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Contents: March 2009, Volume 75, Issue 6        Food Microbiology        Microbial Ecology        Public Health Microbiology        Biotechnology        Mycology        Plant Microbiology        Methods        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Environmental Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Physiology        Author's Correction

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Food Microbiology:

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Role of proP and proU in Betaine Uptake by Yersinia enterocolitica under Cold and Osmotic Stress Conditions Thirunavukkarasu Annamalai and Kumar Venkitanarayanan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1471-1477; published ahead of print December 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01644-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Longitudinal Study of Salmonella Dispersion and the Role of Environmental Contamination in Commercial Swine Production Systems Paul M. Dorr, Daniel A. Tadesse, Bayleyegn Molla Zewde, Pamela Fry, Siddhartha Thakur, and Wondwossen A. Gebreyes Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1478-1486; published ahead of print January 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01632-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Changes in Barotolerance, Thermotolerance, and Cellular Morphology throughout the Life Cycle of Listeria monocytogenes Jia Wen, Ramaswamy C. Anantheswaran, and Stephen J. Knabel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1581-1588; published ahead of print January 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01942-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Cold Shock Proteins in Growth of Listeria monocytogenes under Cold and Osmotic Stress Conditions Barbara Schmid, Jochen Klumpp, Eveline Raimann, Martin J. Loessner, Roger Stephan, and Taurai Tasara Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1621-1627; published ahead of print January 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02154-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phage-Mediated Shiga Toxin 2 Gene Transfer in Food and Water Lejla Imamovic, Juan Jofre, Herbert Schmidt, Ruth Serra-Moreno, and Maite Muniesa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1764-1768; published ahead of print January 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02273-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction between Lactic Acid Bacteria and Mycobacterium bovis in Ethiopian Fermented Milk: Insight into the Fate of M. bovis Solomon H. Mariam Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1790-1792; published ahead of print January 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01943-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2-Encoded Type III Secretion System Is Essential for the Survival of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium in Free-Living Amoebae Benjamin Bleasdale, Penelope J. Lott, Aparna Jagannathan, Mark P. Stevens, Richard J. Birtles, and Paul Wigley Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1793-1795; published ahead of print January 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02033-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Analysis of Attachment of Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli and Salmonella Strains to Cultured HT-29 and Caco-2 Cell Lines Glen E. Mellor, Rebecca M. Goulter, T. W. Raymond Chia, and Gary A. Dykes Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1796-1799; published ahead of print January 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02232-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Variations in Archaeal and Bacterial Diversity Associated with the Sulfate-Methane Transition Zone in Continental Margin Sediments (Santa Barbara Basin, California) Benjamin K. Harrison, Husen Zhang, Will Berelson, and Victoria J. Orphan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1487-1499; published ahead of print January 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01812-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diversity of Beta-Propeller Phytase Genes in the Intestinal Contents of Grass Carp Provides Insight into the Release of Major Phosphorus from Phytate in Nature Huoqing Huang, Pengjun Shi, Yaru Wang, Huiying Luo, Na Shao, Guozeng Wang, Peilong Yang, and Bin Yao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1508-1516; published ahead of print January 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02188-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth of Enterococci in Unaltered, Unseeded Beach Sands Subjected to Tidal Wetting Kevan M. Yamahara, Sarah P. Walters, and Alexandria B. Boehm Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1517-1524; published ahead of print January 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02278-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Exploring the Diversity of the Bifidobacterial Population in the Human Intestinal Tract Francesca Turroni, Elena Foroni, Paola Pizzetti, Vanessa Giubellini, Angela Ribbera, Paolo Merusi, Patrizio Cagnasso, Barbara Bizzarri, Gian Luigi de'Angelis, Fergus Shanahan, Douwe van Sinderen, and Marco Ventura Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1534-1545; published ahead of print January 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02216-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli Populations in Great Lakes Waterfowl Exhibit Spatial Stability and Temporal Shifting Dennis L. Hansen, Satoshi Ishii, Michael J. Sadowsky, and Randall E. Hicks Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1546-1551; published ahead of print January 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.00444-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contrasting Soil pH Effects on Fungal and Bacterial Growth Suggest Functional Redundancy in Carbon Mineralization Johannes Rousk, Philip C. Brookes, and Erland Bååth Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1589-1596; published ahead of print January 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02775-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Comparison of Bacterial Communities within Iron-Containing Flocculent Mats Associated with Submarine Volcanoes along the Kermadec Arc Tyler W. Hodges and Julie B. Olson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1650-1657; published ahead of print December 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01835-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biogeographic Patterns in Genomic Diversity among a Large Collection of Vibrio cholerae Isolates Daniel P. Keymer, Lilian H. Lam, and Alexandria B. Boehm Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1658-1666; published ahead of print January 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01304-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Diversity of a North Carolina Wastewater Treatment Plant as Revealed by Pyrosequencing Nina Sanapareddy, Timothy J. Hamp, Luis C. Gonzalez, Helene A. Hilger, Anthony A. Fodor, and Sandra M. Clinton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1688-1696; published ahead of print December 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AEM.01210-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of a Human Intestinal Bacterium Capable of Daidzein and Genistein Conversion Anastasia Matthies, Michael Blaut, and Annett Braune Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1740-1744; published ahead of print January 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01795-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Development of a Test System To Apply Virus-Containing Particles to Filtering Facepiece Respirators for the Evaluation of Decontamination Procedures Edward Fisher, Samy Rengasamy, Dennis Viscusi, Evanly Vo, and Ronald Shaffer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1500-1507; published ahead of print January 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01653-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacteroidales Diversity in Ring-Billed Gulls (Laurus delawarensis) Residing at Lake Michigan Beaches Sonja N. Jeter, Colleen M. McDermott, Patricia A. Bower, Julie L. Kinzelman, Melinda J. Bootsma, Giles W. Goetz, and Sandra L. McLellan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1525-1533; published ahead of print January 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02261-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Genotypic and Phenotypic Methods To Distinguish Clinical from Environmental Vibrio vulnificus Strains Eva Sanjuán, Belén Fouz, James D. Oliver, and Carmen Amaro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1604-1613; published ahead of print January 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01594-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection of a New Simulant for Poxvirus Biothreat Agents Laurence Garnier, Jean-Christophe Gaudin, Paul Bensadoun, Isabelle Rebillat, and Yannick Morel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1614-1620; published ahead of print January 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02120-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tetracycline Resistome of the Organic Pig Gut Katarzyna A. Kazimierczak, Karen P. Scott, Denise Kelly, and Rustam I. Aminov Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1717-1722; published ahead of print January 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02206-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Longitudinal Study of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Shedding in Sheep Feces: Persistence of Specific Clones in Sheep Flocks Sergio Sánchez, Remigio Martínez, Alfredo García, Jorge Blanco, Jesús E. Blanco, Miguel Blanco, Ghizlane Dahbi, Cecilia López, Azucena Mora, Joaquín Rey, and Juan M. Alonso Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1769-1773; published ahead of print January 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02043-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Prevalence of Rickettsia Species in Canadian Populations of Dermacentor andersoni and D. variabilis Shaun J. Dergousoff, Andrew J. A. Gajadhar, and Neil B. Chilton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1786-1789; published ahead of print January 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02554-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biotechnology:

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Identification and Characterization of Lactocyclicin Q, a Novel Cyclic Bacteriocin Produced by Lactococcus sp. Strain QU 12 Naruhiko Sawa, Takeshi Zendo, Junko Kiyofuji, Koji Fujita, Kohei Himeno, Jiro Nakayama, and Kenji Sonomoto Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1552-1558; published ahead of print January 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02299-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microbial Conversion of Glycerol to 1,3-Propanediol by an Engineered Strain of Escherichia coli Xueming Tang, Yongsong Tan, Hong Zhu, Kai Zhao, and Wei Shen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1628-1634; published ahead of print January 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02376-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reengineering of a Corynebacterium glutamicum L-Arginine and L-Citrulline Producer Masato Ikeda, Satoshi Mitsuhashi, Kenji Tanaka, and Mikiro Hayashi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1635-1641; published ahead of print January 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02027-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Silver-Palladium Surfaces Inhibit Biofilm Formation Wen-Chi Chiang, Casper Schroll, Lisbeth Rischel Hilbert, Per Møller, and Tim Tolker-Nielsen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1674-1678; published ahead of print January 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02274-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multimeric Hemicellulases Facilitate Biomass Conversion Zhanmin Fan, Kurt Wagschal, Wei Chen, Michael D. Montross, Charles C. Lee, and Ling Yuan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1754-1757; published ahead of print January 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02181-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Sequencing and Analysis of Fungal rRNA Operons for Development of Broad-Range Fungal PCR Assays Prasanna D. Khot, Daisy L. Ko, and David N. Fredricks Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1559-1565; published ahead of print January 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02383-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Bacterial Diversity Analysis of Huanglongbing Pathogen-Infected Citrus, Using PhyloChip Arrays and 16S rRNA Gene Clone Library Sequencing Uma Shankar Sagaram, Kristen M. DeAngelis, Pankaj Trivedi, Gary L. Andersen, Shi-En Lu, and Nian Wang Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1566-1574; published ahead of print January 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02404-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Regulation and Signal-Peptide-Dependent Secretion of Exolevanase (LsdB) in the Endophyte Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus Carmen Menéndez, Alexander Banguela, Jesús Caballero-Mellado, and Lázaro Hernández Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1782-1785; published ahead of print January 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01887-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Rapid Oligonucleotide-Based Recombineering of the Chromosome of Salmonella enterica Roman G. Gerlach, Daniela Jäckel, Stefanie U. Hölzer, and Michael Hensel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1575-1580; published ahead of print January 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02509-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay and Conventional Culture Methods for Detection of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in Naturally Contaminated Chicken Meat Samples Wataru Yamazaki, Masumi Taguchi, Takao Kawai, Kentaro Kawatsu, Junko Sakata, Kiyoshi Inoue, and Naoaki Misawa Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1597-1603; published ahead of print January 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02004-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chromosome-Based Genetic Complementation System for Xylella fastidiosa Ayumi Matsumoto, Glenn M. Young, and Michele M. Igo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1679-1687; published ahead of print January 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.00024-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Image Analysis Software Based on Color Segmentation for Characterization of Viability and Physiological Activity of Biofilms Luis E. Chávez de Paz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1734-1739; published ahead of print January 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02000-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Development of a Prophage Typing System and Analysis of Prophage Carriage in Streptococcus pneumoniae Patricia Romero, Ernesto García, and Tim J. Mitchell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1642-1649; published ahead of print January 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02155-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Identification of Cellulose-Binding Proteins from Sheep Rumen Contents Atsushi Toyoda, Wataru Iio, Makoto Mitsumori, and Hajime Minato Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1667-1673; published ahead of print January 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01838-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nickel Promotes Biofilm Formation by Escherichia coli K-12 Strains That Produce Curli Claire Perrin, Romain Briandet, Gregory Jubelin, Philippe Lejeune, Marie-Andrée Mandrand-Berthelot, Agnès Rodrigue, and Corinne Dorel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1723-1733; published ahead of print January 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02171-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tailoring the P450 Monooxygenase Gene for FR-008/Candicidin Biosynthesis Shi Chen, Xiangzhao Mao, Yaling Shen, Yongjun Zhou, Jialiang Li, Lianrong Wang, Xinyi Tao, Liang Yang, Yuxiao Wang, Xiufen Zhou, Zixin Deng, and Dongzhi Wei Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1778-1781; published ahead of print January 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.00859-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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Enhancement of UV Light Sensitivity of a Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 Pandemic Strain Due to Natural Lysogenization by a Telomeric Phage Beatriz Zabala, Katherine García, and Romilio T. Espejo Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1697-1702; published ahead of print January 16, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01995-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roseophage RDJL1, Infecting the Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacterium Roseobacter denitrificans OCh114 Yongyu Zhang and Nianzhi Jiao Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1745-1749; published ahead of print January 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02131-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Diffusion of Macromolecules in Model Oral Biofilms Shoji Takenaka, Betsey Pitts, Harsh M. Trivedi, and Philip S. Stewart Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1750-1753; published ahead of print January 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02279-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Reconfiguring the Quorum-Sensing Regulator SdiA of Escherichia coli To Control Biofilm Formation via Indole and N-Acylhomoserine Lactones Jintae Lee, Toshinari Maeda, Seok Hoon Hong, and Thomas K. Wood Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1703-1716; published ahead of print January 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02081-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology:

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Sulfolobus tokodaii ST0053 Produces a Novel Thermostable, NAD-Dependent Medium-Chain Alcohol Dehydrogenase Hisaaki Yanai, Katsumi Doi, and Toshihisa Ohshima Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1758-1763; published ahead of print January 9, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01392-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

C29 Olefinic Hydrocarbons Biosynthesized by Arthrobacter Species Janice A. Frias, Jack E. Richman, and Lawrence P. Wackett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1774-1777; published ahead of print January 23, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02547-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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Improved Thermostability and Acetic Acid Tolerance of Escherichia coli via Directed Evolution of Homoserine o-Succinyltransferase Elena A. Mordukhova, Hee-Soon Lee, and Jae-Gu Pan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. March 2009 75: 1800 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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