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Contents: September 2004, Volume 186, Issue 17

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

       Molecular Biology of Pathogens

       Physiology and Metabolism

       Enzymes and Proteins

       Gene Regulation

       Genomics and Proteomics

       Signal Transduction

       Population Genetics and Evolution

       Plant Microbiology

       Microbial Cell Biology

       Structural Biology

       Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Genetic Recombination in Bacillus subtilis 168: Contribution of Holliday Junction Processing Functions in Chromosome Segregation
Begoña Carrasco, M. Castillo Cozar, Rudi Lurz, Juan C. Alonso, and Silvia Ayora
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5557-5566;
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Transglutaminase-Mediated Cross-Linking of GerQ in the Coats of Bacillus subtilis Spores
Katerina Ragkousi and Peter Setlow
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5567-5575;
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Identification and Transcriptional Control of Caulobacter crescentus Genes Encoding Proteins Containing a Cold Shock Domain
Elza A. S. Lang and Marilis V. Marques
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5603-5613;
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Bacillus subtilis LmrA Is a Repressor of the lmrAB and yxaGH Operons: Identification of Its Binding Site and Functional Analysis of lmrB and yxaGH
Ken-ichi Yoshida, Yo-hei Ohki, Makiko Murata, Masaki Kinehara, Hiroshi Matsuoka, Takenori Satomura, Reiko Ohki, Miyuki Kumano, Kunio Yamane, and Yasutaro Fujita
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5640-5648;
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The vir Gene of Bacteriophage MAV1 Confers Resistance to Phage Infection on Mycoplasma arthritidis
Brenda Clapper, Anh-Hue T. Tu, Ada Elgavish, and Kevin Dybvig
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5715-5720;
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Identification of Lactobacillus plantarum Genes That Are Induced in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Mice
Peter A. Bron, Corinne Grangette, Annick Mercenier, Willem M. de Vos, and Michiel Kleerebezem
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5721-5729;
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The bzd Gene Cluster, Coding for Anaerobic Benzoate Catabolism, in Azoarcus sp. Strain CIB
María J. López Barragán, Manuel Carmona, María T. Zamarro, Bärbel Thiele, Matthias Boll, Georg Fuchs, José L. García, and Eduardo Díaz
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5762-5774;
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Genetic Evidence Identifying the True Gluconeogenic Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphatase in Thermococcus kodakaraensis and Other Hyperthermophiles
Takaaki Sato, Hiroyuki Imanaka, Naeem Rashid, Toshiaki Fukui, Haruyuki Atomi, and Tadayuki Imanaka
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5799-5807;
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Thermus thermophilus L11 Methyltransferase, PrmA, Is Dispensable for Growth and Preferentially Modifies Free Ribosomal Protein L11 Prior to Ribosome Assembly
Dale M. Cameron, Steven T. Gregory, Jill Thompson, Moo-Jin Suh, Patrick A. Limbach, and Albert E. Dahlberg
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5819-5825;
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The ClpP Peptidase Is the Major Determinant of Bulk Protein Turnover in Bacillus subtilis
Holger Kock, Ulf Gerth, and Michael Hecker
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5856-5864;
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The htx and ptx Operons of Pseudomonas stutzeri WM88 Are New Members of the Pho Regulon
Andrea K. White and William W. Metcalf
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5876-5882;
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The Escherichia coli argU10(Ts) Phenotype Is Caused by a Reduction in the Cellular Level of the argU tRNA for the Rare Codons AGA and AGG
Kensaku Sakamoto, Satoshi Ishimaru, Takatsugu Kobayashi, James R. Walker, and Shigeyuki Yokoyama
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5899-5905;
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FlhF, the Third Signal Recognition Particle-GTPase of Bacillus subtilis, Is Dispensable for Protein Secretion
Geeske Zanen, Haike Antelmann, Helga Westers, Michael Hecker, Jan Maarten van Dijl, and Wim J. Quax
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5956-5960;
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Mutational Analysis of the fruA Promoter Region Demonstrates that C-Box and 5-Base-Pair Elements Are Important for Expression of an Essential Developmental Gene of Myxococcus xanthus
D. Srinivasan and Lee Kroos
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5961-5967;
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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

The LysR-Type Transcriptional Regulator VirR Is Required for Expression of the Virulence Gene vapA of Rhodococcus equi ATCC 33701
Dean A. Russell, Gavin A. Byrne, Enda P. O'Connell, Clara A. Boland, and Wim G. Meijer
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5576-5584;
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The Bvg Virulence Control System Regulates Biofilm Formation in Bordetella bronchiseptica
Yasuhiko Irie, Seema Mattoo, and Ming H. Yuk
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5692-5698;
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A Novel Sortase, SrtC2, from Streptococcus pyogenes Anchors a Surface Protein Containing a QVPTGV Motif to the Cell Wall
Timothy C. Barnett, Aman R. Patel, and June R. Scott
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5865-5875;
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Physiology and Metabolism:

The Reaction Center H Subunit Is Not Required for High Levels of Light-Harvesting Complex 1 in Rhodospirillum rubrum Mutants
Domenico Lupo and Robin Ghosh
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5585-5595;
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A Regulatory Trade-Off as a Source of Strain Variation in the Species Escherichia coli
Thea King, Akira Ishihama, Ayako Kori, and Thomas Ferenci
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5614-5620;
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Acid-Inducible Transcription of the Operon Encoding the Citrate Lyase Complex of Lactococcus lactis Biovar diacetylactis CRL264
Mauricio G. Martín, Pablo D. Sender, Salvador Peirú, Diego de Mendoza, and Christian Magni
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5649-5660;
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Linkage between Catecholate Siderophores and the Multicopper Oxidase CueO in Escherichia coli
Gregor Grass, Keshari Thakali, Phillip E. Klebba, Daniel Thieme, Axel Müller, Günter F. Wildner, and Christopher Rensing
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5826-5833;
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Characterization of the Upper Pathway Genes for Fluorene Metabolism in Terrabacter sp. Strain DBF63
Hiroshi Habe, Jin-Sung Chung, Hiroyuki Kato, Yuko Ayabe, Kano Kasuga, Takako Yoshida, Hideaki Nojiri, Hisakazu Yamane, and Toshio Omori
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5938-5944;
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Overexpression of gnsA, a Multicopy Suppressor of the secG Null Mutation, Increases Acidic Phospholipid Contents by Inhibiting Phosphatidylethanolamine Synthesis at Low Temperatures
Rie Sugai, Hisayo Shimizu, Ken-ichi Nishiyama, and Hajime Tokuda
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5968-5971;
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Enzymes and Proteins:

Functional Characterization of an Aminotransferase Required for Pyoverdine Siderophore Biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1
Chris S. Vandenende, Matthew Vlasschaert, and Stephen Y. K. Seah
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5596-5602;
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Slr1293 in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Is the C-3',4' Desaturase (CrtD) Involved in Myxoxanthophyll Biosynthesis
Hatem E. Mohamed and Wim Vermaas
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5621-5628;
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Cloning and Expression of afpA, a Gene Encoding an Antifreeze Protein from the Arctic Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium Pseudomonas putida GR12-2
Naomi Muryoi, Mika Sato, Shoji Kaneko, Hidehisa Kawahara, Hitoshi Obata, Mahmoud W. F. Yaish, Marilyn Griffith, and Bernard R. Glick
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5661-5671;
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Transposon-Mediated Linker Insertion Scanning Mutagenesis of the Escherichia coli McrA Endonuclease
Brian P. Anton and Elisabeth A. Raleigh
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5699-5707;
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The eutT Gene of Salmonella enterica Encodes an Oxygen-Labile, Metal-Containing ATP:Corrinoid Adenosyltransferase Enzyme
Nicole R. Buan, Sang-Jin Suh, and Jorge C. Escalante-Semerena
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5708-5714;
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A Novel Acetivibrio cellulolyticus Anchoring Scaffoldin That Bears Divergent Cohesins
Qi Xu, Yoav Barak, Rina Kenig, Yuval Shoham, Edward A. Bayer, and Raphael Lamed
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5782-5789;
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Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae p65 Surface Lipoprotein Is a Lipolytic Enzyme with a Preference for Shorter-Chain Fatty Acids
Jono A. Schmidt, Glenn F. Browning, and Philip F. Markham
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5790-5798;
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Substrate Specificity of the Escherichia coli Outer Membrane Protease OmpT
John D. McCarter, Daren Stephens, Kevin Shoemaker, Steve Rosenberg, Jack F. Kirsch, and George Georgiou
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5919-5925;
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Gene Regulation:

The Enterococcus faecalis fsr Two-Component System Controls Biofilm Development through Production of Gelatinase
Lynn E. Hancock and Marta Perego
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5629-5639;
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CO₂-Responsive Expression and Gene Organization of Three Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Enzymes and Carboxysomes in Hydrogenovibrio marinus Strain MH-110
Yoichi Yoshizawa, Koichi Toyoda, Hiroyuki Arai, Masaharu Ishii, and Yasuo Igarashi
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5685-5691;
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Hypercyst Mutants in Rhodospirillum centenum Identify Regulatory Loci Involved in Cyst Cell Differentiation
James E. Berleman, Benjamin M. Hasselbring, and Carl E. Bauer
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5834-5841;
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Transcription Regulation of ezrA and Its Effect on Cell Division of Bacillus subtilis
Kuei-Min Chung, Hsin-Hsien Hsu, Suresh Govindan, and Ban-Yang Chang
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5926-5932;
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Regulation of Ribosomal Protein Synthesis in Vibrio cholerae
Todd D. Allen, Tonya Watkins, Lasse Lindahl, and Janice M. Zengel
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5933-5937;
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Genomics and Proteomics:

Identification of AlgR-Regulated Genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Use of Microarray Analysis
Stephen E. Lizewski, Jill R. Schurr, Debra W. Jackson, Anders Frisk, Alexander J. Carterson, and Michael J. Schurr
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5672-5684;
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Complete Genome Sequence of Rickettsia typhi and Comparison with Sequences of Other Rickettsiae
Michael P. McLeod, Xiang Qin, Sandor E. Karpathy, Jason Gioia, Sarah K. Highlander, George E. Fox, Thomas Z. McNeill, Huaiyang Jiang, Donna Muzny, Leni S. Jacob, Alicia C. Hawes, Erica Sodergren, Rachel Gill, Jennifer Hume, Maggie Morgan, Guangwei Fan, Anita G. Amin, Richard A. Gibbs, Chao Hong, Xue-jie Yu, David H. Walker, and George M. Weinstock
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5842-5855;
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Characterization of Salmonella enterica Subspecies I Genovars by Use of Microarrays
S. Porwollik, E. F. Boyd, C. Choy, P. Cheng, L. Florea, E. Proctor, and M. McClelland
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5883-5898;
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Signal Transduction:

Mutations Altering the N-Terminal Receiver Domain of NRI (NtrC) That Prevent Dephosphorylation by the NRII-PII Complex in Escherichia coli
Augen A. Pioszak and Alexander J. Ninfa
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5730-5740;
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Analysis of Chimeric Chemoreceptors in Bacillus subtilis Reveals a Role for CheD in the Function of the McpC HAMP Domain
Christopher J. Kristich and George W. Ordal
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5950-5955;
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Population Genetics and Evolution:

Sequence Diversity and Molecular Evolution of the Heat-Modifiable Outer Membrane Protein Gene (ompA) of Mannheimia(Pasteurella) haemolytica, Mannheimia glucosida, and Pasteurella trehalosi
Robert L. Davies and Inkyoung Lee
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5741-5752;
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Worldwide Genetic Relationships among Francisella tularensis Isolates Determined by Multiple-Locus Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Analysis
Anders Johansson, Jason Farlow, Pär Larsson, Meghan Dukerich, Elias Chambers, Mona Byström, James Fox, May Chu, Mats Forsman, Anders Sjöstedt, and Paul Keim
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5808-5818;
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Plant Microbiology:

Identification of Functional mob Regions in Rhizobium etli: Evidence for Self-Transmissibility of the Symbiotic Plasmid pRetCFN42d
Daniel Pérez-Mendoza, Ana Domínguez-Ferreras, Socorro Muñoz, María José Soto, José Olivares, Susana Brom, Lourdes Girard, José A. Herrera-Cervera, and Juan Sanjuán
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5753-5761;
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Microbial Cell Biology:

Assembly Dynamics of FtsZ Rings in Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli and Effects of FtsZ-Regulating Proteins
David E. Anderson, Frederico J. Gueiros-Filho, and Harold P. Erickson
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5775-5781;
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Structural Biology:

High-Resolution Structure of the Histidine-Containing Phosphocarrier Protein (HPr) from Staphylococcus aureus and Characterization of Its Interaction with the Bifunctional HPr Kinase/Phosphorylase
Till Maurer, Sebastian Meier, Norman Kachel, Claudia Elisabeth Munte, Sonja Hasenbein, Brigitte Koch, Wolfgang Hengstenberg, and Hans Robert Kalbitzer
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5906-5918;
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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Identification of Operators and Promoters That Control SXT Conjugative Transfer
John W. Beaber and Matthew K. Waldor
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5945-5949;
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