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Journal _*Microbiological Methods Journal of Microbiological Methods 31 (1998) 213-214 Contents of Volume 31 Nos. 1-2, December 1997 Research papers Direct enumeration of injured Escherichia coli cells harvested onto membrane filters A.-S. Braux, J. Minet, Z. Tamanai-Shacoori, G. Riou and M. Cormier (France) Statistical analysis of reduction in tensile strength of cotton strips as a measure of soil microbial activity R.L. Correll, B.D. Harch, C.A. Kirkby, K. O’Brien and C.E. Pankhurst (Australia) Rapid extraction of lipid biomarkers from pure culture and environmental samples using pressurized accelerated hot solvent extraction S.J. Macnaughton, T.L. Jenkins, M.H. Wimpee, M.R. Cormiér and D.C. White (USA) Differentiation between spore-forming and asporogenic bacteria using a PCR and Southern hybridization based method J.A. Brill and J. Wiegel (USA) Detection of virulence genes in uropathogenic Escherichia coli by polymerase chain reaction (PCR): comparison with results obtained using phenotypic methods M. Blanco, J.E. Blanco, E. Rodriguez, I. Abalia, M.P. Alonso and J. Blanco (Spain) Trichodiene as a volatile marker for trichothecenes biosynthesis H. Jelen, D. Latus-Zietkiewicz, E. Wasowicz and E. Kaminski (Poland) Identification of Bartonella using PCR; genus- and species-specific primer sets M.F. Minnick and K.D. Barbian (USA) Quantitative detection of pentachlorophenol-degrading Sphingomonas sp. UG30 in soil by a most-probable-number/polymerase chain reaction protocol K. Tin Leung, A. Watt, H. Lee and J.T. Trevors (Canada) A physical model system in which to investigate the interactions of microorganisms isolated from the rhizosphere D.A. Pearce, M.J. Bazin and J.M. Lynch (UK) Immunomagnetic separation of Listeria monocytogenes for flow cytometric determination of viable cells in liquid C. Nexmann Jacobsen, C. Fremming and M. Jakobsen (Denmark) Development of a two-site enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for quantification of the flagellar antigen in blackleg vaccines M. Kijima-Tanaka, Y. Ogikubo, A. Kojima and Y. Tamura (Japan) Novel use of polA bacteria for inserting DNA fragments into Agrobacterium binary vectors J. Bobish and S. Leisner (USA) Detection of clumping factor-positive Staphylococcus lugdunensis by Staphaurex Plus® R. Zbinden, F. Miiller, F. Brun and A. von Graevenitz (Switzerland) 214 Contents of volume 31 No. 3, January 1998 Research papers Direct fingerprinting of metabolically active bacteria in environmental samples by substrate specific radiolabelling and lipid analysis P. Roslev, N. Iversen and K. Henriksen (Denmark) Determination of the intracellular pH (pH,) of growing cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: the effect of reduced-expression of the membrane H~-ATPase D. Bracey, C.D. Holyoak, G. Nebe-von Caron and P.J. Coote (UK) Development of a rapid ribotyping method for Corynebacterium diphtheriae by using PCR single-strand conformation poly- morphism: comparison with standard ribotyping H. Nakao and T. Popovic (USA) Terminal restriction fragment patterns (TRFPs), a rapid, PCR-based method for the comparison of complex bacterial communities B.G. Clement, L.E. Kehl, K.L. DeBord and C.L. Kitts (USA) Gas chromatography—mass spectrometry methods for the analysis of mycocerosic acids present in Mycobacterium tuberculosis S. Alugupalli, M.K. Sikka, L. Larsson and D.C. White (USA, Sweden) Optimization of membrane isolation and transferrin-binding proteins solubilization from Neisseria meningitidis cells B. Echeverria, J.A. Gomez, E. Hernandez, M.T. Criado and C. Ferreirés (Spain) 151 Miniaturized kinetic growth inhibition assays with Vibrio fischeri and Pseudomonas putida (application, validation and comparison) R.P.H. Schmitz, A. Eisentrdger and W. Dott (Germany) 159 Viability staining in a direct count rapid method for the determination of total viable counts on processed meats G. Duffy and J.J. Sheridan (Ireland) 167 Characterization of chlorate-resistant sectors from isolates of Fusarium moniliforme and F. proliferatum G. Vannacci and C. Cristani (Italy) 175 Gram characteristics determined on single cells and at the microcolony level of bacteria immobilized on polycarbonate membrane filters S.J. Binnerup, O. Hojberg and J. Sgrensen (Denmark) 185 Preparation of DNA extracted from environmental water samples for PCR amplification V.M. Boccuzzi, W.L. Straube, J. Ravel, R.R. Colwell and R.T. Hill (USA, Australia) 193 Short communications Digoxigenin-labelled probe for the detection of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli R.K.T. Kobayashi and M.C. Vidotto (Brazil) 201 Use of oxyrase enzyme (Oxyrase®) for the detection of bacteriophages of Bacteroides fragilis in aerobic incubating conditions A. Puig, J. Jofre and R. Araujo (Spain) 205 Author Index Volume 31 209 Subject Index Volume 31 211 Volume Contents Volume 31