Applied and Environmental Microbiology: 79 (18)

September 15, 2013; Volume 79,Issue 18

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Biodegradation

Biodegradation
ipso-Hydroxylation and Subsequent Fragmentation: a Novel Microbial Strategy To Eliminate Sulfonamide Antibiotics
Benjamin Ricken, Philippe F. X. Corvini, Danuta Cichocka, Martina Parisi, Markus Lenz, Dominik Wyss, Paula M. Martínez-Lavanchy, Jochen A. Müller, Patrick Shahgaldian, Ludovico G. Tulli, Hans-Peter E. Kohler, Boris A. Kolvenbach

Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Deletion of creB in Aspergillus oryzae Increases Secreted Hydrolytic Enzyme Activity
A. J. Hunter, T. A. Morris, B. Jin, C. P. Saint, J. M. Kelly
Biotechnology
Screening for Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Modified Cell Wall Proteins in Pichia pastoris and Their Recombinant Expression on the Cell Surface
Li Zhang, Shuli Liang, Xinying Zhou, Zi Jin, Fengchun Jiang, Shuangyan Han, Suiping Zheng, Ying Lin
Biotechnology
Bacillus subtilis Strain Engineered for Treatment of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Diseases
Yan Hu, Melanie M. Miller, Alan I. Derman, Brian L. Ellis, Rose Gomes Monnerat, Joe Pogliano, Raffi V. Aroian
Biotechnology
Platform Engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum with Reduced Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Activity for Improved Production of l-Lysine, l-Valine, and 2-Ketoisovalerate
Jens Buchholz, Andreas Schwentner, Britta Brunnenkan, Christina Gabris, Simon Grimm, Robert Gerstmeir, Ralf Takors, Bernhard J. Eikmanns, Bastian Blombach
Biotechnology
Generation of Affinity-Tagged Fluoromycobacteriophages by Mixed Assembly of Phage Capsids
Mariana Piuri, Liliana Rondón, Estefanía Urdániz, Graham F. Hatfull

Environmental Microbiology

Environmental Microbiology
Relationship between Presence of Cows with Milk Positive for Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis-Specific Antibody by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Viable M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Dust in Cattle Barns
Susanne W. F. Eisenberg, Ruj Chuchaisangrat, Mirjam Nielen, Ad P. Koets
Environmental Microbiology
Diversity, Community Composition, and Dynamics of Nonpigmented and Late-Pigmenting Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria in an Urban Tap Water Production and Distribution System
S. Dubrou, J. Konjek, E. Macheras, B. Welté, L. Guidicelli, E. Chignon, M. Joyeux, J. L. Gaillard, B. Heym, T. Tully, G. Sapriel
Environmental Microbiology
Characterization of Maltocin P28, a Novel Phage Tail-Like Bacteriocin from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Jian Liu, Peng Chen, Congyi Zheng, Yu-Ping Huang
Environmental Microbiology
Differential Growth of and Nanoscale TiO₂ Accumulation in Tetrahymena thermophila by Direct Feeding versus Trophic Transfer from Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Randall E. Mielke, John H. Priester, Rebecca A. Werlin, Jeff Gelb, Allison M. Horst, Eduardo Orias, Patricia A. Holden
Environmental Microbiology
Biofilm Formation by the Fish Pathogen Flavobacterium columnare: Development and Parameters Affecting Surface Attachment
Wenlong Cai, Leonardo De La Fuente, Covadonga R. Arias
Environmental Microbiology
Identification and Characterization of a NaCl-Responsive Genetic Locus Involved in Survival during Desiccation in Sinorhizobium meliloti
Jan A. C. Vriezen, Frans J. de Bruijn, Klaus Nüsslein
Environmental Microbiology
Utilization of Heme as an Iron Source by Marine Alphaproteobacteria in the Roseobacter Clade
Kelly L. Roe, Shane L. Hogle, Katherine A. Barbeau
Environmental Microbiology
Distribution of Virulence Genes in Clinical and Environmental Vibrio cholerae Strains in Bangladesh
Nur A. Hasan, Daniela Ceccarelli, Christopher J. Grim, Elisa Taviani, Jinna Choi, Abdus Sadique, Munirul Alam, Abul K. Siddique, R. Bradley Sack, Anwar Huq, Rita R. Colwell

Enzymology and Protein Engineering

Enzymology and Protein Engineering
Structure-Function Relationships in Hydrophobins: Probing the Role of Charged Side Chains
Michael Lienemann, Julie-Anne Gandier, Jussi J. Joensuu, Atsushi Iwanaga, Yoshiyuki Takatsuji, Tetsuya Haruyama, Emma Master, Maija Tenkanen, Markus B. Linder
Enzymology and Protein Engineering
Proteolysin, a Novel Highly Thermostable and Cosolvent-Compatible Protease from the Thermophilic Bacterium Coprothermobacter proteolyticus
Ana Toplak, Bian Wu, Fabrizia Fusetti, Peter J. L. M. Quaedflieg, Dick B. Janssen

Food Microbiology

Food Microbiology
Evidence of Metabolic Switching and Implications for Food Safety from the Phenome(s) of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium DT104 Cultured at Selected Points across the Pork Production Food Chain
Marta Martins, Matthew P. McCusker, Evonne M. McCabe, Denis O'Leary, Geraldine Duffy, Séamus Fanning
Food Microbiology
prfA-Like Transcription Factor Gene lmo0753 Contributes to l-Rhamnose Utilization in Listeria monocytogenes Strains Associated with Human Food-Borne Infections
Joelle K. Salazar, Zhuchun Wu, P. David McMullen, Qin Luo, Nancy E. Freitag, Mary Lou Tortorello, Shencai Hu, Wei Zhang
Food Microbiology
Abiotic and Microbiotic Factors Controlling Biofilm Formation by Thermophilic Sporeformers
Yu Zhao, Martien P. M. Caspers, Karin I. Metselaar, Paulo de Boer, Guus Roeselers, Roy Moezelaar, Masja Nierop Groot, Roy C. Montijn, Tjakko Abee, Remco Kort
Food Microbiology
Core Fluxome and Metafluxome of Lactic Acid Bacteria under Simulated Cocoa Pulp Fermentation Conditions
Philipp Adler, Christoph Josef Bolten, Katrin Dohnt, Carl Erik Hansen, Christoph Wittmann
Food Microbiology
Nisin Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes Is Increased by Exposure to Salt Stress and Is Mediated via LiaR
Teresa M. Bergholz, Silin Tang, Martin Wiedmann, Kathryn J. Boor
Food Microbiology
Impact of Manure Fertilization on the Abundance of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria and Frequency of Detection of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Soil and on Vegetables at Harvest
Romain Marti, Andrew Scott, Yuan-Ching Tien, Roger Murray, Lyne Sabourin, Yun Zhang, Edward Topp

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Genetics and Molecular Biology
Augmenting the Genetic Toolbox for Sulfolobus islandicus with a Stringent Positive Selectable Marker for Agmatine Prototrophy
Changyi Zhang, Tara E. Cooper, David J. Krause, Rachel J. Whitaker
Genetics and Molecular Biology
The Evolutionary Divergence of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Is Reflected in Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat (CRISPR) Spacer Composition
Shuang Yin, Mark A. Jensen, Jiawei Bai, Chitrita DebRoy, Rodolphe Barrangou, Edward G. Dudley
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Interaction of Lactobacillus fermentum BGHI14 with Rat Colonic Mucosa: Implications for Colitis Induction
Jovanka Lukic, Ivana Strahinic, Marina Milenkovic, Natasa Golic, Milan Kojic, Ljubisa Topisirovic, Jelena Begovic
Genetics and Molecular Biology
A Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Cry-Like Protein from a Rare Filamentous Strain Promotes Crystal Localization within the Exosporium
David R. Ammons, Antonio Reyna, Jose C. Granados, Antonio Ventura-Suárez, Luz I. Rojas-Avelizapa, John D. Short, Joanne N. Rampersad

Invertebrate Microbiology

Invertebrate Microbiology
A Spodoptera exigua Cadherin Serves as a Putative Receptor for Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ca Toxin and Shows Differential Enhancement of Cry1Ca and Cry1Ac Toxicity
Xiang-Liang Ren, Rui-Rui Chen, Ying Zhang, Yan Ma, Jin-Jie Cui, Zhao-Jun Han, Li-Li Mu, Guo-Qing Li

Methods

Methods
Direct Assessment of Viral Diversity in Soils by Random PCR Amplification of Polymorphic DNA
Sharath Srinivasiah, Jacqueline Lovett, Shawn Polson, Jaysheel Bhavsar, Dhritiman Ghosh, Krishnakali Roy, Jeffry J. Fuhrmann, Mark Radosevich, K. Eric Wommack
Methods
Live-Cell Imaging Tool Optimization To Study Gene Expression Levels and Dynamics in Single Cells of Bacillus cereus
Robyn T. Eijlander, Oscar P. Kuipers

Microbial Ecology

Microbial Ecology
Psychrophilic and Psychrotolerant Fungi on Bats and the Presence of Geomyces spp. on Bat Wings Prior to the Arrival of White Nose Syndrome
Lynnaun J. A. N. Johnson, Andrew N. Miller, Robert A. McCleery, Rod McClanahan, Joseph A. Kath, Shiloh Lueschow, Andrea Porras-Alfaro
Microbial Ecology
Duodenal-Mucosal Bacteria Associated with Celiac Disease in Children
Ester Sánchez, Ester Donat, Carmen Ribes-Koninckx, Maria Leonor Fernández-Murga, Yolanda Sanz
Microbial Ecology
T4-Like Phage Bp7, a Potential Antimicrobial Agent for Controlling Drug-Resistant Escherichia coli in Chickens
Can Zhang, Wenli Li, Wenhua Liu, Ling Zou, Chen Yan, Kai Lu, Huiying Ren
Microbial Ecology
Whole-Transcriptome Shotgun Sequencing (RNA-seq) Screen Reveals Upregulation of Cellobiose and Motility Operons of Lactobacillus ruminis L5 during Growth on Tetrasaccharides Derived from Barley β-Glucan
Blair Lawley, Ian M. Sims, Gerald W. Tannock
Microbial Ecology
Diet Complexity and Estrogen Receptor β Status Affect the Composition of the Murine Intestinal Microbiota
Rani Menon, Sara E. Watson, Laura N. Thomas, Clinton D. Allred, Alan Dabney, M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, Joseph M. Sturino
Microbial Ecology
Assimilation of Cellulose-Derived Carbon by Microeukaryotes in Oxic and Anoxic Slurries of an Aerated Soil
Antonis Chatzinotas, Stefanie Schellenberger, Karin Glaser, Steffen Kolb

Physiology

Physiology
Malic Enzyme and Malolactic Enzyme Pathways Are Functionally Linked but Independently Regulated in Lactobacillus casei BL23
José María Landete, Sergi Ferrer, Vicente Monedero, Manuel Zúñiga

Plant Microbiology

Plant Microbiology
Discovery of Plant Phenolic Compounds That Act as Type III Secretion System Inhibitors or Inducers of the Fire Blight Pathogen, Erwinia amylovora
Devanshi Khokhani, Chengfang Zhang, Yan Li, Qi Wang, Quan Zeng, Akihiro Yamazaki, William Hutchins, Shan-Shan Zhou, Xin Chen, Ching-Hong Yang
Plant Microbiology
New Type of Antimicrobial Protein Produced by the Plant Pathogen Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis
Zhanliang Liu, Ping Ma, Ingrid Holtsmark, Morten Skaugen, Vincent G. H. Eijsink, May B. Brurberg
Plant Microbiology
LuxR- and LuxI-Type Quorum-Sensing Circuits Are Prevalent in Members of the Populus deltoides Microbiome
Amy L. Schaefer, Colin R. Lappala, Ryan P. Morlen, Dale A. Pelletier, Tse-Yuan S. Lu, Patricia K. Lankford, Caroline S. Harwood, E. Peter Greenberg

Public Health Microbiology

Public Health Microbiology
Widespread Occurrence of Bacterial Human Virulence Determinants in Soil and Freshwater Environments
Ditte A. Søborg, Niels Bohse Hendriksen, Mogens Kilian, Niels Kroer
Public Health Microbiology
Shared Mycobacterium avium Genotypes Observed among Unlinked Clinical and Environmental Isolates
M. Ashworth Dirac, Kris M. Weigel, Mitchell A. Yakrus, Annie L. Becker, Hui-Ling Chen, Gina Fridley, Arthur Sikora, Cate Speake, Elizabeth D. Hilborn, Stacy Pfaller, Gerard A. Cangelosi
Public Health Microbiology
Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Clostridium difficile Carriage in Australian Sheep and Lambs
Daniel R. Knight, Thomas V. Riley
Public Health Microbiology
Transfer Efficiency of Bacteria and Viruses from Porous and Nonporous Fomites to Fingers under Different Relative Humidity Conditions
Gerardo U. Lopez, Charles P. Gerba, Akrum H. Tamimi, Masaaki Kitajima, Sheri L. Maxwell, Joan B. Rose

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Biodegradation

Biotechnology

Environmental Microbiology

Enzymology and Protein Engineering

Food Microbiology

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Invertebrate Microbiology

Methods

Microbial Ecology

Physiology

Plant Microbiology

Public Health Microbiology

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