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Contents: January 2009, Volume 75, Issue 1        Instructions to Authors        Public Health Microbiology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Methods        Plant Microbiology        Food Microbiology        Mycology        Environmental Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Genetics and Molecular Biology

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Instructions to Authors:

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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY: 2009 INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 1-22; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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UV Disinfection of Adenoviruses: Molecular Indications of DNA Damage Efficiency Anne C. Eischeid, Joel N. Meyer, and Karl G. Linden Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 23-28; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02199-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Relationships of Yessotoxin-Producing Dinoflagellates, Based on the Large Subunit and Internal Transcribed Spacer Ribosomal DNA Domains Meredith D. A. Howard, G. Jason Smith, and Raphael M. Kudela Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 54-63; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00818-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection and Characterization of the Fimbrial sfp Cluster in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O165:H25/NM Isolates from Humans and Cattle Martina Bielaszewska, Rita Prager, Liz Vandivinit, Anne Müsken, Alexander Mellmann, Nicholas J. Holt, Phillip I. Tarr, Helge Karch, and Wenlan Zhang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 64-71; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01815-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative PCR Monitoring of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Bacterial Pathogens in Three European Artificial Groundwater Recharge Systems Uta Böckelmann, Hans-Henno Dörries, M. Neus Ayuso-Gabella, Miquel Salgot de Marçay, Valter Tandoi, Caterina Levantesi, Costantino Masciopinto, Emmanuel Van Houtte, Ulrich Szewzyk, Thomas Wintgens, and Elisabeth Grohmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 154-163; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01649-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survey of Wastewater Indicators and Human Pathogen Genomes in Biosolids Produced by Class A and Class B Stabilization Treatments Emily Viau and Jordan Peccia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 164-174; published ahead of print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01331-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Diversity and Ecological Success of Staphylococcus aureus Strains Colonizing Humans Olga Sakwinska, Gerrit Kuhn, Carlo Balmelli, Patrick Francioli, Marlyse Giddey, Vincent Perreten, Andrea Riesen, Frédéric Zysset, Dominique S. Blanc, and Philippe Moreillon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 175-183; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01860-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantifying Nonspecific TEM β-Lactamase (blaTEM) Genes in a Wastewater Stream Karen L. Lachmayr, Lee J. Kerkhof, A. Gregory DiRienzo, Colleen M. Cavanaugh, and Timothy E. Ford Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 203-211; published ahead of print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01254-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains from Louisiana Retail Meats Shuaihua Pu, Feifei Han, and Beilei Ge Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 265-267; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01110-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Verotoxin and Distribution of O Islands 122 and 43/48 among Verotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli O103:H2 Isolates from Cattle and Humans Musafiri Karama, Roger P. Johnson, Robert Holtslander, and Carlton L. Gyles Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 268-270; published ahead of print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01445-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Biotechnological Process for Production of β-Dipeptides from Cyanophycin on a Technical Scale and Its Optimization Ahmed Sallam, Alene Kast, Simon Przybilla, Tobias Meiswinkel, and Alexander Steinbüchel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 29-38; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01344-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Silico Geobacter sulfurreducens Metabolism and Its Representation in Reactive Transport Models E. L. King, K. Tuncay, P. Ortoleva, and C. Meile Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 83-92; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01799-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

F1C Fimbriae Play an Important Role in Biofilm Formation and Intestinal Colonization by the Escherichia coli Commensal Strain Nissle 1917 Melissa A. Lasaro, Nina Salinger, Jing Zhang, Yantao Wang, Zhengtao Zhong, Mark Goulian, and Jun Zhu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 246-251; published ahead of print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01144-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Surface Sampling of Spores in Dry-Deposition Aerosols Jason M. Edmonds, Patricia J. Collett, Erica R. Valdes, Evan W. Skowronski, Gregory J. Pellar, and Peter A. Emanuel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 39-44; published ahead of print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01563-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of 4-Sulfophenyl Isothiocyanate Labeling and Mass Spectrometry To Determine the Site of Action of the Streptococcolytic Peptidoglycan Hydrolase Zoocin A Shaw R. Gargis, Harry E. Heath, Lucie S. Heath, Paul A. LeBlanc, Robin S. Simmonds, Brian D. Abbott, Russell Timkovich, and Gary L. Sloan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 72-77; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01647-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism for Identification of Cryptosporidium Species in Human Feces L. S. Waldron, B. C. Ferrari, M. R. Gillings, and M. L. Power Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 108-112; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01341-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specific Detection of Viable Legionella Cells by Combined Use of Photoactivated Ethidium Monoazide and PCR/Real-Time PCR Bin Chang, Kanji Sugiyama, Toshitsugu Taguri, Junko Amemura-Maekawa, Fumiaki Kura, and Haruo Watanabe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 147-153; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00604-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Resolving Genetic Functions within Microbial Populations: In Situ Analyses Using rRNA and mRNA Stable Isotope Probing Coupled with Single-Cell Raman-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Wei E. Huang, Andrew Ferguson, Andrew C. Singer, Kathryn Lawson, Ian P. Thompson, Robert M. Kalin, Michael J. Larkin, Mark J. Bailey, and Andrew S. Whiteley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 234-241; published ahead of print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01861-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selective Extraction of Bacterial DNA from the Surfaces of Macroalgae Catherine Burke, Staffan Kjelleberg, and Torsten Thomas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 252-256; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01630-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Two Dissimilar N-Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Acylases of Pseudomonas syringae Influence Colony and Biofilm Morphology Ryan W. Shepherd and Steven E. Lindow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 45-53; published ahead of print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01723-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence from Internally Transcribed Spacer Sequence Analysis of Soybean Strains that Extant Bradyrhizobium spp. Are Likely the Products of Reticulate Evolutionary Events Peter van Berkum and Jeffry J. Fuhrmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 78-82; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01408-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Virulent Bacteriophage for Efficient Biocontrol of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-To-Eat Foods Susanne Guenther, Dominique Huwyler, Simon Richard, and Martin J. Loessner Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 93-100; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01711-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Autoinducer-2 Production in Campylobacter jejuni Contributes to Chicken Colonization Beatriz Quiñones, William G. Miller, Anna H. Bates, and Robert E. Mandrell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 281-285; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01803-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Cloning of the Trichoderma reesei cDNA Encoding a Glucuronan Lyase Belonging to a Novel Polysaccharide Lyase Family Naotake Konno, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Naoto Habu, Masahiro Samejima, and Akira Isogai Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 101-107; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01749-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Group III Two-Component Histidine Kinase of Filamentous Fungi Is Involved in the Fungicidal Activity of the Bacterial Polyketide Ambruticin Anita Dongo, Nelly Bataillé-Simoneau, Claire Campion, Thomas Guillemette, Bruno Hamon, Béatrice Iacomi-Vasilescu, Leonard Katz, and Philippe Simoneau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 127-134; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00993-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Case-Control Study To Determine whether River Water Can Spread Tetracycline Resistance to Unexposed Impala (Aepyceros melampus) in Kruger National Park (South Africa) V. Mariano, C. M. E. McCrindle, B. Cenci-Goga, and J. A. Picard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 113-118; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01808-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biodiversity of Thermophilic Prokaryotes with Hydrolytic Activities in Hot Springs of Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka (Russia) Ilya V. Kublanov, Anna A. Perevalova, Galina B. Slobodkina, Aleksander V. Lebedinsky, Salima K. Bidzhieva, Tatyana V. Kolganova, Elena N. Kaliberda, Lev D. Rumsh, Thomas Haertlé, and Elizaveta A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 286-291; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00607-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Abundance and Activity of Methanotrophic Bacteria in Littoral and Profundal Sediments of Lake Constance (Germany) M. Rahalkar, J. Deutzmann, B. Schink, and I. Bussmann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 119-126; published ahead of print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01350-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity and Seasonality of Bioluminescent Vibrio cholerae Populations in Chesapeake Bay Young-Gun Zo, Nipa Chokesajjawatee, Christopher Grim, Eiji Arakawa, Haruo Watanabe, and Rita R. Colwell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 135-146; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02894-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Intestine and Environment of the Chicken as Reservoirs for Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains with Zoonotic Potential Christa Ewers, Esther-Maria Antão, Ines Diehl, Hans-C. Philipp, and Lothar H. Wieler Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 184-192; published ahead of print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01324-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Abundances of Hyperthermophilic Autotrophic Fe(III) Oxide Reducers and Heterotrophs in Hydrothermal Sulfide Chimneys of the Northeastern Pacific Ocean Helene C. Ver Eecke, Deborah S. Kelley, and James F. Holden Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 242-245; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01462-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence and Characteristics of eae- and stx-Positive Strains of Escherichia coli from Wild Birds in the Immediate Environment of Tokyo Bay Hideki Kobayashi, Mika Kanazaki, Eiji Hata, and Masanori Kubo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 292-295; published ahead of print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01534-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Population Structure of Vibrio fischeri within the Light Organs of Euprymna scolopes Squid from Two Oahu (Hawaii) Populations M. S. Wollenberg and E. G. Ruby Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 193-202; published ahead of print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01792-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Functional Analysis of MmeI from Methanol Utilizer Methylophilus methylotrophus, a Subtype IIC Restriction-Modification Enzyme Related to Type I Enzymes Joanna Nakonieczna, Tadeusz Kaczorowski, Agnieszka Obarska-Kosinska, and Janusz M. Bujnicki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 212-223; published ahead of print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01322-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metagenome-Derived Clones Encoding Two Novel Lactonase Family Proteins Involved in Biofilm Inhibition in Pseudomonas aeruginosa C. Schipper, C. Hornung, P. Bijtenhoorn, M. Quitschau, S. Grond, and W. R. Streit Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 224-233; published ahead of print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01389-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Cold-Adapted Alkaline Lipase from an Intertidal Flat Metagenome and Proposal for a New Family of Bacterial Lipases Eun-Young Kim, Ki-Hoon Oh, Mi-Hwa Lee, Chul-Hyung Kang, Tae-Kwang Oh, and Jung-Hoon Yoon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 257-260; published ahead of print October 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01400-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Oxygen-Mediated Regulation of Biofilm Development Is Controlled by the Alternative Sigma Factor B in Staphylococcus epidermidis John J. Cotter, James P. O'Gara, Dietrich Mack, and Eoin Casey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 261-264; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00261-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impact of Inactivated Extracellular Proteases on the Modified Flagellin Type III Secretion Pathway of Bacillus halodurans Eldie Berger, Erika du Plessis, Isak Gerber, Michael Crampton, Nolwandle Nxumalo, and Maureen Louw Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 271-274; published ahead of print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02430-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Plasmid-Encoded Regulator Activates Factors Conferring Lysozyme Resistance on Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains Nina Salinger, Bashkim Kokona, Robert Fairman, and Iruka N. Okeke Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 275-280; published ahead of print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01734-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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