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August 15, 2013; Volume 79,Issue 16

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Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Activating Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase and Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase in Combination for Improvement of Succinate Production
Zaigao Tan, Xinna Zhu, Jing Chen, Qingyan Li, Xueli Zhang
Biotechnology
Roles of the Yap1 Transcription Factor and Antioxidants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae's Tolerance to Furfural and 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural, Which Function as Thiol-Reactive Electrophiles Generating Oxidative Stress
Daehee Kim, Ji-Sook Hahn

Environmental Microbiology

Environmental Microbiology
Transcriptome Sequencing (RNA-seq) Analysis of the Effects of Metal Nanoparticle Exposure on the Transcriptome of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Dana F. Simon, Rute F. Domingos, Charles Hauser, Colin M. Hutchins, William Zerges, Kevin J. Wilkinson
Environmental Microbiology
Lytic Infection of Lactococcus lactis by Bacteriophages Tuc2009 and c2 Triggers Alternative Transcriptional Host Responses
Stuart Ainsworth, Aldert Zomer, Jennifer Mahony, Douwe van Sinderen
Environmental Microbiology
Dispersal and Survival of Flavobacterium psychrophilum Phages In Vivo in Rainbow Trout and In Vitro under Laboratory Conditions: Implications for Their Use in Phage Therapy
Lone Madsen, Sif K. Bertelsen, Inger Dalsgaard, Mathias Middelboe
Environmental Microbiology
Molecular Characterization of “Candidatus Similichlamydia latridicola” gen. nov., sp. nov. (Chlamydiales: “Candidatus Parilichlamydiaceae”), a Novel Chlamydia-Like Epitheliocystis Agent in the Striped Trumpeter, Latris lineata (Forster)
M. C. Stride, A. Polkinghorne, T. L. Miller, B. F. Nowak
Environmental Microbiology
Oxygen Consumption Rates of Bacteria under Nutrient-Limited Conditions
Timothy E. Riedel, William M. Berelson, Kenneth H. Nealson, Steven E. Finkel
Environmental Microbiology
Litter Supply as a Driver of Microbial Activity and Community Structure on Decomposing Leaves: a Test in Experimental Streams
Aline Frossard, Linda Gerull, Michael Mutz, Mark O. Gessner
Environmental Microbiology
Molecular Epidemiology of Newcastle Disease in Mexico and the Potential Spillover of Viruses from Poultry into Wild Bird Species
Stivalis Cardenas Garcia, Roberto Navarro Lopez, Romeo Morales, Miguel A. Olvera, Miguel A. Marquez, Ruben Merino, Patti J. Miller, Claudio L. Afonso
Environmental Microbiology
Real-Time PCR for Quantitative Analysis of Human Commensal Escherichia coli Populations Reveals a High Frequency of Subdominant Phylogroups
Mounira Smati, Olivier Clermont, Frédéric Le Gal, Olivier Schichmanoff, Françoise Jauréguy, Alain Eddi, Erick Denamur, Bertrand Picard, for the Coliville Group
Environmental Microbiology
Acetate Production from Oil under Sulfate-Reducing Conditions in Bioreactors Injected with Sulfate and Nitrate
Cameron M. Callbeck, Akhil Agrawal, Gerrit Voordouw
Environmental Microbiology
PCR Characterization Suggests that an Unusual Range of Bartonella Species Infect the Striped Field Mouse (Apodemus agrarius) in Central Europe
Joanna Hildebrand, Anna Paziewska-Harris, Grzegorz Zaleśny, Philip D. Harris
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Environmental Microbiology
Clostridium perfringens Is Not Suitable for the Indication of Fecal Pollution from Ruminant Wildlife but Is Associated with Excreta from Nonherbivorous Animals and Human Sewage
J. Vierheilig, C. Frick, R. E. Mayer, A. K. T. Kirschner, G. H. Reischer, J. Derx, R. L. Mach, R. Sommer, A. H. Farnleitner

Enzymology and Protein Engineering

Enzymology and Protein Engineering
l-Amino Acid Ligase from Pseudomonas syringae Producing Tabtoxin Can Be Used for Enzymatic Synthesis of Various Functional Peptides
Toshinobu Arai, Yasuhiro Arimura, Shun Ishikura, Kuniki Kino
Enzymology and Protein Engineering
Engineering the meso-Diaminopimelate Dehydrogenase from Symbiobacterium thermophilum by Site Saturation Mutagenesis for d-Phenylalanine Synthesis
Xiuzhen Gao, Fang Huang, Jinhui Feng, Xi Chen, Hailing Zhang, Zhixiang Wang, Qiaqing Wu, Dunming Zhu

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology
Proposed Model for the High Rate of Rearrangement and Rapid Migration Observed in Some IncA/C Plasmid Lineages
R. J. Meinersmann, R. L. Lindsey, J. L. Bono, T. P. Smith, B. B. Oakley
Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology
Sequence Variability of P2-Like Prophage Genomes Carrying the Cytolethal Distending Toxin V Operon in Escherichia coli O157
Domonkos Sváb, Balázs Horváth, Gergely Maróti, Ulrich Dobrindt, István Tóth
Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology
Biosynthesis of the Osmoprotectant Ectoine, but Not Glycine Betaine, Is Critical for Survival of Osmotically Stressed Vibrio parahaemolyticus Cells
Serge Y. Ongagna-Yhombi, E. Fidelma Boyd

Food Microbiology

Food Microbiology
Identification and Characterization of a Novel Flagellum-Dependent Salmonella-Infecting Bacteriophage, iEPS5
Younho Choi, Hakdong Shin, Ju-Hoon Lee, Sangryeol Ryu
Food Microbiology
Shiga Toxin 2-Encoding Bacteriophages in Human Fecal Samples from Healthy Individuals
Alexandre Martinez-Castillo, Pablo Quirós, Ferran Navarro, Elisenda Miró, Maite Muniesa
Food Microbiology
Whole-Genome Transcriptional Analysis of Escherichia coli during Heat Inactivation Processes Related to Industrial Cooking
A. Guernec, P. Robichaud-Rincon, L. Saucier
Food Microbiology
Oral Administration of Live Exopolysaccharide-Producing Pediococcus parvulus, but Not Purified Exopolysaccharide, Suppressed Enterobacteriaceae without Affecting Bacterial Diversity in Ceca of Mice
Cecilia Lindström, Jie Xu, Rickard Öste, Olle Holst, Göran Molin

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Genetics and Molecular Biology
Development of a New Method for Detection and Identification of Oenococcus oeni Bacteriophages Based on Endolysin Gene Sequence and Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA
Francesca Doria, Chiara Napoli, Antonella Costantini, Graziella Berta, Juan-Carlos Saiz, Emilia Garcia-Moruno
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Multilocus Genotype Analysis of Escherichia coli O157 Isolates from Australia and the United States Provides Evidence of Geographic Divergence
Glen E. Mellor, Thomas E. Besser, Margaret A. Davis, Brittany Beavis, WooKyung Jung, Helen V. Smith, Amy V. Jennison, Christine J. Doyle, P. Scott Chandry, Kari S. Gobius, Narelle Fegan

Invertebrate Microbiology

Invertebrate Microbiology
Bacterial Cell Wall Synthesis Gene uppP Is Required for Burkholderia Colonization of the Stinkbug Gut
Jiyeun Kate Kim, Ho Jin Lee, Yoshitomo Kikuchi, Wataru Kitagawa, Naruo Nikoh, Takema Fukatsu, Bok Luel Lee
Invertebrate Microbiology
Diversity of Bacterial Endosymbionts Associated with Macrosteles Leafhoppers Vectoring Phytopathogenic Phytoplasmas
Yoshiko Ishii, Yu Matsuura, Shigeyuki Kakizawa, Naruo Nikoh, Takema Fukatsu

Methods

Methods
An Improved Method for oriT-Directed Cloning and Functionalization of Large Bacterial Genomic Regions
Brian H. Kvitko, Ian A. McMillan, Herbert P. Schweizer
Methods
Isolation of Optically Targeted Single Bacteria by Application of Fluidic Force Microscopy to Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs from the Phyllosphere
Philipp Stiefel, Tomaso Zambelli, Julia A. Vorholt
Methods
Strain/Species-Specific Probe Design for Microbial Identification Microarrays
Qichao Tu, Zhili He, Ye Deng, Jizhong Zhou

Microbial Ecology

Microbial Ecology
The Microcosm Mediates the Persistence of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Freshwater Ecosystems
Steven A. Mauro, Hannah Opalko, Kyle Lindsay, Michael P. Colon, Gerald B. Koudelka
Microbial Ecology
Induction of Biofilm Formation in the Betaproteobacterium Burkholderia unamae CK43B Exposed to Exogenous Indole and Gallic Acid
Dongyeop Kim, Irnayuli R. Sitepu, Yasuyuki Hashidoko
Microbial Ecology
Dry/Wet Cycles Change the Activity and Population Dynamics of Methanotrophs in Rice Field Soil
Ke Ma, Ralf Conrad, Yahai Lu
Microbial Ecology
Aquacultured Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Possess a Large Core Intestinal Microbiota That Is Resistant to Variation in Diet and Rearing Density
Sandi Wong, Thomas Waldrop, Steven Summerfelt, John Davidson, Frederic Barrows, P. Brett Kenney, Timothy Welch, Gregory D. Wiens, Kevin Snekvik, John F. Rawls, Christopher Good
Open Access

Microbial Ecology
Proteome of the Nematode-Trapping Cells of the Fungus Monacrosporium haptotylum
Karl-Magnus Andersson, Tejashwari Meerupati, Fredrik Levander, Eva Friman, Dag Ahrén, Anders Tunlid

Mycology

Mycology
Inhibition of Aspergillus niger Phosphate Solubilization by Fluoride Released from Rock Phosphate
Gilberto de Oliveira Mendes, Nikolay Bojkov Vassilev, Victor Hugo Araújo Bonduki, Ivo Ribeiro da Silva, José Ivo Ribeiro, Maurício Dutra Costa

Public Health Microbiology

Public Health Microbiology
Longitudinal Monitoring of Extended-Spectrum-Beta-Lactamase/AmpC-Producing Escherichia coli at German Broiler Chicken Fattening Farms
H. Laube, A. Friese, C. von Salviati, B. Guerra, A. Käsbohrer, L. Kreienbrock, U. Roesler
Public Health Microbiology
Strain-Dependent Augmentation of Tight-Junction Barrier Function in Human Primary Epidermal Keratinocytes by Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium Lysates
Reshma Sultana, Andrew J. McBain, Catherine A. O'Neill
Public Health Microbiology
Adherence to and Invasion of Human Intestinal Cells by Arcobacter Species and Their Virulence Genotypes
Arturo Levican, Aldukali Alkeskas, Claudia Günter, Stephen J. Forsythe, María José Figueras