Applied and Environmental Microbiology: 79 (21)

November 1, 2013; Volume 79,Issue 21

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Mapping of Heavy Metal Ion Sorption to Cell-Extracellular Polymeric Substance-Mineral Aggregates by Using Metal-Selective Fluorescent Probes and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
Likai Hao, Jianli Li, Andreas Kappler, Martin Obst

Biodegradation

Biodegradation
Diversity and Ecophysiology of New Isolates of Extremely Acidophilic CS₂-Converting Acidithiobacillus Strains
Marjan J. Smeulders, Arjan Pol, Marcel H. Zandvoort, Mike S. M. Jetten, Huub J. M. Op den Camp

Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Engineered Escherichia coli with Periplasmic Carbonic Anhydrase as a Biocatalyst for CO₂ Sequestration
Byung Hoon Jo, Im Gyu Kim, Jeong Hyun Seo, Dong Gyun Kang, Hyung Joon Cha
Biotechnology
Dual Substrate Specificity of an N-Acetylglucosamine Phosphotransferase System in Clostridium beijerinckii
Naief H. Al Makishah, Wilfrid J. Mitchell
Biotechnology
Development of Fatty Acid-Producing Corynebacterium glutamicum Strains
Seiki Takeno, Manami Takasaki, Akinobu Urabayashi, Akinori Mimura, Tetsuhiro Muramatsu, Satoshi Mitsuhashi, Masato Ikeda
Biotechnology
Probing 3-Hydroxyflavone for In Vitro Glycorandomization of Flavonols by YjiC
Ramesh Prasad Pandey, Prakash Parajuli, Niranjan Koirala, Je Won Park, Jae Kyung Sohng

Environmental Microbiology

Environmental Microbiology
Use of Aliphatic n-Alkynes To Discriminate Soil Nitrification Activities of Ammonia-Oxidizing Thaumarchaea and Bacteria
Anne E. Taylor, Neeraja Vajrala, Andrew T. Giguere, Alix I. Gitelman, Daniel J. Arp, David D. Myrold, Luis Sayavedra-Soto, Peter J. Bottomley
Environmental Microbiology
Exoproteome Profiles of Clostridium cellulovorans Grown on Various Carbon Sources
Kazuma Matsui, Jungu Bae, Kohei Esaka, Hironobu Morisaka, Kouichi Kuroda, Mitsuyoshi Ueda
Environmental Microbiology
Lysobacter enzymogenes Uses Two Distinct Cell-Cell Signaling Systems for Differential Regulation of Secondary-Metabolite Biosynthesis and Colony Morphology
Guoliang Qian, Yulan Wang, Yiru Liu, Feifei Xu, Ya-Wen He, Liangcheng Du, Vittorio Venturi, Jiaqin Fan, Baishi Hu, Fengquan Liu
Environmental Microbiology
Streptomycin Application Has No Detectable Effect on Bacterial Community Structure in Apple Orchard Soil
Ashley Shade, Amy K. Klimowicz, Russell N. Spear, Matthew Linske, Justin J. Donato, Clifford S. Hogan, Patricia S. McManus, Jo Handelsman
Environmental Microbiology
Stationary Phase and Nutrient Levels Trigger Transcription of a Genomic Locus Containing a Novel Peptide (TM1316) in the Hyperthermophilic Bacterium Thermotoga maritima
Andrew D. Frock, Clemente I. Montero, Sara E. Blumer-Schuette, Robert M. Kelly
Environmental Microbiology
Occurrence and Genetic Diversity of Arcobacter butzleri in an Artisanal Dairy Plant in Italy
Federica Giacometti, Alex Lucchi, Gerardo Manfreda, Daniela Florio, Renato Giulio Zanoni, Andrea Serraino
Environmental Microbiology
New Approaches Indicate Constant Viral Diversity despite Shifts in Assemblage Structure in an Australian Hypersaline Lake
Joanne B. Emerson, Brian C. Thomas, Karen Andrade, Karla B. Heidelberg, Jillian F. Banfield
Environmental Microbiology
The Genome of the Alga-Associated Marine Flavobacterium Formosa agariphila KMM 3901^T Reveals a Broad Potential for Degradation of Algal Polysaccharides
Alexander J. Mann, Richard L. Hahnke, Sixing Huang, Johannes Werner, Peng Xing, Tristan Barbeyron, Bruno Huettel, Kurt Stüber, Richard Reinhardt, Jens Harder, Frank Oliver Glöckner, Rudolf I. Amann, Hanno Teeling

Enzymology and Protein Engineering

Enzymology and Protein Engineering
Insertion of Endocellulase Catalytic Domains into Thermostable Consensus Ankyrin Scaffolds: Effects on Stability and Cellulolytic Activity
Eva S. Cunha, Christine L. Hatem, Doug Barrick
Enzymology and Protein Engineering
Arabinoxylan Oligosaccharide Hydrolysis by Family 43 and 51 Glycosidases from Lactobacillus brevis DSM 20054
Herbert Michlmayr, Johannes Hell, Cindy Lorenz, Stefan Böhmdorfer, Thomas Rosenau, Wolfgang Kneifel

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology
From Green to Red: Horizontal Gene Transfer of the Phycoerythrin Gene Cluster between Planktothrix Strains
Ave Tooming-Klunderud, Hanne Sogge, Trine Ballestad Rounge, Alexander J. Nederbragt, Karin Lagesen, Gernot Glöckner, Paul K. Hayes, Thomas Rohrlack, Kjetill S. Jakobsen

Food Microbiology

Food Microbiology
Marked Synergistic Bactericidal Effects and Mode of Action of Medium-Chain Fatty Acids in Combination with Organic Acids against Escherichia coli O157:H7
S. A. Kim, M. S. Rhee
Food Microbiology
Simultaneous Near-Infrared Radiant Heating and UV Radiation for Inactivating Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium in Powdered Red Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)
Jae-Won Ha, Dong-Hyun Kang
Food Microbiology
Environmental Detection of Genogroup I, II, and IV Noroviruses by Using a Generic Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay
Takayuki Miura, Sylvain Parnaudeau, Marco Grodzki, Satoshi Okabe, Robert L. Atmar, Françoise S. Le Guyader
Food Microbiology
Moderate Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Escherichia coli Isolates from Lettuce, Irrigation Water, and Soil
Kevin Holvoet, Imca Sampers, Benedicte Callens, Jeroen Dewulf, Mieke Uyttendaele
Food Microbiology
Modeling of Fungal and Bacterial Spore Germination under Static and Dynamic Conditions
Micha Peleg, Mark D. Normand

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Genetics and Molecular Biology
Molecular Analysis of the Acinetobacter baumannii Biofilm-Associated Protein
H. M. Sharon Goh, Scott A. Beatson, Makrina Totsika, Danilo G. Moriel, Minh-Duy Phan, Jan Szubert, Naomi Runnegar, Hanna E. Sidjabat, David L. Paterson, Graeme R. Nimmo, Jeffrey Lipman, Mark A. Schembri
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Design and Optimization of Short DNA Sequences That Can Be Used as 5′ Fusion Partners for High-Level Expression of Heterologous Genes in Escherichia coli
Veronika Kucharova, Jørgen Skancke, Trygve Brautaset, Svein Valla
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Antimicrobial Nodule-Specific Cysteine-Rich Peptides Induce Membrane Depolarization-Associated Changes in the Transcriptome of Sinorhizobium meliloti
Hilda Tiricz, Attila Szűcs, Attila Farkas, Bernadett Pap, Rui M. Lima, Gergely Maróti, Éva Kondorosi, Attila Kereszt
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Substrate-Induced Transcriptional Activation of the MoCel7C Cellulase Gene Is Associated with Methylation of Histone H3 at Lysine 4 in the Rice Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
Ba Van Vu, Kieu Thi Minh Pham, Hitoshi Nakayashiki

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Methods
Fluorescence-Based Bacterial Bioreporter for Specific Detection of Methyl Halide Emissions in the Environment
Muhammad Farhan Ul Haque, Thierry Nadalig, Françoise Bringel, Hubert Schaller, Stéphane Vuilleumier
Methods
Distribution-Based Clustering: Using Ecology To Refine the Operational Taxonomic Unit
Sarah P. Preheim, Allison R. Perrotta, Antonio M. Martin-Platero, Anika Gupta, Eric J. Alm
Methods
Development of a DNA Microarray Method for Detection and Identification of All 15 Distinct O-Antigen Forms of Legionella pneumophila
Boyang Cao, Fangfang Yao, Xiangqian Liu, Lu Feng, Lei Wang
Methods
An Improved PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) Method for the Identification of cry1-Type Genes
Changlong Shu, Dongming Liu, Zishan Zhou, Jilin Cai, Qi Peng, Jiguo Gao, Fuping Song, Jie Zhang
Methods
Visualization of Imbalances in Sulfur Assimilation and Synthesis of Sulfur-Containing Amino Acids at the Single-Cell Level
Kristina Hoffmann, Alexander Grünberger, Frank Lausberg, Michael Bott, Lothar Eggeling
Methods
Cumate-Inducible Gene Expression System for Sphingomonads and Other Alphaproteobacteria
Andreas Kaczmarczyk, Julia A. Vorholt, Anne Francez-Charlot

Microbial Ecology

Microbial Ecology
Impact of Land Use on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Rural Canada
Mulan Dai, Luke D. Bainard, Chantal Hamel, Yantai Gan, Derek Lynch

Mycology

Mycology
Differential Gene Expression in Pycnoporus coccineus during Interspecific Mycelial Interactions with Different Competitors
Yonathan Arfi, Anthony Levasseur, Eric Record
Mycology
Bimodular Peptide Synthetase SidE Produces Fumarylalanine in the Human Pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus
Wieland Steinchen, Gerald Lackner, Sabiha Yasmin, Markus Schrettl, Hans-Martin Dahse, Hubertus Haas, Dirk Hoffmeister

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