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Contents: June 2004, Volume 186, Issue 11        Guest Commentaries        Microbial Cell Biology        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Gene Regulation        Signal Transduction        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Physiology and Metabolism        Enzymes and Proteins        Population Genetics and Evolution        Genomics and Proteomics        Structural Biology        Plant Microbiology

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Guest Commentaries:

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Refining Our Perception of Bacterial Surfaces with the Atomic Force Microscope Yves F. Dufrêne J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3283-3285; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Atomic Force Microscopy of Cell Growth and Division in Staphylococcus aureus Ahmed Touhami, Manfred H. Jericho, and Terry J. Beveridge J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3286-3295; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Secretion of Virulence Proteins from Campylobacter jejuni Is Dependent on a Functional Flagellar Export Apparatus Michael E. Konkel, John D. Klena, Vanessa Rivera-Amill, Marshall R. Monteville, Debabrata Biswas, Brian Raphael, and Joey Mickelson J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3296-3303; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of rpoS from a Pathogenic Bacterium, Vibrio vulnificus: Role of S in Survival of Exponential-Phase Cells under Oxidative Stress Kyung-Je Park, Min-Jin Kang, Songhee H. Kim, Hyun-Jung Lee, Jae-Kyu Lim, Sang Ho Choi, Soon-Jung Park, and Kyu-Ho Lee J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3304-3312; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The RNA-Binding Protein Hfq of Listeria monocytogenes: Role in Stress Tolerance and Virulence Janne K. Christiansen, Marianne H. Larsen, Hanne Ingmer, Lotte Søgaard-Andersen, and Birgitte H. Kallipolitis J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3355-3362; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Essential Nature of the Ubiquitous 26-Kilobase Circular Replicon of Borrelia burgdorferi Rebecca Byram, Philip E. Stewart, and Patricia Rosa J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3561-3569; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase A (MsrA) Deficiency Affects the Survival of Mycobacterium smegmatis within Macrophages T. Douglas, D. S. Daniel, B. K. Parida, C. Jagannath, and S. Dhandayuthapani J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3590-3598; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Circularized Chromosome with a Large Palindromic Structure in Streptomyces griseus Mutants Tetsuya Uchida, Naoto Ishihara, Hiroyuki Zenitani, Keiichiro Hiratsu, and Haruyasu Kinashi J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3313-3320; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mechanism of Intrinsic Resistance to Vancomycin in Clostridium innocuum NCIB 10674 Véronique David, Bülent Bozdogan, Jean-Luc Mainardi, Raymond Legrand, Laurent Gutmann, and Roland Leclercq J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3415-3422; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Functional Analysis by Gene Disruption of a Gene Encoding a -Butyrolactone Autoregulator Receptor from Kitasatospora setae Sun-Uk Choi, Chang-Kwon Lee, Yong-Il Hwang, Hiroshi Kinoshita, and Takuya Nihira J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3423-3430; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two Oligopeptide-Permease-Encoding Genes in the Clavulanic Acid Cluster of Streptomyces clavuligerus Are Essential for Production of the ß-Lactamase Inhibitor Luis M. Lorenzana, Rosario Pérez-Redondo, Irene Santamarta, Juan F. Martín, and Paloma Liras J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3431-3438; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The davDT Operon of Pseudomonas putida, Involved in Lysine Catabolism, Is Induced in Response to the Pathway Intermediate -Aminovaleric Acid Olga Revelles, Manuel Espinosa-Urgel, Soeren Molin, and Juan L. Ramos J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3439-3446; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

nsd, a Locus That Affects the Myxococcus xanthus Cellular Response to Nutrient Concentration Margaret Brenner, Anthony G. Garza, and Mitchell Singer J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3461-3471; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcription by an Archaeal RNA Polymerase Is Slowed but Not Blocked by an Archaeal Nucleosome Yunwei Xie and John N. Reeve J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3492-3498; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of the Sliding Clamp ß-Subunit and Hda, a DnaA-Related Protein Mareike Kurz, Brian Dalrymple, Gene Wijffels, and Kritaya Kongsuwan J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3508-3515; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distinct Mutations in PlcR Explain Why Some Strains of the Bacillus cereus Group Are Nonhemolytic Leyla Slamti, Stéphane Perchat, Myriam Gominet, Gislayne Vilas-Bôas, Agnès Fouet, Michèle Mock, Vincent Sanchis, Josette Chaufaux, Michel Gohar, and Didier Lereclus J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3531-3538; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The ETT2 Gene Cluster, Encoding a Second Type III Secretion System from Escherichia coli, Is Present in the Majority of Strains but Has Undergone Widespread Mutational Attrition Chuan-Peng Ren, Roy R. Chaudhuri, Amanda Fivian, Christopher M. Bailey, Martin Antonio, Wayne M. Barnes, and Mark J. Pallen J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3547-3560; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Genes That Influence Development in Streptomyces coelicolor Amy M. Gehring, Stephanie T. Wang, Daniel B. Kearns, Narie Yoo Storer, and Richard Losick J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3570-3577; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli mazEF-Mediated Cell Death Is Triggered by Various Stressful Conditions Ronen Hazan, Boaz Sat, and Hanna Engelberg-Kulka J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3663-3669; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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The Spatial Organization of the VirR Boxes Is Critical for VirR-Mediated Expression of the Perfringolysin O Gene, pfoA, from Clostridium perfringens Jackie K. Cheung, Bruno Dupuy, Deanna S. Deveson, and Julian I. Rood J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3321-3330; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Gene Expression in Response to Hydrogen Peroxide and the Putative PerR Regulon of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Hong Li, Abhay K. Singh, Lauren M. McIntyre, and Louis A. Sherman J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3331-3345; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stress Response Gene Regulation in Chlamydia Is Dependent on HrcA-CIRCE Interactions Adam C. Wilson and Ming Tan J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3384-3391; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of the AAA+ Domain of Sinorhizobium meliloti DctD, a 54-Dependent Transcriptional Activator Hao Xu, Baohua Gu, B. Tracy Nixon, and Timothy R. Hoover J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3499-3507; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Binding Regions of Q Proteins of Phages and 80 Jingshu Guo and Jeffrey W. Roberts J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3599-3608; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Interactions between the Nitrogen Signal Transduction Protein PII and N-Acetyl Glutamate Kinase in Organisms That Perform Oxygenic Photosynthesis Sergio Burillo, Ignacio Luque, Inmaculada Fuentes, and Asunción Contreras J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3346-3354; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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An Accessory Protein Is Required for Relaxosome Formation by Small Staphylococcal Plasmids Matthew C. A. Smith and Christopher D. Thomas J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3363-3373; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reconstitution of a Staphylococcal Plasmid-Protein Relaxation Complex In Vitro Jamie A. Caryl, Matthew C. A. Smith, and Christopher D. Thomas J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3374-3383; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Eukaryotic-Like Tyrosine Protein Kinase Expressed by the Shiga Toxin-Encoding Bacteriophage 933W Jessica S. Tyler and David I. Friedman J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3472-3479; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacteriophage Tuc2009 Encodes a Tail-Associated Cell Wall-Degrading Activity John G. Kenny, Stephen McGrath, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, and Douwe van Sinderen J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3480-3491; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lactococcal Phage Genes Involved in Sensitivity to AbiK and Their Relation to Single-Strand Annealing Proteins Julie D. Bouchard and Sylvain Moineau J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3649-3652; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens tet(W) Gene Is Carried on the Novel Conjugative Transposon TnB1230, Which Contains Duplicated Nitroreductase Coding Sequences Claire M. Melville, Romain Brunel, Harry J. Flint, and Karen P. Scott J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3656-3659; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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CcpA-Dependent Regulation of Bacillus subtilis Glutamate Dehydrogenase Gene Expression Boris R. Belitsky, Hyun-Jin Kim, and Abraham L. Sonenshein J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3392-3398; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of Activity of Bacillus subtilis Regulatory Proteins GltC and TnrA by Glutamate Dehydrogenase Boris R. Belitsky and Abraham L. Sonenshein J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3399-3407; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of glxR, a Gene Involved in Regulation of Glyoxylate Bypass in Corynebacterium glutamicum Hyung-Joon Kim, Tae-Hyun Kim, Younhee Kim, and Heung-Shick Lee J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3453-3460; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for an Arginine Exporter Encoded by yggA (argO) That Is Regulated by the LysR-Type Transcriptional Regulator ArgP in Escherichia coli Madhusudan R. Nandineni and J. Gowrishankar J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3539-3546; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Cytochrome P450 Involved in the Metabolism of Abietane Diterpenoids by Pseudomonas abietaniphila BKME-9 Daryl J. Smith, Vincent J. J. Martin, and William W. Mohn J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3631-3639; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dimethylselenide Demethylation Is an Adaptive Response to Selenium Deprivation in the Archaeon Methanococcus voltae Ulf M. Niess and Albrecht Klein J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3640-3648; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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A Cambialistic Superoxide Dismutase in the Thermophilic Photosynthetic Bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus Vanessa L. Lancaster, Russell LoBrutto, Fabiyola M. Selvaraj, and Robert E. Blankenship J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3408-3414; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Recognition of Ferric Catecholates by FepA Rajasekaran Annamalai, Bo Jin, Zhenghua Cao, Salete M. C. Newton, and Phillip E. Klebba J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3578-3589; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Two Missing Bacterial Genes Involved in Thiamine Salvage: Thiamine Pyrophosphokinase and Thiamine Kinase Jonathan Melnick, Ewa Lis, Joo-Heon Park, Cynthia Kinsland, Hirotada Mori, Tomoya Baba, John Perkins, Ghislain Schyns, Olga Vassieva, Andrei Osterman, and Tadhg P. Begley J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3660-3662; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Single-Step Capsular Transformation and Acquisition of Penicillin Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae Krzysztof Trzcinski, Claudette M. Thompson, and Marc Lipsitch J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3447-3452; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Transcriptome Analysis of Crp-Dependent Catabolite Control of Gene Expression in Escherichia coli Guillermo Gosset, Zhongge Zhang, Samir Nayyar, William A. Cuevas, and Milton H. Saier, Jr. J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3516-3524; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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Structure of the DNA-SspC Complex: Implications for DNA Packaging, Protection, and Repair in Bacterial Spores Daphna Frenkiel-Krispin, Rinat Sack, Joseph Englander, Eyal Shimoni, Miriam Eisenstein, Esther Bullitt, Rachel Horowitz-Scherer, Christopher S. Hayes, Peter Setlow, Abraham Minsky, and Sharon Grayer Wolf J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3525-3530; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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The Sinorhizobium meliloti fur Gene Regulates, with Dependence on Mn(II), Transcription of the sitABCD Operon, Encoding a Metal-Type Transporter Tzu-Chiao Chao, Anke Becker, Jens Buhrmester, Alfred Pühler, and Stefan Weidner J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3609-3620; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Pseudomonas syringae HopPtoV Protein Is Secreted in Culture and Translocated into Plant Cells via the Type III Protein Secretion System in a Manner Dependent on the ShcV Type III Chaperone Misty D. Wehling, Ming Guo, Zheng Qing Fu, and James R. Alfano J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3621-3630; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Global Arginine Regulator ArgR Controls Expression of argF in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola but Is Not Required for the Synthesis of Phaseolotoxin or for the Regulated Expression of argK José Luis Hernández-Flores, Karina López-López, Rogelio Garcidueñas-Piña, Alba E. Jofre-Garfias, and Ariel Alvarez-Morales J. Bacteriol. June 2004 186: 3653-3655; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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