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Contents: May 2005, Volume 187, Issue 9        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Microbial Cell Biology        Physiology and Metabolism        Genomics and Proteomics        Population Genetics and Evolution        Gene Regulation        Enzymes and Proteins        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Signal Transduction        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Plant Microbiology        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Errata        Authors' Correction

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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The DotL Protein, a Member of the TraG-Coupling Protein Family, Is Essential for Viability of Legionella pneumophila Strain Lp02 Benjamin A. Buscher, Gloria M. Conover, Jennifer L. Miller, Sinae A. Vogel, Stacey N. Meyers, Ralph R. Isberg, and Joseph P. Vogel J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 2927-2938; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus epidermidis Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin Production Significantly Increases during Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Stress Cuong Vuong, Joshua B. Kidder, Erik R. Jacobson, Michael Otto, Richard A. Proctor, and Greg A. Somerville J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 2967-2973; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Synthesis of Autoinducer 2 by the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi Kelly Babb, Kate von Lackum, Rachel L. Wattier, Sean P. Riley, and Brian Stevenson J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3079-3087; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus intermedius Produces a Functional agr Autoinducing Peptide Containing a Cyclic Lactone Guangyong Ji, Wuhong Pei, Linsheng Zhang, Rongde Qiu, Jianqun Lin, Yvonne Benito, Gerard Lina, and Richard P. Novick J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3139-3150; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Enhancer Binding by the Vibrio cholerae Flagellar Regulatory Protein FlrC Nidia E. Correa and Karl E. Klose J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3158-3170; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Characterization of Genes Required for Competence in Neisseria meningitidis Yao-Hui Sun, Rachel Exley, Yanwen Li, David Goulding, and Christoph Tang J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3273-3276; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Characterization of a Cluster of Three Glycosyltransferase Enzymes Essential for Moraxella catarrhalis Lipooligosaccharide Assembly Katie J. Edwards, Simon Allen, Bradford W. Gibson, and Anthony A. Campagnari J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 2939-2947; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Use of Thioredoxin as a Reporter To Identify a Subset of Escherichia coli Signal Sequences That Promote Signal Recognition Particle-Dependent Translocation Damon Huber, Dana Boyd, Yu Xia, Michael H. Olma, Mark Gerstein, and Jon Beckwith J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 2983-2991; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Characterization of WaaL, a Ligase Associated with Linking O-Antigen Polysaccharide to the Core of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lipopolysaccharide Priyanka D. Abeyrathne, Craig Daniels, Karen K. H. Poon, Mauricia J. Matewish, and Joseph S. Lam J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3002-3012; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dynamics of FtsZ Assembly during Sporulation in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Nina Grantcharova, Ulrika Lustig, and Klas Flärdh J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3227-3237; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Bacillus subtilis Paraquat Resistance Is Directed by M, an Extracytoplasmic Function Sigma Factor, and Is Conferred by YqjL and BcrC Min Cao, Charles M. Moore, and John D. Helmann J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 2948-2956; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Why Does Escherichia coli Grow More Slowly on Glucosamine than on N-Acetylglucosamine? Effects of Enzyme Levels and Allosteric Activation of GlcN6P Deaminase (NagB) on Growth Rates Laura I. Álvarez-Añorve, Mario L. Calcagno, and Jacqueline Plumbridge J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 2974-2982; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for Autotrophic CO2 Fixation via the Reductive Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle by Members of the Subdivision of Proteobacteria Michael Hügler, Carl O. Wirsen, Georg Fuchs, Craig D. Taylor, and Stefan M. Sievert J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3020-3027; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of HtrA in Growth and Competence of Streptococcus mutans UA159 Sang-Joon Ahn, José A. C. Lemos, and Robert A. Burne J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3028-3038; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inactivation of a Predicted Leader Peptidase Prevents Photoautotrophic Growth of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Maria Zhbanko, Vladislav Zinchenko, Michael Gutensohn, Angelika Schierhorn, and Ralf Bernd Klösgen J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3071-3078; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Polyphosphate Kinase Protects Salmonella enterica from Weak Organic Acid Stress Marian Price-Carter, Thomas G. Fazzio, Ester Ibañez Vallbona, and John R. Roth J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3088-3099; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Impact of Global Transcriptional Regulation by ArcA, ArcB, Cra, Crp, Cya, Fnr, and Mlc on Glucose Catabolism in Escherichia coli Annik Perrenoud and Uwe Sauer J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3171-3179; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Roles of ohrR-ohr in Xanthomonas Sensing, Metabolism, and Physiological Adaptive Response to Lipid Hydroperoxide Chananat Klomsiri, Warunya Panmanee, Saovanee Dharmsthiti, Paiboon Vattanaviboon, and Skorn Mongkolsuk J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3277-3281; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Changes in the Extracellular Proteome Caused by the Absence of the bldA Gene Product, a Developmentally Significant tRNA, Reveal a New Target for the Pleiotropic Regulator AdpA in Streptomyces coelicolor Dae-Wi Kim, Keith Chater, Kye-Joon Lee, and Andy Hesketh J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 2957-2966; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Gene Expression Responses to Cadmium Toxicity in Escherichia coli Anyou Wang and David E. Crowley J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3259-3266; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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A Glimpse into the Expanded Genome Content of Vibrio cholerae through Identification of Genes Present in Environmental Strains Alexandra Purdy, Forest Rohwer, Rob Edwards, Farooq Azam, and Douglas H. Bartlett J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 2992-3001; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Requirements for Vibrio cholerae HapR Binding and Transcriptional Repression at the hapR Promoter Are Distinct from Those at the aphA Promoter Wei Lin, Gabriela Kovacikova, and Karen Skorupski J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3013-3019; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of PmfR, the Transcriptional Activator of the pAO1-Borne purU-mabO-folD Operon of Arthrobacter nicotinovorans Calin B. Chiribau, Cristinel Sandu, Gabor L. Igloi, and Roderich Brandsch J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3062-3070; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Plasmid-Encoded Regulator of Extracellular Proteases in Bacillus anthracis Arthur I. Aronson, Chris Bell, and Ben Fulroth J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3133-3138; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multistress Regulation in Escherichia coli: Expression of osmB Involves Two Independent Promoters Responding either to S or to the RcsCDB His-Asp Phosphorelay Alice Boulanger, Anne Francez-Charlot, Annie Conter, Marie-Pierre Castanié-Cornet, Kaymeuang Cam, and Claude Gutierrez J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3282-3286; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Functional Characterization of a Novel ArgA from Mycobacterium tuberculosis James C. Errey and John S. Blanchard J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3039-3044; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alternative Splicing Produces Two Endoglucanases with One or Two Carbohydrate-Binding Modules in Mucor circinelloides Yuko Baba, Atsushi Shimonaka, Jinichiro Koga, Hidetoshi Kubota, and Toshiaki Kono J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3045-3051; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Soluble NAD+-Reducing [NiFe]-Hydrogenase from Ralstonia eutropha H16 Consists of Six Subunits and Can Be Specifically Activated by NADPH Tanja Burgdorf, Eddy van der Linden, Michael Bernhard, Qing Yuan Yin, Jaap W. Back, Aloysius F. Hartog, Anton O. Muijsers, Chris G. de Koster, Simon P. J. Albracht, and Bärbel Friedrich J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3122-3132; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Active Site of O-Acetylserine Sulfhydrylase Is the Anchor Point for Bienzyme Complex Formation with Serine Acetyltransferase Bin Huang, Matthew W. Vetting, and Steven L. Roderick J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3201-3205; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Two Distinct Functions of ComW in Stabilization and Activation of the Alternative Sigma Factor ComX in Streptococcus pneumoniae Chang Kyoo Sung and Donald A. Morrison J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3052-3061; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RNase/Anti-RNase Activities of the Bacterial parD Toxin-Antitoxin System Ana J. Muñoz-Gómez, Marc Lemonnier, Sandra Santos-Sierra, Alfredo Berzal-Herranz, and Ramón Díaz-Orejas J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3151-3157; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of the melC Operon in Several Streptomyces Strains Is Positively Regulated by AdpA, an AraC Family Transcriptional Regulator Involved in Morphological Development in Streptomyces coelicolor Dongqing Zhu, Xinyi He, Xiufen Zhou, and Zixin Deng J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3180-3187; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Determinants for PspA-Mediated Repression of the AAA Transcriptional Activator PspF Sarah Elderkin, Patricia Bordes, Susan Jones, Mathieu Rappas, and Martin Buck J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3238-3248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Isolation and Characterization of FecA- and FeoB-Mediated Iron Acquisition Systems of the Spirochete Leptospira biflexa by Random Insertional Mutagenesis Hélène Louvel, Isabelle Saint Girons, and Mathieu Picardeau J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3249-3254; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Random Insertional Mutagenesis of Leptospira interrogans, the Agent of Leptospirosis, Using a mariner Transposon Pascale Bourhy, Hélène Louvel, Isabelle Saint Girons, and Mathieu Picardeau J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3255-3258; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Phosphorylation-Independent Activity of Atypical Response Regulators of Helicobacter pylori Jennifer Schär, Albert Sickmann, and Dagmar Beier J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3100-3109; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Requirement of the Receiver and Phosphotransfer Domains of ArcB for Efficient Dephosphorylation of Phosphorylated ArcA In Vivo Gabriela R. Peña-Sandoval, Ohsuk Kwon, and Dimitris Georgellis J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3267-3272; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Isolation of Lactococcal Prolate Phage-Phage Recombinants by an Enrichment Strategy Reveals Two Novel Host Range Determinants Jasna Rakonjac, Paul W. O'Toole, and Mark Lubbers J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3110-3121; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Genome of S-PM2, a "Photosynthetic" T4-Type Bacteriophage That Infects Marine Synechococcus Strains Nicholas H. Mann, Martha R. J. Clokie, Andrew Millard, Annabel Cook, William H. Wilson, Peter J. Wheatley, Andrey Letarov, and H. M. Krisch J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3188-3200; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Autoinduction in Erwinia amylovora: Evidence of an Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Signal in the Fire Blight Pathogen Lázaro Molina, Fabio Rezzonico, Geneviève Défago, and Brion Duffy J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3206-3213; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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Exopolysaccharide Sugars Contribute to Biofilm Formation by Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium on HEp-2 Cells and Chicken Intestinal Epithelium Nathan A. Ledeboer and Bradley D. Jones J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3214-3226; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Percolation of the Phd Repressor-Operator Interface Xueyan Zhao and Roy David Magnuson J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3287 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Authors' Correction:

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The Essential Nature of the Ubiquitous 26-Kilobase Circular Replicon of Borrelia burgdorferi Rebecca Byram, Philip E. Stewart, and Patricia Rosa J. Bacteriol. May 2005 187: 3288 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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