plague Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7832-7834; published ahead of print October 24, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01049-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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Mixed-Species Biofilm Formation by Lactic Acid Bacteria and Rice Wine Yeasts Taketo Kawarai, Soichi Furukawa, Hirokazu Ogihara, and Makari Yamasaki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. December 2008 74: 7835 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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