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  Comparison of cold enrichment and U.S. Department of Agriculture methods for isolating Listeria monocytogenes from naturally contaminated foods. The Listeria Study Group.

  P S Hayes, L M Graves, G W Ajello, B Swaminathan, R E Weaver, J D Wenger, A Schuchat, C V Broome
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  Conjugal transfer of a shuttle vector from the human colonic anaerobe Bacteroides uniformis to the ruminal anaerobe Prevotella (Bacteroides) ruminicola B(1)4.

  N B Shoemaker, K L Anderson, S L Smithson, G R Wang, A A Salyers
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  Carboxylation of o-cresol by an anaerobic consortium under methanogenic conditions.

  J G Bisaillon, F Lépine, R Beaudet, M Sylvestre
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  Propachlor degradation by a soil bacterial community.

  D T Villarreal, R F Turco, A Konopka
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  Identification of a common cyanobacterial symbiont associated with Azolla spp. through molecular and morphological characterization of free-living and symbiotic cyanobacteria.

  J S Gebhardt, S A Nierzwicki-Bauer
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  Ecology of bacteriophages infecting activated sludge bacteria.

  J Hantula, A Kurki, P Vuoriranta, D H Bamford
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  Cholera enterotoxin production in Vibrio cholerae O1 strains isolated from the environment and from humans in Japan.

  A Minami, S Hashimoto, H Abe, M Arita, T Taniguchi, T Honda, T Miwatani, M Nishibuchi
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  Occurrence of plasmids in Danish isolates of Vibrio anguillarum serovars O1 and O2 and association of plasmids with phenotypic characteristics.

  J L Larsen, J E Olsen
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  Mechanism of action of the peptide antibiotic nisin in liposomes and cytochrome c oxidase-containing proteoliposomes.

  F H Gao, T Abee, W N Konings
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  Effects of organic matter on virus transport in unsaturated flow.

  D K Powelson, J R Simpson, C P Gerba
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  Concentration of viruses and dissolved DNA from aquatic environments by vortex flow filtration.

  J H Paul, S C Jiang, J B Rose
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  3,4-Dihydroxyxanthone dioxygenase from Arthrobacter sp. strain GFB100.

  C M Chen, P H Tomasek
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  Isolation and characterization of turbot (Scophtalmus maximus)-associated bacteria with inhibitory effects against Vibrio anguillarum.

  A Westerdahl, J C Olsson, S Kjelleberg, P L Conway
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  Growth kinetics of coliform bacteria under conditions relevant to drinking water distribution systems.

  A K Camper, G A McFeters, W G Characklis, W L Jones
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  Manganese regulation of manganese peroxidase expression and lignin degradation by the white rot fungus Dichomitus squalens.

  F H Périé, M H Gold
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  Production of the siderophore aerobactin by a halophilic pseudomonad.

  J S Buyer, V de Lorenzo, J B Neilands
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  Detection and identification of groundwater bacteria capable of escaping entrapment on 0.45-micron-pore-size membrane filters.

  J J Shirey, G K Bissonnette
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  Transcription of the Escherichia coli fliC gene is regulated by metal ions.

  A Guzzo, C Diorio, M S DuBow
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  Biodegradation of organic compounds in vadose zone and aquifer sediments.

  A Konopka, R Turco
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  Mitochondrial DNAs and plasmids as taxonomic characteristics in Trichoderma viride.

  R J Meyer
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  Toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis to laboratory populations of the olive fruit fly (Dacus oleae).

  G Karamanlidou, A F Lambropoulos, S I Koliais, T Manousis, D Ellar, C Kastritsis
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  Rapid method for processing soil samples for polymerase chain reaction amplification of specific gene sequences.

  S D Pillai, K L Josephson, R L Bailey, C P Gerba, I L Pepper
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  Reductive dechlorination of high concentrations of tetrachloroethene to ethene by an anaerobic enrichment culture in the absence of methanogenesis.

  T D DiStefano, J M Gossett, S H Zinder
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  Regiospecific dechlorination of pentachlorophenol by dichlorophenol-adapted microorganisms in freshwater, anaerobic sediment slurries.

  F O Bryant, D D Hale, J E Rogers
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  Comparison of methods for discrimination between strains of Listeria monocytogenes from epidemiological surveys.

  A O Baloga, S K Harlander
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  Isolation and characterization of p-coumaroyl esterase from the anaerobic fungus Neocallimastix strain MC-2.

  W S Borneman, L G Ljungdahl, R D Hartley, D E Akin
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  Plasmids of Pseudomonas cepacia strains of diverse origins.

  E Lennon, B T DeCicco
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  Risk factors for contamination of domestic hot water systems by legionellae.

  M Alary, J R Joly
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  Role of manganese peroxidases and lignin peroxidases of Phanerochaete chrysosporium in the decolorization of kraft bleach plant effluent.

  F C Michel, S B Dass, E A Grulke, C A Reddy
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  Phylogenetic characterization and in situ localization of the bacterial symbiont of shipworms (Teredinidae: Bivalvia) by using 16S rRNA sequence analysis and oligodeoxynucleotide probe hybridization.

  D L Distel, E F DeLong, J B Waterbury
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  Efficient biodegradation of high-molecular-weight polyethylene glycols by pure cultures of Pseudomonas stutzeri.

  N Obradors, J Aguilar
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  Pathogenicity of nonstressed, heat-stressed, and resuscitated Listeria monocytogenes 1A1 cells.

  S A McCarthy
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  Characteristics of an inulinase produced by Bacillus subtilis 430A, a strain isolated from the rhizosphere of Vernonia herbacea (Vell Rusby).

  D L Vullo, C E Coto, F Siñeriz
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  Fate of 2,2,2-trichloroacetaldehyde (chloral hydrate) produced during trichloroethylene oxidation by methanotrophs.

  L M Newman, L P Wackett
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  Biodegradation of monoaromatic hydrocarbons by aquifer microorganisms using oxygen, nitrate, or nitrous oxide as the terminal electron acceptor.

  S R Hutchins
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  Determination of Giardia lamblia cyst infective dose for the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus).

  F W Schaefer, C H Johnson, C H Hsu, E W Rice
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  Production of fumonisins by Fusarium moniliforme strains from various substrates and geographic areas.

  P E Nelson, R D Plattner, D D Shackelford, A E Desjardins
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  Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the Lactobacillus casei lactate dehydrogenase gene.

  S F Kim, S J Baek, M Y Pack
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  Distribution, clearance, and mortality of environmental pseudomonads in mice upon intranasal exposure.

  S E George, M J Kohan, D A Whitehouse, J P Creason, C Y Kawanishi, R L Sherwood, L D Claxton
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  Cloning and expression of a chitinase gene from Aeromonas hydrophila in Escherichia coli.

  J P Chen, F Nagayama, M C Chang
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  Detection of coliform bacteria and Escherichia coli by multiplex polymerase chain reaction: comparison with defined substrate and plating methods for water quality monitoring.

  A K Bej, S C McCarty, R M Atlas
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  Effect of C6 to C9 alkenals on aflatoxin production in corn, cottonseed, and peanuts.

  H J Zeringue
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  DNA probes for detection of copper resistance genes in Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria.

  S Garde, C L Bender