Table Of ContentContents
Number 1, January 1993 78 Rapid DNA extraction protocol from soil for
polymerase chain reaction-mediated amplification
1 Instructions to authors K. SMALLA, N. CRESSWELL, L. C. MENDONCA-HAGLER,
A. WOLTERS & J. D. VAN ELSAS
5 A Review: Biosynthesis of aflatoxin — the role of
nutritional factors Medical, Dental and Veterinary
ROSA H. LUCHESE & W. F. HARRIGAN 86 The effect of slurry storage and anaerobic digestion on
survival of pathogenic bacteria
Agriculture
THERESA E. KEARNEY, M. J. LARKIN & P. N. LEVETT
15 Inhibition of Lactobacillus plantarum by polyphenols
extracted from two different kinds of olive brine Microbial Physiology
J. L. RUIZ-BARBA, M. BRENES-BALBUENA, 94 Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to 2,2'-
R. JIMENEZ-DIAZ, P. GARCIA-GARCIA & methylenebis (4-chlorophenol)
A. GARRIDO-FERNANDEZ V. S. BROZEL & T. E. CLOETE
20 Characteristics of a plant deleterious rhizosphere
pseudomonad and its inhibitory metabolite(s) Number 2, February 1993
BOEL ASTROM, ANNIKA GUSTAFSSON & B. GERHARDSON
101 A Review: Sugar- and salt-tolerant yeasts
29 Binding and degradation of lectins by components of
K.TOKUOKA
rumen liquor
K. BAINTNER, SYLVIA H. DUNCAN, C. S. STEWART & Agriculture
A. PUSZTAI 111 Influence of growth temperature on the production of
extracellular virulence factors and pathogenicity of
Antimicrobial Agents environmental and human strains of Aeromonas
36 Distribution of pathogen inhibition in the Lactobacillus hydrophila
isolates of a commercial probiotic consortium DIANA MATEOS, J. ANGUITA, G. NAHARRO &
N. CHATEAU, I. CASTELLANOS & A. M. DESCHAMPS CARMEN PANIAGUA
Food and Milk Antimicrobial Agents
41 Isolation of a DNA probe for identification of 119 The production of antifungal volatiles by Bacillus
glucan-producing Pediococcus damnosus in wines subtilis
ALINE LONVAUD-FUNEL, Y. GUILLOUX & ANNICK JOYEUX P. J. FIDDAMAN & S. ROSSALL
127 Effects of some ionophore antibiotics and polyoxins
48 Detection of interactions between yeasts and lactic acid
on the growth of anaerobic rumen fungi
bacteria isolated from sugary kefir grains
1. K. O. CANN, Y. KOBAYASHI, A. ONODA, M. WAKITA &
FRANfOISE LEROI & M. PIDOUX
S. HOSHINO
54 Characterization of interactions between Lactobacillus 134 Production and characterization of antibacterial
hilgardii and Saccharomyces florentinus isolated from compounds produced by Pediococcus damnosus and
sugary kefir grains Pediococcus pentosaceus
FRANgOISE LEROI & M. PIDOUX EIJA SKYTTA, AULI HAIKARA &
TUNA MATTILA-SANDHOLM
Genetics
Food and Milk
61 Detection of in vitro amplification of the alpha-toxin
143 Freeze-dried mixed cultures as reference samples in
(phospholipase C) gene from Clostridium perfringens
quantitative and qualitative microbiological
P. FACH & J. P. GUILLOU
examinations of food
67 Purification, partial characterization and M. PETERZ & A.-C. STENERYD
plasmid-linkage of pediocin SJ-1, a bacteriocin 149 Detection of Aeromonas hydrophila in food with an
produced by Pediococcus acidilactici enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
F. SCHVED, A. LALAZAR, Y. HENIS & B. J. JUVEN SUSANA MERINO, SILVIA CAMPRUBI & J. M. TOMAS
Mill
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155 Methods for the detection of thermotolerant Number 3, March 1993
Campylobacters in foods: results of an
inter-laboratory study 223 A Review: Methods for Escherichia coli identification
SUSAN L. SCOTTER, T. J. HUMPHREY & ALISON HENLEY in food, water and clinical samples based on
164 Interactions among xerophilic fungi associated with beta-glucuronidase detection
dried salted hsh E. W. FRAMPTON & L. RESTAINO
KATHRYN A. WHEELER & AILSA D. HOCKING
Agriculture
234 Direct and indirect conductimetry for identification
Methods
and detection of plant pathogenic bacteria
170 Determination of the collection efficiency of a
A. A. J. M. FRANKEN & P. S. VAN DER ZOUWEN
microbial air sampler
243 Alternative antigens reduce cross-reactions in an
J. E. BENBOUGH, A. M. BENNETT & S. R. PARKS
ELISA for the detection of Salmonella enteritidis in
174 A method for multiple synchronous collection of
poultry
airborne organisms and the effects on colony counts
M. F. D. BAAY & J. H. J. HUTS IN ’t VELD
of various processing procedures
G. J. S. TAYLOR & J. P. LEEMING
Antimicrobial Agents
181 An ion-exchange based extraction method for the
248 Stimulatory effect of phenylmercuric acetate and
detection of salmonellas in soil
benzene on the growth of a broad spectrum
P. E. TURPIN, K. A. MAYCROFT, C. L. ROWLANDS &
mercury-resistant strain of Bacillus pasteurii
E. M. H. WELLINGTON
KALIPADA PAHAN, S. RAY, R. GACHHLT, J. CHAUDHURI &
A. MANDAL
Microbial Physiology 253 The effect of the olive phenolic compound,
191 Microculture model studies on the effect of sorbic oleuropein, on growth and enterotoxin B production
acid on Penicillium chrysogenuniy Cladosporium by Staphylococcus aureus
cladosporioides and Ulocladium atrum at different pH H. S. TRANTER, SOULA C. TASSOU & G. J. NYCHAS
levels
INGER MARIE SKIRDAL & T. EKLUND Food and Milk
196 Characterization of a variant of the polysaccharide 260 Use of the polymerase chain reaction and 16S rRNA
acetan produced by a mutant of Acetohacter xylinum sequences for the rapid detection of Brochothrix spp.
strain CRl/4 in foods
C. A. MACCORMICK, J. E. HARRIS, A. P. GUNNING & K. A. GRANT, J. H. DICKINSON, M. J. PAYNE, SHONA
V. J. MORRIS CAMPBELL, M. D. COLLINS & R. G. KROLL
268 Characterization and classification of virulent
Sterilization and Disinfection lactococcal bacteriophages isolated from a Cheddar
200 Effect of formulation pH and storage temperatures on cheese plant
the preservative efficacy of some gases used as C. N. CASEY, E. MORGAN, C. DALY & G. F. FITZGERALD
propellants in cosmetic aerosols
Methods
Y. K. E. IBRAHIM & H.-G. SONNTAG
276 Separation of bacteria using agglutinins isolated from
invertebrates
Systematics
M. J. PAYNE, SHONA CAMPBELL & R. G. KROLL
210 Phenotypic identification of non-clinical isolates of
Acinetobacter species
Microbial Physiology
J. A. SODDELL, A. M. BEACHAM & R. J. SEVIOUR 284 Scanning electron micrograph study of Bacillus
licheniformis during bioleaching of silica from
Water magnesite ore
215 The colonization of solid PVC surfaces and the B. K. MOHANTY & A. K. MISHRA
acquisition of resistance to germicides by water 290 Adhesion of Lactobacillus acidophilus to avian
micro-organisms intestinal epithelial cells mediated by the crystalline
R. W. VESS, R. L. ANDERSON, J. H. CARR, W. W. BOND & bacterial cell surface layer (S-layer)
M. S. FAVERO C. SCHNEITZ, L. NUOTIO & K. LOUNATMAA
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295 Molecular characterization of Lactobacillus curvatus 367 Time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay as a method for
and Lact. sake isolated from sauerkraut and their detection of Erwinia chrysanthemi in potato peel
application in sausage fermentations extracts
R. F. VOGEL, M. LOHMANN, MARGARETHE NGUYEN, J. M. VAN DER WOLF
ANDREA N. WELLER & W. P. HAMMES
Systematics Antimicrobial Agents
301 Digoxigenin-labelled inv- and a»7-probes for the 372 Mesenterocin 52, a bacteriocin produced by
detection and identification of pathogenic Yersinia Leuconostoc mesenteroides ssp. mesenteroides FR 52
enterncolitica in clinical specimens and naturally F. MATHIEU, 1. S. SUWANDHI, N. REKHIF, J. B. MILLIERE
contaminated pig samples & G. LEFEBVRE
ROSALINA L. J. GOVERDE, W. H. JANSEN, H. A. BRUNINGS, 380 Enterocin 226NWC, a bacteriocin produced by
J. H. j. HUIS IN’t veld & F. R. MOOI Enterococcus faecalis 226, active against Listeria
314 Numerical taxonomy of Lactobacillus spp. associated monocytogenes
with healthy and diseased mucosa of the human F. VILLANI, G. SALZANO, ELENA SORRENTINO, OLIMPIA
intestines PEPE, P. MARINO & S. COPPOLA
G. MOLIN, B. JEPPSSON, M.-L. JOHANSSON, S. AHRNE, 388 A laboratory apparatus for the generation and biocide
S. NOBAEK, M. STAHL & S. BENGMARK efficacy testing of Legionella biofilms
324 Phylogenetic studies of the rRNA group II P. N. GREEN & R. S. PIRRIE
pseudomonads based on 16S rRNA gene sequences
XIANG LI, M. DORSCH, T. DEL DOT, L. 1. SLY, Food and Milk
E. STACKEBRANDT & A. C. HAYWARD 394 A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
(ELISA) for detection of Pseudomonas fluorescens and
Water
related psychrotrophic bacteria in refrigerated milk
330 Laboratory study of several enrichment broths for the
I. GONZALF.Z, R. MARTIN, T. GARCIA, P. MORALES,
detection of Salmonella spp. particularly in relation to
B. SANZ & P. E. HERNANDEZ
water samples
402 Enumeration of Escherichia coli in cooked and raw-
M. A. MORINIGO, M. A. MUNOZ, E. MARTINEZ-MANZANARES,
meats by ion mobility spectrometry
J. M. SANCHEZ & J. J. BORREGO
I. D. OGDEN & N. J. C. STRACHAN
336 Deterioration in bacteriological quality of water
406 Characterization of bacteriocin produced by
through fish farms
Pediococcus pentosaceus from wine
S. H. DAVIS & R. GOULDER
ANA M. STRASSER DE SAAD & MARIA C. MANCA DE NADRA
340 Note: Production and survival during storage of
spray-dried Bradyrhizobium japonicum cell
Medical, Dental and Veterinary
concentrates
411 Fibronectin and proteolytic fragments of fibronectin
P. MARY, N. MOSCHETTO & R. TAILLIEZ
interfere with the adhesion of Staphylococcus
epidermtdis to plastic
W. M. DUNNE <& EILEEN M. BURD
Number 4, April 1993
417 Comparison of Signal and Bactec NR-660 blood
culture systems
345 A Review: The microbiology of bottled natural M. STEVENS, M. B. PRENTICE, R. A. SWANN,
mineral waters C. J. MITCHELL & A. DONKIN
P. R. HUNTER
Agriculture Methods
353 Isolation and attempted introduction of sugar 421 Viable but non-culturable salmonellas in soil
alcohol-utilizing bacteria in the sheep rumen P. E. TURPIN, K. A. MAYCROFT, C. L. ROWLANDS &
R. J. WALLACE & NICOLA D. WALKER E. M. H. WELLINGTON
360 Culture media for the differentiation of isolates of 428 Heat resistance of Listeria monocytogenes by two
Yersinia ruckeri, based on detection of a virulence recovery media used with and without cold
factor preincubation
M. D. FURONES, M. L. GILPIN & C. B. MUNN S. SORQVIST
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433 Factors affecting the selection and use of tetrazolium Food and Milk
salts as cytochemical indicators of microbial viability 515 Acetic, lactic and citric acids and pH inhibition of
and activity Listeria monocytogenes Scott A and the effect on
SUSAN M. THOM, R. W. HOROBIN, E. SEIDI.ER & intracellular pH
M. R. BARER K. M. YOUNG & PEGGY M. FOEGEDING
521 Factors affecting spoilage microflora succession on
Microbial Physiology lamb carcasses at refrigeration temperatures
444 Production and specificity of poly- and monoclonal M. PRIETO, M. L. GARCIA-LOPEZ, M. R. GARCIA-ARMESTO,
antibodies raised against Shewanella putrefaciens A. OTERO, T. M. LOPEZ & B. MORENO
BIRTE FONNESBECH, HANNE FR0KIAER, LONE GRAM &
C. MOSBY JESPERSEN Genetics
452 Manipulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa alginate 526 Development of gene probes for the specific
pathway by varying the level of biosynthetic enzymes identification of Streptococcus uberis and Streptococcus
and growth temperature parauberis based upon large subunit rRNA gene
J. H. LEITAO & I. SA-CORREIA sequences
460 Isolation and characterization of a Bacillus strain NICOLA M. HARLAND, J. A. LEIGH & M. D. COLLINS
capable of degrading the extracellular glucan from 532 Phylogenetic analysis of some leuconostocs and
Cellulomonas flavigena strain KU related organisms as determined from large-subunit
P. A. BERTRAM, C. S. BULLER, G. C. STEWART & rRNA gene sequences: assessment of congruence of
J. M. AKAGI small- and large-subunit rRNA derived trees
467 Uptake of metals by bacterial polysaccharides A. J. MARTINEZ-MURCIA, NICOLA M. HARLAND &
JOANNE L. GEDDIE & I. W. SUTHERLAND M. D. COLLINS
473 Purification and properties of the endocellular 542 Transfer of hybrid plasmids based on the replicon
/3-glucosidase of Candida cacaoi Buckley and Van pRRI7 from Escherichia coli to Bacteroides and
Uden CBS 2020 Prevotella strains
D. DRIDER, P. POMMARES, P. CHEMARDIN, A. ARNAUD & M. BECHET, P. PHEULPIN, H. J. FLINT, JENNIFER MARTIN
P. GALZY & H.-C. DUBOURGUIER
549 Strain characterization, genome size and plasmid
Sterilization and Disinfection content in the Lactobacillus acidophilus group
480 Bactericidal activity of disinfectants on listeria (Hansen and Mocquot)
A. VAN DE WEYER, M.-J. DEVLEESCHOUWER & j. DONY Y. ROUSSEL, C. COLMIN, J. M. SIMONET & B. DECARIS
Systematics Medical, Dental and Veterinary
484 Preliminary characterization of bacteriophages of 557 Intestinal colonization of young chicks with
Serratia entomophila Escherichia coli 0157 : H7 and other
C. R. WILSON, T. A. JACKSON & H. K. MAHANTY verotoxin-producing serotypes
S. STAVRIC, B. BUCHANAN & T. M. GLEESON
Water 564 Production of hyperimmune bovine colostrum against
490 A simple, rapid and sensitive presence/absence Campylobacter jejuni
detection test for bacteriophage in drinking water J. HUSU, E.-L. SYVAOJA, H. AHOLA-LUTTILA, H. KALSTA,
R. ARMON & Y. KOTT S. SIVELA & T. U. KOSUNEN
497 External quality assessment in water microbiology: 570 Resistance to the antimicrobial agents of bacteria
statistical analysis of performance isolated from non-sterile pharmaceuticals
HILARY E. TILLETT, N. F. LIGHTFOOT & SHEILA EATON MARIA DEL CARMEN DE LA ROSA, MARIA ANGELES MOSSO,
MARIA LUISA GARCIA & CARLOS PLAZA
Number 5, May 1993
Microbial Physiology
578 The application of laser diffractometry to study the
503 A Review: The microbiology of masonry water content of spores of Bacillus sphaericus with
biodeterioration different heat resistances
E. BOCK & W. SAND LUCREZIA A. DE PIERI, 1. K. LUDLOW & W. M. WAITES
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583 Structure and antigenic properties of Citrohacter 637 Potential problems in the use of oligonucleotide
freundii lipopolysaccharides probes for staphylococcal enterotoxin genes
H. CHART, G. A. WILLSHAW, T. CHEASTY & B. ROWE CHRISTY N. OKOjI, BARBARA INGLIS & P. R. STEWART
588 Growth and physiological characteristics of Bacillus
subtilis L-forms Methods
EUNICE J. ALLAN, F. AMIJEE, R. H. TYSON, J. A. STRANG, 645 In vitro assay for testing the toxicity of Bacillus
C. M. J. INNES & A. M. BATON thuringiensis subsp. israelensis delta endotoxin using
Water blood agarose plates
595 Studies on the ecology of aquatic bacteria of the S. S. INGLE, K. K. RAO & H. S. CHHATPAR
Lower Niger Delta: multiple antibiotic resistance
among the standard plate count organisms Microbial Physiology
M. T. OGAN & D. E. NWIIKA 649 A note on lactobacilli and j?-glucuronidase activity in
the intestinal contents of mice
M. A. MCCONNELL & G. W. TANNOCK
Number 6, June 1993
652 PhoE porin of Escherichia coli and phosphate reversal
Agriculture of acid damage and killing and of acid induction of
603 Role of haemagglutinins in adhesion of Erwinia the CadA gene product
carotovora to potato tissue R. J. ROWBL'RY & MARGARET GOODSON
ANNE WALLACE & M. C. M. PEROMBELON 662 Production and properties of an alkaline protease by
610 Broad host-range effective mutants of Rhizobium Aureobasidium pullulans
fredii strains J. A. DONAGHY & A. M. MCKAY
F. ROMERO, A. BUENDIA-CLAVERIA & J. E. RUIZ-SAINZ 667 The effects of transgalactosylated oligosaccharides on
620 Specificity of an antiserum against Erwinia carotovora gut flora metabolism in rats associated with a human
subsp. atroseptica in indirect ELISA faecal microflora
D. A. C. JONES, A. MCLEOD, L. J. HYMAN & I. R. ROWLAND & R. TANAKA
M. C. M. PEROMBEl,ON
Systematics
Food and Milk
675 Iron requirement and siderophore production in
625 Toxin production by Fusarium culmorum IMl 309344
Bradyrhizobium strains isolated from Acacia mangium
and F. graminearum NRRL 5883 on grain substrates
D. LESUEUR, H. G. DIEM & J. M. MEYER
KATHLEEN o’nEILL, A. P. DAMOGLOU &
MARGARET F. PATTERSON 683 A Note: Serological study of four pathovars of
Pseudomonas syringae: Ps. syr. aptata, Ps. syr. tabaci,
Genetics
Ps. syr. mors-prunorum and Ps. syr. phaseolicola
629 Improved cloning vectors and transformation
CHRISTIANE GUILLORIT & REGINE SAMSON
procedure for Lactococcus lactis
j. M. WELLS, P. W. WILSON & R. W. F. LE PAGE 689 Index