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FEBRUARY 2015 • VOLUME 81 • NO. 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SPOTLIGHT
Articles of Significant Interest Selected from This Issue by the
Editors
1189
MINIREVIEW
Atmospheric Hydrogen Scavenging: from Enzymes to
Ecosystems
Chris Greening, Philippe Constant, Kiel
Hards, Sergio E. Morales, John G.
Oakeshott, Robyn J. Russell,
Matthew C. Taylor, Michael Berney,
Ralf Conrad, Gregory M. Cook
1190 –1199
Development of a Reverse Genetic System for Infectious Salmon
Anemia Virus: Rescue of Recombinant Fluorescent Virus by
Using Salmon Internal Transcribed Spacer Region 1 as a Novel
Promoter
Daniela Toro-Ascuy, Carolina
Tambley, Carolina Beltran, Carolina
Mascayano, Nicolas Sandoval, Eduardo
Olivares, Rafael A. Medina, Eugenio
Spencer, Marcelo Cortez-San Martín
1210 –1224
Escherichia coli Enoyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Reductase (FabI)
Supports Efficient Operation of a Functional Reversal of the
␤-Oxidation Cycle
Jacob E. Vick, James M. Clomburg,
Matthew D. Blankschien, Alexander
Chou, Seohyoung Kim, Ramon
Gonzalez
1406 –1416
Functional Expression of Full-Length TrkA in the Prokaryotic
Host Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 by Using a
Magnetosome Display System
Toru Honda, Takayuki Yasuda,
Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Koji Hagiwara,
Tohru Arai, Tomoko Yoshino
1472–1476
Transcriptomic Analysis of Xylan Utilization Systems in
Paenibacillus sp. Strain JDR-2
Neha Sawhney, Casey Crooks, Franz
St. John, James F. Preston
1490 –1501
Growth of Anaerobic Methane-Oxidizing Archaea and SulfateReducing Bacteria in a High-Pressure Membrane Capsule
Bioreactor
Peer H. A. Timmers, Jarno Gieteling,
H. C. Aura Widjaja-Greefkes,
Caroline M. Plugge, Alfons J. M. Stams,
Piet N. L. Lens, Roel J. W. Meulepas
1286 –1296
Complex Population Structure of Borrelia burgdorferi in
Southeastern and South Central Canada as Revealed by
Phylogeographic Analysis
S. Mechai, G. Margos, E. J. Feil,
L. R. Lindsay, N. H. Ogden
1309 –1318
Metatranscriptomic Analyses of Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharide
Degradation by Microorganisms in the Cow Rumen
Xin Dai, Yan Tian, Jinting Li, Xiaoyun
Su, Xuewei Wang, Shengguo Zhao, Li
Liu, Yingfeng Luo, Di Liu, Huajun
Zheng, Jiaqi Wang, Zhiyang Dong,
Songnian Hu, Li Huang
1375–1386
Diversity of Methane-Cycling Archaea in Hydrothermal
Sediment Investigated by General and Group-Specific PCR
Primers
Mark A. Lever, Andreas P. Teske
1426 –1441
Hierarchy in Pentose Sugar Metabolism in Clostridium
acetobutylicum
Ludmilla Aristilde, Ian A. Lewis,
Junyoung O. Park, Joshua D.
Rabinowitz
1452–1462
BIOTECHNOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
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ENZYMOLOGY AND PROTEIN ENGINEERING
Overexpression of Penicillin V Acylase from Streptomyces
lavendulae and Elucidation of Its Catalytic Residues
Jesús Torres-Bacete, Daniel Hormigo,
Raquel Torres-Gúzman, Miguel
Arroyo, María Pilar Castillón, José Luis
García, Carmen Acebal, Isabel de la
Mata
1225–1233
XoxF-Type Methanol Dehydrogenase from the Anaerobic
Methanotroph “Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera”
Ming L. Wu, Hans J. C. T. Wessels,
Arjan Pol, Huub J. M. Op den Camp,
Mike S. M. Jetten, Laura van Niftrik,
Jan T. Keltjens
1442–1451
Detection and Genomic Characterization of Motility in
Lactobacillus curvatus: Confirmation of Motility in a Species
outside the Lactobacillus salivarius Clade
Fabien J. Cousin, Shónagh M. Lynch,
Hugh M. B. Harris, Angela McCann,
Denise B. Lynch, B. Anne Neville,
Tomohiro Irisawa, Sanae Okada,
Akihito Endo, Paul W. O’Toole
1297–1308
Genomic Potential for Polysaccharide Deconstruction in
Bacteria
Renaud Berlemont, Adam C. Martiny
1513–1519
Multilocus Sequence Analysis of Xanthomonads Causing
Bacterial Spot of Tomato and Pepper Plants Reveals Strains
Generated by Recombination among Species and Recent Global
Spread of Xanthomonas gardneri
Sujan Timilsina, Mustafa O. Jibrin,
Neha Potnis, Gerald V. Minsavage,
Misrak Kebede, Allison Schwartz,
Rebecca Bart, Brian Staskawicz,
Claudine Boyer, Gary E. Vallad, Olivier
Pruvost, Jeffrey B. Jones, Erica M. Goss
1520 –1529
Taiki Futagami, Kazuki Mori, Shotaro
Wada, Hiroko Ida, Yasuhiro Kajiwara,
Hideharu Takashita, Kosuke Tashiro,
Osamu Yamada, Toshiro Omori,
Satoru Kuhara, Masatoshi Goto
1353–1363
Genome-Wide Identification of Genes Necessary for Biofilm
Formation by Nosocomial Pathogen Stenotrophomonas
maltophilia Reveals that Orphan Response Regulator FsnR Is a
Critical Modulator
Xiu-Min Kang, Fang-Fang Wang, Huan
Zhang, Qi Zhang, Wei Qian
1200 –1209
Role of Plasmids in Lactobacillus brevis BSO 464 Hop Tolerance
and Beer Spoilage
Jordyn Bergsveinson, Nina Baecker,
Vanessa Pittet, Barry Ziola
1234 –1241
Sensor Kinase PA4398 Modulates Swarming Motility and
Biofilm Formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14
Janine Strehmel, Anke Neidig, Michael
Nusser, Robert Geffers, Gerald
Brenner-Weiss, Joerg Overhage
1274 –1285
Novel Phage Group Infecting Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp.
lactis, as Revealed by Genomic and Proteomic Analysis of
Bacteriophage Ldl1
Eoghan Casey, Jennifer Mahony, Horst
Neve, Jean-Paul Noben, Fabio Dal
Bello, Douwe van Sinderen
1319 –1326
Global Transcriptional Response of Clostridium difficile
Carrying the ␾CD38-2 Prophage
Ognjen Sekulovic, Louis-Charles
Fortier
1364 –1374
Exopolysaccharide Production and Ropy Phenotype Are
Determined by Two Gene Clusters in Putative Probiotic Strain
Lactobacillus paraplantarum BGCG11
Milica Zivkovic, Marija Miljkovic,
Patricia Ruas-Madiedo, Ivana Strahinic,
Maja Tolinacki, Natasa Golic, Milan
Kojic
1387–1396
Gut Symbionts from Distinct Hosts Exhibit Genotoxic Activity
via Divergent Colibactin Biosynthesis Pathways
Philipp Engel, Maria I. Vizcaino,
Jason M. Crawford
1502–1512
EVOLUTIONARY AND GENOMIC MICROBIOLOGY
FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
Transcriptomic Analysis of Temperature Responses of
Aspergillus kawachii during Barley Koji Production
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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GEOMICROBIOLOGY
Geochemical Niches of Iron-Oxidizing Acidophiles in Acidic
Coal Mine Drainage
Daniel S. Jones, Courtney Kohl,
Christen Grettenberger, Lance N.
Larson, William D. Burgos, Jennifer L.
Macalady
1242–1250
Kristina Lang, Jörg Schuldes, Andreas
Klingl, Anja Poehlein, Rolf Daniel,
Andreas Brune
1338 –1352
Ratiometric Imaging of Extracellular pH in Bacterial Biofilms
with C-SNARF-4
Sebastian Schlafer, Javier E. Garcia,
Matilde Greve, Merete K. Raarup,
Bente Nyvad, Irene Dige
1267–1273
Novel Reporter for Identification of Interference with Acyl
Homoserine Lactone and Autoinducer-2 Quorum Sensing
Nancy Weiland-Bräuer, Nicole Pinnow,
Ruth A. Schmitz
1477–1489
Prepartum and Postpartum Rumen Fluid Microbiomes:
Characterization and Correlation with Production Traits in
Dairy Cows
Fabio S. Lima, Georgios Oikonomou,
Svetlana F. Lima, Marcela L. S. Bicalho,
Erika K. Ganda, Jose C. de Oliveira
Filho, Gustavo Lorenzo, Plamen
Trojacanec, Rodrigo C. Bicalho
1327–1337
Colonization in the Photic Zone and Subsequent Changes
during Sinking Determine Bacterial Community Composition
in Marine Snow
Stefan Thiele, Bernhard M. Fuchs,
Rudolf Amann, Morten H. Iversen
1463–1471
Bacterial Communities Associated with Surfaces of Leafy
Greens: Shift in Composition and Decrease in Richness over
Time
Merete Wiken Dees, Erik Lysøe, Berit
Nordskog, May Bente Brurberg
1530 –1539
W. Nathan Cude, Carson W. Prevatte,
Mary K. Hadden, Amanda L. May,
Russell T. Smith, Caleb L. Swain,
Shawn R. Campagna, Alison Buchan
1417–1425
Matthieu Barret, Martial Briand,
Sophie Bonneau, Anne Préveaux,
Sophie Valière, Olivier Bouchez,
Gilles Hunault, Philippe Simoneau,
Marie-Agnès Jacques
1257–1266
Carmen Espinosa-Gongora, Jan Dahl,
Anders Elvstrøm, Willem J. van Wamel,
Luca Guardabassi
1251–1256
INVERTEBRATE MICROBIOLOGY
New Mode of Energy Metabolism in the Seventh Order of
Methanogens as Revealed by Comparative Genome Analysis of
“Candidatus Methanoplasma termitum”
METHODS
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
PHYSIOLOGY
Phaeobacter sp. Strain Y4I Utilizes Two Separate Cell-to-Cell
Communication Systems To Regulate Production of the
Antimicrobial Indigoidine
PLANT MICROBIOLOGY
Emergence Shapes the Structure of the Seed Microbiota
PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
MICROBIOLOGY
Individual Predisposition to Staphylococcus aureus
Colonization in Pigs on the Basis of Quantification, Carriage
Dynamics, and Serological Profiles
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Prevalence of Carriage of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia
coli Serotypes O157:H7, O26:H11, O103:H2, O111:H8, and
O145:H28 among Slaughtered Adult Cattle in France
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Delphine Bibbal, Estelle Loukiadis,
Monique Kérourédan, Franck Ferré,
Françoise Dilasser, Carine Peytavin de
Garam, Philippe Cartier, Eric Oswald,
Emilie Gay, Frédéric Auvray, Hubert
Brugère
1397–1405
Cover photograph (Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved): Upper Red Eyes coal mine drainage in
Somerset County, PA, USA. (See related article on page 1242.)