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Surface Colonization by Marine Roseobacters: Integrating Genotype and Phenotype: Rachael N. Slightom and Alison Buchan
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2009. 75:6027-6037. [Abstract] [HTML] [PDF]

Application of PCR-Based Methods To Assess the Infectivity of Enteric Viruses in Environmental Samples: Roberto A. Rodriguez, Ian L. Pepper, and Charles P. Gerba
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2009. 75:297-307. [HTML] [PDF]

Evaluation of the Effect of Temperature on the Die-Off Rate for Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in Water, Soils, and Feces: X. Peng, T. Murphy, and N. M. Holden
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008. 74:7101-7107. [HTML] [PDF]

Role of Polyphosphates in Microbial Adaptation to Extreme Environments: Manfredo J. Seufferheld, Hector M. Alvarez, and Maria E. Farias
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008. 74:5867-5874. [HTML] [PDF]

Criteria for Validation of Methods in Microbial Forensics: Bruce Budowle, Steven E. Schutzer, Stephen A. Morse, Kenneth F. Martinez, Ranajit Chakraborty, Babetta L. Marrone, Sharon L. Messenger, Randall S. Murch, Paul J. Jackson, Phillip Williamson, Rockne Harmon, and Stephan P. Velsko
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008. 74:5599-5607. [HTML] [PDF]

Proper Sanitization of Sewage Sludge: a Critical Issue for a Sustainable Society: Veronica Arthurson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008. 74:5267-5275. [HTML] [PDF]

Ecological Role of Lactobacilli in the Gastrointestinal Tract: Implications for Fundamental and Biomedical Research: Jens Walter
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008. 74:4985-4996. [HTML] [PDF]

Unraveling Microbial Interactions in Food Fermentations: from Classical to Genomics Approaches: Sander Sieuwerts, Frank A. M. de Bok, Jeroen Hugenholtz, and Johan E. T. van Hylckama Vlieg
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008. 74:4997-5007. [HTML] [PDF]

Structure of the Archaeal Community of the Rumen: Peter H. Janssen and Marek Kirs
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008. 74:3619-3625. [HTML] [PDF]

Specific Molecular Recognition and Nonspecific Contributions to Bacterial Interaction Forces: Henk J. Busscher, Willem Norde, and Henny C. van der Mei
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008. 74:2559-2564. [HTML] [PDF]

The Ehrlich Pathway for Fusel Alcohol Production: a Century of Research on Saccharomyces cerevisiae Metabolism: Lucie A. Hazelwood, Jean-Marc Daran, Antonius J. A. van Maris, Jack T. Pronk, and J. Richard Dickinson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008. 74:2259-2266. [HTML] [PDF]

Coping with Our Cold Planet: Debora Frigi Rodrigues and James M. Tiedje
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008. 74:1677-1686. [HTML] [PDF]

Enumeration of Salmonella Bacteria in Food and Feed Samples by Real-Time PCR for Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment: Burkhard Malorny, Charlotta Lofstrom, Martin Wagner, Nadine Kramer, and Jeffrey Hoorfar
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008. 74:1299-1304. [HTML] [PDF]

Molecular Ecology Techniques for the Study of Aerobic Methanotrophs: Ian R. McDonald, Levente Bodrossy, Yin Chen, and J. Colin Murrell
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008. 74:1305-1315. [HTML] [PDF]

Persistence of Category A Select Agents in the Environment: Ryan Sinclair, Stephanie A. Boone, David Greenberg, Paul Keim, and Charles P. Gerba
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008. 74:555-563. [HTML] [PDF]

Microorganisms Attack Synthetic Polymers in Items Representing Our Cultural Heritage: Francesca Cappitelli and Claudia Sorlini
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008. 74:564-569. [HTML] [PDF]

Significance of Antioxidative Functions of Eicosapentaenoic and Docosahexaenoic Acids in Marine Microorganisms: Hidetoshi Okuyama, Yoshitake Orikasa, and Takanori Nishida
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008. 74:570-574. [HTML] [PDF]

Biochemical and Ecological Control of Geosmin and 2-Methylisoborneol in Source Waters: Friedrich Juttner and Susan B. Watson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007. 73:4395-4406. [HTML] [PDF]

Responses of Rhizobia to Desiccation in Relation to Osmotic Stress, Oxygen, and Temperature: Jan A. C. Vriezen, Frans J. de Bruijn, and K. Nusslein
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007. 73:3451-3459. [HTML] [PDF]

Performance, Design, and Analysis in Microbial Source Tracking Studies: Donald M. Stoeckel and Valerie J. Harwood
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007. 73:2405-2415. [HTML] [PDF]

Significance of Fomites in the Spread of Respiratory and Enteric Viral Disease: Stephanie A. Boone and Charles P. Gerba
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007. 73:1687-1696. [HTML] [PDF]

Bacterial Genes Responsible for the Biosynthesis of Eicosapentaenoic and Docosahexaenoic Acids and Their Heterologous Expression: Hidetoshi Okuyama, Yoshitake Orikasa, Takanori Nishida, Kazuo Watanabe, and Naoki Morita
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2007. 73:665-670. [HTML] [PDF]

Evidence for the Ubiquity of Mixotrophic Bacteria in the Upper Ocean: Implications and Consequences: Alexander Eiler
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006. 72:7431-7437. [HTML] [PDF]

Environmental Factors That Affect the Survival and Persistence of Burkholderia pseudomallei: Timothy J. J. Inglis and Jose-Luis Sagripanti
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006. 72:6865-6875. [HTML] [PDF]

Quorum Sensing in Dimorphic Fungi: Farnesol and Beyond: Kenneth W. Nickerson, Audrey L. Atkin, and Jacob M. Hornby
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006. 72:3805-3813. [HTML] [PDF]

Identifying the Dominant Soil Bacterial Taxa in Libraries of 16S rRNA and 16S rRNA Genes: Peter H. Janssen
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006. 72:1719-1728. [HTML] [PDF]

Bile Salt Hydrolase Activity in Probiotics: Maire Begley, Colin Hill, and Cormac G. M. Gahan
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006. 72:1729-1738. [HTML] [PDF]

Manipulating Corynebacteria, from Individual Genes to Chromosomes: Alain A. Vertes, Masayuki Inui, and Hideaki Yukawa
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005. 71:7633-7642. [HTML] [PDF]

Overview of the Marine Roseobacter Lineage: Alison Buchan, Jose M. Gonzalez, and Mary Ann Moran
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005. 71:5665-5677. [HTML] [PDF]

Use of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria for Biocontrol of Plant Diseases: Principles, Mechanisms of Action, and Future Prospects: Stephane Compant, Brion Duffy, Jerzy Nowak, Christophe Clement, and Essaid Ait Barka
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005. 71:4951-4959. [HTML] [PDF]

Microbial Diversity and Its Relationship to Planetary Protection: Ronald L. Crawford
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005. 71:4163-4168. [HTML] [PDF]

Biodegradation of Natural Rubber and Related Compounds: Recent Insights into a Hardly Understood Catabolic Capability of Microorganisms: Karsten Rose and Alexander Steinbuchel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005. 71:2803-2812. [HTML] [PDF]

Captured Diversity in a Culture Collection: Case Study of the Geographic and Habitat Distributions of Environmental Isolates Held at the American Type Culture Collection: Melissa Merrill Floyd, Jane Tang, Matthew Kane, and David Emerson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005. 71:2813-2823. [HTML] [PDF]

Biomarkers for In Situ Detection of Anaerobic Ammonium-Oxidizing (Anammox) Bacteria: Markus C. Schmid, Bart Maas, Ana Dapena, Katinka van de Pas-Schoonen, Jack van de Vossenberg, Boran Kartal, Laura van Niftrik, Ingo Schmidt, Irina Cirpus, J. Gijs Kuenen, Michael Wagner, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damste, Marcel Kuypers, Niels Peter Revsbech, Ramon Mendez, Mike S. M. Jetten, and Marc Strous
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005. 71:1677-1684. [HTML] [PDF]

Genes and Enzymes Involved in Bacterial Oxidation and Reduction of Inorganic Arsenic: Simon Silver and Le T. Phung
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005. 71:599-608. [HTML] [PDF]

Amoebae as Training Grounds for Intracellular Bacterial Pathogens: Maelle Molmeret, Matthias Horn, Michael Wagner, Marina Santic, and Yousef Abu Kwaik
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005. 71:20-28. [HTML] [PDF]

Lactic Acid Bacteria as a Potential Source of Enzymes for Use in Vinification: Angela Matthews, Antonio Grimaldi, Michelle Walker, Eveline Bartowsky, Paul Grbin, and Vladimir Jiranek
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2004. 70:5715-5731. [HTML] [PDF]

Urease-Positive Thermophilic Campylobacter Species: Motoo Matsuda and John E. Moore
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2004. 70:4415-4418. [HTML] [PDF]

Detection and Quantification of Gene Expression in Environmental Bacteriology: Freddie H. Sharkey, Ibrahim M. Banat, and Roger Marchant
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2004. 70:3795-3806. [HTML] [PDF]

A Special Fondness for Lactobacilli: Gerald W. Tannock
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2004. 70:3189-3194. [HTML] [PDF]

Biology of the Metabolically Diverse Genus Gordonia: Matthias Arenskotter, Daniel Broker, and Alexander Steinbuchel
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2004. 70:3195-3204. [HTML] [PDF]

Clustered Pathway Genes in Aflatoxin Biosynthesis: Jiujiang Yu, Perng-Kuang Chang, Kenneth C. Ehrlich, Jeffrey W. Cary, Deepak Bhatnagar, Thomas E. Cleveland, Gary A. Payne, John E. Linz, Charles P. Woloshuk, and Joan W. Bennett
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2004. 70:1253-1262. [HTML] [PDF]

Microbial Genomics and the Periodic Table: Lawrence P. Wackett, Anthony G. Dodge, and Lynda B. M. Ellis
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2004. 70:647-655. [HTML] [PDF]

Energy Conservation in Acetogenic Bacteria: Volker Muller
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003. 69:6345-6353. [HTML] [PDF]

Sources of Campylobacter Colonization in Broiler Chickens: D. G. Newell and C. Fearnley
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003. 69:4343-4351. [HTML] [PDF]

Role of Nonhost Environments in the Lifestyles of Salmonella and Escherichia coli: Mollie D. Winfield and Eduardo A. Groisman
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003. 69:3687-3694. [HTML] [PDF]

Cytolytic Toxin Cyt1A and Its Mechanism of Membrane Damage: Data and Hypotheses: Peter Butko
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003. 69:2415-2422. [HTML] [PDF]

Microbiology of the Phyllosphere: Steven E. Lindow and Maria T. Brandl
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003. 69:1875-1883. [HTML] [PDF]

A Postgenomic Appraisal of Osmotolerance in Listeria monocytogenes: Roy D. Sleator, Cormac G. M. Gahan, and Colin Hill
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003. 69:1-9. [HTML] [PDF]

Nodulation Gene Regulation in Bradyrhizobium japonicum: a Unique Integration of Global Regulatory Circuits: John Loh and Gary Stacey
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002. 69:10-17. [HTML] [PDF]

Bacterial Chemotaxis toward Environmental Pollutants: Role in Bioremediation: Gunjan Pandey and Rakesh K. Jain
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002. 68:5789-5795. [HTML] [PDF]

Microbial Source Tracking: Current Methodology and Future Directions: Troy M. Scott, Joan B. Rose, Tracie M. Jenkins, Samuel R. Farrah, and Jerzy Lukasik
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002. 68:5796-5803. [HTML] [PDF]

Dimethylsulfoniopropionate: Its Sources, Role in the Marine Food Web, and Biological Degradation to Dimethylsulfide: Duane C. Yoch
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002. 68:5804-5815. [HTML] [PDF]

Biodegradation, Biotransformation, and Biocatalysis (B3): R. E. Parales, N. C. Bruce, A. Schmid, and L. P. Wackett
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002. 68:4699-4709. [HTML] [PDF]

Magnetofossils from Ancient Mars: a Robust Biosignature in the Martian Meteorite ALH84001: Kathie L. Thomas-Keprta, Simon J. Clemett, Dennis A. Bazylinski, Joseph L. Kirschvink, David S. McKay, Susan J. Wentworth, Hojatollah Vali, Everett K. Gibson Jr., and Christopher S. Romanek
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002. 68:3663-3672. [HTML] [PDF]

Phylogenetic Approaches for Describing and Comparing the Diversity of Microbial Communities: Andrew P. Martin
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002. 68:3673-3682. [HTML] [PDF]

Auxotrophic Yeast Strains in Fundamental and Applied Research: Jack T. Pronk
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002. 68:2095-2100. [HTML] [PDF]

Production of Fumonisin Analogs by Fusarium Species: John P. Rheeder, Walter F. O. Marasas, and Hester F. Vismer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002. 68:2101-2105. [HTML] [PDF]

The Family-3 Glycoside Hydrolases: from Housekeeping Functions to Host-Microbe Interactions: Denis Faure
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002. 68:1485-1490. [HTML] [PDF]

Nitrogen Cycling in the Ocean: New Perspectives on Processes and Paradigms: Jonathan P. Zehr and Bess B. Ward
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002. 68:1015-1024. [HTML] [PDF]

Microcompartments in Prokaryotes: Carboxysomes and Related Polyhedra: Gordon C. Cannon, Christopher E. Bradburne, Henry C. Aldrich, Stefanie H. Baker, Sabine Heinhorst, and Jessup M. Shively
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2001. 67:5351-5361. [HTML] [PDF]

Counting the Uncountable: Statistical Approaches to Estimating Microbial Diversity: Jennifer B. Hughes, Jessica J. Hellmann, Taylor H. Ricketts, and Brendan J. M. Bohannan
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2001. 67:4399-4406. [HTML] [PDF]

Measurement of Denitrification in Sediments with the ¹⁵N Isotope Pairing Technique: Sandra Martina Steingruber, Jana Friedrich, Rene Gachter, and Bernhard Wehrli
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2001. 67:3771-3778. [HTML] [PDF]

Oxidation of Reduced Inorganic Sulfur Compounds by Bacteria: Emergence of a Common Mechanism?: Cornelius G. Friedrich, Dagmar Rother, Frank Bardischewsky, Armin Quentmeier, and Jorg Fischer
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2001. 67:2873-2882. [HTML] [PDF]

Antifungal Proteins: Claude P. Selitrennikoff
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2001. 67:2883-2894. [HTML] [PDF]

Green Fluorescent Protein Is Lighting Up Fungal Biology: J. M. Lorang, R. P. Tuori, J. P. Martinez, T. L. Sawyer, R. S. Redman, J. A. Rollins, T. J. Wolpert, K. B. Johnson, R. J. Rodriguez, M. B. Dickman, and L. M. Ciuffetti
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2001. 67:1987-1994. [HTML] [PDF]

Electrophoretic Mobility Distributions of Single-Strain Microbial Populations: Henny C. van der Mei and Henk J. Busscher
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2001. 67:491-494. [HTML] [PDF]

The Bacterium's Way for Safe Enlargement and Division: Arthur L. Koch
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2000. 66:3657-3663. [HTML] [PDF]

Genotyping of Campylobacter spp.: Trudy M. Wassenaar and Diane G. Newell
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2000. 66:1-9. [HTML] [PDF]

The Scientific Basis for Probiotic Strains of Lactobacillus: Gregor Reid
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1999. 65:3763-3766. [HTML] [PDF]

Osmoadaptation in Archaea: Deana D. Martin, Rose A. Ciulla, and Mary F. Roberts
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1999. 65:1815-1825. [HTML] [PDF]

Microbial Degradation of Paintings: Orio Ciferri
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1999. 65:879-885. [HTML] [PDF]

Invasion of Protozoa by Legionella pneumophila and Its Role in Bacterial Ecology and Pathogenesis: Yousef Abu Kwaik, Lian-Yong Gao, Barbara J. Stone, Chandrasekar Venkataraman, and Omar S. Harb
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998. 64:3127-3133. [HTML] [PDF]

The Vibrio fischeri-Euprymna scolopes Light Organ Association: Current Ecological Paradigms: Edward G. Ruby and Kyu-Ho Lee
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998. 64:805-812. [HTML] [PDF]

Inhibition and Facilitation of Nucleic Acid Amplification: IG Wilson
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1997. 63:3741-3751. [PDF]

Origin and Production of Acetoin during Wine Yeast Fermentation: P Romano and G Suzzi
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1996. 62:309-315. [PDF]

The Genus Desulfovibrio: The Centennial: G Voordouw
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1995. 61:2813-2819. [PDF]

Mutualistic Associations of Aphids and Prokaryotes: Biology of the Genus Buchnera: P Baumann, C Lai, L Baumann, D Rouhbakhsh, NA Moran, and MA Clark
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1995. 61:1-7. [PDF]