Volume 81(9); 2015 May

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Spotlight

Articles of Significant Interest Selected from This Issue by the Editors

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 2967. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00759-15

PMCID:: PMC4393448

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Minireview

Responses of Yeast Biocontrol Agents to Environmental Stress

Yuan Sui, Michael Wisniewski, Samir Droby, Jia Liu

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 2968–2975. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 20. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.04203-14

PMCID:: PMC4393439

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Genetics and Molecular Biology

phoU Inactivation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Enhances Accumulation of ppGpp and Polyphosphate

Luiz Gustavo de Almeida, Julia Helena Ortiz, René P. Schneider, Beny Spira

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3006–3015. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 20. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.04168-14

PMCID:: PMC4393453

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Constitutive Cylindrospermopsin Pool Size in Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii under Different Light and CO₂ Partial Pressure Conditions

Mattia Pierangelini, Rati Sinha, Anusuya Willis, Michele A. Burford, Philip T. Orr, John Beardall, Brett A. Neilan

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3069–3076. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 27. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03556-14

PMCID:: PMC4393430

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Sialic Acid-Mediated Gene Expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae and Role of NanR as a Transcriptional Activator of the nan Gene Cluster

Muhammad Afzal, Sulman Shafeeq, Hifza Ahmed, Oscar P. Kuipers

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3121–3131. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 27. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00499-15

PMCID:: PMC4393437

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Extensive Genetic Variability Linked to IS26 Insertions in the fljB Promoter Region of Atypical Monophasic Variants of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium

Cécile Boland, Sophie Bertrand, Wesley Mattheus, Katelijne Dierick, Vicky Jasson, Toon Rosseel, Steven Van Borm, Jacques Mahillon, Pierre Wattiau

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3169–3175. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 27. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00270-15

PMCID:: PMC4393443

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A Replicative Plasmid Vector Allows Efficient Complementation of Pathogenic Leptospira Strains

Christopher J. Pappas, Nadia Benaroudj, Mathieu Picardeau

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3176–3181. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 27. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00173-15

PMCID:: PMC4393447

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New Shuttle Vector-Based Expression System To Generate Polyhistidine-Tagged Fusion Proteins in Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli

Sybille Schwendener, Vincent Perreten

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3243–3254. Prepublished online 2015 Mar 6. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03803-14

PMCID:: PMC4393442

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Biodegradation

A Patatin-Like Protein Associated with the Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Granules of Haloferax mediterranei Acts as an Efficient Depolymerase in the Degradation of Native PHA

Guiming Liu, Jing Hou, Shuangfeng Cai, Dahe Zhao, Lei Cai, Jing Han, Jian Zhou, Hua Xiang

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3029–3038. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 20. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.04269-14

PMCID:: PMC4393451

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Environmental Microbiology

C/N Ratio Drives Soil Actinobacterial Cellobiohydrolase Gene Diversity

Alexandre B. de Menezes, Miranda T. Prendergast-Miller, Pabhon Poonpatana, Mark Farrell, Andrew Bissett, Lynne M. Macdonald, Peter Toscas, Alan E. Richardson, Peter H. Thrall

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3016–3028. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 20. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00067-15

PMCID:: PMC4393431

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A New Fungal Isolate, Penidiella sp. Strain T9, Accumulates the Rare Earth Element Dysprosium

Takumi Horiike, Mitsuo Yamashita

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3062–3068. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 20. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00300-15

PMCID:: PMC4393457

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Red Soils Harbor Diverse Culturable Actinomycetes That Are Promising Sources of Novel Secondary Metabolites

Xiaoxuan Guo, Ning Liu, Xiaomin Li, Yun Ding, Fei Shang, Yongsheng Gao, Jisheng Ruan, Ying Huang

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3086–3103. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 27. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03859-14

PMCID:: PMC4393440

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pH Influences the Importance of Niche-Related and Neutral Processes in Lacustrine Bacterioplankton Assembly

Lijuan Ren, Erik Jeppesen, Dan He, Jianjun Wang, Lone Liboriussen, Peng Xing, Qinglong L. Wu

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3104–3114. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 27. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.04042-14

PMCID:: PMC4393436

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Metatranscriptomic Analysis of Diminutive Thiomargarita-Like Bacteria (“Candidatus Thiopilula” spp.) from Abyssal Cold Seeps of the Barbados Accretionary Prism

Daniel S. Jones, Beverly E. Flood, Jake V. Bailey

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3142–3156. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 27. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00039-15

PMCID:: PMC4393456

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Mono- and Dialkyl Glycerol Ether Lipids in Anaerobic Bacteria: Biosynthetic Insights from the Mesophilic Sulfate Reducer Desulfatibacillum alkenivorans PF2803^T

Vincent Grossi, Damien Mollex, Arnauld Vinçon-Laugier, Florence Hakil, Muriel Pacton, Cristiana Cravo-Laureau

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3157–3168. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 27. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03794-14

Correction in:: Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 Sep; 81(17): 6088.

PMCID:: PMC4393425

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Site-Directed Mutagenesis of HgcA and HgcB Reveals Amino Acid Residues Important for Mercury Methylation

Steven D. Smith, Romain Bridou, Alexander Johs, Jerry M. Parks, Dwayne A. Elias, Richard A. Hurt, Jr., Steven D. Brown, Mircea Podar, Judy D. Wall

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3205–3217. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 27. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00217-15

PMCID:: PMC4393432

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Phylogenetically Distinct Phylotypes Modulate Nitrification in a Paddy Soil

Jun Zhao, Baozhan Wang, Zhongjun Jia

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3218–3227. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 27. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00426-15

PMCID:: PMC4393434

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Microbial Ecology

Quantitative PCR Analysis of Functional Genes in Iron-Rich Microbial Mats at an Active Hydrothermal Vent System (Lō'ihi Seamount, Hawai'i)

Kelsey J. Jesser, Heather Fullerton, Kevin W. Hager, Craig L. Moyer

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 2976–2984. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 13. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03608-14

PMCID:: PMC4393452

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Pseudomonas fluorescens Pirates both Ferrioxamine and Ferricoelichelin Siderophores from Streptomyces ambofaciens

Justine Galet, Aurélie Deveau, Laurence Hôtel, Pascale Frey-Klett, Pierre Leblond, Bertrand Aigle

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3132–3141. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 27. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03520-14

PMCID:: PMC4393426

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Metatranscriptomic Evidence for Co-Occurring Top-Down and Bottom-Up Controls on Toxic Cyanobacterial Communities

Morgan M. Steffen, B. Shafer Belisle, Sue B. Watson, Gregory L. Boyer, Richard A. Bourbonniere, Steven W. Wilhelm

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3268–3276. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 6. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.04101-14

PMCID:: PMC4393433

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Food Microbiology

In-Feed Supplementation of trans-Cinnamaldehyde Reduces Layer-Chicken Egg-Borne Transmission of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis

Indu Upadhyaya, Abhinav Upadhyay, Anup Kollanoor-Johny, Shankumar Mooyottu, Sangeetha A. Baskaran, Hsin-Bai Yin, David T. Schreiber, Mazhar I. Khan, Michael J. Darre, Patricia A. Curtis, Kumar Venkitanarayanan

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 2985–2994. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 20. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03809-14

PMCID:: PMC4393446

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Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from Vegetables Imported from the Dominican Republic, India, Thailand, and Vietnam

Katrin Zurfluh, Magdalena Nüesch-Inderbinen, Marina Morach, Annina Zihler Berner, Herbert Hächler, Roger Stephan

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3115–3120. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 27. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00258-15

PMCID:: PMC4393435

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Organic Cultivation of Triticum turgidum subsp. durum Is Reflected in the Flour-Sourdough Fermentation-Bread Axis

Carlo Giuseppe Rizzello, Ivana Cavoski, Jelena Turk, Danilo Ercolini, Luana Nionelli, Erica Pontonio, Maria De Angelis, Francesca De Filippis, Marco Gobbetti, Raffaella Di Cagno

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3192–3204. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 27. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.04161-14

PMCID:: PMC4393429

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Integrated Kinetic and Probabilistic Modeling of the Growth Potential of Bacterial Populations

S. M. George, A. Métris, J. Baranyi

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3228–3234. Prepublished online 2015 Mar 6. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.04018-14

PMCID:: PMC4393428

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A Lactobacillus plantarum Esterase Active on a Broad Range of Phenolic Esters

María Esteban-Torres, José María Landete, Inés Reverón, Laura Santamaría, Blanca de las Rivas, Rosario Muñoz

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3235–3242. Prepublished online 2015 Mar 6. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00323-15

PMCID:: PMC4393438

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Plant Microbiology

Preferential Association of Endophytic Bradyrhizobia with Different Rice Cultivars and Its Implications for Rice Endophyte Evolution

Pongdet Piromyou, Teerana Greetatorn, Kamonluck Teamtisong, Takashi Okubo, Ryo Shinoda, Achara Nuntakij, Panlada Tittabutr, Nantakorn Boonkerd, Kiwamu Minamisawa, Neung Teaumroong

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3049–3061. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 20. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.04253-14

PMCID:: PMC4393458

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Invertebrate Microbiology

Oxidative Stress Correlates with Wolbachia-Mediated Antiviral Protection in Wolbachia-Drosophila Associations

Zhee Sheen Wong, Jeremy C. Brownlie, Karyn N. Johnson

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3001–3005. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 20. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03847-14

PMCID:: PMC4393424

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Development of the Honey Bee Gut Microbiome throughout the Queen-Rearing Process

David R. Tarpy, Heather R. Mattila, Irene L. G. Newton

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3182–3191. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 27. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00307-15

PMCID:: PMC4393441

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Methods

An Inexpensive, Accurate, and Precise Wet-Mount Method for Enumerating Aquatic Viruses

Brady R. Cunningham, Jennifer R. Brum, Sarah M. Schwenck, Matthew B. Sullivan, Seth G. John

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 2995–3000. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 20. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03642-14

PMCID:: PMC4393455

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Simple and Portable Magnetic Immunoassay for Rapid Detection and Sensitive Quantification of Plant Viruses

Stefanie Rettcher, Felicitas Jungk, Christoph Kühn, Hans-Joachim Krause, Greta Nölke, Ulrich Commandeur, Rainer Fischer, Stefan Schillberg, Florian Schröper

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3039–3048. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 20. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03667-14

PMCID:: PMC4393444

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A Novel Triplex Quantitative PCR Strategy for Quantification of Toxigenic and Nontoxigenic Vibrio cholerae in Aquatic Environments

Rupert Bliem, Sonja Schauer, Helga Plicka, Adelheid Obwaller, Regina Sommer, Adolf Steinrigl, Munirul Alam, Georg H. Reischer, Andreas H. Farnleitner, Alexander Kirschner

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3077–3085. Prepublished online 2015 Feb 27. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03516-14

PMCID:: PMC4393427

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Public and Environmental Health Microbiology

Novel bla_ROB-1-Bearing Plasmid Conferring Resistance to β-Lactams in Haemophilus parasuis Isolates from Healthy Weaning Pigs

Javier Moleres, Alfonso Santos-López, Isidro Lázaro, Javier Labairu, Cristina Prat, Carmen Ardanuy, Bruno González-Zorn, Virginia Aragon, Junkal Garmendia

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3255–3267. Prepublished online 2015 Mar 6. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03865-14

PMCID:: PMC4393459

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Masthead

Editorial Board

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): A1–A2. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.masthead.81-9

PMCID:: PMC4393445

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Errata

Erratum for La Rosa et al., In Vivo Assessment of Growth and Virulence Gene Expression during Commensal and Pathogenic Lifestyles of luxABCDE-Tagged Enterococcus faecalis Strains in Murine Gastrointestinal and Intravenous Infection Models

Sabina Leanti La Rosa, Pat G. Casey, Colin Hill, Dzung B. Diep, Ingolf F. Nes, Dag A. Brede

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3277. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00680-15

Corrects:: Appl Environ Microbiol. 2013 Jul; 79(13): 3986–3997.

PMCID:: PMC4393454

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Erratum for Wang et al., Arsenite Oxidase Also Functions as an Antimonite Oxidase

Qian Wang, Thomas P. Warelow, Yoon-Suk Kang, Christine Romano, Thomas H. Osborne, Corinne R. Lehr, Brian Bothner, Timothy R. McDermott, Joanne M. Santini, Gejiao Wang

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 May; 81(9): 3278. Published online 2015 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00734-15

Corrects:: Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015 Mar; 81(6): 1959–1965.

PMCID:: PMC4393449

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