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Volume 74(22);  November 2008
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Identification of Components of the Sigma B Regulon in Listeria monocytogenes That Contribute to Acid and Salt Tolerance
F. Abram, E. Starr, K. A. G. Karatzas, K. Matlawska-Wasowska, A. Boyd, M. Wiedmann, K. J. Boor, D. Connally, and C. P. O'Byrne
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6848–6858. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00442-08.
PMCID: PMC2583506
Characterization of a T7-Like Lytic Bacteriophage ([var phi]SG-JL2) of Salmonella enterica Serovar Gallinarum Biovar Gallinarum
Hyuk-Joon Kwon, Sun-Hee Cho, Tae-Eun Kim, Yong-Jin Won, Jihye Jeong, Se Chang Park, Jae-Hong Kim, Han-Sang Yoo, Yong-Ho Park, and Sun-Joong Kim
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6970–6979. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01088-08.
PMCID: PMC2583507
New Strategy for Isolating Novel Nematicidal Crystal Protein Genes from Bacillus thuringiensis Strain YBT-1518
Suxia Guo, Mei Liu, Donghai Peng, Sisi Ji, Pengxia Wang, Ziniu Yu, and Ming Sun
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6997–7001. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01346-08.
PMCID: PMC2583473
Localization and Expression of MreB in Vibrio parahaemolyticus under Different Stresses
Shen-Wen Chiu, Shau-Yan Chen, and Hin-chung Wong
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 7016–7022. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01020-08.
PMCID: PMC2583491
Enzymology and Protein Engineering
Flavobacterium sp. Strain 4221 and Pedobacter sp. Strain 4236 β-1,3-Glucanases That Are Active at Low Temperatures
Mikkel A. Rasmussen, Søren M. Madsen, Peter Stougaard, and Mads G. Johnsen
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 7070–7072. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00681-08.
PMCID: PMC2583487
Physiology and Biotechnology
The Bacillus subtilis ydjL (bdhA) Gene Encodes Acetoin Reductase/2,3-Butanediol Dehydrogenase
Wayne L. Nicholson
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6832–6838. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00881-08.
PMCID: PMC2583490
Nitric Oxide Reductase Gene Expression and Nitrous Oxide Production in Nitrate-Grown Pseudomonas mandelii
Saleema Saleh-Lakha, Kelly E. Shannon, Claudia Goyer, Jack T. Trevors, Bernie J. Zebarth, and David L. Burton
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6876–6879. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01533-08.
PMCID: PMC2583478
Emergence of Novel Streptococcus iniae Exopolysaccharide-Producing Strains following Vaccination with Nonproducing Strains
Marina Eyngor, Yoram Tekoah, Roni Shapira, Avshalom Hurvitz, Amir Zlotkin, Avishay Lublin, and Avi Eldar
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6892–6897. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00853-08.
PMCID: PMC2583498
Biosynthesis of Ubiquinone Compounds with Conjugated Prenyl Side Chains
Pyung Cheon Lee, Christine Salomon, Benjamin Mijts, and Claudia Schmidt-Dannert
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6908–6917. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01495-08.
PMCID: PMC2583475
Accumulation of trans C18:1 Fatty Acids in the Rumen after Dietary Algal Supplementation Is Associated with Changes in the Butyrivibrio Community
Charlotte Boeckaert, Bruno Vlaeminck, Veerle Fievez, Lois Maignien, Jan Dijkstra, and Nico Boon
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6923–6930. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01473-08.
PMCID: PMC2583482
Transport of Glucose by Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis Occurs via Facilitated Diffusion
E. P. Briczinski, A. T. Phillips, and R. F. Roberts
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6941–6948. Published online 2008 September 12. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01280-08.
PMCID: PMC2583483
Global Transcription and Metabolic Flux Analysis of Escherichia coli in Glucose-Limited Fed-Batch Cultivations
K. Lemuth, T. Hardiman, S. Winter, D. Pfeiffer, M. A. Keller, S. Lange, M. Reuss, R. D. Schmid, and M. Siemann-Herzberg
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 7002–7015. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01327-08.
PMCID: PMC2583496
Exogenous or l-Rhamnose-Derived 1,2-Propanediol Is Metabolized via a pduD-Dependent Pathway in Listeria innocua
Junfeng Xue, Charles M. Murrieta, Daniel C. Rule, and Kurt W. Miller
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 7073–7079. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01074-08.
PMCID: PMC2583486
Estimating Single-Cell Lag Times via a Bayesian Scheme
P. K. Malakar and G. C. Barker
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 7098–7099. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01277-08.
PMCID: PMC2583504
Public Health Microbiology
Bioaccumulation, Retention, and Depuration of Enteric Viruses by Crassostrea virginica and Crassostrea ariakensis Oysters
Sharon P. Nappier, Thaddeus K. Graczyk, and Kellogg J. Schwab
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6825–6831. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01000-08.
PMCID: PMC2583511
Temporal Assessment of the Impact of Exposure to Cow Feces in Two Watersheds by Multiple Host-Specific PCR Assays
Yong-Jin Lee, Marirosa Molina, Jorge W. Santo Domingo, Jonathan D. Willis, Michael Cyterski, Dinku M. Endale, and Orin C. Shanks
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6839–6847. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00601-08.
PMCID: PMC2583500
Identification of Campylobacter jejuni Proteins Recognized by Maternal Antibodies of Chickens
Kari D. Shoaf-Sweeney, Charles L. Larson, Xiaoting Tang, and Michael E. Konkel
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6867–6875. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01097-08.
PMCID: PMC2583476
Microbiological Analysis of Food Contact Surfaces in Child Care Centers
Catherine M. Cosby, C. A. Costello, W. C. Morris, B. Haughton, M. J. Devereaux, F. Harte, and P. M. Davidson
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6918–6922. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00547-08.
PMCID: PMC2583471
Effects of Therapeutic Ceftiofur Administration to Dairy Cattle on Escherichia coli Dynamics in the Intestinal Tract
Randall S. Singer, Sheila K. Patterson, and Richard L. Wallace
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6956–6962. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01241-08.
PMCID: PMC2583494
Comparison of Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains from Human and Avian Sources Reveals a Mixed Subset Representing Potential Zoonotic Pathogens
Timothy J. Johnson, Yvonne Wannemuehler, Sara J. Johnson, Adam L. Stell, Curt Doetkott, James R. Johnson, Kwang S. Kim, Lodewijk Spanjaard, and Lisa K. Nolan
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 7043–7050. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01395-08.
PMCID: PMC2583479
Frequent Occurrence of Human-Associated Microsporidia in Fecal Droppings of Urban Pigeons in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Aldert Bart, Ellen M. Wentink-Bonnema, Edou R. Heddema, Jan Buijs, and Tom van Gool
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 7056–7058. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01429-08.
PMCID: PMC2583493
Inactivation of Mycobacterium avium Complex by UV Irradiation
Gwy-Am Shin, Jung-Keun Lee, Robert Freeman, and Gerard A. Cangelosi
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 7067–7069. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00457-08.
PMCID: PMC2583497
Identification of a Novel Genomic Island Specific to Hospital-Acquired Clonal Complex 17 Enterococcus faecium Isolates
Esther Heikens, Willem van Schaik, Helen L. Leavis, Marc J. M. Bonten, and Rob J. L. Willems
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 7094–7097. Published online 2008 October 3. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01378-08.
PMCID: PMC2583488
Environmental Microbiology
Mechanisms of Cation Exchange by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 and PAO1 wbpL, a Strain with a Truncated Lipopolysaccharide
J. Shephard, A. J. McQuillan, and P. J. Bremer
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6980–6986. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01117-08.
PMCID: PMC2583508
Microbial Ecology
Heterotrophic and Autotrophic Microbial Populations in Cold Perennial Springs of the High Arctic
Nancy N. Perreault, Charles W. Greer, Dale T. Andersen, Stefanie Tille, Georges Lacrampe-Couloume, Barbara Sherwood Lollar, and Lyle G. Whyte
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6898–6907. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00359-08.
PMCID: PMC2583501
csrA Inhibits the Formation of Biofilms by Vibrio vulnificus
Melissa K. Jones, Elizabeth B. Warner, and James D. Oliver
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 7064–7066. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01810-08.
PMCID: PMC2583499
Cellulose Degradation by Micromonosporas Recovered from Freshwater Lakes and Classification of These Actinomycetes by DNA Gyrase B Gene Sequencing
Alexandre B. de Menezes, Robert J. Lockhart, Michael J. Cox, Heather E. Allison, and Alan J. McCarthy
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 7080–7084. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01092-08.
PMCID: PMC2583502
Geomicrobiology
Mechanism and Consequences of Anaerobic Respiration of Cobalt by Shewanella oneidensis Strain MR-1
Heidi H. Hau, Alan Gilbert, Dan Coursolle, and Jeffrey A. Gralnick
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6880–6886. Published online 2008 October 3. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00840-08.
PMCID: PMC2583509
Formation of Nanoscale Elemental Silver Particles via Enzymatic Reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducens
Nicholas Law, Saadia Ansari, Francis R. Livens, Joanna C. Renshaw, and Jonathan R. Lloyd
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 7090–7093. Published online 2008 August 22. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01069-08.
PMCID: PMC2583489
Food Microbiology
Gene Expression Profiling of Listeria monocytogenes Strain F2365 during Growth in Ultrahigh-Temperature-Processed Skim Milk
Yanhong Liu and Amy Ream
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6859–6866. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00356-08.
PMCID: PMC2583503
Modeling the Variability of Single-Cell Lag Times for Listeria innocua Populations after Sublethal and Lethal Heat Treatments
A. Métris, S. M. George, B. M. Mackey, and J. Baranyi
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6949–6955. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01237-08.
PMCID: PMC2583480
Plant Microbiology
Multilocus Sequence Analysis for Assessment of the Biogeography and Evolutionary Genetics of Four Bradyrhizobium Species That Nodulate Soybeans on the Asiatic Continent
Pablo Vinuesa, Keilor Rojas-Jiménez, Bruno Contreras-Moreira, Suresh K. Mahna, Braj Nandan Prasad, Hla Moe, Suresh Babu Selvaraju, Heidemarie Thierfelder, and Dietrich Werner
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6987–6996. Published online 2008 September 12. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00875-08.
PMCID: PMC2583495
Invertebrate Microbiology
Darkling Beetles (Alphitobius diaperinus) and Their Larvae as Potential Vectors for the Transfer of Campylobacter jejuni and Salmonella enterica Serovar Paratyphi B Variant Java between Successive Broiler Flocks
Wilma C. Hazeleger, Nico M. Bolder, Rijkelt R. Beumer, and Wilma F. Jacobs-Reitsma
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6887–6891. Published online 2008 September 12. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00451-08.
PMCID: PMC2583492
Host Adaptation of a Wolbachia Strain after Long-Term Serial Passage in Mosquito Cell Lines
Conor J. McMeniman, Amanda M. Lane, Amy W. C. Fong, Denis A. Voronin, Iñaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Ryuichi Yamada, Elizabeth A. McGraw, and Scott L. O'Neill
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6963–6969. Published online 2008 October 3. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01038-08.
PMCID: PMC2583474
Persistent Association of Mycobacterium ulcerans with West African Predaceous Insects of the Family Belostomatidae
Lydia Mosi, Heather Williamson, John R. Wallace, Richard W. Merritt, and P. L. C. Small
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 7036–7042. Published online 2008 October 3. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01234-08.
PMCID: PMC2583505
Methods
Immunofluorescence Flow Cytometry Technique for Enumeration of the Brown-Tide Alga, Aureococcus anophagefferens
Beth A. Stauffer, Rebecca A. Schaffner, Catherine Wazniak, and David A. Caron
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 6931–6940. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00996-08.
PMCID: PMC2583485
Bioluminescent Aspergillus fumigatus, a New Tool for Drug Efficiency Testing and In Vivo Monitoring of Invasive Aspergillosis
Matthias Brock, Grégory Jouvion, Sabrina Droin-Bergère, Olivier Dussurget, Marie-Anne Nicola, and Oumaïma Ibrahim-Granet
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 7023–7035. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01288-08.
PMCID: PMC2583481
Brucella abortus Strain RB51 Leucine Auxotroph as an Environmentally Safe Vaccine for Plasmid Maintenance and Antigen Overexpression
Parthiban Rajasekaran, Mohamed N. Seleem, Andrea Contreras, Endang Purwantini, Gerhardt G. Schurig, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, and Stephen M. Boyle
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 7051–7055. Published online 2008 October 3. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01511-08.
PMCID: PMC2583484
Effective Mutagenesis of Vibrio fischeri by Using Hyperactive Mini-Tn5 Derivatives
Noreen L. Lyell, Anne K. Dunn, Jeffrey L. Bose, Susan L. Vescovi, and Eric V. Stabb
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 7059–7063. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01330-08.
PMCID: PMC2583470
Biodegradation
Cloning and Characterization of α-Methylacyl Coenzyme A Racemase from Gordonia polyisoprenivorans VH2
Quyen Arenskötter, Jens Heller, David Dietz, Matthias Arenskötter, and Alexander Steinbüchel
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 7085–7089. Published online 2008 September 26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01491-08.
PMCID: PMC2583472
Author’s Correction
pH Gradient-Induced Heterogeneity of Fe(III)-Reducing Microorganisms in Coal Mining-Associated Lake Sediments
Marco Blöthe, Denise M. Akob, Joel E. Kostka, Kathrin Göschel, Harold L. Drake, and Kirsten Küsel
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 November; 74(22): 7100. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01538-08.
PMCID: PMC2583477
Corrects: Marco Blöthe, et al. pH Gradient-Induced Heterogeneity of Fe(III)-Reducing Microorganisms in Coal Mining-Associated Lake Sediments . Appl Environ Microbiol. 2008 February; 74(4): 1019–1029.
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