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Contents: June 2006, Volume 188, Issue 11        Minireviews        Physiology and Metabolism        Gene Regulation        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Genomics and Proteomics        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Enzymes and Proteins        Microbial Cell Biology        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Signal Transduction        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Plant Microbiology        Errata

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Minireviews:

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A Complex Transcription Network Controls the Early Stages of Biofilm Development by Escherichia coli Birgit M. Prüß, Christopher Besemann, Anne Denton, and Alan J. Wolfe J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3731-3739; [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Role of Dipicolinic Acid in Resistance and Stability of Spores of Bacillus subtilis with or without DNA-Protective /ß-Type Small Acid-Soluble Proteins Barbara Setlow, Swaroopa Atluri, Ryan Kitchel, Kasia Koziol-Dube, and Peter Setlow J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3740-3747; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The ectD Gene, Which Is Involved in the Synthesis of the Compatible Solute Hydroxyectoine, Is Essential for Thermoprotection of the Halophilic Bacterium Chromohalobacter salexigens Raúl García-Estepa, Montserrat Argandoña, Mercedes Reina-Bueno, Nieves Capote, Fernando Iglesias-Guerra, Joaquín J. Nieto, and Carmen Vargas J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3774-3784; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Metabolism of Isovanillate, Vanillate, and Veratrate by Comamonas testosteroni Strain BR6020 Miguel A. Providenti, Jason M. O'Brien, Jürgen Ruff, Alasdair M. Cook, and Iain B. Lambert J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3862-3869; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Maltose and Maltodextrin Utilization by Bacillus subtilis Stefan Schönert, Sabine Seitz, Holger Krafft, Eva-Anne Feuerbaum, Iris Andernach, Gabriele Witz, and Michael K. Dahl J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3911-3922; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Xanthosine Utilization in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Is Recovered by a Single Aspartate-to-Glycine Substitution in Xanthosine Phosphorylase Michael Riis Hansen, Jesper Tranekjær Jørgensen, and Gert Dandanell J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4153-4157; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Different Roles of EIIABMan and EIIGlc in Regulation of Energy Metabolism, Biofilm Development, and Competence in Streptococcus mutans Jacqueline Abranches, Melissa M. Candella, Zezhang T. Wen, Henry V. Baker, and Robert A. Burne J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3748-3756; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

6S RNA Regulation of pspF Transcription Leads to Altered Cell Survival at High pH Amy E. Trotochaud and Karen M. Wassarman J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3936-3943; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Contribution of the PhoP-PhoQ and PmrA-PmrB Two-Component Regulatory Systems to Mg2+-Induced Gene Regulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Joseph B. McPhee, Manjeet Bains, Geoff Winsor, Shawn Lewenza, Agnieszka Kwasnicka, Michelle D. Brazas, Fiona S. L. Brinkman, and R. E. W. Hancock J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3995-4006; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Isolation and Characterization of VceC Gain-of-Function Mutants That Can Function with the AcrAB Multiple-Drug-Resistant Efflux Pump of Escherichia coli Govindsamy Vediyappan, Tatyana Borisova, and Joe A. Fralick J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3757-3762; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ectopic Overexpression of Wild-Type and Mutant hipA Genes in Escherichia coli: Effects on Macromolecular Synthesis and Persister Formation Shaleen B. Korch and Thomas M. Hill J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3826-3836; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli Competence Gene Homologs Are Essential for Competitive Fitness and the Use of DNA as a Nutrient Vyacheslav Palchevskiy and Steven E. Finkel J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3902-3910; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structural and Functional Characterization of Three Polyketide Synthase Gene Clusters in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB 42 Xiao-Hua Chen, Joachim Vater, Jörn Piel, Peter Franke, Romy Scholz, Kathrin Schneider, Alexandra Koumoutsi, Gabriele Hitzeroth, Nicolas Grammel, Axel W. Strittmatter, Gerhard Gottschalk, Roderich D. Süssmuth, and Rainer Borriss J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4024-4036; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcription of the Bacillus subtilis gerK Operon, Which Encodes a Spore Germinant Receptor, and Comparison with That of Operons Encoding Other Germinant Receptors Takao Igarashi and Peter Setlow J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4131-4136; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Utilization of the Methoxymalonyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Biosynthesis Locus for Cloning the Oxazolomycin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster from Streptomyces albus JA3453 Chunhua Zhao, Jianhua Ju, Steven D. Christenson, Wyatt C. Smith, Danfeng Song, Xiufen Zhou, Ben Shen, and Zixin Deng J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4142-4147; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Utilization of the Methoxymalonyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Biosynthesis Locus for Cloning of the Tautomycin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster from Streptomyces spiroverticillatus Wenli Li, Jianhua Ju, Hiroyuki Osada, and Ben Shen J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4148-4152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Proteomic Insights into Metabolic Adaptations in Alcanivorax borkumensis Induced by Alkane Utilization Julia S. Sabirova, Manuel Ferrer, Daniela Regenhardt, Kenneth N. Timmis, and Peter N. Golyshin J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3763-3773; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complete Cellulase System in the Marine Bacterium Saccharophagus degradans Strain 2-40T Larry E. Taylor, II, Bernard Henrissat, Pedro M. Coutinho, Nathan A. Ekborg, Steven W. Hutcheson, and Ronald M. Weiner J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3849-3861; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Genome of the Obligately Intracellular Bacterium Ehrlichia canis Reveals Themes of Complex Membrane Structure and Immune Evasion Strategies K. Mavromatis, C. Kuyler Doyle, A. Lykidis, N. Ivanova, M. P. Francino, P. Chain, M. Shin, S. Malfatti, F. Larimer, A. Copeland, J. C. Detter, M. Land, P. M. Richardson, X. J. Yu, D. H. Walker, J. W. McBride, and N. C. Kyrpides J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4015-4023; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acquisition and Evolution of the exoU Locus in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bridget R. Kulasekara, Hemantha D. Kulasekara, Matthew C. Wolfgang, Lisa Stevens, Dara W. Frank, and Stephen Lory J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4037-4050; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salt Stress in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough: an Integrated Genomics Approach Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Zhili He, Eric J. Alm, Adam P. Arkin, Edward E. Baidoo, Sharon C. Borglin, Wenqiong Chen, Terry C. Hazen, Qiang He, Hoi-Ying Holman, Katherine Huang, Rick Huang, Dominique C. Joyner, Natalie Katz, Martin Keller, Paul Oeller, Alyssa Redding, Jun Sun, Judy Wall, Jing Wei, Zamin Yang, Huei-Che Yen, Jizhong Zhou, and Jay D. Keasling J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4068-4078; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Genomics of Stress Response in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 Oleg N. Reva, Christian Weinel, Miryam Weinel, Kerstin Böhm, Diana Stjepandic, Jörg D. Hoheisel, and Burkhard Tümmler J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4079-4092; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Characterization of the Siderophore of Francisella tularensis and Role of fslA in Siderophore Production Jonathan Tabb Sullivan, Erin Field Jeffery, John D. Shannon, and Girija Ramakrishnan J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3785-3795; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Analysis of Glucan Binding Protein B from Streptococcus mutans Renata O. Mattos-Graner, Kristen A. Porter, Daniel J. Smith, Yumiko Hosogi, and Margaret J. Duncan J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3813-3825; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Superoxide Dismutases of Bacillus anthracis Do Not Cooperatively Protect against Endogenous Superoxide Stress Karla D. Passalacqua, Nicholas H. Bergman, Amy Herring-Palmer, and Philip Hanna J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3837-3848; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Haemophilus influenzae Type b hcsA and hcsB Gene Products Facilitate Transport of Capsular Polysaccharide across the Outer Membrane and Are Essential for Virulence Soila Sukupolvi-Petty, Susan Grass, and Joseph W. StGeme, III J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3870-3877; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Overexpression of PrfA Leads to Growth Inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes in Glucose-Containing Culture Media by Interfering with Glucose Uptake A. K. Marr, B. Joseph, S. Mertins, R. Ecke, S. Müller-Altrock, and W. Goebel J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3887-3901; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Crl Activates Transcription Initiation of RpoS-Regulated Genes Involved in the Multicellular Behavior of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Véronique Robbe-Saule, Valentin Jaumouillé, Marie-Christine Prévost, Stéphanie Guadagnini, Christelle Talhouarne, Hayette Mathout, Annie Kolb, and Françoise Norel J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3983-3994; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Inhibition of ATP Hydrolysis by Thermoalkaliphilic F1Fo-ATP Synthase Is Controlled by the C Terminus of the Subunit Stefanie Keis, Achim Stocker, Peter Dimroth, and Gregory M. Cook J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3796-3804; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The X-Ray Structure of the Haloalcohol Dehalogenase HheA from Arthrobacter sp. Strain AD2: Insight into Enantioselectivity and Halide Binding in the Haloalcohol Dehalogenase Family René M. de Jong, Kor H. Kalk, Lixia Tang, Dick B. Janssen, and Bauke W. Dijkstra J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4051-4056; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Spatial Localizations of Mam22 and Mam12 in the Magnetosomes of Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum Azuma Taoka, Ryuji Asada, Hideaki Sasaki, Kazushi Anzawa, Long-Fei Wu, and Yoshihiro Fukumori J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3805-3812; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Albomycin Uptake via a Ferric Hydroxamate Transport System of Streptococcus pneumoniae R6 Avijit Pramanik and Volkmar Braun J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3878-3886; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bundle-Forming Pili and EspA Are Involved in Biofilm Formation by Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Cristiano G. Moreira, Kelli Palmer, Marvin Whiteley, Marcelo P. Sircili, Luiz R. Trabulsi, Antonio F. P. Castro, and Vanessa Sperandio J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3952-3961; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Active Transcription of rRNA Operons Is a Driving Force for the Distribution of RNA Polymerase in Bacteria: Effect of Extrachromosomal Copies of rrnB on the In Vivo Localization of RNA Polymerase Julio E. Cabrera and Ding J. Jin J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4007-4014; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Subcellular Partitioning of Transcription Factors in Bacillus subtilis Geoff P. Doherty, Donna H. Meredith, and Peter J. Lewis J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4101-4110; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Periplasmic Folding of a Cysteineless Autotransporter Passenger Domain Interferes with Its Outer Membrane Translocation Nancy Rutherford, Marie-Ève Charbonneau, Frédéric Berthiaume, Jean-Michel Betton, and Michael Mourez J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4111-4116; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Evolution of Immunity and Host Chromosome Integration Site of P2-Like Coliphages Joakim L. Karlsson, Carlos Cardoso-Palacios, Anders S. Nilsson, and Elisabeth Haggård-Ljungquist J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3923-3935; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anatomy of a Lactococcal Phage Tail Stephen Mc Grath, Horst Neve, Jos F. M. L. Seegers, Robyn Eijlander, Christina S. Vegge, Lone Brøndsted, Knut J. Heller, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Finn K. Vogensen, and Douwe van Sinderen J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3972-3982; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomic and Functional Analysis of the IncP-9 Naphthalene-Catabolic Plasmid NAH7 and Its Transposon Tn4655 Suggests Catabolic Gene Spread by a Tyrosine Recombinase Masahiro Sota, Hirokazu Yano, Akira Ono, Ryo Miyazaki, Hidenori Ishii, Hiroyuki Genka, Eva M. Top, and Masataka Tsuda J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4057-4067; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

A New Integrative Conjugative Element Occurs in Mycoplasma agalactiae as Chromosomal and Free Circular Forms Marc Marenda, Valérie Barbe, Géraldine Gourgues, Sophie Mangenot, Evelyne Sagne, and Christine Citti J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4137-4141; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Mutationally Altered Signal Output in the Nart (NarX-Tar) Hybrid Chemoreceptor Scott M. Ward, Arjan F. Bormans, and Michael D. Manson J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3944-3951; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Activation of Escherichia coli Chemoreceptors by Blue-Light Stimuli Stuart Wright, Bharat Walia, John S. Parkinson, and Shahid Khan J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 3962-3971; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Methylation Sites in Thermotoga maritima Chemotaxis Receptors Eduardo Perez, Haiyan Zheng, and Ann M. Stock J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4093-4100; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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Rapid Succession within the Veillonella Population of a Developing Human Oral Biofilm In Situ Robert J. Palmer, Jr., Patricia I. Diaz, and Paul E. Kolenbrander J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4117-4124; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Basis of L-Rhamnose Branch Formation in Streptococcal Coaggregation Receptor Polysaccharides Yasuo Yoshida, Soumya Ganguly, C. Allen Bush, and John O. Cisar J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4125-4130; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Gene Involved in Transcriptional Activation of the hrp Regulatory Gene hrpG in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae Seiji Tsuge, Takeshi Nakayama, Shinsaku Terashima, Hirokazu Ochiai, Ayako Furutani, Takashi Oku, Kazunori Tsuno, Yasuyuki Kubo, and Hisatoshi Kaku J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4158-4162; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Characterization of Dissimilatory Fe(III) versus NO3– Reduction in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum Lawrence F. Feinberg and James F. Holden J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4163 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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