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Guest Commentaries:

Adam Driks

From Rings to Layers: Surprising Patterns of Protein Deposition during Bacterial Spore Assembly
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4423-4426. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Meeting Reviews:

Matthew R. Parsek and Clay Fuqua

Biofilms 2003: Emerging Themes and Challenges in Studies of Surface-Associated Microbial Life
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4427-4440. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gene Regulation:

Christiaan van Ooij, Patrick Eichenberger, and Richard Losick

Dynamic Patterns of Subcellular Protein Localization during Spore Coat Morphogenesis in Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4441-4448. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christophe Bordi, Mireille Ansaldi, Stéphanie Gon, Cécile Jourlin-Castelli, Chantal Iobbi-Nivol, and Vincent Méjean

Genes Regulated by TorR, the Trimethylamine Oxide Response Regulator of Shewanella oneidensis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4502-4509. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Priyanka Brahmachary, Mona G. Dashti, Jonathan W. Olson, and Timothy R. Hoover

Helicobacter pylori FlgR Is an Enhancer-Independent Activator of ⁵⁴-RNA Polymerase Holoenzyme
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4535-4542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthew Schau, Yinghua Chen, and F. Marion Hulett

Bacillus subtilis YdiH Is a Direct Negative Regulator of the cydABCD Operon
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4585-4595. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles C. Kim and Stanley Falkow

Delineation of Upstream Signaling Events in the Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2 Transcriptional Activation Pathway
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4694-4704. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Meeting Presentations:

Masanori Matsukawa and E. P. Greenberg

Putative Exopolysaccharide Synthesis Genes Influence Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Development
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4449-4456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lisa Friedman and Roberto Kolter

Two Genetic Loci Produce Distinct Carbohydrate-Rich Structural Components of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Matrix
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4457-4465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kara D. Jackson, Melissa Starkey, Stefanie Kremer, Matthew R. Parsek, and Daniel J. Wozniak

Identification of psl, a Locus Encoding a Potential Exopolysaccharide That Is Essential for Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Biofilm Formation
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4466-4475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicky C. Caiazza and George A. O'Toole

SadB Is Required for the Transition from Reversible to Irreversible Attachment during Biofilm Formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4476-4485. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C. A. Fux, S. Wilson, and P. Stoodley

Detachment Characteristics and Oxacillin Resistance of Staphyloccocus aureus Biofilm Emboli in an In Vitro Catheter Infection Model
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4486-4491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Thomas Danhorn, Morten Hentzer, Michael Givskov, Matthew R. Parsek, and Clay Fuqua

Phosphorus Limitation Enhances Biofilm Formation of the Plant Pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens through the PhoR-PhoB Regulatory System
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4492-4501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

Lu Feng, Sof'ya N. Senchenkova, Jinghua Yang, Alexander S. Shashkov, Jiang Tao, Hongjie Guo, Jiansong Cheng, Yi Ren, Yuriy A. Knirel, Peter R. Reeves, and Lei Wang

Synthesis of the Heteropolysaccharide O Antigen of Escherichia coli O52 Requires an ABC Transporter: Structural and Genetic Evidence
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4510-4519. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nidia E. Correa, Jeffrey R. Barker, and Karl E. Klose

The Vibrio cholerae FlgM Homologue Is an Anti-²⁸ Factor That Is Secreted through the Sheathed Polar Flagellum
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4613-4619. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barak Aricha, Itzhak Fishov, Zvi Cohen, Noga Sikron, Stella Pesakhov, Inna Khozin-Goldberg, Ron Dagan, and Nurith Porat

Differences in Membrane Fluidity and Fatty Acid Composition between Phenotypic Variants of Streptococcus pneumoniae
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4638-4644. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter Burghout, Ria van Boxtel, Patrick Van Gelder, Philippe Ringler, Shirley A. Müller, Jan Tommassen, and Margot Koster

Structure and Electrophysiological Properties of the YscC Secretin from the Type III Secretion System of Yersinia enterocolitica
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4645-4654. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Franziska Endriß and Volkmar Braun

Loop Deletions Indicate Regions Important for FhuA Transport and Receptor Functions in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4818-4823. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Christopher N. Penfold, Bryan Healy, Nicholas G. Housden, Ruth Boetzel, Mireille Vankemmelbeke, Geoffrey R. Moore, Colin Kleanthous, and Richard James

Flexibility in the Receptor-Binding Domain of the Enzymatic Colicin E9 Is Required for Toxicity against Escherichia coli Cells
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4520-4527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mary Ann Warren, Lisa M. Kucharski, Alexander Veenstra, Liang Shi, Paul F. Grulich, and Michael E. Maguire

The CorA Mg²⁺ Transporter Is a Homotetramer
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4605-4612. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wakao Fukuda, Toshiaki Fukui, Haruyuki Atomi, and Tadayuki Imanaka

First Characterization of an Archaeal GTP-Dependent Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis KOD1
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4620-4627. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ying Tao, Ayelet Fishman, William E. Bentley, and Thomas K. Wood

Altering Toluene 4-Monooxygenase by Active-Site Engineering for the Synthesis of 3-Methoxycatechol, Methoxyhydroquinone, and Methylhydroquinone
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4705-4713. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Haruyuki Atomi, Rie Matsumi, and Tadayuki Imanaka

Reverse Gyrase Is Not a Prerequisite for Hyperthermophilic Life
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4829-4833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Nicola Zamboni, Eliane Fischer, Dietmar Laudert, Stéphane Aymerich, Hans-Peter Hohmann, and Uwe Sauer

The Bacillus subtilis yqjI Gene Encodes the NADP⁺-Dependent 6-P-Gluconate Dehydrogenase in the Pentose Phosphate Pathway
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4528-4534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alain Mazé, Grégory Boël, Sandrine Poncet, Ivan Mijakovic, Yoann Le Breton, Abdellah Benachour, Vicente Monedero, Josef Deutscher, and Axel Hartke

The Lactobacillus casei ptsHI47T Mutation Causes Overexpression of a LevR-Regulated but RpoN-Independent Operon Encoding a Mannose Class Phosphotransferase System
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4543-4555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karola Schühle and Georg Fuchs

Phenylphosphate Carboxylase: a New C-C Lyase Involved in Anaerobic Phenol Metabolism in Thauera aromatica
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4556-4567. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martin Eschbach, Kerstin Schreiber, Katharina Trunk, Jan Buer, Dieter Jahn, and Max Schobert

Long-Term Anaerobic Survival of the Opportunistic Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa via Pyruvate Fermentation
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4596-4604. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles M. Moore, Michiko M. Nakano, Tao Wang, Rick W. Ye, and John D. Helmann

Response of Bacillus subtilis to Nitric Oxide and the Nitrosating Agent Sodium Nitroprusside
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4655-4664. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Kelly Poliquin, Yuri V. Ershov, Francis X. Cunningham, Jr., Tinsay T. Woreta, R. Raymond Gantt, and Elisabeth Gantt

Inactivation of sll1556 in Synechocystis Strain PCC 6803 Impairs Isoprenoid Biosynthesis from Pentose Phosphate Cycle Substrates In Vitro
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4685-4693. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Donatella Bacciu, Giovanni Falchi, Alessandra Spazziani, Lionello Bossi, Gavino Marogna, Guido Sisinnio Leori, Salvatore Rubino, and Sergio Uzzau

Transposition of the Heat-Stable Toxin astA Gene into a Gifsy-2-Related Prophage of Salmonella enterica Serovar Abortusovis
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4568-4574. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Oram and Martin L. Pato

Mu-Like Prophage Strong Gyrase Site Sequences: Analysis of Properties Required for Promoting Efficient Mu DNA Replication
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4575-4584. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pauline Yoong, Raymond Schuch, Daniel Nelson, and Vincent A. Fischetti

Identification of a Broadly Active Phage Lytic Enzyme with Lethal Activity against Antibiotic-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4808-4812. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Dmitry Markov, Gail E. Christie, Brian Sauer, Richard Calendar, Taehyun Park, Ry Young, and Konstantin Severinov

P2 Growth Restriction on an rpoC Mutant Is Suppressed by Alleles of the Rz1 Homolog lysC
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4628-4637. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alireza Shamaei-Tousi, Rachel Cahill, and Gad Frankel

Interaction between Protein Subunits of the Type IV Secretion System of Bartonella henselae
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4796-4801. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

Karen E. Beenken, Paul M. Dunman, Fionnuala McAleese, Daphne Macapagal, Ellen Murphy, Steven J. Projan, Jon S. Blevins, and Mark S. Smeltzer

Global Gene Expression in Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4665-4684. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kiran Palyada, Deborah Threadgill, and Alain Stintzi

Iron Acquisition and Regulation in Campylobacter jejuni
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4714-4729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher T. Pappas, Jakub Sram, Oleg V. Moskvin, Pavel S. Ivanov, R. Christopher Mackenzie, Madhusudan Choudhary, Miriam L. Land, Frank W. Larimer, Samuel Kaplan, and Mark Gomelsky

Construction and Validation of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 DNA Microarray: Transcriptome Flexibility at Diverse Growth Modes
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4748-4758. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tu N. Nguyen, Arvin D. Ejaz, Mark A. Brancieri, Amy M. Mikula, Karen E. Nelson, Steven R. Gill, and Kenneth M. Noll

Whole-Genome Expression Profiling of Thermotoga maritima in Response to Growth on Sugars in a Chemostat
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4824-4828. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Andrea K. White and William W. Metcalf

Two C—P Lyase Operons in Pseudomonas stutzeri and Their Roles in the Oxidation of Phosphonates, Phosphite, and Hypophosphite
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4730-4739. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frédéric Poly, Deborah Threadgill, and Alain Stintzi

Identification of Campylobacter jejuni ATCC 43431-Specific Genes by Whole Microbial Genome Comparisons
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4781-4795. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wojciech Kuban, Piotr Jonczyk, Damian Gawel, Karolina Malanowska, Roel M. Schaaper, and Iwona J. Fijalkowska

Role of Escherichia coli DNA Polymerase IV in In Vivo Replication Fidelity
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4802-4807. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlos Barreiro, Eva González-Lavado, Miroslav Pátek, and Juan-Francisco Martín

Transcriptional Analysis of the groES-groEL1, groEL2, and dnaK genes in Corynebacterium glutamicum: Characterization of Heat Shock-Induced Promoters
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4813-4817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Population Genetics and Evolution:

Samantha J. King, Andrew G. Allen, Duncan J. Maskell, Christopher G. Dowson, and Adrian M. Whatmore

Distribution, Genetic Diversity, and Variable Expression of the Gene Encoding Hyaluronate Lyase within the Streptococcus suis Population
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4740-4747. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael J. Franklin, Stephanie A. Douthit, and Marcella A. McClure

Evidence that the algI/algJ Gene Cassette, Required for O Acetylation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Alginate, Evolved by Lateral Gene Transfer
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4759-4773. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plant Microbiology:

Nora Ausmees, Hajime Kobayashi, William J. Deakin, Corinne Marie, Hari B. Krishnan, William J. Broughton, and Xavier Perret

Characterization of NopP, a Type III Secreted Effector of Rhizobium sp. Strain NGR234
J. Bacteriol. 2004 186: 4774-4780. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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