APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Volume 74 November 2008 No. 22

GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Identification of Components of the Sigma B Regulon in F. Abram, E. Starr, K. A. G. 6848–6858 Listeria monocytogenes That Contribute to Acid and Salt Karatzas, K. Matlawska-Wasowska, Tolerance A. Boyd, M. Wiedmann, K. J. Boor, D. Connally, and C. P. O’Byrne Characterization of a T7-Like Lytic Bacteriophage (␾SG- Hyuk-Joon Kwon, Sun-Hee Cho, 6970–6979 JL2) of Salmonella enterica Serovar Gallinarum Biovar Tae-Eun Kim, Yong-Jin Won, Jihye Gallinarum Jeong, Se Chang Park, Jae-Hong Kim, Han-Sang Yoo, Yong-Ho Park, and Sun-Joong Kim New Strategy for Isolating Novel Nematicidal Crystal Suxia Guo, Mei Liu, Donghai Peng, 6997–7001 Protein Genes from Bacillus thuringiensis Strain YBT-1518 Sisi Ji, Pengxia Wang, Ziniu Yu, and Ming Sun Localization and Expression of MreB in Vibrio Shen-Wen Chiu, Shau-Yan Chen, 7016–7022 parahaemolyticus under Different Stresses and Hin-chung Wong

ENZYMOLOGY AND PROTEIN ENGINEERING Flavobacterium sp. Strain 4221 and Pedobacter sp. Strain Mikkel A. Rasmussen, Søren M. 7070–7072 4236 ␤-1,3-Glucanases That Are Active at Low Madsen, Peter Stougaard, and Mads Temperatures G. Johnsen

PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY The Bacillus subtilis ydjL (bdhA) Gene Encodes Acetoin Wayne L. Nicholson 6832–6838 Reductase/2,3-Butanediol Dehydrogenase Nitric Oxide Reductase Gene Expression and Nitrous Oxide Saleema Saleh-Lakha, Kelly E. 6876–6879 Production in Nitrate-Grown Pseudomonas mandelii Shannon, Claudia Goyer, Jack T. Trevors, Bernie J. Zebarth, and David L. Burton Emergence of Novel Streptococcus iniae Exopolysaccharide- Marina Eyngor, Yoram Tekoah, 6892–6897 Producing Strains following Vaccination with Nonproducing Roni Shapira, Avshalom Hurvitz, Strains Amir Zlotkin, Avishay Lublin, and Avi Eldar Biosynthesis of Ubiquinone Compounds with Conjugated Pyung Cheon Lee, Christine 6908–6917 Prenyl Side Chains Salomon, Benjamin Mijts, and Claudia Schmidt-Dannert

Accumulation of trans C18:1 Fatty Acids in the Rumen after Charlotte Boeckaert, Bruno 6923–6930 Dietary Algal Supplementation Is Associated with Changes Vlaeminck, Veerle Fievez, Lois in the Butyrivibrio Community Maignien, Jan Dijkstra, and Nico Boon Transport of Glucose by Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. E. P. Briczinski, A. T. Phillips, and 6941–6948 lactis Occurs via Facilitated Diffusion R. F. Roberts Global Transcription and Metabolic Flux Analysis of K. Lemuth, T. Hardiman, S. Winter, 7002–7015 Escherichia coli in Glucose-Limited Fed-Batch Cultivations D. Pfeiffer, M. A. Keller, S. Lange, M. Reuss, R. D. Schmid, and M. Siemann-Herzberg Exogenous or L-Rhamnose-Derived 1,2-Propanediol Is Junfeng Xue, Charles M. Murrieta, 7073–7079 Metabolized via a pduD-Dependent Pathway in Listeria Daniel C. Rule, and Kurt W. Miller innocua Estimating Single-Cell Lag Times via a Bayesian Scheme P. K. Malakar and G. C. Barker 7098–7099

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PUBLIC HEALTH MICROBIOLOGY Bioaccumulation, Retention, and Depuration of Enteric Sharon P. Nappier, Thaddeus K. 6825–6831 Viruses by Crassostrea virginica and Crassostrea ariakensis Graczyk, and Kellogg J. Schwab Oysters Temporal Assessment of the Impact of Exposure to Cow Yong-Jin Lee, Marirosa Molina, 6839–6847 Feces in Two Watersheds by Multiple Host-Specific PCR Jorge W. Santo Domingo, Jonathan Assays D. Willis, Michael Cyterski, Dinku M. Endale, and Orin C. Shanks Identification of Campylobacter jejuni Proteins Recognized by Kari D. Shoaf-Sweeney, Charles L. 6867–6875 Maternal Antibodies of Chickens Larson, Xiaoting Tang, and Michael E. Konkel Microbiological Analysis of Food Contact Surfaces in Child Catherine M. Cosby, C. A. Costello, 6918–6922 Care Centers W. C. Morris, B. Haughton, M. J. Devereaux, F. Harte, and P. M. Davidson Effects of Therapeutic Ceftiofur Administration to Dairy Randall S. Singer, Sheila K. 6956–6962 Cattle on Escherichia coli Dynamics in the Intestinal Tract Patterson, and Richard L. Wallace Comparison of Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Timothy J. Johnson, Yvonne 7043–7050 Strains from Human and Avian Sources Reveals a Mixed Wannemuehler, Sara J. Johnson, Subset Representing Potential Zoonotic Pathogens Adam L. Stell, Curt Doetkott, James R. Johnson, Kwang S. Kim, Lodewijk Spanjaard, and Lisa K. Nolan Frequent Occurrence of Human-Associated Microsporidia in Aldert Bart, Ellen M. Wentink- 7056–7058 Fecal Droppings of Urban Pigeons in Amsterdam, The Bonnema, Edou R. Heddema, Jan Netherlands Buijs, and Tom van Gool Inactivation of Mycobacterium avium Complex by UV Gwy-Am Shin, Jung-Keun Lee, 7067–7069 Irradiation Robert Freeman, and Gerard A. Cangelosi Identification of a Novel Genomic Island Specific to Esther Heikens, Willem van Schaik, 7094–7097 Hospital-Acquired Clonal Complex 17 Enterococcus faecium Helen L. Leavis, Marc J. M. Isolates Bonten, and Rob J. L. Willems

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY Mechanisms of Cation Exchange by Pseudomonas aeruginosa J. Shephard, A. J. McQuillan, and 6980–6986 PAO1 and PAO1 wbpL, a Strain with a Truncated P. J. Bremer Lipopolysaccharide

MICROBIAL ECOLOGY Heterotrophic and Autotrophic Microbial Populations in Nancy N. Perreault, Charles W. 6898–6907 Cold Perennial Springs of the High Arctic Greer, Dale T. Andersen, Stefanie Tille, Georges Lacrampe-Couloume, Barbara Sherwood Lollar, and Lyle G. Whyte csrA Inhibits the Formation of Biofilms by Vibrio vulnificus Melissa K. Jones, Elizabeth B. 7064–7066 Warner, and James D. Oliver Cellulose Degradation by Micromonosporas Recovered from Alexandre B. de Menezes, Robert J. 7080–7084 Freshwater Lakes and Classification of These Actinomycetes Lockhart, Michael J. Cox, Heather by DNA Gyrase B Gene Sequencing E. Allison, and Alan J. McCarthy

GEOMICROBIOLOGY Mechanism and Consequences of Anaerobic Respiration of Heidi H. Hau, Alan Gilbert, Dan 6880–6886 Cobalt by Shewanella oneidensis Strain MR-1 Coursolle, and Jeffrey A. Gralnick Formation of Nanoscale Elemental Silver Particles via Nicholas Law, Saadia Ansari, 7090–7093 Enzymatic Reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducens Francis R. Livens, Joanna C. Renshaw, and Jonathan R. Lloyd

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FOOD MICROBIOLOGY Gene Expression Profiling of Listeria monocytogenes Strain Yanhong Liu and Amy Ream 6859–6866 F2365 during Growth in Ultrahigh-Temperature-Processed Skim Milk Modeling the Variability of Single-Cell Lag Times for A. Me´tris, S. M. George, B. M. 6949–6955 Listeria innocua Populations after Sublethal and Lethal Heat Mackey, and J. Baranyi Treatments

PLANT MICROBIOLOGY Multilocus Sequence Analysis for Assessment of the Pablo Vinuesa, Keilor Rojas- 6987–6996 Biogeography and Evolutionary Genetics of Four Jime´nez, Bruno Contreras-Moreira, Bradyrhizobium Species That Nodulate Soybeans on the Suresh K. Mahna, Braj Nandan Asiatic Continent Prasad, Hla Moe, Suresh Babu Selvaraju, Heidemarie Thierfelder, and Dietrich Werner

INVERTEBRATE MICROBIOLOGY Darkling Beetles (Alphitobius diaperinus) and Their Larvae Wilma C. Hazeleger, Nico M. 6887–6891 as Potential Vectors for the Transfer of Campylobacter jejuni Bolder, Rijkelt R. Beumer, and and Salmonella enterica Serovar Paratyphi B Variant Java Wilma F. Jacobs-Reitsma between Successive Broiler Flocks Host Adaptation of a Wolbachia Strain after Long-Term Conor J. McMeniman, Amanda M. 6963–6969 Serial Passage in Mosquito Cell Lines Lane, Amy W. C. Fong, Denis A. Voronin, In˜aki Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Ryuichi Yamada, Elizabeth A. McGraw, and Scott L. O’Neill Persistent Association of Mycobacterium ulcerans with West Lydia Mosi, Heather Williamson, 7036–7042 African Predaceous Insects of the Family Belostomatidae John R. Wallace, Richard W. Merritt, and P. L. C. Small

METHODS Immunofluorescence Flow Cytometry Technique for Beth A. Stauffer, Rebecca A. 6931–6940 Enumeration of the Brown-Tide Alga, Aureococcus Schaffner, Catherine Wazniak, and anophagefferens David A. Caron Bioluminescent Aspergillus fumigatus, a New Tool for Drug Matthias Brock, Gre´gory Jouvion, 7023–7035 Efficiency Testing and In Vivo Monitoring of Invasive Sabrina Droin-Berge`re, Olivier Aspergillosis Dussurget, Marie-Anne Nicola, and Oumaïma Ibrahim-Granet Brucella abortus Strain RB51 Leucine Auxotroph as an Parthiban Rajasekaran, Mohamed 7051–7055 Environmentally Safe Vaccine for Plasmid Maintenance and N. Seleem, Andrea Contreras, Antigen Overexpression Endang Purwantini, Gerhardt G. Schurig, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, and Stephen M. Boyle Effective Mutagenesis of Vibrio fischeri by Using Hyperactive Noreen L. Lyell, Anne K. Dunn, 7059–7063 Mini-Tn5 Derivatives Jeffrey L. Bose, Susan L. Vescovi, and Eric V. Stabb

BIODEGRADATION Cloning and Characterization of ␣-Methylacyl Coenzyme A Quyen Arensko¨tter, Jens Heller, 7085–7089 Racemase from Gordonia polyisoprenivorans VH2 David Dietz, Matthias Arensko¨tter, and Alexander Steinbu¨chel

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AUTHOR’S CORRECTION pH Gradient-Induced Heterogeneity of Fe(III)-Reducing Marco Blo¨the, Denise M. Akob, 7100 Microorganisms in Coal -Associated Lake Sediments Joel E. Kostka, Kathrin Go¨schel, Harold L. Drake, and Kirsten Ku¨sel

Cover photograph (Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.): Bacterial mat of Laguna , a pristine and isolated located 4,600 m above sea level in the Andes of . Bacteria isolated from this environment showed resistance to high-level UV-B, , high , and antibiotics. Photo courtesy of Fernando Norte. (See related article in October 2008, vol. 74, no. 19, p. 5867.)