Volume 84(16); 2018 Aug 15

Spotlight

Articles of Significant Interest in This Issue

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e01520-18. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01520-18

PMCID:: PMC6070745

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis of Yersinia ruckeri Confirms the Existence of Host Specificity, Geographic Endemism, and Anthropogenic Dissemination of Virulent Clones

Snorre Gulla, Andrew C. Barnes, Timothy J. Welch, Jesús L. Romalde, David Ryder, Michael J. Ormsby, Jeremy Carson, Karin Lagesen, David W. Verner-Jeffreys, Robert L. Davies, Duncan J. Colquhoun

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e00730-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 8. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00730-18

PMCID:: PMC6070765

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MgrA Negatively Regulates Biofilm Formation and Detachment by Repressing the Expression of psm Operons in Staphylococcus aureus

Qiu Jiang, Zeyu Jin, Baolin Sun

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e01008-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 8. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01008-18

PMCID:: PMC6070752

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Biotechnology

Engineering Escherichia coli for Glutarate Production as the C₅ Platform Backbone

Mei Zhao, Guohui Li, Yu Deng

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e00814-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 1. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00814-18

PMCID:: PMC6070760

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Biodegradation

Coupling Secretomics with Enzyme Activities To Compare the Temporal Processes of Wood Metabolism among White and Brown Rot Fungi

Gerald N. Presley, Ellen Panisko, Samuel O. Purvine, Jonathan S. Schilling

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e00159-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 8. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00159-18

PMCID:: PMC6070766

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Hydrolase CehA and Monooxygenase CfdC Are Responsible for Carbofuran Degradation in Sphingomonas sp. Strain CDS-1

Xin Yan, Wen Jin, Guang Wu, Wankui Jiang, Zhangong Yang, Junbin Ji, Jiguo Qiu, Jian He, Jiandong Jiang, Qing Hong

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e00805-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 8. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00805-18

PMCID:: PMC6070753

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Substrate-Specific Differential Gene Expression and RNA Editing in the Brown Rot Fungus Fomitopsis pinicola

Baojun Wu, Jill Gaskell, Benjamin W. Held, Cristina Toapanta, Thu Vuong, Steven Ahrendt, Anna Lipzen, Jiwei Zhang, Jonathan S. Schilling, Emma Master, Igor V. Grigoriev, Robert A. Blanchette, Dan Cullen, David S. Hibbett

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e00991-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 8. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00991-18

Retraction in:: Appl Environ Microbiol. 2021 Aug; 87(16): e00330-21.

PMCID:: PMC6070754

Article

Enzymology and Protein Engineering

Coevolution of both Thermostability and Activity of Polyphosphate Glucokinase from Thermobifida fusca YX

Wei Zhou, Rui Huang, Zhiguang Zhu, Yi-Heng P. Job Zhang

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e01224-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 8. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01224-18

PMCID:: PMC6070756

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Environmental Microbiology

Francisella marina sp. nov., Etiologic Agent of Systemic Disease in Cultured Spotted Rose Snapper (Lutjanus guttatus) in Central America

Esteban Soto, Matt J. Griffin, Juan Alberto Morales, Elías Barquero Calvo, Fernanda de Alexandre Sebastião, Adrián Lopez Porras, Xindy Víquez-Rodríguez, Stephen R. Reichley, Thomas G. Rosser, Cynthia Ware, Barbara A. Byrne, Julio C. García, Benjamin R. LaFrentz, Alvin C. Camus

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e00144-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 18. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00144-18

PMCID:: PMC6070750

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Isolation of Toxigenic Clostridium difficile from Animal Manure and Composts Being Used as Biological Soil Amendments

Muthu Dharmasena, Xiuping Jiang

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e00738-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 1. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00738-18

PMCID:: PMC6070769

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Reconstruction of the Bifidobacterial Pan-Secretome Reveals the Network of Extracellular Interactions between Bifidobacteria and the Infant Gut

Gabriele Andrea Lugli, Walter Mancino, Christian Milani, Sabrina Duranti, Francesca Turroni, Douwe van Sinderen, Marco Ventura

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e00796-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 8. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00796-18

PMCID:: PMC6070755

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Phenotypic Divergence along Geographic Gradients Reveals Potential for Rapid Adaptation of the White-Nose Syndrome Pathogen, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, in North America

Adrian Forsythe, Victoria Giglio, Jonathan Asa, Jianping Xu

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e00863-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 18. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00863-18

PMCID:: PMC6070747

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Persistent Bacterial and Fungal Community Shifts Exhibited in Selenium-Contaminated Reclaimed Mine Soils

Carla E. Rosenfeld, Bruce R. James, Cara M. Santelli

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e01394-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 18. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01394-18

PMCID:: PMC6070768

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Microbial Ecology

Genetic Diversity and Cooccurrence Patterns of Marine Cyanopodoviruses and Picocyanobacteria

Yingting Sun, Si Zhang, Lijuan Long, Junde Dong, Feng Chen, Sijun Huang

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e00591-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 18. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00591-18

PMCID:: PMC6070758

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Interpopulation Variation in the Atlantic Salmon Microbiome Reflects Environmental and Genetic Diversity

Tamsyn M. Uren Webster, Sofia Consuegra, Matthew Hitchings, Carlos Garcia de Leaniz

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e00691-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 18. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00691-18

PMCID:: PMC6070748

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Geomicrobiology

Proteome Response of a Metabolically Flexible Anoxygenic Phototroph to Fe(II) Oxidation

Casey Bryce, Mirita Franz-Wachtel, Nicolas C. Nalpas, Jennyfer Miot, Karim Benzerara, James M. Byrne, Sara Kleindienst, Boris Macek, Andreas Kappler

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e01166-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 18. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01166-18

PMCID:: PMC6070761

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Food Microbiology

Antimicrobial Resistance, Virulence Factors, and Genetic Profiles of Vibrio parahaemolyticus from Seafood

Magdalena Lopatek, Kinga Wieczorek, Jacek Osek

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e00537-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 18. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00537-18

PMCID:: PMC6070759

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Specific Phenotypic Traits of Starmerella bacillaris Related to Nitrogen Source Consumption and Central Carbon Metabolite Production during Wine Fermentation

Vasileios Englezos, Luca Cocolin, Kalliopi Rantsiou, Anne Ortiz-Julien, Audrey Bloem, Sylvie Dequin, Carole Camarasa

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e00797-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 1. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00797-18

PMCID:: PMC6070767

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CapC, a Novel Autotransporter and Virulence Factor of Campylobacter jejuni

Jai W. Mehat, Simon F. Park, Arnoud H. M. van Vliet, Roberto M. La Ragione

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e01032-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 18. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01032-18

PMCID:: PMC6070749

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Physiology

Azotobacter vinelandii Nitrogenase Activity, Hydrogen Production, and Response to Oxygen Exposure

Jace Natzke, Jesse Noar, José M. Bruno-Bárcena

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e01208-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 18. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01208-18

PMCID:: PMC6070762

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Plant Microbiology

The Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium Variovorax boronicumulans CGMCC 4969 Regulates the Level of Indole-3-Acetic Acid Synthesized from Indole-3-Acetonitrile

Shi-Lei Sun, Wen-Long Yang, Wen-Wan Fang, Yun-Xiu Zhao, Ling Guo, Yi-Jun Dai

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e00298-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 8. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00298-18

PMCID:: PMC6070764

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Methods

Environmental Sampling as a Low-Technology Method for Surveillance of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus in an Area of Endemicity

Claire Colenutt, Emma Brown, Noel Nelson, Jemma Wadsworth, Jenny Maud, Bishnu Adhikari, Sharmila Chapagain Kafle, Mukul Upadhyaya, Samjhana Kafle Pandey, David J. Paton, Keith Sumption, Simon Gubbins

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e00686-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 29. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00686-18

PMCID:: PMC6070757

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Public and Environmental Health Microbiology

Poikilothermic Animals as a Previously Unrecognized Source of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in a Backwater Ecosystem of a Large River

Christina Frick, Julia Vierheilig, Rita Linke, Domenico Savio, Horst Zornig, Roswitha Antensteiner, Christian Baumgartner, Christian Bucher, Alfred P. Blaschke, Julia Derx, Alexander K. T. Kirschner, Gabriela Ryzinska-Paier, René Mayer, Dagmar Seidl, Theodossia Nadiotis-Tsaka, Regina Sommer, Andreas H. Farnleitner

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e00715-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 8. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00715-18

PMCID:: PMC6070746

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Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology

Microevolution of Streptococcus agalactiae ST-261 from Australia Indicates Dissemination via Imported Tilapia and Ongoing Adaptation to Marine Hosts or Environment

Minami Kawasaki, Jerome Delamare-Deboutteville, Rachel O. Bowater, Mark J. Walker, Scott Beatson, Nouri L. Ben Zakour, Andrew C. Barnes

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): e00859-18. Prepublished online 2018 Jun 18. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00859-18

PMCID:: PMC6070751

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Masthead

Editorial Board

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2018 Aug 15; 84(16): masthead-84-16. Published online 2018 Aug 1. doi: 10.1128/AEM.masthead.84-16

PMCID:: PMC6070763

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