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Contents: May 2008, Volume 74, Issue 9        Minireviews        Invertebrate Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Methods        Microbial Ecology        Mycology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Environmental Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Public Health Microbiology        Errata

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Minireviews:

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Specific Molecular Recognition and Nonspecific Contributions to Bacterial Interaction Forces Henk J. Busscher, Willem Norde, and Henny C. van der Mei Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2559-2564; published ahead of print March 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02839-07 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Cysteine Scanning Mutagenesis of 4, a Putative Pore-Lining Helix of the Bacillus thuringiensis Insecticidal Toxin Cry1Aa Frédéric Girard, Vincent Vachon, Gabrielle Préfontaine, Lucie Marceau, Yanhui Su, Geneviève Larouche, Charles Vincent, Jean-Louis Schwartz, Luke Masson, and Raynald Laprade Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2565-2572; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00094-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Multiple Pathways for Triacylglycerol Biosynthesis in Streptomyces coelicolor Ana Arabolaza, Eduardo Rodriguez, Silvia Altabe, Hector Alvarez, and Hugo Gramajo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2573-2582; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02638-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Response to Desiccation Stress in the Soil Actinomycete Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 Justin C. LeBlanc, Edmilson R. Gonçalves, and William W. Mohn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2627-2636; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02711-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The R1 Conjugative Plasmid Increases Escherichia coli Biofilm Formation through an Envelope Stress Response Xiaole Yang, Qun Ma, and Thomas K. Wood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2690-2699; published ahead of print March 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02809-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantifying Genes and Transcripts To Assess the In Situ Physiology of "Dehalococcoides" spp. in a Trichloroethene-Contaminated Groundwater Site Patrick K. H. Lee, Tamzen W. Macbeth, Kent S. Sorenson, Jr., Rula A. Deeb, and Lisa Alvarez-Cohen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2728-2739; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02199-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Malic Acid Production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Engineering of Pyruvate Carboxylation, Oxaloacetate Reduction, and Malate Export Rintze M. Zelle, Erik de Hulster, Wouter A. van Winden, Pieter de Waard, Cor Dijkema, Aaron A. Winkler, Jan-Maarten A. Geertman, Johannes P. van Dijken, Jack T. Pronk, and Antonius J. A. van Maris Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2766-2777; published ahead of print March 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02591-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of Bottom-Fermenting Saccharomyces Strains That Produce High SO2 Levels, Using Integrated Metabolome and Transcriptome Analysis Satoshi Yoshida, Jun Imoto, Toshiko Minato, Rie Oouchi, Mao Sugihara, Takeo Imai, Tatsuji Ishiguro, Satoru Mizutani, Masaru Tomita, Tomoyoshi Soga, and Hiroyuki Yoshimoto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2787-2796; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01781-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sheathless Mutant of Cyanobacterium Gloeothece sp. Strain PCC 6909 with Increased Capacity To Remove Copper Ions from Aqueous Solutions Ernesto Micheletti, Sara Pereira, Francesca Mannelli, Pedro Moradas-Ferreira, Paula Tamagnini, and Roberto De Philippis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2797-2804; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02212-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dramatic Activation of Antibiotic Production in Streptomyces coelicolor by Cumulative Drug Resistance Mutations Guojun Wang, Takeshi Hosaka, and Kozo Ochi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2834-2840; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02800-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Exploits EspA Filaments for Attachment to Salad Leaves Robert K. Shaw, Cedric N. Berger, Bart Feys, Stuart Knutton, Mark J. Pallen, and Gad Frankel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2908-2914; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02704-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Highly Selective and Rapid Arsenic Removal by Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli Cells Expressing Fucus vesiculosus Metallothionein Shailendra Singh, Ashok Mulchandani, and Wilfred Chen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2924-2927; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02871-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Comparison of BGM and PLC/PRC/5 Cell Lines for Total Culturable Viral Assay of Treated Sewage Roberto A. Rodríguez, Patricia M. Gundy, and Charles P. Gerba Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2583-2587; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00626-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA PCR as a Tool for Assessment of Marine Viral Richness Danielle M. Winget and K. Eric Wommack Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2612-2618; published ahead of print March 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02829-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Targeted Inactivation of Francisella tularensis Genes by Group II Introns Stephen A. Rodriguez, Jieh-Juen Yu, Greg Davis, Bernard P. Arulanandam, and Karl E. Klose Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2619-2626; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02905-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Bacterial Communities in Soil by Use of Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis and Clone Libraries, as Influenced by Different Reverse Primers Jolanda K. Brons and Jan Dirk van Elsas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2717-2727; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02195-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Triplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Bovine Feces H. Schönenbrücher, A. Abdulmawjood, K. Failing, and M. Bülte Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2751-2758; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02534-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Feasibility of Transferring Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization Probes to an 18S rRNA Gene Phylochip and Mapping of Signal Intensities Katja Metfies and Linda K. Medlin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2814-2821; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02122-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relative Abundance of Bacteroides spp. in Stools and Wastewaters as Determined by Hierarchical Oligonucleotide Primer Extension Pei-Ying Hong, Jer-Horng Wu, and Wen-Tso Liu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2882-2893; published ahead of print March 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02568-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Innovative Methods for Soil DNA Purification Tested in Soils with Widely Differing Characteristics Marketa Sagova-Mareckova, Ladislav Cermak, Jitka Novotna, Kamila Plhackova, Jana Forstova, and Jan Kopecky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2902-2907; published ahead of print March 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02161-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Selenate-Dependent Anaerobic Arsenite Oxidation by a Bacterium from Mono Lake, California Jenny C. Fisher and James T. Hollibaugh Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2588-2594; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01995-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cultivation and Ecosystem Role of a Marine Roseobacter Clade-Affiliated Cluster Bacterium Xavier Mayali, Peter J. S. Franks, and Farooq Azam Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2595-2603; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02191-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Root Fungal Consortium Associated with a Dominant Desert Grass Andrea Porras-Alfaro, Jose Herrera, Robert L. Sinsabaugh, Kylea J. Odenbach, Timothy Lowrey, and Donald O. Natvig Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2805-2813; published ahead of print March 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02769-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biogeographic and Phylogenetic Diversity of Thermoacidophilic Cyanidiales in Yellowstone National Park, Japan, and New Zealand J. A. Toplin, T. B. Norris, C. R. Lehr, T. R. McDermott, and R. W. Castenholz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2822-2833; published ahead of print March 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02741-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impact of Nitrate on the Structure and Function of Bacterial Biofilm Communities in Pipelines Used for Injection of Seawater into Oil Fields Carsten U. Schwermer, Gaute Lavik, Raeid M. M. Abed, Braden Dunsmore, Timothy G. Ferdelman, Paul Stoodley, Armin Gieseke, and Dirk de Beer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2841-2851; published ahead of print March 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02027-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dynamics of the Methanogenic Archaeal Community during Plant Residue Decomposition in an Anoxic Rice Field Soil Jingjing Peng, Zhe Lü, Junpeng Rui, and Yahai Lu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2894-2901; published ahead of print March 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00070-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Rapid Differentiation of Phenotypically Similar Yeast Species by Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis of Ribosomal DNA Qi-Ming Wang, Juan Li, Shi-An Wang, and Feng-Yan Bai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2604-2611; published ahead of print March 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02223-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Imaging of Long-Distance -Aminoisobutyric Acid Translocation Dynamics during Resource Capture by Serpula lacrymans Monika Tlalka, Mark Fricker, and Sarah Watkinson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2700-2708; published ahead of print March 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02765-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Saline-Dependent Regulation of Manganese Peroxidase Genes in the Hypersaline-Tolerant White Rot Fungus Phlebia sp. Strain MG-60 Ichiro Kamei, Chieko Daikoku, Yuji Tsutsumi, and Ryuichiro Kondo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2709-2716; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02257-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mechanism for Oxidation of High-Molecular-Weight Substrates by a Fungal Versatile Peroxidase, MnP2 Takahisa Tsukihara, Yoichi Honda, Ryota Sakai, Takahito Watanabe, and Takashi Watanabe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2873-2881; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02080-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Identification of Differentially Regulated Francisella tularensis Genes by Use of a Newly Developed Tn5-Based Transposon Delivery System Blake W. Buchan, Molly K. McLendon, and Bradley D. Jones Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2637-2645; published ahead of print March 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02882-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Taxonomic and Strain-Specific Identification of the Probiotic Strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus 35 within the Lactobacillus casei Group Sophie Coudeyras, Hélène Marchandin, Céline Fajon, and Christiane Forestier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2679-2689; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02286-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Genomic Insights into Mn(II) Oxidation by the Marine Alphaproteobacterium Aurantimonas sp. Strain SI85-9A1 Gregory J. Dick, Sheila Podell, Hope A. Johnson, Yadira Rivera-Espinoza, Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, James K. McCarthy, Justin W. Torpey, Brian G. Clement, Terry Gaasterland, and Bradley M. Tebo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2646-2658; published ahead of print March 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01656-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Neurotoxin Cluster Genes in Clostridium botulinum Strains Producing Botulinum Neurotoxin Serotype A Subtypes Mark J. Jacobson, Guangyun Lin, Brian Raphael, Joanne Andreadis, and Eric A. Johnson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2778-2786; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02828-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complete Genome Sequence of Nitrobacter hamburgensis X14 and Comparative Genomic Analysis of Species within the Genus Nitrobacter Shawn R. Starkenburg, Frank W. Larimer, Lisa Y. Stein, Martin G. Klotz, Patrick S. G. Chain, Luis A. Sayavedra-Soto, Amisha T. Poret-Peterson, Mira E. Gentry, Daniel J. Arp, Bess Ward, and Peter J. Bottomley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2852-2863; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02311-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Effect of Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent on Microbial Function and Community Structure in the Sediment of a Freshwater Stream with Variable Seasonal Flow Steven A. Wakelin, Matt J. Colloff, and Rai S. Kookana Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2659-2668; published ahead of print March 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02348-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temporal Transcriptomic Microarray Analysis of "Dehalococcoides ethenogenes" Strain 195 during the Transition into Stationary Phase David R. Johnson, Eoin L. Brodie, Alan E. Hubbard, Gary L. Andersen, Stephen H. Zinder, and Lisa Alvarez-Cohen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2864-2872; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02208-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Covariability of Vibrio cholerae Microdiversity and Environmental Parameters Young-Gun Zo, Nipa Chokesajjawatee, Eiji Arakawa, Haruo Watanabe, Anwar Huq, and Rita R. Colwell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2915-2920; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02139-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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The Type III Secretion System of Xanthomonas fuscans subsp. fuscans Is Involved in the Phyllosphere Colonization Process and in Transmission to Seeds of Susceptible Beans A. Darsonval, A. Darrasse, D. Meyer, M. Demarty, K. Durand, C. Bureau, C. Manceau, and M.-A. Jacques Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2669-2678; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02906-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional nodFE Genes Are Present in Sinorhizobium sp. Strain MUS10, a Symbiont of the Tropical Legume Sesbania rostrata Hari B. Krishnan and Demosthenis Chronis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2921-2923; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00075-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Modeling the Aminogenic Potential of Enterococcus faecalis EF37 in Dry Fermented Sausages through Chemical and Molecular Approaches Fausto Gardini, Sara Bover-Cid, Rosanna Tofalo, Nicoletta Belletti, Veronica Gatto, Giovanna Suzzi, and Sandra Torriani Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2740-2750; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02267-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of a Novel Type of Mutanase from Paenibacillus sp. Strain RM1: Identification of Its Mutan-Binding Domain, Essential for Degradation of Streptococcus mutans Biofilms Isao Shimotsuura, Hiromitsu Kigawa, Motoyasu Ohdera, Howard K. Kuramitsu, and Syozi Nakashima Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2759-2765; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02332-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Molecular Epidemiology of Bacillus anthracis: Determining the Correct Origin Paola Pilo, Vincent Perreten, and Joachim Frey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. May 2008 74: 2928-2931; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02574-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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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. May 2008 74: 2932 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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