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Contents: May 2004, Volume 186, Issue 9        Guest Commentaries        Microbial Cell Biology        Enzymes and Proteins        Gene Regulation        Physiology and Metabolism        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Genomics and Proteomics        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Signal Transduction        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Structural Biology

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Guest Commentaries:

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Prokaryotic Glycoproteins: Unexplored but Important Paul Messner J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2517-2519; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolic Versatility of Prokaryotes for Urea Decomposition Robert P. Hausinger J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2520-2522; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Structural and Genetic Characterization of Glycosylation of Type a Flagellin in Pseudomonas aeruginosa M. Schirm, S. K. Arora, A. Verma, E. Vinogradov, P. Thibault, R. Ramphal, and S. M. Logan J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2523-2531; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Restricted Mobility of Cell Surface Proteins in the Polar Regions of Escherichia coli Miguel A. de Pedro, Christoph G. Grünfelder, and Heinz Schwarz J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2594-2602; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus Strains Produce a Novel Major Outer Membrane Protein during Predacious Growth in the Periplasm of Prey Bacteria Sebastian Beck, Dominik Schwudke, Eckhard Strauch, Bernd Appel, and Michael Linscheid J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2766-2773; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conserved Glycines in the C Terminus of MinC Proteins Are Implicated in Their Functionality as Cell Division Inhibitors S. Ramirez-Arcos, V. Greco, H. Douglas, D. Tessier, D. Fan, J. Szeto, J. Wang, and J. R. Dillon J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2841-2855; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Enzymatic Characterization of a Prokaryotic Urea Carboxylase Takeshi Kanamori, Norihisa Kanou, Haruyuki Atomi, and Tadayuki Imanaka J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2532-2539; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ScaC, an Adaptor Protein Carrying a Novel Cohesin That Expands the Dockerin-Binding Repertoire of the Ruminococcus flavefaciens 17 Cellulosome Marco T. Rincón, Jennifer C. Martin, Vincenzo Aurilia, Sheila I. McCrae, Garry J. Rucklidge, Martin D. Reid, Edward A. Bayer, Raphael Lamed, and Harry J. Flint J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2576-2585; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

HybF, a Zinc-Containing Protein Involved in NiFe Hydrogenase Maturation Melanie Blokesch, Michaela Rohrmoser, Sabine Rode, and August Böck J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2603-2611; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Origin and Diversity of Alginate Lyases of Families PL-5 and -7 in Sphingomonas sp. Strain A1 Osamu Miyake, Akihito Ochiai, Wataru Hashimoto, and Kousaku Murata J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2891-2896; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Characterization of the Alternative Sigma Factor 54 and the Transcriptional Regulator FleQ of Legionella pneumophila, Which Are Both Involved in the Regulation Cascade of Flagellar Gene Expression Sebastian Jacobi, Rüdiger Schade, and Klaus Heuner J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2540-2547; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of a Bacteroides Operon That Controls Excision and Transfer of the Conjugative Transposon CTnDOT Yanping Wang, Nadja B. Shoemaker, and Abigail A. Salyers J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2548-2557; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of PimR as a Positive Regulator of Pimaricin Biosynthesis in Streptomyces natalensis Nuria Antón, Marta V. Mendes, Juan F. Martín, and Jesús F. Aparicio J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2567-2575; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutational Analysis of RsbT, an Activator of the Bacillus subtilis Stress Response Transcription Factor, B Robyn L. Woodbury, Tingqiu Luo, Lindsay Grant, and W. G. Haldenwang J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2789-2797; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RamB, a Novel Transcriptional Regulator of Genes Involved in Acetate Metabolism of Corynebacterium glutamicum Robert Gerstmeir, Annette Cramer, Petra Dangel, Steffen Schaffer, and Bernhard J. Eikmanns J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2798-2809; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Highly Divergent RfaH Orthologs from Pathogenic Proteobacteria Can Substitute for Escherichia coli RfaH both In Vivo and In Vitro Heather D. Carter, Vladimir Svetlov, and Irina Artsimovitch J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2829-2840; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biofilm Formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Fimbrial cup Gene Clusters Are Controlled by the Transcriptional Regulator MvaT Isabelle Vallet, Stephen P. Diggle, Rachael E. Stacey, Miguel Cámara, Isabelle Ventre, Stephen Lory, Andrée Lazdunski, Paul Williams, and Alain Filloux J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2880-2890; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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The bchU Gene of Chlorobium tepidum Encodes the C-20 Methyltransferase in Bacteriochlorophyll c Biosynthesis Julia A. Maresca, Aline Gomez Maqueo Chew, Marta Ros Ponsatí, Niels-Ulrik Frigaard, John G. Ormerod, and Donald A. Bryant J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2558-2566; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Tetrahydrofolate-Dependent O-Demethylase Gene Is Essential for Growth of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 with Syringate Eiji Masai, Miyuki Sasaki, Yasunori Minakawa, Tomokuni Abe, Tomonori Sonoki, Keisuke Miyauchi, Yoshihiro Katayama, and Masao Fukuda J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2757-2765; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Physiologic and Proteomic Evidence for a Role of Nitric Oxide in Biofilm Formation by Nitrosomonas europaea and Other Ammonia Oxidizers Ingo Schmidt, Peter J. M. Steenbakkers, Huub J. M. op den Camp, Katrin Schmidt, and Mike S. M. Jetten J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2781-2788; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Preferential Reduction of Fe(III) over Fumarate by Geobacter sulfurreducens Abraham Esteve-Núñez, Cinthia Núñez, and Derek R. Lovley J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2897-2899; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Correlation between Osmolarity and Luminescence of Symbiotic Vibrio fischeri Strain ES114 Eric V. Stabb, Melissa S. Butler, and Dawn M. Adin J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2906-2908; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Evidence for the Active Role of a Novel Nuclease from Helicobacter pylori in the Horizontal Transfer of Genetic Information Eyleen J. O'Rourke, A. Viviana Pinto, E. Alejandro Petroni, Marcelo E. Tolmasky, and Luis Ielpi J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2586-2593; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Linear-Plasmid-Encoded Factor H-Binding Protein (FhbA) of the Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia hermsii Kelley M. Hovis, John V. McDowell, LaToya Griffin, and Richard T. Marconi J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2612-2618; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi erp Promoter/Operator Elements Kelly Babb, Jason D. McAlister, Jennifer C. Miller, and Brian Stevenson J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2745-2756; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Evolution and Mosaicism of Leptospiral Outer Membrane Proteins Involves Horizontal DNA Transfer David A. Haake, Marc A. Suchard, Melissa M. Kelley, Manjula Dundoo, David P. Alt, and Richard L. Zuerner J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2818-2828; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Host Restriction of Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Pigeon Isolates Does Not Correlate with Loss of Discrete Genes Helene L. Andrews-Polymenis, Wolfgang Rabsch, Steffen Porwollik, Michael McClelland, Carlos Rosetti, L. Garry Adams, and Andreas J. Bäumler J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2619-2628; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conditional Lethal Amber Mutations in Essential Escherichia coli Genes Christopher D. Herring and Frederick R. Blattner J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2673-2681; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Divergence and Redundancy of 16S rRNA Sequences in Genomes with Multiple rrn Operons Silvia G. Acinas, Luisa A. Marcelino, Vanja Klepac-Ceraj, and Martin F. Polz J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2629-2635; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evolution of the Leucine Gene Cluster in Buchnera aphidicola: Insights from Chromosomal Versions of the Cluster Beatriz Sabater-Muñoz, Roeland C. H. J. van Ham, Andrés Moya, Francisco J. Silva, and Amparo Latorre J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2646-2654; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Protease Lon and the RNA-Binding Protein Hfq Reduce Silencing of the Escherichia coli bgl Operon by H-NS Sudhanshu Dole, Yvonne Klingen, V. Nagarajavel, and Karin Schnetz J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2708-2716; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of Error-Prone DNA Polymerase IV in Stationary-Phase Mutagenesis in Pseudomonas putida Radi Tegova, Andres Tover, Kairi Tarassova, Mariliis Tark, and Maia Kivisaar J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2735-2744; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Subunit of Escherichia coli DNA Polymerase III: a Role in Stabilizing the Proofreading Subunit Sharon A. Taft-Benz and Roel M. Schaaper J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2774-2780; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Promoter Mutation Causes Differential Nitrate Reductase Activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis Marion Stermann, Ludwig Sedlacek, Silvia Maass, and Franz-Christoph Bange J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2856-2861; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Polymerases Leave Fingerprints: Analysis of the Mutational Spectrum in Escherichia coli rpoB To Assess the Role of Polymerase IV in Spontaneous Mutation Erika Wolff, Mandy Kim, Kaibin Hu, Hanjing Yang, and Jeffrey H. Miller J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2900-2905; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Formation of SXT Tandem Arrays and SXT-R391 Hybrids Vincent Burrus and Matthew K. Waldor J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2636-2645; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modular Organization of the Phd Repressor/Antitoxin Protein Jeremy Allen Smith and Roy David Magnuson J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2692-2698; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of DNA Repair and Recombination by the Bacteriophage Orf Function in Escherichia coli K-12 Anthony R. Poteete J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2699-2707; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation of a Minireplicon of the Virulence Plasmid pXO2 of Bacillus anthracis and Characterization of the Plasmid-Encoded RepS Replication Protein Eowyn Tinsley, Asma Naqvi, Agathe Bourgogne, Theresa M. Koehler, and Saleem A. Khan J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2717-2723; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Haloviruses HF1 and HF2: Evidence for a Recent and Large Recombination Event Sen-Lin Tang, Stewart Nuttall, and Mike Dyall-Smith J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2810-2817; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genome of Staphylococcal Phage K: a New Lineage of Myoviridae Infecting Gram-Positive Bacteria with a Low G+C Content S. O'Flaherty, A. Coffey, R. Edwards, W. Meaney, G. F. Fitzgerald, and R. P. Ross J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2862-2871; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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The Membrane Fluidity Sensor DesK of Bacillus subtilis Controls the Signal Decay of Its Cognate Response Regulator Daniela Albanesi, María Cecilia Mansilla, and Diego de Mendoza J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2655-2663; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chemotactic Signaling by an Escherichia coli CheA Mutant That Lacks the Binding Domain for Phosphoacceptor Partners Knut Jahreis, Tom B. Morrison, Andrés Garzón, and John S. Parkinson J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2664-2672; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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LuxS-Mediated Signaling in Streptococcus mutans Is Involved in Regulation of Acid and Oxidative Stress Tolerance and Biofilm Formation Zezhang T. Wen and Robert A. Burne J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2682-2691; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The pgaABCD Locus of Escherichia coli Promotes the Synthesis of a Polysaccharide Adhesin Required for Biofilm Formation Xin Wang, James F. Preston, III, and Tony Romeo J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2724-2734; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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Crystal Structure of the Response Regulator 02 Receiver Domain, the Essential YycF Two-Component System of Streptococcus pneumoniae in both Complexed and Native States Colin J. Bent, Neil W. Isaacs, Timothy J. Mitchell, and Alan Riboldi-Tunnicliffe J. Bacteriol. May 2004 186: 2872-2879; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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