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Journal of Applied Bacteriology Edited by D.E.S. Stewart-Tull Volume 81,1996 Copyright © 1996 by The Society for Applied Bacteriology ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this volume may be reprodueed in any form, by photostat, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the Society ISSN 0021-8847 Published by Blackwell Science Ltd OXFORD LONDON EDINBURGH BOSTON MELBOURNE PARIS BERLIN VIENNA Printed in Great Britain Contents Number 1, July 1996 83 Irish kefir-like grains: their structure, microbial composition and fermentation kinetics 1 Cross-reactivity of antibodies raised to Pseudomonas M. C. REA, T. LENNARTSSON, P. DILLON, F. D. DRINAN, fluorescens protease with extracellular proteins W. J. REVILLE, M. HEAPES & T. M. COGAN produced by meat-spoiling pseudomonads F. T. LUNDY, A. C. MAGEE, 1. S. BLAIR & D. A. McDOWELL 95 Isolation and characterization of moderately halophilic bacteria from fully cured salted cod 7 Inhibitory effects of sucrose monolaurate, alone and (bachalao) in combination with organic acids, on Listeria O. VILHELMSSON, H. HAFSTEINSSON & J, K. KRISTJANSSON monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus J. D. MONK, L. R. BEUCHAT & A. K. HATHCOX 104 Volatilization of mercury by immobilized mercury- resistant bacterial cells 19 Survival of parental and genetically modified S. GHOSH, P. C. SADHUKHAN, J. CHAUDHURI, D. K. GHOSH derivatives of a soil isolated Pseudomonas fluorescens & A. MANDAL under nutrient-limiting conditions C. D. CLEGG, J. D. VAN ELSAS, J. M. ANDERSON & 109 Phylogenetic characterization of a novel salt- H. M. LAPPIN-SCOTT tolerant Bacillus species: description of Bacillus dipsosauri sp. nov. 27 Purification and characterization of an extracellular P. A. LAWSON, C. E. DEUTCH & M. D. COLLINS cysteine proteinase produced by Micrococcus sp. INIA 528 J. FERN ANDEZ, A. F. MOHEDANO, M. J. POLANCO, M. MEDINA & M. NUNEZ 35 Antimicrobial activity of lactic acid bacteria isolated Number 2, August 1996 from goat’s milk and artisanal cheeses: characteristics of a bacteriocin produced by 113 Application of antimicrobial-producing lactic acid Lactobacillus curvatus IFPL105 bacteria to control pathogens in ready-to-use D. CASLA, T. REQUENA & R. GOMEZ vegetables .M. VESCOVO, S. TORRIANI, C. ORSI, F, MACCHIAROLO & 42 Influence of 1,10-phenanthroline and its analogues, G. SCOLARI other chelators and transition metal ions on dipeptidase activity of the rumen bacterium, 120 The effect of chlorhexidine on defined, mixed Prevotella ruminicola culture oral biofilms grown in a novel model system R. J. WALLACE & N. McKAIN S. L. KINNIMENT, J. W. T. WIMPENNY, D. ADA.MS & P. D. MARSH 48 Extracellular material from Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. dextranicum mediates the aggregation of 126 Ethanol-induced changes in the fatty acid lactococcal cells: implications for the isolation of composition of Lactobacillus hilgardii, its effect on single strains plasma membrane fluidity and relationship with P. K. GOPAL, G. P. DAVEY, V. L. CROW, C. J. PILLIDGE, ethanol tolerance T. COOLBEAR & R. HOLLAND J, A. COUTO, N. ROZES & T. HOGG 57 Conductance method for quantitative determination 133 Development of a method based on alkaline gel of Photobacterium phosphoreum in fish products electrophoresis for estimation of oxidative damage to DNA in Escherichia coli P. DALGAARD, O. MEJLHOLM & H. H. HUSS R. E. ZIRKLE & N. R. KRIEG 65 Transmission of pea bacterial blight {Pseudomonas syringae pv. pisi) from seed to seedling: effects of 139 Involvement of the cell envelope of Listeria inoculum dose, inoculation method, temperature monocytogenes in the acquisition of nisin resistance and soil moisture E. A. DAVIES, M, B. FALAHEE & M. R. ADA.MS S. J. ROBERTS, M. S. RIDOUT, L. PEACH & J. BROUGH 147 Metabolic activities of Listeria monocytogenes in the 73 The lethal effects of biguanides on cysts and presence of sodium propionate, acetate, lactate and trophozoites of Acanthamoeba castellanii citrate W. KHUNKITTI, D. LLOYD, J. R. FURR & A. D. RUSSELL Y. KOUASSI & L. A. SHELEF 78 Immunomagnetic isolation of Xanthomonas 154 IS6501-anchored PCR for the detection and campestris pv. pelargonii identification of Brucella species and strains J. B. JONES & J. W, L. VAN VUURDE S. OUAHRANI-BETTACHE, M.-P. SOUBRIER & J.-P. LIAUTARD [iii] [iv] CONTENTS 161 Screening and selection of surfactant-producing Number 3, September 1996 bacteria from waste lubricating oil M. E. MERCADE, L. MONEEON, C. DE ANDRES, I. RODON, 225 The hygienic efficiency of conventional and E. MARTINEZ, M. J. ESPLNY & A. MANRESA inverted lamb dressing systems R. G. BELL & S. C. HATHAW AY 167 Adsorption of bacteriocins by ingestible silica 235 Aletabolism of 1-naphthyl-A^-methyl carbamate compounds (carbaryl) by bacterial isolates from honey bees and J. WAN, J, GORDON, M. W HICKEY, R. F, MAVVSON & the effect of bacterial inoculations on carbaryl M. J. COV ENTRY tolerance in bees I. D. SHARMA & A. NATH 174 Effect of seawater on Escherichia coli P-galactosidase activity 242 Chiral inversion of 2-phenylpropionic acid by Cordy ceps mi lit ar is M. POMMEPUV, L. FIKSDAL, M. GOURMEEON, H. MELIKECHI, M. P. C:APRAIS, M. C:0RMIER & R. R. COLWELL Y.-F, HUNG, M. J. THOMASON, W. RHYS-WTLLIAMS, A. W. I.LOYD & G. W. HANLON 181 Exopolysaccharides of the plant pathogens 251 Effect of Saccharomyces boulardii against Pseudomonas corrugata and Ps. flavescens and the experimental oral infection with Salmonella saprophyte Ps. chlororaphis typhimurium and Shigella flexneri in conventional VV. F. FETT, P. CESCLTTI & C. WTJEY and gnotobiotic mice A. C. P. RODRIGUES, R. M. NARDI, E. A. BAMBIRRA, 188 Inhibition of Salmonella typhimurium by the products E. C. VIEIRA & J. R. NTCOLI of tartrate metabolism by a Veillonella species 257 Comparison of different media for the enumeration A. HINTON Jr & M. W. HUME of Aeromonas sp. in freshwaters I. KERSTERS, N. SMEYERS & W. VERSTRAETE 191 Survival of Staphylococcus aureus and enterotoxin A in glassy and rubbery states of gelatin 262 A comparative evaluation with respect to the K. J. BOLTON, C. E. R. DODD, G. W\ GOULD & W. M. WAITES bacterial cleanability of a range of wall and floor surface materials used in the food industry 195 Antimicrobial susceptibility and plasmid-mediated J. H. TAYLOR & J. T. HOLAH streptomycin resistance of Plesiomonas shigelloides 267 Specificity of six gene sequences for the detection isolated from blue crab of the genus Brucella by DNA amplification D. L. MARSHALL, J. J. KIM & S. P. IXINNELLY M. DA COSTA, J.-P. GUTLLOU, B. GARIN-BASTUJI, M. THIEBAUD & G. DUBRAY 201 Effect of adherent Lactobacillus spp. on in vitro adherence of salmonellae to the intestinal epithelial 276 Comparative imaging of Pseudomonas putida cells of chicken bacterial biofilms by scanning electron microscopy L. Z. JIN, Y. W. HO, M. A. ALI, N. ABDULLAH & S. JALALUDIN and both DC contact and AC non-contact atomic force microscopy 207 The effect of early exposure to Vibrio pelagius on P. A. GUNNING, A. R. KIRBY, M. L. PARKER, A. P. GUNNING the aerobic bacterial flora of turbot, Scophthalmus & V. J. MORRIS maximus (L.) larvae 283 Brewery yeast as a biosorbent for uranium E. RINGO, T. H. BIRKBECK, P. D. MUNRO, O. VADSTEIN & N. B. OMAR, M. L. MERROUN, M. T. GONZALEZ-MUNOZ & K. HJELMELAND J. m. arias 212 Note: Microbial resistance of wool fabric treated 288 Enumeration of human colonic bacteria producing with bis-Quats compounds phenolic and indolic compounds: effects of M. R. INFANTE, M. DIZ, A. MANRESA, A. PINAZO & P. ERR.V pH, carbohydrate availability and retention time on dissimilatory aromatic amino acid metabolism 217 Note: Inhibition of the growth of Yersinia E. A. SMITH & G. T. MACFARLANE enterocolitica 0:3 by the microflora of porcine caecum and ileum in an in vitro model 303 A comparison between a PCR method and a K. ASPLUND, M. HAKKINEN, J. BjORKROTH, L. NUOTIO & conventional culture method for detecting E. NURMI pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica in food S. THISTED-LAMBERTZ, A. BALLAGI-PORDANY, A. NILSSON, 223 Letters to the Editor P. NORBERG & M,-L. DANTELSSON-THAM CONTENTS [V] 309 Survival of cells and DNA of Aeromonas salmonicida 393 Organic acid metabolism under different glucose released into aquatic microcosms concentrations of Leuconostoc oenos from wine D. DEERE, J. PORTER, R. W PICKUP & C. EDWARDS F. M. SAGUIR & M. C. MANCA DE NADRA 319 Fate of genetically modified Rhizobium 398 Influence of nutritional factors on the protease leguminosarum biovar viciae during long-term production by Leuconostoc oenos from wine storage of commercial inoculants M. E. FARIAS, G, C. ROLLAN & M. C. MANCA DE NADRA V. CORICH, F. BOSCO, A.GIACOMIM, M. BASAGLIA, A. SQL ARTIM & M. P. NUTI 403 Developments in microbiological risk assessment models for drinking water—a short review 329 Determination of sulphite reductase activity and P. GALE its response to assimilable nitrogen status in a commercial Saccharomyces cerevisiae wine 411 Flow cytometry for rapid assessment of viability yeast after exposure to a quaternary ammonium V. JIRANEK P. LANGRIDGE & P. A. HENSCHKE compound S. LANGSRUD & G. SUNDHEIM 337 Note: Influence of different heating media on thermal resistance of Neosartorya fischeri isolated 419 Isolation and characterization of a new extracellular from papaya fruit polysaccharide from an Acetobacter species E. RAJASHEKHARA, E. R. SURESH & S. ETHIRAJ C. A. MacCORMICK, J. E HARRIS, A. J J AY, M. J. RIDOUT, I J. COLQUHOUN & V. J. MORRIS 425 A probability matrix for the identification of Number 4, October 1996 Campylobacters, helicobacters and allied taxa S. L. VV. ON, B. HOLMES & M. J. SACKIN' 341 Growth, respiration and survival of Legionella pneumophila at high temperatures 433 Significance of pre-incubation temperature and J. M. KUSNETSOV, E. OITOILA & P. J. MARTIKAINEN inoculum concentration on subsequent growth of Listeria monocytogenes at 14°C 348 Inducible transport of citrate in Lactobacillus M. GAY, O. CERF & K. R. DAVEY rhamnosus ATCC 7469 R. M. DE FIGUEROA, I. L. BENITO DE CARDENAS, F. SESMA, 439 Survival of Aeromonas hydrophila, Aeromonas caviae F. ALVAREZ, A. P. DE RUIZ HOLGADO & G. OLIVER and Aeromonas sobria in soil G. BRANDI, M. SISTI, G. F SCHIAVANO, L. SALVAGGIO & 355 Degradation of crude oil by Acinetobacter A. ALBANO calcoaceticus and Alcaligenes odorans B. LAL & S. KHANNA 445 Bacterial contaminants in liquid packaging boards: assessment of potential for food spoilage 363 Sensitivity of Bacillus coagulans spores to T. S, M. PIRTTIJARVI, T. H. GRAEFFE & combinations of high hydrostatic pressure, heat, M, S. SALKINOJA-SALONEN acidity and nisin C. M. ROBERTS & D. G. HCX)\ ER 369 Partial characterization of an inhibitory strain of Erwinia herbicola with potential as a biocontrol Number 5, November 1996 agent for Erminia amylovora, the fire blight pathogen 459 A Review: Taxonomical changes in intestinal I. P. KEARNS & C. N. HALE (faecal) enterococci and streptococci: consequences on their use as indicators of faecal contamination in 375 The development of a conductimetric assay for drinking water automated detection of metabolically active soft rot H. LECLERC, L. A. DEVRIESE & D. A. A. MOSSEL Ermnia spp. in potato tuber peel extracts B. A. FRAAIJE, Y. BIRNBAUM, A. A. J. M. FRANKEN & 467 A novel polymerase chain reaction assay for the R. W. VAN DEN BULK detection and speciation of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. 383 Characterization of temperate bacteriophages of c. J. jac;kson, a. j. fox & d. m. jones Leuconostoc oenos and evidence for two prophage attachment sites in the genome of starter strain 474 Colonization by lactobacilli of piglet small intestinal PSU-1 mucus R. SANTOS, G. VIEIRA, M. A. SANTOS & H. PAVEIA .M. ROJAS & P. L. CONW AY [Vi] CONTENTS 481 Effect of calcium channel blockers on the action of 565 Evaluation of technologically important traits in various antitumour agents in the yeast lactic acid bacteria isolated from spontaneous Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentations E. TILIGADA, P. GIANNAKAKOU, 1. KARAVOKYROS & M. HERRERO, B. MAYO, B. GONZALEZ & J. E. SU AREZ A. DELITHEOS 571 Note: Comparison of media for the isolation of 486 Arginine catabolism in wine lactic acid bacteria: is lactose-positive Salmonella it via the arginine deiminase pathway or the J. RUIZ, M. L. NUNEZ, J. DIAZ, M. A. SEMPERE, J. GOMEZ & arginase-urease pathway? M. A, USERA S. -Q: LIU, G. G. PRITCHARD, M. J. HARDMAN & G. J. PILONE 493 Identification and characterization of a mobilizing plasmid, pND300, in Lactococcus lactis Ml89 and its encoded nisin resistance determinant K. DUAN, M. L. HARVEY, C.-Q, LIU & N. VV. DUNN Number 6, December 1996 501 Indices for performance evaluation of predictive models in food microbiology 575 Random amplification of polymorphic DNA T. ROSS (RAPD) of Salmonella: strain differentiation and characterization of amplified sequences 509 Genomic DNA fingerprinting of clinical isolates of A. C. HILTON, J. G. BANKS & C. W. PENN Helicobacter pylori using short oligonucleotide probes containing repetitive sequences 585 Immunological analysis of extracellular products D. G. MARSHALL, D. C. COLEMAN, D. J. SULLIVAN, H. XIA, and cell surface components of motile Aeromonas C. A. O’MORAIN & C. J. SMYTH isolated from fish Y. SANTOS, I. BANDiN & A. E. TORANZO 518 The influence of gamma radiation and substrate on mycotoxin production bv Fusarium culmorum IMI 594 Microbiological contamination of ovine carcasses 309344 associated with the presence of wool and faecal K. O’NEILL, A. P. DAMOGLOU & M. F, PATTERSON material M. E. BISS & S. C. HATHAWAY 525 The effect of immobilization on rhamnolipid production by Pseudomonas fluorescens 601 A solid phase fluorescent capillary immunoassay for N. G, WILSON & G. BR.ADLEY the detection of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 in ground beef and apple cider 531 Bioassay methods for the detection of antifungal J. CZ AJKA & C. A. BATT activity by Pseudomonas antimicrobica against the grey mould pathogen Botrytis cinerea 608 First finding of urease-positive thermophilic strains R. WALKER, K. A. EMSLIE & E. J. ALLAN of Campylobacter in river water in the Far East, namely, in Japan, and their phenotypic and 538 Incidence of antibiotic resistance and sex genotypic characterization pheromone response among enterococci isolated M. MATSUDA, A. KANEKO, M. FUKUYAMA, T. ITOH, from clinical human samples and from municipal M. SHINGAKI, M. INDUE, J. E. MOORE, P. C. MURPHY & waste water Y. ISHIDA E. VALDIVIA, I. MARTIN-SANCHEZ, R. QUIR-ANTES, M. MARTiNEZ-BUENO, A. G ALVEZ & M. MAQUEDA 613 Plasmid characterization and pulsed-field electrophoretic analysis demonstrate that ampicillin- 545 Characterization of proteolytic activities of rumen resistant strains of Salmonella enteritidis phage type bacterial isolates from forage-fed cattle 6a are derived from Salm. enteritidis phage type 4 G. T. ATTWOOD & K. REILLY A. M. RIDLEY, P. PUNIA, L. R WARD, B. ROWE & E, J. THRELFALL 553 Biocides incorporated into plasticized polyvinylchloride reduce adhesion of Pseudomonas 619 Response of Leuconostoc oenos to environmental fluorescens BL146 and substratum hydrophobicity changes C. R. JONES, P, S. HANDLEY, G. D, ROBSON, I. M. EASTWOOD S. GARBAY & A. LONVAUD-FUNEL & M. GREENHALGH 626 Microtitre plate riboprobe system for detection of 561 An assessment of three selective media for ultrasonicated Campylobacter jejuni genomic DNA bifidobacteria in faeces M. LAMOUREUX, I. FLISS, S. MESSIER, B. W. BLAIS, S. SILVI, C. J. RUMNEY & I. R. ROWLAND R. A. HOLLEY & R. E. SLM ARD CONTENTS [vii] 635 Heat-Stable serotyping antigens expressed by strains 663 The use of selective and differential agars in the of Campylobacter jejuni are probably capsular and isolation of Escherichia coli 0157 from dairy not long-chain lipopolysaccharide herds H. CHART, J. A. FROST, A. OZA, R THWAITES, J. S. WALLACE & K. JONES S. GILLANDERS & B. ROWE 669 Isolation, partial characterization and mode of 641 The incidence and level of Listeria monocytogenes action of acidocin J1229, a bacteriocin produced by contamination of food sources at primary Lactobacillus acidophilus ]CS\ 1229 production and initial processing T. TAHARA & K. KANATANT D. R. FENLON, J. W ILSON & W. DONACHIE 678 Note: Influence of hydrocarbons on some Claviceps cultures 651 A rat model of infection by Salmonella typhimurium V. GIL’MANOV, M. FLIEGER & V . DYMSHITS or Salm. enteritidis P. J. NAUGHTON, G. GRANT, R. J. SPENCER, S, BAROOCZ & 681 Note: Isolation, characterization and epidemiology A. PUSZTAI of Yersinia enterocolitica from humans and animals 657 Characterization of plantaricin KW30, a bacteriocin X, B. ZHENG & C. XIE produced by Lactobacillus plantarum W. J. KELLY, R. V. ASMUNDSON & C. M. HUANG 685 Index