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Volume 77(20);  October 2011
Biotechnology
Improvement in the Thermostability of d-Psicose 3-Epimerase from Agrobacterium tumefaciens by Random and Site-Directed Mutagenesis
Jin-Geun Choi, Yo-Han Ju, Soo-Jin Yeom, Deok-Kun Oh
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7316–7320. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05566-11
PMCID:
PMC3194853
Abstract Full Text PDF–533K
Commentary
Antibiotic Resistance: How Much Do We Know and Where Do We Go from Here?
Hua H. Wang, Donald W. Schaffner
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7093–7095. doi: 10.1128/AEM.06565-11
PMCID:
PMC3194881
Full Text PDF–48K
Physiology
Pathways Involved in Reductant Distribution during Photobiological H2 Production by Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Wayne S. Kontur, Eva C. Ziegelhoffer, Melanie A. Spero, Saheed Imam, Daniel R. Noguera, Timothy J. Donohue
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7425–7429. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05273-11
PMCID:
PMC3194864
Abstract Full Text PDF–449K Supplementary Material
Meeting Presentations
Persistent, Toxin-Antitoxin System-Independent, Tetracycline Resistance-Encoding Plasmid from a Dairy Enterococcus faecium Isolate
Xinhui Li, Valente Alvarez, Willis James Harper, Hua H. Wang
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7096–7103. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05168-11
PMCID:
PMC3194845
Abstract Full Text PDF–345K
Characterization of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Isolates from Animals Presenting at a University Veterinary Hospital
Maria Karczmarczyk, Yvonne Abbott, Ciara Walsh, Nola Leonard, Séamus Fanning
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7104–7112. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00599-11
PMCID:
PMC3194860
Abstract Full Text PDF–472K Supplementary Material
Mechanisms of Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Escherichia coli Isolates from Food-Producing Animals
Maria Karczmarczyk, Marta Martins, Teresa Quinn, Nola Leonard, Séamus Fanning
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7113–7120. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00600-11
PMCID:
PMC3194846
Abstract Full Text PDF–749K
Molecular Characterization of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Isolates from Irish Cattle Farms
Maria Karczmarczyk, Ciara Walsh, Rosemarie Slowey, Nola Leonard, Séamus Fanning
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7121–7127. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00601-11
PMCID:
PMC3194884
Abstract Full Text PDF–143K Supplementary Material
Salicylate Functions as an Efflux Pump Inducer and Promotes the Emergence of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Campylobacter jejuni Mutants
Zhangqi Shen, Xiao-Ying Pu, Qijing Zhang
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7128–7133. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00763-11
PMCID:
PMC3194847
Abstract Full Text PDF–919K
Acquired Antibiotic Resistance: Are We Born with It?
Lu Zhang, Daniel Kinkelaar, Ying Huang, Yingli Li, Xiaojing Li, Hua H. Wang
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7134–7141. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05087-11
PMCID:
PMC3194877
Abstract Full Text PDF–605K
Analysis of blaCTX-M-Carrying Plasmids from Escherichia coli Isolates Collected in the BfT-GermVet Study
Anne-Kathrin Schink, Kristina Kadlec, Stefan Schwarz
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7142–7146. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00559-11
PMCID:
PMC3194854
Abstract Full Text PDF–572K
Molecular Basis of Sulfonamide and Trimethoprim Resistance in Fish-Pathogenic Aeromonas Isolates
Kristina Kadlec, Ellen von Czapiewski, Heike Kaspar, Jürgen Wallmann, Geovana Brenner Michael, Ulrike Steinacker, Stefan Schwarz
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7147–7150. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00560-11
PMCID:
PMC3194859
Abstract Full Text PDF–444K
Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Food and Food Products of Poultry Origin in Germany
Andrea T. Feßler, Kristina Kadlec, Melanie Hassel, Tomasz Hauschild, Christopher Eidam, Ralf Ehricht, Stefan Monecke, Stefan Schwarz
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7151–7157. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00561-11
PMCID:
PMC3194878
Abstract Full Text PDF–368K
Chlortetracycline-Resistant Intestinal Bacteria in Organically Raised and Feral Swine
Thad B. Stanton, Samuel B. Humphrey, William C. Stoffregen
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7167–7170. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00688-11
PMCID:
PMC3194871
Abstract Full Text PDF–56K
Effective Antibiotic Resistance Mitigation during Cheese Fermentation
Xinhui Li, Yingli Li, Valente Alvarez, Willis James Harper, Hua H. Wang
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7171–7175. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05069-11
PMCID:
PMC3194865
Abstract Full Text PDF–475K
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Effects of DNA Methylation on Expression of Virulence Genes in Streptococcus mutans
Jeffrey A. Banas, Saswati Biswas, Min Zhu
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7236–7242. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00543-11
PMCID:
PMC3194855
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.1M Supplementary Material
Role of Mrx Fimbriae of Xenorhabdus nematophila in Competitive Colonization of the Nematode Host
Holly Snyder, Hongjun He, Heather Owen, Chris Hanna, Steven Forst
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7247–7254. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05328-11
PMCID:
PMC3194880
Abstract Full Text PDF–375K
Anatoxin-a Synthetase Gene Cluster of the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain 37 and Molecular Methods To Detect Potential Producers
Anne Rantala-Ylinen, Suvi Känä, Hao Wang, Leo Rouhiainen, Matti Wahlsten, Ermanno Rizzi, Katri Berg, Muriel Gugger, Kaarina Sivonen
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7271–7278. doi: 10.1128/AEM.06022-11
PMCID:
PMC3194866
Abstract Full Text PDF–323K Supplementary Material
Enzymology and Protein Engineering
Two Novel Alkane Hydroxylase-Rubredoxin Fusion Genes Isolated from a Dietzia Bacterium and the Functions of Fused Rubredoxin Domains in Long-Chain n-Alkane Degradation
Yong Nie, Jieliang Liang, Hui Fang, Yue-Qin Tang, Xiao-Lei Wu
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7279–7288. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00203-11
PMCID:
PMC3194844
Abstract Full Text PDF–2.8M
Mycology
Differential Regulation of Orthologous Chitinase Genes in Mycoparasitic Trichoderma Species
Sabine Gruber, Christian P. Kubicek, Verena Seidl-Seiboth
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7217–7226. doi: 10.1128/AEM.06027-11
PMCID:
PMC3194852
Abstract Full Text PDF–2.5M Supplementary Material
Public Health Microbiology
Comparing the Chlorine Disinfection of Detached Biofilm Clusters with Those of Sessile Biofilms and Planktonic Cells in Single- and Dual-Species Cultures
Sabrina Behnke, Albert E. Parker, Dawn Woodall, Anne K. Camper
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7176–7184. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05514-11
PMCID:
PMC3194875
Abstract Full Text PDF–851K Supplementary Material
Groundwater Seeps Facilitate Exposure to Burkholderia pseudomallei
Anthony Baker, Donald Tahani, Christopher Gardiner, Keith L. Bristow, Andrew R. Greenhill, Jeffrey Warner
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7243–7246. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05048-11
PMCID:
PMC3194885
Abstract Full Text PDF–258K
Occurrence of Intestinal and Extraintestinal Virulence Genes in Escherichia coli Isolates from Rainwater Tanks in Southeast Queensland, Australia
W. Ahmed, L. Hodgers, N. Masters, J. P. S. Sidhu, M. Katouli, S. Toze
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7394–7400. doi: 10.1128/AEM.06047-11
PMCID:
PMC3194882
Abstract Full Text PDF–75K Supplementary Material
Four-Year Evaluation of the Effect of Vaccination against Coxiella burnetii on Reduction of Animal Infection and Environmental Contamination in a Naturally Infected Dairy Sheep Flock
Ianire Astobiza, Jesús F. Barandika, Francisco Ruiz-Fons, Ana Hurtado, Inés Povedano, Ramón A. Juste, Ana L. García-Pérez
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7405–7407. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05530-11
Correction in:
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 December; 77(24): 8799.
PMCID:
PMC3194887
Abstract Full Text PDF–45K Correction
Environmental Microbiology
Contribution of a Sodium Ion Gradient to Energy Conservation during Fermentation in the Cyanobacterium Arthrospira (Spirulina) maxima CS-328
Damian Carrieri, Gennady Ananyev, Oliver Lenz, Donald A. Bryant, G. Charles Dismukes
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7185–7194. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00612-11
PMCID:
PMC3194876
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.4M Supplementary Material
β-Lactams and Florfenicol Antibiotics Remain Bioactive in Soils while Ciprofloxacin, Neomycin, and Tetracycline Are Neutralized
Murugan Subbiah, Shannon M. Mitchell, Jeffrey L. Ullman, Douglas R. Call
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7255–7260. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05352-11
PMCID:
PMC3194842
Abstract Full Text PDF–318K
Effect of Glucose on the Fatty Acid Composition of Cupriavidus necator JMP134 during 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Degradation: Implications for Lipid-Based Stable Isotope Probing Methods
Thomas Z. Lerch, Marie-France Dignac, Enrique Barriuso, André Mariotti
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7296–7306. doi: 10.1128/AEM.06438-11
PMCID:
PMC3194869
Abstract Full Text PDF–1014K Supplementary Material
Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Biosynthesis Gene pqqC, a Novel Molecular Marker for Studying the Phylogeny and Diversity of Phosphate-Solubilizing Pseudomonads
Joana Beatrice Meyer, Michele Frapolli, Christoph Keel, Monika Maurhofer
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7345–7354. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05434-11
PMCID:
PMC3194850
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.0M Supplementary Material
Microbial Ecology
Merging Taxonomy with Ecological Population Prediction in a Case Study of Vibrionaceae
Sarah P. Preheim, Sonia Timberlake, Martin F. Polz
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7195–7206. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00665-11
PMCID:
PMC3194886
Abstract Full Text PDF–2.4M Supplementary Material
Spontaneous Gac Mutants of Pseudomonas Biological Control Strains: Cheaters or Mutualists?
William W. Driscoll, John W. Pepper, Leland S. Pierson, III, Elizabeth A. Pierson
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7227–7235. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00679-11
PMCID:
PMC3194857
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.7M
Alga-Derived Substrates Select for Distinct Betaproteobacterial Lineages and Contribute to Niche Separation in Limnohabitans Strains
Karel Šimek, Vojtěch Kasalický, Eliška Zapomělová, Karel Horňák
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7307–7315. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05107-11
PMCID:
PMC3194872
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.4M
Relationships between Free-Living Protozoa, Cultivable Legionella spp., and Water Quality Characteristics in Three Drinking Water Supplies in the Caribbean
Rinske M. Valster, Bart A. Wullings, Riemsdijk van den Berg, Dick van der Kooij
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7321–7328. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05575-11
PMCID:
PMC3194851
Abstract Full Text PDF–399K Supplementary Material
Active Autotrophic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria in Biofilm Enrichments from Simulated Creek Ecosystems at Two Ammonium Concentrations Respond to Temperature Manipulation
Sharon Avrahami, Zhongjun Jia, Josh D. Neufeld, J. Colin Murrell, Ralf Conrad, Kirsten Küsel
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7329–7338. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05864-11
PMCID:
PMC3194856
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.1M Supplementary Material
Identification and Targeted Cultivation of Abundant Novel Freshwater Sphingomonads and Analysis of Their Population Substructure
Mareike Jogler, Helge Siemens, Hong Chen, Boyke Bunk, Johannes Sikorski, Jörg Overmann
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7355–7364. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05832-11
PMCID:
PMC3194862
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.8M Supplementary Material
Comparison of the Gut Microbiotas of Healthy Adult Twins Living in South Korea and the United States
Sunghee Lee, Joohon Sung, JungEun Lee, GwangPyo Ko
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7433–7437. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05490-11
PMCID:
PMC3194848
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.2M Supplementary Material
Food Microbiology
CsgA Production by Escherichia coli O157:H7 Alters Attachment to Abiotic Surfaces in Some Growth Environments
R. M. Goulter-Thorsen, E. Taran, I. R. Gentle, K. S. Gobius, G. A. Dykes
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7339–7344. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00277-11
PMCID:
PMC3194867
Abstract Full Text PDF–213K
Directed Chromosomal Integration and Expression of the Reporter Gene gusA3 in Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM
Grace L. Douglas, Todd R. Klaenhammer
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7365–7371. doi: 10.1128/AEM.06028-11
PMCID:
PMC3194874
Abstract Full Text PDF–696K
Monitoring of Microbial Metabolites and Bacterial Diversity in Beef Stored under Different Packaging Conditions
Danilo Ercolini, Ilario Ferrocino, Antonella Nasi, Maurice Ndagijimana, Pamela Vernocchi, Antonietta La Storia, Luca Laghi, Gianluigi Mauriello, M. Elisabetta Guerzoni, Francesco Villani
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7372–7381. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05521-11
PMCID:
PMC3194879
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.5M Supplementary Material
Spoilage-Related Activity of Carnobacterium maltaromaticum Strains in Air-Stored and Vacuum-Packed Meat
Annalisa Casaburi, Antonella Nasi, Ilario Ferrocino, Rossella Di Monaco, Gianluigi Mauriello, Francesco Villani, Danilo Ercolini
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7382–7393. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05304-11
PMCID:
PMC3194841
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.0M Supplementary Material
Ability of Bifidobacterium breve To Grow on Different Types of Milk: Exploring the Metabolism of Milk through Genome Analysis
Francesca Turroni, Elena Foroni, Fausta Serafini, Alice Viappiani, Barbara Montanini, Francesca Bottacini, Alberto Ferrarini, Pier Luigi Bacchini, Claudio Rota, Massimo Delledonne, Simone Ottonello, Douwe van Sinderen, Marco Ventura
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7408–7417. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05336-11
PMCID:
PMC3194849
Abstract Full Text PDF–2.3M
Invertebrate Microbiology
Sponge-Associated Bacteria Are Strictly Maintained in Two Closely Related but Geographically Distant Sponge Hosts
Naomi F. Montalvo, Russell T. Hill
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7207–7216. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05285-11
PMCID:
PMC3194858
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.0M Supplementary Material
Methods
Microbial Inactivation for Safe and Rapid Diagnostics of Infectious Samples
Jose-Luis Sagripanti, Birgit Hülseweh, Gudrun Grote, Luzie Voß, Katrin Böhling, Hans-Jürgen Marschall
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7289–7295. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05553-11
PMCID:
PMC3194873
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.8M Supplementary Material
Shotgun Isotope Array for Rapid, Substrate-Specific Detection of Microorganisms in a Microbial Community
Tomohiro Tobino, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7430–7432. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00121-11
PMCID:
PMC3194861
Abstract Full Text PDF–389K Supplementary Material
Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology
Evolution of Secondary Metabolite Genes in Three Closely Related Marine Actinomycete Species
Kelle C. Freel, Sang-Jip Nam, William Fenical, Paul R. Jensen
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7261–7270. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05943-11
PMCID:
PMC3194868
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.9M Supplementary Material
Identification of a Perchlorate Reduction Genomic Island with Novel Regulatory and Metabolic Genes
Ryan A. Melnyk, Anna Engelbrektson, Iain C. Clark, Hans K. Carlson, Kathy Byrne-Bailey, John D. Coates
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7401–7404. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05758-11
PMCID:
PMC3194888
Abstract Full Text PDF–369K
Comparative Genomic Analysis of Acinetobacter oleivorans DR1 To Determine Strain-Specific Genomic Regions and Gentisate Biodegradation
Jaejoon Jung, Eugene L. Madsen, Che Ok Jeon, Woojun Park
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7418–7424. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05231-11
PMCID:
PMC3194870
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.6M Supplementary Material
Erratum
Cofermentation of Cellobiose and Galactose by an Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strain
Suk-Jin Ha, Qiaosi Wei, Soo Rin Kim, Jonathan M. Galazka, Jamie H. D. Cate, Yong-Su Jin
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 October; 77(20): 7438. doi: 10.1128/AEM.06776-11
Corrects:
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 August; 77(16): 5822–5825.
PMCID:
PMC3194863
Correction PDF–17K Original Article
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