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Contents: October 2000, Volume 182, Issue 19        Minireviews        Physiology and Metabolism        Plasmids and Transposons        Enzymes and Proteins        Plant Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Cell Surfaces        Population Genetics and Evolution        General Microbiology        Eukaryotic Cells        Errata

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Minireviews:

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Barriers to Intron Promiscuity in Bacteria David R. Edgell, Marlene Belfort, and David A. Shub J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5281-5289; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Aerotolerance and Peroxide Resistance in Peroxidase and PerR Mutants of Streptococcus pyogenes Katherine Y. King, Joshua A. Horenstein, and Michael G. Caparon J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5290-5299; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purine Catabolism in Escherichia coli and Function of Xanthine Dehydrogenase in Purine Salvage Hualin Xi, Barbara L. Schneider, and Larry Reitzer J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5332-5341; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spermidine Acetyltransferase Is Required To Prevent Spermidine Toxicity at Low Temperatures in Escherichia coli Kornvika Limsuwun and Pamela G. Jones J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5373-5380; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Polymerase I Is Essential for Growth of Methylobacterium dichloromethanicum DM4 with Dichloromethane Martin F. Kayser, Michael T. Stumpp, and Stéphane Vuilleumier J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5433-5439; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Spores of Bacillus subtilis Which Lack Dipicolinic Acid Madan Paidhungat, Barbara Setlow, Adam Driks, and Peter Setlow J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5505-5512; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sorting Out Bacterial Viability with Optical Tweezers M. Ericsson, D. Hanstorp, P. Hagberg, J. Enger, and T. Nyström J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5551-5555; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pathogenic Neisseriae Can Use Hemoglobin, Transferrin, and Lactoferrin Independently of the tonB Locus Pragnya Jasvantrai Desai, Eric Garges, and Caroline Attardo Genco J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5586-5591; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Action of the Thiamine Antagonist Bacimethrin on Thiamine Biosynthesis Julie L. Zilles, Laura R. Croal, and Diana M. Downs J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5606-5610; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Synechococcus Strain PCC 7942 glnN Product (Glutamine Synthetase III) Helps Recovery from Prolonged Nitrogen Chlorosis Jörg Sauer, Ulrike Dirmeier, and Karl Forchhammer J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5615-5619; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plasmids and Transposons:

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Functional Organization and Insertion Specificity of IS607, a Chimeric Element of Helicobacter pylori Dangeruta Kersulyte, Asish K. Mukhopadhyay, Mutsinori Shirai, Teruko Nakazawa, and Douglas E. Berg J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5300-5308; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Footprinting Studies of Specific Complexes Formed by RepA, a Replication Initiator of Plasmid pCU1, and Its Binding Site Péter Pál Papp, Péter Élö, Szabolcs Semsey, and László Orosz J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5409-5415; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

IS1675, a Novel Lactococcal Insertion Element, Forms a Transposon-Like Structure Including the Lacticin 481 Lantibiotic Operon Alain Dufour, Alain Rincé, Patricia Uguen, and Jean-Paul Le Pennec J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5600-5605; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Site-Specific Mutational Analysis of a Novel Cysteine Motif Proposed To Ligate the 4Fe-4S Cluster in the Iron-Sulfur Flavoprotein of the Thermophilic Methanoarchaeon Methanosarcina thermophila Ubolsree Leartsakulpanich, Mikhail L. Antonkine, and James G. Ferry J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5309-5316; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Serine Hydrolase Which Cleaves the Alicyclic Ring of Tetralin M. J. Hernáez, E. Andújar, J. L. Ríos, S. R. Kaschabek, W. Reineke, and E. Santero J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5448-5453; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Two Genes for the Biotin Carboxylase and Carboxyltransferase Subunits of Acetyl Coenzyme A Carboxylase in Myxococcus xanthus Yoshio Kimura, Rina Miyake, Yushi Tokumasu, and Masayuki Sato J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5462-5469; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regioselectivity and Enantioselectivity of Naphthalene Dioxygenase during Arene cis-Dihydroxylation: Control by Phenylalanine 352 in the Subunit Rebecca E. Parales, Sol M. Resnick, Chi-Li Yu, Derek R. Boyd, Narain D. Sharma, and David T. Gibson J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5495-5504; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Three XylT-Like [2Fe-2S] Ferredoxins Associated with Catabolism of Cresols or Naphthalene: Evidence for Their Involvement in Catechol Dioxygenase Reactivation N. Hugo, C. Meyer, J. Armengaud, J. Gaillard, K. N. Timmis, and Y. Jouanneau J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5580-5585; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of glpX-Encoded Fructose 1,6-Bisphosphatase, a New Enzyme of the Glycerol 3-Phosphate Regulon of Escherichia coli Janet L. Donahue, Jennifer L. Bownas, Walter G. Niehaus, and Timothy J. Larson J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5624-5627; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Varying the Abundance of O Antigen in Rhizobium etli and Its Effect on Symbiosis with Phaseolus vulgaris K. Dale Noel, Lennart S. Forsberg, and Russell W. Carlson J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5317-5324; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Analysis of Sucrose Metabolism of Erwinia amylovora and Influence on Bacterial Virulence Jochen Bogs and Klaus Geider J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5351-5358; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Oxazolidinone Resistance Mutations in 23S rRNA of Escherichia coli Reveal the Central Region of Domain V as the Primary Site of Drug Action Liqun Xiong, Patricia Kloss, Stephen Douthwaite, Niels Møller Andersen, Steven Swaney, Dean L. Shinabarger, and Alexander S. Mankin J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5325-5331; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Vibrio cholerae Genes Required for Acid Tolerance by a Member of the "ToxR-Like" Family of Transcriptional Regulators D. Scott Merrell and Andrew Camilli J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5342-5350; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutagenesis of Neisseria meningitidis by In Vitro Transposition of Himar1 mariner Vladimir Pelicic, Sandrine Morelle, David Lampe, and Xavier Nassif J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5391-5398; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional and Translational Regulation of -Acetolactate Decarboxylase of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis Nathalie Goupil-Feuillerat, Gérard Corthier, Jean-Jacques Godon, S. Dusko Ehrlich, and Pierre Renault J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5399-5408; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiprobe RNase Protection Assay Analysis of mRNA Levels for the Escherichia coli Oxidative DNA Glycosylase Genes under Conditions of Oxidative Stress Christine M. Gifford, Jeffrey O. Blaisdell, and Susan S. Wallace J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5416-5424; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Characterization of Secretory Tyrosine Phosphatases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Anil Koul, Axel Choidas, Martin Treder, Anil K. Tyagi, Karl Drlica, Yogendra Singh, and Axel Ullrich J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5425-5432; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The orf162b Sequence of Rhodobacter capsulatus Encodes a Protein Required for Optimal Levels of Photosynthetic Pigment-Protein Complexes Muktak Aklujkar, Andrea L. Harmer, Roger C. Prince, and J. Thomas Beatty J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5440-5447; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Operon for a Putative ATP-Binding Cassette Transport System Involved in Acetoin Utilization of Bacillus subtilis Ken-Ichi Yoshida, Yasutaro Fujita, and S. Dusko Ehrlich J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5454-5461; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

WhiA, a Protein of Unknown Function Conserved among Gram-Positive Bacteria, Is Essential for Sporulation in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) J. A. Aínsa, N. J. Ryding, N. Hartley, K. C. Findlay, C. J. Bruton, and K. F. Chater J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5470-5478; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Mycobacterium smegmatis Pyrazinamidase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Confers Hypersensitivity to Pyrazinamide and Related Amides Helena I. M. Boshoff and Valerie Mizrahi J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5479-5485; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

oriT-Directed Cloning of Defined Large Regions from Bacterial Genomes: Identification of the Sinorhizobium meliloti pExo Megaplasmid Replicator Region Patrick S. G. Chain, Ismael Hernandez-Lucas, Brian Golding, and Turlough M. Finan J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5486-5494; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of ssfR and ssgA, Two Genes Involved in Sporulation of Streptomyces griseus Hao Jiang and Kathleen E. Kendrick J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5521-5529; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the RNA Polymerase Subunits in MetR-Dependent Activation of metE and metH: Important Residues in the C-Terminal Domain and Orientation Requirements within RNA Polymerase Paula S. Fritsch, Mark L. Urbanowski, and George V. Stauffer J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5539-5550; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Nucleoid Morphology during Germination and Outgrowth of Spores of Bacillus Species Katerina Ragkousi, Ann E. Cowan, Margery A. Ross, and Peter Setlow J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5556-5562; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Yersinia enterocolitica ClpB Affects Levels of Invasin and Motility Julie L. Badger, Briana M. Young, Andrew J. Darwin, and Virginia L. Miller J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5563-5571; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Essential Cell Division Gene ftsL of Bacillus subtilis by Mutagenesis and Heterologous Complementation Jörg Sievers and Jeff Errington J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5572-5579; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Revised Translation Start Site for secM Defines an Atypical Signal Peptide That Regulates Escherichia coli secA Expression Shameema Sarker, Kenneth E. Rudd, and Donald Oliver J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5592-5595; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacillus subtilis ccpA Gene Mutants Specifically Defective in Activation of Acetoin Biosynthesis Andrew J. Turinsky, Tessa R. Moir-Blais, Frank J. Grundy, and Tina M. Henkin J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5611-5614; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Brucella abortus OxyR and Its Role in Control of Catalase Expression Jeong-a Kim and John Mayfield J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5631-5633; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of PrpC from Bacillus subtilis, a Member of the PPM Phosphatase Family M. Obuchowski, E. Madec, D. Delattre, G. Boël, A. Iwanicki, D. Foulger, and S. J. Séror J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5634-5638; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cell Surfaces:

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Binding of Ferric Enterobactin by the Escherichia coli Periplasmic Protein FepB Cathy Sprencel, Zhenghua Cao, Zengbiao Qi, Daniel C. Scott, Marjorie A. Montague, Nora Ivanoff, Jide Xu, Kenneth M. Raymond, Salete M. C. Newton, and Phillip E. Klebba J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5359-5364; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Four Outer Membrane Proteins Involved in Binding Starch to the Cell Surface of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Joseph A. Shipman, James E. Berleman, and Abigail A. Salyers J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5365-5372; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relation of Capsular Polysaccharide Production and Colonial Cell Organization to Colony Morphology in Vibrio parahaemolyticus Jodi L. Enos-Berlage and Linda L. McCarter J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5513-5520; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutation of the Lipopolysaccharide Core Glycosyltransferase Encoded by waaG Destabilizes the Outer Membrane of Escherichia coli by Interfering with Core Phosphorylation Jeremy A. Yethon, Evgeny Vinogradov, Malcolm B. Perry, and Chris Whitfield J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5620-5623; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Gene Conservation and Loss in the mutS-rpoS Genomic Region of Pathogenic Escherichia coli Corinne J. Herbelin, Samantha C. Chirillo, Kristen A. Melnick, and Thomas S. Whittam J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5381-5390; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Analyses of a Putative CTX Precursor and Evidence for Independent Acquisition of Distinct CTXs by Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae E. Fidelma Boyd, Andrew J. Heilpern, and Matthew K. Waldor J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5530-5538; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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General Microbiology:

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Dual Transcriptional Regulation of the Escherichia coli Phosphate-Starvation-Inducible psiE Gene of the Phosphate Regulon by PhoB and the Cyclic AMP (cAMP)-cAMP Receptor Protein Complex Soo-Ki Kim, Sigenobu Kimura, Hideo Shinagawa, Atsuo Nakata, Ki-Sung Lee, Barry L. Wanner, and Kozo Makino J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5596-5599; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Eukaryotic Cells:

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FSY1, a Novel Gene Encoding a Specific Fructose/H+ Symporter in the Type Strain of Saccharomyces carlsbergensis Paula Gonçalves, Helena Rodrigues de Sousa, and Isabel Spencer-Martins J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5628-5630; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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The Pseudomonas aeruginosa devB/SOL Homolog, pgl, Is a Member of the hex Regulon and Encodes 6-Phosphogluconolactonase Paul W. Hager, M. Worth Calfee, and Paul V. Phibbs J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5639 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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