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Contents: September 2004, Volume 186, Issue 18

       Guest Commentaries

       Minireviews

       Plant Microbiology

       Physiology and Metabolism

       Gene Regulation

       Molecular Biology of Pathogens

       Enzymes and Proteins

       Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

       Microbial Cell Biology

       Microbial Communities and Interactions

       Genomics and Proteomics

       Retractions

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Guest Commentaries:

DNA Toroids: Framework for DNA Repair in Deinococcus radiodurans and in Germinating Bacterial Spores
Joseph Englander, Eugenia Klein, Vlad Brumfeld, Ajay K. Sharma, Aidan J. Doherty, and Abraham Minsky
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5973-5977;
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Minireviews:

The Architecture of the Murein (Peptidoglycan) in Gram-Negative Bacteria: Vertical Scaffold or Horizontal Layer(s)?
Waldemar Vollmer and Joachim-Volker Höltje
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5978-5987;
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Plant Microbiology:

The Sinorhizobium meliloti ABC Transporter Cho Is Highly Specific for Choline and Expressed in Bacteroids from Medicago sativa Nodules
Laurence Dupont, Isabelle Garcia, Marie-Christine Poggi, Geneviève Alloing, Karine Mandon, and Daniel Le Rudulier
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5988-5996;
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Sinorhizobium meliloti ExoR and ExoS Proteins Regulate both Succinoglycan and Flagellum Production
Shi-Yi Yao, Li Luo, Katherine J. Har, Anke Becker, Silvia Rüberg, Guan-Qiao Yu, Jia-Bi Zhu, and Hai-Ping Cheng
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6042-6049;
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Mutational Analysis of Xanthomonas Harpin HpaG Identifies a Key Functional Region That Elicits the Hypersensitive Response in Nonhost Plants
Jung-Gun Kim, Eunkyung Jeon, Jonghee Oh, Jae Sun Moon, and Ingyu Hwang
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6239-6247;
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Physiology and Metabolism:

Regulation of the Intracellular Free Iron Pool by Dpr Provides Oxygen Tolerance to Streptococcus mutans
Yuji Yamamoto, Kôichi Fukui, Naoko Koujin, Hiroaki Ohya, Kazuhiko Kimura, and Yoshiyuki Kamio
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 5997-6002;
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Escherichia coli Glutamate- and Arginine-Dependent Acid Resistance Systems Increase Internal pH and Reverse Transmembrane Potential
Hope Richard and John W. Foster
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6032-6041;
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Among Multiple Phosphomannomutase Gene Orthologues, Only One Gene Encodes a Protein with Phosphoglucomutase and Phosphomannomutase Activities in Thermococcus kodakaraensis
Naeem Rashid, Tamotsu Kanai, Haruyuki Atomi, and Tadayuki Imanaka
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6070-6076;
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Gene Regulation:

DegU-P Represses Expression of the Motility fla-che Operon in Bacillus subtilis
Giuseppe Amati, Paola Bisicchia, and Alessandro Galizzi
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6003-6014;
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Two Arginine Repressors Regulate Arginine Biosynthesis in Lactobacillus plantarum
Hervé Nicoloff, Florence Arsène-Ploetze, Cédric Malandain, Michiel Kleerebezem, and Françoise Bringel
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6059-6069;
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Regulation of Tetralin Biodegradation and Identification of Genes Essential for Expression of thn Operons
O. Martínez-Pérez, E. Moreno-Ruiz, B. Floriano, and E. Santero
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6101-6109;
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Inactivations of rsbU and sarA by IS256 Represent Novel Mechanisms of Biofilm Phenotypic Variation in Staphylococcus epidermidis
Kevin M. Conlon, Hilary Humphreys, and James P. O'Gara
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6208-6219;
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Amino Acid Contacts between Sigma 70 Domain 4 and the Transcription Activators RhaS and RhaR
Jason R. Wickstrum and Susan M. Egan
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6277-6285;
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The Paralogous Pairs of Genes Involved in Clavulanic Acid and Clavam Metabolite Biosynthesis Are Differently Regulated in Streptomyces clavuligerus
Kapil Tahlan, Cecilia Anders, and Susan E. Jensen
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6286-6297;
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Transcription by Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus RNA Polymerase In Vitro Releases Archaeal Transcription Factor B but Not TATA-Box Binding Protein from the Template DNA
Yunwei Xie and John N. Reeve
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6306-6310;
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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

Involvement of a Plasmid-Encoded Type IV Secretion System in the Plant Tissue Watersoaking Phenotype of Burkholderia cenocepacia
Amanda S. Engledow, Enrique G. Medrano, Eshwar Mahenthiralingam, John J. LiPuma, and Carlos F. Gonzalez
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6015-6024;
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Denitrification Genes Regulate Brucella Virulence in Mice
Seung-Hun Baek, Gireesh Rajashekara, Gary A. Splitter, and James P. Shapleigh
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6025-6031;
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Characterization of Heme Uptake Cluster Genes in the Fish Pathogen Vibrio anguillarum
Susana Mouriño, Carlos R. Osorio, and Manuel L. Lemos
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6159-6167;
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A Novel Mutation within the Central Listeria monocytogenes Regulator PrfA That Results in Constitutive Expression of Virulence Gene Products
Kendy K. Y. Wong and Nancy E. Freitag
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6265-6276;
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The Secretion Signal of YopN, a Regulatory Protein of the Yersinia enterocolitica Type III Secretion Pathway
John W. Goss, Joseph A. Sorg, Kumaran S. Ramamurthi, Hung Ton-That, and Olaf Schneewind
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6320-6324;
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Enzymes and Proteins:

Targeted Mutagenesis of the Mycobacterium smegmatis mca Gene, Encoding a Mycothiol-Dependent Detoxification Protein
Mamta Rawat, Mandeep Uppal, Gerald Newton, Micah Steffek, Robert C. Fahey, and Yossef Av-Gay
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6050-6058;
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Arginine Biosynthesis in Thermotoga maritima: Characterization of the Arginine-Sensitive N-Acetyl-L-Glutamate Kinase
M. Leonor Fernández-Murga, Fernando Gil-Ortiz, José L. Llácer, and Vicente Rubio
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6142-6149;
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Novel Xylose Dehydrogenase in the Halophilic Archaeon Haloarcula marismortui
Ulrike Johnsen and Peter Schönheit
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6198-6207;
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The hFbpABC Transporter from Haemophilus influenzae Functions as a Binding-Protein-Dependent ABC Transporter with High Specificity and Affinity for Ferric Iron
Damon S. Anderson, Pratima Adhikari, Andrew J. Nowalk, Cheng Y. Chen, and Timothy A. Mietzner
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6220-6229;
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Bacillus subtilis StoA Is a Thiol-Disulfide Oxidoreductase Important for Spore Cortex Synthesis
Lyður S. Erlendsson, Mirja Möller, and Lars Hederstedt
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6230-6238;
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Bacterial Thymidylate Synthase with Intein, Group II Intron, and Distinctive ThyX Motifs
Xiang-Qin Liu and Jing Yang
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6316-6319;
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Recombinant Cyclophilins Lack Nuclease Activity
Angel Manteca and Jesus Sanchez
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6325-6326;
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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

The Bacteroides fragilis Pathogenicity Island Is Contained in a Putative Novel Conjugative Transposon
Augusto A. Franco
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6077-6092;
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Processing of the Tail Lysozyme (gp5) of Bacteriophage T4
Nanzhang Ye and Naoki Nemoto
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6335-6339;
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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Biosynthesis of Chloro-ß-Hydroxytyrosine, a Nonproteinogenic Amino Acid of the Peptidic Backbone of Glycopeptide Antibiotics
Oliver Puk, Daniel Bischoff, Claudia Kittel, Stefan Pelzer, Stefan Weist, Efthimia Stegmann, Roderich D. Süssmuth, and Wolfgang Wohlleben
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6093-6100;
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Reversible Phase Variation in the phnE Gene, Which Is Required for Phosphonate Metabolism in Escherichia coli K-12
Samina Iqbal, George Parker, Helen Davidson, Elham Moslehi-Rahmani, and Robert L. Robson
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6118-6123;
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In Vivo Phosphorylation of Partner Switching Regulators Correlates with Stress Transmission in the Environmental Signaling Pathway of Bacillus subtilis
Tae-Jong Kim, Tatiana A. Gaidenko, and Chester W. Price
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6124-6132;
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An SOS Response Induced by High Pressure in Escherichia coli
Abram Aertsen, Rob Van Houdt, Kristof Vanoirbeek, and Chris W. Michiels
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6133-6141;
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RsbV-Independent Induction of the SigB-Dependent General Stress Regulon of Bacillus subtilis during Growth at High Temperature
Gudrun Holtmann, Matthias Brigulla, Leif Steil, Alexandra Schütz, Karsta Barnekow, Uwe Völker, and Erhard Bremer
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6150-6158;
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The Small Noncoding DsrA RNA Is an Acid Resistance Regulator in Escherichia coli
Richard A. Lease, Dorie Smith, Kathleen McDonough, and Marlene Belfort
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6179-6185;
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Complementation of an Escherichia coli DnaK Defect by Hsc70-DnaK Chimeric Proteins
Jean-Philippe Suppini, Mouna Amor, Jean-Hervé Alix, and Moncef M. Ladjimi
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6248-6253;
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Transcriptional Repressor CopR: Use of SELEX To Study the copR Operator Indicates that Evolution Was Directed at Maximal Binding Affinity
Peggy Freede and Sabine Brantl
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6254-6264;
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Temporal Global Changes in Gene Expression during Temperature Transition in Yersinia pestis
Vladimir L. Motin, Anca M. Georgescu, Joseph P. Fitch, Pauline P. Gu, David O. Nelson, Shalini L. Mabery, Janine B. Garnham, Bahrad A. Sokhansanj, Linda L. Ott, Matthew A. Coleman, Jeffrey M. Elliott, Laura M. Kegelmeyer, Andrew J. Wyrobek, Thomas R. Slezak, Robert R. Brubaker, and Emilio Garcia
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6298-6305;
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mRNA Secondary Structure Modulates Translation of Tat-Dependent Formate Dehydrogenase N
Claire Punginelli, Bérengère Ize, Nicola R. Stanley, Valley Stewart, Gary Sawers, Ben C. Berks, and Tracy Palmer
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6311-6315;
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Microbial Cell Biology:

Structural Determinants Required To Target Penicillin-Binding Protein 3 to the Septum of Escherichia coli
André Piette, Claudine Fraipont, Tanneke den Blaauwen, Mirjam E. G. Aarsman, Soumya Pastoret, and Martine Nguyen-Distèche
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6110-6117;
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AglZ Is a Filament-Forming Coiled-Coil Protein Required for Adventurous Gliding Motility of Myxococcus xanthus
Ruifeng Yang, Sarah Bartle, Rebecca Otto, Angela Stassinopoulos, Matthew Rogers, Lynda Plamann, and Patricia Hartzell
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6168-6178;
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New Protein-Protein Interactions Identified for the Regulatory and Structural Components and Substrates of the Type III Secretion System of the Phytopathogen Xanthomonas axonopodis Pathovar citri
Marcos C. Alegria, Cassia Docena, Leticia Khater, Carlos H. I. Ramos, Ana C. R. da Silva, and Chuck S. Farah
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6186-6197;
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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

Biofilm Mode of Growth of Streptococcus intermedius Favored by a Competence-Stimulating Signaling Peptide
Fernanda C. Petersen, Daniele Pecharki, and Anne A. Scheie
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6327-6331;
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Genomics and Proteomics:

Extensive Genomic Polymorphism within Mycobacterium avium
Makeda Semret, Gary Zhai, Serge Mostowy, Cynthia Cleto, David Alexander, Gerard Cangelosi, Debby Cousins, Desmond M. Collins, Dick van Soolingen, and Marcel A. Behr
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6332-6334;
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Retractions:

A DNA Adenine Methyltransferase of Escherichia coli That Is Cell Cycle Regulated and Essential for Viability
Valeri G. Kossykh and R. Stephen Lloyd
J. Bacteriol. September 2004 186: 6340
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