Letters in Applied Microbiology Edited by J.-Y. Maillard Volume 41, 2005 Qjpyright ®2(XI5 The Society for Applied Microbiology ALL RIGHTS RKSKRN ED No part of this volume may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microlilm, or any other means, without written permission fn>m the Society Print ISSN 0256-8254 Online ISSN I472-765X Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd OX«)RI) BOSTON MKIJIOLRNK IttJlI.IN (XtPKNHAaKN TOKYO AMKS Contents Volume 41, Issue 1, July 2005 88 Detection and recovery rates achie\ed using direct plate and enrichment/immunomagnetic separation methods I Author Guidelines for Escherichia coli 0157:H7 in minced beef and on bovine 7 Editorial J.-Y. MailtarJ hide S.B. O'Brien, G. Duffy, D. Daly, J.J. Sheridan, l.S. Blair IS D A. .McDowell 8 UNDER THE M1C:R0SC:0PE: Biotechnological potential within ihe genus BurkhoUeria L.A. O'Sullivan 94 -An extract from teak (Tectona grandis) bark inhibited £$ E. Mahenthiralitigam Listena monocytogenes and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus .4. Neamatallah, L. Yan, 12 Species-directed 16S rRNA gene nested PC'.R detection S.J. Dewar IS B. .kustin of Olsenella species in association with endodontic diseases I.N. R6(as J.F. Siqueira Jr 97 Rumen microbial p<ipulation dynamics in response to photoperiod .\.R. McEwan, L. . thecia, .W. Regenshogenova, 17 Genetic characterization of Chromohaclerium isolates from C.L. -idam, P.. I. Findlay IS C.J. Newbold black water environments in the Brazilian Amazon ■If. Hungria, S. AsloIJi-Filho, L.M.O. Chueire, M.F. Nicolas, E.B.P. Santos, M.R. Bulhol, Volume 41, Issue 2, August 2005 A. Souza-FUho, E. Nogueira Assunfao, M.C. Germano (S A.T.R. V'asconcelos 103 UNDER THE .MIC-ROSCOPE: Human astroxirus 24 In vivo enzymatic digestion, in vitro wlanase digestion, diagnosis and typing; current and future prospects metabolic analogues, surfactants and polyethylene glycol S. Gui.v, .4. Bosch IS R..M. Pin to ameliorate lacc'ase production from Ganoderma sp. 106 Microbiological survey of prepackaged pate and ham in kk-02 K.K. Sharma, M. Kapoor IS R.C. Kuhad New Zealand T.L. lYong, G.F. Carey-Smith, L. Hollis 32 pH effects on 10 Streptomyces spp. grow th and IS J..A. Hudson sporulation depend on nutrients M. Kontro, U. Lignell, 112 (a)mparison of primers for the detection of pathogenic M.-R. Hirvonen IS A. Neialainen Escherichia coli using real-time P('.R J.D. Barak, 39 Antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella spp. from pigs at K. Sananikone IS M.J. Delwiche slaughter in Spain in 1993 and 2(K)1 A.I. Agustin, 119 Seltx'ted culturable enteric bacterial populations art- J.J. Carraminana, C. Rota IS A. Herrera modified by diet acidification and the growth promotant 45 -Analysis of the large bowel microbiota of colitic mice Tylosin J. Patterson, T. Chapman, E. Hegedus, I. Barchia using PCR/DGGE R. Bihiloni, M.A. Simon, C. Albright, IS J. Chin B. Sartor IS GAY. Tannock 125 Grow th of Bifidobacterium longum BB536 in medida 52 Effects of a topical essential oil-containing formulation on (fermented cereal porridge) and their survival during biofilm-forming coagulase-negative staphylococci refrigerated storage B..M. Kabeir, S. .Abd-.Aziz, J. Al-Shuneigat, S.D. Cox IS J.L. Markham K. .Muhammad, .W. Shuhaimi IS .A..M. Yazid 56 .Aerosolization as novel sanitizer delivery system to reduce 132 Quantification of Escherichia coli by kinetic 5'-nucleasc food-borne pathogens S.-lf . Oh, P.M. Gray, polxmerase chain reaction (real-time P(iR) oriented to R. H. Dougherty IS D.-H. Kang sJmD gene E. Kaclikovd, D. Pangallo, K. Oravcovd, 61 Real-time PC^R detection of Biscogniauxia mediterranea in H. Drahovskd IS T. Kuchta symptomless oak tissue N. Luchi, P. Capretti, P. Pinzani, 136 Caimparison of bio.Merieux API 20NE and Remel RapID C. Orlando IS M. Pazzagli NF Plus, identification sxstems of type strains of 69 Gharacterization of a xylanase from the newly isolated Ralstonia pickettii C.C. .Adley IS F..M. Saieb thermophilic Thermomyces lanuginosus G.AU44 and its I4I Oxygen transfer and consumption in a thiosulfate application in bread making Z.Q. Jiang, S.Q. Yang, oxidizing bioreactor with sulfur production .4. Gonzdlez- S. S. Tan, L.T. Li IS X.T. U Sdnehez, S. .Alcantara, E. Razo-Flores IS S. Revah 77 Susceptibilit) of Clostridium perjringens to fatt> 147 The uses of .AFI.P for detexting DN.A p<ilymorphism, acids E. Skfivanovd, M. Marounek, G. Dlouha genotype identification and genetic diversitv betwexn IS J. Kahka yeasts isolated from .Mexican agave-distilled beverages 82 Ecologv of Arcohacter species in chicken rearing and and from grape musts E.P. Flores Bemos, J.F. Alba prix-'cssing A. Gude, T.J. Hillman, C.R. Helps, Gonzalez, J.P. .Arrizon Gavino, P. Romano, .A. Capece f '.M. Alien IS J.E.L. Carry IS .A. Gschaedler .Mathis [iii] [iv] CONTENTS 153 Evaluation of Chromocult® enterococci agar for the Volume 41, Issue 3, September 2005 isolation and selective enumeration of Enterococcus spp. in broilers J.M. Miranda, C..V1. Franco, B.I. Vazquez, 111 UNDER THE MIC:R0SC0PE: Bacillus anthracis, a C.A. Feme, J. Barros-l eldzquez £? A. Cepeda story of nature subverted by man L.H .J. Baillie 157 A vancom\cin-dependent \ anA-type Enterococcus faecalis 230 Runoff transport of faecal coliforms and phosphorus strain isolated in Japan from chicken imported from released from manure in grass buffer conditions China K. Tammoto, T. Nomura, H. Hamatani, H’.L. Stout, Y..4. Pachepsky, D.R. Shelton, .4..\i. Sadeghi, Y.-H. Xiao £5- Y. Ike L.S. Saporito IS .4.N. Sharpley 163 Multicomponent phenol hydroxylase-catalysed formation 235 Isolation and characterization of Shiga toxin-producing of hydroxyindoles and dyestuffs from indole and its Escherichia coli strains from raw milk cheeses in derivatives 7.Y. Kim, J.-K. Kim, S.O. Lee, C.-K. Kim France C. Vernozy-Rozand, M.P. .Montet, .M. Berardin, (S K. Lee C. Bavai IS L. Beutin 169 Design and application of a Staphylococcus-^pccific single 242 Plasmid-mediated bioaugmentation of activated sludge strand conformation polymorphism-PCR analysis to bacteria in a sequencing batch moving bed reactor using monitor Staphylococcus populations diversity and pNB2 5. Bathe, N. Schwarzenheck IS .M. Hausner dynamics during production of raw milk cheese C. Delhes 248 Accumulation of the compatible solutes, glycine-betaine C? M.-C. Montel and ectoine, in osmotic stress adaptation and heat shtK'k 175 Improvement of xylanase production in solid-state cross-protection in the biocontrol agent Pantoea fermentation by alkali tolerant Aspergillus versicolor agglomerans CPA-2 N. Teividd, T.P. Cana mas, J. L'sall, MK.U3 /W. Jeya, S. Thiagarajan P. Gunasekaran R. Torres, N. Alagan IS I. Vihas 179 A clone of Leptospira interrogans sensu stricto is the major 253 Purification and characterization of extracellular alkaline cause of leptospirosis in the archipelago of Andaman and serine protease from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain Nicobar Islands, India S. Roy, D. Biswas, P. Vijayachari, S-1 T. .Miyaji, Y. Otta, T. Shibata, K. .Mitsui, A.P. Sugunan IS S.C. Sehgal T. Nakagawa, T. H 'atanabe, Y. Niimura IS N. Tomizuka 186 Bacteriological quality of organically grown leaf lettuce 258 Pulsed field gel electrophoresis to rapidly detect in Norway S. Loncarevic, G.S. Johannessen the presence of IncJ conjugative transposon-like IS LM. Rorvtk elements J.T. Pembroke IS B.M. .McGrath 190 Gene expression and characteristics of a novel 262 Effect of media, temperature and culture conditions on fibrinolytic enzyme (subtilisin DFE) in Escherichia the species population and antibiotic resistance of coli R.-H. Zhang, L. Xiao, Y. Peng, H.-Y. Hang, enterococci from broiler chickens C.R. Jackson, F. Bai IS Y.-Z. Zhang PJ. Fedorka-Cray, .M.C. Jackson-Hall IS L.M. Hiott 196 Ochratoxin A-producing species in grapes and sun-dried 269 Purification and partial chemical characterization of the grapes and their relation to ecophysiological factors antimicrobial peptide cerein 8A D. Bizani, A. Valero, S. Marin, A.Jf. Ramos IS V. Sanchis .4.P..M. Dominguez IS .4. Brandelli 202 In\ estigation of seven V'ihrio virulence genes among 274 Inhibition of bacteriophage K proliferation on Vibrio alginolyticus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains Staphylococcus aureus in raw bovine milk 5. O'Flaherty, from the coastal mariculture systems in Guangdong, .4. Coffey, H'.J. .Meaney, G.F. Fitzgerald IS R.P. Ross China Z.-Y. Xie, C.-Q. Hu, C. Chen, L.-P. Zhang 280 No association between partial depopulation and IS C.-H. Ren Campylobacter spp. colonization of Dutch broiler 208 Changes in the rRNA levels of specific microbial groups flocks .4.D. Russa, .4. Bouma, J.C..M. Vemooij, in activated sludge during sample handling and stor¬ H'. Jacobs-Reitsma IS J.A. Stegeman age J.E. Keith, J.G. Boyer IS F.L. de los Reyes III 286 Gaining electricity from in situ oxidation of hydrogen 216 Utilization of the metal-cyano complex tetracyanonicke- produced by fermentative cellulose degradation late (II) by Azotobacter vinelandii C.M. Kao, S.H. Li, J. Niessen, U. Schroder, F. Hamisch IS F. Scholz Y.L. Chen IS S.C. Chen 291 Screening of benz.alkonium chloride resistance in Listeria 221 Increasing the stability of sacB transcript improves monocytogenes strains isolated during cold smoked fish levansucTase production in Bacillus subtilis J.P. Daguer, production C. Soumet, C. Ragimheau IS P. .Maris R. Chambert IS .H.F. Petit-Glatron CONTENTS [V] Volume 41, Issue 4, October 2005 379 Improved bioluminescent enzyme immunoassay for the rapid detection of Salmonella in chicken meat samples 297 UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: Campyhhacter jejuni S. Fukuda, H. Tatsumi, S. Igimi (S S. Yamamoto \y.J. Snelling, M. Matsuda, J.E. Moore C jf.S.G. Dooley 385 The effects of time and temperature on flow cytometry 303 Inorganic phosphate has a crucial effect on Cr)'3Aa enumerated live Cryptosporidium parvum ooevsts <I-endotoxin production A. Kurt, M. Ozkan Al.ir. It are iS F.W. Schaefer HI (S G. Ozcengiz 390 In vitro influence of bacterial mixtures on Fusarium 309 Investigations on inti-Aspergillus properties of bacterial verticillioides grow th and fumonisin B) production; effect products y. Yadav, J. Gupta, R. Mandhan, of seeds treatment on maize root colonization A.K. Chhillar, R. Dahur, D.D. Singh iS G.L. Sharma L. Cavaglieri, J. Orlando (S .Vf. Etcheierry 315 Porcine gastric mucin binds to recombinant norovirus 397 'Fhe heterogeneity of Campylobacter jejuni and particles and competitively inhibits their binding to Campylobacter coli strains isolated from healthy c'attle histo-blood group antigens and Caco-2 cells P. Tian, .Vi.N. .A(ik (S B. (jletinkaya M. Brandi (S R. Mandrell 404 Ex vivo gingival-biofilm consortia L. I itkov, .11. Hannig, 321 Factors affecting the pressure resistance of some Campy¬ If'.D. Krautgartner, .Vf. Herrmann, K. Fuchs, lobacter species A. Martinez-Rodriguez £5" B.M. Mackey .M. Klappacher IS .A. Hermann 327 C'.haracterization of culturable anaerobic bacteria from the 412 High efficiency ethanol fermentation by entrapment of forestomach of an eastern grey kangaroo. Macropus Zymomonas mobilis into LentiKats* .Vf. Rebros, giganteus D. Ouwerkerk, T. C. Klieve, RJ. Forster, .Vf. Rosenberg, R. Stloukal (S L. Kristofikovd J.M. Templeton (5 A.J. Maguire 417 Phylogenetic diversity of fluorescent pseudomonads in 334 LENTICULE discs provide a homogenous format for agricultural soils from Korea S.-tl'. Kwon, J.-S. Kim, external quality assessment samples: a comparison with D.E. Crowley (5 C.-K. Lim freeze-dried samples for shellfish microbiology Z. Prior, 424 .\cetaldehyde addition and pre-adaptation to the i\. Andrews (S J.E. Russell stressor together virtually eliminate the ethanol-induced 341 Occurrence of virulence factors among human intestinal lag phase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae F. I 'riesekoop cnterococc*al isolates H. Lempidinen, K. Kinnunen, (S .S’.B. Pamment A. .Mertanen £5" .4. von li right 428 .Modulation of water activity on fungicide effect on 345 Guar gum; a cheap substitute for agar in microbial .Aspergillus niger growth in Sabouraud dextrose agar culture media R. Jain, V. .Anjaiah £5" S.B. Babhar medium A'. Ni (S D..A. Streets 350 Identihc'ation of SCP2'*’*, a new SGP2-derived plasmid of 434 Grow th and pectate-lyase activity of the ruminal Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) S. Marineo, E. Lecat, bacterium Lachnospira multiparus in the presence of -Vf.C. Cusimano, .A. Giardina, T. Di Caro iS .A..i1. Puglia short-chain organic acids R..A. Paggi, C. Rodriguez IS J.P. Fay 355 BiJidobacterium-^\ccl\\t isolation and enumeration from chicken caeca by a modified oligosaccharide antibiotic- 440 Improvement of ethanol production in very high gravity selective agar medium S.N. Thttaram, G.R. Siragusa fermentation by horse gram (Dolichos bijiorus) flour A. Hinton Jr supplementation L.V'.A. Reddy (5 O.V.S. Reddy 361 Construction of a new high-copy number shuttle vector of Bacillus thunngiensis L..A. .Mesrati, .Vt.D. Karray, S. Tounsi (S S. Jaoua Volume 41, Issue 6, December 2005 367 Comparison of populations of mould species in homes in the UK and USA using mould-specific quantitative 445 UNDER THE .MICROSCOPE: .\re yeasts free-living PCR S.J. Vesper, L.J. Wymer, T. Meklin, M. Varma, unicellular eukaryotes.’ J.R. Dickinson R. Stott, Ai. Richardson £5' R..A. Haugland 448 Thermal tolerance of acid-adapted and unadapted Salmonella, Escherichia coli 0157:117, and Listeria monocytogenes in cantaloupe juic'e and watermelon juice Volume 41, Issue 5, November 2005 .Vf. Sharma, B.B. .Adler, .\i.D. Harrison £5" L.R. Beuchat 454 Isolation of culturable yeasts from market wines and 375 UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: I'he emergence of evaluation of the 5-8S-ITS rDN.A sequence analysis multidrug resistant Acinetobacter species; a major concern for identification purposes .A..A. Sisiotou in the hospital setting G.H'. Hanlon £? G.R. Gibson [Vi] CONTENTS 464 Antimicrobial activity of a nisin-activated plastic film for 487 Resuscitation of acid-injured Salmonella in enrichment food packaging G. Alauriello, E. De Luca, A. La Storia, broth, in apple juice and on the surfaces of fresh-cut F. I'illani (S D. Ercolini cucumber and apple C.-H. Liao (5 If .F. Fett 470 Detection of Legionella pneumophila in w ater samples by 493 Release studies of Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota fnim species-specific real-time and nested PCR assa>s chitosan-coated alginate-starch microcapsules in ex vivo L. Fiume, M.A. Bucca Saha 11 ini (5 G. Poda porcine gastrointestinal contents C. Iyer, .1/. Phillips (S K. Kailasapathy 476 Triclosan-bacteria interactions: single or multiple target sites? M. Gomez Escalada, A.D. Russell, J.-Y. Maillard 498 I.-leucine aminopeptidase production by filamentous CS D. Ochs Aspergillus fungi K.M. Sampoothiri, V. Nagy, A. Kovacs, G. Szakacs (S A. Pandey 482 Isolation and characterization of two anti-staphylococcal bacteriophages specific for pathogenic Staphylococcus 505 A simple cultural method for the presumptive detection aureus associated with bovine infections 5. O'Flaherly, of the yeasts Brettanomyces/Dekkera in wines J.A. Couto, R.P. Ross, J. Flynn, W.J. Meaney, G.F. Fitzgerald A. Barbosa ($ T. Hogg (5 A. Coffey 511 Index I