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Volume 78(10); May 2012
Biotechnology
Remarkable Ability of Pandoraea pnomenusa B356 Biphenyl Dioxygenase To Metabolize Simple Flavonoids
Thi Thanh My Pham, Youbin Tu, Michel Sylvestre
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3560–3570. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00225-12
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- PMC3346365
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Development of an Engineered Bioluminescent Reporter Phage for Detection of Bacterial Blight of Crucifers
David A. Schofield, Carolee T. Bull, Isael Rubio, W. Patrick Wechter, Caroline Westwater, Ian J. Molineux
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3592–3598. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00252-12
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- PMC3346373
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Cloning, Overexpression in Escherichia coli, and Characterization of a Thermostable Fungal Acetylxylan Esterase from Talaromyces emersonii
Deborah M. Waters, Patrick G. Murray, Yuta Miki, Angel T. Martínez, Maria G. Tuohy, Craig B. Faulds
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3759–3762. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05659-11
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- PMC3346346
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Minireview
Properties and Biological Role of Streptococcal Fratricins
Kari Helene Berg, Truls Johan Biørnstad, Ola Johnsborg, Leiv Sigve Håvarstein
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3515–3522. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00098-12
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- PMC3346361
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Genetic Analysis of the Upper Phenylacetate Catabolic Pathway in the Production of Tropodithietic Acid by Phaeobacter gallaeciensis
Martine Berger, Nelson L. Brock, Heiko Liesegang, Marco Dogs, Ines Preuth, Meinhard Simon, Jeroen S. Dickschat, Thorsten Brinkhoff
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3539–3551. doi: 10.1128/AEM.07657-11
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- PMC3346364
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Functional Robustness of a Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Metabolic Network Examined in a nidA Aromatic Ring-Hydroxylating Oxygenase Mutant of Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1
Seong-Jae Kim, Jaekyeong Song, Ohgew Kweon, Ricky D. Holland, Dae-Wi Kim, Jongnam Kim, Li-Rong Yu, Carl E. Cerniglia
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3715–3723. doi: 10.1128/AEM.07798-11
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- PMC3346349
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Mycology
Intraradical Dynamics of Two Coexisting Isolates of the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus Glomus intraradices Sensu Lato as Estimated by Real-Time PCR of Mitochondrial DNA
Karol Krak, Martina Janoušková, Petra Caklová, Miroslav Vosátka, Helena Štorchová
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3630–3637. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00035-12
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- PMC3346362
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Functional Analysis of the Degradation of Cellulosic Substrates by a Chaetomium globosum Endophytic Isolate
Paolo Longoni, Marinella Rodolfi, Laura Pantaleoni, Enrico Doria, Lorenzo Concia, Anna Maria Picco, Rino Cella
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3693–3705. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00124-12
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- PMC3346360
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Public Health Microbiology
Rosanna Drumo, Giovanni Widmer, Liam J. Morrison, Andy Tait, Vincenzo Grelloni, Nicoletta D'Avino, Edoardo Pozio, Simone M. Cacciò
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3523–3529. doi: 10.1128/AEM.07686-11
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- PMC3346357
Characterization of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Genes Found among Escherichia coli Isolates from Duck and Environmental Samples Obtained on a Duck Farm
Junying Ma, Jian-Hua Liu, Luchao Lv, Zhiyong Zong, Yan Sun, Hongqing Zheng, ZhangLiu Chen, Zhen-Ling Zeng
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3668–3673. doi: 10.1128/AEM.07507-11
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- PMC3346353
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Molecular Epidemiology of Brucella abortus Isolates from Cattle, Elk, and Bison in the United States, 1998 to 2011
James Higgins, Tod Stuber, Christine Quance, William H. Edwards, Rebekah V. Tiller, Tom Linfield, Jack Rhyan, Angela Berte, Beth Harris
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3674–3684. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00045-12
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- PMC3346378
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Influence of Seasonality on the Genetic Diversity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in New Hampshire Shellfish Waters as Determined by Multilocus Sequence Analysis
Crystal N. Ellis, Brian M. Schuster, Megan J. Striplin, Stephen H. Jones, Cheryl A. Whistler, Vaughn S. Cooper
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3778–3782. doi: 10.1128/AEM.07794-11
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Environmental Microbiology
Impact of Nutritional Factors on the Proteome of Intestinal Escherichia coli: Induction of OxyR-Dependent Proteins AhpF and Dps by a Lactose-Rich Diet
Monique Rothe, Carl Alpert, Wolfram Engst, Stephanie Musiol, Gunnar Loh, Michael Blaut
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3580–3591. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00244-12
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- PMC3346377
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Longitudinal Poisson Regression To Evaluate the Epidemiology of Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Coastal California Wetlands
Jennifer N. Hogan, Miles E. Daniels, Fred G. Watson, Patricia A. Conrad, Stori C. Oates, Melissa A. Miller, Dane Hardin, Barbara A. Byrne, Clare Dominik, Ann Melli, David A. Jessup, Woutrina A. Miller
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3606–3613. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00578-12
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Silver(I), Mercury(II), Cadmium(II), and Zinc(II) Target Exposed Enzymic Iron-Sulfur Clusters when They Toxify Escherichia coli
Fang Fang Xu, James A. Imlay
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3614–3621. doi: 10.1128/AEM.07368-11
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- PMC3346352
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Central Role of Dynamic Tidal Biofilms Dominated by Aerobic Hydrocarbonoclastic Bacteria and Diatoms in the Biodegradation of Hydrocarbons in Coastal Mudflats
Frédéric Coulon, Panagiota-Myrsini Chronopoulou, Anne Fahy, Sandrine Païssé, Marisol Goñi-Urriza, Louis Peperzak, Laura Acuña Alvarez, Boyd A. McKew, Corina P. D. Brussaard, Graham J. C. Underwood, Kenneth N. Timmis, Robert Duran, Terry J. McGenity
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3638–3648. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00072-12
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- PMC3346363
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Density of the Waterborne Parasite Ceratomyxa shasta and Its Biological Effects on Salmon
Sascha L. Hallett, R. Adam Ray, Charlene N. Hurst, Richard A. Holt, Gerri R. Buckles, Stephen D. Atkinson, Jerri L. Bartholomew
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3724–3731. doi: 10.1128/AEM.07801-11
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- PMC3346369
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Natural Product Biosynthetic Gene Diversity in Geographically Distinct Soil Microbiomes
Boojala Vijay B. Reddy, Dimitris Kallifidas, Jeffrey H. Kim, Zachary Charlop-Powers, Zhiyang Feng, Sean F. Brady
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3744–3752. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00102-12
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- PMC3346347
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Isolation of Potentially Novel Brucella spp. from Frogs
Tobias Eisenberg, Hans-Peter Hamann, Ute Kaim, Karen Schlez, Helga Seeger, Nicole Schauerte, Falk Melzer, Herbert Tomaso, Holger C. Scholz, Mark S. Koylass, Adrian M. Whatmore, Michael Zschöck
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3753–3755. doi: 10.1128/AEM.07509-11
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- PMC3346351
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Microbial Ecology
Analysis of Structure and Composition of Bacterial Core Communities in Mature Drinking Water Biofilms and Bulk Water of a Citywide Network in Germany
Karsten Henne, Leila Kahlisch, Ingrid Brettar, Manfred G. Höfle
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3530–3538. doi: 10.1128/AEM.06373-11
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- PMC3346358
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Geomicrobiology
Quantitative Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Analysis of Microbial Consortia from a Biogenic Gas Field in Alaska's Cook Inlet Basin
Katherine S. Dawson, Dariusz Strąpoć, Brad Huizinga, Ulrika Lidstrom, Matt Ashby, Jennifer L. Macalady
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3599–3605. doi: 10.1128/AEM.07122-11
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- PMC3346356
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Food Microbiology
Characterization of the Intracellular Glutamate Decarboxylase System: Analysis of Its Function, Transcription, and Role in the Acid Resistance of Various Strains of Listeria monocytogenes
Kimon-Andreas G. Karatzas, Laura Suur, Conor P. O'Byrne
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3571–3579. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00227-12
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- PMC3346379
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Genomic Sequence of Bacteriophage ATCC 8074-B1 and Activity of Its Endolysin and Engineered Variants against Clostridium sporogenes
Melinda J. Mayer, Michael J. Gasson, Arjan Narbad
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3685–3692. doi: 10.1128/AEM.07884-11
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- PMC3346354
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Psychrotolerant Paenibacillus tundrae Isolates from Barley Grains Produce New Cereulide-Like Depsipeptides (Paenilide and Homopaenilide) That Are Highly Toxic to Mammalian Cells
Stiina Rasimus, Raimo Mikkola, Maria A. Andersson, Vera V. Teplova, Natalia Venediktova, Christine Ek-Kommonen, Mirja Salkinoja-Salonen
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3732–3743. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00049-12
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- PMC3346359
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Detection of Human Food-Borne and Zoonotic Viruses on Irrigated, Field-Grown Strawberries
Julie Brassard, Marie-Josée Gagné, Mylène Généreux, Caroline Côté
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3763–3766. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00251-12
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- PMC3346374
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Plant Microbiology
Metabolome and Transcriptome of the Interaction between Ustilago maydis and Fusarium verticillioides
In Vitro
Wilfried Jonkers, Alma E. Rodriguez Estrada, Keunsub Lee, Andrew Breakspear, Georgiana May, H. Corby Kistler
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3656–3667. doi: 10.1128/AEM.07841-11
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- PMC3346380
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A Pseudomonas viridiflava-Related Bacterium Causes a Dark-Reddish Spot Disease in Glycine max
Ana J. González, Ana M. Fernández, Mateo San José, Germán González-Varela, M. Rosario Rodicio
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3756–3758. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00223-12
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- PMC3346376
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Invertebrate Microbiology
Role of the Lizard Teira dugesii as a Potential Host for Ixodes ricinus Tick-Borne Pathogens
R. De Sousa, I. Lopes de Carvalho, A. S. Santos, C. Bernardes, N. Milhano, J. Jesus, D. Menezes, M. S. Núncio
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3767–3769. doi: 10.1128/AEM.07945-11
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- PMC3346372
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Methods
Metagenomic Analysis of Streptomyces lividans Reveals Host-Dependent Functional Expression
Matthew D. McMahon, Changhui Guan, Jo Handelsman, Michael G. Thomas
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3622–3629. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00044-12
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- PMC3346366
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Cytoplasmic pH Response to Acid Stress in Individual Cells of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis Observed by Fluorescence Ratio Imaging Microscopy
Keith A. Martinez, II, Ryan D. Kitko, J. Patrick Mershon, Haley E. Adcox, Kotiba A. Malek, Melanie B. Berkmen, Joan L. Slonczewski
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3706–3714. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00354-12
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- PMC3346368
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Markerless Gene Deletion System for Sphingomonads
Andreas Kaczmarczyk, Julia A. Vorholt, Anne Francez-Charlot
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3774–3777. doi: 10.1128/AEM.07347-11
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- PMC3346355
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Biodegradation
Heterologous Expression of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Ring-Hydroxylating Dioxygenase Genes from a Novel Pyrene-Degrading Betaproteobacterium
David R. Singleton, Jing Hu, Michael D. Aitken
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3552–3559. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00173-12
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- PMC3346350
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Key Enzymes Enabling the Growth of Arthrobacter sp. Strain JBH1 with Nitroglycerin as the Sole Source of Carbon and Nitrogen
Johana Husserl, Joseph B. Hughes, Jim C. Spain
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3649–3655. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00006-12
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- PMC3346371
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Transcriptional Response of the Cellobiose Dehydrogenase Gene to Cello- and Xylooligosaccharides in the Basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium
Chiaki Hori, Hitoshi Suzuki, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Masahiro Samejima
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3770–3773. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00150-12
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- PMC3346370
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Erratum
Transcriptional Responses of Escherichia coli K-12 and O157:H7 Associated with Lettuce Leaves
Ryan C. Fink, Elaine P. Black, Zhe Hou, Masayuki Sugawara, Michael J. Sadowsky, Francisco Diez-Gonzalez
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 May; 78(10): 3783. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00787-12
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- PMC3346367
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