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Contents Volume 33, Issue 1, July 2001 82 Long-term preservation of strains of Burkholderia cepacia Pseudomonas spp. and Strenotrophomonas maltophilia 1 Instructions for authors isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis J.E. Moore, 7 A coelectroporation method for the isolation of cryptic A.B. Shaw, T. Stanley, M.J. Crowe £5 jf.S. Elbom plasmids from Lactococcus lactis N. Comeau, C. Duhe, 84 Effect of oral Bacillus coagulans administration on the G. LaPointe £5" E. Emond density of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in the stool of 12 Optimization of carotenoid production from hyper-pro¬ colonized mice C.J. Donskey, C.K. Hoyen, S.M. Das, ducing Rhodotorula glutinis mutant 32 by a factorial S. Farmer, M. Dery £5 R..-1. Bonomo approach P. Bhosale £5" R. V. Gadre 89 Ethanol-induced dimorphism and lipid composition 17 A microwave-based method for nucleic acid isolation from changes in Mucor fragilis CCMI 142 1. Serrano, T. Lopes environmental samples M. Orsini S' P'. Romano-Spica da Silva £5 J. Carlos Roseiro 21 Biodecolourization screening of synthetic dyes by four white-rot fungi in a solid medium: possible role of Volume 33, Issue 2, August 2001 siderophores R.C. Minussi, S.G. de Moraes, G.M. Pastore £5” N. Duran 95 Growth of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 during sprouting of 26 RAPD-PCR characterization of lactobacilli isolated from alfalfa seeds D. Stewart, K. Reineke, J. Ulaszek, T. Fu £5 artisanal meat plants and traditional fermented sausages of M. Tortorello Veneto region (Italy) C. Andrighetto, L. Zampese £5" 100 Evaluation of spore extraction and purification methods A. Lombardi for selective recovery of viable Bacillus anthracis spores 31 Development of a rapid method for the detection of D. C. Dragon £5 R.P. Rennie verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) K.A. 106 Genetic diversity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains during Bettelheim the 24 h fermentative cycle for the production of the 36 Immunomagnetic separation of Escherichia coli 026, Olll artisanal Brazilian cacha^a J.B. Guerra, R..4.C. Araujo, and 0157 from vegetables yVf. Safankova' S I. Safafik C. Pataro, G.R. Franco, E.S.A. Moreira, L.C. Mendonfa- 40 Production of mutants of Bacillus sphaericus 2362 in Hagler £5 C.A. Rosa continuous culture Al.A. Idachaba S P.L. Rogers 112 Breeding of mycoparasitic Trichoderma strains for heavy 45 Detection of extracellular bound proteinase in EPS- metal resistance L. Kredics, Z. .Antal, L. Manczinger £5 producing lactic acid bacteria cultures on skim milk agar E. Nagy T. Pailin, D.H. Kang, K. Schmidt £? D.Y.C. Fung 117 Characterization of pectin lyase produced by an endo¬ 50 Effect of /ra«i-2-hexenal on the growth oi Aspergillus Jlavus phytic strain isolated from coffee cherries C.C.H. in relation to its concentration, temperature and water Saktyama, E.M. Paula, P.C. Pereira, A.C. Borges £5 activity F. Gardini, R. Lanciotti S M.E. Guerzoni D. O. Silva 56 Pleornorphism of the marine bacterium Teredinohacter 122 Evaluation of co-aggregation among Streptococcus mitis, turnirae G.M. Ferreira, S.K. Ahuja, M.R. Sierks S Fusobacterium nucleatum and Porphyromonas gingivalis A.R. Moreira At. Nagayama, At. Sato, R. Yamaguchi, C. Tokuda £5 61 Correlation between medium acidification and patho¬ H. Takeuchi genicity in environmental halophilic non-cholera vibrios 126 Improved acid tolerance of a recombinant strain of D. Ottaviani, I. Bacchiocchi, L. Masini, A. Carraturo, Escherichia coli expressing genes from the acidophilic G.L. Russo, M. Giammarioli S G. Sbaraglia bacterium Oenococcus oeni F. Atorel, F. Delmas, 65 Differentiation of Enterococcus spp. by cell membrane fatty .M.-P. jfobin, C. Divies £5 J. Guzzo acid methyl ester profiling, biotyping and ribotyping 131 Survival of faecal indicator bacteria in bovine manure M.M. Lang, S.G. Ingham 15 B. H. Ingham incorporated into soil At.At. Lau £5 S.G. Ingham 71 Differentiation of industrial wine yeast strains using microsatellite markers A. Gonzalez Techera, S. Jubany, 137 Diversity of Vibrio spp. populations in several exhibition F.M. Carrau £5 C. Gaggero aquaria with a shared water supply .4.R. Blanch, 76 Optimization of submerged culture conditions for the At. Cerdd-Cuellar £5 C. Ilispano mycelial growth and exo-biopolymer production by 144 Mycotoxins inactivation by extrusion cooking of corn flour Cordyceps militaris J.P. Park, S.W. Kim, H.J. Hwang (5 D. Cazzaniga, J.C. Basilico, R.J. Gonzalez, R.L. Torres £5 J.IV. Yun D..\t. de Greef [iii] [iv] CONTENTS 148 Influence of copper-alloying of austenitic stainless steel on 111 Bactericidal effect of chlorine on Mycobacterium para¬ multi-species biofilm development J. Kielemoes C tuberculosis in drinking water L.B. Whan, I.R. Grant, IV. Verstraete H.J. Ball, R. Scott £5" M.T. Rowe 153 Partial characterization of a bacteriocin produced by 232 A rapid twofold dilution method for microbial enumera¬ Lactobacillus helveticus A. Bonade, F. Murelli, Al. Vescovo tion and resuscitation of uninjured and sublethally injured G. Scolari bacteria D.H. Kang & G.R. Siragusa 159 Fermentation of pectin and glucose, and activity of pectin¬ 237 Detection of anthrax spores from the air by real-time PCR degrading enzymes in the rumen bacterium Lachnospira S. -I. Maktno, H.I. Cheun, .M. Watarai, I. Uchida 15 multiparus D. Duskova' M. Marounek K. Takeshi 164 Effect of copper on the degradation of phenanthrene by 241 Screening for novel cry genes by hybridization C.E. Beard, soil micro-organisms jf. Sokhn, F.A.A.Al. De Leij, C. Ranasinghe (5 R.J. Akhurst T.D. Hart J.M. Lynch 246 Rapid enzymatic detection of Escherichia coli contamina¬ 169 Polysaccharide production by a reduced pigmentation tion in polluted river water A.H. Farnleitner, L. Hocke, mutant oi Aureobasidium pullulans NYS-1 T.P. finest C. Beiwl, G.G. Kavka, T. Zechmeister, A.K.T. Kirschner 15 B. Strohfus R. L. Mach Volume 33, Issue 3, September 2001 Volume 33, Issue 4, October 2001 173 Comparative evaluation of four decontantamination proto¬ 251 Utilization of prebiotic carbohydrates by yeasts of thera¬ cols for the isolation of Mycobacterium avium subsp. peutic relevance G. Mitterdorfer, W. Kneifel £5' paratuberculosis from milk L. Dundee, I.R. Grant, H.J. Ball H. Viernstein M. T. Rowe 256 Co-composting of pharmaceutical wastes in soil 178 Adhesion of the fish pathogen Flavobacterium psychro- T. F. Guerin philum to unfertilized eggs of rainbow trout {Oncorhynchus 264 Growth and production of biomass of Rhodovulum suljido- mykiss) and n-hexadecane I.N. Vatsos, K.D. Thompson £5" philum in sardine processing wastewater S.A. Azad, A. Adams S. Vikineswary, K.B. Ramachandran 15 V.C. Chong 183 Utilization of chicory roots for microbial endoinulinase 169 Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of thermophilic production y.P. Park (5 J.W. Yun Camplyobacter in organic and conventional broiler flocks 188 The ability of direct fluorescence-based two-colour assays O. E. Heuer, K. Pedersen, J.S. .Andersen (5 M. Madsen to detect different physiological states of oral streptococci 275 Plasmid-mediated dimethoate degradation in Pseudomonas E.-M. Decker aeruginosa MCMB-427 N.M. Deshpande, 193 Mitomycin-supplemented washed blood agar for the P. K. Dhakephalkar (5 P.P. Kanekar isolation of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli other 280 Biosurfactant-rhamnolipid effects on yeast cells than 0157:H7 K. Sugiyama, K. Inoue £5’ R. Sakazaki E. Vasileva-Tonkova, D. Galabova, E. Karpenko (5 196 The mechanism of carbonate killing of Escherichia coli A. Shulga G.N. Jarvis, M.W. Fields, D.A. Adamovich, C.E. Arthurs 285 Phenotype evaluation of Bordetella bronchiseptica cultures J.B. Russell by urease activity and Congo red affinity L.E. Friedman, 201 Autotrophic denitrification via a novel membrane-attached B. N. Passerini de Rossi, M.T. Messina (5 M.A. Franco biofilm reactor C.M. Ho, S.K. Tseng iS Y.J. Chang 291 Differentiation of aflatoxin-producing and non-producing 206 Heteroduplex mobility assay of the D1/D2 region of the strains of Aspergillus Jiavus group G. Criseo, A. Bagnara (5 26S rDNA for differentiation of Saccharomyces species G. Bisignano J.P. Ramos, P. Valente, R.A. de Souza, C.A. Rosa £5“ 296 A comparison of nucleic acid amplification techniques for O. Leoncini the assessment of bacterial viability L. Birch, C.E. Dawson, 211 Effect of selected natural antimicrobials on Baker’s yeast J.H. Cornett 15 J.T. Keer activity T.-L. Pattison (5 A. von Holy 302 RAPD profile and antibiotic susceptibility of Xylella 216 Development of a 23S rRNA-based PCR assay for the fastidiosa, causal agent of citrus variegated chlorosis identification of Pasteurella multocida J.K. Miflin £5” P.T. Lacava, W.L. Araujo, W. Maccheroni Jr. (5 P. J. Blackall J.L. Azevedo 111 The role of cellular polysaccharides in the formation and 307 DNA extraction method for PCR in mycorrhizal fungi stability of aerobic granules 7-Tay, Q.-S. Liu £5" Y. Liu S. Manian, S. Sreenivasaprasad 15 P.R. Mills CONTENTS [V] 311 Influence of phage population on the phage-mediated 377 Rapid identification of Lactobacillus brevis using the bioluminescent adenylate kinase (AK) assay for detection polymerase chain reaction T. Guarneri, L. Rossetti S of bacteria Y. Wu, L. Brovko £5" /V/. W. Griffiths G. Giraffa 316 Violacein biotransformation by basidiomycetes and 382 Antimicrobial susceptibility of staphylococci isolated from bacteria N. Bromberg & N Duran the faeces of wild turkeys {Aleleagris gallopavo) L.R. 320 The differential adherence capabilities of two Listeria DeBoer, D.M. Slaughter, R.D. Applegate, R.J. Sobieski S monocytogenes strains in monoculture and multispecies S.S. Crupper biofilms as a function of temperature D.E. Norwood S' 387 Evaluation of a spray-dried lacticin 3147 powder for the A. Gilmour control of Listeria monocytogenes and Bacillus cereus in a 325 Improved antimicrobial activity of nisin-incorporated range of food systems S.AI. Alorgan, AI. Galvin, R.P. Ross polymer films by formulation change and addition of food S' C. Hill grade chelator C.N. Cutter, J.L. Willett S’ G.R. Siragusa 392 Evaluation of a biochemical test scheme for identifying clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus Volume 33, Issue 5, November 2001 faecium A.Al. Day, J.A.T. Sandoe, J.H. Cove S Al.K. Phillips-Jones 329 Adaptation of an [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-di- 397 Identification of F.o. cucumerinum and F.o. luffiae by phenyl tetrazolium bromide] assay to evaluate the cyto¬ RAPD-generated probes P.-H. Wang, H.S. Lo S' Y. Yeh toxicity of the extracellular products of micro-organisms 402 Corrigendum pathogenic to fish I. Zorrilla, M.C. Balehona S M.A. Alonmitgo Volume 33, Issue 6, December 2001 334 Detection of Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) in fresh seafood and meat marketed in Mangalore, India by 403 Fluorogenic substrates for the detection of microbial PCR H. Sanath Kumar, S.K. Otta, /. Karunasagar S nitroreductases .4.L. yrfwei, J^.D. Perry, C. Jay, D. Aionget, I. Karunasagar J.W. Rasburn S F.K. Gould 339 Formation of guaiacol in chocolate milk by the psychro- 409 The use of cadmium resistance on the phage-resistance trophic bacterium Rahnella aquatilis N. Jensen, plasmid pNP40 facilitates selection for its horizontal P. I ’arelis S F.B. Whitfield transfer to industrial dairy starter lactococci .VI. Trotter, 344 A rapid, non-destructive method for the determination of S. .Mills, R.P. Ross, G.F. Fitzgerald S A. Coffey Staphylococcus epidermidis adhesion to surfaces using 415 'Fhe effect of volatile fatty acids in acidified fermented quartz crystal resonant sensor technology K.D. Pavey, piggery effluent on shiga-toxigenic and non-toxic resident L.-M. Barnes, G.W Hanlon, C.J Ollijfi, Z. Ali S' F. Paul strains of Escherichia coli /. Harris, D.P. Henry S .4. Frost 349 Bactericidal activity of citrate against Gram-positive cocci 420 Combined use of Lactobacillus reuteri and soygerm pow der Y.-L. Lee, L. Thrupp, J. Owens, T. Cesario S E. Shanhrom as food supplement P. De Boever, R. ITouters 352 Optimal growth temperature of 0157 and non-0157 W. Verstraete Escherichia coli strains A. Gonthier, V. Guerin-Fauhlee, 425 .\n empirical model for describing the effects of nitrogen B. Tilly S Al.-L. Delignette-Aiuller sources on nisin production .M.L. Cabo, .VI..4. Alurado, 357 The effect of inoculum size and sublethal injury on the .\l“P. Gonzalez, J.A. Vazquez L. Pastoriza ability of Listeria monocytogenes to initiate growth under 430 Susceptibility of Arcobacter butzleri isolates to 23 suboptimal conditions C. Pascual, T.P. Robinson, antimicrobial agents H.I. Atabay F. Aydin Al.J. Ocw, 0.0. Aboaba S B.Al. Aiackey 434 The microbiological examination of ready-to-eat organic 362 Detecting the presence of infectious hepatitis A virus in vegetables from retail establishments in the United molluscs positive to RT-nested-PCR D. De .Medici, Kingdom S.K. Sagoo, C.L. Little & R.T. .Mitchell L. Croci, S. Di Pasquale, A. Fiore S L. Toti 440 Identifying an interfering factor on chemical oxygen 367 Production of y-linolenic acid by .Mortierella isabellina demand (COD) determination in piggery wastewater grown on hexadecanol M. Xian, J. Yan, V'. Kang, J. Liu, and eliminating the factor by an indigenous Y. Bi S K. Zhen Pseudomonas stutzeri strain Su, B.-Y. Liu £5' 371 Decimal reduction times of Pyrodinium bahamense var. y .-C Chang compressum and Escherichia coli in chlorine- and ultraviolet- rapid and sensitive method for the detection of Yersinia treated seawater Al.P. V. Azanza, R. V. .dzanza, enterocolitica strains from clinical samples H..M. Hussein, A.I. Gedaria, H.G. Sententa S M.K Idjao S.G. Fenwick J.S. Lumsden [vi] CONTENTS 450 Incidence of Campylobacter and Salmonella isolated from 461 Detection, distribution and selection of microsatellites retail chicken and associated packaging in South Wales (SSRs) in the genome of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae W.A. Harrison, C.J. Griffith, D. Tennant C A.C. Peters as molecular markers M.A. Perez, F.J. Gallego, I. Martinez 455 Grazing rates of diverse morphotypes of bacterivorous £5" P. Hidalgo ciliates feeding on four allochthonous bacteria B. Ayo, 467 Index E. Santaman'a, A. Latatii, /. Artolozaga, I. Aztia J. Iriberri .\