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Contents: October 2000, Volume 182, Issue 20        Minireviews        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Structure and Function        Enzymes and Proteins        Plasmids and Transposons        Physiology and Metabolism        Eukaryotic Cells        Cell Surfaces        Bacteriophages        Plant Microbiology

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Minireviews:

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Keys to Symbiotic Harmony William J. Broughton, Saïd Jabbouri, and Xavier Perret J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5641-5652; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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ssgA Is Essential for Sporulation of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) and Affects Hyphal Development by Stimulating Septum Formation Gilles P. van Wezel, Jannes van der Meulen, Shinichi Kawamoto, Ruud G. M. Luiten, Henk K. Koerten, and Barend Kraal J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5653-5662; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Nonpolar Mutations in Each of the Seven Bacillus subtilis mrp Genes Suggest Complex Interactions among the Gene Products in Support of Na+ and Alkali but Not Cholate Resistance Masahiro Ito, Arthur A. Guffanti, Wei Wang, and Terry A. Krulwich J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5663-5670; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Regulation of the cpr Gene Cluster in ortho-Chlorophenol-Respiring Desulfitobacterium dehalogenans Hauke Smidt, Maarten van Leest, John van der Oost, and Willem M. de Vos J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5683-5691; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Regulated Genes of the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 by Differential Display Devaki Bhaya, Daniel Vaulot, Pinky Amin, Akiko Watanabe Takahashi, and Arthur R. Grossman J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5692-5699; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the Escherichia coli Nucleotide Excision Repair Proteins in DNA Replication Geri F. Moolenaar, Celine Moorman, and Nora Goosen J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5706-5714; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Population Studies of Methicillin-Resistant and -Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Strains Reveal a Lack of Variability in the agrD Gene, Encoding a Staphylococcal Autoinducer Peptide Willem van Leeuwen, Wendy van Nieuwenhuizen, Christel Gijzen, Henri Verbrugh, and Alex van Belkum J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5721-5729; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of RpoS (S)-Regulated Genes in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Magdalena Ibanez-Ruiz, Véronique Robbe-Saule, Daniel Hermant, Séverine Labrude, and Françoise Norel J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5749-5756; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

54 Promoters Control Expression of Genes Encoding the Hook and Basal Body Complex in Rhodobacter sphaeroides Sebastian Poggio, Carlos Aguilar, Aurora Osorio, Bertha González-Pedrajo, Georges Dreyfus, and Laura Camarena J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5787-5792; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the ccpA Gene of Enterococcus faecalis: Identification of Starvation-Inducible Proteins Regulated by CcpA Céline Leboeuf, Laurence Leblanc, Yanick Auffray, and Axel Hartke J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5799-5806; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The nrfA and nirB Nitrite Reductase Operons in Escherichia coli Are Expressed Differently in Response to Nitrate than to Nitrite Henian Wang and Robert P. Gunsalus J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5813-5822; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Copper-Responsive Two-Component System on the Chromosome of Escherichia coli K-12 George P. Munson, Deborah L. Lam, F. Wayne Outten, and Thomas V. O'Halloran J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5864-5871; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Last RNA-Binding Repeat of the Escherichia coli Ribosomal Protein S1 Is Specifically Involved in Autogenous Control Irina V. Boni, Valentina S. Artamonova, and Marc Dreyfus J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5872-5879; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

SarA Represses agr Operon Expression in a Purified In Vitro Staphylococcus aureus Transcription System Swarup K. Chakrabarti and Tapan K. Misra J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5893-5897; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Null Mutation of the dam or seqA Gene Suppresses Temperature-Sensitive Lethality but Not Hypersensitivity to Novobiocin of muk Null Mutants Toshinari Onogi, Mitsuyoshi Yamazoe, Chiyome Ichinose, Hironori Niki, and Sota Hiraga J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5898-5901; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Virulence-Activated and Virulence-Repressed Genes Identified by Systematic Gene Inactivation and Generation of Transcriptional Fusions in Bordetella pertussis Rudy Antoine, Sylvie Alonso, Dominique Raze, Loïc Coutte, Sarah Lesjean, Eve Willery, Camille Locht, and Françoise Jacob-Dubuisson J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5902-5905; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Large Gene Cluster for the Clostridium cellulovorans Cellulosome Yutaka Tamaru, Shuichi Karita, Atef Ibrahim, Helen Chan, and Roy H. Doi J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5906-5910; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Organization and Expression of a Thermus thermophilus Arginine Cluster: Presence of Unidentified Open Reading Frames and Absence of a Shine-Dalgarno Sequence Rony Sanchez, Martine Roovers, and Nicolas Glansdorff J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5911-5915; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

No Genetic Barriers between Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium and Escherichia coli in SOS-Induced Mismatch Repair-Deficient Cells Ivan Matic, François Taddei, and Miroslav Radman J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5922-5924; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification in Listeria monocytogenes of MecA, a Homologue of the Bacillus subtilis Competence Regulatory Protein Elise Borezee, Tarek Msadek, Lionel Durant, and Patrick Berche J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5931-5934; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structure and Function:

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Covariance of Complementary rRNA Loop Nucleotides Does Not Necessarily Represent Functional Pseudoknot Formation In Vivo Natalya S. Chernyaeva and Emanuel J. Murgola J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5671-5675; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Synergistic Hydrolysis of Carboxymethyl Cellulose and Acid-Swollen Cellulose by Two Endoglucanases (CelZ and CelY) from Erwinia chrysanthemi Shengde Zhou and Lonnie O. Ingram J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5676-5682; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Truncated Soluble Bacillus Signal Peptidase Produced in Escherichia coli Is Subject to Self-Cleavage at Its Active Site M. L. van Roosmalen, J. D. H. Jongbloed, A. Kuipers, G. Venema, S. Bron, and J. M. van Dijl J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5765-5770; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Streptococcus pneumoniae Beta-Galactosidase Is a Surface Protein Dorothea Zähner and Regine Hakenbeck J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5919-5921; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plasmids and Transposons:

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The LE1 Bacteriophage Replicates as a Plasmid within Leptospira biflexa: Construction of an L. biflexa-Escherichia coli Shuttle Vector Isabelle Saint Girons, Pascale Bourhy, Catherine Ottone, Mathieu Picardeau, David Yelton, Roger W. Hendrix, Philippe Glaser, and Nyles Charon J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5700-5705; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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glnE Is an Essential Gene in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tanya Parish and Neil G. Stoker J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5715-5720; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transport of C4-Dicarboxylates in Wolinella succinogenes Roland Ullmann, Roland Gross, Jörg Simon, Gottfried Unden, and Achim Kröger J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5757-5764; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Polyprenyl Phosphate Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis Dean C. Crick, Mark C. Schulbach, Erin E. Zink, Marco Macchia, Silvia Barontini, Gurdyal S. Besra, and Patrick J. Brennan J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5771-5778; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The torYZ (yecK bisZ) Operon Encodes a Third Respiratory Trimethylamine N-Oxide Reductase in Escherichia coli Stéphanie Gon, Jean-Claude Patte, Vincent Méjean, and Chantal Iobbi-Nivol J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5779-5786; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence of a Role for LytB in the Nonmevalonate Pathway of Isoprenoid Biosynthesis Francis X. Cunningham, Jr., Toulouse P. Lafond, and Elisabeth Gantt J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5841-5848; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genes Involved in Anaerobic Metabolism of Phenol in the Bacterium Thauera aromatica Sabine Breinig, Emile Schiltz, and Georg Fuchs J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5849-5863; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Control of the Sulfur-Regulated cysH Operon, Containing Genes Involved in L-Cysteine Biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis Maria Cecilia Mansilla, Daniela Albanesi, and Diego de Mendoza J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5885-5892; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mobilization of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) in Ralstonia eutropha René Handrick, Simone Reinhardt, and Dieter Jendrossek J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5916-5918; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Eukaryotic Cells:

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A Single-Transformation Gene Function Test in Diploid Candida albicans Brian Enloe, Aviva Diamond, and Aaron P. Mitchell J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5730-5736; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of tpp1+ as Encoding a Main Trehalose-6P Phosphatase in the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe Alejandro Franco, Teresa Soto, Jero Vicente-Soler, Pedro Valero Guillen, Jose Cansado, and Mariano Gacto J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5880-5884; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cell Surfaces:

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Characterization and Expression of HmuR, a TonB-Dependent Hemoglobin Receptor of Porphyromonas gingivalis Waltena Simpson, Teresa Olczak, and Caroline Attardo Genco J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5737-5748; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Myxococcus xanthus dif Genes Are Required for Biogenesis of Cell Surface Fibrils Essential for Social Gliding Motility Zhaomin Yang, Xiaoyuan Ma, Leming Tong, Heidi B. Kaplan, Lawrence J. Shimkets, and Wenyuan Shi J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5793-5798; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

On the Architecture of the Gram-Negative Bacterial Murein Sacculus David Pink, Jeremy Moeller, Bonnie Quinn, Manfred Jericho, and Terry Beveridge J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5925-5930; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages:

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Characterization of Bacteriophage Lambda Excisionase Mutants Defective in DNA Binding Eun Hee Cho, Renato Alcaraz, Jr., Richard I. Gumport, and Jeffrey F. Gardner J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5807-5812; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The N-Terminal Region of the Oenococcus oeni Bacteriophage fOg44 Lysin Behaves as a Bona Fide Signal Peptide in Escherichia coli and as a cis-Inhibitory Element, Preventing Lytic Activity on Oenococcal Cells Carlos São-José, Ricardo Parreira, Graça Vieira, and Mário A. Santos J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5823-5831; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Leafy Gall Formation Is Controlled by fasR, an AraC-Type Regulatory Gene in Rhodococcus fascians Wim Temmerman, Danny Vereecke, Rozemarijn Dreesen, Marc Van Montagu, Marcelle Holsters, and Koen Goethals J. Bacteriol. October 2000 182: 5832-5840; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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