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Contents: October 1999, Volume 181, Issue 19        Minireviews        Plasmids and Transposons        Physiology and Metabolism        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Plant Microbiology        Enzymes and Proteins        Cell Surfaces        Structure and Function        Author's Correction

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Minireviews:

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Families of Soft-Metal-Ion-Transporting ATPases Christopher Rensing, Mallika Ghosh, and Barry P. Rosen J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 5891-5897; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plasmids and Transposons:

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P1 ParB Domain Structure Includes Two Independent Multimerization Domains Jennifer A. Surtees and Barbara E. Funnell J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 5898-5908; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Determinant (eep) on the Enterococcus faecalis Chromosome That Is Involved in Production of the Peptide Sex Pheromone cAD1 Florence Y. An, Mark C. Sulavik, and Don B. Clewell J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 5915-5921; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmid RK2 ParB Protein: Purification and Nuclease Properties Erik P. Johnson, Tracy Mincer, Helmut Schwab, Alex B. Burgin, and Donald R. Helinski J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6010-6018; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interactions of the Integrase Protein of the Conjugative Transposon Tn916 with Its Specific DNA Binding Sites Yunhua Jia and Gordon Churchward J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6114-6123; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Expression of the Staphylococcus aureus UDP-N-Acetylmuramoyl- L-Alanyl-D-Glutamate:L-Lysine Ligase in Escherichia coli and Effects on Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis and Cell Growth Dominique Mengin-Lecreulx, Tim Falla, Didier Blanot, Jean van Heijenoort, David J. Adams, and Ian Chopra J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 5909-5914; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functions of Two Types of NADH Oxidases in Energy Metabolism and Oxidative Stress of Streptococcus mutans Masako Higuchi, Yuji Yamamoto, Leslie B. Poole, Mamoru Shimada, Yutaka Sato, Nobuhiro Takahashi, and Yoshiyuki Kamio J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 5940-5947; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Abiotic Surface Sensing and Biofilm-Dependent Regulation of Gene Expression in Escherichia coli Claire Prigent-Combaret, Olivier Vidal, Corinne Dorel, and Philippe Lejeune J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 5993-6002; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nitrite and Nitrous Oxide Reductase Regulation by Nitrogen Oxides in Rhodobacter sphaeroides f. sp. denitrificans IL106 Monique Sabaty, Carole Schwintner, Sandrine Cahors, Pierre Richaud, and Andre Verméglio J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6028-6032; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Resistance to Bacitracin as Modulated by an Escherichia coli Homologue of the Bacitracin ABC Transporter BcrC Subunit from Bacillus licheniformis Yael Meller Harel, Adriana Bailone, and Eitan Bibi J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6176-6178; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Phthalate Permease OphD from Burkholderia cepacia ATCC 17616 Hung-Kuang Chang and Gerben J. Zylstra J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6197-6199; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spore Peptidoglycan Structure in a cwlD dacB Double Mutant of Bacillus subtilis David L. Popham, Jennifer Meador-Parton, Catherine E. Costello, and Peter Setlow J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6205-6209; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Transcriptional Control of Bacillus subtilis hemN and hemZ Georg Homuth, Alexandra Rompf, Wolfgang Schumann, and Dieter Jahn J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 5922-5929; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activity of the Molybdopterin-Containing Xanthine Dehydrogenase of Rhodobacter capsulatus Can Be Restored by High Molybdenum Concentrations in a moeA Mutant Defective in Molybdenum Cofactor Biosynthesis Silke Leimkühler, Sieglinde Angermüller, Günter Schwarz, Ralf R. Mendel, and Werner Klipp J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 5930-5939; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Essential Role of the Iron-Regulated Outer Membrane Receptor FauA in Alcaligin Siderophore-Mediated Iron Uptake in Bordetella Species Timothy J. Brickman and Sandra K. Armstrong J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 5958-5966; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Propanediol Utilization (pdu) Operon of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium LT2 Includes Genes Necessary for Formation of Polyhedral Organelles Involved in Coenzyme B12-Dependent 1,2-Propanediol Degradation Thomas A. Bobik, Gregory D. Havemann, Robert J. Busch, Donna S. Williams, and Henry C. Aldrich J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 5967-5975; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Transfer Functions by the imp Locus of the Streptomyces coelicolor Plasmidogenic Element SLP1 Juliette M. Hagege, Michael A. Brasch, and Stanley N. Cohen J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 5976-5983; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of pel, a Streptococcus pyogenes Locus That Affects both Surface and Secreted Proteins Zhuqing Li, Darren D. Sledjeski, Bernd Kreikemeyer, Andreas Podbielski, and Michael D. P. Boyle J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6019-6027; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Mutant HemA Protein with Positive Charge Close to the N Terminus Is Stabilized against Heme-Regulated Proteolysis in Salmonella typhimurium Liying Wang, Sandra Wilson, and Thomas Elliott J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6033-6041; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

rsmC of the Soft-Rotting Bacterium Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora Negatively Controls Extracellular Enzyme and HarpinEcc Production and Virulence by Modulating Levels of Regulatory RNA (rsmB) and RNA-Binding Protein (RsmA) Yaya Cui, Asita Mukherjee, C. Korsi Dumenyo, Yang Liu, and Arun K. Chatterjee J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6042-6052; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The ripX Locus of Bacillus subtilis Encodes a Site-Specific Recombinase Involved in Proper Chromosome Partitioning Stephen A. Sciochetti, Patrick J. Piggot, David J. Sherratt, and Garry Blakely J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6053-6062; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Three Asparagine Synthetase Genes of Bacillus subtilis Ken-Ichi Yoshida, Yasutaro Fujita, and S. Dusko Ehrlich J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6081-6091; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Group of Anaerobically Induced, fnr-Dependent Genes of Salmonella typhimurium Yan Wei and Charles G. Miller J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6092-6097; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Mutations in the Pore-Forming Region Essential for Insecticidal Activity of a Bacillus thuringiensis -Endotoxin A. S. Manoj Kumar and A. I. Aronson J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6103-6107; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phylogenetic Analysis of L4-Mediated Autogenous Control of the S10 Ribosomal Protein Operon Todd Allen, Ping Shen, Leigh Samsel, Raymond Liu, Lasse Lindahl, and Janice M. Zengel J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6124-6132; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Insertion Mutations in pilE Differentially Alter Gonococcal Pilin Antigenic Variation Becky Howell-Adams and H. Steven Seifert J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6133-6141; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Streptomyces coelicolor Antibiotic Regulatory Gene, absB, Encodes an RNase III Homolog Brenda Price, Trifon Adamidis, Renqui Kong, and Wendy Champness J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6142-6151; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Regulator That Controls Stationary-Phase Expression of Catalase-Peroxidase in Caulobacter crescentus Paul S. Rava, Laura Somma, and Howard M. Steinman J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6152-6159; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

FlbT Couples Flagellum Assembly to Gene Expression in Caulobacter crescentus Erin K. Mangan, Jaleh Malakooti, Anthony Caballero, Paul Anderson, Bert Ely, and James W. Gober J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6160-6170; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The "Pro" Sequence of the Sporulation-Specific  Transcription Factor E Directs It to the Mother Cell Side of the Sporulation Septum Jingliang Ju and W. G. Haldenwang J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6171-6175; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chromosome Segregation and Cell Division Defects in recBC sbcBC ruvC Mutants of Escherichia coli Davor Zahradka J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6179-6183; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Corynebacterium glutamicum dapA Promoter Miroslav Pátek, Hermann Sahm, and Bernhard Eikmanns J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6188-6191; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interstrain Variation of the Polysaccharide B Biosynthesis Locus of Bacteroides fragilis: Characterization of the Region from Strain 638R Laurie E. Comstock, Michael J. Coyne, Arthur O. Tzianabos, and Dennis L. Kasper J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6192-6196; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Type 8 Capsular Gene Cluster of Streptococcus pneumoniae Rosario Muñoz, Marta Mollerach, Rubens López, and Ernesto García J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6214-6219; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

recD sbcB sbcD Mutants Are Deficient in Recombinational Repair of UV Lesions by RecBC Marie Seigneur, S. Dusko Ehrlich, and Bénédicte Michel J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6220-6221; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Regulation of pelD and pelE, Encoding Major Alkaline Pectate Lyases in Erwinia chrysanthemi: Involvement of the Main Transcriptional Factors Carine Rouanet, Kinya Nomura, Shinji Tsuyumu, and William Nasser J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 5948-5957; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Two Family B DNA Polymerases from Aeropyrum pernix, an Aerobic Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaeote Isaac K. O. Cann, Sonoko Ishino, Norimichi Nomura, Yoshihiko Sako, and Yoshizumi Ishino J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 5984-5992; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Characterization of a Cryptic Haloacid Dehalogenase from Burkholderia cepacia MBA4 Jimmy S. H. Tsang and Laiju Sam J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6003-6009; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutational Analysis of the RecJ Exonuclease of Escherichia coli: Identification of Phosphoesterase Motifs Vincent A. Sutera, Jr., Eugene S. Han, Luis A. Rajman, and Susan T. Lovett J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6098-6102; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

4,4'-Diapophytoene Desaturase: Catalytic Properties of an Enzyme from the C30 Carotenoid Pathway of Staphylococcus aureus Axel Raisig and Gerhard Sandmann J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6184-6187; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of a Novel Naphthalene Dioxygenase from Rhodococcus sp. Strain NCIMB12038 Michael J. Larkin, Christopher C. R. Allen, Leonid A. Kulakov, and David A. Lipscomb J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6200-6204; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Expression of hMYH, a Human Homolog of the Escherichia coli MutY Protein Malgorzata M. Slupska, Wendy M. Luther, Ju-Huei Chiang, Hanjing Yang, and Jeffrey H. Miller J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6210-6213; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cell Surfaces:

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Use of Heme-Protein Complexes by the Yersinia enterocolitica HemR Receptor: Histidine Residues Are Essential for Receptor Function Charles S. Bracken, Michael T. Baer, Asiya Abdur-Rashid, Whitney Helms, and Igor Stojiljkovic J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6063-6072; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of F Factor TraD Membrane Topology by Use of Gene Fusions and Trypsin-Sensitive Insertions Martin H. Lee, Nick Kosuk, Jeannie Bailey, Beth Traxler, and Colin Manoil J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6108-6113; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structure and Function:

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Partitioning, Movement, and Positioning of Nucleoids in Mycoplasma capricolum Shintaro Seto and Makoto Miyata J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6073-6080; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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A Mycobacterial Extracytoplasmic Sigma Factor Involved in Survival following Heat Shock and Oxidative Stress Norvin D. Fernandes, Qi-Long Wu, Dequan Kong, Xiaoling Puyang, Sumeet Garg, and Robert N. Husson J. Bacteriol. October 1999 181: 6222 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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