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Contents: December 2004, Volume 186, Issue 24        Guest Commentaries        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Population Genetics and Evolution        Gene Regulation        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Microbial Cell Biology        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Physiology and Metabolism        Genomics and Proteomics        Enzymes and Proteins        Structural Biology        Signal Transduction        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Authors' Corrections

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Guest Commentaries:

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Signal Transduction, Quorum-Sensing, and Extracellular Protease Activity in Enterococcus faecalis Biofilm Formation Karen Carniol and Michael S. Gilmore J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8161-8163; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Pyruvate Oxidase Is a Determinant of Avery's Rough Morphology Aimee E. Belanger, Melissa J. Clague, John I. Glass, and Donald J. LeBlanc J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8164-8171; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Specialized Persister Cells and the Mechanism of Multidrug Tolerance in Escherichia coli Iris Keren, Devang Shah, Amy Spoering, Niilo Kaldalu, and Kim Lewis J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8172-8180; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of a nosX Homolog in Streptococcus gordonii in Aerobic Growth and Biofilm Formation C. Y. Loo, K. Mitrakul, S. Jaafar, C. Gyurko, C. V. Hughes, and N. Ganeshkumar J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8193-8206; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of LytA-Like N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-Alanine Amidases from Two New Streptococcus mitis Bacteriophages Provides Insights into the Properties of the Major Pneumococcal Autolysin Patricia Romero, Rubens López, and Ernesto García J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8229-8239; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

MazF-Mediated Cell Death in Escherichia coli: a Point of No Return Shahar Amitai, Yussuf Yassin, and Hanna Engelberg-Kulka J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8295-8300; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

TcpH Influences Virulence Gene Expression in Vibrio cholerae by Inhibiting Degradation of the Transcription Activator TcpP Nancy A. Beck, Eric S. Krukonis, and Victor J. DiRita J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8309-8316; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Expression of the xynB Gene and Its Product, XynB, a Consistent Component of the Clostridium cellulovorans Cellulosome Sung Ok Han, Hideaki Yukawa, Masayuki Inui, and Roy H. Doi J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8347-8355; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Gene ytkD of Bacillus subtilis Encodes an Atypical Nucleoside Triphosphatase Member of the Nudix Hydrolase Superfamily WenLian Xu, Candice R. Jones, Christopher A. Dunn, and Maurice J. Bessman J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8380-8384; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RpoS-Regulated Genes of Escherichia coli Identified by Random lacZ Fusion Mutagenesis Somalinga R. V. Vijayakumar, Mark G. Kirchhof, Cheryl L. Patten, and Herb E. Schellhorn J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8499-8507; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hot Spot for a Large Deletion in the 18- to 19-Centisome Region Confers a Multiple Phenotype in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Strain ATCC 14028 Sean R. Murray, Karim Suwwan de Felipe, Pamela L. Obuchowski, Jeremy Pike, David Bermudes, and K. Brooks Low J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8516-8523; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activation of the gab Operon in an RpoS-Dependent Manner by Mutations That Truncate the Inner Core of Lipopolysaccharide in Escherichia coli Moses L. Joloba, Katy M. Clemmer, Darren D. Sledjeski, and Philip N. Rather J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8542-8546; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Evolutionary Genetics of the Capsular Locus of Serogroup 6 Pneumococci Angeliki Mavroidi, Daniel Godoy, David M. Aanensen, D. Ashley Robinson, Susan K. Hollingshead, and Brian G. Spratt J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8181-8192; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Role and Regulation of s in General Resistance Conferred by Low-Shear Simulated Microgravity in Escherichia coli S. V. Lynch, E. L. Brodie, and A. Matin J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8207-8212; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Negative Regulation of DNA Repair Gene (ung) Expression by the CpxR/CpxA Two-Component System in Escherichia coli K-12 and Induction of Mutations by Increased Expression of CpxR Hiroshi Ogasawara, Jun Teramoto, Kiyo Hirao, Kaneyoshi Yamamoto, Akira Ishihama, and Ryutaro Utsumi J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8317-8325; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Mild Acid on Gene Expression in Staphylococcus aureus Brian Weinrick, Paul M. Dunman, Fionnuala McAleese, Ellen Murphy, Steven J. Projan, Yuan Fang, and Richard P. Novick J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8407-8423; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The RpoH-Mediated Stress Response in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Is Regulated at the Level of Activity Lina Laskos, Catherine S. Ryan, Janet A. M. Fyfe, and John K. Davies J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8443-8452; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of B by an Anti- and an Anti-Anti-Sigma Factor in Streptomyces coelicolor in Response to Osmotic Stress Eun-Jin Lee, You-Hee Cho, Hyo-Sub Kim, Bo-Eun Ahn, and Jung-Hye Roe J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8490-8498; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The F-ATPase Operon Promoter of Streptococcus mutans Is Transcriptionally Regulated in Response to External pH Wendi L. Kuhnert, Guolu Zheng, Roberta C. Faustoferri, and Robert G. Quivey, Jr. J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8524-8528; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of L-Leucine and L-Alanine on Lrp Regulation of foo, Coding for F1651, a Pap Homologue Frédéric Berthiaume, Cécile Crost, Vincent Labrie, Christine Martin, Elaine B. Newman, and Josée Harel J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8537-8541; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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Genes Involved in the Synthesis and Degradation of Matrix Polysaccharide in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Biofilms Jeffrey B. Kaplan, Kabilan Velliyagounder, Chandran Ragunath, Holger Rohde, Dietrich Mack, Johannes K.-M. Knobloch, and Narayanan Ramasubbu J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8213-8220; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dynamics and Control of Biofilms of the Oligotrophic Bacterium Caulobacter crescentus Plamena Entcheva-Dimitrov and Alfred M. Spormann J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8254-8266; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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HMW1 Is Required for Stability and Localization of HMW2 to the Attachment Organelle of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Melisa J. Willby, Mitchell F. Balish, Stephanie M. Ross, Kyungok K. Lee, Jarrat L. Jordan, and Duncan C. Krause J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8221-8228; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Endopeptidase Penicillin-Binding Proteins 4 and 7 Play Auxiliary Roles in Determining Uniform Morphology of Escherichia coli Bernadette M. Meberg, Avery L. Paulson, Richa Priyadarshini, and Kevin D. Young J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8326-8336; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Analysis of the Cell Division Protein FtsW of Escherichia coli Soumya Pastoret, Claudine Fraipont, Tanneke den Blaauwen, Benoît Wolf, Mirjam E. G. Aarsman, André Piette, Annick Thomas, Robert Brasseur, and Martine Nguyen-Distèche J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8370-8379; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Distinct, Cryptic Heparosan Synthase from Pasteurella multocida Types A, D, and F Paul L. DeAngelis and Carissa L. White J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8529-8532; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction between the TolC and AcrA Proteins of a Multidrug Efflux System of Escherichia coli Fasahath Husain, Matthew Humbard, and Rajeev Misra J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8533-8536; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Comparative Sequence Analysis of IS50/Tn5 Transposase William S. Reznikoff, Seth R. Bordenstein, and Jennifer Apodaca J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8240-8247; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of Escherichia coli Bacteriophages from the Stool of Pediatric Diarrhea Patients in Bangladesh Sandra Chibani-Chennoufi, Josette Sidoti, Anne Bruttin, Marie-Lise Dillmann, Elizabeth Kutter, Firdausi Qadri, Shafiqul Alam Sarker, and Harald Brüssow J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8287-8294; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacillus subtilis Operon Encoding a Membrane Receptor for Bacteriophage SPP1 Carlos São-José, Catarina Baptista, and Mário A. Santos J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8337-8346; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phage 29 Proteins p1 and p17 Are Required for Efficient Binding of Architectural Protein p6 to Viral DNA In Vivo Víctor González-Huici, Martín Alcorlo, Margarita Salas, and José M. Hermoso J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8401-8406; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Identification of the Escherichia coli K-12 ybhE Gene as pgl, Encoding 6-Phosphogluconolactonase Lynn C. Thomason, Donald L. Court, Atin R. Datta, Rita Khanna, and Judah L. Rosner J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8248-8253; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Evidence that Catabolites of the Entner-Doudoroff Pathway Signal C Source Repression of the 54 Pu Promoter of Pseudomonas putida Francisco Velázquez, Ilaria di Bartolo, and Víctor de Lorenzo J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8267-8275; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of SirABC in Iron-Siderophore Import in Staphylococcus aureus Suzanne E. Dale, M. Tom Sebulsky, and David E. Heinrichs J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8356-8362; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Genetic Locus Necessary for Rhamnose Uptake and Catabolism in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii Jason S. Richardson, Michael F. Hynes, and Ivan J. Oresnik J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8433-8442; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cold Adaptation in the Antarctic Archaeon Methanococcoides burtonii Involves Membrane Lipid Unsaturation David S. Nichols, Matthew R. Miller, Noel W. Davies, Amber Goodchild, Mark Raftery, and Ricardo Cavicchioli J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8508-8515; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Comparative Genomics of the T4-Like Escherichia coli Phage JS98: Implications for the Evolution of T4 Phages Sandra Chibani-Chennoufi, Carlos Canchaya, Anne Bruttin, and Harald Brüssow J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8276-8286; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptomic and Proteomic Characterization of the Fur Modulon in the Metal-Reducing Bacterium Shewanella oneidensis Xiu-Feng Wan, Nathan C. VerBerkmoes, Lee Ann McCue, Dawn Stanek, Heather Connelly, Loren J. Hauser, Liyou Wu, Xueduan Liu, Tingfen Yan, Adam Leaphart, Robert L. Hettich, Jizhong Zhou, and Dorothea K. Thompson J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8385-8400; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Conserved Repeat Motifs and Glucan Binding by Glucansucrases of Oral Streptococci and Leuconostoc mesenteroides Deepan S. H. Shah, Gilles Joucla, Magali Remaud-Simeon, and Roy R. B. Russell J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8301-8308; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Soluble Enzyme II Complexes of the Escherichia coli Phosphotransferase System Mohammad Aboulwafa and Milton H. Saier, Jr. J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8453-8462; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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In Vivo Bypass of Chaperone by Extended Coiled-Coil Motif in T4 Tail Fiber Yun Qu, Paul Hyman, Timothy Harrah, and Edward Goldberg J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8363-8369; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Terminal Oxidases Are Essential To Bypass the Requirement for ResD for Full Pho Induction in Bacillus subtilis Matthew Schau, Amr Eldakak, and F. Marion Hulett J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8424-8432; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Revising the Role of the Pneumococcal vex-vncRS Locus in Vancomycin Tolerance Wolfgang Haas, Jack Sublett, Deepak Kaushal, and Elaine I. Tuomanen J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8463-8471; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Etiological Agent of Lyme Disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, Appears To Contain Only a Few Small RNA Molecules Yngve Östberg, Ignas Bunikis, Sven Bergström, and Jörgen Johansson J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8472-8477; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Large-Scale Identification of Genes Required for Full Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus Bret M. Benton, J. P. Zhang, Skip Bond, Casey Pope, Todd Christian, Lawrence Lee, Kelly M. Winterberg, Molly B. Schmid, and Jerry M. Buysse J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8478-8489; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Authors' Corrections:

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Conditional Lethal Amber Mutations in Essential Escherichia coli Genes Christopher D. Herring and Frederick R. Blattner J. Bacteriol. December 2004 186: 8547 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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. December 2004 186: 8548 [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. December 2004 186: 8549 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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