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Contents: May 2004, Volume 186, Issue 10        Gene Regulation        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Plant Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymes and Proteins        Signal Transduction        Physiology and Metabolism        Population Genetics and Evolution        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Microbial Cell Biology        Genomics and Proteomics        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Errata

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Gene Regulation:

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OmpR and LeuO Positively Regulate the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi ompS2 Porin Gene Marcos Fernández-Mora, José Luis Puente, and Edmundo Calva J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2909-2920; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

TtgV Bound to a Complex Operator Site Represses Transcription of the Promoter for the Multidrug and Solvent Extrusion TtgGHI Pump María-Eugenia Guazzaroni, Wilson Terán, Xiaodong Zhang, María-Trinidad Gallegos, and Juan L. Ramos J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2921-2927; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Positive Control of Swarming, Rhamnolipid Synthesis, and Lipase Production by the Posttranscriptional RsmA/RsmZ System in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Karin Heurlier, Faye Williams, Stephan Heeb, Corinne Dormond, Gabriella Pessi, Dustin Singer, Miguel Cámara, Paul Williams, and Dieter Haas J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2936-2945; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

TcaR, a Putative MarR-Like Regulator of sarS Expression Nadine McCallum, Markus Bischoff, Hideki Maki, Akihito Wada, and Brigitte Berger-Bächi J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2966-2972; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of a gerF (lgt) Mutation on the Germination of Spores of Bacillus subtilis Takao Igarashi, Barbara Setlow, Madan Paidhungat, and Peter Setlow J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2984-2991; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Drastic Differences in Crh and HPr Synthesis Levels Reflect Their Different Impacts on Catabolite Repression in Bacillus subtilis Boris Görke, Laetitia Fraysse, and Anne Galinier J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2992-2995; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PhaQ, a New Class of Poly-ß-Hydroxybutyrate (PHB)-Responsive Repressor, Regulates phaQ and phaP (Phasin) Expression in Bacillus megaterium through Interaction with PHB Tian-Ren Lee, Jer-Sheng Lin, Shih-Shin Wang, and Gwo-Chyuan Shaw J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3015-3021; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two Separate Quorum-Sensing Systems Upregulate Transcription of the Same ABC Transporter in Streptococcus pneumoniae Eivind Knutsen, Ola Ween, and Leiv Sigve Håvarstein J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3078-3085; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Extracytoplasmic-Function Sigma Factor Is Involved in a Pathway Controlling ß-Exotoxin I Production in Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. thuringiensis Strain 407-1 Sylvain Espinasse, Michel Gohar, Didier Lereclus, and Vincent Sanchis J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3108-3116; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Photosynthesis Genes in Rubrivivax gelatinosus: Transcription Factor PpsR Is Involved in both Negative and Positive Control Anne-Soisig Steunou, Chantal Astier, and Soufian Ouchane J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3133-3142; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of the Kinetic Properties of the Sporulation Protein SpoIIE of Bacillus subtilis by Inclusion in a Model Membrane Tim Searls, Xingyong Chen, Stephanie Allen, and Michael D. Yudkin J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3195-3201; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nitrite-Responsive Activation of the Nitrate Assimilation Operon in Cyanobacteria Plays an Essential Role in Up-Regulation of Nitrate Assimilation Activities under Nitrate-Limited Growth Conditions Makiko Aichi, Shin-Ichi Maeda, Kazuhiro Ichikawa, and Tatsuo Omata J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3224-3229; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ClgR, a Novel Regulator of clp and lon Expression in Streptomyces Audrey Bellier and Philippe Mazodier J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3238-3248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of the RpoA C-Terminal Domain to Stimulation of the Salmonella enterica hilA Promoter by HilC and HilD Igor N. Olekhnovich and Robert J. Kadner J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3249-3253; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Mutations in Haemophilus influenzae Mismatch Repair Genes Increase Mutation Rates of Dinucleotide Repeat Tracts but Not Dinucleotide Repeat-Driven Pilin Phase Variation Rates Christopher D. Bayliss, Wendy A. Sweetman, and E. Richard Moxon J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2928-2935; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcription of the Staphylococcus aureus cid and lrg Murein Hydrolase Regulators Is Affected by Sigma Factor B Kelly C. Rice, Toni Patton, Soo-Jin Yang, Alexis Dumoulin, Markus Bischoff, and Kenneth W. Bayles J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3029-3037; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of magA in Legionella pneumophila Philadelphia-1 Is Developmentally Regulated and a Marker of Formation of Mature Intracellular Forms Margot F. Hiltz, Gary R. Sisson, Ann Karen C. Brassinga, Elizabeth Garduno, Rafael A. Garduno, and Paul S. Hoffman J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3038-3045; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Instability of Pathogenicity Islands in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli 536 Barbara Middendorf, Bianca Hochhut, Kristina Leipold, Ulrich Dobrindt, Gabriele Blum-Oehler, and Jörg Hacker J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3086-3096; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Horizontal Transfer of CS1 Pilin Genes of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Barbara Froehlich, Erik Holtzapple, Timothy D. Read, and June R. Scott J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3230-3237; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Functional Dissection of the XpsN (GspC) Protein of the Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris Type II Secretion Machinery Hsien-Min Lee, Juine-Ruey Chen, Hai-Lun Lee, Wei-Ming Leu, Ling-Yun Chen, and Nien-Tai Hu J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2946-2955; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of rhtX and fptX, Novel Genes Encoding Proteins That Show Homology and Function in the Utilization of the Siderophores Rhizobactin 1021 by Sinorhizobium meliloti and Pyochelin by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Respectively Páraic Ó Cuív, Paul Clarke, Damien Lynch, and Michael O'Connell J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2996-3005; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Generation of Enhanced Competitive Root-Tip-Colonizing Pseudomonas Bacteria through Accelerated Evolution Sandra de Weert, Linda C. Dekkers, Irene Kuiper, Guido V. Bloemberg, and Ben J. J. Lugtenberg J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3153-3159; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Dual Control of Helicobacter pylori Heat Shock Gene Transcription by HspR and HrcA Gunther Spohn, Alberto Danielli, Davide Roncarati, Isabel Delany, Rino Rappuoli, and Vincenzo Scarlato J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2956-2965; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temperature Sensitivity Caused by Mutant Release Factor 1 Is Suppressed by Mutations That Affect 16S rRNA Maturation Magdalena Kaczanowska and Monica Rydén-Aulin J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3046-3055; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacillus subtilis SalA (YbaL) Negatively Regulates Expression of scoC, Which Encodes the Repressor for the Alkaline Exoprotease Gene, aprE Mitsuo Ogura, Atsushi Matsuzawa, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, and Teruo Tanaka J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3056-3064; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Agrobacterium rhizogenes GALLS Protein Substitutes for Agrobacterium tumefaciens Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Protein VirE2 Larry D. Hodges, Josh Cuperus, and Walt Ream J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3065-3077; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Organization and Expression of the Polynucleotide Phosphorylase Gene (pnp) of Streptomyces: Processing of pnp Transcripts in Streptomyces antibioticus Patricia Bralley and George H. Jones J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3160-3172; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complexity of Gas Vesicle Biogenesis in Halobacterium sp. Strain NRC-1: Identification of Five New Proteins Hem Dutt Shukla and Shiladitya DasSarma J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3182-3186; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Arsenic Resistance in Halobacterium sp. Strain NRC-1 Examined by Using an Improved Gene Knockout System Gejiao Wang, Sean P. Kennedy, Sabeena Fasiludeen, Christopher Rensing, and Shiladitya DasSarma J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3187-3194; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Precise Excision of the Large Pathogenicity Island, SPI7, in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Susan M. Bueno, Carlos A. Santiviago, Alejandro A. Murillo, Juan A. Fuentes, A. Nicole Trombert, Paula I. Rodas, Philip Youderian, and Guido C. Mora J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3202-3213; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Strains from Which SPI7, a 134-Kilobase Island with Genes for Vi Exopolysaccharide and Other Functions, Has Been Deleted Satheesh Nair, Suneetha Alokam, Sushma Kothapalli, Steffan Porwollik, Emily Proctor, Carmen Choy, Michael McClelland, Shu-Lin Liu, and Kenneth E. Sanderson J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3214-3223; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Assembly of the MexAB-OprM Multidrug Efflux System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Identification and Characterization of Mutations in mexA Compromising MexA Multimerization and Interaction with MexB Dominic Nehme, Xian-Zhi Li, Rachel Elliot, and Keith Poole J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2973-2983; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toluene 3-Monooxygenase of Ralstonia pickettii PKO1 Is a para-Hydroxylating Enzyme Ayelet Fishman, Ying Tao, and Thomas K. Wood J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3117-3123; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lipid II-Mediated Pore Formation by the Peptide Antibiotic Nisin: a Black Lipid Membrane Study Imke Wiedemann, Roland Benz, and Hans-Georg Sahl J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3259-3261; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Nucleotide-Binding Domain Associated with Neisserial Iron Transport Gloria H. Y. Lau, Ross T. A. MacGillivray, and Michael E. P. Murphy J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3266-3269; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Signal Transduction Cascade between EvgA/EvgS and PhoP/PhoQ Two-Component Systems of Escherichia coli Yoko Eguchi, Tadashi Okada, Shu Minagawa, Taku Oshima, Hirotada Mori, Kaneyoshi Yamamoto, Akira Ishihama, and Ryutaro Utsumi J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3006-3014; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Identification of an Uptake Hydrogenase Required for Hydrogen-Dependent Reduction of Fe(III) and Other Electron Acceptors by Geobacter sulfurreducens Maddalena V. Coppi, Regina A. O'Neil, and Derek R. Lovley J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3022-3028; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of the C-Terminal Extension of the Polypeptide and of the PucC Protein in LH2 Complex Biosynthesis in Rubrivivax gelatinosus Anne-Soisig Steunou, Soufian Ouchane, Françoise Reiss-Husson, and Chantal Astier J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3143-3152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Nucleotide Transporter of Caedibacter caryophilus Exhibits an Extended Substrate Spectrum Compared to the Analogous ATP/ADP Translocase of Rickettsia prowazekii Robin M. Daugherty, Nicole Linka, Jonathon P. Audia, Claude Urbany, H. Ekkehard Neuhaus, and Herbert H. Winkler J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3262-3265; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Distinctive Protein Signatures Provide Molecular Markers and Evidence for the Monophyletic Nature of the Deinococcus-Thermus Phylum Emma Griffiths and Radhey S. Gupta J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3097-3107; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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Characterization of Monospecies Biofilm Formation by Helicobacter pylori Sheri P. Cole, Julia Harwood, Richard Lee, Rosemary She, and Donald G. Guiney J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3124-3132; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Rusty, Jammed, and Well-Oiled Hinges: Mutations Affecting the Interdomain Region of FliG, a Rotor Element of the Escherichia coli Flagellar Motor Susan M. Van Way, Stephanos G. Millas, Aaron H. Lee, and Michael D. Manson J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3173-3181; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Genome-Wide Analysis of Lipoprotein Expression in Escherichia coli MG1655 Stephen J. Brokx, Michael Ellison, Troy Locke, Drell Bottorff, Laura Frost, and Joel H. Weiner J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3254-3258; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Isolation and Characterization of a Generalized Transducing Phage for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains PAO1 and PA14 Jonathan M. Budzik, William A. Rosche, Arne Rietsch, and George A. O'Toole J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3270-3273; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

–1 Frameshifting at a CGA AAG Hexanucleotide Site Is Required for Transposition of Insertion Sequence IS1222 Nina Mejlhede, Patricia Licznar, Marie-Françoise Prère, Norma M. Wills, Raymond F. Gesteland, John F. Atkins, and Olivier Fayet J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3274-3277; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Phage Protein Confers Resistance to the Lactococcal Abortive Infection Mechanism AbiP Susana Domingues, Alain Chopin, S. Dusko Ehrlich, and Marie-Christine Chopin J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3278-3281; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Deletion of a Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein Homologue Diminishes Germination and Affects Morphological Development of Streptomyces coelicolor A. Derouaux, S. Halici, H. Nothaft, T. Neutelings, G. Moutzourelis, J. Dusart, F. Titgemeyer, and S. Rigali J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 3282 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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