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Contents: August 2004, Volume 186, Issue 15        Guest Commentaries        Dialog        Signal Transduction        Microbial Cell Biology        Enzymes and Proteins        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Genomics and Proteomics        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Physiology and Metabolism        Gene Regulation        Population Genetics and Evolution        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Structural Biology

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Guest Commentaries:

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Vibrio cholerae Biofilms: Stuck between a Rock and a Hard Place Douglas M. Heithoff and Michael J. Mahan J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4835-4837; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Dialog:

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Adaptive Point Mutation and Adaptive Amplification Pathways in the Escherichia coli Lac System: Stress Responses Producing Genetic Change Susan M. Rosenberg and P. J. Hastings J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4838-4843; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rebuttal: Adaptive Point Mutation (Rosenberg and Hastings) John R. Roth and Dan I. Andersson J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4844 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rebuttal: Adaptive Point Mutation (Rosenberg and Hastings) Patricia L. Foster J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4845 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adaptive Mutation in Escherichia coli Patricia L. Foster J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4846-4852; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rebuttal: Adaptive Mutation in Escherichia coli (Foster) Susan M. Rosenberg and P. J. Hastings J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4853 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rebuttal: Adaptive Mutation in Escherichia coli (Foster) John R. Roth and Dan I. Andersson J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4854 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adaptive Mutation: How Growth under Selection Stimulates Lac+ Reversion by Increasing Target Copy Number John R. Roth and Dan I. Andersson J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4855-4860; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rebuttal: Growth under Selection Stimulates Lac+ Reversion (Roth and Andersson) Patricia L. Foster J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4861 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rebuttal: Growth under Selection Stimulates Lac+ Reversion (Roth and Andersson) Susan M. Rosenberg and P. J. Hastings J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4862-4863; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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The Sodium-Driven Flagellar Motor Controls Exopolysaccharide Expression in Vibrio cholerae Crystal M. Lauriano, Chandradipa Ghosh, Nidia E. Correa, and Karl E. Klose J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4864-4874; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopic Imaging of Membrane Invaginations in Escherichia coli Overproducing the Chemotaxis Receptor Tsr Jonathan Lefman, Peijun Zhang, Teruhisa Hirai, Robert M. Weis, Jemma Juliani, Donald Bliss, Martin Kessel, Erik Bos, Peter J. Peters, and Sriram Subramaniam J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5052-5061; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Three Different Systems Participate in L-Cystine Uptake in Bacillus subtilis Pierre Burguière, Sandrine Auger, Marie-Françoise Hullo, Antoine Danchin, and Isabelle Martin-Verstraete J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4875-4884; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ribosomal Protein S1 Specifically Binds to the 5' Untranslated Region of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Stationary-Phase Sigma Factor rpoS mRNA in the Logarithmic Phase of Growth Milica Sevo, Emanuele Buratti, and Vittorio Venturi J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4903-4909; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Secretion and Function of Salmonella SPI-2 Effector SseF Require Its Chaperone, SscB Shipan Dai and Daoguo Zhou J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5078-5086; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PBP1 Is a Component of the Bacillus subtilis Cell Division Machinery Dirk-Jan Scheffers and Jeffery Errington J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5153-5156; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical Study of Multiple CheY Response Regulators of the Chemotactic Pathway of Rhodobacter sphaeroides Axelle Ferré, Javier de la Mora, Teresa Ballado, Laura Camarena, and Georges Dreyfus J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5172-5177; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Bifidobacterium bifidum 1,2--L-Fucosidase (AfcA), a Novel Inverting Glycosidase (Glycoside Hydrolase Family 95) Takane Katayama, Akiko Sakuma, Takatoshi Kimura, Yutaka Makimura, Jun Hiratake, Kanzo Sakata, Takashi Yamanoi, Hidehiko Kumagai, and Kenji Yamamoto J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4885-4893; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase from Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus Has a Novel Structure Hiten M. Patel, Jessica L. Kraszewski, and Biswarup Mukhopadhyay J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5129-5137; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Polyphosphate Synthetic Activity of Polyphosphate:AMP Phosphotransferase in Acinetobacter johnsonii 210A Hiromichi Itoh and Toshikazu Shiba J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5178-5181; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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A Novel p-Nitrophenol Degradation Gene Cluster from a Gram-Positive Bacterium, Rhodococcus opacus SAO101 Wataru Kitagawa, Nobutada Kimura, and Yoichi Kamagata J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4894-4902; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

PspG, a New Member of the Yersinia enterocolitica Phage Shock Protein Regulon Rebecca C. Green and Andrew J. Darwin J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4910-4920; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Protease and the Turnover Signal Responsible for Cell Cycle-Dependent Degradation of the Caulobacter FliF Motor Protein Björn Grünenfelder, Sherif Tawfilis, Stefanie Gehrig, Magne Østerås, Daniel Eglin, and Urs Jenal J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4960-4971; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Circadian Rhythms in the Thermophilic Cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus: Compensation of Period Length over a Wide Temperature Range Kiyoshi Onai, Megumi Morishita, Shino Itoh, Kazuhisa Okamoto, and Masahiro Ishiura J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4972-4977; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Global Regulator Genes from Biocontrol Strain Serratia plymuthica IC1270: Cloning, Sequencing, and Functional Studies Marianna Ovadis, Xiaoguang Liu, Sagi Gavriel, Zafar Ismailov, Ilan Chet, and Leonid Chernin J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4986-4993; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Type II Protein Secretory Pathway Required for Levansucrase Secretion by Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus Juan G. Arrieta, Mailin Sotolongo, Carmen Menéndez, Dubiel Alfonso, Luis E. Trujillo, Melvis Soto, Ricardo Ramírez, and Lázaro Hernández J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5031-5039; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Homogentisate Pathway: a Central Catabolic Pathway Involved in the Degradation of L-Phenylalanine, L-Tyrosine, and 3-Hydroxyphenylacetate in Pseudomonas putida Elsa Arias-Barrau, Elías R. Olivera, José M. Luengo, Cristina Fernández, Beatriz Galán, José L. García, Eduardo Díaz, and Baltasar Miñambres J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5062-5077; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of a Functional Secreted YopN-TyeA Hybrid Protein in Yersinia pestis Is the Result of a +1 Translational Frameshift Event Franco Ferracci, James B. Day, Heather J. Ezelle, and Gregory V. Plano J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5160-5166; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evolution of the Helicobacter pylori Vacuolating Cytotoxin in a Human Stomach Francisco Aviles-Jimenez, Darren P. Letley, Gerardo Gonzalez-Valencia, Nina Salama, Javier Torres, and John C. Atherton J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5182-5185; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Systematic Mutagenesis of the Escherichia coli Genome Yisheng Kang, Tim Durfee, Jeremy D. Glasner, Yu Qiu, David Frisch, Kelly M. Winterberg, and Frederick R. Blattner J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4921-4930; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Whole-Genome Hybridization Reveals Genomic Islands in Brucella Species Gireesh Rajashekara, Jeremy D. Glasner, David A. Glover, and Gary A. Splitter J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5040-5051; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Fibronectin Binding to the Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium ShdA Autotransporter Protein Is Inhibited by a Monoclonal Antibody Recognizing the A3 Repeat Robert A. Kingsley, Daad Abi Ghanem, Nahum Puebla-Osorio, A. Marijke Keestra, Luc Berghman, and Andreas J. Bäumler J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4931-4939; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of a Novel Class of Diacylglycerol Acyltransferases and Triacylglycerol Accumulation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis as It Goes into a Dormancy-Like State in Culture Jaiyanth Daniel, Chirajyoti Deb, Vinod S. Dubey, Tatiana D. Sirakova, Bassam Abomoelak, Hector R. Morbidoni, and Pappachan E. Kolattukudy J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5017-5030; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning Serratia entomophila Antifeeding Genes—a Putative Defective Prophage Active against the Grass Grub Costelytra zealandica Mark R. H. Hurst, Travis R. Glare, and Trevor A. Jackson J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5116-5128; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The ompU Paralogue vca1008 Is Required for Virulence of Vibrio cholerae Carlos G. Osorio, Hector Martinez-Wilson, and Andrew Camilli J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5167-5171; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Two Biosynthetic Pathways for Aromatic Amino Acids in the Archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis Iris Porat, Brian W. Waters, Quincy Teng, and William B. Whitman J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4940-4950; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the 3-O-Methylgallate Dioxygenase Gene and Evidence of Multiple 3-O-Methylgallate Catabolic Pathways in Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Daisuke Kasai, Eiji Masai, Keisuke Miyauchi, Yoshihiro Katayama, and Masao Fukuda J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4951-4959; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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6S RNA Function Enhances Long-Term Cell Survival Amy E. Trotochaud and Karen M. Wassarman J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4978-4985; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cellular Levels of trp RNA-Binding Attenuation Protein in Bacillus subtilis Barbara C. McCabe and Paul Gollnick J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5157-5159; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Intraspecific Phylogeny and Lineage Group Identification Based on the prfA Virulence Gene Cluster of Listeria monocytogenes Todd J. Ward, Lisa Gorski, Monica K. Borucki, Robert E. Mandrell, Jan Hutchins, and Kitty Pupedis J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 4994-5002; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Microarray Analysis of Genome Dynamics in Yersinia pestis: Insights into Bacterial Genome Microevolution and Niche Adaptation Dongsheng Zhou, Yanping Han, Yajun Song, Zongzhong Tong, Jin Wang, Zhaobiao Guo, Decui Pei, Xin Pang, Junhui Zhai, Min Li, Baizhong Cui, Zhizhen Qi, Lixia Jin, Ruixia Dai, Zongmin Du, Jingyue Bao, Xiuqing Zhang, Jun Yu, Jian Wang, Peitang Huang, and Ruifu Yang J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5138-5146; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetics of Metabolic Variations between Yersinia pestis Biovars and the Proposal of a New Biovar, microtus Dongsheng Zhou, Zongzhong Tong, Yajun Song, Yanping Han, Decui Pei, Xin Pang, Junhui Zhai, Min Li, Baizhong Cui, Zhizhen Qi, Lixia Jin, Ruixia Dai, Zongmin Du, Jin Wang, Zhaobiao Guo, Jian Wang, Peitang Huang, and Ruifu Yang J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5147-5152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Replication of Enterococcus faecalis Pheromone-Responding Plasmid pAD1: Location of the Minimal Replicon and oriV Site and RepA Involvement in Initiation of Replication Maria Victoria Francia, Shuhei Fujimoto, Patricia Tille, Keith E. Weaver, and Don B. Clewell J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5003-5016; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nucleotide Sequence and Evolution of the Five-Plasmid Complement of the Phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. maculicola ES4326 John Stavrinides and David S. Guttman J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5101-5115; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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A Movable Surface: Formation of Yersinia sp. Biofilms on Motile Caenorhabditis elegans Li Tan and Creg Darby J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5087-5092; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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A Second Lysine-Specific Serine Protease from Lysobacter sp. Strain IB-9374 Shigeru Chohnan, Kentaro Shiraki, Kiyonobu Yokota, Makoto Ohshima, Natsuki Kuroiwa, Kashfia Ahmed, Takeharu Masaki, and Fumio Sakiyama J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5093-5100; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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