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Contents: March 2000, Volume 182, Issue 5        Minireviews        Structure and Function        Physiology and Metabolism        Plant Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Plasmids and Transposons        Enzymes and Proteins        Population Genetics and Evolution        Cell Surfaces        Author's Correction

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Minireviews:

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Cyanobacterial Cell Walls: News from an Unusual Prokaryotic Envelope Egbert Hoiczyk and Alfred Hansel J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1191-1199; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structure and Function:

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Role of the H Protein in Assembly of the Photochemical Reaction Center and Intracytoplasmic Membrane in Rhodospirillum rubrum Yongjian S. Cheng, Christine A. Brantner, Alexandre Tsapin, and Mary Lynne Perille Collins J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1200-1207; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Enhanced Nitrogenase Activity in Strains of Rhodobacter capsulatus That Overexpress the rnf Genes Ho-Sang Jeong and Yves Jouanneau J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1208-1214; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization and Role of tbuX in Utilization of Toluene by Ralstonia pickettii PKO1 Hyung-Yeel Kahng, Armando M. Byrne, Ronald H. Olsen, and Jerome J. Kukor J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1232-1242; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

FabF Is Required for Piezoregulation of cis-Vaccenic Acid Levels and Piezophilic Growth of the Deep-Sea Bacterium Photobacterium profundum Strain SS9 Eric E. Allen and Douglas H. Bartlett J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1264-1271; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Succinyl Coenzyme A Synthetase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with a Broad Specificity for Nucleoside Triphosphate (NTP) Synthesis Modulates Specificity for NTP Synthesis by the 12-Kilodalton Form of Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase Vinayak Kapatral, Xiaowen Bina, and A. M. Chakrabarty J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1333-1339; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Respiration of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene by Pseudomonas sp. Strain JLR11 Abraham Esteve-Nuñez, Gloria Lucchesi, Bodo Philipp, Bernhard Schink, and Juan L. Ramos J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1352-1355; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Calcium and Calcium Chelators on Growth and Morphology of Escherichia coli L-Form NC-7 T. Onoda, J. Enokizono, H. Kaya, A. Oshima, P. Freestone, and V. Norris J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1419-1422; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Autoinduction of 2,4-Diacetylphloroglucinol Biosynthesis in the Biocontrol Agent Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0 and Repression by the Bacterial Metabolites Salicylate and Pyoluteorin Ursula Schnider-Keel, Arnaud Seematter, Monika Maurhofer, Caroline Blumer, Brion Duffy, Cécile Gigot-Bonnefoy, Cornelia Reimmann, Regina Notz, Geneviève Défago, Dieter Haas, and Christoph Keel J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1215-1225; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extracellular Glycanases of Rhizobium leguminosarum Are Activated on the Cell Surface by an Exopolysaccharide-Related Component Angeles Zorreguieta, Christine Finnie, and J. Allan Downie J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1304-1312; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Physical Map of the Chromosome of the Apple Proliferation Phytoplasma Ulrich Lauer and Erich Seemüller J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1415-1418; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Expression of a New Operon from Bacillus subtilis, ykzB-ykoL, under the Control of the TnrA and PhoP-PhoR Global Regulators Denis Robichon, Maryvonne Arnaud, Rozenn Gardan, Zoltan Pragai, Mary O'Reilly, Georges Rapoport, and Michel Débarbouillé J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1226-1231; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Cold Shock-Induced RNA Helicase Gene Expression in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 Danuta Chamot and George W. Owttrim J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1251-1256; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Chitin-Binding Protein Secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Jindra Folders, Jan Tommassen, Leendert C. van Loon, and Wilbert Bitter J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1257-1263; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

WhiD and WhiB, Homologous Proteins Required for Different Stages of Sporulation in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Virginie Molle, Wendy J. Palframan, Kim C. Findlay, and Mark J. Buttner J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1286-1295; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Partitioning of the Linear Chromosome during Sporulation of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Involves an oriC-Linked parAB Locus Hyun-Jin Kim, Michael J. Calcutt, Francis J. Schmidt, and Keith F. Chater J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1313-1320; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of SotA and SotB, Two Erwinia chrysanthemi Proteins Which Modify Isopropyl--D-Thiogalactopyranoside and Lactose Induction of the Escherichia coli lac Promoter Guy Condemine J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1340-1345; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Streptococcus gordonii Biofilm Formation: Identification of Genes that Code for Biofilm Phenotypes C. Y. Loo, D. A. Corliss, and N. Ganeshkumar J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1374-1382; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of the cnr Cobalt and Nickel Resistance Determinant from Ralstonia sp. Strain CH34 Gregor Grass, Cornelia Große, and Dietrich H. Nies J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1390-1398; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of the cnr Cobalt and Nickel Resistance Determinant of Ralstonia eutropha (Alcaligenes eutrophus) CH34 C. Tibazarwa, S. Wuertz, M. Mergeay, L. Wyns, and D. van der Lelie J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1399-1409; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Mutations in the mexR Repressor Gene on Expression of the MexA-MexB-OprM Multidrug Efflux System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Ramakrishnan Srikumar, Catherine J. Paul, and Keith Poole J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1410-1414; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cpx Two-Component Signal Transduction in Escherichia coli: Excessive CpxR-P Levels Underlie CpxA* Phenotypes Peter De Wulf and E. C. C. Lin J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1423-1426; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Requirement for Homologous Recombination Functions for Expression of the mutA Mistranslator tRNA-Induced Mutator Phenotype in Escherichia coli Li Ren, Abu Amar M. Al Mamun, and M. Zafri Humayun J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1427-1431; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutational Analysis of Ligand Recognition by Tcp, the Citrate Chemoreceptor of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Tomonori Iwama, Ko-Ichiro Nakao, Hiroshi Nakazato, Shuzo Yamagata, Michio Homma, and Ikuro Kawagishi J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1437-1441; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytochrome c' from Rhodobacter capsulatus Confers Increased Resistance to Nitric Oxide Richard Cross, Joanne Aish, Samantha J. Paston, Robert K. Poole, and James W. B. Moir J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1442-1447; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Utilization of Subsidiary Chromosomal Replication Terminators in Bacillus subtilis A. A. Griffiths and R. G. Wake J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1448-1451; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stress Triggers a Process That Limits Activation of the Bacillus subtilis Stress Transcription Factor B Janelle M. Scott, Theresa Mitchell, and W. G. Haldenwang J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1452-1456; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plasmids and Transposons:

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KorSA from the Streptomyces Integrative Element pSAM2 Is a Central Transcriptional Repressor: Target Genes and Binding Sites Guennadi Sezonov, Christophe Possoz, Annick Friedmann, Jean-Luc Pernodet, and Michel Guérineau J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1243-1250; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Characterization of a Thermostable DNA Glycosylase Specific for U/G and T/G Mismatches from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum Hanjing Yang, Sorel Fitz-Gibbon, Edward M. Marcotte, Jennifer H. Tai, Elizabeth C. Hyman, and Jeffrey H. Miller J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1272-1279; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Autophosphorylation of Phosphoglucosamine Mutase from Escherichia coli Laure Jolly, Frédérique Pompeo, Jean van Heijenoort, Florence Fassy, and Dominique Mengin-Lecreulx J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1280-1285; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Phospholipase A Activity Secreted by Legionella Species Antje Flieger, Shimei Gong, Marion Faigle, Martin Deeg, Peter Bartmann, and Birgid Neumeister J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1321-1327; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Temperature on Stability and Activity of Elongation Factor 2 Proteins from Antarctic and Thermophilic Methanogens Torsten Thomas and Ricardo Cavicchioli J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1328-1332; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Feruloyl Esterase Activity of the Clostridium thermocellum Cellulosome Can Be Attributed to Previously Unknown Domains of XynY and XynZ David L. Blum, Irina A. Kataeva, Xin-Liang Li, and Lars G. Ljungdahl J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1346-1351; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Substrate Range and Genetic Analysis of Acinetobacter Vanillate Demethylase Birgit Morawski, Ana Segura, and L. Nicholas Ornston J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1383-1389; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Missense Mutations That Affect the Transport Function of MalK, the ATP-Binding-Cassette Subunit of the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Maltose Transport System Sabine Hunke, Heidi Landmesser, and Erwin Schneider J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1432-1436; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Differential Distribution of Novel Restriction-Modification Systems in Clonal Lineages of Neisseria meningitidis Heike Claus, Alexander Friedrich, Matthias Frosch, and Ulrich Vogel J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1296-1303; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Cell Surfaces:

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Gene Families Encoding Phase- and Size-Variable Surface Lipoproteins of Mycoplasma hyorhinis Christine Citti, Robyn Watson-McKown, Martina Droesse, and Kim S. Wise J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1356-1363; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The UspA1 Protein and a Second Type of UspA2 Protein Mediate Adherence of Moraxella catarrhalis to Human Epithelial Cells In Vitro Eric R. Lafontaine, Leslie D. Cope, Christoph Aebi, Jo L. Latimer, George H. McCracken, Jr., and Eric J. Hansen J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1364-1373; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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Complex Evolutionary Patterns of tRNAUAALeu Group I Introns in the Cyanobacterial Radiation Knut Rudi and Kjetill S. Jakobsen J. Bacteriol. March 2000 182: 1457 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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