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Contents: December 2002, Volume 184, Issue 23        Dialog        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Physiology and Metabolism        Microbial Cell Biology        Structural Biology        Enzymes and Proteins        Signal Transduction        Genomics and Proteomics        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Gene Regulation        Plant Microbiology

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Dialog:

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The Value of Complete Microbial Genome Sequencing (You Get What You Pay For) Claire M. Fraser, Jonathan A. Eisen, Karen E. Nelson, Ian T. Paulsen, and Steven L. Salzberg J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6403-6405; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

On the High Value of Low Standards Elbert Branscomb and Paul Predki J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6406-6409; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Biochemical Properties of Neisseria gonorrhoeae LgtE Andrzej Piekarowicz and Daniel C. Stein J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6410-6416; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Requirement of flhA for Swarming Differentiation, Flagellin Export, and Secretion of Virulence-Associated Proteins in Bacillus thuringiensis Emilia Ghelardi, Francesco Celandroni, Sara Salvetti, Douglas J. Beecher, Myriam Gominet, Didier Lereclus, Amy C. L. Wong, and Sonia Senesi J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6424-6433; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Analysis of the Heat Shock Regulator HrcA of Chlamydia trachomatis Adam C. Wilson and Ming Tan J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6566-6571; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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The rpoZ Gene, Encoding the RNA Polymerase Omega Subunit, Is Required for Antibiotic Production and Morphological Differentiation in Streptomyces kasugaensis Ikuo Kojima, Kano Kasuga, Masayuki Kobayashi, Akira Fukasawa, Satoshi Mizuno, Akira Arisawa, and Hisayoshi Akagawa J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6417-6423; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

vanE Gene Cluster of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis BM4405 Lorena Abadía Patiño, Patrice Courvalin, and Bruno Perichon J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6457-6464; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Autolysis and Autoaggregation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Colony Morphology Mutants David A. D'Argenio, M. Worth Calfee, Paul B. Rainey, and Everett C. Pesci J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6481-6489; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Degradation of a Caulobacter Soluble Cytoplasmic Chemoreceptor Is ClpX Dependent Isabel Potocka, Melanie Thein, Magne Østerås, Urs Jenal, and M. R. K. Alley J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6635-6641; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification by RNA Profiling and Mutational Analysis of the Novel Copper Resistance Determinants CrdA (HP1326), CrdB (HP1327), and CzcB (HP1328) in Helicobacter pylori Barbara Waidner, Klaus Melchers, Igor Ivanov, Hannes Loferer, Klaus W. Bensch, Manfred Kist, and Stefan Bereswill J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6700-6708; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Leaderless mRNAs Bind 70S Ribosomes More Strongly than 30S Ribosomal Subunits in Escherichia coli Sean M. O'Donnell and Gary R. Janssen J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6730-6733; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Substrate Specificity of the AmpG Permease Required for Recycling of Cell Wall Anhydro-Muropeptides Qiaomei Cheng and James T. Park J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6434-6436; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Substrate Specificity of the RND-Type Multidrug Efflux Pumps AcrB and AcrD of Escherichia coli Is Determined Predominately by Two Large Periplasmic Loops Christopher A. Elkins and Hiroshi Nikaido J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6490-6498; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chimeric Analysis of the Multicomponent Multidrug Efflux Transporters from Gram-Negative Bacteria Elena B. Tikhonova, Quiju Wang, and Helen I. Zgurskaya J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6499-6507; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutants of Streptomyces clavuligerus with Disruptions in Different Genes for Clavulanic Acid Biosynthesis Produce Large Amounts of Holomycin: Possible Cross-Regulation of Two Unrelated Secondary Metabolic Pathways Alvaro de la Fuente, Luis M. Lorenzana, Juan F. Martín, and Paloma Liras J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6559-6565; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Expression of the CO2 Fixation Operons of Rhodobacter sphaeroides by the Prr/Reg Two-Component System during Chemoautotrophic Growth Janet L. Gibson, James M. Dubbs, and F. Robert Tabita J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6654-6664; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Up-Regulated Expression of the cbbI and cbbII Operons during Photoheterotrophic Growth of a Ribulose 1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase-Oxygenase Deletion Mutant of Rhodobacter sphaeroides Stephanie A. Smith and F. Robert Tabita J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6721-6724; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Microarray Analysis of the Expression Profile of Escherichia coli in Response to Treatment with 4,5-Dihydroxy-2-Cyclopenten-1-One Sangita Phadtare, Ikunoshin Kato, and Masayori Inouye J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6725-6729; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Impact of Phosphorylation of Specific Residues in the Tyrosine Autokinase, Wzc, on Its Activity in Assembly of Group 1 Capsules in Escherichia coli Anne Paiment, Jennifer Hocking, and Chris Whitfield J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6437-6447; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Glucocardiolipins from Geobacillus stearothermophilus NRS 2004/3a Christina Schäffer, Anke I. Beckedorf, Andrea Scheberl, Sonja Zayni, Jasna Peter-Katalinic, and Paul Messner J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6709-6713; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Low-Temperature-Induced Changes in Composition and Fluidity of Lipopolysaccharides in the Antarctic Psychrotrophic Bacterium Pseudomonas syringae G. Seshu Kumar, M. V. Jagannadham, and M. K. Ray J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6746-6749; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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Structural Analysis and Evidence for Dynamic Emergence of Bacillus anthracis S-Layer Networks Evelyne Couture-Tosi, Hervé Delacroix, Tâm Mignot, Stéphane Mesnage, Mohamed Chami, Agnès Fouet, and Gervaise Mosser J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6448-6456; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Aquifex aeolicus PilT, Homologue of a Surface Motility Protein, Is a Thermostable Oligomeric NTPase Timothy J. Herdendorf, Darrell R. McCaslin, and Katrina T. Forest J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6465-6471; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of the Gene for the B12-Dependent Ribonucleotide Reductase from Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 and Expression in Escherichia coli Florence K. Gleason and Neil E. Olszewski J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6544-6550; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evolution of the C30 Carotenoid Synthase CrtM for Function in a C40 Pathway Daisuke Umeno, Alexander V. Tobias, and Frances H. Arnold J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6690-6699; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Functions Required for Extracellular Quinolone Signaling by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Larry A. Gallagher, Susan L. McKnight, Marina S. Kuznetsova, Everett C. Pesci, and Colin Manoil J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6472-6480; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Functional Analysis of the Bacillus subtilis Zur Regulon Ahmed Gaballa, Tao Wang, Rick W. Ye, and John D. Helmann J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6508-6514; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Expression Profiling of the pH Response in Escherichia coli Don L. Tucker, Nancy Tucker, and Tyrrell Conway J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6551-6558; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene Islands Integrated into tRNAGly Genes Confer Genome Diversity on a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clone Karen D. Larbig, Andreas Christmann, André Johann, Jens Klockgether, Thomas Hartsch, Rainer Merkl, Lutz Wiehlmann, Hans-Joachim Fritz, and Burkhard Tümmler J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6665-6680; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Response of Pasteurella multocida to Defined Iron Sources Michael L. Paustian, Barbara J. May, Dongwei Cao, Daniel Boley, and Vivek Kapur J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6714-6720; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Viable but Nonculturable State and Starvation Are Different Stress Responses of Enterococcus faecalis, as Determined by Proteome Analysis Sabina Heim, Maria Del Mar Lleo, Barbara Bonato, Carlos A. Guzman, and Pietro Canepari J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6739-6745; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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Long-Chain Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Quorum-Sensing Regulation of Rhodobacter capsulatus Gene Transfer Agent Production Amy L. Schaefer, Terumi A. Taylor, J. Thomas Beatty, and E. P. Greenberg J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6515-6521; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Programmed Translational Frameshift in the Bacteriophage P2 FETUD Tail Gene Operon Gail E. Christie, Louise M. Temple, Becky A. Bartlett, and Tina S. Goodwin J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6522-6531; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lactococcus lactis Lytic Bacteriophages of the P335 Group Are Inhibited by Overexpression of a Truncated CI Repressor Evelyn Durmaz, Søren M. Madsen, Hans Israelsen, and Todd R. Klaenhammer J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6532-6544; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Third Transposable Element, ISPpu12, from the Toluene-Xylene Catabolic Plasmid pWW0 of Pseudomonas putida mt-2 Peter A. Williams, Rheinallt M. Jones, and Linda E. Shaw J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6572-6580; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transposition of DEH, a Broad-Host-Range Transposon Flanked by ISPpu12, in Pseudomonas putida Is Associated with Genomic Rearrangements and Dehalogenase Gene Silencing Andrew J. Weightman, Andrew W. Topping, Katja E. Hill, Li Ling Lee, Kenji Sakai, J. Howard Slater, and Andrew W. Thomas J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6581-6591; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vibrio cholerae Phage K139: Complete Genome Sequence and Comparative Genomics of Related Phages Dagmar Kapfhammer, Julia Blass, Stefan Evers, and Joachim Reidl J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6592-6601; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Arginine Operator Binding by Heterologous and Chimeric ArgR Repressors from Escherichia coli and Bacillus stearothermophilus Anahit Ghochikyan, Iovka Miltcheva Karaivanova, Michèle Lecocq, Patricia Vusio, Marie-Claire Arnaud, Marina Snapyan, Pierre Weigel, Laetitia Guével, Malcolm Buckle, and Vehary Sakanyan J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6602-6614; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Phase Variation of a Type III Restriction-Modification System in Helicobacter pylori Nicolette de Vries, Dirk Duinsbergen, Ernst J. Kuipers, Raymond G. J. Pot, Patricia Wiesenekker, Charles W. Penn, Arnoud H. M. van Vliet, Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, and Johannes G. Kusters J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6615-6623; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Nitrate Reductase and Nitrite Reductase Operons and the narT Gene of Staphylococcus carnosus Are Positively Controlled by the Novel Two-Component System NreBC I. Fedtke, A. Kamps, B. Krismer, and F. Götz J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6624-6634; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of the Hydrogenase-4 Operon of Escherichia coli by the 54-Dependent Transcriptional Activators FhlA and HyfR David A. G. Skibinski, Paul Golby, Yung-Sheng Chang, Frank Sargent, Ralf Hoffman, R. Harper, John R. Guest, Margaret M. Attwood, Ben C. Berks, and Simon C. Andrews J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6642-6653; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

cis-Acting Sequences of Bacillus subtilis pyrG mRNA Essential for Regulation by Antitermination Qi Meng and Robert L. Switzer J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6734-6738; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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A Sinorhizobium meliloti Lipopolysaccharide Mutant Altered in Cell Surface Sulfation David H. Keating, Michael G. Willits, and Sharon R. Long J. Bacteriol. December 2002 184: 6681-6689; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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