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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTALMICROBIOLOGYVOLUME 35 * NUMBER 6 * JUNE 1978
EDITORIAL BOARDMARVIN P. BRYANT, Editor-in-Chief (1981)
University of Illinois, Urbana
R. H. DEIBEL, Editor (1981)University of Wisconsin, MadisonA. L. DEMAIN, Editor (1981)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
MARTIN S. FAVERO, Editor (1980)Centerfor Disease Control, Phoenix, A riz.
JAMES M. TIEDJE, Editor (1979)Michigan State University, East Lansing
Bernard J. Abbott (1980)Martin Alexander (1980)Milton J. Allison (1980)Ronald Atlas (1980)Richard Bartha (1979)Robert T. Belly (1978)Martha D. Berliner (1980)Jerome Birnbaum (1979)Thomas L. Bott (1980)Charles Boylen (1979)Thomas Brock (1980)Lee A. Bulla, Jr. (1980)Lloyd B. Bullerman (1980)Victor Cabelli (1979)Paul E. Came (1979)William R. Chesbro (1979)Tom D. Y. Chin (1980)Alex Ciegler (1980)Rita R. Colwell (1980)Richard A. Consigli (1979)Charles Cooney (1979)Joseph J. Cooney (1980)Jacob A. Donkersloot (1979)Charles L. Duncan (1979)Richard Elander (1979)
Beatrice England (1980)Jerald C. Ensign (1980)Carl B. Fliermans (1978)Heinz G. Floss (1980)Dennis Focht (1979)Edwin E. Geldreich (1979)John M. Goepfert (1979)Richard E. Goldstrand (1979)Reinaldo F. Gomez (1979)Robert D. Hamilton (1979)Richard S. Hanson (1978)Paul A. Hartman (1980)Melvin T. Hatch (1978)Charles W. Hendricks (1980)Robert B. Hespell (1980)Lillian V. Holdeman (1979)David H. Hubbell (1978)John J. landolo (1980)M. B. Ingle (1979)Holger W. Jannasch (1978)Edward Katz (1979)Donald A. Klein (1978)Michael J. Klug (1980)Roger Knowles (1979)Paul Lemke (1979)Carol Litchfield (1980)
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Author IndexAalto, Mauri, 1233Anas, Per, 1231Ando, A., 995
Baresi, Larry, 1174Bedford, Anne J., 1012BeHamy, A. R., 1012Berg, Rodney D., 1066Beuchat, L. R., 1035Bibel, D. J., 1128, 1136Bjeldanes, L. F., 1150Blankenship, L. C., 1160Boswell, F. C., 1035Bourgeois, C., 1211Bousquet, Ann, 1074Bovallius, Ake, 1231Brooker, B. E., 1166Brown, David F., 1226Bucht, Bengt, 1231
Campbell, N. E. R., 1052Chan, Y. K., 1052Chang, G. W., 1150Cheng, Therese M., 1223Chibata, Ichiro, 1046Crawford, Don L., 1041Cummins, Cecil S., 1102
Dawes, Katherine P., 1206Deibel, R. H., 1193Demain, Arnold L., 1074Dibble, J. T., 1213Duteurtre, B., 1211
Elkan, G. H., 1221Eliott, L. P., 1213
Ferguson, Donald A., Jr., 1102Floyd, Roger, 1079, 1084Furuse, K., 995
Ghosh, Anil C., 1074
Gibbs, P. A., 1216Gold, Michael H., 1223Gross, Cynthia S., 1102
Hackney, Cameron R., 1121Harris, P. J., 1166Hawkins, Sandra M., 1121Heinis, J. J., 1035Henning, Penelope A., 1008Hirashima, A., 995Horvath, E., 1221Houston, M. R., 1213Houwaard, F., 1061Howes, John F., 1074
Izuo, Nobuhiko, 1046
Jeffries, Thomas W., 1228Johnson, Eric A., 1155
Kaplan, Isaac R., 1185Katsuki, M., 995Khan, A. W., 1027Konowalchuk, Jack, 1219Koupal, A., 1193
Latham, M. J., 1166Leach, Kay L., 1228Lewis, Michael J., 1155Lindroth, Seppo, 1003Ling, E. T. M., 1213Lockwood, L. B., 1213Lovell, D. J., 1128,1136Lundgren, Donald, 1198
McMeekin, T. A., 1216Mafart, P., 1211Mah, Robert A., 1174, 1185Mancinelli, Rocco L., 1095Manmade, Awinash, 1074Miller, Lois K., 1206
Moll,M., 1211
Nabe, Koichi, 1046Niskanen, Aimo, 1233
Patterson, J. T., 1216Pettipher, G. L., 1166Phaff, Herman J., 1155
Sakurai, T., 995Sharp, D. G., 1079,1084Shulls, Wells A., 1095Smiljanic, R. J., 1128, 1136Smith, Michael R., 1174Speirs, Joan I., 1219Spite, George T., 1226
Tano, Tatsuo, 1198Thomson, S. V., 1150Thorne, Curtis B., 1109Tilton, Richard C., 1116Townsend, James M., 1074Trottier, T. M., 1027Twedt, Robert M., 1226
Ujimaru, Toshihiko, 1046
Van Der Walt, A. E., 1008Verhue, Walter M., 1145Villa, Tomas G., 1155von Wright, Atte, 1003
Ward, David M., 1019, 1185Watanabe, I., 995Williams, Gillian, 1012
Yamada, Shigeki, 1046
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AUTHOR INDEX
VOLUME 35
Aalto, Mauri, 1233Abe, Shigeo, 258Abeliovich, Aharon, 32Albright, Lawrence J., 456Alexander, M., 512, 867Alexander, Martin, 718Allen, Stephen D., 762Allison, Milton J., 872Anas, Per, 847, 1231Anderson, A. W., 549Ando, A., 995Andrews, W. H., 89Armstrong, James E., 858Asher, R. A., 648Atlas, Ronald M., 897Ayres, J. C., 911
Bailey, C. A., 698Bailey, C. B. M., 149Bailey, W. J., 51Baker, Katherine H., 791Baldwin, K. A., 592Balsbaugh, R. K., 208Baresi, Larry, 1174Barnes, W. R., 766Barrow, P. A., 582Bartlett, Karen H., 202Basson, Nerine C., 663Bauernfeind, A., 970Beaudreau, G. S., 690Bedford, Anne J., 1012Behrens, J., 986Bellamy, A. R., 1012Bennett, J. W., 980Benoit, R. E., 136Berg, Jan-Olof, 269Berg, Rodney D., 1066Berman, R. G., 84Berry, B. W., 978Beuchat, L. R., 627, 1035Bhothipaksa, K., 800Bibel, D. J., 1128, 1136Bissett, Frank, 750Bjeldanes, L. F., 1150Blackmore, Richard P., 323, 329Blake, I. G., 782Blankenship, L. C., 1160Blecka, John, 219Blumenthal, Harold J., 274Bobbie, Ronald J., 179Bohonos, N., 364Boswell, F. C., 1035Bothast, R. J., 627Bourgeois, C., 1211Bousquet, Ann, 1074Bovallius, Ake, 847; 1231Bowen, William H., 743
Boykin, Elizabeth H., 214Bracke, J. W., 166Breznak, John A., 930Brock, T. D., 344, 353Brock, Thomas, D., 527Brodsky, M. H., 487Brooker, B. E., 156, 582, 1166Brown, D. R., 185Brown, David F., 1226Bubucis, Patricia M., 237Bucht, Bengt, 847, 1231Buck, John D., 237Bulla, Lee A., Jr., 121, 601Bullerman, L. B., 435Burrows, J. R., 970Burt, Sharon, 439Burton, Sheril D., 614Busschaert, Stephen C., 618Busta, F. F., 800
Calder, John A., 858Caldwell, Casey, 113Camp, P. J. M., 17Dampbell, N. E. R., 1052Carey, Anne E., 323, 976Carpenter, David F., 949Casey, R. C., 730Cea, A., 228Chakrabarty, K., 129Chan, Y. K., 1052Chang, G. W., 1150Chang, Shih-Lu, 368Charmella, Leigh J., 171Chen, Ai-Ti, 978Cheng, K.-J., 149Cheng, Therese M., 1223Chi, M. S., 636Chibata, Ichiro, 231, 834, 1046Christiansen, L. N., 59, 863, 886Chung, King-Thom, 558Ciebin, B. W., 487Ciegler, A., 105Colwell, Rita R., 756Conklin, Richard H., 360Cornell, John H., 945, 949Costerton, J. W., 149Crawford, Don L., 1041Crocker, John F. S., 297Cronberg, Gertrud, 397Cummins, Cecil S., 1102Curtis, S. E., 208
Dagley, Stanley, 817D'Aoust, J. Y., 483Davidson, Charles M., 811Davidson, Foster, 94Davis, Patrick J., 738
Dawe, Linda L., 829Dawes, Katherine P., 411, 1206De Groot, Ida, 6Deibel, R. H., 1193Dellebarre, C. W., 17Demain, A. L., 459Demain, Arnald L., 563, 1074Demeyer, D. I., 24De Mik, G., 6Dibble, J. T., 1213Dietz, Allan S., 456DiSalvo, Louis H., 219Donnelly, L. Scott, 576Donoghue, Helen D., 45Dorn, G. L., 766Dowell, V. R., Jr., 762Drummond, J. G., 208Dugan, Patrick R., 422Duran, A. P., 89Duteurtre, B., 1211
Eddy, Gerald A., 431Egan, Mary, 558Elkan, G. H., 1221Elliott, L. P., 1213Emswiler, B. S., 97, 627Engelhardt, G., 243Ennis, D. M., 51Eskenazi, Samuel, 199Eutick, M. L., 823Evans, T. M., 376
Farkas, J., 533Farrah, Samuel R., 360, 540, 624Ferguson, Donald A., Jr., 1102Finn, R. K., 890Finstein, M. S., 67Firestone, Mary K., 955Flores, M. E., 228Floyd, Roger, 1079, 1084Focht, D. D., 124Foster, T. L., 937Foster, Terry L., 730Francis, A. J., 364Franken, H. C. M., 17Freer, Shelby N., 622Fryder, Vincent, 777Fukami, Hiroshi, 679Fukaya, Masahiro, 679Fulk, E., 558Fuller, R., 582Furukawa, Kensuke, 223Furuse, K., 995
Galask, R. P., 444Gangemi, J. David, 431Gauthier, Joseph J., 450
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL.
Gentile, D. E., 89Gerba, Charles P., 360, 540, 624,685
Ghosh, Anil C., 563, 1074Gibbs, P. A., 1216Gilmour, M. N., 84Glass, J. Steven, 983Gold, Michael H., 1223Good, Robert C., 618Goodman, J. R., 782Goyal, Sagar M., 360, 540, 624Grabow, W. 0. K., 663Grant, Glen A., 549Grecz, N., 533Gregory, Eugene M., 988Gregory, Kenneth F., 641(riego, V. M., 906Groat, M. L., 881Gross, Cynthia S., 1102Gurnsey, Joan C., 771Guthertz, Linda S., 109
Hackney, Cameron R., 1121tiagedorn, C., 711Hajek, V., 264Haller, Helen D., 890Hamdy, F., 142Han, Youn W., 549Harris, P. J., 156,1166Hartman, Paul A., 576Hashimoto, Tadayo, 274Hattori, Akihiko, 278, 853Hawkins, Sandra M., 1121Hayashi, H., 467Hayashi, Mitsunori, 971Healy, J. B., Jr., 216Heinis, J. J., 1035Helms, S. J. S., 937Henderson, C., 24Henning, Penelope A., 1008Henry, R. A., 492Herbes, S. E., 306Herron, Jean S., 251Herson, Diane S., 791Hess, W. R., 142Hesseltine, C. W., 105Hillman, Elizabeth A., 171Hirashima, A., 995Holdeman, Lillian V., 988Hollocher, Thomas, 247Holt, J. G., 185Horvath, E., 1221Houston, M. R., 1213Houwaard, F., 1061Howes, John F., 1074Hsieh, Dennis P. H., 980Hubbell, David H., 210Hummer, Raymond M., 171Humphrey, A. E., 337Hungate, R. E., 113
Igwegbe, E. C. K., 146Iida, Hiroo, 462Imshenetsky, A. A., 1Inglis, Jean M., 517Irgens, R. L., 38
Izuo, Nobuhiko, 1046
Jameson, C. W., 51Jeffries, Thomas W., 704, 1228Jessee, J. A., 136Johnson, Anna D., 431Johnson, Eric A., 1155Johnson, M. G., 627Johnson, R. C., 492Jones, D. T., 439Jordan, D. C., 204Joseph, A. L., 978
Kamibayashi, Akira, 223Kamikubo, Tadashi, 971Kanemasa, Y., 467Kaper, James B., 756Kaplan, Arthur M., 945, 949Kaplan, Isaac R., 1185Katsuki, M., 995Katz, Stanley E., 517Katzenelson E., 290Kawai, Fusako, 679Kazakov, G. A., 1Kelley, Roger W., 507Kellogg, Scott T., 507Kemp, Christopher, 743Khan, A. W., 1027Kibbey, H. J., 711Kimura, Takuhei, 679Kimura, Tetsu, 631King, John D., 251Kirschner, L. E., 730Kiss, I., 533Kisumi, Masahiko, 231, 834Kiutamo, T., 453Klaenhammer, T. R., 592Klein, Frederick, 171Klucas, R. V., 129Kobbe, Brunhilde, 563Koike, Isao, 278, 853Komatsubara, Saburo, 834Konopka, Allan, 527Konowalchuk, Jack, 1219Koransky, Jack R., 762Kotula, A. W., 97Koujima, Izumi, 467Koupal, A., 1193Kramer, A., 51Krenzer, A. K., 84Kurihara, Yasushi, 500
Labeda, David P., 781Lafont, P., 206Larsen, Bryan, 444Larsson, Kerstin, 397Latham, M. J., 156, 1166Leach, Kay L., 1228Lee, Adrian, 610Lee, John D., 614Lee, Spencer H. S., 297Lee, Yao-Ling T., 817Leef, James L., 72Lewis, Michael J., 1153Leyden, James J., 62Lindenfelser, L. A., 105
Lindroth, Seppo, 1003Linehan, B., 317Ling, E. T. M., 1213Lior, H., 202Littell, Allan M., 199Liu, Gai-xuong, 797Lockwood, L. B., 1213Lovell, D. J., 1128, 1136Lundgren, Donald, 1198Lysenko, S. V., 1
McClure, F. D., 89McCormick, Neil G., 945, 949McCowan, R. P., 149McCoy, E. L., 711McFeters, Gordon A., 383McGinley, Kenneth J., 62McKay, L. L., 592McKercher, P. D., 142McMeekin, T. A., 1216McNicol, Patricia J., 204Macy, Joan M., 113Mafart, P., 1211Maglio, M., 782Mah, Robert A., 1174, 1185Mancinelli, Rocco L., 1095Manmade, Awinash, 563, 1074Marasas, W. F. O., 659Markovetz, A. J., 166, 444Martignoni, M. E., 690Martin, J. P., 124Matulewich, V. A., 67Mazur, Peter, 72Mazzocchi, P. H., 51Meldrum, Sheila, 439Melnick, Joseph L., 540, 624, 685Metzger, Joseph F., 431Middendorff, Irmela G., 663Miller, Carol A., 813Miller, Lois K., 411, 1206Mills, Aaron L., 756Mirocha, C. J., 636, 986, 992Miyakawa, Masasumi, 283Moberg, L. J., 878Moll, M., 1211Momose, Haruo, 641Moore, W. E. C., 988Morales, Victor M., 210Morrison, Susan J., 179Mountfort, D. O., 648Muirhead, P. A., 782Mundt, J. Orvin, 655Murata, Kousaku, 834
Nabe, Koichi, 1046Naemura, Laurie G., 392Nagia, Shiro, 971Nakamura, Fuminori, 500Nakane, Akio, 462Nakanishi, Noriyuki, 231Nakano, Masatoshi, 283Neihof, R. A., 698Nevalainen, K. M. H., 11Nishio, Naomichi, 971Niskanen, A., 453Niskanen, Aimo, 1233
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AUTHOR INDEX
Nord, Carl-Erik, 269
O'Brien, R. W., 823Ogata, Koichi, 679Oguma, Keiji, 462Okabe, A., 467Okoluk, Richard L., 109Olivigni, F. J., 435Olson, Susan B., 383Omori, T., 512, 867Otten, Sharee, 554Ouchi, G. I., 364Ough, C. S., 881
Palva, E. T., 11Pathre, S. V., 986, 992Pattee, P. A., 185Patterson, J. T., 1216Payne, W. J., 724Pedersen, Wayne L., 129Penrose, William R., 829Pettipher, G. L., 156, 1166Pfennig, N., 38Phaff, Herman J., 1155Phillips, Michael, 610Pierson, M. D., 627Poelma, P. L., 89Pore, R. Scott, 694Prins, R. A., 24
Raevuori, M., 453Raisanen, S., 453Ramsburg, Helen H., 431Ray, B., 820, 1121Reddy, K. R., 636Redhead, K., 962Reed, William M., 422Reuszer, H. W., 94Rhee, C. O., 533Riggs, Charles W., 171Roberts T. A., 533Robison, T. S., 636Robrish, Stanley A., 743Roffey, Roger, 847, 1231Rohrmann, G. F., 690Romero, A., 89Rosazza, John P., 554Rosenberg, Bernard, 1116Rosensteel, John F., 171Roubal, George, 897Rozee, Kenneth R., 297Rude, R. A., 89Ruiz, Leonard R., Jr., 771Russell, C., 670Russell, James, 450
Sacks, L. E., 405Safe, Stephen, H., 297Sakurai, T., 995Salanitro, J. P., 782Sanchez, S., 228, 459Sanyal, B., 670Schauerhamer, Beth, 986Scheifinger, C. C., 317Schesser, John H., 121Schiemann, D. A., 54, 487
Schillinger, J. E., 376Schleifer, Karl H., 479Schneider, I. S., 809Schroeder, Brian W., 976Schultz, J. E., 930Schwall, L. R., 306Seidl, Peter H., 479Seidler, Ramon J., 392Serrano, Antonio M., 809Shaparis, A. B., 59, 863, 886Sharp, D. G., 1079, 1084Sharpe, E. S., 601Sherr, B. F., 724Short, John L., 771Shulls, Wells A., 1095Sidransky, Ellen, 247Siefert, E., 38Sielicki, M., 124Silver, W. S., 567Singh, Rajendra, 980Siriwardana, T. M. G., 206Slaytor, M., 823Smiley, Martin B., 777Smiljanic, R. J., 1128, 1136Smith, Eric M., 360, 685Smith, Michael R., 1174Smith, Robert V., 738Songer, J. R., 974S0rensen, Jan, 301Spanggord, R. J., 364Sparnins, Velta L., 817Speck, M. L., 820Speirs, Joan I., 1219Spence, K. D., 906Spite, George T., 1226Spoelstra, Sierk F., 841Stack, M. V., 45Stemnberg, David, 750Stinson, J. V., 521Strayer, Richard F., 192Stuart, D. G., 376Stuart, Sidney A., 383Sugiyama, H., 878Sumi, Yukiko, 283Suzuki, Yuzuru, 258Swaminathan, B., 911Szabocsik, John, 618
Takagi, Tsutomu, 231Tani, Yoshiki, 679Tano, Tatsuo, 1198Tate, Robert L., III., 925Taylor, Mary, 811Teltsch, B., 290Terai, Yoshinori, 258Terzaghi, Betty E., 471Terzaghi, Eric A., 471Thiel, P. G., 659Thompson, P. A., 405Thomson, S. V., 1150Thorne, Curtis B., 1109Tiedje, James M., 192, 955Tilton, Richard C., 1116Timourian, Hector, 704Toma, S., 54Tomochika, K., 467
Tompkin, R. B., 59, 863, 886Tonomura, Kenzo, 223Townsend, James M., 563, 1074Troller, J. A., 521Trottier, T. M., 1027Trust, T. J., 202Tsuchiya, Katsumi, 631Turner, G., 84Twedt, Robert M., 1226Tyler, J. E., 45
VanDemark, P. J., 920van der Hoeven, J. S., 17Van Der Walt, A. E., 1008Van Etten, James L., 622Van Sluis, J., 983Vela, G. R., 766Verhue, Walter, M., 1145Vidaver, Anne K., 129Villa, Tomas G., 1155Vogelhut, Paul O., 813von Wright, Atte, 1003
Wadstrom, Torkel, 269Walker, John D., 694Wallis, Craig, 540, 624Wallnofer, P. R., 243Walter, Bert, 247Ward, David M., 353, 1019, 1185Ward, Raymond L., 704Warren, L. S., 136Watanabe, I., 995Webb, Teresa A., 655Webster, Guy F., 62Wehner, F. C., 659Wei, Ru-dong, 797Weibull, Claes, 397Weisman, Dorith, 32White, David C., 179, 251Wilkins, Judd R., 214Williams, Gillian, 1012Williams, J. E., 911Wilson, C. R., 89Winans, L., Jr., 730, 937Wodzinski, Richard S., 718Wolin, M. J., 317Woods, D. R., 439Wright, S. J. L., 937
Yamada, Shigeki, 1046Yanko, William A., 983Yao, Raymond C., 980Yost, K. G., 920Young, L. Y., 216Young, Richard N., 214Yu, Ida, 113
Zabriskie, D. W., 337Zebal, Ronald, 219Zellerman, Gabor G., 811Zinder, S. H., 344Zuberer, D. A., 567
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SUBJECT INDEX
VOLUME 35
Acetate enrichmentnonmethanogenic bacterium, 1185
Acetate fermentationMethanosarcina strain, 1174
Acetylene reductionwinter wheat and sorghum, roots, 129
use of Arthrobacter phage for classification, 185Soil bacteria
di- and mono-n-butyl phthalate metabolism, 243Soil denitrifiers
S. alterniflora root-rhizome system, 724Soil pollution
fecal streptococci as indicators, 711Soil systems
[8-`C]styrene degradation, 125Soybeans
R. japonicum on seed coats, 95Spacecraft, isolatesresponse to simulated Martian environment, 730
Spartina alternifloraeffect on soil denitrifiers, 724root-rhizome system, 724
Spirochetesassociated with rodent intestinal mucosa, 610isolation and cultivation method, 610
Sporulation
APPL. ENVIRON. MICROBIOL.
C. perfringens, 405new medium, 405
Spread plate methodaerobic heterotroph enumeration in water samples,
756Staphylococcal nuclease
detection in foods, method, 1193Staphylococci
serological separation from micrococci, 479Staphylococcus aureus
comparison of selective media, 1233coagulase positive, enterotoxigenic, 1233extracellular enzyme production and a",, 521from sheep and sheep cheese, 264proline and water content, 467
Stomacherefficiency for food sample preparation, 89
Strawsemisolid fermentation, 549
Streptococci, group Dgentamicin medium for isolation, 576
Streptococci, group Nlysis procedure for plasmnid DNA isolation, 592
Streptococci, oralvariability in pyrograms, 45
Streptococcus cremorisEOP of phages, 471
Streptococcus faecalisindicators of soil pollution, 711
Streptococcus mutansgrowth inhibition by sodium fluoride and ionic tin,920
Viral aggregationeffects of salts, 1084quantitation and kinetics, 1079polio- and reoviruses, 1079, 1084
Virus adsorptionby flocs, 360poliovirus and rotavirus, 360
Virus quantificationbuoyant density centrifugation of viral DNA, 690
nuclear polyhedrosis viruses, 690Virus replicationenhancement by commercial emulsifiers, 297
Vitamin B12 productionnon-sugar sources, 971
Volatile sulfidestechnique to detect production, 1216
Wastewater reclamationlime treatment for removal of microorganisms, 663
Water activityextracellular enzyme production by S. aureus, 521
Water bacteriologyproficiency testing, 487
Water contentalteration of environmental salt concentration, 467S. aureus, 467
Water qualityLimulus lysate assay, 376
Waters, testenterovirus concentration, 540
Wild ricefermentation substrate for mycotoxin production,
105Willis and Hobbs' medium
C. perfringens identification, 809
Xylaninclusion in a medium for enumerating rumen bac-
teria, 1008
Yersinia enterocoliticaisolation from raw milk, 54
Yogurt culturesphage infection and penicillin concentration, inter-
action, 1145
Zearalenolcis and trans isomers, uterotropic activity, 986
Zearalenonecis and trans isomers, uterotropic activity, 986
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APPLIED AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
MICROBIOLOGY
VOLUME 35
WASHINGTON, D C 20006
1978
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTALMICROBIOLOGY
VOLUME 35 0 1978
EDITORIAL BOARDMARVIN P. BRYANT, Editor-in-Chief (1981)
University of Illinois, Urbana
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Volume 35 Contents for January 1978 Number 1
Metabolism, Growth, and Industrial MicrobiologyProduction of Extracellular Enzymes in Mutants Isolated from Trichoderma
viride Unable to Hydrolyze Cellulose. K. M. H. NEVALAiNEN AND E. T.PALVA* ................................................................ 11
Analysis of Bacterial Fermentation Products by Isotachophoresis. J. S. VAN DERHOEVEN,* H. C. M. FRANKEN, P. J. M. CAMP, AND C. W. DELLEBARRE ..... 17
Physiological Response of Neurospora Conidia to Freezing in the Dehydrated,Hydrated, or Germinated State. JAMES L. LEEF AND PETER MAzUR* ...... 72
Toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis Spores to the Tobacco Hornworm, Manducasexta. JOHN H. SCHESSER AND LEE A. BULLA, JR.* ...................... 121
High Concentrations of Horse Serum Inhibit Growth of Corn Stunt Spiroplasma.E. C. K. IGWEGBE ...................................................... 146
Catechol and Phenol Degradation by a Methanogenic Population of Bacteria. J.B. HEALY, JR.,.AND L. Y. YOUNG* ....................................... 216
Food Microbiology and ToxicologyIsolation of Yersinia enterocolitica from Raw Milk. D. A. SCHIEMANN* AND S.
TOMA ................................................................. 54Enhancing Nitrite Inhibition of Clostridium botulinum with Isoascorbate in
Perishable Canned Cured Meat. R. B. ToMPKIN,* L. N. CHRISTIANSEN, ANDA. B. SHAPARIS ........................................................ 59
Usefulness of the Stomacher in a Microbiological Regulatory Laboratory. W. H.ANDREWS,* C. R. WIIL5ON, P. L. POELMA, A. ROMERO, R. A. RUDE, A. P.DURAN, F. D. MCCLURE, AND D. E. GENTILE ............................. 89
Differentiation ofSalmonella Serotypes by Pyrolysis-Gas-Liquid Chromatographyof Cell Fragments. B. S. EMswILER* AND A. W. KOTULA ..... ............ 97
Comparison of Miniaturized Multitest Systems with Conventional Methodologyfor Identification of Enterobacteriaceae from Foods. LINDA S. GUTHERTZ*AND RICHARD L. OKOLUK ............................................... 109
Residual Viruses in Pork Products. P. D. McKERcHER,* W. R. HESS, AND F.HAMDY ............................................................... 142
Dulcitol-Malonate-Phenylalanine Agar for the Identification of Salmonella andOther Enterobacteriaceae. SAMUEL ESKENAZI AND ALLAN M. LITTELL* .... 199
Vibrio anguiUarum and Larval Mortality in a California Coastal ShellfishHatchery. Louis H. DISALVO,* JOHN BLECKA, AND RONALD ZEBAL.219
MycotoxinsWild Rice as Fermentation Substrate for Mycotoxin Production. L. A. LINDEN-
FELSER, A. CIEGLER, AND C. W. HESSELTINE*.105New Sensitive Biological Assay for 12,13-Epoxytrichothecenes. T. M. G. SIRI-
WARDANA AND P. LAFONT* .......... ................................... 206
Applied Environmental and Public Health MicrobiologyBreaks Induced in the Deoxyribonucleic Acid of Aerosolized Escherichia coli by
Ozonized Cyclohexane. G. DE MIK* AND IDA DE GROOT ..... ............. 6Structural Factors Influencing the Biodegradation of Imides. D. M. ENNIS,* A.
KRAMER, C. W. JAMESON, P. H. MAZZOCCHI, AND W. J. BAILEY ........... 51Distribution of Autotrophic Nitrifying Bacteria in a Polluted River (the
Passaic). V. A. MATULEWICH AND M. S. FINSTEIN* ..... ................. 67
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Persistence ofRhizobiumjaponicum on the Soybean Seed Coat Under ControlledTemperature and Humidity. F. DAVIDSON* AND H. W. REUSZER .... ...... 94
Microbial Transformations of Styrene and ['4C]Styrene in Soil and EnrichmentCultures. M. SIELICKI, D. D. FOCHT, AND J. P. MARTIN* ..... ............ 124
Rapid Enumeration of Fecal Coliforms in Water by a Colorimetric .8-GalactosidaseAssay. L. S. WARREN, R. E. BENOIT,* AND J. A. JESSEE ..... ............ 136
Isolation of Bacteriophage 14-Lysogenized Salmonella from the Freshwater Aquar-ium Snail Ampullaria. KAREN H. BARTLETT,* T. J. TRUST, AND H. LIOR . . 202
Comparison of Andersen Eight-Stage and Two-Stage Viable Air Samplers. S. E.CURTIS,* R. K. BALSBAUGH, AND J. G. DRUMMOND ..... .................. 208
Multichannel Electrochemical Microbial Detection Unit. JUDD R. WILKINS,*RICHARD N. YOUNG, AND ELIZABETH H. BOYKIN ..... ..................... 214
General Microbial EcologyUpper Boundary of the Biosphere. A. A. IMSHENETSKY,* S. V. LYSENKO, AND G.
A. KAZAKOV .......................................................... 1Relative Significance of Exogenous and De Novo Synthesized Fatty Acids in the
Formation of Rumen Microbial Lipids In Vitro. D. I. DEMEYER,* C. HENDER-SON, AND R. A. PRINS.................................................. 24
Role of Heterotrophic Nutrition in Growth of the Alga Scenedesmus obliquus inHigh-Rate Oxidation Ponds. AHARON ABELIOVICH* AND DORITH WEISMAN. 32
Phototrophic Purple and Green Bacteria in a Sewage Treatment Plant. E.SIEFERT,* R. L. IRGENS, AND N. PFENNIG ...... .......................... 38
Regional Variations of Cutaneous Propionibacteria. KENNETH J. MCGINLEY,*GUY F. WEBSTER, AND JAMES J. LEYDEN ...... ........................... 62
Reliable Sampling Method for Analysis of the Ecology of the Human AlimentaryTract. JOAN M. MACY,* IDA YU, CASEY CALDWELL, AND R. E. HUNGATE . . 113
Nitrogen Fixation (Acetylene Reduction) Associated with Roots of Winter Wheatand Sorghum in Nebraska. WAYNE L. PEDERSEN, K. CHAKRABARTY, R. V.KLUCAS,* AND ANNE K. VIDAVER ....... ................................ 129
Adhesion of Bacteria to Epithelial Cell Surfaces Within the Reticulo-Rumen ofCattle. R. P. MCCOWAN, K.-J. CHENG,* C. B. M. BAILEY, AND J. W.COSTERTON ............................................................ 149
Ruminococcus flavefaciens Cell Coat and Adhesion to Cotton Cellulose and toCell Walls in Leaves of Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne). M. J. LA-THAM,* B. E. BROOKER, G. L. PETTIPHER, AND P. J. HARRIS ............... 156
Immunolatex Localization by Scanning Electron Microscopy of Intestinal Bacteriafrom Cockroaches. J. W. BRACKE AND A. J. MARKOVET{* .... ............ 166
Effects of Substrate Biodegradability on the Mass and Activity of the AssociatedEstuarine Microbiota. RONALD J. BOBBIE, SUSAN J. MORRISON, AND DAVIDC. WHITE* ............................................................ 179
Isolation and Characterization ofArthrobacter Bacteriophages and Their Applica-tion to Phage Typing of Soil Arthrobacters. D. R. BROWN,* J. G. HOLT, ANDP. A. PATTEE .......................................................... 185
Application of the Fluorescent-Antibody Technique to the Study of a MethanogenicBacterium in Lake Sediments. RICHARD F. STRAYER AND JAMES M. TIEDJE* 192
Identification of Beijerinckia in the High Arctic (Devon Island, Northwest Terri-tories). D. C. JORDAN* AND PATRICIA J. MCNICOL .... ................... 204
Pectolytic Enzymes in Rhizobium. DAVID H. HUBBELL,* VICTOR M. MORALES,AND MERCEDES UMALI-GARCIA...... .................................... 210
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MethodsDiscrimination Between Oral Streptococci by Pyrolysis Gas-Liquid Chromatogra-
phy. M. V. STACK,* HELEN D. DONOGHUE, AND J. E. TYLER ..... ......... 45Compact Liquid Nitrogen Storage System Yielding High Recoveries of Gram-
Negative Anaerobes. M. N. GILMOUR,* G. TURNER, R. G. BERMAN, AND A.K. KRENZER ........................................................... 84
Large-Scale Production and Concentration of Infectious Esptein-BarrVirus. FREDERICK KLEIN,* JOHN F. ROSENSTEEL, RAYMOND M. HUMMER,ELIZABETH A. HILLMAN, CHARLES W. RIGGS, AND LEIGH J. CHARMELLA .... 171
Metabolism of Di- and Mono-n-Butyl Phthalate by Soil Bacteria. G. ENGELHARDTAND P. R. WALLNOFER* .............. .................................. 243
Studies on the Differential Inhibition by Azide on the Nitrite/Nitrous Oxide Levelof Denitrification. ELLEN SIDRANSKY, BERT WALTER, AND THOMAS C. HoL-LOCHER* .............................................................. 247
Purification and Some Properties of Riboflavin Synthetase from Bacillus stearo-thermophilus ATCC 8005. YUZURU SUZUKI,* YOSHINORI TERAI, AND SHIGEOABE .............................................................. 258
Formation of Glycosidases in Batch and Continuous Culture of Bacteroidesfragilis. JAN-OLOF BERG, CARL-ERIK NoRD,* AND TORKEL WADSTROM ..... 269
Nutritional Requirements of Selenomonas ruminantium for Growth on Lactate,Glycerol, or Glucose. B. LINEHAN, C. C. SCHEIFINGER, AND M. J. WoLIN. . 317
Estimation of Fermentation Biomass Concentration by Measuring Culture Fluo-rescence. D. W. ZABRISIUE* AND A. E. HUMPHREY ....................... 337
Cometabolism of DDT Analogs by a Pseudomonas sp. A. J. FRANCIs, R. J.SPANGGORD,* G. I. OUCHI, AND N. BOHONOS ....... ...................... 364
Production of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus in Cells Grown on ArtificialCapillaries. ANNA D. JOHNSON,* GERALD A. EDDY, J. DAVID GANGEMI,HELEN H. RAMSBURG, AND JOSEPH F. METZGER ...... .................... 431
Tryptophan Excretion by a Bradytroph of Hansenula polymorpha Growing inMethanol. S. SANCHEZ AND A. L. DEMAIN* ....... ...................... 459
Food Microbiology and ToxicologyIdentification of Enterotoxigenic Staphylococci from Sheep and Sheep Cheese. V.
HAJEK ................................................................ 264Clear, Defined Medium for the Sporulation of Clostridium perfringens. L. E.
SACKS* AND P. A. THOMPSON .......... ................................. 405Observations on Toxin and Hemagglutinin Produced by Clostridium botulinum
Type C. KEIJI OGUMA,* AKIo NAKANE, AND HIROO IIDA ..... ............ 462
MycotoxinsProduction of Penicillic Acid and Patulin by an Atypical Penicillium roqueforti
Isolate. F. J. OLIVIGNI AND L. B. BULLERMAN* ...... ................... 435
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Applied Environmental and Public Health MicrobiologyEffect of Chlorine Substitution on the Biodegradability of Polychlorinated Biphen-
yls. KENSUKE FURUKAWA,* KENZO TONOMURA, AND AKIRA KAMIBAYASHI . 223Membrane Filter Procedure for Enumeration of Candida albicans in Natural
Waters. JOHN D. BUCK* AND PATRICIA M. BUBUCIS ... .................. 237Survival and Resistance of Trichophyton mentagrophytes Arthrospores. TADAYO
HASHIMOTO* AND HAROLD J. BLUMENTHAL............................... 274Airborne Enteric Bacteria and Viruses from Spray Irrigation with Wastewater. B.
TELTSCH AND E. KATZENELSON*......................................... 290Enhanced Virus Replication in Mammalian Cells Exposed to Commercial Emul-
sifiers. KENNETH R. ROZEE,* SPENCER H. S. LEE, JOHN F. S. CROCKER, ANDSTEPHEN H. SAFE.297
Microbial Transformation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Pristine andPetroleum-Contaminated Sediments. S. E. HERBES* AND L. R. SCHWALL . . 306
Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls on Growth and Respiration of HeterotrophicMarine Bacteria. RICHARD P. BLAKEMORE* AND ANNE E. CAREY ......... 323
Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls on Macromolecular Synthesis by a Hetero-trophic Marine Bacteriumn. RICHARD P. BLAKEMORE .................... ;329
Hydrocarbon Biodegradation in Hypersaline Environments. DAVID M. WARD*AND T. D. BROCK.................................................. 353
Comparison Between Adsorption of Poliovirus and Rotavirus by AluminumHydroxide and Activated Sludge Flocs. SAMUEL R. FARRAH,* SAGAR M.GoYAL, CHARLES P. GERBA, RICHARD H. CONKLIN, AND ERIC M. SMrrH .... 360
Resistance of Pathogenic Naegleria to Some Common Physical and ChemicalAgents. SHIH-LU CHANG.368
Rapid Determination of Bacteriological Water Quality by Using LimulusLysate. T. M. EVANS, J. E. SCHILLINGER,* AND D. G. STUART... ......... 376
Growth of Heterotrophic Bacteria and Algal Extracellular Products in OligotrophicWaters. GORDON A. MCFETERS,* SIDNEY A. STUART, AND SusAN B. OLSoN 383
Significance of Low-Temperature Growth Associated with the Fecal ColiformResponse, Indole Production, and Pectin Liquefaction in Klebsiella. LAURIEG. NAEMURA AND RAMON J. SEIDLER* ....... ............................ 392
Method for Adenosine 5'-Triphosphate Measurement on Coke Waste ActivatedSludge. JAMES RUSSELL AND JOSEPH J. GAUTHIER* ..... ................. 450
General Microbial EcologyRecovery of Poly-,8-Hydroxybutyrate from Estuarine Microflora. JEAN S. HER-
RON, JOHN D. KING, AND DAVID C. WHITE* ...... ........................ 251Denitrification and Ammonia Formation in Anaerobic Coastal Sediments. ISAO
KOIKE AND AKIHIKO HATTORI* ......... ................................. 278Isolation and Properties of Fecal Proteins and Fecal Alkaline Phosphatase from
Capacity for Denitrification and Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia in a CoastalMarine Sediment. JAN SORENSEN ........ .............................. 301
Methane, Carbon Dioxide, and Hydrogen Sulfide Production from the TerminalMethiol Group of Methionine by Anaerobic Lake Sediments. S. H. ZINDERAND T. D. BROCK*...................................................... 344
Comparison of Light and Electron Microscopic Determinations of the Number ofBacteria and Algae in Lake Water. KERSTIN LAR8SON, CLAES WEIBULL,*AND GERTRUD CRONBERG ............. .................................. 397
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Distribution of Methylomonas methanica and Methylosinus trichosporium inCleveland Harbor as Determined by an Indirect Fluorescent Antibod-Mem-brane Filter Technique. Wn TAM M. REED AND PATRICK R. DUGAN ...... 422
Colonial Variation, Capsule Formation, and Bacteriophage Resistance in Bacte-roides thetaiotaomicron. SHARON BURT, SHEILA MELDRUM, D. R. WOODS,*AND D. T. JONES ........................................................ 439
Spatial Relationship of the Genital Microflora to the Vaginal Epithelium ofFemale Rats: Transmission Electron Microscopy. BRYAN LARSEN,* A. J.MARKOVETZ, AND R. P. GALASK .......... ............................... 444
Respiration Correction for Microbial Heterotrophic Activity Assays That UseTritium-Labeled Substrates. ALAN S. DIETZ AND LAWRENCE J. ALBRIGHT* 456
MethodsRestriction Endonuclease Analysis for the Identification of Baculovirus Pesti-
cides. LOIs K. MILLER* AND KATHERINE P. DAWES ...... ................ 411Determination ofFatty Acid Compositions ofBacillus cereus and Related Bacteria:
a Rapid Gas Chromatographic Method Using a Glass Capillary Column. A.NISKANEN,* T. KIUTAMo, S. RAISANEN, AND M. RAEVUORI ..... ........... 453
Errata
Macromolecule Synthesis ofEscherichia coli BB at a Lower or Transient GrowthState, TATSURO SAWADA, TETsUJI CHOHJI, AND SIGERU KUNo ..... ........ 465
Double-Stranded Ribonucleic Acid in Viruses ofPenicillium citrinum. ROMUALDOBENIGNI, GIUSEPPE IGNAZZITO, AND LAURA VOLTERRA ..... ............... 465
Volume 35 Contents for March 1978 Number3
Metabolism, Growth, and Industrial MicrobiologyAdaptational Change in Proline and Water Content of Staphylococcus aureus
After Alteration of Environmental Salt Concentration. IZUMI KOUJIMA, H.HAYASHI,* K. TOMOCHIKA, A. OKABE, AND Y. KANEMASA ..... ............ 467
Pilot-Scale Semisolid Fermentation of Straw. GLEN A. GRANT,* YOUN W. HAN,AND A. W. ANDERSON ................. ................................. 549
Microbial Transformations of Natural Antitumor Agents: Oxidation of Lapacholby Penicillium notatum. SHAREE OTTEN AND JOHN P. ROSAZZA* ..... ..... 554
Characteristics of the Constituent Substrains of Bacillus popilliae Growing inBatch and Continuous Cultures. E. S. SHARPE AND LEE A. BULLA, JR..... 601
Food Microbiology and ToxicologyEffect of Lactose Concentration on the Efficiency of Plating of Bacteriophages on
Streptococcus cremoris. ERIC A. TERZAGHI* AND BETTY E. TERZAGHI ...... 471
Recovery of Sublethally Heat-Injured Salmonella typhimurium on SupplementedPlating Media. J. Y. D'AousT ......... ................................ 483
Improved Microbiological Assay Procedures for Dihydrostreptomycin Residues inMilk and Dairy Products. JEAN M. INGLIS AND STANLEY E. KATZ* ........ 517
Influence of Water Activity on the Production of Extracellular Enzymes byStaphylococcus aureus. J. A. TROLLER* AND J. V. STINSON ..... .......... 521
Relation Between Radiation Resistance and Salt Sensitivity of Spores of FiveStrains ofClostridium botulinum types A, B, and E. I. KIss, C. 0. RHEE, N.GRECZ,* T. A. ROBERTS, AND J. FARKAS ........ ......................... 533
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Improved Lysis of Group N Streptococci for Isolation and Rapid Characterizationof Plasmid Deoxyribonucleic Acid. T. R. KLAENHAMMER,* L. L. McKAY,AND K. A. BALDWIN ............... .................................... 592
Incidence of Airborne Aspergillus flavus Spores in Cornfields of Five States. R.J. BOTHAST,* L. R. BEUCHAT, B. S. EMSWILER, M. G. JOHNSON, AND M. D.PIERSON .............................................................. 627
MycotoxinsProduction of Luteoskyrin and Isolation of a New Metabolite, Pibasterol, from
Penicillium islandicum Sopp. ANIL C. GHOSH, AWINASH MANMADE, BRUN-HILDE KOBBE, JAMES M. TOWNSEND, AND ARNOLD L. DEMAIN* .... ........ 563
Applied Environmental and Public Health MicrobiologySimple Bacterial Preservation Medium and Its Application to Proficiency Testing
in Water Bacteriology. M. H. BRODSKY,* B. W. CIEBIN, AND D. A. SCHIE-MANN ............................................................ 487
Distribution of the Genus Leptospira in Soil and Water. R. A. HENRY AND R. C.JOHNSON* ............................................................ 492
Concentration of Enteroviruses from Large Volumes of Tap Water, TreatedSewage, and Seawater. CHARLES P. GERBA,* SAMUEL R. FARRAH, SAGAR M.GOYAL, CRAIG WALLIS, AND JOSEPH L. MELNICK ...... .................... 540
Gentamicin-Based Medium for the Isolation of Group D Streptococci and Applica-tion of the Medium to Water Analysis. L. SCoTT DONNELLY AND PAUL A.HARTMAN* ........................................................... 576
Evaluation of Thermal Disinfection Procedures for Hydrophilic ContactLenses. STEPHEN C. BUSSCHAERT,* ROBERT C. GOOD, AND JOHN SZABOCSIK 618
Concentration of Poliovirus from Tap Water onto Membrane Filters with Alumi-num Chloride at Ambient pH Levels. SAMUEL R. FARRAH, SAGAR M. GOYAL,CHARLES P. GERBA, CRAIG WALLIS, AND JOSEPH L. MELNICK* .... ......... 624
General Microbial EcologyMaintenance of a Certain Rumen Protozoal Population in a Continuous In Vitro
Fermentation System. FUMINORI NAKAMURA AND YASUSHI KURIHARA* ... 500Bacterial and Spontaneous Dehalogenation of Organic Compounds. T. OMORI
AND M. ALEXANDER*.................................................... 512Changes in Photosynthetic Rate and Pigment Content of Blue-Green Algae in
Lake Mendota. ALLAN KONOPKA* AND THOMAS D. BROCK ..... ........... 527Reduction of Azo Dyes by Intestinal Anaerobes. KING-THOM CHUNG,* GEORGE E.
FULK, AND MARY EGAN................................................ 558Biological Dinitrogen Fixation (Acetylene Reduction) Associated with Florida
Mangroves. D. A. ZUBERER AND W. S. SILVER* ...... ................... 567Bacteria Associated with the Gastric Epithelium of Neonatal Pigs. R. FULLER,*
P. A. BARROW, AND B. E. BROOKER ........ ............................. 582Isolation and Cultivation of Spirochetes and Other Spiral-Shaped Bacteria Asso-
ciated with the Cecal Mucosa of Rats and Mice. ADRIAN LEE* AND MICHAELPHILLIPS .............................................................. 610
Improved Enrichment and Isolation Procedures for Obtaining Pure Cultures ofBeggiatoa. SHERIL D. BURTON* AND JOHN D. LEE ..... .................. 614
MethodsRapid Test for the Serological Separation ofStaphylococci from Micrococci. PETER
H. SEIDL* AND KARL H. SCHLEIFER ...................................... 479
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Computer-Assisted Identification ofAnaerobic Bacteria. ROGER W. KELLEY* ANDSCOTT T. KELLOGG..................................................... 507
Simple Procedure for Disruption of Fungal Spores. JAMES L. VAN ETTEN* ANDSHELBY N. FREER ...................................................... 622
ErratumEffects of Lysine Analogs on Penicillium chrysogenum. C. G. FRIEDRICH AND A.
L. DEMAIN ............................................................ 629
Volume 35 Contents for April 1978 Number4
Metabolism, Growth, and Industrial MicrobiologyProduction of Trypsin Inhibitor by a Cephalosporium sp. KATSUMI TsUCHIYA*
AND TETsU KIMURA..................................................... 631Bacterial Oxidation of Polyethylene Glycol. FUSAKO KAWAI,* TAKUHEI KIMURA,
Hydrogen Production byAnabaena cylindrica: Effects ofVaryingAmmonium andFerric Ions, pH, and Light. THOMAS W. JEFFRIES, HECTOR TIMOURIAN,* ANDRAYMOND L. WARD..................................................... 704
Regiospecific Synthesis ofIsoapocodeine from 10,11-Dimethoxyaporphine by UsingCunninghamella elegans. ROBERT V. SMITH* AND PATRICK J. DAVIS ....... 738
Immobilization of Aspergillus Beta-Glucosidase on Chitosan. FRANK BIssETTAND DAVID STERNBERG* ................................................ 750
Physiology of L-Asparaginase Synthesis in Recombinants of Escherichia coli A-1. W. R. BARNES, G. R. VELA, AND G. L. DORN* ...... ................... 766
Catabolism of 2,4,5-Trimethoxybenzoic Acid and 3-Methoxycrotonic Acid. YAO-LING T. LEE, VELTA L. SPARNINS, AND STANLEY DAGLEY* ..... ............. 817
Food Microbiology and ToxicologyTemperature-Sensitive Mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Variable in the
Methionine Content of Their Protein. HARuo MOMOSE AND KENNETH F.GREGORY* ............................................................. 641
Molds on Vegetables at the Time of Harvest. TERESA A. WEBB AND J. ORVINMuNDT* .............................................................. 655
Reduction of Lactic Acid, Nonprotein Nitrogen, and Ash in Lactic Acid Whey byCandida ingens Culture. LEONARD P. RuIz, JR.,* JOAN C. GURNSEY, ANDJOHN L. SHORT ........................................................ 771
Plasmids, Lactic Acid Production, and N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine Fermentation inLactobacillus helveticus subsp. jugurti. MARTIN B. SMILEY* AND VINCENTFRYDER .............................................................. 777
Osmotically Induced Increase in Thermal Resistance of Heat-Sensitive, DipicolinicAcid-Less Spores ofBBacillus cereus Ht-8. K. BHOTHIPAKSA AND F. F. BUSTA* 800
New Modification of Willis and Hobbs' Method for Identification of Clostridiumperfringens. ANTONIO M. SERRAUNO AND I. S. SCHNEIDER* ..... ............ 809
Method for Sampling Beef Carcasses. CHARLES M. DAVIDSON,* MARY TAYLOR,AND GABOR G. ZELLERMAN ............ .................................. 811
Plating Procedure for the Enumeration of Coliforms from Dairy Products. B.RAY* AND M. L. SPECK .............. ................................... 820
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MycotoxinsAcute Toxicity of12,13-Epoxytrichothecenes in One-Day-Old Broiler Chicks. M.
S. CHI,*T. S. ROBISON, C. J. MIROCHA, AND K. R. REDDY .... .............. 636Lack of Mutagenicity to Salmonella typhimurium of Some Fusarium
Mycotoxins. F. C. WEHNER,* W. F. 0. MARASAS, AND P. G. THIEL......... 659PR Toxin Production in Different Penicillium roqueforti Strains. RU-DONG WEI*
AND GAI-XUONG Liu.................................................... 797Applied Environmental and Public Health Microbiology
Role of Lime Treatment in the Removal of Bacteria, Enteric Viruses, andColiphages in a Wastewater Reclamation Plant. W. 0. K. GRABOW,* IRMELAG. MIDDENDORFF, AND NERINE C. BAsSON ...... .......................... 663
Role of Sediment in the Persistence of Enteroviruses in the Estuarine Environ-ment. ERIC M. SMITH, CHARLES P. GERBA, AND JOSEPH L. MELNICK* ...... 685
Growth of Prototheca Isolates on n-Hexadecane and Mixed-Hydrocarbon Sub-strate. JOHN D. WALKER* AND R. SCOTT PORE ..... ...................... 694
Biocidal Properties of Anti-Icing Additives for Aircraft Fuels. R. A. NEIHOF* ANDC. A. BAILEY .......................................................... 698
Use of Fecal Streptococci as Indicators of Pollution in Soil. H. J. KIBBEY, C.HAGEDORN,* AND E. L. McCoY ......... ................................. 711
Response of Terrestrial Microorganisms to a Simulated Martian Envi-ronment. TERRY L. FOSTER,* L. WINANS, JR., R. C. CASEY, AND L. E.KIRSCHNER ............................................................ 730
General Microbial EcologyChanges in Proportions of Acetate and Carbon Dioxide Used as Methane Precur-
sors During the Anaerobic Digestion of Bovine Waste. D. 0. MOUNTFORT*AND R. A. ASHER...................................................... 648
Nonsporing, Anaerobic, Gram-Positive Rods in Saliva and the Gingival Crevice ofHumans. B. SANYAL AND C. RUSSELL* ....... ........................... 670
Effects of Low Concentrations of Bisulfite-Sulfite and Nitrite on Micro-organisms. RICHARD S. WODZINSKI, DAVID P. LABEDA, AND MARTIN ALEX-ANDER* .............................................................. 718
Effect of the Spartina alterniflora Root-Rhizome System on Salt Marsh SoilDenitrifying Bacteria. B. F. SHERR AND W. J. PAYNE* ..... .............. 724
Use of Extractable Adenosine Triphosphate to Estimate the Viable Cell Mass inDental Plaque Samples Obtained from Monkeys. STANLEY A. ROBRISH,*CHRISTOPHER W. KEMP, AND WILLIAM H. BOWEN ..... .................... 743
Evaluation of the Accuracy and Precision of Enumerating Aerobic Heterotrophs inWater Samples by the Spread Plate Method. JAMES B. KAPER, AARON L.MILLS, AND RITA R. COLWELL* .......... ................................ 756
Bacteria Isolated from the Duodenum, Ileum, and Cecum of Young Chicks. J. P.SALANITRO,* I. G. BLAKE, P. A. MUIRHEAD, M. MAGLIO, AND J. R. GOODMAN 782
Interactions Between the Diatom Thallasiosira pseudonanna and an AssociatedPseudomonad in a Mariculture System. KATHERINE H. BAKER* AND DIANES. HERSON ............................................................ 791
MethodsQuantification ofTwo Viruses in Technical Preparations ofOrgyia pseudotsugata
Baculovirus by Means of Buoyant Density Centrifugation of Viral Deoxyribo-nucleic Acid. G. F. ROHRMANN,* M. E. MARTIGNONI, AND G. S. BEAUDREAU 690
Use of Ethanol for Selective Isolation of Sporeforming Microorganisms. JACK R.KORANSKY, STEPHEN D. ALLEN, AND V. R. DOWELL, JR.*..... 762
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Chemiluminescent Detection of Bacteria: Experimental and TheoreticalLimits. CAROL A. MILLER* AND PAUL 0. VOGELHUT ...................... 813
Volume 35 Contents for May 1978 Number 5
Metabolism, Growth, and Industrial MicrobiologyThreonine Production by Regulatory Mutants of Serratia marcescens. SABURO
KOMATSUBARA,* MASAHIKO KIsuMI, KOUSAKU MURATA, AND ICHIRO CHIBATA 834
Production of Branched-Chain Volatile Fatty Acids by Certain Anaerobic Bacte-ria. MILTON J. ALLISON ........... .................................... 872
Growth Inhibition of Streptococcus mutans and Leuconostoc mesenteroides bySodium Fluoride and Ionic Tin. K. G. YOST* AND P. J. VANDEMARK ....... 920
Anaerobic Utilization of Phosphite and Hypophosphite by Bacillus sp. T. L.FOSTER,* L. WINANS, JR., AND S. J. S. HELMS ............................ 937
Utilization of Non-Sugar Sources for Vitamin B12 Production. TADASHI KAMI-KUBO, MITSUNORI HAYASHI, NAOMICHI NISHIO,* AND SHIRO NAGIA .... ..... 971
Superoxide Dismutase in Anaerobes: a Survey. EUGENE M. GREGORY,* W. E. C.MOORE, AND LILLIAN V. HOLDEMAN ...................................... 988
Food Microbiology and ToxicologyEffect of Prior Refrigeration on Botulinal Outgrowth in Perishable Canned Cured
Meat When Temperature Abused. R. B. TOMPKIN,* L. N. CHRISTIANSEN,AND A. B. SHAPARIS.................................................... 863
Affinity Chromatography Purification of Type A Botulinum Neurotoxin fromCrystalline Toxic Complex. L. J. MOBERG AND H. SUGIYAMA* .... ......... 878
Particle Nature, Yeast Strain, and Temperature Interactions on the FermentationRates of Grape Juice. C. S. OUGH* AND M. L. GROAT ..... ................ 881
Causes of Variation in Botulinal Inhibition in Perishable Canned Cured Meat. R.B. TOMPKIN,* L. N. CHRISTIANSEN, AND A. B. SHAPARIS ..... .............. 886
Control of Nonspecific Staining in the Fluorescent Antibody Technique for theDetection of Salmonellae in Foods. B. SWAMINATHAN,* J. C. AYRES, AND J.E. WILLIAMS.......................................................... 911
Bacterial Sampling Techniques on Beef, Pork, and Lamb Adipose Tissue. B. W.BERRY,* A. L. JOSEPH, AND A. Ai-TI CHEN ............................... 978
MycotoxinsAnthraquinones in the Biosynthesis of Sterigmatocystin by Aspergillus versi-
color. DENNIS P. H. HsIEH,* RAJENDRA SINGH, RAYMOND C. YAO, AND J.W. BENNETT........................................................... 980
Uterotropic Activity of cis and trans Isomers of Zearalenone and Zearalenol. C.J. MIROCHA,* S. V. PATHRE, J. BEHRENS, AND BETH SCHAUERHAMER ....... 986
Analysis of Deoxynivalenol from Cultures ofFusarium Species. S. V. PATHRE*AND C. J. MIROCHA ............... ..................................... 992
Applied Environmental and Public Health Microbiology"Bactericidal" Property of Seawater: Death or Debilitation? LINDA L. DAWE AND
WILLIAM R. PENROSE* ............. ..................................... 829Inhibition of Light-Induced pH Increase and 02 Evolution of Marine Microalgae
by Water-Soluble Components of Crude and Refined Oils. JAMES E. ARM-STRONG* AND JOHN A. CALDER ......... ................................. 858
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Bacterial Dehalogenation of Halogenated Alkanes and Fatty Acids. T. OMORIAND M. ALEXANDER*.................................................... 867
Kinetics of Biodegradation of p-Nitrobenzoate and Inhibition by Benzoate in aPseudomonad. HELEN D. HALLER* AND R. K. FINN ..... ................. 890
Distribution of Hydrocarbon-Utilizing Microorganisms and Hydrocarbon Biodeg-radation Potentials in Alaskan Continental Shelf Areas. GEORGE ROUBALAND RONALD M. ATLAS* ............. ................................... 897
Inactivation ofBacillus thuringiensis Spores by Ultraviolet and Visible Light. V.M. GRIEGO AND K. D. SPENCE* .......... ................................ 906
Cultural and Environmental Factors Affecting the Longevity of Escherichia coliin Histosols. ROBERT L. TATE III ........ ............................... 925
Identification of Biotransformation Products from 2,4-Dinitrotoluene. NEIL G.MCCORMICK,* JOHN H. CORNELL, AND ARTHUR M. KAPLAN ..... ........... 945
Microbial Transformation of "4C-Labeled 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene in an Activated-Sludge System. DAVID F. CARPENTER, NEIL G. MCCORMICK, JOHN H.CORNELL, AND ARTHUR M. KAPLAN * ..................................... 949
Suggested Procedure Allowing Use of Plastic Petri Dishes in BacteriocinTyping. A. BAUERNFEIND* AND J. R. BURROWS ...... .................... 970
Practical Method for Detecting Poliovirus in Anaerobic Digester Sludge. J.STEVEN GLASS, ROBERT J. VAN SLUIS, AND WILLIAM A. YANKO* .... ........ 983
General Microbial EcologyBacteria from the Gut of Australian Termites. M. L. EUTICK, R. W. O'BRIEN,*
AND M. SLAYTOR........................................................ 823Enumeration and Isolation of Anaerobic Microbiota of Piggery Wastes. SIERK F.
SPOELSTRA ............................................................ 841Three-Year Investigation of the Natural Airborne Bacterial Flora at Four Locali-
ties in Sweden. AKE BOVALLIUS, BENGT BUCHT, ROGER ROFFEY, AND PERANAS* ................................................................ 847
Simultaneous Determinations of Nitrification and Nitrate Reduction in CoastalSediments by a 15N Dilution Technique. ISAO KOIKE* AND AKIHIKO HATTORI 853
Heterotrophic Bacteria Present in Hindguts of Wood-Eating Termites [Reticuli-termes flavipes (Kollar)]. J. E. SCHULTZ AND JOHN A. BREZNAK* .... ...... 930
Pathway of Degradation of Nitrilotriacetate by a Pseudomonas Species. MARYK. FIRESTONE AND JAMES M. TIEDJE* ........ ............................ 955
Isolation and Properties of Fungi That Lyse Blue-Green Algae. K. REDHEAD*AND S. J. L. WRIGHT................................................... 962
MethodsSafe, Convenient, Portable Pipettor. J. R. SONGER ...... ..................... 974Rapid Sampling Culture Chamber. ANNE E. CAREY* AND BRIAN W. SCHROEDER 976
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Metabolism, Growth, and Industrial MicrobiologyInclusion of Xylan in a Medium for the Enumeration of Total Culturable Rumen
Bacteria. PENELOPE A. HENNING* AND A. E. VAN DER WALT .... ......... 1008Lignocellulose Decomposition by Selected Streptomyces Strains. DON L. CRAW-
FORD .................................................................. 1041
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Extracellular Accumulation of a New Amino Acid, 0-2-Hydroxypropylhomoserine,from 1,2-Propanediol by Flavobacterium rigense. SHIGEKI YAMADA,* KOICHINABE, TOSHIHIKO UJIMARU, NOBUHIKO IZUO, AND ICHIRO CHIBATA .... ..... 1046
Transduction in Bacillus thuringiensis. CURTIS B. THORNE ..... .............. 1109Reversal of the Silver Inhibition of Microorganisms by Agar. RICHARD C.
TILTON* AND BERNARD ROSENBERG ....... ............................... 1116Simple Method for the Isolation of Astaxanthin from the Basidiomycetous Yeast
Phaffia rhodozyma. ERIC A. JOHNSON, TOMAS G. VILLA, MICHAEL J. LEWIS,AND HERMAN J. PHAFF* ........... ..................................... 1155
Sulfide Oxidation by Spheroplasts of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. TATSUO TANOAND DONALD LUNDGREN* .......... ..................................... 1198
Accumulation ofl-trans-2,3-Epoxysuccinic Acid and Succinic Acid by Paecilomycesvarioti; E. T. M. LING, J. T. DIBBLE, M. R. HOUSTON, L. B. LOCKWOOD,*AND L. P. ELLIOTT...................................................... 1213
Intermittent Illumination Increases Biophotolytic Hydrogen Yield by Anabaenacylindrica. THOMAS W. JEFFRIES* AND KAY L. LEACH .... ................ 1228
Food Microbiology and ToxicologyVirus Accumulation by the Rock Oyster Crassostrea glomerata. ANNE J. BED-
FORD, GILLIAN WILLIAMS, AND A. R. BELLAMY* ..... ...................... 1012Antimetabolite Sensitivity and Magnesium Uptake by Thermally Stressed Vibrio
parahaemolyticus. J. J. HEINIS, L. R. BEUCHAT,* AND F. C. BOSWELL ..... 1035Method for the Detection of Injured Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Seafoods. B.
RAY,* SANDRA M. HAWKINS, AND CAMERON R. HACKNEY .... .............. 1121Interaction of Bacteriophage Infection and Low Penicillin Concentrations on the
Performance of Yogurt Cultures. WALTER M. VERHUE .... ................ 1145Survival of a Salmonella typhimurium Experimental Contaminant During Cook-
ing of Beef Roasts. L. C. BLANKENSHIP ...... ........................... 1160Rapid Qualitative Method for Detecting Staphylococcal Nuclease in Foods. A.
KOUPAL AND R. H. DEIBEL* ........ ..................................... 1193Use of [14C]Lysine to Detect Microbial Contamination in Liquid Foods. P.
MAFART,* C. BOURGEOIS, B. DUTEURTRE, AND M. MOLL .... ................ 1211Detection of Volatile Sulfide-Producing Bacteria Isolated from Poultry-Processing
Plants. T. A. MCMEEKIN,* P. A. GIBBS, AND J. T. PATTERSON ... .......... 1216Antiviral Effect of Commercial Juices and Beverages. JACK KONOWALCHUK*
AND JOAN I. SPEIRS.................................................... 1219Isolation of an Enteropathogenic, Kanagawa-Positive Strain of Vibrio parahae-
molyticus from Seafood Implicated in Acute Gastroenteritis. GEORGE T.SPITE, DAVID F. BROWN, AND ROBERT M. TWEDT* ......................... 1226
Comparison of Selective Media for Coagulase-Positive Enterotoxigenic Staphylo-coccus aureus. AIMo NISKANEN* AND MAURI AALTO .... ................. 1223
MycotoxinsComparison of the Toxicities of Patulin and Patulin Adducts Formed with
Cysteine. SEPPO LINDROTH* AND ATTE VON WRIGHT.... .................. 1003Production of Cyclochlorotine and a New Metabolite, Simatoxin, by Penicillium
islandicum Sopp. ANIL C. GHOSH,* AWINASH MANMADE, JAMES M. TOWN-SEND, ANN BOUSQUET, JOHN F. HowEs, AND ARNOLD L. DEMAIN ... ........ 1074
Detection of Mutagens Produced by Fungi with the Salmonella typhimuriumAssay. L. F. BJELDANES,* G. W. CHANG, AND S. V. THOMSON ............. 1150
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Applied Environmental and Public Health MicrobiologyDistribution ofRibonucleic Acid Coliphages in South and East Asia. K. FURUSE,*
T. SAKURAI, A. HIRASHIMA, M. KATSUKI, A. ANDO, AND I. WATANABE ...... 995Airborne Bacteria in an Urban Environment. Rocco L. MANCINELLI* AND
WELLS A. SHULLS...................................................... 1095Method for Correcting Laboratory Model Deep-Well Disposal System Data for
Hydrostatic Pressure Effects. E. HORVATH AND G. H. ELKAN* ............. 1221
General Microbial EcologyThermophilic Methanogenesis in a Hot-Spring Algal-Bacterial Mat (71 to
300C). DAVID M. WARD ............ .................................... 1019Effect of Sulfur-Containing Compounds on Anaerobic Degradation of Cellulose to
Methane by Mixed Cultures Obtained from Sewage Sludge. A. W. KHAN*AND T. M. TROTTIER ........................................... .. 1027
Phytoplankton Uptake and Excretion of Assimilated Nitrate in a Small CanadianShield Lake. Y. K. CHAN* AND N. E. R. CAMPBELL ....... ............... 1052
Influence of Ammonium Chloride on the Nitrogenase Activity of Nodulated PeaPlants (Pisum sativum). F. HOUWAARD ............................... 1061
Antagonism Among the Normal Anaerobic Bacteria of the Mouse GastrointestinalTract Determined by Immunofluorescence. RODNEY D. BERG ..... ......... 1066
Viral Aggregation: Quantitation and Kinetics ofthe Aggregation of Poliovirus andReovirus. ROGER FLOYD AND D. G. SHARP* ....... ....................... 1079
Viral Aggregation: Effects of Salts on the Aggregation of Poliovirus and Reovirusat Low pH. ROGER FLOYD AND D. G. SHARP* ...... ...................... 1084
Survival of Bacillus licheniformis on Human Skin. D. J. BIBEL,* D. J. LOVELL,AND R. J. SMILJANIC ................................................... 1128
Interactions of Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 10716 and Normal Flora of HumanSkin. D. J. BIBEL,* R. J. SMILJANIC, AND D. J. LOVELL ..... .............. 1136
Adhesion of Bacteroides succinogenes in Pure Culture and in the Presence ofRuminococcus flavefaciens to Cell Walls in Leaves of Perennial Ryegrass(Lolium perenne). M. J. LATHAM,* B. E. BROOKER, G. L. PETTIPHER, ANDP. J. HARRIS.......................................................... 1166
Studies on an Acetate-Fermenting Strain of Methanosarcina. ROBERT A. MAH,*MICHAEL R. SMrrH, AND LARRY BARESI .................................. 1174
Methanogenesis from Acetate: a Nonmethanogenic Bacterium from an AnaerobicAcetate Enrichment. DAVID M. WARD, ROBERT A. MAH,* AND ISAAC R.KAPLAN ............................................................... 1185
Long-Range Air Transmission of Bacteria. AKE BOVALLIUS, BENGT BUCHT,ROGER ROFFEY, AND PER ANAS* ......... ................................ 1231
MethodsElectrophoretic Protein Patterns and Enzyme Mobilities in Anaerobic Coryne-
forms. CYNTHIA S. GROSS, DONALD A. FERGUSON, JR., AND CECIL S. CUM-MINS* .......................................... 1102
Restriction Endonuclease Analysis to Distinguish Two Closely Related NuclearPolyhedrosis Viruses: Autographa californica MNPV and Trichoplusia niMNPV. LOIS K. MILLER* AND KATHERINE P. DAWES ....... .............. 1206
Induction of Colonial Growth and Replica Plating of the White Rot BasidiomycetePhanaerochaete chrysosporium. MICHAEL H. GOLD* AND THERESE M.CHENG.......................................... 1223
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ErrataRuminococcus flavefaciens Cell Coat and Adhesion to Cotton Cellulose and to Cell
Walls in Leaves of Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne). M. J. LATHAM, B.E. BROOKER, G. L. PETTIPHER, AND P. J. HARRIS ...... .................... 1237
Bacteria Associated with the Gastric Epithelium of Neonatal Pigs. R. FULLER,P. A. BARROW, AND B. E. BROOKER ........ .............................. 1237
Upper Boundary of the Biosphere. A. A. IMSHENETSKY, S. V. LYSENKO, AND G.A. KAZAKOV...........................................................1237