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Contents: May 2003, Volume 185, Issue 9        Guest Commentaries        Minireviews        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Microbial Cell Biology        Genomics and Proteomics        Population Genetics and Evolution        Enzymes and Proteins        Physiology and Metabolism        Gene Regulation        Errata

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Guest Commentaries:

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Microorganisms and Cancer: Quest for a Therapy A. M. Chakrabarty J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2683-2686; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

To Build a Biofilm George A. O'Toole J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2687-2689; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lessons from the Genome of a Lithoautotroph: Making Biomass from Almost Nothing Juan-Luis Ramos J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2690-2691; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Minireviews:

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Thirteen Years of Building Constraint-Based In Silico Models of Escherichia coli Jennifer L. Reed and Bernhard Ø. Palsson J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2692-2699; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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Use of In-Biofilm Expression Technology To Identify Genes Involved in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Development Antonio Finelli, Claude V. Gallant, Keith Jarvi, and Lori L. Burrows J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2700-2710; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Identification in Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus hominis of an Active Primordial Mobile Genetic Element for the Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Yuki Katayama, Fumihiko Takeuchi, Teruyo Ito, Xiao Xue Ma, Yoko Ui-Mizutani, Ichizo Kobayashi, and Keiichi Hiramatsu J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2711-2722; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Chaperone-Subunit-Usher Interactions Required for Donor Strand Exchange during Bacterial Pilus Assembly Michelle M. Barnhart, Frederic G. Sauer, Jerome S. Pinkner, and Scott J. Hultgren J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2723-2730; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Bacillus thuringiensis PlcR-Regulated Gene inhA2 Is Necessary, but Not Sufficient, for Virulence Sinda Fedhila, Michel Gohar, Leyla Slamti, Patricia Nel, and Didier Lereclus J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2820-2825; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

IS6110-Mediated Deletion Polymorphism in the Direct Repeat Region of Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis S. L. Sampson, R. M. Warren, M. Richardson, T. C. Victor, A. M. Jordaan, G. D. van der Spuy, and P. D. van Helden J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2856-2866; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The YSIRK-G/S Motif of Staphylococcal Protein A and Its Role in Efficiency of Signal Peptide Processing Taeok Bae and Olaf Schneewind J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2910-2919; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The fdxA Ferredoxin Gene Can Down-Regulate frxA Nitroreductase Gene Expression and Is Essential in Many Strains of Helicobacter pylori Asish K. Mukhopadhyay, Jin-Yong Jeong, Daiva Dailidiene, Paul S. Hoffman, and Douglas E. Berg J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2927-2935; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Essentiality of clpX, but Not clpP, clpL, clpC, or clpE, in Streptococcus pneumoniae R6 Gregory T. Robertson, Wai-Leung Ng, Raymond Gilmour, and Malcolm E. Winkler J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2961-2966; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Structure-Function Studies of Escherichia coli RpoH (32) by In Vitro Linker Insertion Mutagenesis Franz Narberhaus and Sylvia Balsiger J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2731-2738; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Analysis of Pathway Specificity during Posttranslational Protein Translocation across the Escherichia coli Plasma Membrane Natascha Blaudeck, Peter Kreutzenbeck, Roland Freudl, and Georg A. Sprenger J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2811-2819; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of the adc Operon and Manganese Homeostasis in Streptococcus gordonii Biofilm Formation C. Y. Loo, K. Mitrakul, I. B. Voss, C. V. Hughes, and N. Ganeshkumar J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2887-2900; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Atypical 16S rRNA Gene Copies in Ochrobactrum intermedium Strains Reveal a Large Genomic Rearrangement by Recombination between rrn Copies Corinne Teyssier, Hélène Marchandin, Michèle Siméon De Buochberg, Michel Ramuz, and Estelle Jumas-Bilak J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2901-2909; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Species-Wide Variation in the Escherichia coli Flagellin (H-Antigen) Gene Lei Wang, Deborah Rothemund, Heather Curd, and Peter R. Reeves J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2936-2943; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Adhesive Surface Proteins of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Bind to Polystyrene, Fibronectin, and Type I and IV Collagens Yoshihiro Shimoji, Yohsuke Ogawa, Makoto Osaki, Hidenori Kabeya, Soichi Maruyama, Takeshi Mikami, and Tsutomu Sekizaki J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2739-2748; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Type II Protein Secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: the Pseudopilus Is a Multifibrillar and Adhesive Structure Éric Durand, Alain Bernadac, Geneviève Ball, Andrée Lazdunski, James N. Sturgis, and Alain Filloux J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2749-2758; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth Rate-Dependent Regulation of Medial FtsZ Ring Formation Richard B. Weart and Petra Anne Levin J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2826-2834; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirB6 Protein Participates in Formation of VirB7 and VirB9 Complexes Required for Type IV Secretion Simon J. Jakubowski, Vidhya Krishnamoorthy, and Peter J. Christie J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2867-2878; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Cell Wall of the Pathogenic Bacterium Rhodococcus equi Contains Two Channel-Forming Proteins with Different Properties Franziska G. Rieß, Marion Elflein, Michael Benk, Bettina Schiffler, Roland Benz, Natalie Garton, and Iain Sutcliffe J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2952-2960; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Complete Genome Sequence of the Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium and Obligate Chemolithoautotroph Nitrosomonas europaea Patrick Chain, Jane Lamerdin, Frank Larimer, Warren Regala, Victoria Lao, Miriam Land, Loren Hauser, Alan Hooper, Martin Klotz, Jeanette Norton, Luis Sayavedra-Soto, Dave Arciero, Norman Hommes, Mark Whittaker, and Daniel Arp J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2759-2773; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Natural Variation in the Microcystin Synthetase Operon mcyABC and Impact on Microcystin Production in Microcystis Strains Bjørg Mikalsen, Gudrun Boison, Olav M. Skulberg, Jutta Fastner, William Davies, Tove M. Gabrielsen, Knut Rudi, and Kjetill S. Jakobsen J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2774-2785; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Characterization of Chlorophenol 4-Monooxygenase (TftD) and NADH:Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide Oxidoreductase (TftC) of Burkholderia cepacia AC1100 Michelle R. Gisi and Luying Xun J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2786-2792; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Substrate Specificity of the Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase PvdD from Pseudomonas aeruginosa David F. Ackerley, Tom T. Caradoc-Davies, and Iain L. Lamont J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2848-2855; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Substrate Specificity and Expression of Three 2,3-Dihydroxybiphenyl 1,2-Dioxygenases from Rhodococcus globerulus Strain P6 David B. McKay, Matthias Prucha, Walter Reineke, Kenneth N. Timmis, and Dietmar H. Pieper J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2944-2951; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Escherichia coli phnN, Encoding Ribose 1,5-Bisphosphokinase Activity (Phosphoribosyl Diphosphate Forming): Dual Role in Phosphonate Degradation and NAD Biosynthesis Pathways Bjarne Hove-Jensen, Tina J. Rosenkrantz, Andreas Haldimann, and Barry L. Wanner J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2793-2801; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Propionyl Coenzyme A Is a Common Intermediate in the 1,2-Propanediol and Propionate Catabolic Pathways Needed for Expression of the prpBCDE Operon during Growth of Salmonella enterica on 1,2-Propanediol Sergio Palacios, Vincent J. Starai, and Jorge C. Escalante-Semerena J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2802-2810; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Identification of the DNA Binding Sites of PerA, the Transcriptional Activator of the bfp and per Operons in Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli J. Antonio Ibarra, Miryam I. Villalba, and José Luis Puente J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2835-2847; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Glucose-Related Dissociation between icaADBC Transcription and Biofilm Expression by Staphylococcus epidermidis: Evidence for an Additional Factor Required for Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin Synthesis Sabine Dobinsky, Kathrin Kiel, Holger Rohde, Katrin Bartscht, Johannes K.-M. Knobloch, Matthias A. Horstkotte, and Dietrich Mack J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2879-2886; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nitrogen Regulation of the codBA (Cytosine Deaminase) Operon from Escherichia coli by the Nitrogen Assimilation Control Protein, NAC Wilson B. Muse, Christopher J. Rosario, and Robert A. Bender J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2920-2926; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of a New Hemimethylated DNA Binding Protein Which Regulates dnaA Gene Expression Emmanuelle d'Alençon, Aziz Taghbalout, Claire Bristow, Renée Kern, Revital Aflalo, and Masamichi Kohiyama J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2967-2971; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Leucine-Responsive Regulatory Protein-Mediated Repression of clp (Encoding CS31A) Expression by L-Leucine and L-Alanine in Escherichia coli Cécile Crost, Annie Garrivier, Josée Harel, and Christine Martin J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2972 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Design of Antisense RNA Constructs for Downregulation of the Acetone Formation Pathway of Clostridium acetobutylicum Seshu B. Tummala, Neil E. Welker, and Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis J. Bacteriol. May 2003 185: 2973 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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