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Contents: March 2005, Volume 187, Issue 5        Enzymes and Proteins        Physiology and Metabolism        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Gene Regulation        Genomics and Proteomics        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Microbial Cell Biology        Signal Transduction        Structural Biology

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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A Novel Mechanism for Desulfation of Mucin: Identification and Cloning of a Mucin-Desulfating Glycosidase (Sulfoglycosidase) from Prevotella Strain RS2 Jung-hyun Rho, Damian P. Wright, David L. Christie, Keith Clinch, Richard H. Furneaux, and Anthony M. Roberton J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1543-1551; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cupin-Type Phosphoglucose Isomerases (Cupin-PGIs) Constitute a Novel Metal-Dependent PGI Family Representing a Convergent Line of PGI Evolution Thomas Hansen, Bettina Schlichting, Martina Felgendreher, and Peter Schönheit J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1621-1631; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two Novel Phycoerythrin-Associated Linker Proteins in the Marine Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. Strain WH8102 Christophe Six, Jean-Claude Thomas, Laurent Thion, Yves Lemoine, Frank Zal, and Frédéric Partensky J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1685-1694; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structural and Spectroscopic Properties of a Reaction Center Complex from the Chlorosome-Lacking Filamentous Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacterium Roseiflexus castenholzii Mitsunori Yamada, Hui Zhang, Satoshi Hanada, Kenji V. P. Nagashima, Keizo Shimada, and Katsumi Matsuura J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1702-1709; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Polyphosphate:AMP Phosphotransferase as a Polyphosphate-Dependent Nucleoside Monophosphate Kinase in Acinetobacter johnsonii 210A Toshikazu Shiba, Hiromichi Itoh, Atsushi Kameda, Keiju Kobayashi, Yumi Kawazoe, and Toshitada Noguchi J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1859-1865; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Identification of Essential Amino Acid Residues of the NorM Na+/Multidrug Antiporter in Vibrio parahaemolyticus Masato Otsuka, Makoto Yasuda, Yuji Morita, Chie Otsuka, Tomofusa Tsuchiya, Hiroshi Omote, and Yoshinori Moriyama J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1552-1558; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Experimental Identification and Quantification of Glucose Metabolism in Seven Bacterial Species Tobias Fuhrer, Eliane Fischer, and Uwe Sauer J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1581-1590; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Metal Permease ZupT from Escherichia coli Is a Transporter with a Broad Substrate Spectrum Gregor Grass, Sylvia Franke, Nadine Taudte, Dietrich H. Nies, Lisa M. Kucharski, Michael E. Maguire, and Christopher Rensing J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1604-1611; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Unusual Mutation Results in the Replacement of Diaminopimelate with Lanthionine in the Peptidoglycan of a Mutant Strain of Mycobacterium smegmatis Sandra A. Consaul, Lori F. Wright, Sebabrata Mahapatra, Dean C. Crick, and Martin S. Pavelka, Jr. J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1612-1620; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Compiling a Molecular Inventory for Mycobacterium bovis BCG at Two Growth Rates: Evidence for Growth Rate-Mediated Regulation of Ribosome Biosynthesis and Lipid Metabolism D. J. V. Beste, J. Peters, T. Hooper, C. Avignone-Rossa, M. E. Bushell, and J. McFadden J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1677-1684; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Penicillin-Binding Protein 2 (PBP2) in the Antibiotic Susceptibility and Cell Wall Cross-Linking of Staphylococcus aureus: Evidence for the Cooperative Functioning of PBP2, PBP4, and PBP2A Tomasz A. Leski and Alexander Tomasz J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1815-1824; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Type III Secretion of the Salmonella Effector Protein SopE Is Mediated via an N-Terminal Amino Acid Signal and Not an mRNA Sequence M. H. Karavolos, M. Wilson, J. Henderson, J. J. Lee, and C. M. A. Khan J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1559-1567; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genotyping Mycobacterium ulcerans and Mycobacterium marinum by Using Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units Pieter Stragier, Anthony Ablordey, Wayne M. Meyers, and Françoise Portaels J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1639-1647; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cytoplasmic Control of Premature Activation of a Secreted Protease Zymogen: Deletion of Staphostatin B (SspC) in Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4 Yields a Profound Pleiotropic Phenotype Lindsey N. Shaw, Ewa Golonka, Grzegorz Szmyd, Simon J. Foster, James Travis, and Jan Potempa J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1751-1762; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Screening for Quorum-Sensing Inhibitors (QSI) by Use of a Novel Genetic System, the QSI Selector Thomas Bovbjerg Rasmussen, Thomas Bjarnsholt, Mette Elena Skindersoe, Morten Hentzer, Peter Kristoffersen, Manuela Köte, John Nielsen, Leo Eberl, and Michael Givskov J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1799-1814; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Fis Regulates Transcriptional Induction of RpoS in Salmonella enterica Matthew Hirsch and Thomas Elliott J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1568-1580; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Additional Determinants within Escherichia coli FNR Activating Region 1 and RNA Polymerase Subunit Required for Transcription Activation K. Derek Weber, Owen D. Vincent, and Patricia J. Kiley J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1724-1731; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Light-Induced Carotenogenesis in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2): Identification of an Extracytoplasmic Function Sigma Factor That Directs Photodependent Transcription of the Carotenoid Biosynthesis Gene Cluster Hideaki Takano, Saemi Obitsu, Teruhiko Beppu, and Kenji Ueda J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1825-1832; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Promoter Region Rather than Its Downstream Inverted Repeat Sequence Is Responsible for Low-Level Transcription of the Thermostable Direct Hemolysin-Related Hemolysin (trh) Gene of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Yoshitsugu Nakaguchi and Mitsuaki Nishibuchi J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1849-1855; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Genome-Wide Analysis of the General Stress Response Network in Escherichia coli: S-Dependent Genes, Promoters, and Sigma Factor Selectivity Harald Weber, Tino Polen, Johanna Heuveling, Volker F. Wendisch, and Regine Hengge J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1591-1603; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomic Analysis of Anaerobic Respiration in the Archaeon Halobacterium sp. Strain NRC-1: Dimethyl Sulfoxide and Trimethylamine N-Oxide as Terminal Electron Acceptors Jochen A. Müller and Shiladitya DasSarma J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1659-1667; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genome-Wide Analyses of Escherichia coli Gene Expression Responsive to the BaeSR Two-Component Regulatory System Kunihiko Nishino, Takeshi Honda, and Akihito Yamaguchi J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1763-1772; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evolution of Genomic Content in the Stepwise Emergence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Lukas M. Wick, Weihong Qi, David W. Lacher, and Thomas S. Whittam J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1783-1791; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptome of Treponema pallidum: Gene Expression Profile during Experimental Rabbit Infection David Smajs, Matthew McKevitt, Jerrilyn K. Howell, Steven J. Norris, Wei-Wen Cai, Timothy Palzkill, and George M. Weinstock J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1866-1874; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Transcriptional Polarity in rRNA Operons of Escherichia coli nusA and nusB Mutant Strains Selwyn Quan, Ning Zhang, Sarah French, and Catherine L. Squires J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1632-1638; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activation of the vrg6 Promoter of Bordetella pertussis by RisA Tadhg Ó. Cróinín, Vanessa K. Grippe, and Tod J. Merkel J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1648-1658; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Content and Nucleoid Distribution in Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus Alan I. Majerník, Magnus Lundgren, Paul McDermott, Rolf Bernander, and James P. J. Chong J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1856-1858; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Common Evolutionary Origin for the Unstable Virulence Plasmid pMUM Found in Geographically Diverse Strains of Mycobacterium ulcerans Timothy P. Stinear, Hui Hong, Wafa Frigui, Melinda J. Pryor, Roland Brosch, Thierry Garnier, Peter F. Leadlay, and Stewart T. Cole J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1668-1676; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Study of Class 1 Integron and Vibrio cholerae Superintegron Integrase Activities Latefa Biskri, Marie Bouvier, Anne-Marie Guérout, Stéphanie Boisnard, and Didier Mazel J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1740-1750; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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A Chimeric N-Terminal Escherichia coli-C-Terminal Rhodobacter sphaeroides FliG Rotor Protein Supports Bidirectional E. coli Flagellar Rotation and Chemotaxis Karen A. Morehouse, Ian G. Goodfellow, and R. Elizabeth Sockett J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1695-1701; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Core Lipopolysaccharide of Escherichia coli Is a Ligand for the Dendritic-Cell-Specific Intercellular Adhesion Molecule Nonintegrin CD209 Receptor John Klena, Pei Zhang, Olivier Schwartz, Sheila Hull, and Tie Chen J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1710-1715; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiple Extracellular Loops Contribute to Substrate Binding and Transport by the Escherichia coli Cobalamin Transporter BtuB Cynthia A. Fuller-Schaefer and Robert J. Kadner J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1732-1739; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of P1 Adhesin in Gliding Motility of Mycoplasma pneumoniae as Revealed by the Inhibitory Effects of Antibody under Optimized Gliding Conditions Shintaro Seto, Tsuyoshi Kenri, Tetsuo Tomiyama, and Makoto Miyata J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1875-1877; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Divergent Regulatory Pathways Control A and S Motility in Myxococcus xanthus through FrzE, a CheA-CheY Fusion Protein Yinuo Li, Víctor H. Bustamante, Renate Lux, David Zusman, and Wenyuan Shi J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1716-1723; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cyclic Diguanylate Is a Ubiquitous Signaling Molecule in Bacteria: Insights into Biochemistry of the GGDEF Protein Domain Dmitri A. Ryjenkov, Marina Tarutina, Oleg V. Moskvin, and Mark Gomelsky J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1792-1798; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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Structure of the Nucleotide Complex of PyrR, the pyr Attenuation Protein from Bacillus caldolyticus, Suggests Dual Regulation by Pyrimidine and Purine Nucleotides Preethi Chander, Kari M. Halbig, Jamie K. Miller, Christopher J. Fields, Heather K. S. Bonner, Gail K. Grabner, Robert L. Switzer, and Janet L. Smith J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1773-1782; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Crystal Structures of the BlaI Repressor from Staphylococcus aureus and Its Complex with DNA: Insights into Transcriptional Regulation of the bla and mec Operons Martin K. Safo, Qixun Zhao, Tzu-Ping Ko, Faik N. Musayev, Howard Robinson, Neel Scarsdale, Andrew H.-J. Wang, and Gordon L. Archer J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1833-1844; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Bridging: a Property Shared among H-NS-Like Proteins Remus T. Dame, Martijn S. Luijsterburg, Evelyne Krin, Philippe N. Bertin, Rolf Wagner, and Gijs J. L. Wuite J. Bacteriol. March 2005 187: 1845-1848; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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