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Contents: January 2009, Volume 75, Issue 2        Minireviews        Microbial Ecology        Public Health Microbiology        Mycology        Physiology and Biotechnology        Food Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Plant Microbiology        Geomicrobiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Errata

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Minireviews:

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Application of PCR-Based Methods To Assess the Infectivity of Enteric Viruses in Environmental Samples Roberto A. Rodríguez, Ian L. Pepper, and Charles P. Gerba Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 297-307; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01150-08 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Effect of Tree Species and Mycorrhizal Colonization on the Archaeal Population of Boreal Forest Rhizospheres Malin Bomberg and Sari Timonen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 308-315; published ahead of print October 31, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01739-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Long-Term Monensin Supplementation Does Not Significantly Affect the Quantity or Diversity of Methanogens in the Rumen of the Lactating Dairy Cow S. E. Hook, K. S. Northwood, A.-D. G. Wright, and B. W. McBride Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 374-380; published ahead of print November 21, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01672-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Diversity and Abundance of Flavobacterial Proteorhodopsin in China Seas Meiru Zhao, Feng Chen, and Nianzhi Jiao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 529-533; published ahead of print October 17, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01114-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Denitrification Gene Clusters of Soil Bacteria via a Metagenomic Approach Sandrine Demanèche, Laurent Philippot, Maude M. David, Elisabeth Navarro, Timothy M. Vogel, and Pascal Simonet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 534-537; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01706-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Correlation of Shiga Toxin Gene Frequency with Commonly Used Microbial Indicators of Recreational Water Quality Cody J. Smith, Adam M. Olszewski, and Steven A. Mauro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 316-321; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01205-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genotypic and Phenotypic Diversity among Induced, stx2-Carrying Bacteriophages from Environmental Escherichia coli Strains Cristina García-Aljaro, Maite Muniesa, Juan Jofre, and Anicet R. Blanch Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 329-336; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01367-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection and Characterization of Waterborne Gastroenteritis Viruses in Urban Sewage and Sewage-Polluted River Waters in Caracas, Venezuela J. Rodríguez-Díaz, L. Querales, L. Caraballo, E. Vizzi, F. Liprandi, H. Takiff, and W. Q. Betancourt Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 387-394; published ahead of print November 21, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02045-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Optimized Method for Preparation of DNA from Pathogenic and Environmental Mycobacteria Michael Käser, Marie-Thérèse Ruf, Julia Hauser, Laurent Marsollier, and Gerd Pluschke Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 414-418; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01358-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coxiella burnetii Shedding Routes and Antibody Response after Outbreaks of Q Fever-Induced Abortion in Dairy Goat Herds Elodie Rousset, Mustapha Berri, Benoit Durand, Philippe Dufour, Myriam Prigent, Thibault Delcroix, Anne Touratier, and Annie Rodolakis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 428-433; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00690-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection of Wolbachia Bacteria in Multiple Organs and Feces of the Triatomine Insect Rhodnius pallescens (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) C. I. Espino, T. Gómez, G. González, M. F. Brazil do Santos, J. Solano, O. Sousa, N. Moreno, D. Windsor, A. Ying, S. Vilchez, and A. Osuna Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 547-550; published ahead of print November 21, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01665-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Detection of Differential Host Susceptibility to the Marine Oomycete Pathogen Eurychasma dicksonii by Real-Time PCR: Not All Algae Are Equal Claire M. M. Gachon, Martina Strittmatter, Dieter G. Müller, Julia Kleinteich, and Frithjof C. Küpper Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 322-328; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01885-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Carotenogenesis and Secondary Metabolism by Nitrogen in Wild-Type Fusarium fujikuroi and Carotenoid-Overproducing Mutants Roberto Rodríguez-Ortiz, M. Carmen Limón, and Javier Avalos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 405-413; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01089-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Pyomelanin, a Second Type of Melanin, via the Tyrosine Degradation Pathway in Aspergillus fumigatus Jeannette Schmaler-Ripcke, Venelina Sugareva, Peter Gebhardt, Robert Winkler, Olaf Kniemeyer, Thorsten Heinekamp, and Axel A. Brakhage Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 493-503; published ahead of print November 21, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02077-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Silencing of Six Hydrophobins in Cladosporium fulvum: Complexities of Simultaneously Targeting Multiple Genes Hélène Lacroix and Pietro D. Spanu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 542-546; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01816-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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In Vivo Evolution of Butane Oxidation by Terminal Alkane Hydroxylases AlkB and CYP153A6 Daniel J. Koch, Mike M. Chen, Jan B. van Beilen, and Frances H. Arnold Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 337-344; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01758-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dual Role for the Tyrosine Decarboxylation Pathway in Enterococcus faecium E17: Response to an Acid Challenge and Generation of a Proton Motive Force C. I. Pereira, D. Matos, M. V. San Romão, and M. T. Barreto Crespo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 345-352; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01958-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Effects of Bifidobacterium pseudolongum Strain Patronus and Metronidazole in the Rat Gut Nadia Vasquez, Antonia Suau, Fabien Magne, Philippe Pochart, and Marie-Agnès Pélissier Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 381-386; published ahead of print November 21, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01731-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complete Fermentation of Xylose and Methylglucuronoxylose Derived from Methylglucuronoxylan by Enterobacter asburiae Strain JDR-1 Changhao Bi, John D. Rice, and James F. Preston Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 395-404; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01941-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acetohydroxyacid Synthase, a Novel Target for Improvement of L-Lysine Production by Corynebacterium glutamicum Bastian Blombach, Stephan Hans, Brigitte Bathe, and Bernhard J. Eikmanns Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 419-427; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01844-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Kinetic Analysis of Fermentation of Prebiotic Inulin-Type Fructans by Bifidobacterium Species Reveals Four Different Phenotypes Gwen Falony, Katerina Lazidou, An Verschaeren, Stefan Weckx, Dominique Maes, and Luc De Vuyst Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 454-461; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01488-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Efficient Production of Optically Pure D-Lactic Acid from Raw Corn Starch by Using a Genetically Modified L-Lactate Dehydrogenase Gene-Deficient and -Amylase-Secreting Lactobacillus plantarum Strain Kenji Okano, Qiao Zhang, Satoru Shinkawa, Shogo Yoshida, Tsutomu Tanaka, Hideki Fukuda, and Akihiko Kondo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 462-467; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01514-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Potential Application of N-Carbamoyl-β-Alanine Amidohydrolase from Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 for β-Amino Acid Production Ana Isabel Martínez-Gómez, Sergio Martínez-Rodríguez, Joaquín Pozo-Dengra, Davide Tessaro, Stefano Servi, Josefa María Clemente-Jiménez, Felipe Rodríguez-Vico, and Francisco Javier Las Heras-Vázquez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 514-520; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01128-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Modeling the Growth/No-Growth Boundaries of Postprocessing Listeria monocytogenes Contamination on Frankfurters and Bologna Treated with Lactic Acid Yohan Yoon, Patricia A. Kendall, Keith E. Belk, John A. Scanga, Gary C. Smith, and John N. Sofos Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 353-358; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00640-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Listeria monocytogenes Strains F2365 and EGD Janet R. Donaldson, Bindu Nanduri, Shane C. Burgess, and Mark L. Lawrence Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 366-373; published ahead of print November 21, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01847-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Synergistic Inactivation of Spores of Proteolytic Clostridium botulinum Strains by High Pressure and Heat Is Strain and Product Dependent M. K. Bull, S. A. Olivier, R. J. van Diepenbeek, F. Kormelink, and B. Chapman Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 434-445; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01426-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles and Strain Type Diversity of Campylobacter jejuni Isolates from Turkeys in Eastern North Carolina Weimin Gu, Robin M. Siletzky, Sandra Wright, Mohammed Islam, and Sophia Kathariou Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 474-482; published ahead of print November 21, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02012-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Helix 4 of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Aa Toxin Plays a Critical Role in the Postbinding Steps of Pore Formation Frédéric Girard, Vincent Vachon, Gabrielle Préfontaine, Lucie Marceau, Jean-Louis Schwartz, Luke Masson, and Raynald Laprade Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 359-365; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01930-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Regulatory and DNA Repair Genes Contribute to the Desiccation Resistance of Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021 Jodi L. Humann, Hope T. Ziemkiewicz, Svetlana N. Yurgel, and Michael L. Kahn Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 446-453; published ahead of print November 21, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02207-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Xylella fastidiosa Afimbrial Adhesins Mediate Cell Transmission to Plants by Leafhopper Vectors Nabil Killiny and Rodrigo P. P. Almeida Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 521-528; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01921-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Microbial Iron Redox Cycling in a Circumneutral-pH Groundwater Seep Marco Blöthe and Eric E. Roden Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 468-473; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01817-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Overproduction of Exopolysaccharides by an Escherichia coli K-12 rpoS Mutant in Response to Osmotic Stress Michael Ionescu and Shimshon Belkin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 483-492; published ahead of print November 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01616-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Candida albicans Interactions: Localization and Fungal Toxicity of a Phenazine Derivative Jane Gibson, Arpana Sood, and Deborah A. Hogan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 504-513; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01037-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lacticin Q, a Lactococcal Bacteriocin, Causes High-Level Membrane Permeability in the Absence of Specific Receptors Fuminori Yoneyama, Yuichi Imura, Shiro Ichimasa, Koji Fujita, Takeshi Zendo, Jiro Nakayama, Katsumi Matsuzaki, and Kenji Sonomoto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 538-541; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01827-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Isolation of Rhodococcus sp. Strain ECU0066, a New Sulfide Monooxygenase-Producing Strain for Asymmetric Sulfoxidation Ai-Tao Li, Jian-Dong Zhang, Jian-He Xu, Wen-Ya Lu, and Guo-Qiang Lin Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 551-556; published ahead of print October 3, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01527-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Quantification of Enterococci and Human Adenoviruses in Environmental Samples by Real-Time PCR Jian-Wen He and Sunny Jiang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 557 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ralstonia solanacearum Strains from Martinique (French West Indies) Exhibiting a New Pathogenic Potential Emmanuel Wicker, Laurence Grassart, Régine Coranson-Beaudu, Danièle Mian, Caroline Guilbaud, Mark Fegan, and Philippe Prior Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2009 75: 558 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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