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Contents: October 2006, Volume 188, Issue 20        Guest Commentaries        Microbial Cell Biology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Physiology and Metabolism        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Gene Regulation        Enzymes and Proteins        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Genomics and Proteomics        Population Genetics and Evolution        Structural Biology        Signal Transduction

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Guest Commentaries:

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Fine Structure of a Fine Machine David F. Blair J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7033-7035; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Mannose Transporter Complex: an Open Door for the Macromolecular Invasion of Bacteria Bernhard Erni J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7036-7038; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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The Three-Dimensional Structure of the Flagellar Rotor from a Clockwise-Locked Mutant of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Dennis R. Thomas, Noreen R. Francis, Chen Xu, and David J. DeRosier J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7039-7048; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

FtsZ from Divergent Foreign Bacteria Can Function for Cell Division in Escherichia coli Masaki Osawa and Harold P. Erickson J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7132-7140; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Effects of yfgL Mutation on Escherichia coli Outer Membrane Proteins and Lipopolysaccharide Emily S. Charlson, John N. Werner, and Rajeev Misra J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7186-7194; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Bactericidal Activity of both Secreted and Nonsecreted Microcin E492 Requires the Mannose Permease Sylvain Bieler, Filo Silva, Claudio Soto, and Dominique Belin J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7049-7061; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Adaptive Gene Expression in Bacillus subtilis Strains Deleted for tetL Yi Wei, Gintaras Deikus, Benjamin Powers, Victor Shelden, Terry A. Krulwich, and David H. Bechhofer J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7090-7100; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Replisome Localization in Vegetative and Aerial Hyphae of Streptomyces coelicolor Beata Ruban-Osmialowska, Dagmara Jakimowicz, Aleksandra Smulczyk-Krawczyszyn, Keith F. Chater, and Jolanta Zakrzewska-Czerwinska J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7311-7316; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Plasmid-Borne Truncated luxI Homolog Controls Quorum-Sensing Systems and Extracellular Carbohydrate Production in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 Carlos G. Nieto Penalver, Franck Cantet, Danièle Morin, Dominique Haras, and Julia A. Vorholt J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7321-7324; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Regulatory Loop between Redox Sensing of the NADH/NAD+ Ratio by Rex (YdiH) and Oxidation of NADH by NADH Dehydrogenase Ndh in Bacillus subtilis Smita Gyan, Yoshihiko Shiohira, Ichiro Sato, Michio Takeuchi, and Tsutomu Sato J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7062-7071; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Physiological Analysis of the Stringent Response Elicited in an Extreme Thermophilic Bacterium, Thermus thermophilus Koji Kasai, Tomoyasu Nishizawa, Kosaku Takahashi, Takeshi Hosaka, Hiroyuki Aoki, and Kozo Ochi J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7111-7122; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interrelations between Glycine Betaine Catabolism and Methionine Biosynthesis in Sinorhizobium meliloti Strain 102F34 Lise Barra, Catherine Fontenelle, Gwennola Ermel, Annie Trautwetter, Graham C. Walker, and Carlos Blanco J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7195-7204; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Altered Ca2+ Regulation of Yop Secretion in Yersinia enterocolitica after DNA Adenine Methyltransferase Overproduction Is Mediated by Clp-Dependent Degradation of LcrG Stefan Fälker, M. Alexander Schmidt, and Gerhard Heusipp J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7072-7081; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Defining the Pseudomonas aeruginosa SOS Response and Its Role in the Global Response to the Antibiotic Ciprofloxacin Ryan T. Cirz, Bryan M. O'Neill, Jennifer A. Hammond, Steven R. Head, and Floyd E. Romesberg J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7101-7110; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

AmiC Functions as an N-Acetylmuramyl-L-Alanine Amidase Necessary for Cell Separation and Can Promote Autolysis in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Daniel L. Garcia and Joseph P. Dillard J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7211-7221; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Rgg Regulator of Streptococcus pyogenes Influences Utilization of Nonglucose Carbohydrates, Prophage Induction, and Expression of the NAD-Glycohydrolase Virulence Operon Alexander V. Dmitriev, Emily J. McDowell, Kyle V. Kappeler, Michelle A. Chaussee, Lindsey D. Rieck, and Michael S. Chaussee J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7230-7241; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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A Conserved Inverted Repeat, the LipR Box, Mediates Transcriptional Activation of the Streptomyces exfoliatus Lipase Gene by LipR, a Member of the STAND Class of P-Loop Nucleoside Triphosphatases Zahaed Evangelista-Martínez, Gabriela González-Cerón, and Luis Servín-González J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7082-7089; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Mercury Resistance in the Crenarchaeote Sulfolobus solfataricus James Schelert, Melissa Drozda, Vidula Dixit, Amanda Dillman, and Paul Blum J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7141-7150; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The E Cell Envelope Stress Response of Streptomyces coelicolor Is Influenced by a Novel Lipoprotein, CseA Matthew I. Hutchings, Hee-Jeon Hong, Emmanuelle Leibovitz, Iain C. Sutcliffe, and Mark J. Buttner J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7222-7229; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Blocking Chromosome Translocation during Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis Can Result in Prespore-Specific Activation of G That Is Independent of E and of Engulfment Vasant K. Chary, Panagiotis Xenopoulos, and Patrick J. Piggot J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7267-7273; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differential Regulation of the Three Methanol Methyltransferase Isozymes in Methanosarcina acetivorans C2A Arpita Bose, Matthew A. Pritchett, Michael Rother, and William W. Metcalf J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7274-7283; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of -Glucosidase and -Mannosidase and Their Clustered Genes from the Thermoacidophilic Archaeon Picrophilus torridus Angel Angelov, Mateusz Putyrski, and Wolfgang Liebl J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7123-7131; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heterologous Expression, Purification, and Characterization of an L-Ornithine N5-Hydroxylase Involved in Pyoverdine Siderophore Biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Li Ge and Stephen Y. K. Seah J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7205-7210; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Threonine-978 in the Transmembrane Segment of the Multidrug Efflux Pump AcrB of Escherichia coli Is Crucial for Drug Transport as a Probable Component of the Proton Relay Network Yumiko Takatsuka and Hiroshi Nikaido J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7284-7289; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence for Conformational Changes within DsbD: Possible Role for Membrane-Embedded Proline Residues Annie Hiniker, Didier Vertommen, James C. A. Bardwell, and Jean-Francois Collet J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7317-7320; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Identification and Sequence of a tet(M) Tetracycline Resistance Determinant Homologue in Clinical Isolates of Escherichia coli C. Hal Jones, Margareta Tuckman, Ellen Murphy, and Patricia A. Bradford J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7151-7164; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Time-Dependent Proteome Alterations under Osmotic Stress during Aerobic and Anaerobic Growth in Escherichia coli Arnim Weber, Stephanie A. Kögl, and Kirsten Jung J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7165-7175; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Survival and Growth in the Presence of Elevated Copper: Transcriptional Profiling of Copper-Stressed Pseudomonas aeruginosa Gail M. Teitzel, Ashley Geddie, Susan K. De Long, Mary Jo Kirisits, Marvin Whiteley, and Matthew R. Parsek J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7242-7256; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Genome Sequence of Mannheimia haemolytica A1: Insights into Virulence, Natural Competence, and Pasteurellaceae Phylogeny Jason Gioia, Xiang Qin, Huaiyang Jiang, Kenneth Clinkenbeard, Reggie Lo, Yamei Liu, George E. Fox, Shailaja Yerrapragada, Michael P. McLeod, Thomas Z. McNeill, Lisa Hemphill, Erica Sodergren, Qiaoyan Wang, Donna M. Muzny, Farah J. Homsi, George M. Weinstock, and Sarah K. Highlander J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7257-7266; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Positive Selection on Transposase Genes of Insertion Sequences in the Crocosphaera watsonii Genome Ted H. M. Mes and Marije Doeleman J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7176-7185; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Phylogenomics of Clostridium difficile Reveals Clade Specificity and Microevolution of Hypervirulent Strains R. A. Stabler, D. N. Gerding, J. G. Songer, D. Drudy, J. S. Brazier, H. T. Trinh, A. A. Witney, J. Hinds, and B. W. Wren J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7297-7305; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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Conformation of the AcrB Multidrug Efflux Pump in Mutants of the Putative Proton Relay Pathway Chih-Chia Su, Ming Li, Ruoyu Gu, Yumiko Takatsuka, Gerry McDermott, Hiroshi Nikaido, and Edward W. Yu J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7290-7296; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Phototaxis and Impaired Motility in Adenylyl Cyclase and Cyclase Receptor Protein Mutants of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Devaki Bhaya, Kenlee Nakasugi, Fariba Fazeli, and Matthew S. Burriesci J. Bacteriol. October 2006 188: 7306-7310; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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