THE JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY VOLUME 45 1999 CONTENTS VOLUME 45 FEBRUARY 1999 NUMBER 1 Isolation and characterization of triacylglycerol-secreting mutant strain from yeast, Saccha- romyces cerevisiae by Y. Nojima, A. Kibayashi, H. Matsuzaki, T. Hatano, and S. Fukui Differentiation of Gluconacetobacter liquefaciens and Gluconacetobacter xylinus on the basis of DNA base composition, DNA relatedness, and oxidation products from glucose by R. R. Navarro and K. Komagata Evaluation of yeast extracts as growth media supplements for lactococci and lactobacilli by using automated spectrophotometry by C. P. Champagne, H. Gaudreau, J. Conway, N. Chartier, and E. Fonchy Identification of acetic acid bacteria isolated from Indonesian sources, especially of isolates classified in the genus Gluconobacter by Y. Yamada, R. Hosono, P. Lisdyanti, Y. Widyastuti, S. Saono, T. Uchimura, and K. Komagata Identity of the xerophilic species Aspergillus penicillioides: Integrated analysis of the geno- typic and phenotypic characters by M. Tamura, H. Kawasaki, and J. Sugiyama Short Communications A new structural type of methionaquinones isolated from hot spring sulfur-turf bacterial mats by A. Hiraishi, H. Yamamoto, K. Kato, and Y. Maki Isolation of Methanobrevibacter sp. as a ciliate-associated ruminal methanogen by M. Tokura, K. Tajima, and K. Ushida VOLUME 45 APRIL 1999 NUMBER 2 A new rapid method of glycolate test by diethyl ether extraction, which is applicable to a small amount of bacterial cells of less than one milligram by K. Uchida, T. Kudo, K. Suzuki, and T. Nakase Molecular cloning, expression, and characterization of an endo-B-1,4-glucanase cDNA from Epidinium caudatum by A. Takenaka, C. G. D’Silva, H. Kudo, H. Itabashi, and K.-J. Cheng Transformation with green fluorescent protein of Trichoderma harzianum 1051, a strain with biocontrol activity against Crinipellis perniciosa, the agent of witches’-broom disease of cocoa by P. W. Inglis, P. R. Queiroz, and M. C. Valadares-Inglis Oxidation of chlorinated olefins by Escherichia coli transformed with dimethy! sulfide mono- oxygenase genes or cumene dioxygenase genes by W. Takami, T. Yoshida, H. Nojiri, H. Yamane, and T. Omori Genetic relatedness among species in Aspergillus section Clavati as measured by electro- phoretic comparison of enzymes, DNA base composition, and DNA-DNA hybridization by M. Tamura, M. Hamamoto, C. F. Canete-Gibas, J. Sugiyama, and T. Nakase Short Communications Effects of microbes on color changes of red lead in murals by Q.-P. Feng, X.-J. Zhang, and X.-J. Ma Isolation of centromeric DNA from Saccharomyces bayanus by S. Yamane, H. Karashima, H. Matsuzaki, T. Hatano, and S. Fukui cDNA cloning of bilirubin oxidase from Pleurotus ostreatus strain Shinshu and its expres- sion in Aspergillus sojae: an efficient screening of transformants, using the laccase activity of bilirubin oxidase by |. Masuda-Nishimura, K. Ichikawa, O. Hatamoto, K. Abe, and Y. Koyama VOLUME 45 JUNE 1999 NUMBER 3 Production of alkaline protease by a genetically engineered Aspergillus oryzae U1521 by W. Samarntarn, S. Cheevadhanarak, and M. Tanticharoen A new type of flagellin gene in Pseudomonas putida by S. Senapin, U. Chaisri, S. Panyim, and S. Tungpradabkul Effect of citric acid on the biosynthesis and composition of xanthan by A. K. Jana and P. Ghosh Short Communications Uptake of free and complexed silver ions by yeasts isolated from a gold mining industry in Brazil by N. C. M. Gomes, C. A. Rosa, P. F. Pimentel, V. R. Linardi, and L. C. S. Mendonga-Hagler Substrate specificities in triacylglycerol-secretion by the yeast, Trichosporon sp. by Y. Nojima, M. Matsumoto, C. Kurose, H. Matsuzaki, T. Hatano, T. Yagi, and S. Fukui Photosynthetic regulatory gene cluster in an aerobic photosynthetic bacterium, Roseobacter denitrificans by K. Nishimura, H. Shimada, T. Shinmen, T. Obayashi, T. Masuda, H. Ohta, and K. Takamiya Thermal transition profiles of bacteriophage T4 and its DNA by Y. Kawai Improved staining method for detecting Cryptosporidium oocysts in stools using malachite green by A. Elliot, U. M. Morgan, and R. C. A. Thompson VOLUME 45 AUGUST 1999 NUMBER 4 Tryptophan biosynthesis and production of other related compounds from indolepyruvic acid by mixed ruminal bacteria, protozoa, and their mixture in vitro by N. Mohammed, R. Onodera, and R. |. Khan Production of 2-phenylethylamine by decarboxylation of L-phenylalanine in alkaliphilic Bacillus cohnii by K. Hamana and M. Niitsu Acid adaptation induces cross-protection against some environmental stresses in Vibrio parahaemolyticus by T. Koga, F. Sakamoto, A. Yamoto, and K. Takumi Partial characterization of a 36-kDa protein from Clostridium botulinum type E that inhibits trypsin and chymotrypsin by S. Prabakaran and B. R. DasGupta Accumulation of anthranilic acid and N-glucosylanthranilic acid by a Corynebacterium glutamicum mutant resistant to DL-serine hydroxamate by K. Araki, H. Takakura, Y. Miyajima, Y. Akashi, K. Kawanishi, S. Kakita, and Y. Kondo Classification and characterization of lactic acid bacteria isolated from the intestines of common carp and freshwater prawns by Y. Cai, P. Suyanandana, P. Saman, and Y. Benno Utilization of nitriles by yeasts isolated from a Brazilian gold mine by R. P. Rezende, J. C. T. Dias, C. A. Rosa, F. Carazza, and V. R. Linardi Short Communications Nonuniversal usage of the leucine CUG codon in yeasts: Investigation of basidiomycetous yeast by T. Sugita and T. Nakase Polygalacturonase production of Rhizopus sp. MKU 18 using a metal-ion-regulated liquid medium by H. Morita and Y. Fujio VOLUME 45 OCTOBER 1999 NUMBER 5 Surface characteristics of lactobacilli isolated from human vagina by V. S. Ocana, E. Bru, A. A. P. de Ruiz Holgado, and M. E. Nader-Macias Characterization of high temperature-tolerant rhizobia isolated from Prosopis juliflora grown in alkaline soil by S. Kulkarni and C. S. Nautiyal Quinone profiles in lake sediments: Implications for microbial diversity and community struc- tures Ir as acid iitdscedane eam naaidiactonnich a vanes sa deni dantonneadeieds 221 A phylogenetic study on galactose-containing Candida species based on 18S ribosomal DNA sequences by M. Suzuki, S.-O. Suh, T. Sugita, and T. Nakase A phylogenetic study of ubiquinone Q-8 species of the genera Candida, Pichia, and Citeromyces based on 18S ribosomal DNA sequence divergence by M. Suzuki and T. Nakase Isolation of a microorganism capable of degrading poly-(L-lactide) by Y. Ikura and T. Kudo Leifsonia gen. nov., a genus for 2,4-diaminobutyric acid-containing actinomycetes to ac- commodate “Corynebacterium aquaticum” Leifson 1962 and Clavibacter xyli subsp. cynodontis Davis et al. 1984 by K. Suzuki, M. Suzuki, J. Sasaki, Y.-H. Park, and K. Komagata Short Communication Assignment of the six solvent-producing Clostridium spp. to Clostridium beijerinckii based on DNA-DNA reassociation by A. Kageyama, M. Zama, S. Sugama, K. Yamasato, and Y. Benno VOLUME 45 DECEMBER 1999 NUMBER 6 Molecular characterization of Pasteurella multocida isolates from rabbits by M. H. Al-Haddawi, S. Jasni, R. Son, A. R. Mutalib, A. R. Bahaman, M. Zamri-Saad, and A. R. Sheikh-Omar Effect of three strains of Pleurotus tuber-regium (Fr.) Sing. on chemical composition and rumen fermentation of wheat straw by D. Jalé, P. Siroka, J. Fejes, and Z. Ceresakova In vitro degradation of keratin by two species of Bacillus by S. Lal, R. C. Rajak, and S. K. Hasija Effect of nitrogen sources on the activities of lipogenic enzymes in oleaginous fungus Cun- ninghamella echinulata by M. Certik, J. Megova, and R. Horenitzky Taxonomic heterogeneity of strains comprising Gluconacetobacter hansenii by R. R. Navarro, T. Uchimura, and K. Komagata Short Communications A cytochrome P450 gene cluster in the Rhizobiaceae by D. L. Keister, R. E. Tully, and P. van Berkum Detection of methanogenic archaea associated with rumen ciliate protozoa by |. Chagan, M. Tokura, J.-P. Jouany, and K. Ushida Acknowledgement Key Words Index for Vol. 45 Contents of Vol. 45 A