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Contents: August 2005, Volume 187, Issue 15        Enzymes and Proteins        Physiology and Metabolism        Plant Microbiology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Gene Regulation        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Signal Transduction        Structural Biology        Microbial Cell Biology        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Population Genetics and Evolution        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Errata        Author's Correction

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Salicylate Biosynthesis: Overexpression, Purification, and Characterization of Irp9, a Bifunctional Salicylate Synthase from Yersinia enterocolitica Olivier Kerbarh, Alessio Ciulli, Nigel I. Howard, and Chris Abell J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5061-5066; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Intracellular 3-Hydroxybutyrate-Oligomer Hydrolase in Wautersia eutropha H16 Teruyuki Kobayashi, Keiichi Uchino, Tomoko Abe, Yuya Yamazaki, and Terumi Saito J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5129-5135; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ywfE in Bacillus subtilis Codes for a Novel Enzyme, L-Amino Acid Ligase Kazuhiko Tabata, Hajime Ikeda, and Shin-ichi Hashimoto J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5195-5202; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Analysis of the glycero-manno-Heptose 7-Phosphate Kinase Domain from the Bifunctional HldE Protein, Which Is Involved in ADP-L-glycero-D-manno-Heptose Biosynthesis Fiona McArthur, C. Evalena Andersson, Slade Loutet, Sherry L. Mowbray, and Miguel A. Valvano J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5292-5300; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Amino Acids in Positions 48, 52, and 73 Differentiate the Substrate Specificities of the Highly Homologous Chlorocatechol 1,2-Dioxygenases CbnA and TcbC Shenghao Liu, Naoto Ogawa, Toshiya Senda, Akira Hasebe, and Kiyotaka Miyashita J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5427-5436; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phenotypic Alteration and Target Gene Identification Using Combinatorial Libraries of Zinc Finger Proteins in Prokaryotic Cells Kyung-Soon Park, Young-Soon Jang, Horim Lee, and Jin-Soo Kim J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5496-5499; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Characterization of the Gallate Dioxygenase Gene: Three Distinct Ring Cleavage Dioxygenases Are Involved in Syringate Degradation by Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 Daisuke Kasai, Eiji Masai, Keisuke Miyauchi, Yoshihiro Katayama, and Masao Fukuda J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5067-5074; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Iron-Dependent Cytochrome c1 Expression Is Mediated by the Status of Heme in Bradyrhizobium japonicum Tao Gao and Mark R. O'Brian J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5084-5089; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Characterization of a Na+-Coupled Dicarboxylate Carrier Protein from Staphylococcus aureus Jason A. Hall and Ana M. Pajor J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5189-5194; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Small Heat Shock Protein, Mx Hsp16.6, of Myxococcus xanthus Mieko Otani, Toshiyuki Ueki, Satoshi Kozuka, Miki Segawa, Keiji Sano, and Sumiko Inouye J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5236-5241; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Genes Required for Recycling Reducing Power during Photosynthetic Growth Christine L. Tavano, Angela M. Podevels, and Timothy J. Donohue J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5249-5258; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cystic Fibrosis Sputum Supports Growth and Cues Key Aspects of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Physiology Kelli L. Palmer, Lauren M. Mashburn, Pradeep K. Singh, and Marvin Whiteley J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5267-5277; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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The Stringent Response Is Required for Amino Acid and Nitrate Utilization, Nod Factor Regulation, Nodulation, and Nitrogen Fixation in Rhizobium etli Arturo Calderón-Flores, Gisela Du Pont, Alejandro Huerta-Saquero, Horacio Merchant-Larios, Luis Servín-González, and Socorro Durán J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5075-5083; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effective Symbiosis between Rhizobium etli and Phaseolus vulgaris Requires the Alarmone ppGpp Martine Moris, Kristien Braeken, Eric Schoeters, Christel Verreth, Serge Beullens, Jos Vanderleyden, and Jan Michiels J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5460-5469; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

De Novo Alanine Synthesis by Bacteroids of Mesorhizobium loti Is Not Required for Nitrogen Transfer in the Determinate Nodules of Lotus corniculatus Shalini Kumar, Alexandre Bourdès, and Philip Poole J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5493-5495; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Identification, Characterization, and Classification of Genes Encoding Perchlorate Reductase Kelly S. Bender, Ching Shang, Romy Chakraborty, Sara M. Belchik, John D. Coates, and Laurie A. Achenbach J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5090-5096; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution, Expression, and Motif Variability of Ankyrin Domain Genes in Wolbachia pipientis Iñaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Gaelen R. Burke, Markus Riegler, and Scott L. O'Neill J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5136-5145; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

A DNA Polymerase V Homologue Encoded by TOL Plasmid pWW0 Confers Evolutionary Fitness on Pseudomonas putida under Conditions of Environmental Stress Mariliis Tark, Andres Tover, Kairi Tarassova, Radi Tegova, Gaily Kivi, Rita Hõrak, and Maia Kivisaar J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5203-5213; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Canonical SOS Genes Is Not under LexA Repression in Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus Susana Campoy, Noelia Salvador, Pilar Cortés, Ivan Erill, and Jordi Barbé J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5367-5375; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mosaic Nature of the Wolbachia Surface Protein Laura Baldo, Nathan Lo, and John H. Werren J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5406-5418; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Replacement of the Oligomerization Domain of H-NS by the Hha Protein of Escherichia coli Sonia Rodríguez, José María Nieto, Cristina Madrid, and Antonio Juárez J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5452-5459; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Histones in Crenarchaea L'ubomíra Cubonová, Kathleen Sandman, Steven J. Hallam, Edward F. DeLong, and John N. Reeve J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5482-5485; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Involvement of AlgQ in Transcriptional Regulation of Pyoverdine Genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Cecilia Ambrosi, Federica Tiburzi, Francesco Imperi, Lorenza Putignani, and Paolo Visca J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5097-5107; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CitI, a Transcription Factor Involved in Regulation of Citrate Metabolism in Lactic Acid Bacteria Mauricio G. Martin, Christian Magni, Diego de Mendoza, and Paloma López J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5146-5155; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacillus subtilis Phosphorylated PhoP: Direct Activation of the EA- and Repression of the EE-Responsive phoB-PS+V Promoters during Pho Response Wael R. Abdel-Fattah, Yinghua Chen, Amr Eldakak, and F. Marion Hulett J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5166-5178; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Analysis of a Gene Cluster Involved in Glucose Tolerance in Zymomonas mobilis: Evidence for an Osmoregulated Promoter Anastasia Christogianni, Eugenia Douka, Anna I. Koukkou, Efstathios Hatziloukas, and Constantin Drainas J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5179-5188; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus aureus Develops an Alternative, ica-Independent Biofilm in the Absence of the arlRS Two-Component System Alejandro Toledo-Arana, Nekane Merino, Marta Vergara-Irigaray, Michel Débarbouillé, José R. Penadés, and Iñigo Lasa J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5318-5329; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

YycH Regulates the Activity of the Essential YycFG Two-Component System in Bacillus subtilis Hendrik Szurmant, Kristine Nelson, Eun-Ja Kim, Marta Perego, and James A. Hoch J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5419-5426; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Transcriptional Analysis of the Bacillus anthracis Capsule Regulators Melissa Drysdale, Agathe Bourgogne, and Theresa M. Koehler J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5108-5114; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Resistance of Neisseria meningitidis to the Toxic Effects of Heme Iron and Other Hydrophobic Agents Requires Expression of ght Andrew W. Rasmussen, Heather L. Alexander, Donna Perkins-Balding, William M. Shafer, and Igor Stojiljkovic J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5214-5223; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Multigene-Encoded Sodium/Hydrogen Antiporter (Sha) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Its Involvement in Pathogenesis Saori Kosono, Koki Haga, Rui Tomizawa, Yusuke Kajiyama, Kazuo Hatano, Shinobu Takeda, Yoshimi Wakai, Motohiro Hino, and Toshiaki Kudo J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5242-5248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of an Escherichia coli Operon Required for Formation of the O-Antigen Capsule Adi Peleg, Yulia Shifrin, Ophir Ilan, Chen Nadler-Yona, Shani Nov, Simi Koby, Kobi Baruch, Shoshy Altuvia, Maya Elgrably-Weiss, Cecilia M. Abe, Stuart Knutton, Mark A. Saper, and Ilan Rosenshine J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5259-5266; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Suppression-Subtractive Hybridization To Identify Genes in the Burkholderia cepacia Complex That Are Unique to Burkholderia cenocepacia Steve P. Bernier and Pamela A. Sokol J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5278-5291; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rot Repression of Enterotoxin B Expression in Staphylococcus aureus Ching Wen Tseng and George C. Stewart J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5301-5309; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Orientation within the Exosporium and Structural Stability of the Collagen-Like Glycoprotein BclA of Bacillus anthracis Jeremy A. Boydston, Ping Chen, Christopher T. Steichen, and Charles L. Turnbough, Jr. J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5310-5317; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutation of the priA Gene of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Affects DNA Transformation and DNA Repair Kimberly A. Kline and H. Steven Seifert J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5347-5355; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cationic Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance in Neisseria meningitidis Yih-Ling Tzeng, Karita D. Ambrose, Susu Zughaier, Xiaoliu Zhou, Yoon K. Miller, William M. Shafer, and David S. Stephens J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5387-5396; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Carboxyl-Terminal Extensions beyond the Conserved Pentapeptide Reduce Rates of Chemoreceptor Adaptational Modification Wing-Cheung Lai and Gerald L. Hazelbauer J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5115-5121; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Regulation of Gene Expression by ArlRS, a Two-Component Signal Transduction Regulatory System of Staphylococcus aureus Xudong Liang, Li Zheng, Christina Landwehr, Dwayne Lunsford, David Holmes, and Yinduo Ji J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5486-5492; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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Contribution of ExsFA and ExsFB Proteins to the Localization of BclA on the Spore Surface and to the Stability of the Bacillus anthracis Exosporium Patricia Sylvestre, Evelyne Couture-Tosi, and Michèle Mock J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5122-5128; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Identification of a D-glycero-D-manno-Heptosyltransferase Gene from Helicobacter pylori Koji Hiratsuka, Susan M. Logan, J. Wayne Conlan, Vandana Chandan, Annie Aubry, Natalia Smirnova, Heather Ulrichsen, Kenneth H. N. Chan, Douglas W. Griffith, Blair A. Harrison, Jianjun Li, and Eleonora Altman J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5156-5165; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of a Novel Adhesin Unique to Oral Fusobacteria Yiping W. Han, Akihiko Ikegami, Chythanya Rajanna, Hameem I. Kawsar, Yun Zhou, Mei Li, Hakimuddin T. Sojar, Robert J. Genco, Howard K. Kuramitsu, and Cheri X. Deng J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5330-5340; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of the MexXY Efflux Pump in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Is Dependent on Drug-Ribosome Interaction Katy Jeannot, Mara L. Sobel, Farid El Garch, Keith Poole, and Patrick Plésiat J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5341-5346; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Swarming Differentiation and Swimming Motility in Bacillus subtilis Are Controlled by swrA, a Newly Identified Dicistronic Operon Cinzia Calvio, Francesco Celandroni, Emilia Ghelardi, Giuseppe Amati, Sara Salvetti, Fabrizio Ceciliani, Alessandro Galizzi, and Sonia Senesi J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5356-5366; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Analysis of Conserved Gene Products Involved in Assembly of Escherichia coli Capsules and Exopolysaccharides: Evidence for Molecular Recognition between Wza and Wzc for Colanic Acid Biosynthesis Anne N. Reid and Chris Whitfield J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5470-5481; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Vibrio cholerae vceCAB Multiple-Drug Resistance Efflux Operon in Escherichia coli Robin C. Woolley, Govindsamy Vediyappan, Matthew Anderson, Melinda Lackey, Bhagavathi Ramasubramanian, Bai Jiangping, Tatyana Borisova, Jane A. Colmer, Abdul N. Hamood, Catherine S. McVay, and Joe A. Fralick J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5500-5503; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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An agr-Like Two-Component Regulatory System in Lactobacillus plantarum Is Involved in Production of a Novel Cyclic Peptide and Regulation of Adherence Mark H. J. Sturme, Jiro Nakayama, Douwe Molenaar, Yoshiko Murakami, Ryoko Kunugi, Toshio Fujii, Elaine E. Vaughan, Michiel Kleerebezem, and Willem M. de Vos J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5224-5235; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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NanA, a Neuraminidase from Streptococcus pneumoniae, Shows High Levels of Sequence Diversity, at Least in Part through Recombination with Streptococcus oralis Samantha J. King, Adrian M. Whatmore, and Christopher G. Dowson J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5376-5386; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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The Holin Protein of Bacteriophage PRD1 Forms a Pore for Small-Molecule and Endolysin Translocation Gabija Ziedaite, Rimantas Daugelavicius, Jaana K. H. Bamford, and Dennis H. Bamford J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5397-5405; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Unusual Group II Introns in Bacteria of the Bacillus cereus Group Nicolas J. Tourasse, Fredrik B. Stabell, Lillian Reiter, and Anne-Brit Kolstø J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5437-5451; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Analysis of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 Gene Expression in the Maize Rhizosphere: In Vivo Expression Technology Capture and Identification of Root-Activated Promoters María Isabel Ramos-González, María Jesús Campos, and Juan L. Ramos J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5504 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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Type III Secretion of theSalmonella Effector Protein SopE Is Mediated via an N-Terminal Amino Acid Signal and Not an mRNA Sequence M. H. Karavolos, A. J. Roe, M. Wilson, J. Henderson, J. J. Lee, D. L. Gally, and C. M. A. Khan J. Bacteriol. August 2005 187: 5505 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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