Applied and Environmental Microbiology: 74 (5)

March 1, 2008; Volume 74,Issue 5

Minireviews

Minireviews
Enumeration of Salmonella Bacteria in Food and Feed Samples by Real-Time PCR for Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment
Burkhard Malorny, Charlotta Löfström, Martin Wagner, Nadine Krämer, Jeffrey Hoorfar
Minireviews
Molecular Ecology Techniques for the Study of Aerobic Methanotrophs
Ian R. McDonald, Levente Bodrossy, Yin Chen, J. Colin Murrell

Methods

Methods
Marker Removal in Staphylococci via Cre Recombinase and Different lox Sites
Martina Leibig, Bernhard Krismer, Martina Kolb, Alexandra Friede, Friedrich Götz, Ralph Bertram
Methods
Detection of Viable but Nonculturable Escherichia coli O157:H7 Bacteria in Drinking Water and River Water
Yanming Liu, Ainslie Gilchrist, Jing Zhang, Xing-Fang Li
Methods
Rapid DNA Library Construction for Functional Genomic and Metagenomic Screening
Jonathan E. Schmitz, Anu Daniel, Mattias Collin, Raymond Schuch, Vincent A. Fischetti
Methods
Quantification of the Detrimental Effect of a Single Primer-Template Mismatch by Real-Time PCR Using the 16S rRNA Gene as an Example
D. Bru, F. Martin-Laurent, L. Philippot

Invertebrate Microbiology

Invertebrate Microbiology
Bombyx mori Midgut Membrane Protein P252, Which Binds to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1A, Is a Chlorophyllide-Binding Protein, and the Resulting Complex Has Antimicrobial Activity
Ganesh N. Pandian, Toshiki Ishikawa, Makoto Togashi, Yasuyuki Shitomi, Kohsuke Haginoya, Shuhei Yamamoto, Tadayuki Nishiumi, Hidetaka Hori
Invertebrate Microbiology
Phylogenetic Characterization and Prevalence of “Spirobacillus cienkowskii,” a Red-Pigmented, Spiral-Shaped Bacterial Pathogen of Freshwater Daphnia Species
Jorge L. M. Rodrigues, Meghan A. Duffy, Alan J. Tessier, Dieter Ebert, Laurence Mouton, Thomas M. Schmidt
Invertebrate Microbiology
Bacterial Communities of Bartonella-Positive Fleas: Diversity and Community Assembly Patterns
Ryan T. Jones, Katherine F. McCormick, Andrew P. Martin

Environmental Microbiology

Environmental Microbiology
Retrospective Study of Campylobacter Infection in a Zoological Collection
Maged M. Taema, James C. Bull, Shaheed K. Macgregor, Edmund J. Flach, Wayne S. Boardman, Andrew D. Routh
Environmental Microbiology
Intracellular Copper Accumulation Enhances the Growth of Kineococcus radiotolerans during Chronic Irradiation
C. E. Bagwell, C. E. Milliken, S. Ghoshroy, D. A. Blom
Environmental Microbiology
Mitochondrial cob and cox1 Genes and Editing of the Corresponding mRNAs in Dinophysis acuminata from Narragansett Bay, with Special Reference to the Phylogenetic Position of the Genus Dinophysis
Huan Zhang, Debashish Bhattacharya, Lucie Maranda, Senjie Lin

Plant Microbiology

Plant Microbiology
Detection of Plant-Modulated Alterations in Antifungal Gene Expression in Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0 on Roots by Flow Cytometry
Patrice de Werra, Eric Baehler, Aurélie Huser, Christoph Keel, Monika Maurhofer
Plant Microbiology
Water Deficit as a Driver of the Mutualistic Relationship between the Fungus Trichoderma harzianum and Two Wheat Genotypes
Eduardo P. Donoso, Ramiro O. Bustamante, Margarita Carú, Hermann M. Niemeyer
Plant Microbiology
The Exotic Legume Tree Species Acacia holosericea Alters Microbial Soil Functionalities and the Structure of the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Community
P. Remigi, A. Faye, A. Kane, M. Deruaz, J. Thioulouse, M. Cissoko, Y. Prin, A. Galiana, B. Dreyfus, R. Duponnois

Public Health Microbiology

Public Health Microbiology
Molecular Structure and Transferability of Tn1546-Like Elements in Enterococcus faecium Isolates from Clinical, Sewage, and Surface Water Samples in Iran
M. Talebi, M. R. Pourshafie, M. Katouli, R. Möllby
Public Health Microbiology
Surface Response of Fluorine Polymer-Incorporated Resin Composites to Cariogenic Biofilm Adherence
Mariko Gyo, Toru Nikaido, Koichi Okada, Junichi Yamauchi, Junji Tagami, Khairul Matin
Public Health Microbiology
Prevalence and Abundance of Uncultivated Megasphaera-Like Bacteria in the Human Vaginal Environment
Marcela Zozaya-Hinchliffe, David H. Martin, Michael J. Ferris
Public Health Microbiology
Molecular Detection of Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Identification of a Potentially Human-Pathogenic Genotype in Milk
John Hwa Lee
Public Health Microbiology
Applicability of Phylogenetic Methods for Characterizing the Public Health Significance of Verocytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains
Kim Ziebell, Paulina Konczy, Irene Yong, Shelley Frost, Mariola Mascarenhas, Andrew M. Kropinski, Thomas S. Whittam, Susan C. Read, Mohamed A. Karmali

Physiology and Biotechnology

PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
A Rhodococcus qsdA-Encoded Enzyme Defines a Novel Class of Large-Spectrum Quorum-Quenching Lactonases
Stéphane Uroz, Phil M. Oger, Emilie Chapelle, Marie-Thérèse Adeline, Denis Faure, Yves Dessaux
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Role of Campylobacter jejuni Respiratory Oxidases and Reductases in Host Colonization
Rebecca A. Weingarten, Jesse L. Grimes, Jonathan W. Olson
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Identification of Genes Affecting Hydrogen Sulfide Formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Angela L. Linderholm, Carrie L. Findleton, Gagandeep Kumar, Yeun Hong, Linda F. Bisson
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
NADH Availability Limits Asymmetric Biocatalytic Epoxidation in a Growing Recombinant Escherichia coli Strain
Bruno Bühler, Jin-Byung Park, Lars M. Blank, Andreas Schmid
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Degradation of Glyoxylate and Glycolate with ATP Synthesis by a Thermophilic Anaerobic Bacterium, Moorella sp. Strain HUC22-1
Shinsuke Sakai, Kentaro Inokuma, Yutaka Nakashimada, Naomichi Nishio
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Isolation and Characterization of Human Intestinal Bacteria Capable of Transforming the Dietary Carcinogen 2-Amino-1-Methyl-6-Phenylimidazo[4,5-b]Pyridine
Lynn Vanhaecke, Filip Vercruysse, Nico Boon, Willy Verstraete, Ilse Cleenwerck, Marjan De Wachter, Paul De Vos, Tom van de Wiele
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Vanadium Requirements and Uptake Kinetics in the Dinitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii
J. P. Bellenger, T. Wichard, A. M. L. Kraepiel
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Phenotypic and Proteomic Characterization of Multiply Antibiotic-Resistant Variants of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Selected Following Exposure to Disinfectants
Kimon A. G. Karatzas, Luke P. Randall, Mark Webber, Laura J. V. Piddock, Tom J. Humphrey, Martin J. Woodward, Nick G. Coldham
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Amyloid-Like Adhesins Produced by Floc-Forming and Filamentous Bacteria in Activated Sludge
Poul Larsen, Jeppe Lund Nielsen, Daniel Otzen, Per Halkjær Nielsen
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
A Novel Gene, Encoding 6-Hydroxy-3-Succinoylpyridine Hydroxylase, Involved in Nicotine Degradation by Pseudomonas putida Strain S16
Hongzhi Tang, Shuning Wang, Lanying Ma, Xiangzhou Meng, Zixin Deng, Dake Zhang, Cuiqing Ma, Ping Xu
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
A Legionella pneumophila Peptidyl-Prolyl cis-trans Isomerase Present in Culture Supernatants Is Necessary for Optimal Growth at Low Temperatures
Maria A. Söderberg, Nicholas P. Cianciotto
PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Teichoic Acid Glycosylation Mediated by gtcA Is Required for Phage Adsorption and Susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes Serotype 4b
Ying Cheng, Nattawan Promadej, Jae-Won Kim, S. Kathariou

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Genetics and Molecular Biology
Factors and Selenocysteine Insertion Sequence Requirements for the Synthesis of Selenoproteins from a Gram-Positive Anaerobe in Escherichia coli
Torsten Gursinsky, Daniel Gröbe, Angelika Schierhorn, Jana Jäger, Jan R. Andreesen, Brigitte Söhling
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Two Different Tetracycline Resistance Mechanisms, Plasmid-Carried tet(L) and Chromosomally Located Transposon-Associated tet(M), Coexist in Lactobacillus sakei Rits 9
Mohammed Salim Ammor, Miguel Gueimonde, Morten Danielsen, Monique Zagorec, Angela H. A. M. van Hoek, Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán, Baltasar Mayo, Abelardo Margolles
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Lipase Expression in Pseudomonas alcaligenes Is Under the Control of a Two-Component Regulatory System
Joanna Krzeslak, Gijs Gerritse, Ronald van Merkerk, Robbert H. Cool, Wim J. Quax
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Genetic Dissection of Tropodithietic Acid Biosynthesis by Marine Roseobacters
Haifeng Geng, Jesper Bartholin Bruhn, Kristian F. Nielsen, Lone Gram, Robert Belas
Genetics and Molecular Biology
cadDX Operon of Streptococcus salivarius 57.I
Yi-Ywan M. Chen, C. W. Feng, C. F. Chiu, Robert A. Burne

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology
Metagenomics: Read Length Matters
K. Eric Wommack, Jaysheel Bhavsar, Jacques Ravel

Food Microbiology

Food Microbiology
Heavy-Metal and Benzalkonium Chloride Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes Isolates from the Environment of Turkey-Processing Plants
S. Mullapudi, R. M. Siletzky, S. Kathariou
Food Microbiology
Identification of Campylobacter jejuni Genes Involved in the Response to Acidic pH and Stomach Transit
Anne N. Reid, Reenu Pandey, Kiran Palyada, Hemant Naikare, Alain Stintzi
Food Microbiology
Identification of Campylobacter jejuni Genes Contributing to Acid Adaptation by Transcriptional Profiling and Genome-Wide Mutagenesis
Anne N. Reid, Reenu Pandey, Kiran Palyada, Lisa Whitworth, Evgueni Doukhanine, Alain Stintzi

Mycology

Mycology
Molecular Analysis of Maltotriose Active Transport and Fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Reveals a Determinant Role for the AGT1 Permease
Sergio L. Alves, Ricardo A. Herberts, Claudia Hollatz, Debora Trichez, Luiz C. Miletti, Pedro S. de Araujo, Boris U. Stambuk
Mycology
Sexual Reproduction as the Cause of Heat Resistance in the Food Spoilage Fungus Byssochlamys spectabilis (Anamorph Paecilomyces variotii)
Jos Houbraken, János Varga, Emilia Rico-Munoz, Shawn Johnson, Robert A. Samson

Geomicrobiology

Geomicrobiology
Direct Identification of a Bacterial Manganese(II) Oxidase, the Multicopper Oxidase MnxG, from Spores of Several Different Marine Bacillus Species
Gregory J. Dick, Justin W. Torpey, Terry J. Beveridge, Bradley M. Tebo

Enzymology and Protein Engineering

Enzymology and Protein Engineering
Protein Engineering of Toluene Monooxygenases for Synthesis of Chiral Sulfoxides
Roi Feingersch, Janna Shainsky, Thomas K. Wood, Ayelet Fishman

Microbial Ecology

Microbial Ecology
Changes in Bacterial and Archaeal Community Structure and Functional Diversity along a Geochemically Variable Soil Profile
Colleen M. Hansel, Scott Fendorf, Phillip M. Jardine, Christopher A. Francis
Microbial Ecology
Silver as a Residual Disinfectant To Prevent Biofilm Formation in Water Distribution Systems
Nadia Silvestry-Rodriguez, Kelly R. Bright, Donald C. Slack, Donald R. Uhlmann, Charles P. Gerba
Microbial Ecology
The Mucin Degrader Akkermansia muciniphila Is an Abundant Resident of the Human Intestinal Tract
Muriel Derrien, M. Carmen Collado, Kaouther Ben-Amor, Seppo Salminen, Willem M. de Vos

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Methods

Invertebrate Microbiology

Environmental Microbiology

Plant Microbiology

Public Health Microbiology

Physiology and Biotechnology

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

Food Microbiology

Mycology

Geomicrobiology

Enzymology and Protein Engineering

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