Contents: September 1994, Volume 60, Issue 9        Environmental and Public Health Microbiology        Mycology        Research Article        Enzymology and Protein Engineering        General Microbial Ecology        Microorganism-Plant Interactions        Physiology and Biotechnology        Food Microbiology        Methods        Genetics and Molecular Biology Other Issues

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Environmental and Public Health Microbiology:

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Effects of Ionic Strength on Bacterial Adhesion and Stability of Flocs in a Wastewater Activated Sludge System Anna Zita and Malte Hermansson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3041-3048; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adsorption of Rhodococcus Strain GIN-1 (NCIMB 40340) on Titanium Dioxide and Coal Fly Ash Particles Y. Shabtai and G. Fleminger Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3079-3088; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Oxidative Dissolution of Arsenopyrite by Mesophilic and Moderately Thermophilic Acidophiles Olli H. Tuovinen, Tariq M. Bhatti, Jerry M. Bigham, Kevin B. Hallberg, Oswaldo Garcia, Jr., and E. Börje Lindström Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3268-3274; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stachybotrys atra Growth and Toxin Production in Some Building Materials and Fodder under Different Relative Humidities Marjo Nikulin, Anna-Liisa Pasanen, Seija Berg, and Eeva-Liisa Hintikka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3421-3424; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Maximum Temperature Limits for Acidophilic, Mesophilic Bacteria in Biological Leaching Systems Seppo I. Niemelä, Carita Sivelä, Taina Luoma, and Olli H. Tuovinen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3444-3446; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Effect of Tetrazolium Dyes upon Bacteriophage Plaque Assay Titers Christon J. Hurst, Janet C. Blannon, Rachel L. Hardaway, and Wesley C. Jackson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3462-3465; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mycology:

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Inoculation of Scytalidium thermophilum in Button Mushroom Compost and Its Effect on Yield Gerben Straatsma, Tineke W. Olijnsma, Jan P. G. Gerrits, Jos G. M. Amsing, Huub J. M. Op Den Camp, and Leo J. L. D. Van Griensven Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3049-3054; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nuclear Ribosomal DNA Variation and Pathogenic Specialization in Alternaria Fungi Known To Produce Host-Specific Toxins Motoaki Kusaba and Takashi Tsuge Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3055-3062; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Filamentous Fungi with High Cytosolic Phospholipid Transfer Activity in the Presence of Exogenous Phospholipid Eric Record, Laurence Lesage, Bernard Cahagnier, Didier Marion, and Marcel Asther Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3390-3395; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Research Article:

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Controlled expression and structural organization of a Lactococcus lactis bacteriophage lysin encoded by two overlapping genes. C A Shearman, K L Jury, and M J Gasson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3063-3073; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Properties and active center of the thermostable branching enzyme from Bacillus stearothermophilus. H Takata, T Takaha, T Kuriki, S Okada, M Takagi, and T Imanaka Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3096-3104; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nucleotide sequence variation of chitin synthase genes among ectomycorrhizal fungi and its potential use in taxonomy. B Mehmann, I Brunner, and G H Braus Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3105-3111; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identifying members of the domain Archaea with rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes. S Burggraf, T Mayer, R Amann, S Schadhauser, C R Woese, and K O Stetter Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3112-3119; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Synthetic peptides derived from the Listeria monocytogenes p60 protein as antigens for the generation of polyclonal antibodies specific for secreted cell-free L. monocytogenes p60 proteins. A Bubert, P Schubert, S Köhler, R Frank, and W Goebel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3120-3127; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biodegradation of lignocellulose in Bermuda grass by white rot fungi analyzed by solid-state 13C nuclear magnetic resonance. G R Gamble, A Sethuraman, D E Akin, and K E Eriksson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3138-3144; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiplex PCR for detection of the heat-labile toxin gene and shiga-like toxin I and II genes in Escherichia coli isolated from natural waters. A L Lang, Y L Tsai, C L Mayer, K C Patton, and C J Palmer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3145-3149; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of the production of extracellular pectinase, cellulase, and protease in the soft rot bacterium Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora: evidence that aepH of E. carotovora subsp. carotovora 71 activates gene expression in E. carotovora subsp. carotovora, E. carotovora subsp. atroseptica, and Escherichia coli. H Murata, A Chatterjee, Y Liu, and A K Chatterjee Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3150-3159; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning, sequencing, and regulation of a xylanase gene from the fungus Aureobasidium pullulans Y-2311-1. X L Li and L G Ljungdahl Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3160-3166; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of lactic acid bacterium fermentation products and food-grade chemicals to control Listeria monocytogenes in blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) meat. A J Degnan, C W Kaspar, W S Otwell, M L Tamplin, and J B Luchansky Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3198-3203; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cyanobacterial community structure as seen from RNA polymerase gene sequence analysis. B Palenik Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3212-3219; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Associations of methanotrophs with the roots and rhizomes of aquatic vegetation. G M King Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3220-3227; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PCR-based preparation of 23S rRNA-targeted group-specific polynucleotide probes. W Ludwig, S Dorn, N Springer, G Kirchhof, and K H Schleifer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3236-3244; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for natural horizontal transfer of tetQ between bacteria that normally colonize humans and bacteria that normally colonize livestock. M P Nikolich, G Hong, N B Shoemaker, and A A Salyers Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3255-3260; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid by Pseudomonas cepacia DBO1(pRO101) in a dual-substrate chemostat. D D Daugherty and S F Karel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3261-3267; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regiospecific and stereoselective hydroxylation of 1-indanone and 2-indanone by naphthalene dioxygenase and toluene dioxygenase. S M Resnick, D S Torok, K Lee, J M Brand, and D T Gibson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3323-3328; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Secretion of human epidermal growth factor (EGF) in autotrophic culture by a recombinant hydrogen-utilizing bacterium, Pseudomonas pseudoflava, carrying broad-host-range EGF secretion vector pKSEGF2. N Hayase, A Ishiyama, and M Niwano Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3336-3342; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and characterization of an amidase from an acrylamide-degrading Rhodococcus sp. M S Nawaz, A A Khan, J E Seng, J E Leakey, P H Siitonen, and C E Cerniglia Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3343-3348; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complex polar lipids of a hot spring cyanobacterial mat and its cultivated inhabitants. D M Ward, S Panke, K D Kloppel, R Christ, and H Fredrickson Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3358-3367; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cometabolic degradation of trichloroethylene by Pseudomonas cepacia G4 in a chemostat with toluene as the primary substrate. A S Landa, E M Sipkema, J Weijma, A A Beenackers, J Dolfing, and D B Janssen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3368-3374; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative studies of genes encoding thermostable L-2-halo acid dehalogenase from Pseudomonas sp. strain YL, other dehalogenases, and two related hypothetical proteins from Escherichia coli. V Nardi-Dei, T Kurihara, T Okamura, J Q Liu, H Koshikawa, H Ozaki, Y Terashima, N Esaki, and K Soda Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3375-3380; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The gene amyE(TV1) codes for a nonglucogenic alpha-amylase from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris 94-2A in Bacillus subtilis. B Hofemeister, S König, V Hoang, J Engel, G Mayer, G Hansen, and J Hofemeister Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3381-3389; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic degradation of catechol by Desulfobacterium sp. strain Cat2 proceeds via carboxylation to protocatechuate. N Gorny and B Schink Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3396-3400; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antagonistic activity of the food-related filamentous fungus Penicillium nalgiovense by the production of penicillin. P Färber and R Geisen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3401-3404; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the pediocin AcH gene cluster from plasmid pSMB74 and its expression in a pediocin-negative Pediococcus acidilactici strain. M Bukhtiyarova, R Yang, and B Ray Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3405-3408; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced sensitivity in PCR detection of Listeria monocytogenes in soft cheese through use of an aqueous two-phase system as a sample preparation method. P G Lantz, F Tjerneld, E Borch, B Hahn-Hägerdal, and P Rådström Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3416-3418; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Deconjugation of bile acids by lactobacilli in the mouse small bowel. G W Tannock, A Tangerman, A Van Schaik, and M A McConnell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3419-3420; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and some properties of alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase from Bacillus subtilis 3-6. S Kaneko, M Sano, and I Kusakabe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3425-3428; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of an inducible sucrase activity by Serpulina hyodysenteriae. N S Jensen and T B Stanton Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3429-3432; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A phylogenetic tree of 16S rRNA sequences from sulfate-reducing bacteria in a sandy marine sediment. R Devereux and G W Mundfrom Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3437-3439; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nitrogen regulation of lignin peroxidase gene transcription. D Li, M Alic, and M H Gold Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3447-3449; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nutritional requirements for growth of Helicobacter pylori. P Nedenskov Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3450-3453; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biodegradation of 2-nitrotoluene by Pseudomonas sp. strain JS42. B E Haigler, W H Wallace, and J C Spain Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3466-3469; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of time and temperature on multiplication of Vibrio vulnificus in postharvest Gulf Coast shellstock oysters. D W Cook Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3483-3484; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymology and Protein Engineering:

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Localization and Characterization of -Glucosidase Activity in Lactobacillus brevis S. De Cort, H. M. C. Shantha Kumara, and H. Verachtert Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3074-3078; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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General Microbial Ecology:

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Simulation Model of the Coupling between Nitrification and Denitrification in a Freshwater Sediment T. Henry Blackburn, Nicholas D. Blackburn, Kim Jensen, and Nils Risgaard-Petersen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3089-3095; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dynamics and Distribution of Cyanophages and Their Effect on Marine Synechococcus spp. Curtis A. Suttle and Amy M. Chan Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3167-3174; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Minerals Associated with Biofilms Occurring on Exposed Rock in a Granitic Underground Research Laboratory D. Ann Brown, D. Choudari Kamineni, Jerzy A. Sawicki, and Terry J. Beveridge Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3182-3191; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Changes in Ester-Linked Phospholipid Fatty Acid Profiles of Subsurface Bacteria during Starvation and Desiccation in a Porous Medium T. L. Kieft, D. B. Ringelberg, and D. C. White Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3292-3299; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Solution Ionic Strength and Iron Coatings on Mineral Grains on the Sorption of Bacterial Cells to Quartz Sand Aaron L. Mills, Janet S. Herman, George M. Hornberger, and Todd H. DEJesús Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3300-3306; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Methane Metabolism on Nitrification and Nitrous Oxide Production in Polluted Freshwater Sediment Réal Roy and Roger Knowles Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3307-3314; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth Kinetics of the Endosymbiont Buchnera aphidicola in the Aphid Schizaphis graminum Linda Baumann and Paul Baumann Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3440-3443; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bioluminescent Most-Probable-Number Method To Enumerate lux-Marked Pseudomonas aeruginosa UG2Lr in Soil C. A. Flemming, H. Lee, and J. T. Trevors Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3458-3461; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Total and Free Ergosterol in Mycelia of Saltmarsh Ascomycetes with Access to Whole Leaves or Aqueous Extracts of Leaves Steven Y. Newell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3479-3482; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microorganism-Plant Interactions:

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Ecological Similarity and Coexistence of Epiphytic Ice-Nucleating (Ice+) Pseudomonas syringae Strains and a Non-Ice-Nucleating (Ice-) Biological Control Agent Mark Wilson and Steven E. Lindow Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3128-3137; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hrp- Mutants of Pseudomonas solanacearum as Potential Biocontrol Agents of Tomato Bacterial Wilt Pascal Frey, Philippe Prior, Corinne Marie, Alain Kotoujansky, Daniele Trigalet-Demery, and Andre Trigalet Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3175-3181; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relationship between Phylogeny and Pathotype for the Bacterial Blight Pathogen of Rice Rebecca J. Nelson, Marietta R. Baraoidan, Casiana M. Vera Cruz, Immanuel V. Yap, Jan E. Leach, Twng W. Mew, and Hei Leung Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3275-3283; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Rhizobium etli Polysaccharide Mutants by Phaseolus vulgaris Root Compounds Linda Eisenschenk, Ronald Diebold, Jeanett Perez-Lesher, Andrew C. Peterson, N. Kent Peters, and K. Dale Noel Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3315-3322; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Indigenous Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Associated with Acacia albida Del. in Different Areas of Senegal Tahir A. Diop, Mamadou Gueye, Bernard L. Dreyfus, Christian Plenchette, and Desire G. Strullu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3433-3436; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Biotechnology:

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Microscopic and Thermal Characterization of Hydrogen Peroxide Killing and Lysis of Spores and Protection by Transition Metal Ions, Chelators, and Antioxidants Soon-Young Shin, Elizabeth G. Calvisi, Teofila C. Beaman, H. Stuart Pankratz, Philipp Gerhardt, and Robert E. Marquis Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3192-3197; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Polyester Biosynthesis Characteristics of Pseudomonas citronellolis Grown on Various Carbon Sources, Including 3-Methyl-Branched Substrates Mun Hwan Choi and Sung Chul Yoon Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3245-3254; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Viable Cells on the Resuscitation of Dormant Cells in Micrococcus luteus Cultures Held in an Extended Stationary Phase: the Population Effect Tatyana V. Votyakova, Arseny S. Kaprelyants, and Douglas B. Kell Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3284-3291; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Inorganic Biocarriers That Moderate System Upsets during Fixed-Film Biotreatment Processes Don R. Durham, Leda C. Marshall, James G. Miller, and Alan B. Chmurny Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3329-3335; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Solubilization of Minerals by Bacteria: Electrophoretic Mobility of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans in the Presence of Iron, Pyrite, and Sulfur Robert C. Blake, II, Elizabeth A. Shute, and Gary T. Howard Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3349-3357; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Azospirillum lipoferum 4T Tn5 Mutants Affected in Melanization and Laccase Activity D. Faure, M. L. Bouillant, and R. Bally Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3413-3415; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Starvation-Induced Stress Resistance in Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis IL1403 Axel Hartke, Sandrine Bouche, Xavier Gansel, Philippe Boutibonnes, and Yanick Auffray Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3474-3478; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Food Microbiology:

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Lactococcal Bacteriophages Require a Host Cell Wall Carbohydrate and a Plasma Membrane Protein for Adsorption and Ejection of DNA Marshall R. Monteville, Bahram Ardestani, and Bruce L. Geller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3204-3211; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Methods:

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Identification of Whole Fixed Bacterial Cells with Nonradioactive 23S rRNA-Targeted Polynucleotide Probes Karlheinz Trebesius, Rudolf Amann, Wolfgang Ludwig, Klaus Mühlegger, and Karl-Heinz Schleifer Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3228-3235; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Methods for Inhibiting Bacterial Activity in Sediment Liisa Tuominen, Timo Kairesalo, and Helinä Hartikainen Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3454-3457; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Immunological Assay for Detection and Enumeration of Thermophilic Biomining Microorganisms Ana M. Amaro, Kevin B. Hallberg, E. Börje Lindström, and Carlos A. Jerez Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3470-3473; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Presence of Two Sets of Ribosomal Genes in Phytopathogenic Mollicutes B. Schneider and E. Seemüller Appl. Environ. Microbiol. September 1994 60: 3409-3412; [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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