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Guest Commentary:

Oscar P. Kuipers, Bert Poolman, and Jeroen Hugenholtz

9th International Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4589. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Meeting Presentations:

Mengjin Liu, Arjen Nauta, Christof Francke, and Roland J. Siezen

Comparative Genomics of Enzymes in Flavor-Forming Pathways from Amino Acids in Lactic Acid Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4590-4600. [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Evelyn Durmaz, Michael J. Miller, M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, Stephen P. Toon, and Todd R. Klaenhammer

Genome Sequence and Characteristics of Lrm1, a Prophage from Industrial Lactobacillus rhamnosus Strain M1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4601-4609. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, Eric Altermann, Yong Jun Goh, Richard Tallon, Rosemary B. Sanozky-Dawes, Erika A. Pfeiler, Sarah O'Flaherty, B. Logan Buck, Alleson Dobson, Tri Duong, Michael J. Miller, Rodolphe Barrangou, and Todd R. Klaenhammer

Analysis of the Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus gasseri ATCC 33323 Reveals the Molecular Basis of an Autochthonous Intestinal Organism
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4610-4625. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Xiaowen Liu, Laurel A. Lagenaur, Peter P. Lee, and Qiang Xu

Engineering of a Human Vaginal Lactobacillus Strain for Surface Expression of Two-Domain CD4 Molecules
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4626-4635. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Simon J. Labrie, Jytte Josephsen, Horst Neve, Finn K. Vogensen, and Sylvain Moineau

Morphology, Genome Sequence, and Structural Proteome of Type Phage P335 from Lactococcus lactis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4636-4644. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Peter Cadieux, Anette Wind, Philip Sommer, Laura Schaefer, Kate Crowley, Robert A. Britton, and Gregor Reid

Evaluation of Reuterin Production in Urogenital Probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri RC-14
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4645-4649. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

E. Jiménez, L. Fernández, A. Maldonado, R. Martín, M. Olivares, J. Xaus, and J. M. Rodríguez

Oral Administration of Lactobacillus Strains Isolated from Breast Milk as an Alternative for the Treatment of Infectious Mastitis during Lactation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4650-4655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Pablo Álvarez-Martín, Ana Belén Flórez, Abelardo Margolles, Gloria del Solar, and Baltasar Mayo

Improved Cloning Vectors for Bifidobacteria, Based on the Bifidobacterium catenulatum pBC1 Replicon
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4656-4665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Beatriz Martínez, Tim Böttiger, Tanja Schneider, Ana Rodríguez, Hans-Georg Sahl, and Imke Wiedemann

Specific Interaction of the Unmodified Bacteriocin Lactococcin 972 with the Cell Wall Precursor Lipid II
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4666-4670. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anton Steen, Girbe Buist, Naomi E. Kramer, Ruud Jalving, Germaine F. J. D. Benus, Gerard Venema, Oscar P. Kuipers, and Jan Kok

Reduced Lysis upon Growth of Lactococcus lactis on Galactose Is a Consequence of Decreased Binding of the Autolysin AcmA
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4671-4679. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jacek Lubelski, Wout Overkamp, Leon D. Kluskens, Gert N. Moll, and Oscar P. Kuipers

Influence of Shifting Positions of Ser, Thr, and Cys Residues in Prenisin on the Efficiency of Modification Reactions and on the Antimicrobial Activities of the Modified Prepeptides
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4680-4685. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rina González, Eline S. Klaassens, Erja Malinen, Willem M. de Vos, and Elaine E. Vaughan

Differential Transcriptional Response of Bifidobacterium longum to Human Milk, Formula Milk, and Galactooligosaccharide
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4686-4694. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Simone Guglielmetti, Isabella Tamagnini, Diego Mora, Mario Minuzzo, Alessio Scarafoni, Stefania Arioli, Jukka Hellman, Matti Karp, and Carlo Parini

Implication of an Outer Surface Lipoprotein in Adhesion of Bifidobacterium bifidum to Caco-2 Cells
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4695-4702. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Thomas Bovbjerg Rasmussen, Morten Danielsen, Ondrej Valina, Christel Garrigues, Eric Johansen, and Martin Bastian Pedersen

Streptococcus thermophilus Core Genome: Comparative Genome Hybridization Study of 47 Strains
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4703-4710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sarah Lebeer, Ingmar J. J. Claes, Tine L. A. Verhoeven, Chong Shen, Ivo Lambrichts, Jan L. Ceuppens, Jos Vanderleyden, and Sigrid C. J. De Keersmaecker

Impact of luxS and Suppressor Mutations on the Gastrointestinal Transit of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4711-4718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jolanda M. Lambert, Roger S. Bongers, Willem M. de Vos, and Michiel Kleerebezem

Functional Analysis of Four Bile Salt Hydrolase and Penicillin Acylase Family Members in Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4719-4726. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Herwig Bachmann, Michiel Kleerebezem, and Johan E. T. van Hylckama Vlieg

High-Throughput Identification and Validation of In Situ-Expressed Genes of Lactococcus lactis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4727-4736. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nuria Salazar, Miguel Gueimonde, Ana María Hernández-Barranco, Patricia Ruas-Madiedo, and Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán

Exopolysaccharides Produced by Intestinal Bifidobacterium Strains Act as Fermentable Substrates for Human Intestinal Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4737-4745. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Emi Yasuda, Masaki Serata, and Tomoyuki Sako

Suppressive Effect on Activation of Macrophages by Lactobacillus casei Strain Shirota Genes Determining the Synthesis of Cell Wall-Associated Polysaccharides
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4746-4755. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Leah A. Martin-Visscher, Marco J. van Belkum, Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, Randy M. Whittal, Jing Zheng, Lynn M. McMullen, and John C. Vederas

Isolation and Characterization of Carnocyclin A, a Novel Circular Bacteriocin Produced by Carnobacterium maltaromaticum UAL307
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4756-4763. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Efstathios Giaouris, Romain Briandet, Mickael Meyrand, Pascal Courtin, and Marie-Pierre Chapot-Chartier

Variations in the Degree of D-Alanylation of Teichoic Acids in Lactococcus lactis Alter Resistance to Cationic Antimicrobials but Have No Effect on Bacterial Surface Hydrophobicity and Charge
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4764-4767. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rasmus Larsen, Sacha A. F. T. van Hijum, Jan Martinussen, Oscar P. Kuipers, and Jan Kok

Transcriptome Analysis of the Lactococcus lactis ArgR and AhrC Regulons
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4768-4771. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Christian Solem, Els Defoor, Peter Ruhdal Jensen, and Jan Martinussen

Plasmid pCS1966, a New Selection/Counterselection Tool for Lactic Acid Bacterium Strain Construction Based on the oroP Gene, Encoding an Orotate Transporter from Lactococcus lactis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4772-4775. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marc J. A. Stevens, Anne Wiersma, Willem M. de Vos, Oscar P. Kuipers, Eddy J. Smid, Douwe Molenaar, and Michiel Kleerebezem

Improvement of Lactobacillus plantarum Aerobic Growth as Directed by Comprehensive Transcriptome Analysis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4776-4778. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Beatriz del Rio, María Cruz Martín, Noelia Martínez, Alfonso H. Magadán, and Miguel A. Alvarez

Multiplex Fast Real-Time PCR for Quantitative Detection and Identification of cos- and pac-Type Streptococcus thermophilus Bacteriophages
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4779-4781. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Eva Schultheiss, Svenja Weiss, Elisa Winterer, Ruth Maas, Elmar Heinzle, and Joachim Jose

Esterase Autodisplay: Enzyme Engineering and Whole-Cell Activity Determination in Microplates with pH Sensors
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4782-4791. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Methods:

Stephaney D. Leskinen and Daniel V. Lim

Rapid Ultrafiltration Concentration and Biosensor Detection of Enterococci from Large Volumes of Florida Recreational Water
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4792-4798. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lien Callewaert, Lise Vanderkelen, Daphne Deckers, Abram Aertsen, Johan Robben, and Chris W. Michiels

Detection of a Lysozyme Inhibitor in Proteus mirabilis by a New Reverse Zymogram Method
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4978-4981. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Public Health Microbiology:

Yongsheng Ma, Jennifer C. Pacan, Qi Wang, Yongping Xu, Xiaoqing Huang, Anton Korenevsky, and Parviz M. Sabour

Microencapsulation of Bacteriophage Felix O1 into Chitosan-Alginate Microspheres for Oral Delivery
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4799-4805. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lothar Beutin, Ulrike Krüger, Gladys Krause, Angelika Miko, Annett Martin, and Eckhard Strauch

Evaluation of Major Types of Shiga Toxin 2e-Producing Escherichia coli Bacteria Present in Food, Pigs, and the Environment as Potential Pathogens for Humans
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4806-4816. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Louise E. Moore, Ruth G. Ledder, Peter Gilbert, and Andrew J. McBain

In Vitro Study of the Effect of Cationic Biocides on Bacterial Population Dynamics and Susceptibility
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4825-4834. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Brian B. Oakley, Tina L. Fiedler, Jeanne M. Marrazzo, and David N. Fredricks

Diversity of Human Vaginal Bacterial Communities and Associations with Clinically Defined Bacterial Vaginosis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4898-4909. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Elizabeth D. Hilborn, Mitchell A. Yakrus, Terry C. Covert, Stephanie I. Harris, Sandra F. Donnelly, Michael T. Schmitt, Sean Toney, Stephanie A. Bailey, and Gerard N. Stelma, Jr.

Molecular Comparison of Mycobacterium avium Isolates from Clinical and Environmental Sources
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4966-4968. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Laetitia Bonifait, Louis Grignon, and Daniel Grenier

Fibrinogen Induces Biofilm Formation by Streptococcus suis and Enhances Its Antibiotic Resistance
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4969-4972. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Environmental Microbiology:

Eric Dusserre, Christophe Ginevra, Sylvie Hallier-Soulier, François Vandenesch, Gabriel Festoc, Jerome Etienne, Sophie Jarraud, and Maëlle Molmeret

A PCR-Based Method for Monitoring Legionella pneumophila in Water Samples Detects Viable but Noncultivable Legionellae That Can Recover Their Cultivability
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4817-4824. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

V. R. Phoenix and W. M. Holmes

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Structure, Diffusivity, and Copper Immobilization in a Phototrophic Biofilm
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4934-4943. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

Henrik Dam Mortensen, Tomas Jacobsen, Anette Granly Koch, and Nils Arneborg

Intracellular pH Homeostasis Plays a Role in the Tolerance of Debaryomyces hansenii and Candida zeylanoides to Acidified Nitrite
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4835-4840. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Invertebrate Microbiology:

Marion Blaschitz, Melanie Narodoslavsky-Gföller, Michaela Kanzler, Gerold Stanek, and Julia Walochnik

Babesia Species Occurring in Austrian Ixodes ricinus Ticks
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4841-4846. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Biodegradation:

Anastasia Matthies, Thomas Clavel, Michael Gütschow, Wolfram Engst, Dirk Haller, Michael Blaut, and Annett Braune

Conversion of Daidzein and Genistein by an Anaerobic Bacterium Newly Isolated from the Mouse Intestine
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4847-4852. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Food Microbiology:

Hyochin Kim and Arun K. Bhunia

SEL, a Selective Enrichment Broth for Simultaneous Growth of Salmonella enterica, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Listeria monocytogenes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4853-4866. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. Renaldi F. Brito, Emilia M. P. Santos, Edna F. Arcuri, Carla C. Lange, Maria A. V. P. Brito, Guilherme N. Souza, Mônica M. P. O. Cerqueira, J. Marcela Soto Beltran, Jeffrey E. Call, Yanhong Liu, Anna C. S. Porto-Fett, and John B. Luchansky

Retail Survey of Brazilian Milk and Minas Frescal Cheese and a Contaminated Dairy Plant To Establish Prevalence, Relatedness, and Sources of Listeria monocytogenes Isolates
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4954-4961. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Physiology and Biotechnology:

Tony Gutierrez, Tracy Shimmield, Cheryl Haidon, Kenny Black, and David H. Green

Emulsifying and Metal Ion Binding Activity of a Glycoprotein Exopolymer Produced by Pseudoalteromonas sp. Strain TG12
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4867-4876. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Claus Lang and Dirk Schüler

Expression of Green Fluorescent Protein Fused to Magnetosome Proteins in Microaerophilic Magnetotactic Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4944-4953. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Ecology:

Pedro A. Dimitriu, Holly C. Pinkart, Brent M. Peyton, and Melanie R. Mormile

Spatial and Temporal Patterns in the Microbial Diversity of a Meromictic Soda Lake in Washington State
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4877-4888. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D. Nichols, K. Lewis, J. Orjala, S. Mo, R. Ortenberg, P. O'Connor, C. Zhao, P. Vouros, T. Kaeberlein, and S. S. Epstein

Short Peptide Induces an "Uncultivable" Microorganism To Grow In Vitro
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4889-4897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Justine R. Hall, Kendra R. Mitchell, Olan Jackson-Weaver, Ara S. Kooser, Brandi R. Cron, Laura J. Crossey, and Cristina D. Takacs-Vesbach

Molecular Characterization of the Diversity and Distribution of a Thermal Spring Microbial Community by Using rRNA and Metabolic Genes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4910-4922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tom D'Elia, Ram Veerapaneni, and Scott O. Rogers

Isolation of Microbes from Lake Vostok Accretion Ice
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4962-4965. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Megan L. Porter and Annette Summers Engel

Diversity of Uncultured Epsilonproteobacteria from Terrestrial Sulfidic Caves and Springs
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4973-4977. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Christina Grosse, Thorsten Heinekamp, Olaf Kniemeyer, Alexander Gehrke, and Axel A. Brakhage

Protein Kinase A Regulates Growth, Sporulation, and Pigment Formation in Aspergillus fumigatus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4923-4933. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

Odile Ménard, Marie-José Butel, Valérie Gaboriau-Routhiau, and Anne-Judith Waligora-Dupriet

Gnotobiotic Mouse Immune Response Induced by Bifidobacterium sp. Strains Isolated from Infants
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4982. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Author's Correction:

Chiaki Yamada, Kyoko Kijima, Sayaka Ishihara, Chinatsu Miwa, Kei Wada, Toshihiro Okada, Keiichi Fukuyama, Hidehiko Kumagai, and Hideyuki Suzuki

Improvement of the Glutaryl-7-Aminocephalosporanic Acid Acylase Activity of a Bacterial -Glutamyltranspeptidase
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 4983. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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