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Contents: April 2008, Volume 74, Issue 8

       Minireviews

       Physiology and Biotechnology

       Invertebrate Microbiology

       Food Microbiology

       Mycology

       Biodegradation

       Microbial Ecology

       Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

       Enzymology and Protein Engineering

       Plant Microbiology

       Methods

       Public Health Microbiology

       Environmental Microbiology

       Errata

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Minireviews:

The Ehrlich Pathway for Fusel Alcohol Production: a Century of Research on Saccharomyces cerevisiae Metabolism
Lucie A. Hazelwood, Jean-Marc Daran, Antonius J. A. van Maris, Jack T. Pronk, and J. Richard Dickinson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2259-2266; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02625-07
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Physiology and Biotechnology:

Solvent Stress Response of the Denitrifying Bacterium "Aromatoleum aromaticum" Strain EbN1
Kathleen Trautwein, Simon Kühner, Lars Wöhlbrand, Thomas Halder, Kenny Kuchta, Alexander Steinbüchel, and Ralf Rabus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2267-2274; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02381-07
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The Genomes of the Non-Clearing-Zone-Forming and Natural-Rubber- Degrading Species Gordonia polyisoprenivorans and Gordonia westfalica Harbor Genes Expressing Lcp Activity in Streptomyces Strains
Daniel Bröker, David Dietz, Matthias Arenskötter, and Alexander Steinbüchel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2288-2297; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02145-07
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Differential Selectivity of the Escherichia coli Cell Membrane Shifts the Equilibrium for the Enzyme-Catalyzed Isomerization of Galactose to Tagatose
Jin-Ha Kim, Byung-Chul Lim, Soo-Jin Yeom, Yeong-Su Kim, Hye-Jung Kim, Jung-Kul Lee, Sook-Hee Lee, Seon-Won Kim, and Deok-Kun Oh
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2307-2313; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02691-07
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Role of Ureolytic Activity in Bacillus cereus Nitrogen Metabolism and Acid Survival
Maarten Mols and Tjakko Abee
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2370-2378; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02737-07
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Polysaccharides Cellulose, Poly-β-1,6-N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine, and Colanic Acid Are Required for Optimal Binding of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strains to Alfalfa Sprouts and K-12 Strains to Plastic but Not for Binding to Epithelial Cells
Ann G. Matthysse, Rajendar Deora, Meenu Mishra, and Alfredo G. Torres
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2384-2390; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01854-07
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Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Neurotoxin Gene Expression in Nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum Type E
Ingrid Artin, Andrew T. Carter, Elisabet Holst, Maria Lövenklev, David R. Mason, Michael W. Peck, and Peter Rådström
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2391-2397; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02587-07
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Optical Tweezers Cause Physiological Damage to Escherichia coli and Listeria Bacteria
M. B. Rasmussen, L. B. Oddershede, and H. Siegumfeldt
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2441-2446; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02265-07
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Physiological State, Growth Mode, and Oxidative Stress Play a Role in Cd(II)-Mediated Inhibition of Nitrosomonas europaea 19718
Kartik Chandran and Nancy G. Love
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2447-2453; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01940-07
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Responses of Bacillus subtilis to Hypotonic Challenges: Physiological Contributions of Mechanosensitive Channels to Cellular Survival
Tamara Hoffmann, Clara Boiangiu, Susanne Moses, and Erhard Bremer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2454-2460; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01573-07
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Cloning and Heterologous Production of Hiracin JM79, a Sec-Dependent Bacteriocin Produced by Enterococcus hirae DCH5, in Lactic Acid Bacteria and Pichia pastoris
Jorge Sánchez, Juan Borrero, Beatriz Gómez-Sala, Antonio Basanta, Carmen Herranz, Luis M. Cintas, and Pablo E. Hernández
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2471-2479; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02559-07
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Invertebrate Microbiology:

Cell Invasion and Matricide during Photorhabdus luminescens Transmission by Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Nematodes
Todd A. Ciche, Kwi-suk Kim, Bettina Kaufmann-Daszczuk, Ken C. Q. Nguyen, and David H. Hall
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2275-2287; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02646-07
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Food Microbiology:

Leaf Age as a Risk Factor in Contamination of Lettuce with Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica
M. T. Brandl and R. Amundson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2298-2306; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02459-07
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Development of a Strain-Specific Molecular Method for Quantitating Individual Campylobacter Strains in Mixed Populations
Karen T. Elvers, Christopher R. Helps, Trudy M. Wassenaar, Vivien M. Allen, and Diane G. Newell
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2321-2331; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02269-07
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Taxonomic Structure and Stability of the Bacterial Community in Belgian Sourdough Ecosystems as Assessed by Culture and Population Fingerprinting
Ilse Scheirlinck, Roel Van der Meulen, Ann Van Schoor, Marc Vancanneyt, Luc De Vuyst, Peter Vandamme, and Geert Huys
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2414-2423; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02771-07
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Indirect Transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Occurs Readily among Swine but Not among Sheep
Nancy A. Cornick and Hung VuKhac
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2488-2491; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02897-07
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Single-Cell and Population Lag Times as a Function of Cell Age
Carmen Pin and József Baranyi
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2534-2536; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02402-07
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Development of a Novel Screening Method for the Isolation of "Cronobacter" spp. (Enterobacter sakazakii)
Carol Iversen, Patrick Druggan, Sandra Schumacher, Angelika Lehner, Claudia Feer, Karl Gschwend, Han Joosten, and Roger Stephan
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2550-2553; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02801-07
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Mycology:

Molecular Characterization of New Natural Hybrids of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and S. kudriavzevii in Brewing
Sara S. González, Eladio Barrio, and Amparo Querol
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2314-2320; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01867-07
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Alignment of Genetic and Physical Maps of Gibberella zeae
Jungkwan Lee, James E. Jurgenson, John F. Leslie, and Robert L. Bowden
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2349-2359; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01866-07
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Biodegradation:

Rapid Mineralization of the Phenylurea Herbicide Diuron by Variovorax sp. Strain SRS16 in Pure Culture and within a Two-Member Consortium
Sebastian R. Sørensen, Christian N. Albers, and Jens Aamand
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2332-2340; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02687-07
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Microbial Ecology:

Identification of Siderophore Biosynthesis Genes Essential for Growth of Aeromonas salmonicida under Iron Limitation Conditions
Mohsen Najimi, Manuel L. Lemos, and Carlos R. Osorio
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2341-2348; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02728-07
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Gene Expression by the Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough Grown on an Iron Electrode under Cathodic Protection Conditions
Sean M. Caffrey, Hyung Soo Park, Jenny Been, Paul Gordon, Christoph W. Sensen, and Gerrit Voordouw
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2404-2413; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02469-07
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Methane-Producing Microbial Community in a Coal Bed of the Illinois Basin
Dariusz Strapoc, Flynn W. Picardal, Courtney Turich, Irene Schaperdoth, Jennifer L. Macalady, Julius S. Lipp, Yu-Shih Lin, Tobias F. Ertefai, Florence Schubotz, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, Maria Mastalerz, and Arndt Schimmelmann
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2424-2432; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02341-07
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Intact Membrane Lipids of "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus maritimus," a Cultivated Representative of the Cosmopolitan Mesophilic Group I Crenarchaeota
Stefan Schouten, Ellen C. Hopmans, Marianne Baas, Henry Boumann, Sonja Standfest, Martin Könneke, David A. Stahl, and Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2433-2440; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01709-07
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Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Eukaryotic and Bacterial Communities Found in Vernal Pools
Sarah R. Carrino-Kyker and Andrew K. Swanson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2554-2557; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01482-07
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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

Evolution of the iss Gene in Escherichia coli
Timothy J. Johnson, Yvonne M. Wannemuehler, and Lisa K. Nolan
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2360-2369; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02634-07
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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Characterization of an Endo-β-1,6-Galactanase from Streptomyces avermitilis NBRC14893
Hitomi Ichinose, Toshihisa Kotake, Yoichi Tsumuraya, and Satoshi Kaneko
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2379-2383; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01733-07
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Plant Microbiology:

Requirement of a Plasmid-Encoded Catalase for Survival of Rhizobium etli CFN42 in a Polyphenol-Rich Environment
Alejandro García-de los Santos, Erika López, Ciro A. Cubillas, K. Dale Noel, Susana Brom, and David Romero
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2398-2403; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02457-07
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1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate Deaminase Enhances Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Gene Transfer into Plant Cells
Satoko Nonaka, Masayuki Sugawara, Kiwamu Minamisawa, Ken-ichi Yuhashi, and Hiroshi Ezura
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2526-2528; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02253-07
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Methods:

Critical Evaluation of Two Primers Commonly Used for Amplification of Bacterial 16S rRNA Genes
Jeremy A. Frank, Claudia I. Reich, Shobha Sharma, Jon S. Weisbaum, Brenda A. Wilson, and Gary J. Olsen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2461-2470; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02272-07
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Real-Time PCR Approach for Detection of Environmental Sources of Campylobacter Strains Colonizing Broiler Flocks
Anne M. Ridley, Vivien M. Allen, Meenaxi Sharma, Jill A. Harris, and Diane G. Newell
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2492-2504; published ahead of print January 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01242-07
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Improved Methodology for Identification of Protists and Microalgae from Plankton Samples Preserved in Lugol's Iodine Solution: Combining Microscopic Analysis with Single-Cell PCR
Barbara M. Auinger, Karin Pfandl, and Jens Boenigk
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2505-2510; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01803-07
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Removal of Free Extracellular DNA from Environmental Samples by Ethidium Monoazide and Propidium Monoazide
Andreas O. Wagner, Cornelia Malin, Brigitte A. Knapp, and Paul Illmer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2537-2539; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02288-07
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Removal of Odors from Swine Wastewater by Using Microbial Fuel Cells
Jung Rae Kim, Jerzy Dec, Mary Ann Bruns, and Bruce E. Logan
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2540-2543; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02268-07
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Public Health Microbiology:

Multiphasic Approach Reveals Genetic Diversity of Environmental and Patient Isolates of Mycobacterium mucogenicum and Mycobacterium phocaicum Associated with an Outbreak of Bacteremias at a Texas Hospital
Robert C. Cooksey, Michael A. Jhung, Mitchell A. Yakrus, W. Ray Butler, Toidi Adékambi, Glenn P. Morlock, Margaret Williams, Alicia M. Shams, Bette J. Jensen, Roger E. Morey, Nadege Charles, Sean R. Toney, Kenneth C. Jost, Jr., Denise F. Dunbar, Vickie Bennett, Marcella Kuan, and Arjun Srinivasan
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2480-2487; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02476-07
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Interactions between Food-Borne Pathogens and Protozoa Isolated from Lettuce and Spinach
Poornima Gourabathini, Maria T. Brandl, Katherine S. Redding, John H. Gunderson, and Sharon G. Berk
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2518-2525; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02709-07
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Species-Specific Identification of Campylobacters by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism and PCR Targeting of the Gyrase B Gene
Susumu Kawasaki, Pina M. Fratamico, Irene V. Wesley, and Shinichi Kawamoto
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2529-2533; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00975-07
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Tracing of Norovirus Outbreak Strains in Mussels Collected near Sewage Effluents
Nancy P. Nenonen, Charles Hannoun, Peter Horal, Bodil Hernroth, and Tomas Bergström
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2544-2549; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02477-07
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Environmental Microbiology:

Monolayer Adsorption of a "Bald" Mutant of the Highly Adhesive and Hydrophobic Bacterium Acinetobacter sp. Strain Tol 5 to a Hydrocarbon Surface
Katsutoshi Hori, Hisami Watanabe, Shun'ichi Ishii, Yasunori Tanji, and Hajime Unno
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2511-2517; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02229-07
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Errata:

Characterization of Airborne Molds, Endotoxins, and Glucans in Homes in New Orleans after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Carol Y. Rao, Margaret A. Riggs, Ginger L. Chew, Michael L. Muilenberg, Peter S. Thorne, David Van Sickle, Kevin H. Dunn, and Clive Brown
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2008 74: 2558
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