Applied and Environmental Microbiology: 74 (3)

February 1, 2008; Volume 74,Issue 3

Minireviews

Minireviews
Persistence of Category A Select Agents in the Environment
Ryan Sinclair, Stephanie A. Boone, David Greenberg, Paul Keim, Charles P. Gerba
Minireviews
Microorganisms Attack Synthetic Polymers in Items Representing Our Cultural Heritage
Francesca Cappitelli, Claudia Sorlini
Minireviews
Significance of Antioxidative Functions of Eicosapentaenoic and Docosahexaenoic Acids in Marine Microorganisms
Hidetoshi Okuyama, Yoshitake Orikasa, Takanori Nishida

Environmental Microbiology

Environmental Microbiology
Bifidobacteria in Feces and Environmental Waters
Regina Lamendella, Jorge W. Santo Domingo, Catherine Kelty, Daniel B. Oerther
Environmental Microbiology
Effect of pH on Intracellular Accumulation of Trace Concentrations of Hg(II) in Escherichia coli under Anaerobic Conditions, as Measured Using a mer-lux Bioreporter
George R. Golding, Richard Sparling, Carol A. Kelly
Environmental Microbiology
Identification by Quantitative Carrier Test of Surrogate Spore-Forming Bacteria To Assess Sporicidal Chemicals for Use against Bacillus anthracis
Miles R. Majcher, Kathryn A. Bernard, Syed A. Sattar
Environmental Microbiology
Isolation and Characterization of Vibrio tubiashii Outer Membrane Proteins and Determination of a toxR Homolog
J. Jean-Gilles Beaubrun, M. H. Kothary, S. K. Curtis, N. C. Flores, B. E. Eribo, B. D. Tall

Public Health Microbiology

Public Health Microbiology
Aerosolization of Particulate (1→3)-β-d-Glucan from Moldy Materials
Sung-Chul Seo, Tiina Reponen, Linda Levin, Tiffany Borchelt, Sergey A. Grinshpun
Public Health Microbiology
First Detection of Mycobacteria in African Rodents and Insectivores, Using Stratified Pool Screening
Lies Durnez, Miriam Eddyani, Georgies F. Mgode, Abdul Katakweba, Charles R. Katholi, Robert R. Machang'u, Rudovik R. Kazwala, Françoise Portaels, Herwig Leirs

Physiology and Biotechnology

PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Proteomic Analyses of a Listeria monocytogenes Mutant Lacking σ^B Identify New Components of the σ^B Regulon and Highlight a Role for σ^B in the Utilization of Glycerol
F. Abram, Wan-Lin Su, M. Wiedmann, K. J. Boor, P. Coote, C. Botting, K. A. G. Karatzas, C. P. O'Byrne
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
New Insights into Trehalose Metabolism by Saccharomyces cerevisiae: NTH2 Encodes a Functional Cytosolic Trehalase, and Deletion of TPS1 Reveals Ath1p-Dependent Trehalose Mobilization
Matthieu Jules, Gemma Beltran, Jean François, Jean Luc Parrou
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strains Obtained from Sugar-Cane Juice Fermentations and Their Impact in Cachaça Production
Valdinéia Aparecida Oliveira, Maristela Araújo Vicente, Luciano Gomes Fietto, Ieso de Miranda Castro, Maurício Xavier Coutrim, Dorit Schüller, Henrique Alves, Margarida Casal, Juliana de Oliveira Santos, Leandro Dias Araújo, Paulo Henrique Alves da Silva, Rogelio Lopes Brandão
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Effects of ADH2 Overexpression in Saccharomyces bayanus during Alcoholic Fermentation
Oscar Maestre, Teresa García-Martínez, Rafael A. Peinado, Juan C. Mauricio
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Application of Methods for Identifying Broiler Chicken Gut Bacterial Species Linked with Increased Energy Metabolism
Valeria A. Torok, Kathy Ophel-Keller, Maylene Loo, Robert J. Hughes
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Determination of Specific Growth Rate by Measurement of Specific Rate of Ribosome Synthesis in Growing and Nongrowing Cultures of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus
Matthew R. Cutter, Peter G. Stroot
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Heterologous Expression of the Pneumococcal Serotype 14 Polysaccharide in Lactococcus lactis Requires Lactococcal epsABC Regulatory Genes
Masja N. Nierop Groot, Jeroen Godefrooij, Michiel Kleerebezem

Geomicrobiology

Geomicrobiology
Secretion of Flavins by Shewanella Species and Their Role in Extracellular Electron Transfer
Harald von Canstein, Jun Ogawa, Sakayu Shimizu, Jonathan R. Lloyd

Microbial Ecology

Microbial Ecology
Subfossil 16S rRNA Gene Sequences of Green Sulfur Bacteria in the Black Sea and Their Implications for Past Photic Zone Anoxia
Ann K. Manske, Uta Henßge, Jens Glaeser, Jörg Overmann
Microbial Ecology
Gnotobiotic Mouse Immune Response Induced by Bifidobacterium sp. Strains Isolated from Infants
Odile Ménard, Marie-José Butel, Valérie Gaboriau-Routhiau, Anne-Judith Waligora-Dupriet
Microbial Ecology
Occurrence and Expression of Luminescence in Vibrio cholerae
Christopher J. Grim, Elisa Taviani, Munirul Alam, Anwar Huq, R. Bradley Sack, Rita R. Colwell
Microbial Ecology
Low Temperature Decreases the Phylogenetic Diversity of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea and Bacteria in Aquarium Biofiltration Systems
Hidetoshi Urakawa, Yoshiyuki Tajima, Yoshiyuki Numata, Satoshi Tsuneda

Invertebrate Microbiology

Invertebrate Microbiology
Characterization of htrB and msbB Mutants of the Light Organ Symbiont Vibrio fischeri
Dawn M. Adin, Nancy J. Phillips, Bradford W. Gibson, Michael A. Apicella, Edward G. Ruby, Margaret J. McFall-Ngai, Daniel B. Hall, Eric V. Stabb
Invertebrate Microbiology
“Endomicrobia” and Other Bacteria Associated with the Hindgut of Dermolepida albohirtum Larvae
Geoffrey W. Pittman, Stevens M. Brumbley, Peter G. Allsopp, Scott L. O'Neill
Invertebrate Microbiology
Identification of a Putative Mexican Strain of Serratia entomophila Pathogenic against Root-Damaging Larvae of Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera)
M. Eugenia Nuñez-Valdez, Marco A. Calderón, Eduardo Aranda, Luciano Hernández, Rosa M. Ramírez-Gama, Laura Lina, Zitlhally Rodríguez-Segura, María del C. Gutiérrez, Francisco J. Villalobos
Invertebrate Microbiology
Identification of a Ciliate (Oligohymenophorea: Scuticociliatia) Associated with Brown Band Disease on Corals of the Great Barrier Reef
David G. Bourne, Holly V. Boyett, Meegan E. Henderson, Andrew Muirhead, Bette L. Willis

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Genetics and Molecular Biology
Plasmids of the pRM/pRF Family Occur in Diverse Rickettsia Species
Gerald D. Baldridge, Nicole Y. Burkhardt, Roderick F. Felsheim, Timothy J. Kurtti, Ulrike G. Munderloh
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Characterization of the Gene Cluster Responsible for Cylindrospermopsin Biosynthesis
Troco Kaan Mihali, Ralf Kellmann, Julia Muenchhoff, Kevin D. Barrow, Brett A. Neilan
Genetics and Molecular Biology
The Type II Secretion System of Legionella pneumophila Elaborates Two Aminopeptidases, as Well as a Metalloprotease That Contributes to Differential Infection among Protozoan Hosts
Ombeline Rossier, Jenny Dao, Nicholas P. Cianciotto
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Bacteriophage Prevalence in the Genus Azospirillum and Analysis of the First Genome Sequence of an Azospirillum brasilense Integrative Phage
Mickaël Boyer, Jacqueline Haurat, Sylvie Samain, Béatrice Segurens, Frédérick Gavory, Víctor González, Patrick Mavingui, René Rohr, René Bally, Florence Wisniewski-Dyé

Methods

Methods
Use of a Recombinant Fluorescent Substrate with Cleavage Sites for All Botulinum Neurotoxins in High-Throughput Screening of Natural Product Extracts for Inhibitors of Serotypes A, B, and E
Harry B. Hines, Alexander D. Kim, Robert G. Stafford, Shirin S. Badie, Ernst E. Brueggeman, David J. Newman, James J. Schmidt
Methods
Quantitative PCR for Detection and Enumeration of Genetic Markers of Bovine Fecal Pollution
Orin C. Shanks, Emina Atikovic, A. Denene Blackwood, Jingrang Lu, Rachel T. Noble, Jorge Santo Domingo, Shawn Seifring, Mano Sivaganesan, Richard A. Haugland
Methods
Development and Implementation of a Single-Chain Fv Antibody for Specific Detection of Bacillus anthracis Spores
A. Mechaly, E. Zahavy, M. Fisher
Methods
Miniprimer PCR, a New Lens for Viewing the Microbial World
Thomas A. Isenbarger, Michael Finney, Carlos Ríos-Velázquez, Jo Handelsman, Gary Ruvkun
Methods
Evaluations of Different Hypervariable Regions of Archaeal 16S rRNA Genes in Profiling of Methanogens by Archaea-Specific PCR and Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis
Zhongtang Yu, Rubén García-González, Floyd L. Schanbacher, Mark Morrison
Methods
Identification of β-Lactamase in Antibiotic-Resistant Bacillus cereus Spores
Catherine Fenselau, Crystal Havey, Nuttinee Teerakulkittipong, Stephen Swatkoski, Olli Laine, Nathan Edwards
Methods
Determination of the Shear Force at the Balance between Bacterial Attachment and Detachment in Weak-Adherence Systems, Using a Flow Displacement Chamber
M. Reza Nejadnik, Henny C. van der Mei, Henk J. Busscher, Willem Norde

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology
The Genome Sequence of the Metal-Mobilizing, Extremely Thermoacidophilic Archaeon Metallosphaera sedula Provides Insights into Bioleaching-Associated Metabolism
Kathryne S. Auernik, Yukari Maezato, Paul H. Blum, Robert M. Kelly
Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology
Forest Soil Metagenome Gene Cluster Involved in Antifungal Activity Expression in Escherichia coli
Eu Jin Chung, He Kyoung Lim, Jin-Cheol Kim, Gyung Ja Choi, Eun Jin Park, Myung Hwan Lee, Young Ryun Chung, Seon-Woo Lee
Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology
Differentiation of Clostridium botulinum Serotype A Strains by Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis
Thomas E. Macdonald, Charles H. Helma, Lawrence O. Ticknor, Paul J. Jackson, Richard T. Okinaka, Leonard A. Smith, Theresa J. Smith, Karen K. Hill

Food Microbiology

Food Microbiology
Recovery of Spores from Thermophilic Dairy Bacilli and Effects of Their Surface Characteristics on Attachment to Different Surfaces
R. B. Seale, S. H. Flint, A. J. McQuillan, P. J. Bremer
Food Microbiology
High Frequency of Histamine-Producing Bacteria in the Enological Environment and Instability of the Histidine Decarboxylase Production Phenotype
Patrick M. Lucas, Olivier Claisse, Aline Lonvaud-Funel
Food Microbiology
Production of a Monoclonal Antibody Specific for the Major Outer Membrane Protein of Campylobacter jejuni and Characterization of the Epitope
Hongliang Qian, Ervinna Pang, Qingyun Du, Jason Chang, Jin Dong, Say Ling Toh, Fook Kheong Ng, Ai Ling Tan, Jimmy Kwang
Food Microbiology
Multiple-Locus Sequence Typing and Analysis of Toxin Genes in Bacillus cereus Food-Borne Isolates
Barbara Cardazzo, Enrico Negrisolo, Lisa Carraro, Leonardo Alberghini, Tomaso Patarnello, Valerio Giaccone

Plant Microbiology

Plant Microbiology
Root Exudates Regulate Soil Fungal Community Composition and Diversity
Corey D. Broeckling, Amanda K. Broz, Joy Bergelson, Daniel K. Manter, Jorge M. Vivanco

Enzymology and Protein Engineering

Enzymology and Protein Engineering
Enzymic Approach to Eurythermalism of Alvinella pompejana and Its Episymbionts
Charles K. Lee, S. Craig Cary, Alison E. Murray, Roy M. Daniel

Biodegradation

Biodegradation
Depth-Resolved Quantification of Anaerobic Toluene Degraders and Aquifer Microbial Community Patterns in Distinct Redox Zones of a Tar Oil Contaminant Plume
Christian Winderl, Bettina Anneser, Christian Griebler, Rainer U. Meckenstock, Tillmann Lueders

Mycology

Mycology
Root Infection and Systemic Colonization of Maize by Colletotrichum graminicola
Serenella A. Sukno, Verónica M. García, Brian D. Shaw, Michael R. Thon

Errata

Erratum
Recurrent and Sporadic Listeria monocytogenes Contamination in Alheiras Represents Considerable Diversity, Including Virulence-Attenuated Isolates
M. T. S. Felício, T. Hogg, P. Gibbs, P. Teixeira, M. Wiedmann
Erratum
Design and Performance of a 16S rRNA-Targeted Oligonucleotide Probe for Detection of Members of the Genus Bdellovibrio by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
Khaled K. Mahmoud, Damian McNeely, Chelsea Elwood, Susan F. Koval

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Physiology and Biotechnology

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Invertebrate Microbiology

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Methods

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

Food Microbiology

Plant Microbiology

Enzymology and Protein Engineering

Biodegradation

Mycology

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