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Minireviews:

Lucie A. Hazelwood, Jean-Marc Daran, Antonius J. A. van Maris, Jack T. Pronk, and J. Richard Dickinson

The Ehrlich Pathway for Fusel Alcohol Production: a Century of Research on Saccharomyces cerevisiae Metabolism
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2259-2266. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Physiology and Biotechnology:

Kathleen Trautwein, Simon Kühner, Lars Wöhlbrand, Thomas Halder, Kenny Kuchta, Alexander Steinbüchel, and Ralf Rabus

Solvent Stress Response of the Denitrifying Bacterium "Aromatoleum aromaticum" Strain EbN1
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2267-2274. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Daniel Bröker, David Dietz, Matthias Arenskötter, and Alexander Steinbüchel

The Genomes of the Non-Clearing-Zone-Forming and Natural-Rubber- Degrading Species Gordonia polyisoprenivorans and Gordonia westfalica Harbor Genes Expressing Lcp Activity in Streptomyces Strains
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2288-2297. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jin-Ha Kim, Byung-Chul Lim, Soo-Jin Yeom, Yeong-Su Kim, Hye-Jung Kim, Jung-Kul Lee, Sook-Hee Lee, Seon-Won Kim, and Deok-Kun Oh

Differential Selectivity of the Escherichia coli Cell Membrane Shifts the Equilibrium for the Enzyme-Catalyzed Isomerization of Galactose to Tagatose
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2307-2313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Maarten Mols and Tjakko Abee

Role of Ureolytic Activity in Bacillus cereus Nitrogen Metabolism and Acid Survival
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2370-2378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ann G. Matthysse, Rajendar Deora, Meenu Mishra, and Alfredo G. Torres

Polysaccharides Cellulose, Poly-β-1,6-N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine, and Colanic Acid Are Required for Optimal Binding of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strains to Alfalfa Sprouts and K-12 Strains to Plastic but Not for Binding to Epithelial Cells
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2384-2390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ingrid Artin, Andrew T. Carter, Elisabet Holst, Maria Lövenklev, David R. Mason, Michael W. Peck, and Peter Rådström

Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Neurotoxin Gene Expression in Nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum Type E
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2391-2397. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. B. Rasmussen, L. B. Oddershede, and H. Siegumfeldt

Optical Tweezers Cause Physiological Damage to Escherichia coli and Listeria Bacteria
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2441-2446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kartik Chandran and Nancy G. Love

Physiological State, Growth Mode, and Oxidative Stress Play a Role in Cd(II)-Mediated Inhibition of Nitrosomonas europaea 19718
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2447-2453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tamara Hoffmann, Clara Boiangiu, Susanne Moses, and Erhard Bremer

Responses of Bacillus subtilis to Hypotonic Challenges: Physiological Contributions of Mechanosensitive Channels to Cellular Survival
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2454-2460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jorge Sánchez, Juan Borrero, Beatriz Gómez-Sala, Antonio Basanta, Carmen Herranz, Luis M. Cintas, and Pablo E. Hernández

Cloning and Heterologous Production of Hiracin JM79, a Sec-Dependent Bacteriocin Produced by Enterococcus hirae DCH5, in Lactic Acid Bacteria and Pichia pastoris
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2471-2479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Invertebrate Microbiology:

Todd A. Ciche, Kwi-suk Kim, Bettina Kaufmann-Daszczuk, Ken C. Q. Nguyen, and David H. Hall

Cell Invasion and Matricide during Photorhabdus luminescens Transmission by Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Nematodes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2275-2287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Food Microbiology:

M. T. Brandl and R. Amundson

Leaf Age as a Risk Factor in Contamination of Lettuce with Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2298-2306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Karen T. Elvers, Christopher R. Helps, Trudy M. Wassenaar, Vivien M. Allen, and Diane G. Newell

Development of a Strain-Specific Molecular Method for Quantitating Individual Campylobacter Strains in Mixed Populations
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2321-2331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ilse Scheirlinck, Roel Van der Meulen, Ann Van Schoor, Marc Vancanneyt, Luc De Vuyst, Peter Vandamme, and Geert Huys

Taxonomic Structure and Stability of the Bacterial Community in Belgian Sourdough Ecosystems as Assessed by Culture and Population Fingerprinting
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2414-2423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nancy A. Cornick and Hung VuKhac

Indirect Transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Occurs Readily among Swine but Not among Sheep
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2488-2491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carmen Pin and József Baranyi

Single-Cell and Population Lag Times as a Function of Cell Age
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2534-2536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carol Iversen, Patrick Druggan, Sandra Schumacher, Angelika Lehner, Claudia Feer, Karl Gschwend, Han Joosten, and Roger Stephan

Development of a Novel Screening Method for the Isolation of "Cronobacter" spp. (Enterobacter sakazakii)
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2550-2553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mycology:

Sara S. González, Eladio Barrio, and Amparo Querol

Molecular Characterization of New Natural Hybrids of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and S. kudriavzevii in Brewing
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2314-2320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jungkwan Lee, James E. Jurgenson, John F. Leslie, and Robert L. Bowden

Alignment of Genetic and Physical Maps of Gibberella zeae
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2349-2359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Biodegradation:

Sebastian R. Sørensen, Christian N. Albers, and Jens Aamand

Rapid Mineralization of the Phenylurea Herbicide Diuron by Variovorax sp. Strain SRS16 in Pure Culture and within a Two-Member Consortium
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2332-2340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Ecology:

Mohsen Najimi, Manuel L. Lemos, and Carlos R. Osorio

Identification of Siderophore Biosynthesis Genes Essential for Growth of Aeromonas salmonicida under Iron Limitation Conditions
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2341-2348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sean M. Caffrey, Hyung Soo Park, Jenny Been, Paul Gordon, Christoph W. Sensen, and Gerrit Voordouw

Gene Expression by the Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough Grown on an Iron Electrode under Cathodic Protection Conditions
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2404-2413. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dariusz Strapoc, Flynn W. Picardal, Courtney Turich, Irene Schaperdoth, Jennifer L. Macalady, Julius S. Lipp, Yu-Shih Lin, Tobias F. Ertefai, Florence Schubotz, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, Maria Mastalerz, and Arndt Schimmelmann

Methane-Producing Microbial Community in a Coal Bed of the Illinois Basin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2424-2432. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Stefan Schouten, Ellen C. Hopmans, Marianne Baas, Henry Boumann, Sonja Standfest, Martin Könneke, David A. Stahl, and Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

Intact Membrane Lipids of "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus maritimus," a Cultivated Representative of the Cosmopolitan Mesophilic Group I Crenarchaeota
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2433-2440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sarah R. Carrino-Kyker and Andrew K. Swanson

Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Eukaryotic and Bacterial Communities Found in Vernal Pools
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2554-2557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology:

Timothy J. Johnson, Yvonne M. Wannemuehler, and Lisa K. Nolan

Evolution of the iss Gene in Escherichia coli
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2360-2369. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

Hitomi Ichinose, Toshihisa Kotake, Yoichi Tsumuraya, and Satoshi Kaneko

Characterization of an Endo-β-1,6-Galactanase from Streptomyces avermitilis NBRC14893
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2379-2383. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Plant Microbiology:

Alejandro García-de los Santos, Erika López, Ciro A. Cubillas, K. Dale Noel, Susana Brom, and David Romero

Requirement of a Plasmid-Encoded Catalase for Survival of Rhizobium etli CFN42 in a Polyphenol-Rich Environment
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2398-2403. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Satoko Nonaka, Masayuki Sugawara, Kiwamu Minamisawa, Ken-ichi Yuhashi, and Hiroshi Ezura

1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate Deaminase Enhances Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Gene Transfer into Plant Cells
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2526-2528. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Methods:

Jeremy A. Frank, Claudia I. Reich, Shobha Sharma, Jon S. Weisbaum, Brenda A. Wilson, and Gary J. Olsen

Critical Evaluation of Two Primers Commonly Used for Amplification of Bacterial 16S rRNA Genes
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2461-2470. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anne M. Ridley, Vivien M. Allen, Meenaxi Sharma, Jill A. Harris, and Diane G. Newell

Real-Time PCR Approach for Detection of Environmental Sources of Campylobacter Strains Colonizing Broiler Flocks
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2492-2504. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Barbara M. Auinger, Karin Pfandl, and Jens Boenigk

Improved Methodology for Identification of Protists and Microalgae from Plankton Samples Preserved in Lugol's Iodine Solution: Combining Microscopic Analysis with Single-Cell PCR
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2505-2510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andreas O. Wagner, Cornelia Malin, Brigitte A. Knapp, and Paul Illmer

Removal of Free Extracellular DNA from Environmental Samples by Ethidium Monoazide and Propidium Monoazide
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2537-2539. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jung Rae Kim, Jerzy Dec, Mary Ann Bruns, and Bruce E. Logan

Removal of Odors from Swine Wastewater by Using Microbial Fuel Cells
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2540-2543. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Public Health Microbiology:

Robert C. Cooksey, Michael A. Jhung, Mitchell A. Yakrus, W. Ray Butler, Toidi Adékambi, Glenn P. Morlock, Margaret Williams, Alicia M. Shams, Bette J. Jensen, Roger E. Morey, Nadege Charles, Sean R. Toney, Kenneth C. Jost, Jr., Denise F. Dunbar, Vickie Bennett, Marcella Kuan, and Arjun Srinivasan

Multiphasic Approach Reveals Genetic Diversity of Environmental and Patient Isolates of Mycobacterium mucogenicum and Mycobacterium phocaicum Associated with an Outbreak of Bacteremias at a Texas Hospital
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2480-2487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Poornima Gourabathini, Maria T. Brandl, Katherine S. Redding, John H. Gunderson, and Sharon G. Berk

Interactions between Food-Borne Pathogens and Protozoa Isolated from Lettuce and Spinach
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2518-2525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Susumu Kawasaki, Pina M. Fratamico, Irene V. Wesley, and Shinichi Kawamoto

Species-Specific Identification of Campylobacters by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism and PCR Targeting of the Gyrase B Gene
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2529-2533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nancy P. Nenonen, Charles Hannoun, Peter Horal, Bodil Hernroth, and Tomas Bergström

Tracing of Norovirus Outbreak Strains in Mussels Collected near Sewage Effluents
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2544-2549. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Environmental Microbiology:

Katsutoshi Hori, Hisami Watanabe, Shun'ichi Ishii, Yasunori Tanji, and Hajime Unno

Monolayer Adsorption of a "Bald" Mutant of the Highly Adhesive and Hydrophobic Bacterium Acinetobacter sp. Strain Tol 5 to a Hydrocarbon Surface
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2511-2517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

Carol Y. Rao, Margaret A. Riggs, Ginger L. Chew, Michael L. Muilenberg, Peter S. Thorne, David Van Sickle, Kevin H. Dunn, and Clive Brown

Characterization of Airborne Molds, Endotoxins, and Glucans in Homes in New Orleans after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008 74: 2558. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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