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Contents: March 2008, Volume 74, Issue 5

       Minireviews

       Methods

       Invertebrate Microbiology

       Environmental Microbiology

       Plant Microbiology

       Public Health Microbiology

       Physiology and Biotechnology

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

       Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

       Food Microbiology

       Mycology

       Geomicrobiology

       Enzymology and Protein Engineering

       Microbial Ecology

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Minireviews:

Enumeration of Salmonella Bacteria in Food and Feed Samples by Real-Time PCR for Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment
Burkhard Malorny, Charlotta Löfström, Martin Wagner, Nadine Krämer, and Jeffrey Hoorfar
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1299-1304; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02489-07
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Molecular Ecology Techniques for the Study of Aerobic Methanotrophs
Ian R. McDonald, Levente Bodrossy, Yin Chen, and J. Colin Murrell
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1305-1315; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02233-07
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Methods:

Marker Removal in Staphylococci via Cre Recombinase and Different lox Sites
Martina Leibig, Bernhard Krismer, Martina Kolb, Alexandra Friede, Friedrich Götz, and Ralph Bertram
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1316-1323; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02424-07
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Detection of Viable but Nonculturable Escherichia coli O157:H7 Bacteria in Drinking Water and River Water
Yanming Liu, Ainslie Gilchrist, Jing Zhang, and Xing-Fang Li
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1502-1507; published ahead of print January 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02125-07
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Rapid DNA Library Construction for Functional Genomic and Metagenomic Screening
Jonathan E. Schmitz, Anu Daniel, Mattias Collin, Raymond Schuch, and Vincent A. Fischetti
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1649-1652; published ahead of print December 14, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01864-07
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Quantification of the Detrimental Effect of a Single Primer-Template Mismatch by Real-Time PCR Using the 16S rRNA Gene as an Example
D. Bru, F. Martin-Laurent, and L. Philippot
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1660-1663; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02403-07
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Invertebrate Microbiology:

Bombyx mori Midgut Membrane Protein P252, Which Binds to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A, Is a Chlorophyllide-Binding Protein, and the Resulting Complex Has Antimicrobial Activity
Ganesh N. Pandian, Toshiki Ishikawa, Makoto Togashi, Yasuyuki Shitomi, Kohsuke Haginoya, Shuhei Yamamoto, Tadayuki Nishiumi, and Hidetaka Hori
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1324-1331; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01901-07
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Phylogenetic Characterization and Prevalence of "Spirobacillus cienkowskii," a Red-Pigmented, Spiral-Shaped Bacterial Pathogen of Freshwater Daphnia Species
Jorge L. M. Rodrigues, Meghan A. Duffy, Alan J. Tessier, Dieter Ebert, Laurence Mouton, and Thomas M. Schmidt
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1575-1582; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02438-07
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Bacterial Communities of Bartonella-Positive Fleas: Diversity and Community Assembly Patterns
Ryan T. Jones, Katherine F. McCormick, and Andrew P. Martin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1667-1670; published ahead of print January 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02090-07
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Environmental Microbiology:

Retrospective Study of Campylobacter Infection in a Zoological Collection
Maged M. Taema, James C. Bull, Shaheed K. Macgregor, Edmund J. Flach, Wayne S. Boardman, and Andrew D. Routh
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1332-1338; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02060-07
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Intracellular Copper Accumulation Enhances the Growth of Kineococcus radiotolerans during Chronic Irradiation
C. E. Bagwell, C. E. Milliken, S. Ghoshroy, and D. A. Blom
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1376-1384; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02175-07
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Mitochondrial cob and cox1 Genes and Editing of the Corresponding mRNAs in Dinophysis acuminata from Narragansett Bay, with Special Reference to the Phylogenetic Position of the Genus Dinophysis
Huan Zhang, Debashish Bhattacharya, Lucie Maranda, and Senjie Lin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1546-1554; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02103-07
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Plant Microbiology:

Detection of Plant-Modulated Alterations in Antifungal Gene Expression in Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0 on Roots by Flow Cytometry
Patrice de Werra, Eric Baehler, Aurélie Huser, Christoph Keel, and Monika Maurhofer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1339-1349; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02126-07
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Water Deficit as a Driver of the Mutualistic Relationship between the Fungus Trichoderma harzianum and Two Wheat Genotypes
Eduardo P. Donoso, Ramiro O. Bustamante, Margarita Carú, and Hermann M. Niemeyer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1412-1417; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02013-07
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The Exotic Legume Tree Species Acacia holosericea Alters Microbial Soil Functionalities and the Structure of the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Community
P. Remigi, A. Faye, A. Kane, M. Deruaz, J. Thioulouse, M. Cissoko, Y. Prin, A. Galiana, B. Dreyfus, and R. Duponnois
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1485-1493; published ahead of print January 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02427-07
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Public Health Microbiology:

Molecular Structure and Transferability of Tn1546-Like Elements in Enterococcus faecium Isolates from Clinical, Sewage, and Surface Water Samples in Iran
M. Talebi, M. R. Pourshafie, M. Katouli, and R. Möllby
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1350-1356; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02254-07
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Surface Response of Fluorine Polymer-Incorporated Resin Composites to Cariogenic Biofilm Adherence
Mariko Gyo, Toru Nikaido, Koichi Okada, Junichi Yamauchi, Junji Tagami, and Khairul Matin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1428-1435; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02039-07
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Prevalence and Abundance of Uncultivated Megasphaera-Like Bacteria in the Human Vaginal Environment
Marcela Zozaya-Hinchliffe, David H. Martin, and Michael J. Ferris
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1656-1659; published ahead of print January 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02127-07
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Molecular Detection of Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Identification of a Potentially Human-Pathogenic Genotype in Milk
John Hwa Lee
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1664-1666; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02110-07
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Applicability of Phylogenetic Methods for Characterizing the Public Health Significance of Verocytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains
Kim Ziebell, Paulina Konczy, Irene Yong, Shelley Frost, Mariola Mascarenhas, Andrew M. Kropinski, Thomas S. Whittam, Susan C. Read, and Mohamed A. Karmali
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1671-1675; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01619-07
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Physiology and Biotechnology:

A Rhodococcus qsdA-Encoded Enzyme Defines a Novel Class of Large-Spectrum Quorum-Quenching Lactonases
Stéphane Uroz, Phil M. Oger, Emilie Chapelle, Marie-Thérèse Adeline, Denis Faure, and Yves Dessaux
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1357-1366; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02014-07
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Role of Campylobacter jejuni Respiratory Oxidases and Reductases in Host Colonization
Rebecca A. Weingarten, Jesse L. Grimes, and Jonathan W. Olson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1367-1375; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02261-07
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Identification of Genes Affecting Hydrogen Sulfide Formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Angela L. Linderholm, Carrie L. Findleton, Gagandeep Kumar, Yeun Hong, and Linda F. Bisson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1418-1427; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01758-07
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NADH Availability Limits Asymmetric Biocatalytic Epoxidation in a Growing Recombinant Escherichia coli Strain
Bruno Bühler, Jin-Byung Park, Lars M. Blank, and Andreas Schmid
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1436-1446; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02234-07
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Degradation of Glyoxylate and Glycolate with ATP Synthesis by a Thermophilic Anaerobic Bacterium, Moorella sp. Strain HUC22-1
Shinsuke Sakai, Kentaro Inokuma, Yutaka Nakashimada, and Naomichi Nishio
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1447-1452; published ahead of print December 14, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01421-07
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Isolation and Characterization of Human Intestinal Bacteria Capable of Transforming the Dietary Carcinogen 2-Amino-1-Methyl-6-Phenylimidazo[4,5-b]Pyridine
Lynn Vanhaecke, Filip Vercruysse, Nico Boon, Willy Verstraete, Ilse Cleenwerck, Marjan De Wachter, Paul De Vos, and Tom van de Wiele
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1469-1477; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02064-07
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Vanadium Requirements and Uptake Kinetics in the Dinitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii
J. P. Bellenger, T. Wichard, and A. M. L. Kraepiel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1478-1484; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02236-07
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Phenotypic and Proteomic Characterization of Multiply Antibiotic-Resistant Variants of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Selected Following Exposure to Disinfectants
Kimon A. G. Karatzas, Luke P. Randall, Mark Webber, Laura J. V. Piddock, Tom J. Humphrey, Martin J. Woodward, and Nick G. Coldham
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1508-1516; published ahead of print December 14, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01931-07
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Amyloid-Like Adhesins Produced by Floc-Forming and Filamentous Bacteria in Activated Sludge
Poul Larsen, Jeppe Lund Nielsen, Daniel Otzen, and Per Halkjær Nielsen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1517-1526; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02274-07
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A Novel Gene, Encoding 6-Hydroxy-3-Succinoylpyridine Hydroxylase, Involved in Nicotine Degradation by Pseudomonas putida Strain S16
Hongzhi Tang, Shuning Wang, Lanying Ma, Xiangzhou Meng, Zixin Deng, Dake Zhang, Cuiqing Ma, and Ping Xu
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1567-1574; published ahead of print January 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02529-07
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A Legionella pneumophila Peptidyl-Prolyl cis-trans Isomerase Present in Culture Supernatants Is Necessary for Optimal Growth at Low Temperatures
Maria A. Söderberg and Nicholas P. Cianciotto
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1634-1638; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02512-07
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Teichoic Acid Glycosylation Mediated by gtcA Is Required for Phage Adsorption and Susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes Serotype 4b
Ying Cheng, Nattawan Promadej, Jae-Won Kim, and S. Kathariou
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1653-1655; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01773-07
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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Factors and Selenocysteine Insertion Sequence Requirements for the Synthesis of Selenoproteins from a Gram-Positive Anaerobe in Escherichia coli
Torsten Gursinsky, Daniel Gröbe, Angelika Schierhorn, Jana Jäger, Jan R. Andreesen, and Brigitte Söhling
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1385-1393; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.02238-07
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Two Different Tetracycline Resistance Mechanisms, Plasmid-Carried tet(L) and Chromosomally Located Transposon-Associated tet(M), Coexist in Lactobacillus sakei Rits 9
Mohammed Salim Ammor, Miguel Gueimonde, Morten Danielsen, Monique Zagorec, Angela H. A. M. van Hoek, Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán, Baltasar Mayo, and Abelardo Margolles
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1394-1401; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01463-07
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Lipase Expression in Pseudomonas alcaligenes Is Under the Control of a Two-Component Regulatory System
Joanna Krzeslak, Gijs Gerritse, Ronald van Merkerk, Robbert H. Cool, and Wim J. Quax
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1402-1411; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01632-07
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Genetic Dissection of Tropodithietic Acid Biosynthesis by Marine Roseobacters
Haifeng Geng, Jesper Bartholin Bruhn, Kristian F. Nielsen, Lone Gram, and Robert Belas
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1535-1545; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02339-07
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cadDX Operon of Streptococcus salivarius 57.I
Yi-Ywan M. Chen, C. W. Feng, C. F. Chiu, and Robert A. Burne
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1642-1645; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01878-07
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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

Metagenomics: Read Length Matters
K. Eric Wommack, Jaysheel Bhavsar, and Jacques Ravel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1453-1463; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02181-07
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Food Microbiology:

Heavy-Metal and Benzalkonium Chloride Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes Isolates from the Environment of Turkey-Processing Plants
S. Mullapudi, R. M. Siletzky, and S. Kathariou
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1464-1468; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02426-07
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Identification of Campylobacter jejuni Genes Involved in the Response to Acidic pH and Stomach Transit
Anne N. Reid, Reenu Pandey, Kiran Palyada, Hemant Naikare, and Alain Stintzi
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1583-1597; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01507-07
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Identification of Campylobacter jejuni Genes Contributing to Acid Adaptation by Transcriptional Profiling and Genome-Wide Mutagenesis
Anne N. Reid, Reenu Pandey, Kiran Palyada, Lisa Whitworth, Evgueni Doukhanine, and Alain Stintzi
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1598-1612; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01508-07
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Mycology:

Molecular Analysis of Maltotriose Active Transport and Fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Reveals a Determinant Role for the AGT1 Permease
Sergio L. Alves, Jr., Ricardo A. Herberts, Claudia Hollatz, Debora Trichez, Luiz C. Miletti, Pedro S. de Araujo, and Boris U. Stambuk
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1494-1501; published ahead of print January 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02570-07
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Sexual Reproduction as the Cause of Heat Resistance in the Food Spoilage Fungus Byssochlamys spectabilis (Anamorph Paecilomyces variotii)
Jos Houbraken, János Varga, Emilia Rico-Munoz, Shawn Johnson, and Robert A. Samson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1613-1619; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01761-07
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Geomicrobiology:

Direct Identification of a Bacterial Manganese(II) Oxidase, the Multicopper Oxidase MnxG, from Spores of Several Different Marine Bacillus Species
Gregory J. Dick, Justin W. Torpey, Terry J. Beveridge, and Bradley M. Tebo
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1527-1534; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01240-07
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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Protein Engineering of Toluene Monooxygenases for Synthesis of Chiral Sulfoxides
Roi Feingersch, Janna Shainsky, Thomas K. Wood, and Ayelet Fishman
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1555-1566; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01849-07
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Microbial Ecology:

Changes in Bacterial and Archaeal Community Structure and Functional Diversity along a Geochemically Variable Soil Profile
Colleen M. Hansel, Scott Fendorf, Phillip M. Jardine, and Christopher A. Francis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1620-1633; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01787-07
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Silver as a Residual Disinfectant To Prevent Biofilm Formation in Water Distribution Systems
Nadia Silvestry-Rodriguez, Kelly R. Bright, Donald C. Slack, Donald R. Uhlmann, and Charles P. Gerba
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1639-1641; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02237-07
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The Mucin Degrader Akkermansia muciniphila Is an Abundant Resident of the Human Intestinal Tract
Muriel Derrien, M. Carmen Collado, Kaouther Ben-Amor, Seppo Salminen, and Willem M. de Vos
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2008 74: 1646-1648; published ahead of print December 14, 2007, doi:10.1128/AEM.01226-07
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