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Contents: October 2005, Volume 187, Issue 19        Physiology and Metabolism        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Signal Transduction        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Microbial Cell Biology        Gene Regulation        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Structural Biology        Microbial Communities and Interactions

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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FbpA-Dependent Biosynthesis of Trehalose Dimycolate Is Required for the Intrinsic Multidrug Resistance, Cell Wall Structure, and Colonial Morphology of Mycobacterium smegmatis Liem Nguyen, Satheesh Chinnapapagari, and Charles J. Thompson J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6603-6611; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DOSEc, a Heme-Regulated Phosphodiesterase, Plays an Important Role in the Regulation of the Cyclic AMP Level in Escherichia coli Tokiko Yoshimura-Suzuki, Ikuko Sagami, Nao Yokota, Hirofumi Kurokawa, and Toru Shimizu J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6678-6682; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Signal Transduction Protein PII Phosphatase PphA Is Required for Light-Dependent Control of Nitrate Utilization in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Nicole Kloft and Karl Forchhammer J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6683-6690; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

TolC Is Involved in Enterobactin Efflux across the Outer Membrane of Escherichia coli Corinna Bleuel, Cornelia Große, Nadine Taudte, Judith Scherer, Dirk Wesenberg, Gerd J. Krauß, Dietrich H. Nies, and Gregor Grass J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6701-6707; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lactate Racemization as a Rescue Pathway for Supplying D-Lactate to the Cell Wall Biosynthesis Machinery in Lactobacillus plantarum Philippe Goffin, Marie Deghorain, Jean-Luc Mainardi, Isabelle Tytgat, Marie-Christine Champomier-Vergès, Michiel Kleerebezem, and Pascal Hols J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6750-6761; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel nirK Cluster Genes in Nitrosomonas europaea Are Required for NirK-Dependent Tolerance to Nitrite Hubertus J. E. Beaumont, Sylvia I. Lens, Hans V. Westerhoff, and Rob J. M. van Spanning J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6849-6851; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Stability of EcoRI Restriction-Modification Enzymes In Vivo Differentiates the EcoRI Restriction-Modification System from Other Postsegregational Cell Killing Systems Asao Ichige and Ichizo Kobayashi J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6612-6621; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Small Untranslated RNA Antitoxin in Bacillus subtilis Jessica M. Silvaggi, John B. Perkins, and Richard Losick J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6641-6650; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutation at the "Exit Gate" of the Salmonella Gyrase A Subunit Suppresses a Defect in the Gyrase B Subunit Anne-Béatrice Blanc-Potard, Gilles Labesse, Nara Figueroa-Bossi, and Lionello Bossi J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6841-6844; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutator Phenotype Resulting from DNA Polymerase IV Overproduction in Escherichia coli: Preferential Mutagenesis on the Lagging Strand Wojciech Kuban, Magdalena Banach-Orlowska, Malgorzata Bialoskorska, Aleksandra Lipowska, Roel M. Schaaper, Piotr Jonczyk, and Iwona J. Fijalkowska J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6862-6866; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Cpx Signal Transduction Is Influenced by a Conserved N-Terminal Domain in the Novel Inhibitor CpxP and the Periplasmic Protease DegP Daelynn R. Buelow and Tracy L. Raivio J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6622-6630; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of RcsF in Signaling to the Rcs Phosphorelay Pathway in Escherichia coli Nadim Majdalani, Michael Heck, Valerie Stout, and Susan Gottesman J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6770-6778; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Ability of Proteus mirabilis To Sense Surfaces and Regulate Virulence Gene Expression Involves FliL, a Flagellar Basal Body Protein Robert Belas and Rooge Suvanasuthi J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6789-6803; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RasA Is Required for Myxococcus xanthus Development and Social Motility Vinh D. Pham, Conrad W. Shebelut, Bipasha Mukherjee, and Mitchell Singer J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6845-6848; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Periplasmic Domains Define Holin-Antiholin Interactions in T4 Lysis Inhibition Tram Anh T. Tran, Douglas K. Struck, and Ry Young J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6631-6640; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tn5386, a Novel Tn916-Like Mobile Element in Enterococcus faecium D344R That Interacts with Tn916 To Yield a Large Genomic Deletion Louis B. Rice, Lenore L. Carias, Steven Marshall, Susan D. Rudin, and Rebecca Hutton-Thomas J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6668-6677; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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High-Level ß-Lactam Resistance and Cell Wall Synthesis Catalyzed by the mecA Homologue of Staphylococcus sciuri Introduced into Staphylococcus aureus Anatoly Severin, Shang Wei Wu, Keiko Tabei, and Alexander Tomasz J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6651-6658; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interactions of TolB with the Translocation Domain of Colicin E9 Require an Extended TolB Box Sarah L. Hands, Lisa E. Holland, Mireille Vankemmelbeke, Lauren Fraser, Colin J. Macdonald, Geoffrey R. Moore, Richard James, and Christopher N. Penfold J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6733-6741; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation of Protein Translocation by Cold-Sensitive Mutations in the yajC-secDF Operon Nico Nouwen and Arnold J. M. Driessen J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6852-6855; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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The H2O2 Stress-Responsive Regulator PerR Positively Regulates srfA Expression in Bacillus subtilis Kentaro Hayashi, Taku Ohsawa, Kazuo Kobayashi, Naotake Ogasawara, and Mitsuo Ogura J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6659-6667; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein and RhaR Synergistically Activate Transcription from the L-Rhamnose-Responsive rhaSR Promoter in Escherichia coli Jason R. Wickstrum, Thomas J. Santangelo, and Susan M. Egan J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6708-6718; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutational Analysis of Escherichia coli Heat Shock Transcription Factor Sigma 32 Reveals Similarities with Sigma 70 in Recognition of the –35 Promoter Element and Differences in Promoter DNA Melting and –10 Recognition Olga V. Kourennaia, Laura Tsujikawa, and Pieter L. deHaseth J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6762-6769; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Control of the Expression and Compartmentalization of G Activity during Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis by Regulators of F and E Vasant K. Chary, Mauro Meloni, David W. Hilbert, and Patrick J. Piggot J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6832-6840; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of sigL Expression by the Catabolite Control Protein CcpA Involves a Roadblock Mechanism in Bacillus subtilis: Potential Connection between Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism Soo-Keun Choi and Milton H. Saier, Jr. J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6856-6861; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Global Analysis of Proteins Synthesized by Mycobacterium smegmatis Provides Direct Evidence for Physiological Heterogeneity in Stationary-Phase Cultures Marian C. J. Blokpoel, Marjan J. Smeulders, Julia A. M. Hubbard, Jacquie Keer, and Huw D. Williams J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6691-6700; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

D-Alanylation of Teichoic Acids Promotes Group A Streptococcus Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance, Neutrophil Survival, and Epithelial Cell Invasion Sascha A. Kristian, Vivekanand Datta, Christopher Weidenmaier, Rita Kansal, Iris Fedtke, Andreas Peschel, Richard L. Gallo, and Victor Nizet J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6719-6725; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Natural Transposon Mutagenesis of Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: How Many Genes Does a Pathogen Need? Hasan Yesilkaya, Jeremy W. Dale, Norval J. C. Strachan, and Ken J. Forbes J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6726-6732; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Bacillus anthracis Phage Receptor Sophie Davison, Evelyne Couture-Tosi, Thomas Candela, Michèle Mock, and Agnès Fouet J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6742-6749; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Metabolic Enzyme as a Primary Virulence Factor of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides Small Colony Paola Pilo, Edy M. Vilei, Ernst Peterhans, Laetitia Bonvin-Klotz, Michael H. Stoffel, Dirk Dobbelaere, and Joachim Frey J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6824-6831; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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Crystal Structure of Tetrameric Homoisocitrate Dehydrogenase from an Extreme Thermophile, Thermus thermophilus: Involvement of Hydrophobic Dimer-Dimer Interaction in Extremely High Thermotolerance Junichi Miyazaki, Kuniko Asada, Shinya Fushinobu, Tomohisa Kuzuyama, and Makoto Nishiyama J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6779-6788; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Periplasmic Drug-Binding Site of the AcrB Multidrug Efflux Pump: a Crystallographic and Site-Directed Mutagenesis Study Edward W. Yu, Julio R. Aires, Gerry McDermott, and Hiroshi Nikaido J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6804-6815; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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Phenotypic Convergence Mediated by GGDEF-Domain-Containing Proteins Roger Simm, Jacqueline D. Fetherston, Abdul Kader, Ute Römling, and Robert D. Perry J. Bacteriol. October 2005 187: 6816-6823; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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