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Invertebrate Microbiology:

Izabela Swiecicka, Dennis K. Bideshi, and Brian A. Federici

Novel Isolate of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. thuringiensis That Produces a Quasicuboidal Crystal of Cry1Ab21 Toxic to Larvae of Trichoplusia ni
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 923-930. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Naglaa M. Mohamed, Julie J. Enticknap, Jayme E. Lohr, Scott M. McIntosh, and Russell T. Hill

Changes in Bacterial Communities of the Marine Sponge Mycale laxissima on Transfer into Aquaculture
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1209-1222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Mycology:

Alga Zuccaro, Conrad L. Schoch, Joseph W. Spatafora, Jan Kohlmeyer, Siegfried Draeger, and Julian I. Mitchell

Detection and Identification of Fungi Intimately Associated with the Brown Seaweed Fucus serratus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 931-941. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Elke Kainz, Andreas Gallmetzer, Christian Hatzl, Juergen H. Nett, Huijuan Li, Thorsten Schinko, Robert Pachlinger, Harald Berger, Yazmid Reyes-Dominguez, Andreas Bernreiter, Tillmann Gerngross, Stefan Wildt, and Joseph Strauss

N-Glycan Modification in Aspergillus Species
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1076-1086. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Ecology:

M. Kozubal, R. E. Macur, S. Korf, W. P. Taylor, G. G. Ackerman, A. Nagy, and W. P. Inskeep

Isolation and Distribution of a Novel Iron-Oxidizing Crenarchaeon from Acidic Geothermal Springs in Yellowstone National Park
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 942-949. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Marco Blöthe, Denise M. Akob, Joel E. Kostka, Kathrin Göschel, Harold L. Drake, and Kirsten Küsel

pH Gradient-Induced Heterogeneity of Fe(III)-Reducing Microorganisms in Coal Mining-Associated Lake Sediments
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1019-1029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Vladislav Gulis, Keller Suberkropp, and Amy D. Rosemond

Comparison of Fungal Activities on Wood and Leaf Litter in Unaltered and Nutrient-Enriched Headwater Streams
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1094-1101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ann Pearson, Kimberly S. Kraunz, Alex L. Sessions, Anne E. Dekas, William D. Leavitt, and Katrina J. Edwards

Quantifying Microbial Utilization of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Salt Marsh Sediments by Using the ¹³C Content of Bacterial rRNA
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1157-1166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Defeng Xing, Nanqi Ren, and Bruce E. Rittmann

Genetic Diversity of Hydrogen-Producing Bacteria in an Acidophilic Ethanol-H₂-Coproducing System, Analyzed Using the [Fe]-Hydrogenase Gene
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1232-1239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Veronika Taragel'ová, Juraj Koci, Klára Hanincová, Klaus Kurtenbach, Markéta Derdáková, Nick H. Ogden, Ivan Literák, Elena Kocianová, and Milan Labuda

Blackbirds and Song Thrushes Constitute a Key Reservoir of Borrelia garinii, the Causative Agent of Borreliosis in Central Europe
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1289-1293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Physiology and Biotechnology:

Juan C. Aon, Richard J. Caimi, Alexander H. Taylor, Quinn Lu, Femi Oluboyede, Jennifer Dally, Michelle D. Kessler, John J. Kerrigan, Tia S. Lewis, Lisa A. Wysocki, and Pramatesh S. Patel

Suppressing Posttranslational Gluconoylation of Heterologous Proteins by Metabolic Engineering of Escherichia coli
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 950-958. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Chuan M. Yeh, Chun K. Yeh, Xun Y. Hsu, Qiu M. Luo, and Ming Y. Lin

Extracellular Expression of a Functional Recombinant Ganoderma lucidium Immunomodulatory Protein by Bacillus subtilis and Lactococcus lactis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1039-1049. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Keiichi Uchino, Terumi Saito, and Dieter Jendrossek

Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) Depolymerase PhaZa1 Is Involved in Mobilization of Accumulated PHB in Ralstonia eutropha H16
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1058-1063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne Müsken, Martina Bielaszewska, Lilo Greune, Christian H. Schweppe, Johannes Müthing, Herbert Schmidt, M. Alexander Schmidt, Helge Karch, and Wenlan Zhang

Anaerobic Conditions Promote Expression of Sfp Fimbriae and Adherence of Sorbitol-Fermenting Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:NM to Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1087-1093. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laetitia Fontaine and Pascal Hols

The Inhibitory Spectrum of Thermophilin 9 from Streptococcus thermophilus LMD-9 Depends on the Production of Multiple Peptides and the Activity of BlpG_St, a Thiol-Disulfide Oxidase
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1102-1110. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Kenji Okano, Qiao Zhang, Sakurako Kimura, Junya Narita, Tsutomu Tanaka, Hideki Fukuda, and Akihiko Kondo

System Using Tandem Repeats of the cA Peptidoglycan-Binding Domain from Lactococcus lactis for Display of both N- and C-Terminal Fusions on Cell Surfaces of Lactic Acid Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1117-1123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Abhishek Murarka, Yandi Dharmadi, Syed Shams Yazdani, and Ramon Gonzalez

Fermentative Utilization of Glycerol by Escherichia coli and Its Implications for the Production of Fuels and Chemicals
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1124-1135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Claudia Sánchez, Ana Rute Neves, João Cavalheiro, Margarida Moreira dos Santos, Nieves García-Quintáns, Paloma López, and Helena Santos

Contribution of Citrate Metabolism to the Growth of Lactococcus lactis CRL264 at Low pH
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1136-1144. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John C. Williams, Karla A. McInnis, and Traci L. Testerman

Adherence of Helicobacter pylori to Abiotic Surfaces Is Influenced by Serum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1255-1258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Katy Vaillancourt, Nathalie Bédard, Christian Bart, Mélanie Tessier, Gilles Robitaille, Nathalie Turgeon, Michel Frenette, Sylvain Moineau, and Christian Vadeboncoeur

Role of galK and galM in Galactose Metabolism by Streptococcus thermophilus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1264-1267. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Environmental Microbiology:

Shariff Osman, Zan Peeters, Myron T. La Duc, Rocco Mancinelli, Pascale Ehrenfreund, and Kasthuri Venkateswaran

Effect of Shadowing on Survival of Bacteria under Conditions Simulating the Martian Atmosphere and UV Radiation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 959-970. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Grigoriy E. Pinchuk, Christine Ammons, David E. Culley, Shu-Mei W. Li, Jeff S. McLean, Margaret F. Romine, Kenneth H. Nealson, Jim K. Fredrickson, and Alexander S. Beliaev

Utilization of DNA as a Sole Source of Phosphorus, Carbon, and Energy by Shewanella spp.: Ecological and Physiological Implications for Dissimilatory Metal Reduction
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1198-1208. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lúcia Chaves Simões, Manuel Simões, and Maria João Vieira

Intergeneric Coaggregation among Drinking Water Bacteria: Evidence of a Role for Acinetobacter calcoaceticus as a Bridging Bacterium
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1259-1263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandrine Auger, Nathalie Galleron, Elena Bidnenko, S. Dusko Ehrlich, Alla Lapidus, and Alexei Sorokin

The Genetically Remote Pathogenic Strain NVH391-98 of the Bacillus cereus Group Is Representative of a Cluster of Thermophilic Strains
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1276-1280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Guo-qiang Li, Shan-shan Li, Ming-lu Zhang, Jun Wang, Lin Zhu, Feng-lai Liang, Ru-lin Liu, and Ting Ma

Genetic Rearrangement Strategy for Optimizing the Dibenzothiophene Biodesulfurization Pathway in Rhodococcus erythropolis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 971-976. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adityarup Chakravorty, Martha Klovstad, Greg Peterson, Robin E. Lindeman, and Leslie A. Gregg-Jolly

Sensitivity of an Acinetobacter baylyi mpl Mutant to DNA Damage
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1273-1275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gordon Stevenson, Manuela Dieckelmann, and Peter R. Reeves

Determination of Glycosyltransferase Specificities for the Escherichia coli O111 O Antigen by a Generic Approach
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1294-1298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Public Health Microbiology:

Christophe Espírito Santo, Nadine Taudte, Dietrich H. Nies, and Gregor Grass

Contribution of Copper Ion Resistance to Survival of Escherichia coli on Metallic Copper Surfaces
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 977-986. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ellen Donovan, Ken Unice, Jennifer D. Roberts, Mark Harris, and Brent Finley

Risk of Gastrointestinal Disease Associated with Exposure to Pathogens in the Water of the Lower Passaic River
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 994-1003. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

E. P. Donovan, D. F. Staskal, K. M. Unice, J. D. Roberts, L. C. Haws, B. L. Finley, and M. A. Harris

Risk of Gastrointestinal Disease Associated with Exposure to Pathogens in the Sediments of the Lower Passaic River
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1004-1018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pooja Shivshankar, Lei Lei, Jie Wang, and Guangming Zhong

Rottlerin Inhibits Chlamydial Intracellular Growth and Blocks Chlamydial Acquisition of Sphingolipids from Host Cells
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1243-1249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

M. Qi, K. E. Nelson, S. C. Daugherty, W. C. Nelson, I. R. Hance, M. Morrison, and C. W. Forsberg

Genomic Differences between Fibrobacter succinogenes S85 and Fibrobacter intestinalis DR7, Identified by Suppression Subtractive Hybridization
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 987-993. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Stefan M. Sievert, Kathleen M. Scott, Martin G. Klotz, Patrick S. G. Chain, Loren J. Hauser, James Hemp, Michael Hügler, Miriam Land, Alla Lapidus, Frank W. Larimer, Susan Lucas, Stephanie A. Malfatti, Folker Meyer, Ian T. Paulsen, Qinghu Ren, Jörg Simon, and the USF Genomics Class

Genome of the Epsilonproteobacterial Chemolithoautotroph Sulfurimonas denitrificans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1145-1156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Food Microbiology:

Roman Buckow, Sonja Isbarn, Dietrich Knorr, Volker Heinz, and Anselm Lehmacher

Predictive Model for Inactivation of Feline Calicivirus, a Norovirus Surrogate, by Heat and High Hydrostatic Pressure
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1030-1038. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark L. Tamplin, Robert Phillips, Tod A. Stewart, John B. Luchansky, and Lynda C. Kelley

Behavior of Bacillus anthracis Strains Sterne and Ames K0610 in Sterile Raw Ground Beef
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1111-1116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iris Valentin-Bon, Andrew Jacobson, Steven R. Monday, and Peter C. H. Feng

Microbiological Quality of Bagged Cut Spinach and Lettuce Mixes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1240-1242. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. A. Uhlich, J. R. Sinclair, N. G. Warren, W. A. Chmielecki, and P. Fratamico

Characterization of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates Associated with Two Multistate Food-Borne Outbreaks That Occurred in 2006
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1268-1272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simone Guglielmetti, Ivano De Noni, Federica Caracciolo, Francesco Molinari, Carlo Parini, and Diego Mora

Bacterial Cinnamoyl Esterase Activity Screening for the Production of a Novel Functional Food Product
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1284-1288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Luc Schuler, Sinéad M. Ní Chadhain, Yves Jouanneau, Christine Meyer, Gerben J. Zylstra, Pascal Hols, and Spiros N. Agathos

Characterization of a Novel Angular Dioxygenase from Fluorene-Degrading Sphingomonas sp. Strain LB126
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1050-1057. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kian Sim Goo, Chun Song Chua, and Tiow-Suan Sim

Relevant Double Mutations in Bioengineered Streptomyces clavuligerus Deacetoxycephalosporin C Synthase Result in Higher Binding Specificities Which Improve Penicillin Bioconversion
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1167-1175. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhizhuang Xiao, Hélène Bergeron, Stephan Grosse, Manon Beauchemin, Marie-Line Garron, David Shaya, Traian Sulea, Miroslaw Cygler, and Peter C. K. Lau

Improvement of the Thermostability and Activity of a Pectate Lyase by Single Amino Acid Substitutions, Using a Strategy Based on Melting-Temperature-Guided Sequence Alignment
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1183-1189. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Donald A. Comfort, Chung-Jung Chou, Shannon B. Conners, Amy L. VanFossen, and Robert M. Kelly

Functional-Genomics-Based Identification and Characterization of Open Reading Frames Encoding -Glucoside-Processing Enzymes in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1281-1283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Methods:

Kyoung-Hee Choi, Takehiko Mima, Yveth Casart, Drew Rholl, Ayush Kumar, Ifor R. Beacham, and Herbert P. Schweizer

Genetic Tools for Select-Agent-Compliant Manipulation of Burkholderia pseudomallei
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1064-1075. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine Nicole S. Santos and Gregory Stephanopoulos

Melanin-Based High-Throughput Screen for L-Tyrosine Production in Escherichia coli
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1190-1197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. R. Mullane, M. Ryan, C. Iversen, M. Murphy, P. O'Gaora, T. Quinn, P. Whyte, P. G. Wall, and S. Fanning

Development of Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis for the Molecular Subtyping of Enterobacter sakazakii
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1223-1231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aurora Rizzi, Alessandra Pontiroli, Lorenzo Brusetti, Sara Borin, Claudia Sorlini, Alessandro Abruzzese, Gian Attilio Sacchi, Timothy M. Vogel, Pascal Simonet, Marco Bazzicalupo, Kaare Magne Nielsen, Jean-Michel Monier, and Daniele Daffonchio

Strategy for In Situ Detection of Natural Transformation-Based Horizontal Gene Transfer Events
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1250-1254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Biodegradation:

Edward J. Hilyard, Joanne M. Jones-Meehan, Barry J. Spargo, and Russell T. Hill

Enrichment, Isolation, and Phylogenetic Identification of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria from Elizabeth River Sediments
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 1176-1182. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

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