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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Humberto Sanchez, Dawit Kidane, M. Castillo Cozar, Peter L. Graumann, and Juan C. Alonso

Recruitment of Bacillus subtilis RecN to DNA Double-Strand Breaks in the Absence of DNA End Processing
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 353-360. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kartik Viswanathan, Poorna Viswanathan, and Lee Kroos

Mutational Analysis of the Myxococcus xanthus 4406 Promoter Region Reveals an Upstream Negative Regulatory Element That Mediates C-Signal Dependence
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 515-524. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jessica M. Silvaggi, John B. Perkins, and Richard Losick

Genes for Small, Noncoding RNAs under Sporulation Control in Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 532-541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Yoshio Kimura, Hiromi Nakatuma, Naoko Sato, and Mika Ohtani

Contribution of the Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases PdeA and PdeB to Adaptation of Myxococcus xanthus Cells to Osmotic or High-Temperature Stress
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 823-828. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Petra Gruening, Marcus Fulde, Peter Valentin-Weigand, and Ralph Goethe

Structure, Regulation, and Putative Function of the Arginine Deiminase System of Streptococcus suis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 361-369. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jessica E. Butler, Richard H. Glaven, Abraham Esteve-Núñez, Cinthia Núñez, Evgenya S. Shelobolina, Daniel R. Bond, and Derek R. Lovley

Genetic Characterization of a Single Bifunctional Enzyme for Fumarate Reduction and Succinate Oxidation in Geobacter sulfurreducens and Engineering of Fumarate Reduction in Geobacter metallireducens
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 450-455. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brenda S. Pratte and Teresa Thiel

High-Affinity Vanadate Transport System in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 464-468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lawrence F. Feinberg and James F. Holden

Characterization of Dissimilatory Fe(III) versus NO₃^– Reduction in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrobaculum aerophilum
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 525-531. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rocío Canals, Silvia Ramirez, Silvia Vilches, Gavin Horsburgh, Jonathan G. Shaw, Juan M. Tomás, and Susana Merino

Polar Flagellum Biogenesis in Aeromonas hydrophila
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 542-555. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Surtaj Hussain Iram and John E. Cronan

The ß-Oxidation Systems of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica Are Not Functionally Equivalent
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 599-608. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jens Olaf Krömer, Elmar Heinzle, Hartwig Schröder, and Christoph Wittmann

Accumulation of Homolanthionine and Activation of a Novel Pathway for Isoleucine Biosynthesis in Corynebacterium glutamicum McbR Deletion Strains
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 609-618. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kerstin Schreiber, Nelli Boes, Martin Eschbach, Lothar Jaensch, Juergen Wehland, Thomas Bjarnsholt, Michael Givskov, Morten Hentzer, and Max Schobert

Anaerobic Survival of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Pyruvate Fermentation Requires an Usp-Type Stress Protein
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 659-668. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qingbo Li, Lingyun Li, Tomas Rejtar, Daniel J. Lessner, Barry L. Karger, and James G. Ferry

Electron Transport in the Pathway of Acetate Conversion to Methane in the Marine Archaeon Methanosarcina acetivorans
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 702-710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Jill H. Zeilstra-Ryalls and Kathryn L. Schornberg

Analysis of hemF Gene Function and Expression in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 801-804. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

Ahmed Touhami, Manfred H. Jericho, Jessica M. Boyd, and Terry J. Beveridge

Nanoscale Characterization and Determination of Adhesion Forces of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pili by Using Atomic Force Microscopy
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 370-377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Khalil Mazouni, Gérard Pehau-Arnaudet, Patrick England, Pascale Bourhy, Isabelle Saint Girons, and Mathieu Picardeau

The Scc Spirochetal Coiled-Coil Protein Forms Helix-Like Filaments and Binds to Nucleic Acids Generating Nucleoprotein Structures
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 469-476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey M. Chen, Greg J. German, David C. Alexander, Huiping Ren, Tracy Tan, and Jun Liu

Roles of Lsr2 in Colony Morphology and Biofilm Formation of Mycobacterium smegmatis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 633-641. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yasuko Kaneko, Radostin Danev, Kuniaki Nagayama, and Hitoshi Nakamoto

Intact Carboxysomes in a Cyanobacterial Cell Visualized by Hilbert Differential Contrast Transmission Electron Microscopy
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 805-808. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rachael C. Mallo and Michael T. Ashby

AqpZ-Mediated Water Permeability in Escherichia coli Measured by Stopped-Flow Spectroscopy
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 820-822. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Johan Waldemarsson, Thomas Areschoug, Gunnar Lindahl, and Eskil Johnsson

The Streptococcal Blr and Slr Proteins Define a Family of Surface Proteins with Leucine-Rich Repeats: Camouflaging by Other Surface Structures
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 378-388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer A. Loughman and Michael Caparon

Regulation of SpeB in Streptococcus pyogenes by pH and NaCl: a Model for In Vivo Gene Expression
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 399-408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

G. Marcela Rodriguez and Issar Smith

Identification of an ABC Transporter Required for Iron Acquisition and Virulence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 424-430. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cristina Bongiorni, Ricarda Stoessel, Dorinda Shoemaker, and Marta Perego

Rap Phosphatase of Virulence Plasmid pXO1 Inhibits Bacillus anthracis Sporulation
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 487-498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Robert H. Waldo, III and Duncan C. Krause

Synthesis, Stability, and Function of Cytadhesin P1 and Accessory Protein B/C Complex of Mycoplasma pneumoniae
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 569-575. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christof von Eiff, Peter McNamara, Karsten Becker, Donna Bates, Xiang-He Lei, Michael Ziman, Barry R. Bochner, Georg Peters, and Richard A. Proctor

Phenotype Microarray Profiling of Staphylococcus aureus menD and hemB Mutants with the Small-Colony-Variant Phenotype
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 687-693. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Anisia J. Silva and Jorge A. Benitez

A Vibrio cholerae Relaxed (relA) Mutant Expresses Major Virulence Factors, Exhibits Biofilm Formation and Motility, and Colonizes the Suckling Mouse Intestine
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 794-800. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Sung G. Lee and Vincent A. Fischetti

Purification and Characterization of LPXTGase from Staphylococcus aureus: the Amino Acid Composition Mirrors That Found in the Peptidoglycan
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 389-398. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gabriela Gago, Daniel Kurth, Lautaro Diacovich, Shiou-Chuan Tsai, and Hugo Gramajo

Biochemical and Structural Characterization of an Essential Acyl Coenzyme A Carboxylase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 477-486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giovanni D'Errico, Anna Di Salle, Francesco La Cara, Mosè Rossi, and Raffaele Cannio

Identification and Characterization of a Novel Bacterial Sulfite Oxidase with No Heme Binding Domain from Deinococcus radiodurans
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 694-701. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gene Regulation:

Michal Letek, Noelia Valbuena, Angelina Ramos, Efrén Ordóñez, José A. Gil, and Luís M. Mateos

Characterization and Use of Catabolite-Repressed Promoters from Gluconate Genes in Corynebacterium glutamicum
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 409-423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Nicola Casali, Amy M. White, and Lee W. Riley

Regulation of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis mce1 Operon
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 441-449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William R. Will and Laura S. Frost

Characterization of the Opposing Roles of H-NS and TraJ in Transcriptional Regulation of the F-Plasmid tra Operon
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 507-514. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maria Castillo-Keller, Phu Vuong, and Rajeev Misra

Novel Mechanism of Escherichia coli Porin Regulation
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 576-586. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sofiane Ghorbel, Jan Kormanec, Alexandra Artus, and Marie-Joelle Virolle

Transcriptional Studies and Regulatory Interactions between the phoR-phoP Operon and the phoU, mtpA, and ppk Genes of Streptomyces lividans TK24
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 677-686. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gesine Rudolph, Geo Semini, Felix Hauser, Andrea Lindemann, Markus Friberg, Hauke Hennecke, and Hans-Martin Fischer

The Iron Control Element, Acting in Positive and Negative Control of Iron-Regulated Bradyrhizobium japonicum Genes, Is a Target for the Irr Protein
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 733-744. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Elizabeth S. Egan, Stephane Duigou, and Matthew K. Waldor

Autorepression of RctB, an Initiator of Vibrio cholerae Chromosome II Replication
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 789-793. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Giordano Rampioni, Iris Bertani, Elisabetta Zennaro, Fabio Polticelli, Vittorio Venturi, and Livia Leoni

The Quorum-Sensing Negative Regulator RsaL of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Binds to the lasI Promoter
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 815-819. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Communities and Interactions:

Wook Kim and Michael G. Surette

Coordinated Regulation of Two Independent Cell-Cell Signaling Systems and Swarmer Differentiation in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 431-440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Moshe Herzberg, Ian K. Kaye, Wolfgang Peti, and Thomas K. Wood

YdgG (TqsA) Controls Biofilm Formation in Escherichia coli K-12 through Autoinducer 2 Transport
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 587-598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ty A. Gould, Jake Herman, Jessica Krank, Robert C. Murphy, and Mair E. A. Churchill

Specificity of Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Synthases Examined by Mass Spectrometry
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 773-783. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J. Paul Kirwan, Ty A. Gould, Herbert P. Schweizer, Scott W. Bearden, Robert C. Murphy, and Mair E. A. Churchill

Quorum-Sensing Signal Synthesis by the Yersinia pestis Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Synthase YspI
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 784-788. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

Jenn-Wei Chen, Chang-Ming Sun, Wei-Lun Sheng, Yu-Chen Wang, and Wan-Jr Syu

Expression Analysis of Up-Regulated Genes Responding to Plumbagin in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 456-463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Biju Joseph, Karin Przybilla, Claudia Stühler, Kristina Schauer, Jörg Slaghuis, Thilo M. Fuchs, and Werner Goebel

Identification of Listeria monocytogenes Genes Contributing to Intracellular Replication by Expression Profiling and Mutant Screening
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 556-568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Wolfgang F. Fricke, Henning Seedorf, Anke Henne, Markus Krüer, Heiko Liesegang, Reiner Hedderich, Gerhard Gottschalk, and Rudolf K. Thauer

The Genome Sequence of Methanosphaera stadtmanae Reveals Why This Human Intestinal Archaeon Is Restricted to Methanol and H₂ for Methane Formation and ATP Synthesis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 642-658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jodi A. Lindsay, Catrin E. Moore, Nicholas P. Day, Sharon J. Peacock, Adam A. Witney, Richard A. Stabler, Sarah E. Husain, Philip D. Butcher, and Jason Hinds

Microarrays Reveal that Each of the Ten Dominant Lineages of Staphylococcus aureus Has a Unique Combination of Surface-Associated and Regulatory Genes
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 669-676. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Chia-wei Wu, Jeremy Glasner, Michael Collins, Saleh Naser, and Adel M. Talaat

Whole-Genome Plasticity among Mycobacterium avium Subspecies: Insights from Comparative Genomic Hybridizations
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 711-723. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Timothy J. Johnson, Kylie E. Siek, Sara J. Johnson, and Lisa K. Nolan

DNA Sequence of a ColV Plasmid and Prevalence of Selected Plasmid-Encoded Virulence Genes among Avian Escherichia coli Strains
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 745-758. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Gaudriault, E. Duchaud, A. Lanois, A.-S. Canoy, S. Bourot, R. DeRose, F. Kunst, N. Boemare, and A. Givaudan

Whole-Genome Comparison between Photorhabdus Strains To Identify Genomic Regions Involved in the Specificity of Nematode Interaction
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 809-814. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Sarah Jandle and Richard Meyer

Stringent and Relaxed Recognition of oriT by Related Systems for Plasmid Mobilization: Implications for Horizontal Gene Transfer
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 499-506. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark Oram, Andrew A. Travers, Alison J. Howells, Anthony Maxwell, and Martin L. Pato

Dissection of the Bacteriophage Mu Strong Gyrase Site (SGS): Significance of the SGS Right Arm in Mu Biology and DNA Gyrase Mechanism
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 619-632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Signal Transduction:

Martina Kocan, Steffen Schaffer, Takeru Ishige, Ulrike Sorger-Herrmann, Volker F. Wendisch, and Michael Bott

Two-Component Systems of Corynebacterium glutamicum: Deletion Analysis and Involvement of the PhoS-PhoR System in the Phosphate Starvation Response
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 724-732. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Population Genetics and Evolution:

Ingrid Filliol, Alifiya S. Motiwala, Magali Cavatore, Weihong Qi, Manzour Hernando Hazbón, Miriam Bobadilla del Valle, Janet Fyfe, Lourdes García-García, Nalin Rastogi, Christophe Sola, Thierry Zozio, Marta Inírida Guerrero, Clara Inés León, Jonathan Crabtree, Sam Angiuoli, Kathleen D. Eisenach, Riza Durmaz, Moses L. Joloba, Adrian Rendón, José Sifuentes-Osornio, Alfredo Ponce de León, M. Donald Cave, Robert Fleischmann, Thomas S. Whittam, and David Alland

Global Phylogeny of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Analysis: Insights into Tuberculosis Evolution, Phylogenetic Accuracy of Other DNA Fingerprinting Systems, and Recommendations for a Minimal Standard SNP Set
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 759-772. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

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