TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 3, Issue 3 (March 2009)
Original Articles
Microbial population and community ecology
The biofilm life cycle and virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are dependent on a filamentous prophage
Scott A Rice, Chuan Hao Tan, Per Jensen Mikkelsen, Vanderlene Kung, Jerry Woo, Martin Tay, Alan Hauser, Diane McDougald, Jeremy S Webb and Staffan Kjelleberg
ISME J 3: 271-282; advance online publication, November 13, 2008; doi:10.1038/ismej.2008.109
Subject Category: Microbial population and community ecology
Seasonal dynamics of SAR11 populations in the euphotic and mesopelagic zones of the northwestern Sargasso Sea
Craig A Carlson, Robert Morris, Rachel Parsons, Alexander H Treusch, Stephen J Giovannoni and Kevin Vergin
ISME J 3: 283-295; advance online publication, December 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/ismej.2008.117
Subject Category: Microbial population and community ecology
Evidence for the dynamics of Acyl homoserine lactone and AHL-producing bacteria during subtidal biofilm formation
Yi-Li Huang, Jang-Seu Ki, On On Lee and Pei-Yuan Qian
ISME J 3: 296-304; advance online publication, November 6, 2008; doi:10.1038/ismej.2008.105
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Subject Category: Microbial population and community ecology
Diversity rankings among bacterial lineages in soil
Noha H Youssef and Mostafa S Elshahed
ISME J 3: 305-313; advance online publication, November 6, 2008; doi:10.1038/ismej.2008.106
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Subject Category: Microbial population and community ecology
High diversity of cultivable heterotrophic bacteria in association with cyanobacterial water blooms
Katri A Berg, Christina Lyra, Kaarina Sivonen, Lars Paulin, Sini Suomalainen, Pirjo Tuomi and Jarkko Rapala
ISME J 3: 314-325; advance online publication, November 20, 2008; doi:10.1038/ismej.2008.110
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Subject Category: Microbial population and community ecology
Integrated genomics and post-genomics approaches in microbial ecology
Genomic comparison of Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains with different symbiotic nitrogen-fixing capabilities and other Bradyrhizobiaceae members
Manabu Itakura, Kazuhiko Saeki, Hirofumi Omori, Tadashi Yokoyama, Takakazu Kaneko, Satoshi Tabata, Takuji Ohwada, Shigeyuki Tajima, Toshiki Uchiumi, Keina Honnma, Konosuke Fujita, Hiroyoshi Iwata, Yuichi Saeki, Yoshino Hara, Seishi Ikeda, Shima Eda, Hisayuki Mitsui and Kiwamu Minamisawa
ISME J 3: 326-339; advance online publication, October 30, 2008; doi:10.1038/ismej.2008.88
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Subject Category: Integrated genomics and post-genomics approaches in microbial ecology
Environmental microarray analyses of Antarctic soil microbial communities
Etienne Yergeau, Sung A Schoondermark-Stolk, Eoin L Brodie, Sébastien Déjean, Todd Z DeSantis, Olivier Gonçalves, Yvette M Piceno, Gary L Andersen and George A Kowalchuk
ISME J 3: 340-351; advance online publication, November 20, 2008; doi:10.1038/ismej.2008.111
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Subject Category: Integrated genomics and post-genomics approaches in microbial ecology
Geomicrobiology and microbial contributions to geochemical cycles
Distribution of microbial terpenoid lipid cyclases in the global ocean metagenome
Ann Pearson and Douglas B Rusch
ISME J 3: 352-363; advance online publication, November 27, 2008; doi:10.1038/ismej.2008.116
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Subject Category: Geomicrobiology and microbial contributions to geochemical cycles
Microbial ecology and functional diversity of natural habitats
Gene transfer agent (GTA) genes reveal diverse and dynamic Roseobacter and Rhodobacter populations in the Chesapeake Bay
Yanlin Zhao, Kui Wang, Charles Budinoff, Alison Buchan, Andrew Lang, Nianzhi Jiao and Feng Chen
ISME J 3: 364-373; advance online publication, November 20, 2008; doi:10.1038/ismej.2008.115
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Subject Category: Microbial ecology and functional diversity of natural habitats
Short Communications
Microbial ecology and functional diversity of natural habitats
Microbial communities associated with the invasive Hawaiian sponge Mycale armata
Guangyi Wang, Sang-Hwal Yoon and Emilie Lefait
ISME J 3: 374-377; advance online publication, November 6, 2008; doi:10.1038/ismej.2008.107
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Subject Category: Microbial ecology and functional diversity of natural habitats
Phylogenetic diversity of Acidobacteria in a former agricultural soil
Anna Kielak, Agata S Pijl, Johannes A van Veen and George A Kowalchuk
ISME J 3: 378-382; advance online publication, November 20, 2008; doi:10.1038/ismej.2008.113
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Subject Category: Microbial ecology and functional diversity of natural habitats

