| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveMinireviews Ecological Role of Lactobacilli in the Gastrointestinal Tract: Implications for Fundamental and Biomedical Research Jens Walter Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 4985–4996. Published online 2008 June 6. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00753-08.PMCID: PMC2519286 Unraveling Microbial Interactions in Food Fermentations: from Classical to Genomics Approaches Sander Sieuwerts, Frank A. M. de Bok, Jeroen Hugenholtz, and Johan E. T. van Hylckama Vlieg Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 4997–5007. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00113-08.PMCID: PMC2519258 Genetics and Molecular Biology Environmental and Growth Phase Regulation of the Streptococcus gordonii Arginine Deiminase Genes Yaling Liu, Yiqian Dong, Yi-Ywan M. Chen, and Robert A. Burne Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5023–5030. Published online 2008 June 13. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00556-08.PMCID: PMC2519279 Enzymology and Protein Engineering Enhancement of the Alcoholytic Activity of α-Amylase AmyA from Thermotoga maritima MSB8 (DSM 3109) by Site-Directed Mutagenesis Juanita Yazmin Damián-Almazo, Alina Moreno, Agustin López-Munguía, Xavier Soberón, Fernando González-Muñoz, and Gloria Saab-Rincón Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5168–5177. Published online 2008 June 13. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00121-08.PMCID: PMC2519283 Isomaltose Production by Modification of the Fructose-Binding Site on the Basis of the Predicted Structure of Sucrose Isomerase from “Protaminobacter rubrum” Hyeon Cheol Lee, Jin Ha Kim, Sang Yong Kim, and Jung Kul Lee Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5183–5194. Published online 2008 June 13. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00181-08.PMCID: PMC2519274 Physiology and Biotechnology Engineering Pseudomonas putida S12 for Efficient Utilization of d-Xylose and l-Arabinose Jean-Paul Meijnen, Johannes H. de Winde, and Harald J. Ruijssenaars Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5031–5037. Published online 2008 June 27. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00924-08.PMCID: PMC2519266 Broad-Host-Range Expression Vectors with Tightly Regulated Promoters and Their Use To Examine the Influence of TraR and TraM Expression on Ti Plasmid Quorum Sensing Sharik R. Khan, Jennifer Gaines, R. Martin Roop, II, and Stephen K. Farrand Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5053–5062. Published online 2008 July 7. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01098-08.PMCID: PMC2519271 Function of Heterologous Mycobacterium tuberculosis InhA, a Type 2 Fatty Acid Synthase Enzyme Involved in Extending C20 Fatty Acids to C60-to-C90 Mycolic Acids, during De Novo Lipoic Acid Synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Aner Gurvitz, J. Kalervo Hiltunen, and Alexander J. Kastaniotis Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5078–5085. Published online 2008 June 13. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00655-08.PMCID: PMC2519256 Purification, Characterization, and Gene Cloning of Ceriporiopsis sp. Strain MD-1 Peroxidases That Decolorize Human Hair Melanin Kenji Nagasaki, Masaro Kumazawa, Shuichiro Murakami, Shinji Takenaka, Kenzo Koike, and Kenji Aoki Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5106–5112. Published online 2008 June 27. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00253-08.PMCID: PMC2519264 Noncovalent Immobilization of Streptavidin on In Vitro- and In Vivo-Biotinylated Bacterial Magnetic Particles Yoshiaki Maeda, Tomoko Yoshino, Masaaki Takahashi, Harumi Ginya, Junko Asahina, Hideji Tajima, and Tadashi Matsunaga Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5139–5145. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00618-08.PMCID: PMC2519255 Group 2 Sigma Factor SigB of Corynebacterium glutamicum Positively Regulates Glucose Metabolism under Conditions of Oxygen Deprivation Shigeki Ehira, Tomokazu Shirai, Haruhiko Teramoto, Masayuki Inui, and Hideaki Yukawa Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5146–5152. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00944-08.PMCID: PMC2519270 Production of an Insecticidal Crystal Protein from Bacillus thuringiensis by the Methylotroph Methylobacterium extorquens Young J. Choi, J. Lawrence Gringorten, Louise Bélanger, Lyne Morel, Denis Bourque, Luke Masson, Denis Groleau, and Carlos B. Míguez Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5178–5182. Published online 2008 June 13. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00598-08.PMCID: PMC2519252 Effect of Silver-Doped Phosphate-Based Glasses on Bacterial Biofilm Growth Sabeel P. Valappil, Jonathan C. Knowles, and Michael Wilson Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5228–5230. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00086-08.PMCID: PMC2519254 Membrane-Bound Pyrroloquinoline Quinone-Dependent Dehydrogenase in Gluconobacter oxydans M5, Responsible for Production of 6-(2-Hydroxyethyl) Amino-6-Deoxy-l-Sorbose Xue-Peng Yang, Liu-Jing Wei, Jin-Ping Lin, Bo Yin, and Dong-Zhi Wei Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5250–5253. Published online 2008 May 23. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00272-08.PMCID: PMC2519276 Mycology Genes for the Biosynthesis of the Fungal Polyketides Hypothemycin from Hypomyces subiculosus and Radicicol from Pochonia chlamydosporia Christopher D. Reeves, Zhihao Hu, Ralph Reid, and James T. Kealey Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5121–5129. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00478-08.PMCID: PMC2519290 Public Health Microbiology Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto Is Clonal in Patients with Early Lyme Borreliosis Klára Hanincová, Dionysios Liveris, Sabina Sandigursky, Gary P. Wormser, and Ira Schwartz Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5008–5014. Published online 2008 June 6. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00479-08.PMCID: PMC2519259 Characterization of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 O-Antigen Deletion Mutant and Effect of the Deletion on Bacterial Persistence in the Mouse Intestine and Colonization at the Bovine Terminal Rectal Mucosa Haiqing Sheng, Ji Youn Lim, Maryann K. Watkins, Scott A. Minnich, and Carolyn J. Hovde Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5015–5022. Published online 2008 June 13. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00743-08.PMCID: PMC2519267 Characterization of Salmonella enterica serovar Heidelberg from Turkey-Associated Sources Pravin Kaldhone, Rajesh Nayak, Aaron M. Lynne, Donna E. David, Patrick F. McDermott, Catherine M. Logue, and Steven L. Foley Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5038–5046. Published online 2008 June 27. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00409-08.PMCID: PMC2519265 Improved Inactivation of Nonenveloped Enteric Viruses and Their Surrogates by a Novel Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer David R. Macinga, Syed A. Sattar, Lee-Ann Jaykus, and James W. Arbogast Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5047–5052. Published online 2008 June 27. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00487-08.PMCID: PMC2519287 Transfer of Class 1 Integron-Mediated Antibiotic Resistance Genes from Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli to a Susceptible E. coli K-12 Strain in Storm Water and Bovine Feces Supakana Nagachinta and Jinru Chen Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5063–5067. Published online 2008 June 13. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00517-08.PMCID: PMC2519284 Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Bartonella Species Isolated from Wild Rodents in Japan Kai Inoue, Soichi Maruyama, Hidenori Kabeya, Naoyuki Yamada, Norio Ohashi, Yukita Sato, Masayoshi Yukawa, Toshiyuki Masuzawa, Fumihiko Kawamori, Teruki Kadosaka, Nobuhiro Takada, Hiromi Fujita, and Hiroki Kawabata Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5086–5092. Published online 2008 July 7. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00071-08.PMCID: PMC2519277 Molecular Epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni Populations in Dairy Cattle, Wildlife, and the Environment in a Farmland Area Patrick S. L. Kwan, Mishele Barrigas, Frederick J. Bolton, Nigel P. French, Peter Gowland, Richard Kemp, Howard Leatherbarrow, Mathew Upton, and Andrew J. Fox Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5130–5138. Published online 2008 June 27. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02198-07.PMCID: PMC2519278 Characterization of Verotoxin-Encoding Phages from Escherichia coli O103:H2 Strains of Bovine and Human Origins Musafiri Karama and Carlton L. Gyles Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5153–5158. Published online 2008 June 13. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00723-08.PMCID: PMC2519251 Bacillus subtilis Spores Germinate in the Chicken Gastrointestinal Tract Stephen T. Cartman, Roberto M. La Ragione, and Martin J. Woodward Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5254–5258. Published online 2008 June 27. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00580-08.PMCID: PMC2519260 Environmental Microbiology Molecular Characterization of Giardia Isolates from Calves and Humans in a Region in Which Dairy Farming Has Recently Intensified Cynthia L. Winkworth, James J. Learmonth, Christoph D. Matthaei, and Colin R. Townsend Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5100–5105. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00232-08.PMCID: PMC2519288 Persistence of Biomarker ATP and ATP-Generating Capability in Bacterial Cells and Spores Contaminating Spacecraft Materials under Earth Conditions and in a Simulated Martian Environment Patricia Fajardo-Cavazos, Andrew C. Schuerger, and Wayne L. Nicholson Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5159–5167. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00891-08.PMCID: PMC2519281 Evaluation of PCR Primer Selectivity and Phylogenetic Specificity by Using Amplification of 16S rRNA Genes from Betaproteobacterial Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria in Environmental Samples Pilar Junier, Ok-Sun Kim, Ora Hadas, Johannes F. Imhoff, and Karl-Paul Witzel Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5231–5236. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00288-08.PMCID: PMC2519257 Microbial Ecology Isolation of Surfactant-Resistant Bacteria from Natural, Surfactant-Rich Marine Habitats Craig J. Plante, Kieran M. Coe, and Rebecca G. Plante Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5093–5099. Published online 2008 June 27. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02734-07.PMCID: PMC2519273 Quantitative Microbial Community Analysis of Three Different Sulfidic Mine Tailing Dumps Generating Acid Mine Drainage Dagmar Kock and Axel Schippers Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5211–5219. Published online 2008 June 27. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00649-08.PMCID: PMC2519280 Influence of Particle Size on Bacterial Community Structure in Aquatic Sediments as Revealed by 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis Colin R. Jackson and Andrew Q. Weeks Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5237–5240. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00923-08.PMCID: PMC2519289 Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis as a Tool To Determine Batch Similarity of Probiotic Cultures of Porcine Cecal Bacteria Michael E. Hume, Charles M. Scanlan, Roger B. Harvey, Kathleen Andrews, James D. Snodgrass, Armen G. Nalian, Alexandra Martynova-Van Kley, and David J. Nisbet Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5241–5243. Published online 2008 June 27. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02580-07.PMCID: PMC2519268 Probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum 299v Does Not Counteract Unfavorable Phytohemagglutinin-Induced Changes in the Rat Intestinal Microbiota Gabriele Gross, Jessica Wildner, Arjan Schonewille, Jan L. W. Rademaker, Roelof van der Meer, and Johannes Snel Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5244–5249. Published online 2008 July 7. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00514-08.PMCID: PMC2519263 Food Microbiology Heterologous Expression of a Position 2-Substituted (1→3)-β-d-Glucan in Lactococcus lactis María Laura Werning, María Angeles Corrales, Alicia Prieto, Pilar Fernández de Palencia, Jesús Navas, and Paloma López Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5259–5262. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00463-08.PMCID: PMC2519285 Invertebrate Microbiology Analysis of a Novel Insect Cell Culture Medium-Based Growth Medium for Bartonella Species Tanja Riess, Florian Dietrich, Katja V. Schmidt, Patrick O. Kaiser, Heinz Schwarz, Andrea Schäfer, and Volkhard A. J. Kempf Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5224–5227. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00621-08.PMCID: PMC2519262 Methods Quantification of Target Molecules Needed To Detect Microorganisms by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) and Catalyzed Reporter Deposition-FISH Tatsuhiko Hoshino, L. Safak Yilmaz, Daniel R. Noguera, Holger Daims, and Michael Wagner Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5068–5077. Published online 2008 June 13. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00208-08.PMCID: PMC2519275 Simple Method for Plating Escherichia coli Bacteriophages Forming Very Small Plaques or No Plaques under Standard Conditions Joanna M. Łoś, Piotr Golec, Grzegorz Węgrzyn, Alicja Węgrzyn, and Marcin Łoś Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5113–5120. Published online 2008 June 27. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00306-08.PMCID: PMC2519272 The Porous Surface Model, a Novel Experimental System for Online Quantitative Observation of Microbial Processes under Unsaturated Conditions Arnaud Dechesne, Dani Or, Gamze Gülez, and Barth F. Smets Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5195–5200. Published online 2008 June 27. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00313-08.PMCID: PMC2519293 High-Throughput, Single-Cell Analysis of Macrophage Interactions with Fluorescently Labeled Bacillus anthracis Spores Bojana Stojkovic, Eric M. Torres, Angela M. Prouty, Hetal K. Patel, Lefan Zhuang, Theresa M. Koehler, Jimmy D. Ballard, and Steven R. Blanke Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5201–5210. Published online 2008 June 13. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02890-07.PMCID: PMC2519261 Identification and Characterization of Bacillus anthracis Spores by Multiparameter Flow Cytometry William C. Schumacher, Craig A. Storozuk, Prabir K. Dutta, and Andrew J. Phipps Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5220–5223. Published online 2008 June 27. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00369-08.PMCID: PMC2519269 Letter to the Editor Reorganization and Monophyly of the Genus Rickettsiella: All in Good Time Andreas Leclerque Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5263–5264. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00446-08.PMCID: PMC2519291 Errata Genetic Tools for Select-Agent-Compliant Manipulation of Burkholderia pseudomallei Kyoung-Hee Choi, Takehiko Mima, Yveth Casart, Drew Rholl, Ayush Kumar, Ifor R. Beacham, and Herbert P. Schweizer Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5265. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01362-08.PMCID: PMC2519282 Corrects: Kyoung-Hee Choi, et al. Genetic Tools for Select-Agent-Compliant Manipulation of Burkholderia pseudomallei . Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 February; 74(4): 1064–1075. Sheathless Mutant of Cyanobacterium Gloeothece sp. Strain PCC 6909 with Increased Capacity To Remove Copper Ions from Aqueous Solutions Ernesto Micheletti, Sara Pereira, Francesca Mannelli, Pedro Moradas-Ferreira, Paula Tamagnini, and Roberto De Philippis Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 August; 74(16): 5266. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01368-08.PMCID: PMC2519253 Corrects: Ernesto Micheletti, et al. Sheathless Mutant of Cyanobacterium Gloeothece sp. Strain PCC 6909 with Increased Capacity To Remove Copper Ions from Aqueous Solutions . Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 May; 74(9): 2797–2804. |