Applied and Environmental Microbiology: 76 (13)

July 1, 2010; Volume 76,Issue 13

Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Enhancement of Survival and Electricity Production in an Engineered Bacterium by Light-Driven Proton Pumping
Ethan T. Johnson, Daniel B. Baron, Belén Naranjo, Daniel R. Bond, Claudia Schmidt-Dannert, Jeffrey A. Gralnick
Biotechnology
Adaptive Evolution of Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 during Growth on a Nonnative Carbon Source, l-1,2-Propanediol
Dae-Hee Lee, Bernhard Ø. Palsson
Biotechnology
Escherichia coli Strains Engineered for Homofermentative Production of d-Lactic Acid from Glycerol
Suman Mazumdar, James M. Clomburg, Ramon Gonzalez
Biotechnology
Metabolic Engineering of Gluconobacter oxydans for Improved Growth Rate and Growth Yield on Glucose by Elimination of Gluconate Formation
Vera Krajewski, Petra Simić, Nigel J. Mouncey, Stephanie Bringer, Hermann Sahm, Michael Bott
Open Access

Biotechnology
Combined Use of Fluorescent Dyes and Flow Cytometry To Quantify the Physiological State of Pichia pastoris during the Production of Heterologous Proteins in High-Cell-Density Fed-Batch Cultures
Petr Hyka, Thomas Züllig, Claudia Ruth, Verena Looser, Christian Meier, Joachim Klein, Karel Melzoch, Hans-Peter Meyer, Anton Glieder, Karin Kovar
Biotechnology
Pilot-Scale Production of Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters by an Engineered Escherichia coli Strain Harboring the p(Microdiesel) Plasmid
Yasser Elbahloul, Alexander Steinbüchel

Invertebrate Microbiology

Invertebrate Microbiology
Phylogenetic Position and Peculiar Genetic Traits of a Midgut Bacterial Symbiont of the Stinkbug Parastrachia japonensis
Takahiro Hosokawa, Yoshitomo Kikuchi, Naruo Nikoh, Xian-Ying Meng, Mantaro Hironaka, Takema Fukatsu
Invertebrate Microbiology
Ecological Factors Characterizing the Prevalence of Bacterial Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ixodes ricinus Ticks in Pastures and Woodlands
Lénaïg Halos, Séverine Bord, Violaine Cotté, Patrick Gasqui, David Abrial, Jacques Barnouin, Henri-Jean Boulouis, Muriel Vayssier-Taussat, Gwenaël Vourc'h

Methods

Methods
New Device for High-Throughput Viability Screening of Flow Biofilms
Michael R. Benoit, Carolyn G. Conant, Cristian Ionescu-Zanetti, Michael Schwartz, A. Matin
Methods
Rapid Affinity Immunochromatography Column-Based Tests for Sensitive Detection of Clostridium botulinum Neurotoxins and Escherichia coli O157
Jason Brunt, Martin D. Webb, Michael W. Peck
Methods
Use of Propidium Monoazide in Reverse Transcriptase PCR To Distinguish between Infectious and Noninfectious Enteric Viruses in Water Samples
Sandhya Parshionikar, Ian Laseke, G. Shay Fout
Methods
Highly Discriminatory Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Interrogation of Escherichia coli by Use of Allele-Specific Real-Time PCR and eBURST Analysis
Maxim S. Sheludchenko, Flavia Huygens, Megan H. Hargreaves
Methods
Pentaplexed Quantitative Real-Time PCR Assay for the Simultaneous Detection and Quantification of Botulinum Neurotoxin-Producing Clostridia in Food and Clinical Samples
Sebastian Kirchner, K. Melanie Krämer, Martin Schulze, Diana Pauly, Daniela Jacob, Frank Gessler, Andreas Nitsche, Brigitte G. Dorner, Martin B. Dorner
Methods
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Method Using a Peptide Nucleic Acid Probe for Identification of Salmonella spp. in a Broad Spectrum of Samples
C. Almeida, N. F. Azevedo, R. M. Fernandes, C. W. Keevil, M. J. Vieira
Methods
Application of Whole-Cell Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Identification and Clustering Analysis of Pantoea Species
Fabio Rezzonico, Guido Vogel, Brion Duffy, Mauro Tonolla
Methods
Random Mutagenesis of Clostridium cellulolyticum by Using a Tn1545 Derivative
Jean-Charles Blouzard, Odile Valette, Chantal Tardif, Pascale de Philip
Methods
Improvement of the Representation of Bifidobacteria in Fecal Microbiota Metagenomic Libraries by Application of the cpn60 Universal Primer Cocktail
Janet E. Hill, W. M. Ursla Fernando, Gordon A. Zello, Robert T. Tyler, Wendy J. Dahl, Andrew G. Van Kessel
Methods
Dual Reporter System for In Situ Detection of Plasmid Transfer under Aerobic and Anaerobic Conditions
Jaroslaw E. Król, Linda M. Rogers, Stephen M. Krone, Eva M. Top
Methods
Practical Method for Extraction of PCR-Quality DNA from Environmental Soil Samples
Kelly A. Fitzpatrick, Gilbert J. Kersh, Robert F. Massung
Methods
Assessing the Potential of an Induced-Mutation Strategy for Avermectin Overproducers
Hong Gao, Mei Liu, Ying Zhuo, Xianlong Zhou, Jintao Liu, Difei Chen, Wenquan Zhang, Zhongxuan Gou, Peng Shang, Lixin Zhang

Physiology

Physiology
Disruption of the Putative Cell Surface Polysaccharide Biosynthesis Gene SO3177 in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Enhances Adhesion to Electrodes and Current Generation in Microbial Fuel Cells
Atsushi Kouzuma, Xian-Ying Meng, Nobutada Kimura, Kazuhito Hashimoto, Kazuya Watanabe
Physiology
Expression of Xylella fastidiosa Fimbrial and Afimbrial Proteins during Biofilm Formation
R. Caserta, M. A. Takita, M. L. Targon, L. K. Rosselli-Murai, A. P. de Souza, L. Peroni, D. R. Stach-Machado, A. Andrade, C. A. Labate, E. W. Kitajima, M. A. Machado, A. A. de Souza
Physiology
Hydrogen Production by the Unicellular, Diazotrophic Cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. Strain ATCC 51142 under Conditions of Continuous Light
Hongtao Min, Louis A. Sherman
Physiology
Regulation of Neurotoxin Production and Sporulation by a Putative agrBD Signaling System in Proteolytic Clostridium botulinum
Clare M. Cooksley, Ian J. Davis, Klaus Winzer, Weng C. Chan, Michael W. Peck, Nigel P. Minton
Physiology
γ-Glutamylmethylamide Is an Essential Intermediate in the Metabolism of Methylamine by Methylocella silvestris
Yin Chen, Julie Scanlan, Lijiang Song, Andrew Crombie, M. Tanvir Rahman, Hendrik Schäfer, J. Colin Murrell

Public Health Microbiology

Public Health Microbiology
Regrowth of Potential Opportunistic Pathogens and Algae in Reclaimed-Water Distribution Systems
Patrick K. Jjemba, Lauren A. Weinrich, Wei Cheng, Eugenio Giraldo, Mark W. LeChevallier
Public Health Microbiology
The Cyclic AMP (cAMP)-cAMP Receptor Protein Signaling System Mediates Resistance of Vibrio cholerae O1 Strains to Multiple Environmental Bacteriophages
M. Shamim Hasan Zahid, T. M. Zaved Waise, M. Kamruzzaman, Amar N. Ghosh, G. Balakrish Nair, John J. Mekalanos, Shah M. Faruque
Public Health Microbiology
High-Throughput Procedure for Tick Surveys of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus and Its Application in a National Surveillance Study in Switzerland
Rahel Gäumann, Kathrin Mühlemann, Marc Strasser, Christian M. Beuret
Public Health Microbiology
Verotoxin 2 Enhances Adherence of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 to Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Expression of β1-Integrin by IPEC-J2 Cells
Bianfang Liu, Xianhua Yin, Yanni Feng, James R. Chambers, Aiguang Guo, Joshua Gong, Jing Zhu, Carlton L. Gyles
Public Health Microbiology
Presence of Coxiella burnetii DNA in the Environment of the United States, 2006 to 2008
Gilbert J. Kersh, Teresa M. Wolfe, Kelly A. Fitzpatrick, Amanda J. Candee, Lindsay D. Oliver, Nicole E. Patterson, Joshua S. Self, Rachael A. Priestley, Amanda D. Loftis, Robert F. Massung
Public Health Microbiology
Terrestrial Small Mammals as Reservoirs of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Benin
Lies Durnez, Patrick Suykerbuyk, Violaine Nicolas, Patrick Barrière, Erik Verheyen, Christian R. Johnson, Herwig Leirs, Françoise Portaels

Environmental Microbiology

Environmental Microbiology
Adsorption of Extracellular Chromosomal DNA and Its Effects on Natural Transformation of Azotobacter vinelandii
Nanxi Lu, Julie L. Zilles, Thanh H. Nguyen
Environmental Microbiology
Metagenomic Analysis of Apple Orchard Soil Reveals Antibiotic Resistance Genes Encoding Predicted Bifunctional Proteins
Justin J. Donato, Luke A. Moe, Brandon J. Converse, Keith D. Smart, Flora C. Berklein, Patricia S. McManus, Jo Handelsman

Plant Microbiology

Plant Microbiology
Disruption of the Glycine Cleavage System Enables Sinorhizobium fredii USDA257 To Form Nitrogen-Fixing Nodules on Agronomically Improved North American Soybean Cultivars
Julio C. Lorio, Won-Seok Kim, Ammulu H. Krishnan, Hari B. Krishnan
Plant Microbiology
Characterization of the NifA-RpoN Regulon in Rhizobium etli in Free Life and in Symbiosis with Phaseolus vulgaris
Emmanuel Salazar, J. Javier Díaz-Mejía, Gabriel Moreno-Hagelsieb, Gabriel Martínez-Batallar, Yolanda Mora, Jaime Mora, Sergio Encarnación
Plant Microbiology
Burkholderia phymatum Strains Capable of Nodulating Phaseolus vulgaris Are Present in Moroccan Soils
C. Talbi, M. J. Delgado, L. Girard, A. Ramírez-Trujillo, J. Caballero-Mellado, E. J. Bedmar

Microbial Ecology

Microbial Ecology
Increase in Acid Tolerance of Campylobacter jejuni through Coincubation with Amoebae
Diana Axelsson-Olsson, Lovisa Svensson, Jenny Olofsson, Paulo Salomon, Jonas Waldenström, Patrik Ellström, Björn Olsen
Microbial Ecology
Microbial Community Structure and Denitrification in a Wetland Mitigation Bank
Ariane L. Peralta, Jeffrey W. Matthews, Angela D. Kent
Microbial Ecology
Production of Indole from l-Tryptophan and Effects of These Compounds on Biofilm Formation by Fusobacterium nucleatum ATCC 25586
Takako Sasaki-Imamura, Akira Yano, Yasuo Yoshida
Microbial Ecology
Biosynthetic Potential of Phylogenetically Unique Endophytic Actinomycetes from Tropical Plants
Jeffrey E. Janso, Guy T. Carter
Microbial Ecology
RNA-Based Investigation of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea in Hot Springs of Yunnan Province, China
Hongchen Jiang, Qiuyuan Huang, Hailiang Dong, Peng Wang, Fengping Wang, Wenjun Li, Chuanlun Zhang

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Genetics and Molecular Biology
Cloning and Characterization of a Gene Cluster for Hatomarubigin Biosynthesis in Streptomyces sp. Strain 2238-SVT4
Takashi Kawasaki, Reiko Hirashima, Tomoka Maruta, Haruka Sato, Ayumi Maeda, Yuki Yamada, Maho Takeda, Yoichi Hayakawa
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Secretion of an Endogenous Subtilisin by Pichia pastoris Strains GS115 and KM71
Karine Salamin, Dev Sriranganadane, Barbara Léchenne, Olivier Jousson, Michel Monod
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Commonalities and Differences in Regulation of N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Quorum Sensing in the Beneficial Plant-Associated Burkholderia Species Cluster
Zulma Rocío Suárez-Moreno, Giulia Devescovi, Mike Myers, Letícia Hallack, Lucia Mendonça-Previato, Jesús Caballero-Mellado, Vittorio Venturi
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Fluorescent Reporters for Studies of Cellular Localization of Proteins in Staphylococcus aureus
Pedro M. Pereira, Helena Veiga, Ana M. Jorge, Mariana G. Pinho
Genetics and Molecular Biology
NtcA from Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806 Is Autoregulatory and Binds to the Microcystin Promoter
H. P. Ginn, L. A. Pearson, B. A. Neilan
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Gene Expression in Proliferating Cells of the Dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella (Dinophyceae)
Eve Toulza, Mi-Sun Shin, Guillaume Blanc, Stéphane Audic, Mohamed Laabir, Yves Collos, Jean-Michel Claverie, Daniel Grzebyk
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Enterocin X, a Novel Two-Peptide Bacteriocin from Enterococcus faecium KU-B5, Has an Antibacterial Spectrum Entirely Different from Those of Its Component Peptides
Chih-Bo Hu, Wanna Malaphan, Takeshi Zendo, Jiro Nakayama, Kenji Sonomoto

Food Microbiology

Food Microbiology
Listeria monocytogenes σ^B Has a Small Core Regulon and a Conserved Role in Virulence but Makes Differential Contributions to Stress Tolerance across a Diverse Collection of Strains
H. F. Oliver, R. H. Orsi, M. Wiedmann, K. J. Boor
Food Microbiology
Improvement of Multiple-Stress Tolerance and Lactic Acid Production in Lactococcus lactis NZ9000 under Conditions of Thermal Stress by Heterologous Expression of Escherichia coli dnaK
Abdullah-Al-Mahin, Shinya Sugimoto, Chihana Higashi, Shunsuke Matsumoto, Kenji Sonomoto
Food Microbiology
Quantification of the Effect of Culturing Temperature on Salt-Induced Heat Resistance of Bacillus Species
Heidy M. W. den Besten, Eric-Jan van der Mark, Lonneke Hensen, Tjakko Abee, Marcel H. Zwietering
Food Microbiology
Evaluation of a Stochastic Inactivation Model for Heat-Activated Spores of Bacillus spp.
Maria G. Corradini, Mark D. Normand, Murray Eisenberg, Micha Peleg
Food Microbiology
Enhanced Surface Colonization by Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Biofilms Formed by an Acinetobacter calcoaceticus Isolate from Meat-Processing Environments
Olivier Habimana, Even Heir, Solveig Langsrud, Anette Wold Åsli, Trond Møretrø

Enzymology and Protein Engineering

Enzymology and Protein Engineering
Domains III and I-2α, at the Entrance of the Binding Cleft, Play an Important Role in Cold Adaptation of the Periplasmic Dipeptide-Binding Protein (DppA) from the Deep-Sea Psychrophilic Bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. Strain SM9913
Wei-Xin Zhang, Bin-Bin Xie, Xiu-Lan Chen, Sheng Dong, Xi-Ying Zhang, Bai-Cheng Zhou, Yu-Zhong Zhang
Enzymology and Protein Engineering
Inactivation and Augmentation of the Primary 3-Ketosteroid-Δ¹- Dehydrogenase in Mycobacterium neoaurum NwIB-01: Biotransformation of Soybean Phytosterols to 4-Androstene- 3,17-Dione or 1,4-Androstadiene-3,17-Dione
Wei Wei, Feng-qing Wang, Shu-yue Fan, Dong-zhi Wei

Mycology

Mycology
Shotgun Proteomics of Aspergillus niger Microsomes upon d-Xylose Induction
José Miguel P. Ferreira de Oliveira, Mark W. J. van Passel, Peter J. Schaap, Leo H. de Graaff
Mycology
Comparison of Different DNA-Based Methods for Molecular Typing of Histoplasma capsulatum
Mauro de Medeiros Muniz, Patrícia Morais e Silva Tavares, Wieland Meyer, Joshua Daniel Nosanchuk, Rosely Maria Zancope-Oliveira

Biodegradation

Biodegradation
Influence of Low Oxygen Tensions and Sorption to Sediment Black Carbon on Biodegradation of Pyrene
José-Julio Ortega-Calvo, Philip M. Gschwend

Geomicrobiology

Geomicrobiology
Population Structure and Abundance of Arsenite-Oxidizing Bacteria along an Arsenic Pollution Gradient in Waters of the Upper Isle River Basin, France
Marianne Quéméneur, Aurélie Cébron, Patrick Billard, Fabienne Battaglia-Brunet, Francis Garrido, Corinne Leyval, Catherine Joulian

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Environmental Microbiology

Plant Microbiology

Microbial Ecology

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Food Microbiology

Enzymology and Protein Engineering

Mycology

Biodegradation

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