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Guest Commentaries:

Deborah A. Siegele

Universal Stress Proteins in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6253-6254. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ramon Rosselló-Mora

Updating Prokaryotic Taxonomy
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6255-6257. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis and James M. Tiedje

Towards a Genome-Based Taxonomy for Prokaryotes
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6258-6264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Itsko, Robert Manasherob, and Arieh Zaritsky

Partial Restoration of Antibacterial Activity of the Protein Encoded by a Cryptic Open Reading Frame (cyt1Ca) from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis by Site-Directed Mutagenesis
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6379-6385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vinita Joardar, Magdalen Lindeberg, Robert W. Jackson, Jeremy Selengut, Robert Dodson, Lauren M. Brinkac, Sean C. Daugherty, Robert DeBoy, A. Scott Durkin, Michelle Gwinn Giglio, Ramana Madupu, William C. Nelson, M. J. Rosovitz, Steven Sullivan, Jonathan Crabtree, Todd Creasy, Tanja Davidsen, Dan H. Haft, Nikhat Zafar, Liwei Zhou, Rebecca Halpin, Tara Holley, Hoda Khouri, Tamara Feldblyum, Owen White, Claire M. Fraser, Arun K. Chatterjee, Sam Cartinhour, David J. Schneider, John Mansfield, Alan Collmer, and C. Robin Buell

Whole-Genome Sequence Analysis of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola 1448A Reveals Divergence among Pathovars in Genes Involved in Virulence and Transposition
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6488-6498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

S. Porwollik, C. A. Santiviago, P. Cheng, L. Florea, and M. McClelland

Differences in Gene Content between Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Isolates and Comparison to Closely Related Serovars Gallinarum and Dublin
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6545-6555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Richard D. Waite, Anastasia Papakonstantinopoulou, Eddie Littler, and Michael A. Curtis

Transcriptome Analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Growth: Comparison of Gene Expression in Planktonic Cultures and Developing and Mature Biofilms
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6571-6576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

Laurence Nachin, Ulf Nannmark, and Thomas Nyström

Differential Roles of the Universal Stress Proteins of Escherichia coli in Oxidative Stress Resistance, Adhesion, and Motility
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6265-6272. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Benjamin M. Hasselbring, Jarrat L. Jordan, and Duncan C. Krause

Mutant Analysis Reveals a Specific Requirement for Protein P30 in Mycoplasma pneumoniae Gliding Motility
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6281-6289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Barbara Woebking, Galya Reuter, Richard A. Shilling, Saroj Velamakanni, Sanjay Shahi, Henrietta Venter, Lekshmy Balakrishnan, and Hendrik W. van Veen

Drug-Lipid A Interactions on the Escherichia coli ABC Transporter MsbA
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6363-6369. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ian C. Schoenhofen, Gang Li, Timothy G. Strozen, and S. Peter Howard

Purification and Characterization of the N-Terminal Domain of ExeA: a Novel ATPase Involved in the Type II Secretion Pathway of Aeromonas hydrophila
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6370-6378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margaret A. Smith, William M. Clemons, Jr., Cathrine J. DeMars, and Ann M. Flower

Modeling the Effects of prl Mutations on the Escherichia coli SecY Complex
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6454-6465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Maryam Lahooti, Paula L. Roesch, and Ian C. Blomfield

Modulation of the Sensitivity of FimB Recombination to Branched-Chain Amino Acids and Alanine in Escherichia coli K-12
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6273-6280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Timothy G. Strozen, Geoffrey R. Langen, and S. Peter Howard

Adenylate Cyclase Mutations Rescue the degP Temperature-Sensitive Phenotype and Induce the Sigma E and Cpx Extracytoplasmic Stress Regulons in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6309-6316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jessica L. Rowe, G. Lucas Starnes, and Peter T. Chivers

Complex Transcriptional Control Links NikABCDE-Dependent Nickel Transport with Hydrogenase Expression in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6317-6323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fude Yao and Mark A. Strauch

Independent and Interchangeable Multimerization Domains of the AbrB, Abh, and SpoVT Global Regulatory Proteins
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6354-6362. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gonçalo Real, Sérgio M. Pinto, Ghislain Schyns, Teresa Costa, Adriano O. Henriques, and Charles P. Moran, Jr.

A Gene Encoding a Holin-Like Protein Involved in Spore Morphogenesis and Spore Germination in Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6443-6453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. O. Jensen, L. S. Thompson, and E. J. Harry

Cell Division in Bacillus subtilis: FtsZ and FtsA Association Is Z-Ring Independent, and FtsA Is Required for Efficient Midcell Z-Ring Assembly
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6536-6544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Melissa A. Calmann, Anetta Nowosielska, and M. G. Marinus

The MutS C Terminus Is Essential for Mismatch Repair Activity In Vivo
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6577-6579. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Meenu Mishra and Rajendar Deora

Mode of Action of the Bordetella BvgA Protein: Transcriptional Activation and Repression of the Bordetella bronchiseptica bipA Promoter
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6290-6299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nidia E. Correa, Fen Peng, and Karl E. Klose

Roles of the Regulatory Proteins FlhF and FlhG in the Vibrio cholerae Flagellar Transcription Hierarchy
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6324-6332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenneth A. Fields, Elizabeth R. Fischer, David J. Mead, and Ted Hackstadt

Analysis of Putative Chlamydia trachomatis Chaperones Scc2 and Scc3 and Their Use in the Identification of Type III Secretion Substrates
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6466-6478. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Supaporn Suparak, Wannapa Kespichayawattana, Ashraful Haque, Anna Easton, Suwat Damnin, Ganjana Lertmemongkolchai, Gregory J. Bancroft, and Sunee Korbsrisate

Multinucleated Giant Cell Formation and Apoptosis in Infected Host Cells Is Mediated by Burkholderia pseudomallei Type III Secretion Protein BipB
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6556-6560. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Renjith Mathew, Madhugiri Ramakanth, and Dipankar Chatterji

Deletion of the Gene rpoZ, Encoding the Subunit of RNA Polymerase, in Mycobacterium smegmatis Results in Fragmentation of the ß' Subunit in the Enzyme Assembly
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6565-6570. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Li Tan and Creg Darby

Yersinia pestis Is Viable with Endotoxin Composed of Only Lipid A
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6599-6600. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Limenako G. Matsoso, Bavesh D. Kana, Paul K. Crellin, David J. Lea-Smith, Assunta Pelosi, David Powell, Stephanie S. Dawes, Harvey Rubin, Ross L. Coppel, and Valerie Mizrahi

Function of the Cytochrome bc₁-aa₃ Branch of the Respiratory Network in Mycobacteria and Network Adaptation Occurring in Response to Its Disruption
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6300-6308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary material]  

Amel Latifi, Robert Jeanjean, Sylvain Lemeille, Michel Havaux, and Cheng-Cai Zhang

Iron Starvation Leads to Oxidative Stress in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6596-6598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gene Regulation:

Kaneyoshi Yamamoto and Akira Ishihama

Transcriptional Response of Escherichia coli to External Zinc
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6333-6340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ayami Tomono, Yisan Tsai, Yasuo Ohnishi, and Sueharu Horinouchi

Three Chymotrypsin Genes Are Members of the AdpA Regulon in the A-Factor Regulatory Cascade in Streptomyces griseus
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6341-6353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura Pérez-Lago, Margarita Salas, and Ana Camacho

Homologies and Divergences in the Transcription Regulatory System of Two Related Bacillus subtilis Phages
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6403-6409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yunwei Xie and John N. Reeve

Regulation of Tryptophan Operon Expression in the Archaeon Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6419-6429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christine B. Michalowski and John W. Little

Positive Autoregulation of cI Is a Dispensable Feature of the Phage Gene Regulatory Circuitry
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6430-6442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Sangita Phadtare and Konstantin Severinov

Extended –10 Motif Is Critical for Activity of the cspA Promoter but Does Not Contribute to Low-Temperature Transcription
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6584-6589. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Population Genetics and Evolution:

Serge Mostowy, Jackie Inwald, Steve Gordon, Carlos Martin, Rob Warren, Kristin Kremer, Debby Cousins, and Marcel A. Behr

Revisiting the Evolution of Mycobacterium bovis
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6386-6395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alessia Morandi, Olga Zhaxybayeva, J. Peter Gogarten, and Joerg Graf

Evolutionary and Diagnostic Implications of Intragenomic Heterogeneity in the 16S rRNA Gene in Aeromonas Strains
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6561-6564. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Ruby F. Fernandez and Daniel A. Kunz

Bacterial Cyanide Oxygenase Is a Suite of Enzymes Catalyzing the Scavenging and Adventitious Utilization of Cyanide as a Nitrogenous Growth Substrate
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6396-6402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karsten R. O. Hazlett, David L. Cox, Marc Decaffmeyer, Michael P. Bennett, Daniel C. Desrosiers, Carson J. La Vake, Morgan E. La Vake, Kenneth W. Bourell, Esther J. Robinson, Robert Brasseur, and Justin D. Radolf

TP0453, a Concealed Outer Membrane Protein of Treponema pallidum, Enhances Membrane Permeability
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6499-6508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Donna M. Easton, Adam Smith, Sara Gomez Gallego, A. Ruth Foxwell, Allan W. Cripps, and Jennelle M. Kyd

Characterization of a Novel Porin Protein from Moraxella catarrhalis and Identification of an Immunodominant Surface Loop
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6528-6535. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Oliver Lenz, Andrea Gleiche, Angelika Strack, and Bärbel Friedrich

Requirements for Heterologous Production of a Complex Metalloenzyme: the Membrane-Bound [NiFe] Hydrogenase
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6590-6595. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Signal Transduction:

Qian Xu, Wesley P. Black, Scott M. Ward, and Zhaomin Yang

Nitrate-Dependent Activation of the Dif Signaling Pathway of Myxococcus xanthus Mediated by a NarX-DifA Interspecies Chimera
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6410-6418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plant Microbiology:

Bradley L. Reuhs, Biserka Relic, L. Scott Forsberg, Corinne Marie, Tuula Ojanen-Reuhs, Samuel B. Stephens, Chee-Hoong Wong, Saïd Jabbouri, and William J. Broughton

Structural Characterization of a Flavonoid-Inducible Pseudomonas aeruginosa A-Band-Like O Antigen of Rhizobium sp. Strain NGR234, Required for the Formation of Nitrogen-Fixing Nodules
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6479-6487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Barbara Froehlich, Julian Parkhill, Mandy Sanders, Michael A. Quail, and June R. Scott

The pCoo Plasmid of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Is a Mosaic Cointegrate
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6509-6516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Microbial Communities and Interactions:

Sharik R. Khan, Dmitri V. Mavrodi, Geetanjali J. Jog, Hiroaki Suga, Linda S. Thomashow, and Stephen K. Farrand

Activation of the phz Operon of Pseudomonas fluorescens 2-79 Requires the LuxR Homolog PhzR, N-(3-OH-Hexanoyl)-L-Homoserine Lactone Produced by the LuxI Homolog PhzI, and a cis-Acting phz Box
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6517-6527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wook Kim and Michael G. Surette

Prevalence of Surface Swarming Behavior in Salmonella
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6580-6583. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Mireille Vankemmelbeke, Bryan Healy, Geoffrey R. Moore, Colin Kleanthous, Christopher N. Penfold, and Richard James

Rapid Detection of Colicin E9-Induced DNA Damage Using Escherichia coli Cells Carrying SOS Promoter-lux Fusions
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6601. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shenghao Liu, Naoto Ogawa, Toshiya Senda, Akira Hasebe, and Kiyotaka Miyashita

Amino Acids in Positions 48, 52, and 73 Differentiate the Substrate Specificities of the Highly Homologous Chlorocatechol 1,2-Dioxygenases CbnA and TcbC
J. Bacteriol. 2005 187: 6602. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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