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Contents: August 2004, Volume 186, Issue 16        Guest Commentaries        Minireviews        Microbial Cell Biology        Physiology and Metabolism        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Genomics and Proteomics        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymes and Proteins        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Gene Regulation        Plant Microbiology        Population Genetics and Evolution        Errata

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Guest Commentaries:

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Identification of a Key Step in the Biosynthetic Pathway of Bacteriochlorophyll c and Its Implications for Other Known and Unknown Green Sulfur Bacteria Robert E. Blankenship J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5187-5188; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Minireviews:

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Biphenyl Dioxygenases: Functional Versatilities and Directed Evolution Kensuke Furukawa, Hikaru Suenaga, and Masatoshi Goto J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5189-5196; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phosphate Control of the Biosynthesis of Antibiotics and Other Secondary Metabolites Is Mediated by the PhoR-PhoP System: an Unfinished Story Juan F. Martín J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5197-5201; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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An Active Type IV Secretion System Encoded by the F Plasmid Sensitizes Escherichia coli to Bile Salts James E. Bidlack and Philip M. Silverman J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5202-5209; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of PomB with the Third Transmembrane Segment of PomA in the Na+-Driven Polar Flagellum of Vibrio alginolyticus Toshiharu Yakushi, Shingo Maki, and Michio Homma J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5281-5291; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the Pilot Protein YscW in the Biogenesis of the YscC Secretin in Yersinia enterocolitica Peter Burghout, Frank Beckers, Emmie de Wit, Ria van Boxtel, Guy R. Cornelis, Jan Tommassen, and Margot Koster J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5366-5375; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Genetic Manipulation of Carotenoid Biosynthesis in the Green Sulfur Bacterium Chlorobium tepidum Niels-Ulrik Frigaard, Julia A. Maresca, Colleen E. Yunker, A. Daniel Jones, and Donald A. Bryant J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5210-5220; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isoleucine Biosynthesis in Leptospira interrogans Serotype lai Strain 56601 Proceeds via a Threonine-Independent Pathway Hai Xu, Yuzhen Zhang, Xiaokui Guo, Shuangxi Ren, Andreas A. Staempfli, Juishen Chiao, Weihong Jiang, and Guoping Zhao J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5400-5409; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Regulation of Soluble and Membrane-Bound Inorganic Pyrophosphatases in the Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum Provides Insights into Pyrophosphate-Based Stress Bioenergetics Rosa L. López-Marqués, José R. Pérez-Castiñeira, Manuel Losada, and Aurelio Serrano J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5418-5426; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Erwinia chrysanthemi O Antigen Is Required for Betaine Osmoprotection in High-Salt Media Thierry Touzé, Renan Goude, Sylvie Georgeault, Carlos Blanco, and Sylvie Bonnassie J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5547-5550; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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The CcpA Protein Is Necessary for Efficient Sporulation and Enterotoxin Gene (cpe) Regulation in Clostridium perfringens John Varga, Veronica L. Stirewalt, and Stephen B. Melville J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5221-5229; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differences in Enzymatic Properties Allow SodCI but Not SodCII To Contribute to Virulence in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Strain 14028 Radha Krishnakumar, Maureen Craig, James A. Imlay, and James M. Slauch J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5230-5238; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Control of Virulence by the Two-Component System CiaR/H Is Mediated via HtrA, a Major Virulence Factor of Streptococcus pneumoniae Yasser Musa Ibrahim, Alison R. Kerr, Jackie McCluskey, and Tim J. Mitchell J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5258-5266; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Usher N Terminus Is the Initial Targeting Site for Chaperone-Subunit Complexes and Participates in Subsequent Pilus Biogenesis Events Tony W. Ng, Leyla Akman, Mary Osisami, and David G. Thanassi J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5321-5331; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of an Inducible Single-Domain Hemoglobin in Mediating Resistance to Nitric Oxide and Nitrosative Stress in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli Karen T. Elvers, Guanghui Wu, Nicola J. Gilberthorpe, Robert K. Poole, and Simon F. Park J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5332-5341; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Requirements for Nitric Oxide Generation from Isoniazid Activation In Vitro and Inhibition of Mycobacterial Respiration In Vivo Graham S. Timmins, Sharon Master, Frank Rusnak, and Vojo Deretic J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5427-5431; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Secretion and Translocation Domain of the Enteropathogenic and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Effector Cif, Using TEM-1 ß-Lactamase as a New Fluorescence-Based Reporter Xavier Charpentier and Eric Oswald J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5486-5495; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli Serogroup O107/O117 Lipopolysaccharide Binds and Neutralizes Shiga Toxin 2 Shantini D. Gamage, Colleen M. McGannon, and Alison A. Weiss J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5506-5512; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Excision of the Shigella Resistance Locus Pathogenicity Island in Shigella flexneri Is Stimulated by a Member of a New Subgroup of Recombination Directionality Factors Shelley N. Luck, Sally A. Turner, Kumar Rajakumar, Ben Adler, and Harry Sakellaris J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5551-5554; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Comparative Genetic Diversity of Pseudomonas stutzeri Genomovars, Clonal Structure, and Phylogeny of the Species Aina Maria Cladera, Antonio Bennasar, Maria Barceló, Jorge Lalucat, and Elena García-Valdés J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5239-5248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Genome Structure of the Nonpathogenic Probiotic Escherichia coli Strain Nissle 1917 Lubomir Grozdanov, Carsten Raasch, Jürgen Schulze, Ulrich Sonnenborn, Gerhard Gottschalk, Jörg Hacker, and Ulrich Dobrindt J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5432-5441; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Microarray-Based Genome Comparison of a Pathogenic and a Nonpathogenic Strain of Xylella fastidiosa Delineates Genes Important for Bacterial Virulence Tie Koide, Paulo A. Zaini, Leandro M. Moreira, Ricardo Z. N. Vêncio, Adriana Y. Matsukuma, Alan M. Durham, Diva C. Teixeira, Hamza El-Dorry, Patrícia B. Monteiro, Ana Claudia R. da Silva, Sergio Verjovski-Almeida, Aline M. da Silva, and Suely L. Gomes J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5442-5449; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Whole-Genome Analysis of Virulent and Avirulent Strains of Porphyromonas gingivalis Tsute Chen, Yumiko Hosogi, Kiyoshi Nishikawa, Kevin Abbey, Robert D. Fleischmann, Jennifer Walling, and Margaret J. Duncan J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5473-5479; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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The Escherichia coli GTPase CgtAE Cofractionates with the 50S Ribosomal Subunit and Interacts with SpoT, a ppGpp Synthetase/Hydrolase P. Wout, K. Pu, S. M. Sullivan, V. Reese, S. Zhou, B. Lin, and J. R. Maddock J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5249-5257; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of sarV (SA2062), a New Transcriptional Regulator, Is Repressed by SarA and MgrA (SA0641) and Involved in the Regulation of Autolysis in Staphylococcus aureus Adhar C. Manna, Susham S. Ingavale, MaryBeth Maloney, Willem van Wamel, and Ambrose L. Cheung J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5267-5280; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Analysis of Cytolysin A (ClyA) in Pathogenic Escherichia coli Strains Albrecht Ludwig, Christine von Rhein, Susanne Bauer, Christian Hüttinger, and Werner Goebel J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5311-5320; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacillus subtilis YhcR, a High-Molecular-Weight, Nonspecific Endonuclease with a Unique Domain Structure Irina A. Oussenko, Roberto Sanchez, and David H. Bechhofer J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5376-5383; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Kinetic Analysis of tRNA-Directed Transcription Antitermination of the Bacillus subtilis glyQS Gene In Vitro Frank J. Grundy and Tina M. Henkin J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5392-5399; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

spoIVH (ykvV), a Requisite Cortex Formation Gene, Is Expressed in Both Sporulating Compartments of Bacillus subtilis Daisuke Imamura, Kazuo Kobayashi, Junichi Sekiguchi, Naotake Ogasawara, Michio Takeuchi, and Tsutomu Sato J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5450-5459; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The LuxR Homolog ExpR, in Combination with the Sin Quorum Sensing System, Plays a Central Role in Sinorhizobium meliloti Gene Expression Hanh H. Hoang, Anke Becker, and Juan E. González J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5460-5472; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence of bar Minigene Expression and tRNA2IleSequestration as Peptidyl-tRNA2Ileduring Lambda Bacteriophage Development Norma Angélica Oviedo de Anda, Luis Kameyama, José Manuel Galindo, Gabriel Guarneros, and Javier Hernandez-Sanchez J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5533-5537; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Biochemical Characterization of StyAB from Pseudomonas sp. Strain VLB120 as a Two-Component Flavin-Diffusible Monooxygenase Katja Otto, Karin Hofstetter, Martina Röthlisberger, Bernard Witholt, and Andreas Schmid J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5292-5302; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Defined Inactive FecA Derivatives Mutated in Functional Domains of the Outer Membrane Transport and Signaling Protein of Escherichia coli K-12 Annette Sauter and Volkmar Braun J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5303-5310; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Archaeal Alanine:Glyoxylate Aminotransferase from Thermococcus litoralis Haruhiko Sakuraba, Ryushi Kawakami, Hajime Takahashi, and Toshihisa Ohshima J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5513-5518; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Amino Acid Substitutions in Putative Selectivity Filter Regions III and IV in KdpA Alter Ion Selectivity of the KdpFABC Complex from Escherichia coli Jessica Bertrand, Karlheinz Altendorf, and Marc Bramkamp J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5519-5522; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Penetration of Membrane-Containing Double-Stranded-DNA Bacteriophage PM2 into Pseudoalteromonas Hosts Hanna M. Kivelä, Rimantas Daugelavicius, Riina H. Hankkio, Jaana K. H. Bamford, and Dennis H. Bamford J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5342-5354; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tra Proteins Characteristic of F-Like Type IV Secretion Systems Constitute an Interaction Group by Yeast Two-Hybrid Analysis Robin L. Harris and Philip M. Silverman J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5480-5485; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complete Genomic Nucleotide Sequence of the Temperate Bacteriophage Aa23 of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Grégory Resch, Eva M. Kulik, Fred S. Dietrich, and Jürg Meyer J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5523-5528; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Lipoteichoic Acids as Lactobacillus delbrueckii Phage Receptor Components Liisa Räisänen, Karin Schubert, Tiina Jaakonsaari, and Tapani Alatossava J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5529-5532; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Differential and Cross-Transcriptional Control of Duplicated Genes Encoding Alternative Sigma Factors in Streptomyces ambofaciens Virginie Roth, Bertrand Aigle, Robert Bunet, Thomas Wenner, Céline Fourrier, Bernard Decaris, and Pierre Leblond J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5355-5365; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of the eis Promoter of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Esteban A. Roberts, Amanda Clark, Sarah McBeth, and Richard L. Friedman J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5410-5417; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The RpoS Sigma Factor in the Dissimilatory Fe(III)-Reducing Bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens Cinthia Núñez, Lorrie Adams, Susan Childers, and Derek R. Lovley J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5543-5546; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Indole-3-Acetic Acid Biosynthesis Is Deficient in Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus Strains with Mutations in Cytochrome c Biogenesis Genes Sunhee Lee, M. Flores-Encarnación, M. Contreras-Zentella, L. Garcia-Flores, J. E. Escamilla, and Christina Kennedy J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5384-5391; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis of Dutch Bordetella pertussis Strains Reveals Rapid Genetic Changes with Clonal Expansion during the Late 1990s Leo M. Schouls, Han G. J. van der Heide, Luc Vauterin, Paul Vauterin, and Frits R. Mooi J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5496-5505; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Polymorphic Mutation Frequencies in Escherichia coli: Emergence of Weak Mutators in Clinical Isolates María-Rosario Baquero, Annika I. Nilsson, María del Carmen Turrientes, Dorthe Sandvang, Juan Carlos Galán, Jose Luís Martínez, Niels Frimodt-Møller, Fernando Baquero, and Dan I. Andersson J. Bacteriol. August 2004 186: 5538-5542; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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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. August 2004 186: 5555 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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