Applied and Environmental Microbiology: 79 (2)

January 15, 2013; Volume 79,Issue 2

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Taking the Starch out of Oral Biofilm Formation: Molecular Basis and Functional Significance of Salivary α-Amylase Binding to Oral Streptococci
Anna E. Nikitkova, Elaine M. Haase, Frank A. Scannapieco

Biodegradation

Biodegradation
Impact of Long-Term Diesel Contamination on Soil Microbial Community Structure
Nora B. Sutton, Farai Maphosa, Jose A. Morillo, Waleed Abu Al-Soud, Alette A. M. Langenhoff, Tim Grotenhuis, Huub H. M. Rijnaarts, Hauke Smidt
Biodegradation
Comparative Genomic Analysis and Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and o-, m-, and p-Xylene (BTEX) Degradation Pathways of Pseudoxanthomonas spadix BD-a59
Eun Jin Choi, Hyun Mi Jin, Seung Hyeon Lee, Renukaradhya K. Math, Eugene L. Madsen, Che Ok Jeon

Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Combinatorial Mutagenesis and Selection of Improved Signal Sequences and Their Application for High-Level Production of Translocated Heterologous Proteins in Escherichia coli
Tonje Marita Bjerkan Heggeset, Veronika Kucharova, Ingemar Nærdal, Svein Valla, Håvard Sletta, Trond Erling Ellingsen, Trygve Brautaset
Biotechnology
Heterologous Carotenoid-Biosynthetic Enzymes: Functional Complementation and Effects on Carotenoid Profiles in Escherichia coli
Gyu Hyeon Song, Se Hyeuk Kim, Bo Hyun Choi, Se Jong Han, Pyung Cheon Lee

Environmental Microbiology

Environmental Microbiology
Identification of Methanoculleus spp. as Active Methanogens during Anoxic Incubations of Swine Manure Storage Tank Samples
Maialen Barret, Nathalie Gagnon, Martin L. Kalmokoff, Edward Topp, Yris Verastegui, Stephen P. J. Brooks, Fernando Matias, Josh D. Neufeld, Guylaine Talbot
Environmental Microbiology
Spatiotemporal Analysis of Cryptosporidium Species/Genotypes and Relationships with Other Zoonotic Pathogens in Surface Water from Mixed-Use Watersheds
Graham Wilkes, Norma J. Ruecker, Norman F. Neumann, Victor P. J. Gannon, Cassandra Jokinen, Mark Sunohara, Edward Topp, Katarina D. M. Pintar, Thomas A. Edge, David R. Lapen
Environmental Microbiology
Molecular Characterization of Human-Pathogenic Microsporidia and Cyclospora cayetanensis Isolated from Various Water Sources in Spain: a Year-Long Longitudinal Study
Ana Luz Galván, Angela Magnet, Fernando Izquierdo, Soledad Fenoy, Cristina Rueda, Carmen Fernández Vadillo, Nuno Henriques-Gil, Carmen del Aguila
Environmental Microbiology
Diet-Induced Alterations of Host Cholesterol Metabolism Are Likely To Affect the Gut Microbiota Composition in Hamsters
Inés Martínez, Diahann J. Perdicaro, Andrew W. Brown, Susan Hammons, Trevor J. Carden, Timothy P. Carr, Kent M. Eskridge, Jens Walter
Environmental Microbiology
Surveying the Microbiome of Ants: Comparing 454 Pyrosequencing with Traditional Methods To Uncover Bacterial Diversity
Stefanie Kautz, Benjamin E. R. Rubin, Jacob A. Russell, Corrie S. Moreau
Environmental Microbiology
Enhanced Gene Detection Assays for Fumarate-Adding Enzymes Allow Uncovering of Anaerobic Hydrocarbon Degraders in Terrestrial and Marine Systems
Frederick von Netzer, Giovanni Pilloni, Sara Kleindienst, Martin Krüger, Katrin Knittel, Friederike Gründger, Tillmann Lueders
Environmental Microbiology
Comparative Analysis of Leptospira Strains Isolated from Environmental Soil and Water in the Philippines and Japan
Mitsumasa Saito, Sharon Y. A. M. Villanueva, Antara Chakraborty, Satoshi Miyahara, Takaya Segawa, Tatsuma Asoh, Ryo Ozuru, Nina G. Gloriani, Yasutake Yanagihara, Shin-ichi Yoshida
Environmental Microbiology
Distribution of Clostridium botulinum Type E Strains in Nunavik, Northern Quebec, Canada
Daniel Leclair, Jeffrey M. Farber, Bill Doidge, Burke Blanchfield, Sandy Suppa, Franco Pagotto, John W. Austin
Environmental Microbiology
Reconstruction of Novel Cyanobacterial Siphovirus Genomes from Mediterranean Metagenomic Fosmids
Carolina Megumi Mizuno, Francisco Rodriguez-Valera, Inmaculada Garcia-Heredia, Ana-Belen Martin-Cuadrado, Rohit Ghai
Environmental Microbiology
Environmental Transcription of mmoX by Methane-Oxidizing Proteobacteria in a Subarctic Palsa Peatland
Susanne Liebner, Mette M. Svenning
Environmental Microbiology
Chitin-Induced Gene Expression in Secondary Metabolic Pathways of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Grown in Soil
Behnam Nazari, Michihiko Kobayashi, Akihiro Saito, Azam Hassaninasab, Kiyotaka Miyashita, Takeshi Fujii
Environmental Microbiology
Poly-γ-d-Glutamic Acid Capsule Interferes with Lytic Infection of Bacillus anthracis by B. anthracis-Specific Bacteriophages
David Negus, Jane Burton, Angela Sweed, Romuald Gryko, Peter W. Taylor
Environmental Microbiology
Induction of Nitrate-Dependent Fe(II) Oxidation by Fe(II) in Dechloromonas sp. Strain UWNR4 and Acidovorax sp. Strain 2AN
Anirban Chakraborty, Flynn Picardal

Enzymology and Protein Engineering

Enzymology and Protein Engineering
Cello-Oligosaccharide Oxidation Reveals Differences between Two Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases (Family GH61) from Podospora anserina
Mathieu Bey, Simeng Zhou, Laetitia Poidevin, Bernard Henrissat, Pedro M. Coutinho, Jean-Guy Berrin, Jean-Claude Sigoillot
Enzymology and Protein Engineering
Systems Engineering of Tyrosine 195, Tyrosine 260, and Glutamine 265 in Cyclodextrin Glycosyltransferase from Paenibacillus macerans To Enhance Maltodextrin Specificity for 2-O-d-Glucopyranosyl-l-Ascorbic Acid Synthesis
Ruizhi Han, Long Liu, Hyun-dong Shin, Rachel R. Chen, Jianghua Li, Guocheng Du, Jian Chen
Enzymology and Protein Engineering
Clostridium carboxidivorans Strain P7T Recombinant Formate Dehydrogenase Catalyzes Reduction of CO₂ to Formate
Apostolos Alissandratos, Hye-Kyung Kim, Hayden Matthews, James E. Hennessy, Amy Philbrook, Christopher J. Easton

Food Microbiology

Food Microbiology
Quantification of Yeast and Bacterial Gene Transcripts in Retail Cheeses by Reverse Transcription-Quantitative PCR
Christophe Monnet, Cécile Straub, Jessie Castellote, Djamila Onesime, Pascal Bonnarme, Françoise Irlinger
Food Microbiology
Landscape and Meteorological Factors Affecting Prevalence of Three Food-Borne Pathogens in Fruit and Vegetable Farms
Laura K. Strawn, Esther D. Fortes, Elizabeth A. Bihn, Kendra K. Nightingale, Yrjö T. Gröhn, Randy W. Worobo, Martin Wiedmann, Peter W. Bergholz
Food Microbiology
Intracellular Free Iron and Its Potential Role in Ultrahigh-Pressure-Induced Inactivation of Escherichia coli
Yuan Yan, Joy G. Waite-Cusic, Periannan Kuppusamy, Ahmed E. Yousef

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Genetics and Molecular Biology
Molecular Control of Sucrose Utilization in Escherichia coli W, an Efficient Sucrose-Utilizing Strain
Suriana Sabri, Lars K. Nielsen, Claudia E. Vickers
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Gene Flow, Recombination, and Selection in Cyanobacteria: Population Structure of Geographically Related Planktothrix Freshwater Strains
Hanne Sogge, Thomas Rohrlack, Trine B. Rounge, Jørn Henrik Sønstebø, Ave Tooming-Klunderud, Tom Kristensen, Kjetill S. Jakobsen
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Molecular Analysis of Human and Canine Staphylococcus aureus Strains Reveals Distinct Extended-Host-Spectrum Genotypes Independent of Their Methicillin Resistance
S. Vincze, I. Stamm, S. Monecke, P. A. Kopp, T. Semmler, L. H. Wieler, A. Lübke-Becker, B. Walther
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Regulons of Three Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 Iron Starvation Sigma Factors
Eric Markel, Bronwyn G. Butcher, Christopher R. Myers, Paul Stodghill, Sam Cartinhour, Bryan Swingle
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Identification of Gold Nanoparticle-Resistant Mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Suggests a Role for Respiratory Metabolism in Mediating Toxicity
Mark R. Smith, Matthew G. Boenzli, Vihangi Hindagolla, Jun Ding, John M. Miller, James E. Hutchison, Jeffrey A. Greenwood, Hagai Abeliovich, Alan T. Bakalinsky

Invertebrate Microbiology

Invertebrate Microbiology
Bacillus thuringiensis Metalloproteinase Bmp1 Functions as a Nematicidal Virulence Factor
Xiaoxia Luo, Ling Chen, Qiong Huang, Jinshui Zheng, Wei Zhou, Donghai Peng, Lifang Ruan, Ming Sun
Invertebrate Microbiology
Characterization of a Newly Discovered Symbiont of the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
Xiao-Li Bing, Jiao Yang, Einat Zchori-Fein, Xiao-Wei Wang, Shu-Sheng Liu

Methods

Methods
A New, Sensitive Marine Microalgal Recombinant Biosensor Using Luminescence Monitoring for Toxicity Testing of Antifouling Biocides
Sophie Sanchez-Ferandin, Fanny Leroy, François-Yves Bouget, Fabien Joux
Methods
Use of Flow Cytometry for Rapid, Quantitative Detection of Poliovirus-Infected Cells via TAT Peptide-Delivered Molecular Beacons
Divya Sivaraman, Hsiao-Yun Yeh, Ashok Mulchandani, Marylynn V. Yates, Wilfred Chen
Methods
Construction of a Broad-Host-Range Tn7-Based Vector for Single-Copy P_BAD-Controlled Gene Expression in Gram-Negative Bacteria
F. Heath Damron, Elizabeth S. McKenney, Herbert P. Schweizer, Joanna B. Goldberg
Methods
Multiplex PCR Assay Targeting a Diguanylate Cyclase-Encoding Gene, cgcA, To Differentiate Species within the Genus Cronobacter
L. Carter, L. A. Lindsey, C. J. Grim, V. Sathyamoorthy, K. G. Jarvis, G. Gopinath, C. Lee, J. A. Sadowski, L. Trach, M. Pava-Ripoll, B. A. McCardell, B. D. Tall, L. Hu

Microbial Ecology

Microbial Ecology
Predation Response of Vibrio fischeri Biofilms to Bacterivorus Protists
Alba Chavez-Dozal, Clayton Gorman, Martina Erken, Peter D. Steinberg, Diane McDougald, Michele K. Nishiguchi
Microbial Ecology
Characterization of Newcastle Disease Viruses in Wild and Domestic Birds in Luxembourg from 2006 to 2008
Chantal J. Snoeck, Marianna Marinelli, Emilie Charpentier, Aurélie Sausy, Tom Conzemius, Serge Losch, Claude P. Muller
Microbial Ecology
Influence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Infection on the Development of the Cecum Microbiota in Newly Hatched Chicks
H. Juricova, P. Videnska, M. Lukac, M. Faldynova, V. Babak, H. Havlickova, F. Sisak, I. Rychlik

Physiology

Physiology
Osmoprotection of Bacillus subtilis through Import and Proteolysis of Proline-Containing Peptides
Adrienne Zaprasis, Jeanette Brill, Marietta Thüring, Guido Wünsche, Magnus Heun, Helena Barzantny, Tamara Hoffmann, Erhard Bremer
Physiology
Physiological and Metabolic Effects of Carbon Monoxide Oxidation in the Model Marine Bacterioplankton Ruegeria pomeroyi DSS-3
Michael Cunliffe

Plant Microbiology

Plant Microbiology
Contribution of Nitrate Assimilation to the Fitness of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a on Plants
Audrey Parangan-Smith, Steven Lindow

Public Health Microbiology

Public Health Microbiology
Bifidobacterial Succession and Correlation Networks in a Large Unselected Cohort of Mothers and Their Children
E. Avershina, O. Storrø, T. Øien, R. Johnsen, R. Wilson, T. Egeland, K. Rudi
Public Health Microbiology
Persistence and Leaching Potential of Microorganisms and Mineral N in Animal Manure Applied to Intact Soil Columns
M. G. Mostofa Amin, Anita Forslund, Xuan Thanh Bui, René K. Juhler, Søren O. Petersen, Mette Lægdsmand

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