Applied and Environmental Microbiology: 79 (6)

March 15, 2013; Volume 79,Issue 6

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Biodegradation

Biodegradation
The Human Fecal Microbiota Metabolizes Deoxynivalenol and Deoxynivalenol-3-Glucoside and May Be Responsible for Urinary Deepoxy-Deoxynivalenol
Silvia W. Gratz, Gary Duncan, Anthony J. Richardson

Biotechnology

Biotechnology
Efficient Production of Active Polyhydroxyalkanoate Synthase in Escherichia coli by Coexpression of Molecular Chaperones
Nicholas M. Thomson, Azusa Saika, Kazunori Ushimaru, Smith Sangiambut, Takeharu Tsuge, David K. Summers, Easan Sivaniah
Biotechnology
Development of a Continuous Bioconversion System Using a Thermophilic Whole-Cell Biocatalyst
Pham Huynh Ninh, Kohsuke Honda, Yukako Yokohigashi, Kenji Okano, Takeshi Omasa, Hisao Ohtake
Biotechnology
CO-Dependent H₂ Production by Genetically Engineered Thermococcus onnurineus NA1
Min-Sik Kim, Seung Seob Bae, Yun Jae Kim, Tae Wan Kim, Jae Kyu Lim, Seong Hyuk Lee, Ae Ran Choi, Jeong Ho Jeon, Jung-Hyun Lee, Hyun Sook Lee, Sung Gyun Kang

Environmental Microbiology

Environmental Microbiology
GacS-Dependent Regulation of Polyhydroxyalkanoate Synthesis in Pseudomonas putida CA-3
William J. Ryan, Niall D. O'Leary, Mark O'Mahony, Alan D. W. Dobson
Environmental Microbiology
Hydrologic and Vegetative Removal of Cryptosporidium parvum, Giardia lamblia, and Toxoplasma gondii Surrogate Microspheres in Coastal Wetlands
Jennifer N. Hogan, Miles E. Daniels, Fred G. Watson, Stori C. Oates, Melissa A. Miller, Patricia A. Conrad, Karen Shapiro, Dane Hardin, Clare Dominik, Ann Melli, David A. Jessup, Woutrina A. Miller
Open Access

Environmental Microbiology
New Type of Outer Membrane Vesicle Produced by the Gram-Negative Bacterium Shewanella vesiculosa M7^T: Implications for DNA Content
Carla Pï¿½rez-Cruz, Ornella Carriï¿½n, Lidia Delgado, Gemma Martinez, Carmen Lï¿½pez-Iglesias, Elena Mercade
Environmental Microbiology
Characterization of the Denitrification-Associated Phosphorus Uptake Properties of “Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis” Clades in Sludge Subjected to Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal
Jeong Myeong Kim, Hyo Jung Lee, Dae Sung Lee, Che Ok Jeon
Environmental Microbiology
RubisCO Gene Clusters Found in a Metagenome Microarray from Acid Mine Drainage
Xue Guo, Huaqun Yin, Jing Cong, Zhimin Dai, Yili Liang, Xueduan Liu

Enzymology and Protein Engineering

Enzymology and Protein Engineering
Distinct Actions by Paenibacillus sp. Strain E18 α-l-Arabinofuranosidases and Xylanase in Xylan Degradation
Pengjun Shi, Xiaoyan Chen, Kun Meng, Huoqing Huang, Yingguo Bai, Huiying Luo, Peilong Yang, Bin Yao

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology
Phylogenetic Inferences Reveal a Large Extent of Novel Biodiversity in Chemically Rich Tropical Marine Cyanobacteria
Niclas Engene, Sarath P. Gunasekera, William H. Gerwick, Valerie J. Paul

Food Microbiology

Food Microbiology
Salmonella and Escherichia coli O157:H7 Survival in Soil and Translocation into Leeks (Allium porrum) as Influenced by an Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus (Glomus intraradices)
Joshua B. Gurtler, David D. Douds, Brian P. Dirks, Jennifer J. Quinlan, April M. Nicholson, John G. Phillips, Brendan A. Niemira
Food Microbiology
Isolation of a Bifidogenic Peptide from the Pepsin Hydrolysate of Bovine Lactoferrin
Hirotsugu Oda, Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Koji Yamauchi, Takumi Sato, Jin-Zhong Xiao, Fumiaki Abe, Keiji Iwatsuki
Food Microbiology
Antifungal Hydroxy Fatty Acids Produced during Sourdough Fermentation: Microbial and Enzymatic Pathways, and Antifungal Activity in Bread
Brenna A. Black, Emanuele Zannini, Jonathan M. Curtis, Michael G. Gï¿½nzle
Food Microbiology
Examination of Food Chain-Derived Listeria monocytogenes Strains of Different Serotypes Reveals Considerable Diversity in inlA Genotypes, Mutability, and Adaptation to Cold Temperatures
Jovana Kovacevic, Carolina Arguedas-Villa, Anna Wozniak, Taurai Tasara, Kevin J. Allen
Food Microbiology
Comparative Genomic and Functional Analysis of Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus rhamnosus Strains Marketed as Probiotics
Franï¿½ois P. Douillard, Angela Ribbera, Hanna M. Jï¿½rvinen, Ravi Kant, Taija E. Pietilï¿½, Cinzia Randazzo, Lars Paulin, Pia K. Laine, Cinzia Caggia, Ingemar von Ossowski, Justus Reunanen, Reetta Satokari, Seppo Salminen, Airi Palva, Willem M. de Vos
Food Microbiology
Identification and Characterization of Spontaneous Deletions within the Sp11-Sp12 Prophage Region of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Sakai
Chun Chen, Carrie R. Lewis, Kakolie Goswami, Elisabeth L. Roberts, Chitrita DebRoy, Edward G. Dudley
Food Microbiology
wksl3, a New Biocontrol Agent for Salmonella enterica Serovars Enteritidis and Typhimurium in Foods: Characterization, Application, Sequence Analysis, and Oral Acute Toxicity Study
Hyun-Wol Kang, Jae-Won Kim, Tae-Sung Jung, Gun-Jo Woo
Food Microbiology
Catabolism of N-Acetylneuraminic Acid, a Fitness Function of the Food-Borne Lactic Acid Bacterium Lactobacillus sakei, Involves Two Newly Characterized Proteins
Jamila Anba-Mondoloni, Stï¿½phane Chaillou, Monique Zagorec, Marie-Christine Champomier-Vergï¿½s
Food Microbiology
Selection for Loss of RpoS in Cronobacter sakazakii by Growth in the Presence of Acetate as a Carbon Source
Avelino ï¿½lvarez-Ordï¿½ï¿½ez, Mï¿½ire Begley, Colin Hill
Food Microbiology
In Situ Determination of Clostridium Endospore Membrane Fluidity during Pressure-Assisted Thermal Processing in Combination with Nisin or Reutericyclin
S. Hofstetter, R. Winter, L. M. McMullen, M. G. Gï¿½nzle

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Genetics and Molecular Biology
The Iron-Dependent Regulator Fur Controls Pheromone Signaling Systems and Luminescence in the Squid Symbiont Vibrio fischeri ES114
Alecia N. Septer, Noreen L. Lyell, Eric V. Stabb
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Chemoreceptor VfcA Mediates Amino Acid Chemotaxis in Vibrio fischeri
Caitlin A. Brennan, Cindy R. DeLoney-Marino, Mark J. Mandel
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Defining the Bacteroides Ribosomal Binding Site
Udo Wegmann, Nikki Horn, Simon R. Carding
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Dual Roles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa AlgE in Secretion of the Virulence Factor Alginate and Formation of the Secretion Complex
Zahid U. Rehman, Bernd H. A. Rehm
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Characterization of the Biosynthetic Genes for 10,11-Dehydrocurvularin, a Heat Shock Response-Modulating Anticancer Fungal Polyketide from Aspergillus terreus
Yuquan Xu, Patricia Espinosa-Artiles, Vivien Schubert, Ya-ming Xu, Wei Zhang, Min Lin, A. A. Leslie Gunatilaka, Roderich Sï¿½ssmuth, Istvï¿½n Molnï¿½r
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Arabinose Induces Pellicle Formation by Vibrio fischeri
Karen L. Visick, Kevin P. Quirke, Sheila M. McEwen
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Characterization of an Acid-Inducible Sulfatase in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Seema Das, Swati Singh, Michael McClelland, Steven Forst, Prasad Gyaneshwar

Geomicrobiology

Geomicrobiology
Carbon Isotope Fractionation of 11 Acetogenic Strains Grown on H₂ and CO₂
Martin B. Blaser, Lisa K. Dreisbach, Ralf Conrad
Geomicrobiology
Involvement of Intermediate Sulfur Species in Biological Reduction of Elemental Sulfur under Acidic, Hydrothermal Conditions
Eric S. Boyd, Gregory K. Druschel

Invertebrate Microbiology

Invertebrate Microbiology
Specificity between Lactobacilli and Hymenopteran Hosts Is the Exception Rather than the Rule
Quinn S. McFrederick, Jamie J. Cannone, Robin R. Gutell, Katrin Kellner, Robert M. Plowes, Ulrich G. Mueller
Invertebrate Microbiology
Efficient Colonization of the Bean Bug Riptortus pedestris by an Environmentally Transmitted Burkholderia Symbiont
Yoshitomo Kikuchi, Isao Yumoto

Methods

Methods
Monitoring the Single-Cell Stress Response of the Diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana by Quantitative Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR
Xu Shi, Weimin Gao, Shih-hui Chao, Weiwen Zhang, Deirdre R. Meldrum

Microbial Ecology

Microbial Ecology
Methanogens and Methanogenesis in the Rumens and Ceca of Lambs Fed Two Different High-Grain-Content Diets
M. Popova, D. P. Morgavi, C. Martin
Microbial Ecology
Influence of the Vaginal Microbiota on Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1 Production by Staphylococcus aureus
Roderick A. MacPhee, Wayne L. Miller, Gregory B. Gloor, John K. McCormick, Jo-Anne Hammond, Jeremy P. Burton, Gregor Reid
Microbial Ecology
Wastewater Treatment Effluent Reduces the Abundance and Diversity of Benthic Bacterial Communities in Urban and Suburban Rivers
Bradley Drury, Emma Rosi-Marshall, John J. Kelly
Open Access

Microbial Ecology
Carot-4-en-9,10-Diol, a Conidiation-Inducing Sesquiterpene Diol Produced by Trichoderma virens PS1-7 upon Exposure to Chemical Stress from Highly Active Iron Chelators
Mengcen Wang, Makoto Hashimoto, Yasuyuki Hashidoko
Microbial Ecology
Interactions of Nitrifying Bacteria and Heterotrophs: Identification of a Micavibrio-Like Putative Predator of Nitrospira spp.
Jan Dolinšek, Ilias Lagkouvardos, Wolfgang Wanek, Michael Wagner, Holger Daims
Microbial Ecology
Rates of Species Accumulation and Taxonomic Diversification during Phototrophic Biofilm Development Are Controlled by both Nutrient Supply and Current Velocity
Chad A. Larson, Sophia I. Passy
Microbial Ecology
Isolation of a Substantial Proportion of Forest Soil Bacterial Communities Detected via Pyrotag Sequencing
David VanInsberghe, Martin Hartmann, Gordon R. Stewart, William W. Mohn

Physiology

Physiology
Caffeate Respiration in the Acetogenic Bacterium Acetobacterium woodii: a Coenzyme A Loop Saves Energy for Caffeate Activation
Verena Hess, Josï¿½ M. Gonzï¿½lez, Anutthaman Parthasarathy, Wolfgang Buckel, Volker Mï¿½ller

Plant Microbiology

Plant Microbiology
Relevance of Fucose-Rich Extracellular Polysaccharides Produced by Rhizobium sullae Strains Nodulating Hedysarum coronarium L. Legumes
Razika Gharzouli, Marie-Anne Carpï¿½nï¿½, Franï¿½ois Couderc, Ammar Benguedouar, Vï¿½rï¿½na Poinsot
Plant Microbiology
Directed Construction and Analysis of a Sinorhizobium meliloti pSymA Deletion Mutant Library
Svetlana N. Yurgel, Michael W. Mortimer, Jennifer T. Rice, Jodi L. Humann, Michael L. Kahn

Public Health Microbiology

Public Health Microbiology
Effects of Temperature and pH on Reduction of Bacteria in a Point-of-Use Drinking Water Treatment Product for Emergency Relief
Jean-Thomas Marois-Fiset, Anne Carabin, Audrey Lavoie, Caetano C. Dorea

Erratum

Erratum
Carriage and Fecal Counts of CTX-M-Producing Escherichia coli in Pigs: a Longitudinal Study
Katrine Hartung Hansen, Peter Damborg, Margit Andreasen, Sï¿½ren Saxmose Nielsen, Luca Guardabassi

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Biodegradation

Biotechnology

Environmental Microbiology

Enzymology and Protein Engineering

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

Food Microbiology

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Geomicrobiology

Invertebrate Microbiology

Methods

Microbial Ecology

Physiology

Plant Microbiology

Public Health Microbiology

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