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Minireviews:

Manfredo J. Seufferheld, Héctor M. Alvarez, and Maria E. Farias

Role of Polyphosphates in Microbial Adaptation to Extreme Environments
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 5867-5874. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Physiology and Biotechnology:

Alicia Monroe Carroll, Marco Plomp, Alexander J. Malkin, and Peter Setlow

Protozoal Digestion of Coat-Defective Bacillus subtilis Spores Produces "Rinds" Composed of Insoluble Coat Protein
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 5875-5881. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Vineet K. Singh, Dipti S. Hattangady, Efstathios S. Giotis, Atul K. Singh, Neal R. Chamberlain, Melissa K. Stuart, and Brian J. Wilkinson

Insertional Inactivation of Branched-Chain -Keto Acid Dehydrogenase in Staphylococcus aureus Leads to Decreased Branched-Chain Membrane Fatty Acid Content and Increased Susceptibility to Certain Stresses
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 5882-5890. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Toshiaki Yabune, Satoshi Imazato, and Shigeyuki Ebisu

Assessment of Inhibitory Effects of Fluoride-Coated Tubes on Biofilm Formation by Using the In Vitro Dental Unit Waterline Biofilm Model
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 5958-5964. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patrick Govender, Jody L. Domingo, Michael C. Bester, Isak S. Pretorius, and Florian F. Bauer

Controlled Expression of the Dominant Flocculation Genes FLO1, FLO5, and FLO11 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6041-6052. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Konstantinos Papadimitriou, Effrossyni Boutou, Georgia Zoumpopoulou, Petros A. Tarantilis, Moschos Polissiou, Constantinos E. Vorgias, and Effie Tsakalidou

RNA Arbitrarily Primed PCR and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Reveal Plasticity in the Acid Tolerance Response of Streptococcus macedonicus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6068-6076. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gennady Ananyev, Damian Carrieri, and G. Charles Dismukes

Optimization of Metabolic Capacity and Flux through Environmental Cues To Maximize Hydrogen Production by the Cyanobacterium "Arthrospira (Spirulina) maxima"
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6102-6113. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

I. P. Mikheenko, M. Rousset, S. Dementin, and L. E. Macaskie

Bioaccumulation of Palladium by Desulfovibrio fructosivorans Wild-Type and Hydrogenase-Deficient Strains
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6144-6146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Public Health Microbiology:

Yulanda M. Williamson, Hercules Moura, Adrian R. Woolfitt, James L. Pirkle, John R. Barr, Maria Da Gloria Carvalho, Edwin P. Ades, George M. Carlone, and Jacquelyn S. Sampson

Differentiation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Conjunctivitis Outbreak Isolates by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 5891-5897. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. S. Gião, N. F. Azevedo, S. A. Wilks, M. J. Vieira, and C. W. Keevil

Persistence of Helicobacter pylori in Heterotrophic Drinking-Water Biofilms
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 5898-5904. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lourdes Simental and Jaime Martinez-Urtaza

Climate Patterns Governing the Presence and Permanence of Salmonellae in Coastal Areas of Bahia de Todos Santos, Mexico
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 5918-5924. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kyoung-Ho Kim, Ho-Won Chang, Young-Do Nam, Seong Woon Roh, Min-Soo Kim, Youlboong Sung, Che Ok Jeon, Hee-Mock Oh, and Jin-Woo Bae

Amplification of Uncultured Single-Stranded DNA Viruses from Rice Paddy Soil
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 5975-5985. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Joaquín Quílez, Eucaris Torres, Rachel M. Chalmers, Stephen J. Hadfield, Emilio del Cacho, and Caridad Sánchez-Acedo

Cryptosporidium Genotypes and Subtypes in Lambs and Goat Kids in Spain
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6026-6031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lindsay A. Tallon, David C. Love, Zack S. Moore, and Mark D. Sobsey

Recovery and Sequence Analysis of Hepatitis A Virus from Springwater Implicated in an Outbreak of Acute Viral Hepatitis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6158-6160. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Ecology:

Filipa Godoy-Vitorino, Ruth E. Ley, Zhan Gao, Zhiheng Pei, Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga, Luis R. Pericchi, Maria A. Garcia-Amado, Fabian Michelangeli, Martin J. Blaser, Jeffrey I. Gordon, and Maria G. Domínguez-Bello

Bacterial Community in the Crop of the Hoatzin, a Neotropical Folivorous Flying Bird
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 5905-5912. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gerhard W. Weidler, Friedrich W. Gerbl, and Helga Stan-Lotter

Crenarchaeota and Their Role in the Nitrogen Cycle in a Subsurface Radioactive Thermal Spring in the Austrian Central Alps
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 5934-5942. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Catherine E. Dandie, David L. Burton, Bernie J. Zebarth, Sherri L. Henderson, Jack T. Trevors, and Claudia Goyer

Changes in Bacterial Denitrifier Community Abundance over Time in an Agricultural Field and Their Relationship with Denitrification Activity
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 5997-6005. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Guishan Zhang, Na Jiang, Xiaoli Liu, and Xiuzhu Dong

Methanogenesis from Methanol at Low Temperatures by a Novel Psychrophilic Methanogen, "Methanolobus psychrophilus" sp. nov., Prevalent in Zoige Wetland of the Tibetan Plateau
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6114-6120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jan Dolfing, Bo Jiang, Anne M. Henstra, Alfons J. M. Stams, and Caroline M. Plugge

Syntrophic Growth on Formate: a New Microbial Niche in Anoxic Environments
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6126-6131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

K. L. Rogers, M. E. Rupp, and P. D. Fey

The Presence of icaADBC Is Detrimental to the Colonization of Human Skin by Staphylococcus epidermidis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6155-6157. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Food Microbiology:

N. Mullane, B. Healy, J. Meade, P. Whyte, P. G. Wall, and S. Fanning

Dissemination of Cronobacter spp. (Enterobacter sakazakii) in a Powdered Milk Protein Manufacturing Facility
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 5913-5917. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Stella Y. Y. Wong, Irene R. Grant, Mendel Friedman, Christopher T. Elliott, and Chen Situ

Antibacterial Activities of Naturally Occurring Compounds against Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 5986-5990. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anna Rosander, Eamonn Connolly, and Stefan Roos

Removal of Antibiotic Resistance Gene-Carrying Plasmids from Lactobacillus reuteri ATCC 55730 and Characterization of the Resulting Daughter Strain, L. reuteri DSM 17938
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6032-6040. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. Thisted Lambertz, C. Nilsson, S. Hallanvuo, and M. Lindblad

Real-Time PCR Method for Detection of Pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica in Food
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6060-6067. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Brett M. Macey, Ikenna O. Achilihu, Karen G. Burnett, and Louis E. Burnett

Effects of Hypercapnic Hypoxia on Inactivation and Elimination of Vibrio campbellii in the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6077-6084. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ying Chen, Hannu Korkeala, Jere Lindén, and Miia Lindström

Quantitative Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Analysis Reveals Stable and Prolonged Neurotoxin Cluster Gene Activity in a Clostridium botulinum Type E Strain at Refrigeration Temperature
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6132-6137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Monica Gatti, Juliano De Dea Lindner, Angela De Lorentiis, Benedetta Bottari, Marcela Santarelli, Valentina Bernini, and Erasmo Neviani

Dynamics of Whole and Lysed Bacterial Cells during Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese Production and Ripening
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6161-6167. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Methods:

José Luis Fernández, Mónica Cartelle, Lourdes Muriel, Rebeca Santiso, María Tamayo, Vicente Goyanes, Jaime Gosálvez, and Germán Bou

DNA Fragmentation in Microorganisms Assessed In Situ
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 5925-5933. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Environmental Microbiology:

Sarah M. Strycharz, Trevor L. Woodard, Jessica P. Johnson, Kelly P. Nevin, Robert A. Sanford, Frank E. Löffler, and Derek R. Lovley

Graphite Electrode as a Sole Electron Donor for Reductive Dechlorination of Tetrachlorethene by Geobacter lovleyi
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 5943-5947. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kelly E. Fletcher, Kirsti M. Ritalahti, Kurt D. Pennell, Kazuhiro Takamizawa, and Frank E. Löffler

Resolution of Culture Clostridium bifermentans DPH-1 into Two Populations, a Clostridium sp. and Tetrachloroethene-Dechlorinating Desulfitobacterium hafniense Strain JH1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6141-6143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Plant Microbiology:

Byron C. Crump and Evamaria W. Koch

Attached Bacterial Populations Shared by Four Species of Aquatic Angiosperms
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 5948-5957. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chinnaswamy Appunu, Angèle N'Zoue, and Gisèle Laguerre

Genetic Diversity of Native Bradyrhizobia Isolated from Soybeans (Glycine max L.) in Different Agricultural-Ecological-Climatic Regions of India
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 5991-5996. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Invertebrate Microbiology:

Roshan Pais, Claudia Lohs, Yineng Wu, Jingwen Wang, and Serap Aksoy

The Obligate Mutualist Wigglesworthia glossinidia Influences Reproduction, Digestion, and Immunity Processes of Its Host, the Tsetse Fly
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 5965-5974. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hisashi Anbutsu, Shunsuke Goto, and Takema Fukatsu

High and Low Temperatures Differently Affect Infection Density and Vertical Transmission of Male-Killing Spiroplasma Symbionts in Drosophila Hosts
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6053-6059. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Zheng Gao, Binglin Li, Chengchao Zheng, and Guangyi Wang

Molecular Detection of Fungal Communities in the Hawaiian Marine Sponges Suberites zeteki and Mycale armata
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6091-6101. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Davide Sassera, Nathan Lo, Edwin A. P. Bouman, Sara Epis, Michele Mortarino, and Claudio Bandi

"Candidatus Midichloria" Endosymbionts Bloom after the Blood Meal of the Host, the Hard Tick Ixodes ricinus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6138-6140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Alison S. Laufer, Mark E. Siddall, and Joerg Graf

Characterization of the Digestive-Tract Microbiota of Hirudo orientalis, a European Medicinal Leech
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6151-6154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

Stefanie Pöggeler, Birgit Hoff, and Ulrich Kück

Asexual Cephalosporin C Producer Acremonium chrysogenum Carries a Functional Mating Type Locus
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6006-6016. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Kazuteru Yamada, Jun Kaneko, Yoshiyuki Kamio, and Yoshifumi Itoh

Binding Sequences for RdgB, a DNA Damage-Responsive Transcriptional Activator, and Temperature-Dependent Expression of Bacteriocin and Pectin Lyase Genes in Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6017-6025. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Paul R. Hunter, Dawn C. Wilkinson, Louise A. Catling, and Gary C. Barker

Meta-Analysis of Experimental Data Concerning Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Transfer Rates during Conjugation
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6085-6090. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Joo-Sung Kim, Jae-Won Kim, and S. Kathariou

Differential Effects of Temperature on Natural Transformation to Erythromycin and Nalidixic Acid Resistance in Campylobacter coli
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6121-6125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Biodegradation:

Carina M. Jung, Thomas M. Heinze, Joanna Deck, Ruth Strakosha, and John B. Sutherland

Transformation of N-Phenylpiperazine by Mixed Cultures from a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6147-6150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Author's Correction:

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: 6168. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Harold D. May, Greg S. Miller, Birthe V. Kjellerup, and Kevin R. Sowers

Dehalorespiration with Polychlorinated Biphenyls by an Anaerobic Ultramicrobacterium
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 6169-6170. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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