To see an article, click its [Full Text], [Abstract] or [PDF] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.

Minireviews:

Stephanie A. Boone and Charles P. Gerba

Significance of Fomites in the Spread of Respiratory and Enteric Viral Disease
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1687-1696. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

N. Jain, R. Kohli, E. Cook, P. Gialanella, T. Chang, and B. C. Fries

Biofilm Formation by and Antifungal Susceptibility of Candida Isolates from Urine
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1697-1703. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Cherie A. Motti, David G. Bourne, James N. Burnell, Jason R. Doyle, Dianne S. Haines, Catherine H. Liptrot, Lyndon E. Llewellyn, Shilo Ludke, Andrew Muirhead, and Dianne M. Tapiolas

Screening Marine Fungi for Inhibitors of the C₄ Plant Enzyme Pyruvate Phosphate Dikinase: Unguinol as a Potential Novel Herbicide Candidate
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1921-1927. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Plant Microbiology:

F. B. Iriarte, B. Balogh, M. T. Momol, L. M. Smith, M. Wilson, and J. B. Jones

Factors Affecting Survival of Bacteriophage on Tomato Leaf Surfaces
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1704-1711. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Public Health Microbiology:

Sukdeb Pal, Yu Kyung Tak, and Joon Myong Song

Does the Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles Depend on the Shape of the Nanoparticle? A Study of the Gram-Negative Bacterium Escherichia coli
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1712-1720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patrick Ymele-Leki and Julia M. Ross

Erosion from Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms Grown under Physiologically Relevant Fluid Shear Forces Yields Bacterial Cells with Reduced Avidity to Collagen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1834-1841. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Emma C. Stanley, Richard J. Mole, Rebecca J. Smith, Sarah M. Glenn, Michael R. Barer, Michael McGowan, and Catherine E. D. Rees

Development of a New, Combined Rapid Method Using Phage and PCR for Detection and Identification of Viable Mycobacterium paratuberculosis Bacteria within 48 Hours
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1851-1857. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Pamela L. Sharpe, Deana DiCosimo, Melissa D. Bosak, Kyle Knoke, Luan Tao, Qiong Cheng, and Rick W. Ye

Use of Transposon Promoter-Probe Vectors in the Metabolic Engineering of the Obligate Methanotroph Methylomonas sp. Strain 16a for Enhanced C₄₀ Carotenoid Synthesis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1721-1728. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Shuo Zhang, Eiji Sakuradani, and Sakayu Shimizu

Identification of a Sterol 7 Reductase Gene Involved in Desmosterol Biosynthesis in Mortierella alpina 1S-4
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1736-1741. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Eric J. Nelson, Hege S. Tunsjø, Pat M. Fidopiastis, Henning Sørum, and Edward G. Ruby

A Novel lux Operon in the Cryptically Bioluminescent Fish Pathogen Vibrio salmonicida Is Associated with Virulence
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1825-1833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Timothy J. Johnson, Yvonne M. Wannemuehler, Sara J. Johnson, Catherine M. Logue, David G. White, Curt Doetkott, and Lisa K. Nolan

Plasmid Replicon Typing of Commensal and Pathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1976-1983. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Ecology:

Robyn A. Stoddard, William G. Miller, Janet E. Foley, Judy Lawrence, Frances M. D. Gulland, Patricia A. Conrad, and Barbara A. Byrne

Campylobacter insulaenigrae Isolates from Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris) in California
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1729-1735. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tatiana Kon, Susan C. Weir, E. Todd Howell, Hung Lee, and Jack T. Trevors

Genetic Relatedness of Escherichia coli Isolates in Interstitial Water from a Lake Huron (Canada) Beach
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1961-1967. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anne-Catherine Lehours, Paul Evans, Corinne Bardot, Keith Joblin, and Fonty Gérard

Phylogenetic Diversity of Archaea and Bacteria in the Anoxic Zone of a Meromictic Lake (Lake Pavin, France)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 2016-2019. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Physiology and Biotechnology:

Sharon Molchanov, Yuri Gendel, Ilya Ioslvich, and Ori Lahav

Improved Experimental and Computational Methodology for Determining the Kinetic Equation and the Extant Kinetic Constants of Fe(II) Oxidation by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1742-1752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Youngnyun Kim, L. O. Ingram, and K. T. Shanmugam

Construction of an Escherichia coli K-12 Mutant for Homoethanologenic Fermentation of Glucose or Xylose without Foreign Genes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1766-1771. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Juhan Kim, Dohyun Kyung, Hyungdon Yun, Byung-Kwan Cho, Joo-Hyun Seo, Minho Cha, and Byung-Gee Kim

Cloning and Characterization of a Novel ß-Transaminase from Mesorhizobium sp. Strain LUK: a New Biocatalyst for the Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure ß-Amino Acids
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1772-1782. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nicholas Camu, Tom De Winter, Kristof Verbrugghe, Ilse Cleenwerck, Peter Vandamme, Jemmy S. Takrama, Marc Vancanneyt, and Luc De Vuyst

Dynamics and Biodiversity of Populations of Lactic Acid Bacteria and Acetic Acid Bacteria Involved in Spontaneous Heap Fermentation of Cocoa Beans in Ghana
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1809-1824. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yang Yu, Martin Tangney, Hans C. Aass, and Wilfrid J. Mitchell

Analysis of the Mechanism and Regulation of Lactose Transport and Metabolism in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1842-1850. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Pat G. Casey, Gillian E. Gardiner, Garrett Casey, Bernard Bradshaw, Peadar G. Lawlor, P. Brendan Lynch, Finola C. Leonard, Catherine Stanton, R. Paul Ross, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Colin Hill

A Five-Strain Probiotic Combination Reduces Pathogen Shedding and Alleviates Disease Signs in Pigs Challenged with Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1858-1863. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Victor Ladero, Ana Ramos, Anne Wiersma, Philippe Goffin, André Schanck, Michiel Kleerebezem, Jeroen Hugenholtz, Eddy J. Smid, and Pascal Hols

High-Level Production of the Low-Calorie Sugar Sorbitol by Lactobacillus plantarum through Metabolic Engineering
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1864-1872. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kimon A. G. Karatzas, Angelos Zervos, Chrysoula C. Tassou, Costas G. Mallidis, and Tom J. Humphrey

Piezotolerant Small-Colony Variants with Increased Thermotolerance, Antibiotic Susceptibility, and Low Invasiveness in a Clonal Staphylococcus aureus Population
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1873-1881. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

N. Yee, J. Ma, A. Dalia, T. Boonfueng, and D. Y. Kobayashi

Se(VI) Reduction and the Precipitation of Se(0) by the Facultative Bacterium Enterobacter cloacae SLD1a-1 Are Regulated by FNR
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1914-1920. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Food Microbiology:

Delphine M. A. Saulnier, Douwe Molenaar, Willem M. de Vos, Glenn R. Gibson, and Sofia Kolida

Identification of Prebiotic Fructooligosaccharide Metabolism in Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 through Microarrays
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1753-1765. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Céline Delbès, Leila Ali-Mandjee, and Marie-Christine Montel

Monitoring Bacterial Communities in Raw Milk and Cheese by Culture-Dependent and -Independent 16S rRNA Gene-Based Analyses
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1882-1891. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Martina Fricker, Ute Messelhäußer, Ulrich Busch, Siegfried Scherer, and Monika Ehling-Schulz

Diagnostic Real-Time PCR Assays for the Detection of Emetic Bacillus cereus Strains in Foods and Recent Food-Borne Outbreaks
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1892-1898. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Eva Sanjuán and Carmen Amaro

Multiplex PCR Assay for Detection of Vibrio vulnificus Biotype 2 and Simultaneous Discrimination of Serovar E Strains
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 2029-2032. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Environmental Microbiology:

Roland H. Müller, Thore Rohwerder, and Hauke Harms

Carbon Conversion Efficiency and Limits of Productive Bacterial Degradation of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether and Related Compounds
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1783-1791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ryan J. Reeser, Robert T. Medler, Stephen J. Billington, B. Helen Jost, and Lynn A. Joens

Characterization of Campylobacter jejuni Biofilms under Defined Growth Conditions
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1908-1913. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. Schlüter, R. Szczepanowski, N. Kurz, S. Schneiker, I. Krahn, and A. Pühler

Erythromycin Resistance-Conferring Plasmid pRSB105, Isolated from a Sewage Treatment Plant, Harbors a New Macrolide Resistance Determinant, an Integron-Containing Tn402-Like Element, and a Large Region of Unknown Function
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1952-1960. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Thaddeus K. Graczyk, Frances E. Lucy, Leena Tamang, and Allen Miraflor

Human Enteropathogen Load in Activated Sewage Sludge and Corresponding Sewage Sludge End Products
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 2013-2015. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Maximilian Schöniger-Hekele, Dagmar Petermann, Beate Weber, and Christian Müller

Tropheryma whipplei in the Environment: Survey of Sewage Plant Influxes and Sewage Plant Workers
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 2033-2035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Rick Rink, Jenny Wierenga, Anneke Kuipers, Leon D. Kluskens, Arnold J. M. Driessen, Oscar P. Kuipers, and Gert N. Moll

Production of Dehydroamino Acid-Containing Peptides by Lactococcus lactis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1792-1796. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nikhil Nair and Huimin Zhao

Biochemical Characterization of an L-Xylulose Reductase from Neurospora crassa
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 2001-2004. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marta Monincová, Zbynek Prokop, Jitka Vévodová, Yuji Nagata, and Jirí Damborsky

Weak Activity of Haloalkane Dehalogenase LinB with 1,2,3-Trichloropropane Revealed by X-Ray Crystallography and Microcalorimetry
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 2005-2008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Biodegradation:

Shinji Takenaka, Takashi Tonoki, Kazuya Taira, Shuichiro Murakami, and Kenji Aoki

Adaptation of Pseudomonas sp. Strain 7-6 to Quaternary Ammonium Compounds and Their Degradation via Dual Pathways
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1797-1802. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Methods:

Alina Tirsoaga, Alexey Novikov, Minou Adib-Conquy, Catherine Werts, Catherine Fitting, Jean-Marc Cavaillon, and Martine Caroff

Simple Method for Repurification of Endotoxins for Biological Use
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1803-1808. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Haihong Liu, Zongmin Du, Jin Wang, and Ruifu Yang

Universal Sample Preparation Method for Characterization of Bacteria by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1899-1907. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jan W. Kretzer, Rainer Lehmann, Mathias Schmelcher, Manuel Banz, Kwang-Pyo Kim, Corinna Korn, and Martin J. Loessner

Use of High-Affinity Cell Wall-Binding Domains of Bacteriophage Endolysins for Immobilization and Separation of Bacterial Cells
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1992-2000. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Petra Louis and Harry J. Flint

Development of a Semiquantitative Degenerate Real-Time PCR-Based Assay for Estimation of Numbers of Butyryl-Coenzyme A (CoA) CoA Transferase Genes in Complex Bacterial Samples
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 2009-2012. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jeremy Lenaerts, Hilary M. Lappin-Scott, and Jonathan Porter

Improved Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization Method for Detection of Bacteria from Activated Sludge and River Water by Using DNA Molecular Beacons and Flow Cytometry
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 2020-2023. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

Dmitriy V. Volokhov, Sandra Duperrier, Alexander A. Neverov, Joseph George, Carmen Buchrieser, and Anthony D. Hitchins

The Presence of the Internalin Gene in Natural Atypically Hemolytic Listeria innocua Strains Suggests Descent from L. monocytogenes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1928-1939. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Invertebrate Microbiology:

Matthew S. Payne, Mike R. Hall, Lindsay Sly, and David G. Bourne

Microbial Diversity within Early-Stage Cultured Panulirus ornatus Phyllosomas
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1940-1951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Karin E. Ulstrup, Michael Kühl, and David G. Bourne

Zooxanthellae Harvested by Ciliates Associated with Brown Band Syndrome of Corals Remain Photosynthetically Competent
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1968-1975. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yoshitomo Kikuchi and Joerg Graf

Spatial and Temporal Population Dynamics of a Naturally Occurring Two-Species Microbial Community inside the Digestive Tract of the Medicinal Leech
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 1984-1991. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Michael Pester, Anne Tholen, Michael W. Friedrich, and Andreas Brune

Methane Oxidation in Termite Hindguts: Absence of Evidence and Evidence of Absence
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007 73: 2024-2028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

To see an article, click its [Full Text] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.