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Contents: April 2008, Volume 74, Issue 7        Microbial Ecology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Food Microbiology        Mycology        Methods        Public Health Microbiology        Environmental Microbiology

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Microbial Ecology:

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Epiphyton as a Niche for Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria: Detailed Comparison with Benthic and Pelagic Compartments in Shallow Freshwater Lakes M. Coci, P. L. E. Bodelier, and H. J. Laanbroek Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 1963-1971; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00694-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rapid Growth of Planktonic Vibrio cholerae Non-O1/Non-O139 Strains in a Large Alkaline Lake in Austria: Dependence on Temperature and Dissolved Organic Carbon Quality Alexander K. T. Kirschner, Jane Schlesinger, Andreas H. Farnleitner, Romana Hornek, Beate Süß, Beate Golda, Alois Herzig, and Bettina Reitner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2004-2015; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01739-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Syntrophorhabdus aromaticivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., the First Cultured Anaerobe Capable of Degrading Phenol to Acetate in Obligate Syntrophic Associations with a Hydrogenotrophic Methanogen Yan-Ling Qiu, Satoshi Hanada, Akiyoshi Ohashi, Hideki Harada, Yoichi Kamagata, and Yuji Sekiguchi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2051-2058; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02378-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Archaeal Community in a Minerotrophic Fen and Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism-Directed Isolation of a Novel Hydrogenotrophic Methanogen Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz, Erica Yashiro, Joseph B. Yavitt, and Stephen H. Zinder Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2059-2068; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02222-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cultivation-Independent Characterization of Methylobacterium Populations in the Plant Phyllosphere by Automated Ribosomal Intergenic Spacer Analysis Claudia Knief, Lisa Frances, Franck Cantet, and Julia A. Vorholt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2218-2228; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02532-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Enhanced Heterologous Production of Desosaminyl Macrolides and Their Hydroxylated Derivatives by Overexpression of the pikD Regulatory Gene in Streptomyces venezuelae Won Seok Jung, Soon Jeong Jeong, Sung Ryeol Park, Cha Yong Choi, Byoung Chul Park, Je Won Park, and Yeo Joon Yoon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 1972-1979; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02296-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differences in Carotenoid Composition among Hymenobacter and Related Strains Support a Tree-Like Model of Carotenoid Evolution Jonathan L. Klassen and Julia M. Foght Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2016-2022; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02306-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Codon-Optimized Bacterial Genes Improve L-Arabinose Fermentation in Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae Beate Wiedemann and Eckhard Boles Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2043-2050; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02395-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcription of hupSL in Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413 Is Regulated by NtcA and Not by Hydrogen Philip D. Weyman, Brenda Pratte, and Teresa Thiel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2103-2110; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02855-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Discovery of the Autonomously Replicating Plasmid pMF1 from Myxococcus fulvus and Development of a Gene Cloning System in Myxococcus xanthus Jing-yi Zhao, Li Zhong, Mei-juan Shen, Zhi-jie Xia, Qiu-xiang Cheng, Xia Sun, Guo-ping Zhao, Yue-zhong Li, and Zhong-jun Qin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 1980-1987; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02143-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of Inducible Systems To Engineer Conditional Mutants of Essential Genes of Helicobacter pylori Ivo G. Boneca, Chantal Ecobichon, Catherine Chaput, Aurélie Mathieu, Stéphanie Guadagnini, Marie-Christine Prévost, Frédéric Colland, Agnès Labigne, and Hilde de Reuse Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2095-2102; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01348-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization and Application of a Glucose-Repressible Promoter in Francisella tularensis Joseph Horzempa, Deanna M. Tarwacki, Paul E. Carlson, Jr., Cory M. Robinson, and Gerard J. Nau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2161-2170; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02360-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Activation of the Diacetyl/Acetoin Pathway in Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis bv. diacetylactis CRL264 by Acidic Growth Nieves García-Quintáns, Guillermo Repizo, Mauricio Martín, Christian Magni, and Paloma López Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 1988-1996; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01851-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Capacity of Human Nisin- and Pediocin-Producing Lactic Acid Bacteria To Reduce Intestinal Colonization by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Mathieu Millette, Gilbert Cornut, Claude Dupont, François Shareck, Denis Archambault, and Monique Lacroix Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 1997-2003; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02150-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Commercial Ripening Starter Microorganisms Inoculated into Cheese Milk Do Not Successfully Establish Themselves in the Resident Microbial Ripening Consortia of a South German Red Smear Cheese Stefanie Goerges, Jérôme Mounier, Mary C. Rea, Roberto Gelsomino, Valeska Heise, Rüdiger Beduhn, Timothy M. Cogan, Marc Vancanneyt, and Siegfried Scherer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2210-2217; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01663-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Traceability of Asian Matsutake, Specialty Mushrooms Produced by the Ectomycorrhizal Basidiomycete Tricholoma matsutake, on the Basis of Retroelement-Based DNA Markers Hitoshi Murata, Katsuhiko Babasaki, Tomoki Saegusa, Kenji Takemoto, Akiyoshi Yamada, and Akira Ohta Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2023-2031; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02411-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relationship between Solute and Matric Potential Stress, Temperature, Growth, and FUM1 Gene Expression in Two Fusarium verticillioides Strains from Spain Miguel Jurado, Patricia Marín, Naresh Magan, and Maria Teresa González-Jaén Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2032-2036; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02337-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Construction of Sterile ime1-Transgenic Saccharomyces cerevisiae Wine Yeasts Unable To Disseminate in Nature Manuel Ramírez and Jesús Ambrona Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2129-2134; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01840-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Natural Populations of Saccharomyces kudriavzevii in Portugal Are Associated with Oak Bark and Are Sympatric with S. cerevisiae and S. paradoxus José Paulo Sampaio and Paula Gonçalves Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2144-2152; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02396-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Species of the Aspergillus Section Nigri and Ochratoxin A Production in Grapes by Fusapyrone Mara Favilla, Michelangelo Pascale, Alessandra Ricelli, Antonio Evidente, Carmine Amalfitano, and Claudio Altomare Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2248-2253; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01998-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Markerless Multiple-Gene-Deletion System for Streptococcus mutans Anirban Banerjee and Indranil Biswas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2037-2042; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02346-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

On-Line Monitoring of Microbial Volatile Metabolites by Proton Transfer Reaction-Mass Spectrometry Michael Bunge, Nooshin Araghipour, Tomas Mikoviny, Jürgen Dunkl, Ralf Schnitzhofer, Armin Hansel, Franz Schinner, Armin Wisthaler, Rosa Margesin, and Tilmann D. Märk Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2179-2186; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02069-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Hepatitis A Virus by Using a Combined Cell Culture-Molecular Beacon Assay Hsiao-Yun Yeh, Yu-Chen Hwang, Marylynn V. Yates, Ashok Mulchandani, and Wilfred Chen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2239-2243; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00259-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enzymatic Permeabilization of the Thecate Dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum (Dinophyceae) Yields Detection of Intracellularly Associated Bacteria via Catalyzed Reporter Deposition-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Lucía Palacios and Irma Marín Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2244-2247; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01144-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Solid-Phase Capture of Pathogenic Bacteria by Using Gangliosides and Detection with Real-Time PCR Prerak T. Desai, Marie K. Walsh, and Bart C. Weimer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2254-2258; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02601-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Monitoring of Waterborne Pathogens in Surface Waters in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and the Potential Health Risk Associated with Exposure to Cryptosporidium and Giardia in These Waters F. M. Schets, J. H. van Wijnen, J. F. Schijven, H. Schoon, and A. M. de Roda Husman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2069-2078; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01609-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interactions of Cryptosporidium parvum, Giardia lamblia, Vaccinal Poliovirus Type 1, and Bacteriophages X174 and MS2 with a Drinking Water Biofilm and a Wastewater Biofilm Karim Helmi, Sylvain Skraber, Christophe Gantzer, Raphaël Willame, Lucien Hoffmann, and Henry-Michel Cauchie Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2079-2088; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02495-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation and UV Disinfection of Murine Norovirus with TiO2 under Various Environmental Conditions JungEun Lee, KyungDuk Zoh, and GwangPyo Ko Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2111-2117; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02442-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Analysis of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome Patients and Dairy Samples in France Nathalie Pradel, Yolande Bertin, Christine Martin, and Valérie Livrelli Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2118-2128; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02688-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Analysis as an Aid To Assess the Public Health Risk of Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains Brian K. Coombes, Mark E. Wickham, Mariola Mascarenhas, Samantha Gruenheid, B. Brett Finlay, and Mohamed A. Karmali Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2153-2160; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02566-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibacterial Activity and Mechanism of Action of the Silver Ion in Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli Woo Kyung Jung, Hye Cheong Koo, Ki Woo Kim, Sook Shin, So Hyun Kim, and Yong Ho Park Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2171-2178; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02001-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Situ-Synthesized Virulence and Marker Gene Biochip for Detection of Bacterial Pathogens in Water Sarah M. Miller, Dieter M. Tourlousse, Robert D. Stedtfeld, Samuel W. Baushke, Amanda B. Herzog, Lukas M. Wick, Jean Marie Rouillard, Erdogan Gulari, James M. Tiedje, and Syed A. Hashsham Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2200-2209; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01962-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Dehalorespiration with Polychlorinated Biphenyls by an Anaerobic Ultramicrobacterium Harold D. May, Greg S. Miller, Birthe V. Kjellerup, and Kevin R. Sowers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2089-2094; published ahead of print January 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01450-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy To Study Diffusion and Reaction of Bacteriophages inside Biofilms R. Briandet, P. Lacroix-Gueu, M. Renault, S. Lecart, T. Meylheuc, E. Bidnenko, K. Steenkeste, M.-N. Bellon-Fontaine, and M.-P. Fontaine-Aupart Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2135-2143; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02304-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Packaging of Live Legionella pneumophila into Pellets Expelled by Tetrahymena spp. Does Not Require Bacterial Replication and Depends on a Dot/Icm-Mediated Survival Mechanism Sharon G. Berk, Gary Faulkner, Elizabeth Garduño, Mark C. Joy, Marco A. Ortiz-Jimenez, and Rafael A. Garduño Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2187-2199; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01214-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Ecophysiological Characterization of Epiphytic Protein-Hydrolyzing Saprospiraceae ("Candidatus Epiflobacter" spp.) in Activated Sludge Yun Xia, Yunhong Kong, Trine Rolighed Thomsen, and Per Halkjær Nielsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2229-2238; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02502-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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