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Contents: October 2002, Volume 184, Issue 19        Minireviews        Gene Regulation        Microbial Cell Biology        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Physiology and Metabolism        Enzymes and Proteins        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Plant Microbiology        Signal Transduction        Population Genetics and Evolution        Genomics and Proteomics

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Minireviews:

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Atomic Force Microscopy, a Powerful Tool in Microbiology Yves F. Dufrêne J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5205-5213; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Role of OxyR as a Peroxide-Sensing Positive Regulator in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Ji-Sook Hahn, So-Young Oh, and Jung-Hye Roe J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5214-5222; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

fleQ, the Gene Encoding the Major Flagellar Regulator of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Is 70 Dependent and Is Downregulated by Vfr, a Homolog of Escherichia coli Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein Nandini Dasgupta, Evan P. Ferrell, Kristen J. Kanack, Susan E. H. West, and Reuben Ramphal J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5240-5250; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

FleQ, the Major Flagellar Gene Regulator in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Binds to Enhancer Sites Located Either Upstream or Atypically Downstream of the RpoN Binding Site Jeevan Jyot, Nandini Dasgupta, and Reuben Ramphal J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5251-5260; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cold Shock Response in Sporulating Bacillus subtilis and Its Effect on Spore Heat Resistance Sara Movahedi and William Waites J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5275-5281; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ilvIH Operon Expression in Escherichia coli Requires Lrp Binding to Two Distinct Regions of DNA Samina Jafri, Shaolin Chen, and Joseph M. Calvo J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5293-5300; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulatory Response of Methanococcus maripaludis to Alanine, an Intermediate Nitrogen Source Thomas J. Lie and John A. Leigh J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5301-5306; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interdependent Expression of the ccoNOQP-rdxBHIS Loci in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 Jung Hyeob Roh and Samuel Kaplan J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5330-5338; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activation of the glnA, glnK, and nac Promoters as Escherichia coli Undergoes the Transition from Nitrogen Excess Growth to Nitrogen Starvation Mariette R. Atkinson, Timothy A. Blauwkamp, Vladamir Bondarenko, Vasily Studitsky, and Alexander J. Ninfa J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5358-5363; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Context-Dependent Functions of the PII and GlnK Signal Transduction Proteins in Escherichia coli Mariette R. Atkinson, Timothy A. Blauwkamp, and Alexander J. Ninfa J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5364-5375; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Forespore Signaling Is Necessary for Pro-K Processing during Bacillus subtilis Sporulation Despite the Loss of SpoIVFA upon Translational Arrest Lee Kroos, Yuen-Tsu Nicco Yu, Denise Mills, and Shelagh Ferguson-Miller J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5393-5401; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Loss of Catabolite Repression Function of HPr, the Phosphocarrier Protein of the Bacterial Phosphotransferase System, Affects Expression of the cry4A Toxin Gene in Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis Sharik R. Khan and Nirupama Banerjee-Bhatnagar J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5410-5417; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Gyrase Genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a Single Operon Driven by Multiple Promoters Shyam Unniraman, Monalisa Chatterji, and Valakunja Nagaraja J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5449-5456; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

B Modulates Virulence Determinant Expression and Stress Resistance: Characterization of a Functional rsbU Strain Derived from Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4 Malcolm J. Horsburgh, Joanne L. Aish, Ian J. White, Les Shaw, James K. Lithgow, and Simon J. Foster J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5457-5467; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cold Shock Induction of the cspL Gene in Lactobacillus plantarum Involves Transcriptional Regulation Sylviane Derzelle, Bernard Hallet, Thierry Ferain, Jean Delcour, and Pascal Hols J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5518-5523; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Identification and Localization of Flagellins FlaA and FlaB3 within Flagella of Methanococcus voltae Sonia L. Bardy, Takahisa Mori, Kaoru Komoriya, Shin-Ichi Aizawa, and Ken F. Jarrell J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5223-5233; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Envelope Disorder of Escherichia coli Cells Lacking Phosphatidylglycerol Motoo Suzuki, Hiroshi Hara, and Kouji Matsumoto J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5418-5425; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

FepA with Globular Domain Deletions Lacks Activity Hema L. Vakharia and Kathleen Postle J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5508-5512; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Gene That Bears a DnaJ Motif Influences Cyanobacterial Cell Division Olga A. Koksharova and C. Peter Wolk J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5524-5528; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Identification of GtgE, a Novel Virulence Factor Encoded on the Gifsy-2 Bacteriophage of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Theresa D. Ho, Nara Figueroa-Bossi, Minhua Wang, Sergio Uzzau, Lionello Bossi, and James M. Slauch J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5234-5239; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Metabolism of Dichloromethylcatechols as Central Intermediates in the Degradation of Dichlorotoluenes by Ralstonia sp. Strain PS12 Katrin Pollmann, Stefan Kaschabek, Victor Wray, Walter Reineke, and Dietmar H. Pieper J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5261-5274; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stimulation of Menaquinone-Dependent Electron Transfer in the Respiratory Chain of Bacillus subtilis by Membrane Energization N. Azarkina and A. A. Konstantinov J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5339-5347; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chromosomal Amplification of the Escherichia coli lipB Region Confers High-Level Resistance to Selenolipoic Acid Sean W. Jordan and John E. Cronan, Jr. J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5495-5501; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Escherichia coli metD Locus Encodes an ABC Transporter Which Includes Abc (MetN), YaeE (MetI), and YaeC (MetQ) Christophe Merlin, Gregory Gardiner, Sylvain Durand, and Millicent Masters J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5513-5517; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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A New Modified ortho Cleavage Pathway of 3-Chlorocatechol Degradation by Rhodococcus opacus 1CP: Genetic and Biochemical Evidence Olga V. Moiseeva, Inna P. Solyanikova, Stefan R. Kaschabek, Janosch Gröning, Monika Thiel, Ludmila A. Golovleva, and Michael Schlömann J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5282-5292; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

MazG, a Nucleoside Triphosphate Pyrophosphohydrolase, Interacts with Era, an Essential GTPase in Escherichia coli Junjie Zhang and Masayori Inouye J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5323-5329; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification, Substrate Range, and Metal Center of AtzC: the N-Isopropylammelide Aminohydrolase Involved in Bacterial Atrazine Metabolism Nir Shapir, Jeffrey P. Osborne, Gilbert Johnson, Michael J. Sadowsky, and Lawrence P. Wackett J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5376-5384; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Formation of Protoanemonin from 2-Chloro-cis,cis-Muconate by the Combined Action of Muconate Cycloisomerase and Muconolactone Isomerase Anke Skiba, Volker Hecht, and Dietmar Helmut Pieper J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5402-5409; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Monocarboxylate Permease of Rhizobium leguminosarum Is the First Member of a New Subfamily of Transporters A. H. F. Hosie, D. Allaway, and P. S. Poole J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5436-5448; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Amino Acid Substitutions in KdpA, the K+-Binding and -Translocating Subunit of the KdpFABC Complex of Escherichia coli Martin van der Laan, Michael Gaßel, and Karlheinz Altendorf J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5491-5494; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Adaptation of Sucrose Metabolism in the Escherichia coli Wild-Type Strain EC3132 Knut Jahreis, Lars Bentler, Jürgen Bockmann, Stephan Hans, Astrid Meyer, Jörg Siepelmeyer, and Joseph W. Lengeler J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5307-5316; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes Protein of Bacillus subtilis Affects Supercoiling In Vivo Janet C. Lindow, Robert A. Britton, and Alan D. Grossman J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5317-5322; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Three Modifications in the D and T Arms of tRNA Influence Translation in Escherichia coli and Expression of Virulence Genes in Shigella flexneri Jaunius Urbonavicius, Jérôme M. B. Durand, and Glenn R. Björk J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5348-5357; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Origin of Replication of the Mycoplasma pulmonis Chromosome and Its Use in oriC Replicative Plasmids Caio M. M. Cordova, Carole Lartigue, Pascal Sirand-Pugnet, Joël Renaudin, Regina A. F. Cunha, and A. Blanchard J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5426-5435; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Control of Inducer Accumulation Plays a Key Role in Succinate-Mediated Catabolite Repression in Sinorhizobium meliloti Ryan M. Bringhurst and Daniel J. Gage J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5385-5392; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Mutational Analysis of the Escherichia coli PhoQ Sensor Kinase: Differences with the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium PhoQ Protein and in the Mechanism of Mg2+ and Ca2+ Sensing Adam G. Regelmann, Joseph A. Lesley, Christina Mott, Lissette Stokes, and Carey D. Waldburger J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5468-5478; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Whole-Genome Comparison of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical and Laboratory Strains R. D. Fleischmann, D. Alland, J. A. Eisen, L. Carpenter, O. White, J. Peterson, R. DeBoy, R. Dodson, M. Gwinn, D. Haft, E. Hickey, J. F. Kolonay, W. C. Nelson, L. A. Umayam, M. Ermolaeva, S. L. Salzberg, A. Delcher, T. Utterback, J. Weidman, H. Khouri, J. Gill, A. Mikula, W. Bishai, W. R. Jacobs, Jr., J. C. Venter, and C. M. Fraser J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5479-5490; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Profiling Early Osmostress-Dependent Gene Expression in Escherichia coli Using DNA Macroarrays Arnim Weber and Kirsten Jung J. Bacteriol. October 2002 184: 5502-5507; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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