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Contents: June 2006, Volume 188, Issue 12        Guest Commentaries        Signal Transduction        Physiology and Metabolism        Microbial Cell Biology        Genomics and Proteomics        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymes and Proteins        Population Genetics and Evolution        Gene Regulation        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Structural Biology        Plant Microbiology

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Guest Commentaries:

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Census of Prokaryotic Senses Robert B. Bourret J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4165-4168; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Structural Classification of Bacterial Response Regulators: Diversity of Output Domains and Domain Combinations Michael Y. Galperin J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4169-4182; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

RcsF Is an Outer Membrane Lipoprotein Involved in the RcsCDB Phosphorelay Signaling Pathway in Escherichia coli Marie-Pierre Castanié-Cornet, Kaymeuang Cam, and Annick Jacq J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4264-4270; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cysteine-Scanning Analysis of the Chemoreceptor-Coupling Domain of the Escherichia coli Chemotaxis Signaling Kinase CheA Jinshi Zhao and John S. Parkinson J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4321-4330; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Lesions in Teichoic Acid Biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus Lead to a Lethal Gain of Function in the Otherwise Dispensable Pathway Michael A. D'Elia, Mark P. Pereira, Yu Seon Chung, Wenjun Zhao, Andrew Chau, Teresa J. Kenney, Mark C. Sulavik, Todd A. Black, and Eric D. Brown J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4183-4189; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Citric Acid Cycle in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrobaculum islandicum Grown Autotrophically, Heterotrophically, and Mixotrophically with Acetate Yajing Hu and James F. Holden J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4350-4355; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Role of the Intramolecular Disulfide Bond in FlgI, the Flagellar P-Ring Component of Escherichia coli Yohei Hizukuri, Toshiharu Yakushi, Ikuro Kawagishi, and Michio Homma J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4190-4197; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1244 Pilin Glycosylation: Glycan Substrate Recognition Joseph Horzempa, Charles R. Dean, Joanna B. Goldberg, and Peter Castric J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4244-4252; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Glycosylation of b-Type Flagellin of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Structural and Genetic Basis Amrisha Verma, Michael Schirm, Shiwani K. Arora, P. Thibault, Susan M. Logan, and Reuben Ramphal J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4395-4403; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional and Translational Control of the Salmonella fliC Gene Phillip Aldridge, Joshua Gnerer, Joyce E. Karlinsey, and Kelly T. Hughes J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4487-4496; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Mutations and Rearrangements in the Genome of Sulfolobus solfataricus P2 Peter Redder and Roger A. Garrett J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4198-4206; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Whole-Genome Transcription Profiling Reveals Genes Up-Regulated by Growth on Fucose in the Human Gut Bacterium "Roseburia inulinivorans" Karen P. Scott, Jennifer C. Martin, Gillian Campbell, Claus-Dieter Mayer, and Harry J. Flint J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4340-4349; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complete Genome Sequence of Yersinia pestis Strains Antiqua and Nepal516: Evidence of Gene Reduction in an Emerging Pathogen Patrick S. G. Chain, Ping Hu, Stephanie A. Malfatti, Lyndsay Radnedge, Frank Larimer, Lisa M. Vergez, Patricia Worsham, May C. Chu, and Gary L. Andersen J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4453-4463; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dynamic Metabolic Adjustments and Genome Plasticity Are Implicated in the Heat Shock Response of the Extremely Thermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus Sabrina Tachdjian and Robert M. Kelly J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4553-4559; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Transcriptome Analysis of the Cold Shock Response of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 and Mutational Analysis of Its Classical Cold Shock Proteins Haichun Gao, Zamin K. Yang, Liyou Wu, Dorothea K. Thompson, and Jizhong Zhou J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4560-4569; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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The BBA01 Protein, a Member of Paralog Family 48 from Borrelia burgdorferi, Is Potentially Interchangeable with the Channel-Forming Protein P13 Marija Pinne, Katrin Denker, Elin Nilsson, Roland Benz, and Sven Bergström J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4207-4217; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Mechanism of Tryptophan-Dependent Transcriptional Regulation in Chlamydia trachomatis Johnny C. Akers and Ming Tan J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4236-4243; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Borrelia burgdorferi EbfC, a Novel, Chromosomally Encoded Protein, Binds Specific DNA Sequences Adjacent to erp Loci on the Spirochete's Resident cp32 Prophages Kelly Babb, Tomasz Bykowski, Sean P. Riley, M. Clarke Miller, Edward DeMoll, and Brian Stevenson J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4331-4339; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Lipid A 1-Phosphatase of Helicobacter pylori Is Required for Resistance to the Antimicrobial Peptide Polymyxin An X. Tran, Judy D. Whittimore, Priscilla B. Wyrick, Sara C. McGrath, Robert J. Cotter, and M. Stephen Trent J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4531-4541; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Transposon Mutations in the 5' End of glnD, the Gene for a Nitrogen Regulatory Sensor, That Suppress the Osmosensitive Phenotype Caused by otsBA Lesions in Escherichia coli Anne Tøndervik, Haakon R. Torgersen, Hans K. Botnmark, and Arne R. Strøm J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4218-4226; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Orphan Response Regulator DigR Is Required for Synthesis of Extracellular Matrix Fibrils in Myxococcus xanthus Martin Overgaard, Sigrun Wegener-Feldbrügge, and Lotte Søgaard-Andersen J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4384-4394; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role for Tandem Duplication and Lon Protease in AcrAB-TolC- Dependent Multiple Antibiotic Resistance (Mar) in an Escherichia coli Mutant without Mutations in marRAB or acrRAB Hervé Nicoloff, Vincent Perreten, Laura M. McMurry, and Stuart B. Levy J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4413-4423; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chromosome Condensation in the Absence of the Non-SMC Subunits of MukBEF Qinhong Wang, Elena A. Mordukhova, Andrea L. Edwards, and Valentin V. Rybenkov J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4431-4441; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

N-Acyl-L-Homoserine Lactone Quorum Sensing Controls Butanediol Fermentation in Serratia plymuthica RVH1 and Serratia marcescens MG1 Rob Van Houdt, Pieter Moons, Maria Hueso Buj, and Chris W. Michiels J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4570-4572; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Synchrony Phenotype Persists after Elimination of Multiple GATC Sites from the dnaA Promoter of Escherichia coli Terry G. Wilkinson, II, G. C. Kedar, Chi Lee, Elena C. Guzmán, Douglas W. Smith, and Judith W. Zyskind J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4573-4576; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Binding by the Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus Cdc6 Protein Is Inhibited by the Minichromosome Maintenance Helicase Rajesh Kasiviswanathan, Jae-Ho Shin, and Zvi Kelman J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4577-4580; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cohesion-Defective Mutants of Myxococcus xanthus Pamela J. Bonner and Lawrence J. Shimkets J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4585-4588; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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The cbiS Gene of the Archaeon Methanopyrus kandleri AV19 Encodes a Bifunctional Enzyme with Adenosylcobinamide Amidohydrolase and -Ribazole-Phosphate Phosphatase Activities Jesse D. Woodson and Jorge C. Escalante-Semerena J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4227-4235; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Glutathione S-Transferase Catalyzes the Dehalogenation of Inhibitory Metabolites of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Pascal D. Fortin, Geoff P. Horsman, Hao M. Yang, and Lindsay D. Eltis J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4424-4430; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Effect of Repeat Copy Number on Variable-Number Tandem Repeat Mutations in Escherichia coli O157:H7 Amy J. Vogler, Christine Keys, Yoshimi Nemoto, Rebecca E. Colman, Zack Jay, and Paul Keim J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4253-4263; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Genetic Polymorphisms That Further Delineate the Phylogeny of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Richard C. Huard, Michel Fabre, Petra de Haas, Luiz Claudio Oliveira Lazzarini, Dick van Soolingen, Debby Cousins, and John L. Ho J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4271-4287; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Expression of SarX, a Negative Regulator of agr and Exoprotein Synthesis, Is Activated by MgrA in Staphylococcus aureus Adhar C. Manna and Ambrose L. Cheung J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4288-4299; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutational Analysis of the Bacillus subtilis RNA Polymerase C-Terminal Domain Supports the Interference Model of Spx-Dependent Repression Ying Zhang, Shunji Nakano, Soon-Yong Choi, and Peter Zuber J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4300-4311; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of Genes Coding for GerA and GerK Spore Germination Receptors Is Dependent on the Protein Phosphatase PrpE Krzysztof Hinc, Krzysztofa Nagórska, Adam Iwanicki, Grzegorz Wegrzyn, Simone J. Séror, and Michal Obuchowski J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4373-4383; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A LuxS-Dependent Cell-to-Cell Language Regulates Social Behavior and Development in Bacillus subtilis Esteban Lombardía, Adrián J. Rovetto, Ana L. Arabolaza, and Roberto R. Grau J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4442-4452; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Translation Inhibition of the Salmonella fliC Gene by the fliC 5' Untranslated Region, fliC Coding Sequences, and FlgM Valentina Rosu, Fabienne F. V. Chevance, Joyce E. Karlinsey, Takanori Hirano, and Kelly T. Hughes J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4497-4507; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The rcsA Promoter of Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii Features a Low-Level Constitutive Promoter and an EsaR Quorum-Sensing-Regulated Promoter Aurelien L. Carlier and S. B. von Bodman J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4581-4584; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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Proteomic Analysis of Campylobacter jejuni 11168 Biofilms Reveals a Role for the Motility Complex in Biofilm Formation Martin Kalmokoff, Patricia Lanthier, Tammy-Lynn Tremblay, Mary Foss, Peter C. Lau, Greg Sanders, John Austin, John Kelly, and Christine M. Szymanski J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4312-4320; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Characterization of the Ends and Target Site of a Novel Tetracycline Resistance-Encoding Conjugative Transposon from Enterococcus faecium 664.1H1 Adam P. Roberts, Ian J. Davis, Lorna Seville, Aurelie Villedieu, and Peter Mullany J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4356-4361; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Novel Partition System Encoded by the and Genes from the Streptococcal Plasmid pSM19035 Michal Dmowski, Izabela Sitkiewicz, and Piotr Ceglowski J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4362-4372; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Replication Control of Staphylococcal Multiresistance Plasmid pSK41: an Antisense RNA Mediates Dual-Level Regulation of Rep Expression Stephen M. Kwong, Ronald A. Skurray, and Neville Firth J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4404-4412; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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Structure of the Subunit of Escherichia coli DNA Polymerase III in Complex with the Subunit Max A. Keniry, Ah Young Park, Elisabeth A. Owen, Samir M. Hamdan, Guido Pintacuda, Gottfried Otting, and Nicholas E. Dixon J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4464-4473; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Crystal Structure of Neurotropism-Associated Variable Surface Protein 1 (Vsp1) of Borrelia turicatae Catherine L. Lawson, Brian H. Yung, Alan G. Barbour, and Wolfram R. Zückert J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4522-4530; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Crystal Structure of Pyridoxal Kinase from the Escherichia coli pdxK Gene: Implications for the Classification of Pyridoxal Kinases Martin K. Safo, Faik N. Musayev, Martino L. di Salvo, Sharyn Hunt, Jean-Baptiste Claude, and Verne Schirch J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4542-4552; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Proteins Exported via the PrsD-PrsE Type I Secretion System and the Acidic Exopolysaccharide Are Involved in Biofilm Formation by Rhizobium leguminosarum Daniela M. Russo, Alan Williams, Anne Edwards, Diana M. Posadas, Christine Finnie, Marcelo Dankert, J. Allan Downie, and Angeles Zorreguieta J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4474-4486; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CbrA Is a Stationary-Phase Regulator of Cell Surface Physiology and Legume Symbiosis in Sinorhizobium meliloti Katherine E. Gibson, Gordon R. Campbell, Javier Lloret, and Graham C. Walker J. Bacteriol. June 2006 188: 4508-4521; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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