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Contents: April 2009, Volume 75, Issue 8        Physiology        Microbial Ecology        Mycology        Plant Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Biotechnology        Public Health Microbiology        Methods        Environmental Microbiology        Invertebrate Microbiology        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology        Geomicrobiology        Food Microbiology        Author's Correction

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Physiology:

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Production of the Phytohormone Indole-3-Acetic Acid by Estuarine Species of the Genus Vibrio Casandra K. Gutierrez, George Y. Matsui, David E. Lincoln, and Charles R. Lovell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2253-2258; published ahead of print February 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02072-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coculture Fermentations of Bifidobacterium Species and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Reveal a Mechanistic Insight into the Prebiotic Effect of Inulin-Type Fructans Gwen Falony, Thomas Calmeyn, Frédéric Leroy, and Luc De Vuyst Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2312-2319; published ahead of print February 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02649-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heterologous Production of Methionine--Lyase from Brevibacterium linens in Lactococcus lactis and Formation of Volatile Sulfur Compounds Sean B. Hanniffy, Mark Philo, Carmen Peláez, Michael J. Gasson, Teresa Requena, and M. C. Martínez-Cuesta Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2326-2332; published ahead of print February 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02417-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Improved Fermentation Performance of a Lager Yeast after Repair of Its AGT1 Maltose and Maltotriose Transporter Genes Virve Vidgren, Anne Huuskonen, Hannele Virtanen, Laura Ruohonen, and John Londesborough Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2333-2345; published ahead of print January 30, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01558-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Variation in Bacterial ATP Level and Proton Motive Force Due to Adhesion to a Solid Surface Yongsuk Hong and Derick G. Brown Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2346-2353; published ahead of print February 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02671-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Changes in Biochemical and Phenotypic Properties of Streptococcus mutans during Growth with Aeration Sug-Joon Ahn, Sang-Joon Ahn, Christopher M. Browngardt, and Robert A. Burne Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2517-2527; published ahead of print February 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02367-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Ecology:

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Seasonal Dynamics and Metagenomic Characterization of Estuarine Viriobenthos Assemblages by Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA PCR Rebekah R. Helton and K. Eric Wommack Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2259-2265; published ahead of print February 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02551-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Culture-Independent Characterization of Bacterial Communities Associated with the Cold-Water Coral Lophelia pertusa in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Christina A. Kellogg, John T. Lisle, and Julia P. Galkiewicz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2294-2303; published ahead of print February 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02357-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of a Single-Stranded RNA Virus Infecting the Bloom-Forming Diatom Chaetoceros socialis Yuji Tomaru, Yoshitake Takao, Hidekazu Suzuki, Tamotsu Nagumo, and Keizo Nagasaki Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2375-2381; published ahead of print February 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02580-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stimulation of Expression of a Silica-Induced Protein (Sip) in Thermus thermophilus by Supersaturated Silicic Acid Katsumi Doi, Yasuhiro Fujino, Fumio Inagaki, Ryouichi Kawatsu, Miki Tahara, Toshihisa Ohshima, Yoshihiro Okaue, Takushi Yokoyama, Satoru Iwai, and Seiya Ogata Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2406-2413; published ahead of print February 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02387-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Formation of Multilayered Photosynthetic Biofilms in an Alkaline Thermal Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Sarah M. Boomer, Katherine L. Noll, Gill G. Geesey, and Bryan E. Dutton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2464-2475; published ahead of print February 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01802-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Freezing on PCR Amplification of 16S rRNA Genes from Microbes Associated with Black Band Disease of Corals Raju Sekar, Longin T. Kaczmarsky, and Laurie L. Richardson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2581-2584; published ahead of print February 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01500-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Community Composition and Density of Methanogens in the Foregut of the Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii) Paul N. Evans, Lyn A. Hinds, Lindsay I. Sly, Christopher S. McSweeney, Mark Morrison, and André-Denis G. Wright Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2598-2602; published ahead of print February 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02436-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Different Patterns of Regulation for the Copper and Cadmium Metallothioneins of the Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Hebeloma cylindrosporum G. Ramesh, G. K. Podila, G. Gay, R. Marmeisse, and M. S. Reddy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2266-2274; published ahead of print February 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02142-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Variance Components Reveals the Contribution of Sample Processing to Transcript Variation Douwe van der Veen, José Miguel Oliveira, Willy A. M. van den Berg, and Leo H. de Graaff Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2414-2422; published ahead of print February 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02270-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibody-Mediated Immobilization of Cryptococcus neoformans Promotes Biofilm Formation Emma J. Robertson and Arturo Casadevall Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2528-2533; published ahead of print February 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02846-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Calcofluor White for Detection, Identification, and Quantification of Phytoplanktonic Fungal Parasites Serena Rasconi, Marlène Jobard, Lionel Jouve, and Télesphore Sime-Ngando Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2545-2553; published ahead of print February 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02211-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Characterization of Regulatory Pathways in Xylella fastidiosa: Genes and Phenotypes Controlled by gacA Xiang Yang Shi, C. Korsi Dumenyo, Rufina Hernandez-Martinez, Hamid Azad, and Donald A. Cooksey Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2275-2283; published ahead of print February 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01964-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rhizobia from Lanzarote, the Canary Islands, That Nodulate Phaseolus vulgaris Have Characteristics in Common with Sinorhizobium meliloti Isolates from Mainland Spain José Luis Zurdo-Piñeiro, Paula García-Fraile, Raúl Rivas, Alvaro Peix, Milagros León-Barrios, Anne Willems, Pedro Francisco Mateos, Eustoquio Martínez-Molina, Encarna Velázquez, and Peter van Berkum Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2354-2359; published ahead of print February 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02811-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Characterization of a β-Glucoside Operon (bgc) Prevalent in Septicemic and Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains Girish Neelakanta, T. Sabari Sankar, and Karin Schnetz Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2284-2293; published ahead of print February 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02621-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temperature-Dependent Phage Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes Epidemic Clone II Jae-Won Kim and Sophia Kathariou Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2433-2438; published ahead of print February 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02480-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of the Phage Gene sav, Involved in Sensitivity to the Lactococcal Abortive Infection Mechanism AbiV Jakob Haaber, Geneviève M. Rousseau, Karin Hammer, and Sylvain Moineau Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2484-2494; published ahead of print March 6, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02093-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biotechnology:

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Functional Expression of a Bacterial Xylose Isomerase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Dawid Brat, Eckhard Boles, and Beate Wiedemann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2304-2311; published ahead of print February 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02522-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Catalase Overexpression Reduces Lactic Acid-Induced Oxidative Stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Derek A. Abbott, Erwin Suir, Giang-Huong Duong, Erik de Hulster, Jack T. Pronk, and Antonius J. A. van Maris Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2320-2325; published ahead of print February 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.00009-09 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cellulase Production from Spent Lignocellulose Hydrolysates by Recombinant Aspergillus niger Björn Alriksson, Shaunita H. Rose, Willem H. van Zyl, Anders Sjöde, Nils-Olof Nilvebrant, and Leif J. Jönsson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2366-2374; published ahead of print February 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02479-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Development of Bacteriocinogenic Strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Heterologously Expressing and Secreting the Leaderless Enterocin L50 Peptides L50A and L50B from Enterococcus faecium L50 Antonio Basanta, Carmen Herranz, Jorge Gutiérrez, Raquel Criado, Pablo E. Hernández, and Luis M. Cintas Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2382-2392; published ahead of print February 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01476-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fermentative Production of Thymidine by a Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli Strain Hyeon Cheol Lee, Jin Ha Kim, Jin Sook Kim, Wonhee Jang, and Sang Yong Kim Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2423-2432; published ahead of print February 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02328-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Public Health Microbiology:

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Dogs Are a Reservoir of Ampicillin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Lineages Associated with Human Infections Peter Damborg, Janetta Top, Antoni P. A. Hendrickx, Susan Dawson, Rob J. L. Willems, and Luca Guardabassi Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2360-2365; published ahead of print February 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02035-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spontaneous Quinolone Resistance in the Zoonotic Serovar of Vibrio vulnificus Francisco J. Roig, A. Llorens, B. Fouz, and C. Amaro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2577-2580; published ahead of print February 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02921-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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New Electropositive Filter for Concentrating Enteroviruses and Noroviruses from Large Volumes of Water Mohammad R. Karim, Eric R. Rhodes, Nichole Brinkman, Larry Wymer, and G. Shay Fout Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2393-2399; published ahead of print February 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.00922-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Time-Resolved Metabolic Footprinting for Nonlinear Modeling of Bacterial Substrate Utilization Volker Behrends, Tim M. D. Ebbels, Huw D. Williams, and Jacob G. Bundy Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2453-2463; published ahead of print February 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01742-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quantitative Community Fingerprinting Methods for Estimating the Abundance of Operational Taxonomic Units in Natural Microbial Communities Alban Ramette Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2495-2505; published ahead of print February 6, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02409-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hierarchical Oligonucleotide Primer Extension as a Time- and Cost-Effective Approach for Quantitative Determination of Bifidobacterium spp. in Infant Feces Pei-Ying Hong, Gaik Chin Yap, Bee Wah Lee, Kaw Yan Chua, and Wen-Tso Liu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2573-2576; published ahead of print February 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02576-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Environmental Microbiology:

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A Novel Dehalobacter Species Is Involved in Extensive 4,5,6,7-Tetrachlorophthalide Dechlorination Naoko Yoshida, Lizhen Ye, Daisuke Baba, and Arata Katayama Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2400-2405; published ahead of print February 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02112-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Periplasmic c Cytochromes and Chlorate Reduction in Ideonella dechloratans Anna Smedja Bäcklund, Jan Bohlin, Niklas Gustavsson, and Thomas Nilsson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2439-2445; published ahead of print February 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.01325-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Filamentous Bacterium Eikelboom Type 0092 in Activated Sludge Plants in Australia Is a Member of the Phylum Chloroflexi Lachlan Speirs, Tadashi Nittami, Simon McIlroy, Sarah Schroeder, and Robert J. Seviour Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2446-2452; published ahead of print February 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02310-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Biowaste Sludge Maturation on the Diversity of Thermophilic Bacteria and Archaea in an Anaerobic Reactor M. Goberna, H. Insam, and I. H. Franke-Whittle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2566-2572; published ahead of print February 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02260-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Invertebrate Microbiology:

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Climate and Tick Seasonality Are Predictors of Borrelia burgdorferi Genotype Distribution Anne G. Gatewood, Kelly A. Liebman, Gwenaël Vourc'h, Jonas Bunikis, Sarah A. Hamer, Roberto Cortinas, Forrest Melton, Paul Cislo, Uriel Kitron, Jean Tsao, Alan G. Barbour, Durland Fish, and Maria A. Diuk-Wasser Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2476-2483; published ahead of print February 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02633-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Temperature on the Biotic Potential of Honeybee Microsporidia Raquel Martín-Hernández, Aránzazu Meana, Pilar García-Palencia, Pilar Marín, Cristina Botías, Encarna Garrido-Bailón, Laura Barrios, and Mariano Higes Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2554-2557; published ahead of print February 20, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02908-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Isolation and Characterization of Metalloproteases with a Novel Domain Structure by Construction and Screening of Metagenomic Libraries Tanja Waschkowitz, Stephanie Rockstroh, and Rolf Daniel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2506-2516; published ahead of print February 13, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02136-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

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Chimeric Genomes of Natural Hybrids of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces kudriavzevii Carmela Belloch, Roberto Pérez-Torrado, Sara S. González, José E. Pérez-Ortín, José García-Martínez, Amparo Querol, and Eladio Barrio Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2534-2544; published ahead of print February 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02282-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Geomicrobiology:

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Microbial Mineral Weathering for Nutrient Acquisition Releases Arsenic Brian J. Mailloux, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Alison R. Keimowitz, Karen Wovkulich, Greg A. Freyer, Michael Herron, John F. Stolz, Timothy C. Kenna, Thomas Pichler, Matthew L. Polizzotto, Hailiang Dong, Michael Bishop, and Peter S. K. Knappett Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2558-2565; published ahead of print February 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02440-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Succession of Selected Strains of Acetobacter pasteurianus and Other Acetic Acid Bacteria in Traditional Balsamic Vinegar Maria Gullo, Luciana De Vero, and Paolo Giudici Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2585-2589; published ahead of print February 27, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02249-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dynamic Model of Heat Inactivation Kinetics for Bacterial Adaptation Maria G. Corradini and Micha Peleg Appl. Environ. Microbiol. April 2009 75: 2590-2597; published ahead of print February 6, 2009, doi:10.1128/AEM.02167-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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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. April 2009 75: 2603 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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