Journal of the Week: Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Applied and Environmental Microbiology is a journal published by the American Society for Microbiology which focuses on applied microbiology, microbial ecology, and interdisciplinary microbiology. Topics covered in the journal include biotechnology, protein engineering, bioremediation, and food microbiology; environmental, organismic, and genomic microbiology; and invertebrate microbiology, plant microbiology, aquatic microbiology, and geomicrobiology.

Some interesting articles from the most recent volume include:

Main CR, Salvitti LR, Whereat EB, Coyne KJ. 2015. Community-level and species-specific associations between phytoplankton and particle-associated Vibrio species in Delaware's inland bays. Appl Environ Microbiol 81:5703–5713. Link to Abstract/Full Text

Osorio CR, Rivas AJ, Balado M, Fuentes-Monteverde JC, Rodríguez J, Jiménez C, Lemos ML, Waldor MK. 2015. A transmissible plasmid-borne pathogenicity island confers piscibactin biosynthesis in the fish pathogen Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida. Appl Environ Microbiol 81:5867–5879. Link to Abstract/Full Text

Ribes M, Dziallas C, Coma R, Riemann L. 2015. Microbial diversity and putative diazotrophy in high- and low-microbial-abundance Mediterranean sponges. Appl Environ Microbiol 81:5683–5693. Link to Abstract/Full Text 

Weiland-Bräuer N, Neulinger SC, Pinnow N, Künzel S, Baines JF, Schmitz RA. 2015. Composition of bacterial communities associated with Aurelia aurita changes with compartment, life stage, and population. Appl Environ Microbiol 81:6038–6052. Link to Abstract/Full Text

The most recent issue of this journal is Volume 81, Issue 17, published in September 2015. AIMS staff interested in reading more or browsing the journal can click here. As the AIMS Library is currently subscribed to Applied and Environmental Microbiology, staff should be able to access the full text of all articles. In addition, the AIMS library in Townsville has hard copy collections of Applied and Environmental Microbiology from Vol. 35 No. 1 (Jan. 1978) to Vol. 67 No. 12 (Dec. 2001).

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