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Contents: February 2009, Volume 75, Issue 3

       Public Health Microbiology

       Microbial Ecology

       Physiology and Biotechnology

       Biodegradation

       Invertebrate Microbiology

       Environmental Microbiology

       Food Microbiology

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

       Geomicrobiology

       Plant Microbiology

       Methods

       Mycology

       Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

       Enzymology and Protein Engineering

       Errata

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Public Health Microbiology:

Antimicrobial Resistance in Escherichia coli Isolates from Swine and Wild Small Mammals in the Proximity of Swine Farms and in Natural Environments in Ontario, Canada
Gosia K. Kozak, Patrick Boerlin, Nicol Janecko, Richard J. Reid-Smith, and Claire Jardine
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 559-566; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01821-08
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Detection and Quantification of Noroviruses in Shellfish
Françoise S. Le Guyader, Sylvain Parnaudeau, Julien Schaeffer, Albert Bosch, Fabienne Loisy, Monique Pommepuy, and Robert L. Atmar
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 618-624; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01507-08
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Inactivation of Ascaris Eggs in Source-Separated Urine and Feces by Ammonia at Ambient Temperatures
Annika Nordin, Karin Nyberg, and Björn Vinnerås
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 662-667; published ahead of print December 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01250-08
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Isolation and Characterization of Intestinal Escherichia coli Clones from Wild Boars in Germany
Peter Schierack, Antje Römer, Jörg Jores, Heike Kaspar, Sebastian Guenther, Matthias Filter, Jürgen Eichberg, and Lothar H. Wieler
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 695-702; published ahead of print December 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01650-08
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Molecular Epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni Isolates from Wild-Bird Fecal Material in Children's Playgrounds
Nigel P. French, Anne Midwinter, Barbara Holland, Julie Collins-Emerson, Rebecca Pattison, Frances Colles, and Philip Carter
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 779-783; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01979-08
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Antibacterial Effects of Grape Extracts on Helicobacter pylori
Joseph C. Brown, Guohui Huang, Vivian Haley-Zitlin, and Xiuping Jiang
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 848-852; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01595-08
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Shiga Toxins, and the Genes Encoding Them, in Fecal Samples from Native Idaho Ungulates
Jeremy J. Gilbreath, Malcolm S. Shields, Rebekah L. Smith, Larry D. Farrell, Peter P. Sheridan, and Kathleen M. Spiegel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 862-865; published ahead of print December 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01158-08
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Innovative Application of Mass Spectrometry for the Characterization of Staphylococcal Enterotoxins Involved in Food Poisoning Outbreaks
Jacques-Antoine Hennekinne, Virginie Brun, Marie-Laure De Buyser, Alain Dupuis, Annick Ostyn, and Sylviane Dragacci
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 882-884; published ahead of print December 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01924-08
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Microbial Ecology:

Secondary Metabolites Produced by the Marine Bacterium Halobacillus salinus That Inhibit Quorum Sensing-Controlled Phenotypes in Gram-Negative Bacteria
Margaret E. Teasdale, Jiayuan Liu, Joselynn Wallace, Fatemeh Akhlaghi, and David C. Rowley
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 567-572; published ahead of print December 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00632-08
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Ecological Specialization in a Spatially Structured Population of the Thermophilic Cyanobacterium Mastigocladus laminosus
Scott R. Miller, Carin Williams, Aaron L. Strong, and Darla Carvey
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 729-734; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01901-08
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Fumarole-Supported Islands of Biodiversity within a Hyperarid, High-Elevation Landscape on Socompa Volcano, Puna de Atacama, Andes
Elizabeth K. Costello, Stephan R. P. Halloy, Sasha C. Reed, Preston Sowell, and Steven K. Schmidt
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 735-747; published ahead of print December 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01469-08
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Bacterial Diversity in a Mine Water Treatment Plant
Elke Heinzel, Sabrina Hedrich, Eberhard Janneck, Franz Glombitza, Jana Seifert, and Michael Schlömann
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 858-861; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01045-08
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Physiology and Biotechnology:

Employment of a Promoter-Swapping Technique Shows that PhoU Modulates the Activity of the PstSCAB₂ ABC Transporter in Escherichia coli
Christopher D. Rice, Jacob E. Pollard, Zachery T. Lewis, and William R. McCleary
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 573-582; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01046-08
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Production of Glucaric Acid from a Synthetic Pathway in Recombinant Escherichia coli
Tae Seok Moon, Sang-Hwal Yoon, Amanda M. Lanza, Joseph D. Roy-Mayhew, and Kristala L. Jones Prather
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 589-595; published ahead of print December 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00973-08
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TatABC Overexpression Improves Corynebacterium glutamicum Tat-Dependent Protein Secretion
Yoshimi Kikuchi, Hiroshi Itaya, Masayo Date, Kazuhiko Matsui, and Long-Fei Wu
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 603-607; published ahead of print December 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01874-08
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b-Type Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase Is Purified as a H₂O₂-Forming NADH Oxidase from Bifidobacterium bifidum
Shinji Kawasaki, Takumi Satoh, Mitsunori Todoroki, and Youichi Niimura
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 629-636; published ahead of print December 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02111-08
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Large-Scale Production of Poly(3-Hydroxyoctanoic Acid) by Pseudomonas putida GPo1 and a Simplified Downstream Process
Yasser Elbahloul and Alexander Steinbüchel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 643-651; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01869-08
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Overexpression of Wild-Type Aspartokinase Increases L-Lysine Production in the Thermotolerant Methylotrophic Bacterium Bacillus methanolicus
Øyvind M. Jakobsen, Trygve Brautaset, Kristin F. Degnes, Tonje M. B. Heggeset, Simone Balzer, Michael C. Flickinger, Svein Valla, and Trond E. Ellingsen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 652-661; published ahead of print December 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01176-08
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Bioreduction with Efficient Recycling of NADPH by Coupled Permeabilized Microorganisms
Wei Zhang, Kevin O'Connor, Daniel I. C. Wang, and Zhi Li
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 687-694; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01506-08
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Energy Metabolism Response to Low-Temperature and Frozen Conditions in Psychrobacter cryohalolentis
Pierre Amato and Brent C. Christner
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 711-718; published ahead of print December 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02193-08
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Metabolomic Investigation of the Bacterial Response to a Metal Challenge
Valentina Tremaroli, Matthew L. Workentine, Aalim M. Weljie, Hans J. Vogel, Howard Ceri, Carlo Viti, Enrico Tatti, Ping Zhang, Alexander P. Hynes, Raymond J. Turner, and Davide Zannoni
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 719-728; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01771-08
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Bioinformatic and Expression Analyses of Genes Mediating Zinc Homeostasis in Nostoc punctiforme
Lee Hudek, L. C. Rai, David Freestone, Agnes Michalczyk, Maria Gibson, Y. F. Song, and M. Leigh Ackland
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 784-791; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02481-08
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Structural and Molecular Basis of the Role of Starch and Sucrose in Streptococcus mutans Biofilm Development
M. I. Klein, S. Duarte, J. Xiao, S. Mitra, T. H. Foster, and H. Koo
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 837-841; published ahead of print November 21, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01299-08
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Phage Lysin LysK Can Be Truncated to Its CHAP Domain and Retain Lytic Activity against Live Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococci
Marianne Horgan, Gary O’Flynn, Jennifer Garry, Jakki Cooney, Aidan Coffey, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, R. Paul Ross, and Olivia McAuliffe
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 872-874; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01831-08
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Biodegradation:

Biotransformations of 2-Methylisoborneol by Camphor-Degrading Bacteria
Richard W. Eaton and Peter Sandusky
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 583-588; published ahead of print December 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02126-08
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Invertebrate Microbiology:

Differential Role of Passerine Birds in Distribution of Borrelia Spirochetes, Based on Data from Ticks Collected from Birds during the Postbreeding Migration Period in Central Europe
Lenka Dubska, Ivan Literak, Elena Kocianova, Veronika Taragelova, and Oldrich Sychra
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 596-602; published ahead of print December 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01674-08
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Molecular Detection, Penetrance, and Transmission of an Inherited Virus Responsible for Behavioral Manipulation of an Insect Parasitoid
Sabine Patot, David Lepetit, Delphine Charif, Julien Varaldi, and Frédéric Fleury
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 703-710; published ahead of print December 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01778-08
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A 1.1-Kilobase Region Downstream of the bin Operon in Bacillus sphaericus Strain 2362 Decreases Bin Yield and Crystal Size in Strain 2297
Hyun-Woo Park, Mujin Tang, Yuko Sakano, and Brian A. Federici
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 878-881; published ahead of print December 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01444-08
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Environmental Microbiology:

Cytomorphological and Genetic Characterization of Troglobitic Leptolyngbya Strains Isolated from Roman Hypogea
Laura Bruno, Daniela Billi, Simona Bellezza, and Patrizia Albertano
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 608-617; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01183-08
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Extensive Phylogenetic Analysis of a Soil Bacterial Community Illustrates Extreme Taxon Evenness and the Effects of Amplicon Length, Degree of Coverage, and DNA Fractionation on Classification and Ecological Parameters
Sergio E. Morales, Theodore F. Cosart, Jesse V. Johnson, and William E. Holben
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 668-675; published ahead of print November 14, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01757-08
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Application of Recognition of Individual Genes-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (RING-FISH) To Detect Nitrite Reductase Genes (nirK) of Denitrifiers in Pure Cultures and Environmental Samples
Jennifer Pratscher, Catrin Stichternoth, Katrin Fichtl, Karl-Heinz Schleifer, and Gesche Braker
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 802-810; published ahead of print December 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01992-08
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Food Microbiology:

Quantifying Transmission of Campylobacter jejuni in Commercial Broiler Flocks
Twan van Gerwe, Jeanette K. Miflin, Jillian M. Templeton, Annemarie Bouma, Jaap A. Wagenaar, Wilma F. Jacobs-Reitsma, Arjan Stegeman, and Don Klinkenberg
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 625-628; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01912-08
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Enhanced Secretion of Biologically Active Murine Interleukin-12 by Lactococcus lactis
Antonio Fernandez, Nikki Horn, Udo Wegmann, Claudio Nicoletti, Michael J. Gasson, and Arjan Narbad
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 869-871; published ahead of print December 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01728-08
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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Construction and Enhancement of a Minimal Genetic AND Logic Gate
Daniel J. Sayut, Yan Niu, and Lianhong Sun
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 637-642; published ahead of print December 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01684-08
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Novel Nicotine Oxidoreductase-Encoding Gene Involved in Nicotine Degradation by Pseudomonas putida Strain S16
Hongzhi Tang, Lijuan Wang, Xiangzhou Meng, Lanying Ma, Shuning Wang, Xiaofei He, Geng Wu, and Ping Xu
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 772-778; published ahead of print December 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02300-08
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Geomicrobiology:

Discovery of Stable and Variable Differences in the Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Type I, II, and III Genomes by Pan-Genome Microarray Analysis
Elena Castellanos, Alicia Aranaz, Katherine A. Gould, Richard Linedale, Karen Stevenson, Julio Alvarez, Lucas Dominguez, Lucia de Juan, Jason Hinds, and Tim J. Bull
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 676-686; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01683-08
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Plant Microbiology:

Genome Survey and Characterization of Endophytic Bacteria Exhibiting a Beneficial Effect on Growth and Development of Poplar Trees
Safiyh Taghavi, Craig Garafola, Sébastien Monchy, Lee Newman, Adam Hoffman, Nele Weyens, Tanja Barac, Jaco Vangronsveld, and Daniel van der Lelie
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 748-757; published ahead of print December 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02239-08
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Effects of Compost on Colonization of Roots of Plants Grown in Metalliferous Mine Tailings, as Examined by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
Sadie L. Iverson and Raina M. Maier
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 842-847; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01434-08
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Simultaneous Analysis of Bacterioferritin Gene Expression and Intracellular Iron Status in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 by Using a Rapid Dual Luciferase Reporter Assay
Shicheng Chen, William F. Bleam, and William J. Hickey
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 866-868; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01823-08
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Methods:

Modular Spectral Imaging System for Discrimination of Pigments in Cells and Microbial Communities
Lubos Polerecky, Andrew Bissett, Mohammad Al-Najjar, Paul Faerber, Harald Osmers, Peter A. Suci, Paul Stoodley, and Dirk de Beer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 758-771; published ahead of print December 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.00819-08
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Mycology:

Characterization of Serine Proteinase Expression in Agaricus bisporus and Coprinopsis cinerea by Using Green Fluorescent Protein and the A. bisporus SPR1 Promoter
Mary N. Heneghan, Claudine Porta, Cunjin Zhang, Kerry S. Burton, Michael P. Challen, Andy M. Bailey, and Gary D. Foster
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 792-801; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01897-08
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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

Genome Analysis of the Meat Starter Culture Bacterium Staphylococcus carnosus TM300
Ralf Rosenstein, Christiane Nerz, Lalitha Biswas, Alexandra Resch, Guenter Raddatz, Stephan C. Schuster, and Friedrich Götz
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 811-822; published ahead of print December 5, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01982-08
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Widespread Occurrence and Lateral Transfer of the Cyanobactin Biosynthesis Gene Cluster in Cyanobacteria
Niina Leikoski, David P. Fewer, and Kaarina Sivonen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 853-857; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.02134-08
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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Molecular Determinants of the Regioselectivity of Toluene/o-Xylene Monooxygenase from Pseudomonas sp. Strain OX1
Eugenio Notomista, Valeria Cafaro, Giuseppe Bozza, and Alberto Di Donato
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 823-836; published ahead of print December 12, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01951-08
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Analysis of Dibenzothiophene Desulfurization in a Recombinant Pseudomonas putida Strain
Javier Calzada, María T. Zamarro, Almudena Alcón, Victoria E. Santos, Eduardo Díaz, José L. García, and Felix Garcia-Ochoa
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 875-877; published ahead of print December 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01682-08
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Errata:

Potential Role of a Novel Psychrotolerant Member of the Family Geobacteraceae, Geopsychrobacter electrodiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., in Electricity Production by a Marine Sediment Fuel Cell
Dawn E. Holmes, Julie S. Nicoll, Daniel R. Bond, and Derek R. Lovley
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 885
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Escherichia coli Biofilms Formed under Low-Shear Modeled Microgravity in a Ground-Based System
S. V. Lynch, K. Mukundakrishnan, M. R. Benoit, P. S. Ayyaswamy, and A. Matin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. February 2009 75: 886
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