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Contents: February 2003, Volume 185, Issue 4

       Guest Commentaries

       Meeting Reviews

       Microbial Cell Biology

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

       Physiology and Metabolism

       Enzymes and Proteins

       Molecular Biology of Pathogens

       Gene Regulation

       Signal Transduction

       Genomics and Proteomics

       Microbial Communities and Interactions

       Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids

       Meeting Presentations

       Authors' Corrections

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Guest Commentaries:

New Insights into the Developmental History of the Bacterial Cell Division Site
Lawrence Rothfield
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1125-1127;
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Meeting Reviews:

Prokaryotic Development: Emerging Insights
Lee Kroos and Janine R. Maddock
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1128-1146;
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Microbial Cell Biology:

Branching of Escherichia coli Cells Arises from Multiple Sites of Inert Peptidoglycan
Miguel A. de Pedro, Kevin D. Young, Joachim-Volker Höltje, and Heinz Schwarz
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1147-1152;
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Effect of Intracellular pH on Rotational Speed of Bacterial Flagellar Motors
Tohru Minamino, Yasuo Imae, Fumio Oosawa, Yuji Kobayashi, and Kenji Oosawa
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1190-1194;
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Growth Phase-Coupled Alterations in Cell Structure and Function of Escherichia coli
Hideki Makinoshima, Shin-Ichi Aizawa, Hideo Hayashi, Takeyoshi Miki, Akiko Nishimura, and Akira Ishihama
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1338-1345;
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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Molecular Analysis of the Gene Encoding a Novel Cold-Adapted Chitinase (ChiB) from a Marine Bacterium, Alteromonas sp. Strain O-7
Hideyuki Orikoshi, Nao Baba, Shigenari Nakayama, Hiroshi Kashu, Katsushiro Miyamoto, Masahide Yasuda, Yoshihiko Inamori, and Hiroshi Tsujibo
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1153-1160;
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Interactions between Phage-Shock Proteins in Escherichia coli
Hendrik Adams, Wieke Teertstra, Jeroen Demmers, Rolf Boesten, and Jan Tommassen
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1174-1180;
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Analysis of Residues Determining Specificity of Vibrio cholerae TonB1 for Its Receptors
Alexandra R. Mey and Shelley M. Payne
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1195-1207;
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Analysis of DNA Binding and Transcriptional Activation by the LysR-Type Transcriptional Regulator CbbR of Xanthobacter flavus
Geertje van Keulen, Anja N. J. A. Ridder, Lubbert Dijkhuizen, and Wim G. Meijer
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1245-1252;
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Molecular Characteristics of Spontaneous Deletions in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
Dennis W. Grogan and Josh E. Hansen
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1266-1272;
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Transcriptional Switch On of ssgA by A-Factor, Which Is Essential for Spore Septum Formation in Streptomyces griseus
Haruka Yamazaki, Yasuo Ohnishi, and Sueharu Horinouchi
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1273-1283;
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The Small Subunit of M · AquI Is Responsible for Sequence-Specific DNA Recognition and Binding in the Absence of the Catalytic Domain
Hatice Pinarbasi, Ergun Pinarbasi, and David P. Hornby
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1284-1288;
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Effects of the Chromosome Partitioning Protein Spo0J (ParB) on oriC Positioning and Replication Initiation in Bacillus subtilis
Philina S. Lee, Daniel Chi-Hong Lin, Shigeki Moriya, and Alan D. Grossman
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1326-1337;
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2-Aminopurine Allows Interspecies Recombination by a Reversible Inactivation of the Escherichia coli Mismatch Repair System
Ivan Matic, Ana Babic, and Miroslav Radman
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1459-1461;
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Physiology and Metabolism:

YfiK from Escherichia coli Promotes Export of O-Acetylserine and Cysteine
Isabel Franke, Armin Resch, Tobias Daßler, Thomas Maier, and August Böck
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1161-1166;
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CDP-2,3-Di-O-Geranylgeranyl-sn-Glycerol:L-Serine O-Archaetidyltransferase (Archaetidylserine Synthase) in the Methanogenic Archaeon Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus
Hiroyuki Morii and Yosuke Koga
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1181-1189;
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Roles of NhaA, NhaB, and NhaD Na⁺/H⁺ Antiporters in Survival of Vibrio cholerae in a Saline Environment
Katia Herz, Sophie Vimont, Etana Padan, and Patrick Berche
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1236-1244;
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KtrAB and KtrCD: Two K⁺ Uptake Systems in Bacillus subtilis and Their Role in Adaptation to Hypertonicity
Gudrun Holtmann, Evert P. Bakker, Nobuyuki Uozumi, and Erhard Bremer
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1289-1298;
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Enzymes and Proteins:

In Vivo Assay for Low-Activity Mutant Forms of Escherichia coli Ribonucleotide Reductase
Monica Ekberg, Pernilla Birgander, and Britt-Marie Sjöberg
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1167-1173;
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Characterization of Extradiol Dioxygenases from a Polychlorinated Biphenyl-Degrading Strain That Possess Higher Specificities for Chlorinated Metabolites
Frédéric H. Vaillancourt, María-Amparo Haro, Nathalie M. Drouin, Zamil Karim, Halim Maaroufi, and Lindsay D. Eltis
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1253-1260;
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Glycerol-3-Phosphate Acquisition in Spirochetes: Distribution and Biological Activity of Glycerophosphodiester Phosphodiesterase (GlpQ) among Borrelia Species
Tom G. Schwan, James M. Battisti, Stephen F. Porcella, Sandra J. Raffel, Merry E. Schrumpf, Elizabeth R. Fischer, James A. Carroll, Philip E. Stewart, Patricia Rosa, and Greg A. Somerville
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1346-1356;
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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

Molecular Genetic Analysis of a Group A Streptococcus Operon Encoding Serum Opacity Factor and a Novel Fibronectin-Binding Protein, SfbX
Arthur Jeng, Varja Sakota, Zhongya Li, Vivekananda Datta, Bernard Beall, and Victor Nizet
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1208-1217;
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In Vitro and In Vivo Functional Activity of Chlamydia MurA, a UDP-N-Acetylglucosamine Enolpyruvyl Transferase Involved in Peptidoglycan Synthesis and Fosfomycin Resistance
Andrea J. McCoy, Robin C. Sandlin, and Anthony T. Maurelli
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1218-1228;
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Identification and Characterization of the gerH Operon of Bacillus anthracis Endospores: a Differential Role for Purine Nucleosides in Germination
Matthew A. Weiner, Timothy D. Read, and Philip C. Hanna
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1462-1464;
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Gene Regulation:

QscR, a LysR-Type Transcriptional Regulator and CbbR Homolog, Is Involved in Regulation of the Serine Cycle Genes in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1
Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya and Mary E. Lidstrom
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1229-1235;
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Pyoverdine-Mediated Regulation of FpvA Synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Involvement of a Probable Extracytoplasmic-Function Sigma Factor, FpvI
Gyula Alan Rédly and Keith Poole
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1261-1265;
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The Periplasmic Protein MppA Requires an Additional Mutated Locus To Repress marA Expression in Escherichia coli
Xiaowen Bina, Vincent Perreten, and Stuart B. Levy
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1465-1469;
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Signal Transduction:

Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of Phosphatase Activity of Escherichia coli NRII (NtrB) and Its Regulation by the PII Signal Transduction Protein
Augen A. Pioszak and Alexander J. Ninfa
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1299-1315;
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Genomics and Proteomics:

Whole-Genome Sequence Variation among Multiple Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
David H. Spencer, Arnold Kas, Eric E. Smith, Christopher K. Raymond, Elizabeth H. Sims, Michele Hastings, Jane L. Burns, Rajinder Kaul, and Maynard V. Olson
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1316-1325;
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Overrepresentation of a Gene Family Encoding Extracytoplasmic Solute Receptors in Bordetella
Rudy Antoine, Françoise Jacob-Dubuisson, Hervé Drobecq, Eve Willery, Sarah Lesjean, and Camille Locht
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1470-1474;
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Prokaryotic Utilization of the Twin-Arginine Translocation Pathway: a Genomic Survey
Kieran Dilks, R. Wesley Rose, Enno Hartmann, and Mechthild Pohlschröder
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1478-1483;
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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

Detection of Other Microbial Species by Salmonella: Expression of the SdiA Regulon
Jenée N. Smith and Brian M. M. Ahmer
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1357-1366;
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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Modulation of pPS10 Host Range by Plasmid-Encoded RepA Initiator Protein
Beatriz Maestro, Jesús M. Sanz, Ramón Díaz-Orejas, and Elena Fernández-Tresguerres
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1367-1375;
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Corrected Sequence of the Bacteriophage P22 Genome
Marisa L. Pedulla, Michael E. Ford, Tharun Karthikeyan, Jennifer M. Houtz, Roger W. Hendrix, Graham F. Hatfull, Anthony R. Poteete, Eddie B. Gilcrease, Danella A. Winn-Stapley, and Sherwood R. Casjens
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1475-1477;
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Meeting Presentations:

Role of Two Novel Two-Component Regulatory Systems in Development and Phosphatase Expression in Myxococcus xanthus
Aurelio Moraleda-Muñoz, Juana Carrero-Lérida, Juana Pérez, and José Muñoz-Dorado
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1376-1383;
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Identification and Characterization of a Vibrio cholerae Gene, mbaA, Involved in Maintenance of Biofilm Architecture
Natalia Bomchil, Paula Watnick, and Roberto Kolter
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1384-1390;
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Subcellular Localization of a Small Sporulation Protein in Bacillus subtilis
Christiaan van Ooij and Richard Losick
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1391-1398;
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Biofilm Growth and Detachment of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
Jeffrey B. Kaplan, Markus F. Meyenhofer, and Daniel H. Fine
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1399-1404;
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cis Elements Necessary for Developmental Expression of a Myxococcus xanthus Gene That Depends on C Signaling
Poorna Viswanathan and Lee Kroos
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1405-1414;
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ldpA Encodes an Iron-Sulfur Protein Involved in Light-Dependent Modulation of the Circadian Period in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942
Mitsunori Katayama, Takao Kondo, Jin Xiong, and Susan S. Golden
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1415-1422;
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Peptidoglycan Synthesis in the Absence of Class A Penicillin-Binding Proteins in Bacillus subtilis
Derrell C. McPherson and David L. Popham
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1423-1431;
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Identification of Genes Required for Synthesis of the Adhesive Holdfast in Caulobacter crescentus
Chris S. Smith, Aaron Hinz, Diane Bodenmiller, David E. Larson, and Yves V. Brun
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1432-1442;
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Proteomic Analysis of the Spore Coats of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus anthracis
Erh-Min Lai, Nikhil D. Phadke, Maureen T. Kachman, Rebecca Giorno, Santiago Vazquez, Jenny A. Vazquez, Janine R. Maddock, and Adam Driks
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1443-1454;
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Differentiation and Anaerobiosis in Standing Liquid Cultures of Streptomyces coelicolor
Geertje van Keulen, Henk M. Jonkers, Dennis Claessen, Lubbert Dijkhuizen, and Han A. B. Wösten
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1455-1458;
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Authors' Corrections:

Construction, Characterization, and Use of Two Listeria monocytogenes Site-Specific Phage Integration Vectors
Peter Lauer, Man Yin Nora Chow, Martin J. Loessner, Daniel A. Portnoy, and Richard Calendar
J. Bacteriol. February 2003 185: 1484
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