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Contents—Volume 33, 1996 Current y An International Journal Number 1, July 1996 © Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1996 In Vitro Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Silver-Coated Catheter Manal M. Gabriel, Mary S. Mayo, Lauren L. May, Robert B. Simmons, Donald G. Ahearn Induction and Inducers of the Pectolytic System in Aureobasidium pullulans Peter Biely, Kvetoslava Heinrichova, Miroslava Kruzikova Induction of H2-Uptake and Nitrogenase Activities in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413: Effects of Hydrogen and Organic Substrate Olga Yu Troshina, Larissa T. Serebryakova, Peter Lindblad Effect of Different Temperature Upshifts on Protein Synthesis by the Psychrotrophic Bacterium Pseudomonas fragi Valérie Michel, Jean Labadie, Michel Hébraud Identification of a Rhodococcus Gene Cluster Encoding a Homolog of the 17-kDa Antigen of Brucella and a Putative Regulatory Protein of the AsnC-Lrp Family René De Mot, Istvan Nagy, Geert Schoofs, Jos Vanderleyden Adhesion of Lactobacillus fermentum 104-S to Porcine Stomach Mucus I a RN Be Bh ford Laie gi woB o wh9 se wim Werke Ory ele wclves ea lane wm Gian ata ale eee 31 Cloning Vectors for Lactococci Based on a Plasmid Encoding Resistance to Cadmium Chun-Qiang Liu, Vichien Leelawatcharamas, Melissa L. Harvey, Noel W. Dunn... .. 2.2.2.0... 0. ee eee ee eee 35 The Novel Antibacterial Peptide Ceratotoxin A Alters Permeability of the Inner and Outer Membrane of Escherichia coli K-12 Laura Marri, Romano Dallai, Daniela Marchini Production, Purification, and Properties of Serine Carboxypeptidase from Paecilomyces carneus H. Umetsu, K. Hishinuma, H. Wake, E. Ichishima Regulation by Galacturonic Acid of Pectinolytic Enzyme Production by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Laurence Fraissinet-Tachet, Michel Fevre Contribution of Bacillus thuringiensis Spores to Toxicity of Purified Cry Proteins Towards Indianmeal Moth Larvae Donovan E. Johnson, William H. McGaughey Cloning and Characterization of Two Closely Linked Cellulase Genes from Cellvibrio mixtus Charlene M. Kahler, John M. Pemberton Production of an Emetic Toxin, Cereulide, Is Associated with a Specific Class of Bacillus cereus Norio Agata, Michio Ohta, Masashi Mori Number 2, August 1996 Production of B-Xylosidase Activity by Trichoderma harzianum Strains F. de A. Ximenes, F. Quirino de Paula Silveira, E. Ximenes F. Filho Inhibition of Bacterial Translocation from the Gastrointestinal Tract of Mice Injected with Cyclophosphamide T. Suzuki, K. Itoh, T. Hagiwara, H. Nakayama, K. Honjyo, Y. Hirota, T. Kaneko, H. Suzuki Identification of a Group I Intron in the Nuclear Small Subunit rDNA of Pseudohalonectria lignicola W. Chen, C.A. Shearer, J.L. Crane Flexibacter japonensis sp. nov., a New Species That Produces a Novel Inhibitor of Human Leukocyte Elastase Isolated from Soil T. Fujita, M. Okamoto, Y. Kosako, M. Okuhara Diversity of H2/CO>-Utilizing Acetogenic Bacteria from Feces of Non-Methane-Producing Humans A. Bernalier, V. Rochet, M. Leclerc, J. Doré, P. Pochart PCR Methods for Identification and Specific Detection of Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria M.I. Castellanos, A. Chauvet, A. Deschamps, C. Barreau Characterization of Aeromonas hydrophila Strains of Clinical, Animal, and Environmental Origin Expressing the 0:34 Antigen S. Khashe, W. Hill, J.M. Janda Inhibition of Macrophage Phagocytosis by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Rhamnolipids In Vitro and In Vivo C.D. McClure, N.L. Schiller Effect of the Current Antimicrobial Therapeutic Strategy on Fungal Colonization in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies D. D’ Antonio, A. Iacone, F.S. Schioppa, T. Bonfini, F. Romano A New Rickettsia from a Herbivorous Insect, the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) D.-Q. Chen, B.C. Campbell, A.H. Purcell 396 Contents—Volume 33 News & Notes Isolation of Vibrio harveyi from Diseased Kuruma Prawns Penaeus japonicus P.-C. Liu, K.-K. Lee, K.-C. Yii, G.-H. Kou, S.-N. Chen The /ytA Gene and the DNA Region Located Downstream of This Gene Are Not Involved in the Formation of the Type 3 Capsular Polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae ea Mie carn hak ON a REO a hee ee OES MEAS Rad o0b edC I we ee ee enews 133 Purification and N-Terminal Amino Acid Sequence of Dextranicin 24, a Bacteriocin of Leuconostoc sp. rr ee ihn eh Take eae ee eC ERLE RAT AMO ORAM EN eR CASED DED CORRS EHC 136 Number 3, September 1996 Ultraviolet-B Lethal Damage on Pseudomonas aeruginosa C.F. Degiorgi, R.O. Fernandez, R.A. Pizarro Isolation and Characterization of a Species-Specific DNA Probe for the Detection of Candida krusei E.K. Manavathu, S.B. Vakulenko, N. Obedeanu, S.A. Lerner Extracellular a-Glucosidase with Dextran-Hydrolyzing Activity from the Thermophilic Fungus, Thermomyces lanuginosus Bo Jensen, Jorgen Olsen Octopine- and Nopaline-Inducible Proteins in Agrobacterium tumefaciens Are Also Induced by Arginine K. Palanichelvam, K. Veluthambi Copper Resistance and Accumulation in the Zygomycete Mucor rouxii P. Ramirez-Salgado, S. Caracheo-Aguilar, A. Obreg6n-Herrera, L. Sosa-Luna, F. Amézquita-Lépez, G. Mendoza-Diaz, F. Gutiérrez-Corona In Vitro Activities of Fourteen Antimicrobial Agents Against Drug Susceptible and Resistant Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Comparative Intracellular Activities Against the Virulent H37Rv Strain in Human Macrophages Nalin Rastogi, Valérie Labrousse, Khye Seng Goh Regulation of the Expression of the Photosynthetic Apparatus of Rhodobacter capsulatus Grown in Nitrogen-Limited Chemostat Cultures Jorge E. Teppaz, Norma L. Pucheu, Augusto F. Garcia Purification and Characterization of Glutamine Synthetase from the Basidiomycete Pleurotus ostreatus Bifidobacteria Strain Behavior Toward Cholesterol: Coprecipitation with Bile Salts and Assimilation Khalid Tahri, Jean Pierre Grill, Francois Schneider The Lactic Acid Stress Response of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis Axel Hartke, Sandrine Bouché, Jean-Christophe Giard, Abdellah Benachour, Philippe Boutibonnes, Yanick Auffray Role of Type | Fimbriae in the Adhesion of Escherichia coli to Salivary Mucin and Secretory Immunoglobulin A Alice Moshier, Molakala S. Reddy, Frank A. Scannapieco Number 4, October 1996 Chemical and Structural Differences in Cell Wall Polysaccharides of Two Monokaryotic Strains and Their Resulting Dikaryon of Agaricus bisporus Concepcién Garcia Mendoza, Amelia Perez Cabo, Myriam Calonje, Beatriz Galan, Monique Novaes-Ledieu Catabolite Regulation in a Diauxic Strain and a Nondiauxic Strain of Streptococcus bovis Daniel B. Kearns, James B. Russell Relapses or Reinfections: Analysis of a Case of Clostridium difficile-Associated Colitis by Two Typing Systems Haru Kato, Naoki Kato, Kunitomo Watanabe, Kazue Ueno, Yoko Sakata, Kozo Fujita Cytotoxic Effects of Anthrax Lethal Toxin on Macrophage-Like Cell Line J774A.1 Ching-Gong Lin, Yi-Tien Kao, Wen-Tssann Liu, Hsin-Hsien Huang, Kuo-Ching Chen, Teen-Meei Wang, Hung-Chi Lin The Aggregation-Mediated Conjugation System of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis: Host Range and Kinetics of Transfer Gert B. Jensen, Lars Andrup, Andrea Wilcks, Lasse Smidt, Otto M. Poulsen Characterization of the Genetic System of the Xylose-Fermenting Yeast Pichia stipitis Tsega Melake, Volkmar Passoth, Ulrich Klinner Purification of Endo Polygalacturonases from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum: Multiplicity of the Complex Enzyme System Marie-Bénédicte Martel, Robert Létoublon, Michel Févre Genetic Variability Among Isolates and Sexual Offspring of the Plant Pathogenic Fungus Calonectria morganii on the Basis of Random Amplification of Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) Claus Overmeyer, Sabine Liinnemann, Christian von Wallbrunn, Friedhelm Meinhardt Cloning and Expression of the Zymomonas mobilis “Production of Ethanol” Genes in Lactobacillus casei R. Shane Gold, Michael M. Meagher, Suxiang Tong, Robert W. Hutkins, Tyrrell Conway Enterobacter kobei sp. nov., a New Species of the Family Enterobacteriaceae Resembling Enterobacter cloacae Yoshimasa Kosako, Kazumichi Tamura, Riichi Sakazaki, Kanzi Miki Contents—Volume 33 In Vivo Production of Neuraminidase by Pasteurella multocida A:3 in Goats After Transthoracic Challenge David C. Straus, J. Danny Cooley, Charles W. Purdy Cooperative Interaction Between Cra and Fnr in the Regulation of the cydAB Operon of Escherichia coli ee ee Cy Oe I OU i acicn er edcciceccccesevseeedeuweaeebtaoa ure-lew ceeleste k 270 News & Notes Effect of Surfactants on Cellulase Production by Nectria catalinensis Alejandro G. Pardo Number 5, November 1996 Clostripain Linker Deletion Variants Yield Active Enzyme in Escherichia coli: A Possible Function of the Linker Peptide as Intramolecular Inhibitor of Clostripain Automaturation V. Witte, N. Wolf, H. Dargatz The Naturally Transformable Marine Bacterium WJT-1C Formally Identified as “Vibrio” Is a Pseudomonad M.E. Frischer, H.G. Williams, B. Bennison, G.R. Drake, D.L. Balkwill, J.H. Paul Accelerated Biodegradation of High and Low Concentrations of p-Nitrophenol (PNP) by Bacterial Inoculation in Industrial Wastewater: The Role of Inoculum Size on Acclimation Period B.R. Zaidi, S.H. Imam, R.V. Greene Purification and Characterization of an Extracellular B-Glucosidase from the Wood-Grown Fungus Xylaria regalis D.-L. Wei, K. Kirimura, S. Usami, T.-H. Lin Influence of Carbohydrates on the a-Galactosidase Activity of Lactobacillus fermentum MSS. Garro, G.F. de Valdez, G. Oliver, G.S. de Giori In Vitro Metabolism of the Stereoisomers of 2, 6-Diaminopimelic Acid by Mixed Rumen Protozoa and Bacteria Neo nies oes be RSaSD A Ge SRO RS K 6 Rah 6 OKs Oh bee oT ewC RAKS De kibw e oe om web wees bee 306 Methods for Increasing Survivability During Storage of Exponentially Growing Bacteria ia kas aS hed ee Se Re A Reh ink es oo oe 5 Le eS OR eG eee we Mase bie eh atk @ikiels Glenna Inhibition of Spiralin Processing by the Lipopeptide Antibiotic Globomycin L. Béven, M. Le Hénaff, C. Fontenelle, H. Wréblewski Extranuclear Expression of the Bacterial Xylose Isomerase (xy/A) and the UDP-Glucose Dehydrogenase (hasB) Genes in Yeast with Kluyveromyces lactis Linear Killer Plasmids as Vectors a coher eh Wis ldhiis ns A Wik Hen: & ee 0% 6d odie Sm UIE Wn QU, km CE RI RT 323 Proposed Topology of the Glucitol Permeases of Escherichia coli and Clostridium acetobutylicum J. Reizer, WJ. Mitchell, N. Minton, J. Brehm, A. Reizer, M.H. Sater, Jr... 1. cc cee cece cece cee ssccee dal News & Notes Isolation of Ewingella americana from the Cultivated Mushroom, Agaricus bisporus P.W. Inglis, J.F. Peberdy Number 6, December 1996 Molecular and Regulatory Properties of the Nitrate Reducing Systems of Rhodobacter F. Castillo, M.M. Dobao, F. Reyes, R. Blasco, M.D. Roldan, M. Gavira, F.J. Caballero, C. Moreno-Vividn, M. Martinez-Luque ......... .341 Characterization and Genetic Mapping of Phosphoglucoisomerase Mutations in Mannitol-Negative Mutants of Pseud Ss aeruginosa ee BN Fereee ee e ee... Molecular Characterization of Mycobacterium avium Complex Isolates from Caribbean Patients by DT1/DT6-PCR, Nonradioactive Southern Hybridization, and the Accuprobe System Christophe Sola, Anne Devallois, Knye Seng Goh, Eric Legrand, Nalin Rastogi Effects of Some Calcium-Related Agents on the Protoplast Transfection of Lactobacillus casei with Phage PL-1 DNA Yukari Kakita, Yukihiko Nakashima, Nobufumi Ono, Fumio Miake, Kenji Watanabe... . 2... 0. ee ee SD Keratinolytic Activity of Aspergillus fumigatus Fresenius Regina M.D.B. Santos, Alexandre A.P. Firmino, Cezar M. de Sa, Carlos R. Felix Roles of Exopolysaccharides and Lipopolysaccharides in the Adsorption of the Siphovirus Phage NM8 to Rhizobium meliloti M11S Cells Claude Defives, Michel Werquin, Patrice Mary, Jean Pierre Hornez UV and Ethyl Methanesulfonate Effects in Hyperthermophilic Archaea and Isolation of Auxotrophic Mutants of Pyrococcus Strains EeSr ory a eee eee r rr re yee eee a rare Role of Colanic Acid Polysaccharide in Serum Resistance In Vivo and in Adherence Arleen J. Lopez-Torres, Valerie Stout News & Notes Comparison of Fungal Ornithine Decarboxylase Juan C. Torres-Guzman, Beatriz Xoconostle-Cazares, Lorenzo Guevara-Olvera, Lucila Ortiz, Gioconda San-Blas, Angel Dominguez, Jose Ruiz-Herrera