Applied and Environmental Microbiology: 74 (12)

June 15, 2008; Volume 74,Issue 12

Minireviews

Minireview
Structure of the Archaeal Community of the Rumen
Peter H. Janssen, Marek Kirs

Food Microbiology

Food Microbiology
Longitudinal Study of the Molecular Epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni in Cattle on Dairy Farms
Patrick S. L. Kwan, Andrew Birtles, Frederick J. Bolton, Nigel P. French, Susan E. Robinson, Lynne S. Newbold, Mathew Upton, Andrew J. Fox
Food Microbiology
Roles of DacB and Spm Proteins in Clostridium perfringens Spore Resistance to Moist Heat, Chemicals, and UV Radiation
Daniel Paredes-Sabja, Nahid Sarker, Barbara Setlow, Peter Setlow, Mahfuzur R. Sarker
Food Microbiology
Competing Isogenic Campylobacter Strains Exhibit Variable Population Structures In Vivo
Chris Coward, Pauline M. van Diemen, Andrew J. K. Conlan, Julia R. Gog, Mark P. Stevens, Michael A. Jones, Duncan J. Maskell

Physiology and Biotechnology

PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Minimal Escherichia coli Cell for the Most Efficient Production of Ethanol from Hexoses and Pentoses
Cong T. Trinh, Pornkamol Unrean, Friedrich Srienc
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Influence of Environmental Stress on Distributions of Times to First Division in Escherichia coli Populations, as Determined by Digital-Image Analysis of Individual Cells
Gordon W. Niven, Jennifer S. Morton, Tamara Fuks, Bernard M. Mackey
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Insights into the Mode of Action of Chitosan as an Antibacterial Compound
Dina Raafat, Kristine von Bargen, Albert Haas, Hans-Georg Sahl
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Two Angular Dioxygenases Contribute to the Metabolic Versatility of Dibenzofuran-Degrading Rhodococcus sp. Strain HA01
Hamdy A. H. Aly, Nguyen B. Huu, Victor Wray, Howard Junca, Dietmar H. Pieper
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Chitin Hydrolysis by Listeria spp., Including L. monocytogenes
J. J. Leisner, M. H. Larsen, R. L. Jørgensen, L. Brøndsted, L. E. Thomsen, H. Ingmer
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Retargeting R-Type Pyocins To Generate Novel Bactericidal Protein Complexes
Steven R. Williams, Dana Gebhart, David W. Martin, Dean Scholl
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Mycelium Differentiation and Antibiotic Production in Submerged Cultures of Streptomyces coelicolor
Angel Manteca, Ruben Alvarez, Nuria Salazar, Paula Yagüe, Jesus Sanchez

Environmental Microbiology

Environmental Microbiology
Increased Fitness of Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1 Leucine Auxotrophs in Soil
Wook Kim, Stuart B. Levy
Environmental Microbiology
Microbial Communities in Contaminated Sediments, Associated with Bioremediation of Uranium to Submicromolar Levels
Erick Cardenas, Wei-Min Wu, Mary Beth Leigh, Jack Carley, Sue Carroll, Terry Gentry, Jian Luo, David Watson, Baohua Gu, Matthew Ginder-Vogel, Peter K. Kitanidis, Philip M. Jardine, Jizhong Zhou, Craig S. Criddle, Terence L. Marsh, James M. Tiedje
Environmental Microbiology
Cultivation of Hard-To-Culture Subsurface Mercury-Resistant Bacteria and Discovery of New merA Gene Sequences
L. D. Rasmussen, C. Zawadsky, S. J. Binnerup, G. Øregaard, S. J. Sørensen, N. Kroer
Environmental Microbiology
Temporal Variations in the Dynamics of Potentially Microcystin-Producing Strains in a Bloom-Forming Planktothrix agardhii (Cyanobacterium) Population
Enora Briand, Muriel Gugger, Jean-Christophe François, Cécile Bernard, Jean-François Humbert, Catherine Quiblier

Plant Microbiology

Plant Microbiology
Hypervariations of a Protease-Encoding Gene, PD0218 (pspB), in Xylella fastidiosa Strains Causing Almond Leaf Scorch and Pierce's Disease in California
J. Chen, E. Civerolo, K. Tubajika, S. Livingston, B. Higbee
Plant Microbiology
Genetic Structure and Biology of Xylella fastidiosa Strains Causing Disease in Citrus and Coffee in Brazil
Rodrigo P. P. Almeida, Fernanda E. Nascimento, John Chau, Simone S. Prado, Chi-Wei Tsai, Sílvio A. Lopes, Joao R. S. Lopes
Plant Microbiology
Nodulation Gene Regulation and Quorum Sensing Control Density-Dependent Suppression and Restriction of Nodulation in the Bradyrhizobium japonicum-Soybean Symbiosis
Siriluck Jitacksorn, Michael J. Sadowsky
Plant Microbiology
The Supernumerary Chromosome of Nectria haematococca That Carries Pea-Pathogenicity-Related Genes Also Carries a Trait for Pea Rhizosphere Competitiveness
M. Rodriguez-Carres, G. White, D. Tsuchiya, M. Taga, H. D. VanEtten

Public Health Microbiology

Public Health Microbiology
Associations between Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Fecal Generic Escherichia coli Isolates from Cow-Calf Herds in Western Canada
Sheryl P. Gow, Cheryl L. Waldner, Josee Harel, Patrick Boerlin
Public Health Microbiology
Longitudinal Study of Antimicrobial Resistance among Escherichia coli Isolates from Integrated Multisite Cohorts of Humans and Swine
W. Q. Alali, H. M. Scott, R. B. Harvey, B. Norby, D. B. Lawhorn, S. D. Pillai
Public Health Microbiology
Alternative Hand Contamination Technique To Compare the Activities of Antimicrobial and Nonantimicrobial Soaps under Different Test Conditions
Janice L. Fuls, Nancy D. Rodgers, George E. Fischler, Jeanne M. Howard, Monica Patel, Patrick L. Weidner, Melani H. Duran
Public Health Microbiology
Effect of Exposure to UV-C Irradiation and Monochloramine on Adenovirus Serotype 2 Early Protein Expression and DNA Replication
Kwanrawee Sirikanchana, Joanna L. Shisler, Benito J. Mariñas

Methods

Methods
Rapid Screening of Quorum-Sensing Signal N-Acyl Homoserine Lactones by an In Vitro Cell-Free Assay
Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Yung Pin Chen, R. Sean Norman, Alan W. Decho
Methods
Comparison of Broth Microdilution, Etest, and Agar Disk Diffusion Methods for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Lactobacillus acidophilus Group Members
Sigrid Mayrhofer, Konrad J. Domig, Christiane Mair, Ulrike Zitz, Geert Huys, Wolfgang Kneifel
Methods
Effect of Extraction and Assay Media on Analysis of Airborne Endotoxin
Suzanne Spaan, Gert Doekes, Dick Heederik, Peter S. Thorne, Inge M. Wouters
Methods
Development and Experimental Validation of a Predictive Threshold Cycle Equation for Quantification of Virulence and Marker Genes by High-Throughput Nanoliter-Volume PCR on the OpenArray Platform
Robert D. Stedtfeld, Samuel W. Baushke, Dieter M. Tourlousse, Sarah M. Miller, Tiffany M. Stedtfeld, Erdogan Gulari, James M. Tiedje, Syed A. Hashsham
Methods
Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Norovirus Genomes in Oysters by a Two-Step Isothermal Amplification Assay System Combining Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification and Reverse Transcription-Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assays
Shinji Fukuda, Yukie Sasaki, Masato Seno

Enzymology and Protein Engineering

Enzymology and Protein Engineering
Characterization of the Pattern of α_s1- and β-Casein Breakdown and Release of a Bioactive Peptide by a Cell Envelope Proteinase from Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis CRL 581
Elvira María Hebert, Gianfranco Mamone, Gianluca Picariello, Raúl R. Raya, Graciela Savoy, Pasquale Ferranti, Francesco Addeo
Enzymology and Protein Engineering
Biphenyl Dioxygenase from an Arctic Isolate Is Not Cold Adapted
Emma R. Master, Nathalie Y. R. Agar, Leticia Gómez-Gil, Justin B. Powlowski, William W. Mohn, Lindsay D. Eltis

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology
Population Structure of the Fish-Pathogenic Bacterium Flavobacterium psychrophilum
Pierre Nicolas, Stanislas Mondot, Guillaume Achaz, Catherine Bouchenot, Jean-François Bernardet, Eric Duchaud

Microbial Ecology

Microbial Ecology
Morphological and Genetic Evidence that the Cyanobacterium Lyngbya wollei (Farlow ex Gomont) Speziale and Dyck Encompasses at Least Two Species
Jennifer J. Joyner, R. Wayne Litaker, Hans W. Paerl
Microbial Ecology
Coexistence of Antibiotic-Producing and Antibiotic-Sensitive Bacteria in Biofilms Is Mediated by Resistant Bacteria
Naoki Narisawa, Shin Haruta, Hiroyuki Arai, Masaharu Ishii, Yasuo Igarashi
Microbial Ecology
Free-Living Tube Worm Endosymbionts Found at Deep-Sea Vents
Tara L. Harmer, Randi D. Rotjan, Andrea D. Nussbaumer, Monika Bright, Andrew W. Ng, Eric G. DeChaine, Colleen M. Cavanaugh
Microbial Ecology
Characterization of a Bacterial Community in an Abandoned Semiarid Lead-Zinc Mine Tailing Site
Monica O. Mendez, Julia W. Neilson, Raina M. Maier

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Genetics and Molecular Biology
Molecular Analysis of the Enterobacter sakazakii O-Antigen Gene Locus
N. Mullane, P. O'Gaora, J. E. Nally, C. Iversen, P. Whyte, P. G. Wall, S. Fanning
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Transfer of Conjugative Elements from Rumen and Human Firmicutes Bacteria to Roseburia inulinivorans
Karen P. Scott, Jenny C. Martin, Jakub Mrazek, Harry J. Flint

Errata

Errata
Methane-Producing Microbial Community in a Coal Bed of the Illinois Basin
Dariusz Strąpoć, Flynn W. Picardal, Courtney Turich, Irene Schaperdoth, Jennifer L. Macalady, Julius S. Lipp, Yu-Shih Lin, Tobias F. Ertefai, Florence Schubotz, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, Maria Mastalerz, Arndt Schimmelmann
Errata
Role of Migratory Birds in Introduction and Range Expansion of Ixodes scapularis Ticks and of Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Canada
N. H. Ogden, R. L. Lindsay, K. Hanincová, I. K. Barker, M. Bigras-Poulin, D. F. Charron, A. Heagy, C. M. Francis, C. J. O'Callaghan, I. Schwartz, R. A. Thompson
Errata
The Ehrlich Pathway for Fusel Alcohol Production: a Century of Research on Saccharomyces cerevisiae Metabolism
Lucie A. Hazelwood, Jean-Marc Daran, Antonius J. A. van Maris, Jack T. Pronk, J. Richard Dickinson

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Food Microbiology

Physiology and Biotechnology

Environmental Microbiology

Plant Microbiology

Public Health Microbiology

Methods

Enzymology and Protein Engineering

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

Microbial Ecology

Genetics and Molecular Biology

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