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  Molecular cloning of the Clostridium botulinum structural gene encoding the type B neurotoxin and determination of its entire nucleotide sequence.

  S M Whelan, M J Elmore, N J Bodsworth, J K Brehm, T Atkinson, N P Minton
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  Cloning, expression, and nucleotide sequence of genes involved in production of pediocin PA-1, and bacteriocin from Pediococcus acidilactici PAC1.0.

  J D Marugg, C F Gonzalez, B S Kunka, A M Ledeboer, M J Pucci, M Y Toonen, S A Walker, L C Zoetmulder, P A Vandenbergh
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  Degradation of Giardia lamblia cysts in mixed human and swine wastes.

  M Y Deng, D O Cliver
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  Nitrate and nitrite microgradients in barley rhizosphere as detected by a highly sensitive denitrification bioassay.

  S J Binnerup, J Sørensen
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  Characterization of bacteriocins from two strains of Bacillus thermoleovorans, a thermophilic hydrocarbon-utilizing species.

  J F Novotny, J J Perry
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  Degradation of azo dyes by the lignin-degrading fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium.

  J T Spadaro, M H Gold, V Renganathan
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  Roles of manganese and organic acid chelators in regulating lignin degradation and biosynthesis of peroxidases by Phanerochaete chrysosporium.

  J Perez, T W Jeffries
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  Moderation of ruminal fermentation by ciliated protozoa in cattle fed a high-grain diet.

  T G Nagaraja, G Towne, A A Beharka
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  Relationship between Legionella pneumophila and Acanthamoeba polyphaga: physiological status and susceptibility to chemical inactivation.

  J Barker, M R Brown, P J Collier, I Farrell, P Gilbert
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  Sequence variation in the thermostable direct hemolysin-related hemolysin (trh) gene of Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

  M Kishishita, N Matsuoka, K Kumagai, S Yamasaki, Y Takeda, M Nishibuchi
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  Nisin dissipates the proton motive force of the obligate anaerobe Clostridium sporogenes PA 3679.

  A Okereke, T J Montville
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  Multiple periplasmic catalases in phytopathogenic strains of Pseudomonas syringae.

  M G Klotz, S W Hutcheson
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  Two types of bacterial alginate lyases.

  M Kitamikado, C H Tseng, K Yamaguchi, T Nakamura
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  Characterization of Lactococcus lactis phage antigens.

  C Schouler, C Bouet, P Ritzenthaler, X Drouet, M Mata
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  Reassessment of the prevalence of heat-stable enterotoxin (NAG-ST) among environmental Vibrio cholerae non-O1 strains isolated from Calcutta, India, by using a NAG-ST DNA probe.

  A Pal, T Ramamurthy, R K Bhadra, T Takeda, T Shimada, Y Takeda, G B Nair, S C Pal, S Chakrabarti
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  Isolation and characterization of a variety of microcystins from seven strains of the cyanobacterial genus Anabaena.

  K Sivonen, M Namikoshi, W R Evans, W W Carmichael, F Sun, L Rouhiainen, R Luukkainen, K L Rinehart
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  Utilization of 3-chloro-2-methylbenzoic acid by Pseudomonas cepacia MB2 through the meta fission pathway.

  F K Higson, D D Focht
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  Lipoxygenase inhibitors shift the yeast/mycelium dimorphism in Ceratocystis ulmi.

  E C Jensen, C Ogg, K W Nickerson
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  Nonspecific reactions of a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit (TECRA) for detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins in foods.

  C E Park, M Akhtar, M K Rayman
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  Fate of Escherichia coli O157:H7 as affected by pH or sodium chloride and in fermented, dry sausage.

  K A Glass, J M Loeffelholz, J P Ford, M P Doyle
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  Molecular cloning and mapping of phenol degradation genes from Bacillus stearothermophilus FDTP-3 and their expression in Escherichia coli.

  F M Dong, L L Wang, C M Wang, J P Cheng, Z Q He, Z J Sheng, R Q Shen
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  Novel Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal crystal protein with a silent activity against coleopteran larvae.

  B Lambert, H Höfte, K Annys, S Jansens, P Soetaert, M Peferoen
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  Comparison of bioaerosol sampling methods in barns housing swine.

  P S Thorne, M S Kiekhaefer, P Whitten, K J Donham
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  Effects of antibacterial agents on in vitro ovine ruminal biotransformation of the hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloid jacobine.

  D E Wachenheim, L L Blythe, A M Craig
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  Contribution of anaerobic protozoa and methanogens to hindgut metabolic activities of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana.

  H J Gijzen, M Barugahare
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  Rapid in situ hybridization technique using 16S rRNA segments for detecting and differentiating the closely related gram-positive organisms Bacillus polymyxa and Bacillus macerans.

  R J Jurtshuk, M Blick, J Bresser, G E Fox, P Jurtshuk
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  Enumeration of phenanthrene-degrading bacteria by an overlayer technique and its use in evaluation of petroleum-contaminated sites.

  A H Bogardt, B B Hemmingsen
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  Response surface analysis of the effects of pH and dilution rate on Ruminococcus flavefaciens FD-1 in cellulose-fed continuous culture.

  Y Shi, P J Weimer
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  Novel mutations in the pheA gene of Escherichia coli K-12 which result in highly feedback inhibition-resistant variants of chorismate mutase/prephenate dehydratase.

  J Nelms, R M Edwards, J Warwick, I Fotheringham
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  Volatile metabolites produced by six fungal species compared with other indicators of fungal growth on cereal grains.

  T Börjesson, U Stöllman, J Schnürer
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  Genus- and species-specific identification of mycoplasmas by 16S rRNA amplification.

  F J van Kuppeveld, J T van der Logt, A F Angulo, M J van Zoest, W G Quint, H G Niesters, J M Galama, W J Melchers
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  Contribution of phenazine antibiotic biosynthesis to the ecological competence of fluorescent pseudomonads in soil habitats.

  M Mazzola, R J Cook, L S Thomashow, D M Weller, L S Pierson
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  The homologous and heterologous regions within the iap gene allow genus- and species-specific identification of Listeria spp. by polymerase chain reaction.

  A Bubert, S Köhler, W Goebel
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  Cloning, nucleotide sequences, and overexpression in Escherichia coli of tandem copies of a tryptophanase gene in an obligately symbiotic thermophile, Symbiobacterium thermophilum.

  T Hirahara, S Suzuki, S Horinouchi, T Beppu
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  Oxidation of nitrotoluenes by toluene dioxygenase: evidence for a monooxygenase reaction.

  J B Robertson, J C Spain, J D Haddock, D T Gibson
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  Impact of growth conditions on resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae to chloramines.

  M H Stewart, B H Olson
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  Growth-promoting effect of thermophilic fungi on the mycelium of the edible mushroom Agaricus bisporus.

  W M Wiegant, J Wery, E T Buitenhuis, J A de Bont
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  Complete mineralization of benzene by aquifer microorganisms under strictly anaerobic conditions.

  E A Edwards, D Grbić-Galić
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  Metabolism of 3-methylindole by a methanogenic consortium.

  J D Gu, D F Berry
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  Culture and decontamination methods affecting enumeration of phages infecting Bacteroides fragilis in sewage.

  C Tartera, R Araujo, T Michel, J Jofre
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  Use of degenerate primers for polymerase chain reaction cloning and sequencing of the Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis recA gene.

  P Duwat, S D Ehrlich, A Gruss
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  Development of the immunomagnetic enrichment method selective for Vibrio parahaemolyticus serotype K and its application to food poisoning study.

  T Tomoyasu
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  Direct isolation of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis from fresh water in Japan.

  H Fukushima
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  Use of inducible disaccharidases to assess the importance of different carbohydrate sources for Bacteroides ovatus growing in the intestinal tracts of germfree mice.

  P J Valentine, A A Salyers
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  Temperature-dependent induction of an acid-inducible stimulon of Escherichia coli in broth.

  M Hassani, D H Pincus, G N Bennett, I N Hirshfield