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Food Microbiology:

Vanessa Vankerckhoven, Geert Huys, Marc Vancanneyt, Cindy Snauwaert, Jean Swings, Ingo Klare, Wolfgang Witte, Tim Van Autgaerden, Sabine Chapelle, Christine Lammens, and Herman Goossens

Genotypic Diversity, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Virulence Factors of Human Isolates and Probiotic Cultures Constituting Two Intraspecific Groups of Enterococcus faecium Isolates
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4247-4255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

G. Mandalari, C. Nueno-Palop, G. Bisignano, M. S. J. Wickham, and A. Narbad

Potential Prebiotic Properties of Almond (Amygdalus communis L.) Seeds
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4264-4270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kim Ziebell, Marina Steele, Yongxiang Zhang, Andrew Benson, Eduardo N. Taboada, Chad Laing, Scott McEwen, Bruce Ciebin, Roger Johnson, and Victor Gannon

Genotypic Characterization and Prevalence of Virulence Factors among Canadian Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strains
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4314-4323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Laura F. Lalonde and Alvin A. Gajadhar

Highly Sensitive and Specific PCR Assay for Reliable Detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis Oocysts
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4354-4358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Aurélie Rieu, Romain Briandet, Olivier Habimana, Dominique Garmyn, Jean Guzzo, and Pascal Piveteau

Listeria monocytogenes EGD-e Biofilms: No Mushrooms but a Network of Knitted Chains
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4491-4497. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Ecology:

Yasunori Tanji, Kenji Hattori, Kohichi Suzuki, and Kazuhiko Miyanaga

Spontaneous Deletion of a 209-Kilobase-Pair Fragment from the Escherichia coli Genome Occurs with Acquisition of Resistance to an Assortment of Infectious Phages
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4256-4263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ivette Salka, Vladimíra Moulisová, Michal Koblízek, Günter Jost, Klaus Jürgens, and Matthias Labrenz

Abundance, Depth Distribution, and Composition of Aerobic Bacteriochlorophyll a-Producing Bacteria in Four Basins of the Central Baltic Sea
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4398-4404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Heath J. Mills, Evan Hunter, Mike Humphrys, Lee Kerkhof, Lora McGuinness, Markus Huettel, and Joel E. Kostka

Characterization of Nitrifying, Denitrifying, and Overall Bacterial Communities in Permeable Marine Sediments of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4440-4453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Steven W. Singer, Clara S. Chan, Adam Zemla, Nathan C. VerBerkmoes, Mona Hwang, Robert L. Hettich, Jillian F. Banfield, and Michael P. Thelen

Characterization of Cytochrome 579, an Unusual Cytochrome Isolated from an Iron-Oxidizing Microbial Community
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4454-4462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Liyou Wu, Laurie Kellogg, Allan H. Devol, James M. Tiedje, and Jizhong Zhou

Microarray-Based Characterization of Microbial Community Functional Structure and Heterogeneity in Marine Sediments from the Gulf of Mexico
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4516-4529. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kenji Ueda, Yudai Tagami, Yuka Kamihara, Hatsumi Shiratori, Hideaki Takano, and Teruhiko Beppu

Isolation of Bacteria Whose Growth Is Dependent on High Levels of CO₂ and Implications of Their Potential Diversity
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4535-4538. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marianne Quéméneur, Audrey Heinrich-Salmeron, Daniel Muller, Didier Lièvremont, Michel Jauzein, Philippe N. Bertin, Francis Garrido, and Catherine Joulian

Diversity Surveys and Evolutionary Relationships of aoxB Genes in Aerobic Arsenite-Oxidizing Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4567-4573. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Methods:

Peng Tian, Anna Engelbrektson, and Robert Mandrell

Two-Log Increase in Sensitivity for Detection of Norovirus in Complex Samples by Concentration with Porcine Gastric Mucin Conjugated to Magnetic Beads
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4271-4276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Reuven Rasooly and Paula M. Do

Development of an In Vitro Activity Assay as an Alternative to the Mouse Bioassay for Clostridium botulinum Neurotoxin Type A
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4309-4313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Christofer Troedsson, Richard F. Lee, Vivica Stokes, Tina L. Walters, Paolo Simonelli, and Marc E. Frischer

Development of a Denaturing High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Method for Detection of Protist Parasites of Metazoans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4336-4345. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Zhao Yang, Qin Liu, Qiyao Wang, and Yuanxing Zhang

Novel Bacterial Surface Display Systems Based on Outer Membrane Anchoring Elements from the Marine Bacterium Vibrio anguillarum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4359-4365. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Leslie A. Dauphin, Bruce R. Newton, Max V. Rasmussen, Richard F. Meyer, and Michael D. Bowen

Gamma Irradiation Can Be Used To Inactivate Bacillus anthracis Spores without Compromising the Sensitivity of Diagnostic Assays
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4427-4433. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. Jeffrey Morris, Robin Kirkegaard, Martin J. Szul, Zackary I. Johnson, and Erik R. Zinser

Facilitation of Robust Growth of Prochlorococcus Colonies and Dilute Liquid Cultures by "Helper" Heterotrophic Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4530-4534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Physiology and Biotechnology:

Shelley A. Haveman, Raymond J. DiDonato, Jr., Laura Villanueva, Evgenya S. Shelobolina, Bradley L. Postier, Bo Xu, Anna Liu, and Derek R. Lovley

Genome-Wide Gene Expression Patterns and Growth Requirements Suggest that Pelobacter carbinolicus Reduces Fe(III) Indirectly via Sulfide Production
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4277-4284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Wouter R. L. van der Star, Maarten J. van de Graaf, Boran Kartal, Cristian Picioreanu, Mike S. M. Jetten, and Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht

Response of Anaerobic Ammonium-Oxidizing Bacteria to Hydroxylamine
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4417-4426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Daphne Deckers, Dietrich Vanlint, Lien Callewaert, Abram Aertsen, and Chris W. Michiels

Role of the Lysozyme Inhibitor Ivy in Growth or Survival of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteria in Hen Egg White and in Human Saliva and Breast Milk
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4434-4439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ailyn P. Lenz, Kerry S. Williamson, Betsey Pitts, Philip S. Stewart, and Michael J. Franklin

Localized Gene Expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4463-4471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Moustafa Malki, Antonio L. De Lacey, Nuria Rodríguez, Ricardo Amils, and Victor M. Fernandez

Preferential Use of an Anode as an Electron Acceptor by an Acidophilic Bacterium in the Presence of Oxygen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4472-4476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Matthias Raberg, Frank Reinecke, Rudolf Reichelt, Ursula Malkus, Simone König, Markus Pötter, Wolfgang Florian Fricke, Anne Pohlmann, Birgit Voigt, Michael Hecker, Bärbel Friedrich, Botho Bowien, and Alexander Steinbüchel

Ralstonia eutropha H16 Flagellation Changes According to Nutrient Supply and State of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) Accumulation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4477-4490. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. K. Mastronicolis, N. Arvanitis, A. Karaliota, P. Magiatis, G. Heropoulos, C. Litos, H. Moustaka, A. Tsakirakis, E. Paramera, and P. Papastavrou

Coordinated Regulation of Cold-Induced Changes in Fatty Acids with Cardiolipin and Phosphatidylglycerol Composition among Phospholipid Species for the Food Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4543-4549. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anne U. Kuhlmann, Jan Bursy, Silvy Gimpel, Tamara Hoffmann, and Erhard Bremer

Synthesis of the Compatible Solute Ectoine in Virgibacillus pantothenticus Is Triggered by High Salinity and Low Growth Temperature
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4560-4563. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Plant Microbiology:

Sofia Windstam and Eric B. Nelson

Differential Interference with Pythium ultimum Sporangial Activation and Germination by Enterobacter cloacae in the Corn and Cucumber Spermospheres
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4285-4291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sofia Windstam and Eric B. Nelson

Temporal Release of Fatty Acids and Sugars in the Spermosphere: Impacts on Enterobacter cloacae-Induced Biological Control
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4292-4299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Leonard J. van Zyl, Shelly M. Deane, Lilly-Ann Louw, and Douglas E. Rawlings

Presence of a Family of Plasmids (29 to 65 Kilobases) with a 26-Kilobase Common Region in Different Strains of the Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacterium Acidithiobacillus caldus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4300-4308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ashley R. Barrett, Yun Kang, Ken S. Inamasu, Mike S. Son, Joseph M. Vukovich, and Tung T. Hoang

Genetic Tools for Allelic Replacement in Burkholderia Species
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4498-4508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kevin Drace and Creg Darby

The hmsHFRS Operon of Xenorhabdus nematophila Is Required for Biofilm Attachment to Caenorhabditis elegans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4509-4515. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Environmental Microbiology:

Aleksandr A. Grigoryan, Sabrina L. Cornish, Brenton Buziak, Shiping Lin, Adriana Cavallaro, Joseph J. Arensdorf, and Gerrit Voordouw

Competitive Oxidation of Volatile Fatty Acids by Sulfate- and Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria from an Oil Field in Argentina
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4324-4335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Akira Ohno, Naoyuki Kato, Ryota Sakamoto, Soichiro Kimura, and Keizo Yamaguchi

Temperature-Dependent Parasitic Relationship between Legionella pneumophila and a Free-Living Amoeba (Acanthamoeba castellanii)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4585-4588. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Invertebrate Microbiology:

Christofer Troedsson, Richard F. Lee, Tina Walters, Vivica Stokes, Karrie Brinkley, Verena Naegele, and Marc E. Frischer

Detection and Discovery of Crustacean Parasites in Blue Crabs (Callinectes sapidus) by Using 18S rRNA Gene-Targeted Denaturing High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4346-4353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yong-Sun Moon, Bruno G. G. Donzelli, Stuart B. Krasnoff, Heather McLane, Mike H. Griggs, Peter Cooke, John D. Vandenberg, Donna M. Gibson, and Alice C. L. Churchill

Agrobacterium-Mediated Disruption of a Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Gene in the Invertebrate Pathogen Metarhizium anisopliae Reveals a Peptide Spore Factor
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4366-4380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

N. C. Lawo, R. J. Mahon, R. J. Milner, B. K. Sarmah, T. J. V. Higgins, and J. Romeis

Effectiveness of Bacillus thuringiensis-Transgenic Chickpeas and the Entomopathogenic Fungus Metarhizium anisopliae in Controlling Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4381-4389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Public Health Microbiology:

Brian H. Raphael, Carolina Luquez, Loretta M. McCroskey, Lavin A. Joseph, Mark J. Jacobson, Eric A. Johnson, Susan E. Maslanka, and Joanne D. Andreadis

Genetic Homogeneity of Clostridium botulinum Type A1 Strains with Unique Toxin Gene Clusters
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4390-4397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

T. W. Alexander, L. J. Yanke, E. Topp, M. E. Olson, R. R. Read, D. W. Morck, and T. A. McAllister

Effect of Subtherapeutic Administration of Antibiotics on the Prevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant Escherichia coli Bacteria in Feedlot Cattle
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4405-4416. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rafael C. R. Martinez, Sílvio A. Franceschini, Maristela C. Patta, Silvana M. Quintana, Álvaro C. Nunes, João L. S. Moreira, Kingsley C. Anukam, Gregor Reid, and Elaine C. P. De Martinis

Analysis of Vaginal Lactobacilli from Healthy and Infected Brazilian Women
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4539-4542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

F. Solis de los Santos, A. M. Donoghue, K. Venkitanarayanan, I. Reyes-Herrera, J. H. Metcalf, M. L. Dirain, V. F. Aguiar, P. J. Blore, and D. J. Donoghue

Therapeutic Supplementation of Caprylic Acid in Feed Reduces Campylobacter jejuni Colonization in Broiler Chicks
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4564-4566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Biodegradation:

Helena M. B. Seth-Smith, James Edwards, Susan J. Rosser, Deborah A. Rathbone, and Neil C. Bruce

The Explosive-Degrading Cytochrome P450 System Is Highly Conserved among Strains of Rhodococcus spp.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4550-4552. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Geomicrobiology:

Heather A. Bullen, Stuart A. Oehrle, Ariel F. Bennett, Nicholas M. Taylor, and Hazel A. Barton

Use of Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy To Identify Microbial Metabolic Products on Carbonate Mineral Surfaces
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4553-4559. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Weimin Gao and Arokiasamy J. Francis

Reduction of Uranium(VI) to Uranium(IV) by Clostridia
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4580-4584. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

Lourdes Martínez-Aguilar, Rafael Díaz, Juan José Peña-Cabriales, Paulina Estrada-de los Santos, Michael F. Dunn, and Jesús Caballero-Mellado

Multichromosomal Genome Structure and Confirmation of Diazotrophy in Novel Plant-Associated Burkholderia Species
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4574-4579. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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