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Contents: January 2004, Volume 186, Issue 1        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymes and Proteins        Population Genetics and Evolution        Physiology and Metabolism        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Gene Regulation        Genomics and Proteomics        Plant Microbiology        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Microbial Cell Biology

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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The Preferred Substrate for RecA-Mediated Cleavage of Bacteriophage 434 Repressor Is the DNA-Bound Dimer David R. Pawlowski and Gerald B. Koudelka J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 1-7; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Muramic -Lactam in Bacillus subtilis Spore Peptidoglycan Meghan E. Gilmore, Dabanjan Bandyopadhyay, Amanda M. Dean, Sarah D. Linnstaedt, and David L. Popham J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 80-89; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Surfaces of Spo0A and RNA Polymerase Sigma Factor A That Interact at the spoIIG Promoter in Bacillus subtilis Amrita Kumar, Cindy Buckner Starke, Mark DeZalia, and Charles P. Moran, Jr. J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 200-206; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Null Mutation of HvrA Compensates for Loss of an Essential relA/spoT-Like Gene in Rhodobacter capsulatus Shinji Masuda and Carl E. Bauer J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 235-239; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Mother Cell-Specific Class B Penicillin-Binding Protein, PBP4b, in Bacillus subtilis Yuping Wei, Derrell C. McPherson, and David L. Popham J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 258-261; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Cysteinyl-tRNACys Formation in Methanocaldococcus jannaschii: the Mechanism Is Still Unknown Benfang Ruan, Hiroaki Nakano, Masashi Tanaka, Jonathan A. Mills, Joseph A. DeVito, Bokkee Min, K. Brooks Low, John R. Battista, and Dieter Söll J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 8-14; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of CmaA, an Adenylation-Thiolation Didomain Enzyme Involved in the Biosynthesis of Coronatine Robin Couch, Sarah E. O'Connor, Heather Seidle, Christopher T. Walsh, and Ronald Parry J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 35-42; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Differences in the Functional Properties of the Substrate Binding Proteins of the Borrelia burgdorferi Oligopeptide Permease (opp) Operon Xing-Guo Wang, J. Michael Kidder, Joanna P. Scagliotti, Mark S. Klempner, Richard Noring, and Linden T. Hu J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 51-60; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus aureus Mevalonate Kinase: Isolation and Characterization of an Enzyme of the Isoprenoid Biosynthetic Pathway Natalya E. Voynova, Sandra E. Rios, and Henry M. Miziorko J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 61-67; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Flavin Mononucleotide-Binding Flavoprotein Family in the Domain Archaea Yan-Huai R. Ding and James G. Ferry J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 90-97; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ruminococcus albus 8 Mutants Defective in Cellulose Degradation Are Deficient in Two Processive Endocellulases, Cel48A and Cel9B, Both of Which Possess a Novel Modular Architecture Estelle Devillard, Dara B. Goodheart, Sanjay K. R. Karnati, Edward A. Bayer, Raphael Lamed, Joshua Miron, Karen E. Nelson, and Mark Morrison J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 136-145; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Production of Heterologous and Chimeric Scaffoldins by Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 S. Perret, L. Casalot, H.-P. Fierobe, C. Tardif, F. Sabathe, J.-P. Belaich, and A. Belaich J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 253-257; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Diversifying Selection at the Bacillus Quorum-Sensing Locus and Determinants of Modification Specificity during Synthesis of the ComX Pheromone M. Ansaldi and D. Dubnau J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 15-21; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Natural Selection and Evolution of Streptococcal Virulence Genes Involved in Tissue-Specific Adaptations Awdhesh Kalia and Debra E. Bessen J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 110-121; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Multiple Formate Dehydrogenase Enzymes in the Facultative Methylotroph Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 Are Dispensable for Growth on Methanol Ludmila Chistoserdova, Markus Laukel, Jean-Charles Portais, Julia A. Vorholt, and Mary E. Lidstrom J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 22-28; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Growth Temperature on Lipid and Phosphate Contents of Surface Polysaccharides from the Antarctic Bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC 125 M. Michela Corsaro, Rosa Lanzetta, Ermenegilda Parrilli, Michelangelo Parrilli, M. Luisa Tutino, and Salvatore Ummarino J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 29-34; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

pH-Dependent Catabolic Protein Expression during Anaerobic Growth of Escherichia coli K-12 Elizabeth Yohannes, D. Michael Barnhart, and Joan L. Slonczewski J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 192-199; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Necessity of Meningococcal -Glutamyl Aminopeptidase for Neisseria meningitidis Growth in Rat Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) and CSF-Like Medium Hideyuki Takahashi, Kenji Hirose, and Haruo Watanabe J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 244-247; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Temporal Expression of Pertussis Toxin and Ptl Secretion Proteins by Bordetella pertussis Amy A. Rambow-Larsen and Alison A. Weiss J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 43-50; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RtsA Coordinately Regulates DsbA and the Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 Type III Secretion System Craig D. Ellermeier and James M. Slauch J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 68-79; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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NpdR, a Repressor Involved in 2,4,6-Trinitrophenol Degradation in Rhodococcus opacus HL PM-1 Dang P. Nga, Josef Altenbuchner, and Gesche S. Heiss J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 98-103; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Growth Phase-Dependent Regulation and Stringent Control of fis Are Conserved Processes in Enteric Bacteria and Involve a Single Promoter (fis P) in Escherichia coli Prabhat Mallik, Timothy S. Pratt, Michael B. Beach, Meranda D. Bradley, Jayanthi Undamatla, and Robert Osuna J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 122-135; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Fine-Tuning in Regulation of Clp Protein Content in Bacillus subtilis Ulf Gerth, Janine Kirstein, Jörg Mostertz, Torsten Waldminghaus, Marcus Miethke, Holger Kock, and Michael Hecker J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 179-191; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Genomic Interrogation of the Dassie Bacillus Reveals It as a Unique RD1 Mutant within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Serge Mostowy, Debby Cousins, and Marcel A. Behr J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 104-109; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Formation and Composition of the Bacillus anthracis Endospore Hongbin Liu, Nicholas H. Bergman, Brendan Thomason, Shamira Shallom, Alyson Hazen, Joseph Crossno, David A. Rasko, Jacques Ravel, Timothy D. Read, Scott N. Peterson, John Yates, III, and Philip C. Hanna J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 164-178; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptome Analysis of the Response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Hydrogen Peroxide Marco Palma, Darrow DeLuca, Stefan Worgall, and Luis E. N. Quadri J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 248-252; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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In Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola, Expression of the argK Gene, Encoding the Phaseolotoxin-Resistant Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase, Is Regulated Indirectly by Temperature and Directly by a Precursor Resembling Carbamoylphosphate Karina López-López, José Luis Hernández-Flores, Marisa Cruz-Aguilar, and Ariel Alvarez-Morales J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 146-153; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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Esp-Independent Biofilm Formation by Enterococcus faecalis Christopher J. Kristich, Yung-Hua Li, Dennis G. Cvitkovitch, and Gary M. Dunny J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 154-163; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Effect of the CopB Auxiliary Replication Control System on Stability of Maintenance of Par+ Plasmid R1 Jan A. Olsson, Johan Paulsson, and Kurt Nordström J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 207-211; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the 101-Kilobase-Pair Megaplasmid pKB1, Isolated from the Rubber-Degrading Bacterium Gordonia westfalica Kb1 Daniel Bröker, Matthias Arenskötter, Antje Legatzki, Dietrich H. Nies, and Alexander Steinbüchel J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 212-225; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Residues of the Kid Toxin Involved in Autoregulation of the parD System Marc Lemonnier, Sandra Santos-Sierra, Consolación Pardo-Abarrio, and Ramón Díaz-Orejas J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 240-243; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Inactivation of ompX Causes Increased Interactions of Type 1 Fimbriated Escherichia coli with Abiotic Surfaces Karen Otto and Malte Hermansson J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 226-234; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An H+-Coupled Multidrug Efflux Pump, PmpM, a Member of the MATE Family of Transporters, from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Gui-Xin He, Teruo Kuroda, Takehiko Mima, Yuji Morita, Tohru Mizushima, and Tomofusa Tsuchiya J. Bacteriol. January 2004 186: 262-265; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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