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Contents: December 2006, Volume 188, Issue 24        Minireviews        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Microbial Cell Biology        Physiology and Metabolism        Plant Microbiology        Genomics and Proteomics        Enzymes and Proteins        Gene Regulation        Signal Transduction        Population Genetics and Evolution

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Minireviews:

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Cyclic Di-GMP Signaling in Bacteria: Recent Advances and New Puzzles Robert P. Ryan, Yvonne Fouhy, Jean F. Lucey, and J. Maxwell Dow J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8327-8334; published ahead of print October 6, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01079-06 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Mutational Analysis To Define an Activating Region on the Redox-Sensitive Transcriptional Regulator OxyR Xunde Wang, Partha Mukhopadhyay, Matthew J. Wood, F. Wayne Outten, Jason A. Opdyke, and Gisela Storz J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8335-8342; published ahead of print September 29, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01318-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase Recognition of a 70-Dependent Promoter Requiring a –35 DNA Element and an Extended –10 TGn Motif India Hook-Barnard, Xanthia B. Johnson, and Deborah M. Hinton J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8352-8359; published ahead of print September 29, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.00853-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Genetics of the rdar Morphotype in Salmonella A. P. White and M. G. Surette J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8395-8406; published ahead of print September 29, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.00798-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lysophosphatidylethanolamine Is a Substrate for the Short-Chain Alcohol Dehydrogenase SocA from Myxococcus xanthus Madhavi Avadhani, Roland Geyer, David C. White, and Lawrence J. Shimkets J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8543-8550; published ahead of print October 6, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01047-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa dinB-Encoded DNA Polymerase IV in Mutagenesis Laurie H. Sanders, Andrea Rockel, Haiping Lu, Daniel J. Wozniak, and Mark D. Sutton J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8573-8585; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01481-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Membrane Topology Mapping of the Na+-Pumping NADH: Quinone Oxidoreductase from Vibrio cholerae by PhoA- Green Fluorescent Protein Fusion Analysis Ellen B. Duffy and Blanca Barquera J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8343-8351; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01383-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus aureus IsdB Is a Hemoglobin Receptor Required for Heme Iron Utilization Victor J. Torres, Gleb Pishchany, Munir Humayun, Olaf Schneewind, and Eric P. Skaar J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8421-8429; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01335-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proteolytic Processing Is Not Essential for Multiple Functions of the Escherichia coli Autotransporter Adhesin Involved in Diffuse Adherence (AIDA-I) Marie-Ève Charbonneau, Frédéric Berthiaume, and Michael Mourez J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8504-8512; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.00864-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

SarA Is a Repressor of hla (-Hemolysin) Transcription in Staphylococcus aureus: Its Apparent Role as an Activator of hla in the Prototype Strain NCTC 8325 Depends on Reduced Expression of sarS Jan Oscarsson, Anna Kanth, Karin Tegmark-Wisell, and Staffan Arvidson J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8526-8533; published ahead of print September 29, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.00866-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lysine Decarboxylase Expression by Vibrio vulnificus Is Induced by SoxR in Response to Superoxide Stress Ju-Sim Kim, Sang Ho Choi, and Jeong K. Lee J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8586-8592; published ahead of print September 29, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01084-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycoplasma genitalium P140 and P110 Cytadhesins Are Reciprocally Stabilized and Required for Cell Adhesion and Terminal-Organelle Development Raul Burgos, Oscar Q. Pich, Mario Ferrer-Navarro, Joel B. Baseman, Enrique Querol, and Jaume Piñol J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8627-8637; published ahead of print October 6, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.00978-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus) actinomycetemcomitans Leukotoxin Secretion by Iron Nataliya V. Balashova, Roger Diaz, Sergey V. Balashov, Juan A. Crosby, and Scott C. Kachlany J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8658-8661; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01253-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Kinase Activity of Overexpressed HipA Is Required for Growth Arrest and Multidrug Tolerance in Escherichia coli Frederick F. Correia, Anthony D'Onofrio, Tomas Rejtar, Lingyun Li, Barry L. Karger, Kira Makarova, Eugene V. Koonin, and Kim Lewis J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8360-8367; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01237-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Release of Immunity Protein Requires Functional Endonuclease Colicin Import Machinery Denis Duché, Aurélie Frenkian, Valérie Prima, and Roland Lloubès J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8593-8600; published ahead of print September 29, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.00941-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Identification of a Gene Negatively Affecting Antibiotic Production and Morphological Differentiation in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) Wencheng Li, Xin Ying, Yuzheng Guo, Zhen Yu, Xiufen Zhou, Zixin Deng, Helen Kieser, Keith F. Chater, and Meifeng Tao J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8368-8375; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.00933-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutation in a "tesB-Like" Hydroxyacyl-Coenzyme A-Specific Thioesterase Gene Causes Hyperproduction of Extracellular Polyhydroxyalkanoates by Alcanivorax borkumensis SK2 Julia S. Sabirova, Manuel Ferrer, Heinrich Lünsdorf, Victor Wray, Rainer Kalscheuer, Alexander Steinbüchel, Kenneth N. Timmis, and Peter N. Golyshin J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8452-8459; published ahead of print September 22, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01321-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of RelGsu in Stress Response and Fe(III) Reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducens Laurie N. DiDonato, Sara A. Sullivan, Barbara A. Methé, Kelly P. Nevin, Reg England, and Derek R. Lovley J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8469-8478; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01278-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of Proline Reduction in the Nosocomial Pathogen Clostridium difficile Sarah Jackson, Mary Calos, Andrew Myers, and William T. Self J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8487-8495; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01370-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heme Biosynthesis in Methanosarcina barkeri via a Pathway Involving Two Methylation Reactions Bärbel Buchenau, Jörg Kahnt, Ilka U. Heinemann, Dieter Jahn, and Rudolf K. Thauer J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8666-8668; published ahead of print October 6, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01349-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Agrobacterium tumefaciens soxR Is Involved in Superoxide Stress Protection and Also Directly Regulates Superoxide-Inducible Expression of Itself and a Target Gene Warawan Eiamphungporn, Nisanart Charoenlap, Paiboon Vattanaviboon, and Skorn Mongkolsuk J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8669-8673; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.00856-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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A Homologue of the 3-Oxoacyl-(Acyl Carrier Protein) Synthase III Gene Located in the Glycosylation Island of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci Regulates Virulence Factors via N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone and Fatty Acid Synthesis Fumiko Taguchi, Yujiro Ogawa, Kasumi Takeuchi, Tomoko Suzuki, Kazuhiro Toyoda, Tomonori Shiraishi, and Yuki Ichinose J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8376-8384; published ahead of print October 6, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.00763-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mesorhizobium loti Produces nodPQ-Dependent Sulfated Cell Surface Polysaccharides Guy E. Townsend, II, Lennart S. Forsberg, and David H. Keating J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8560-8572; published ahead of print October 6, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01035-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Characterization of a Highly Conserved Island in the Otherwise Divergent Bordetella holmesii and Bordetella pertussis Genomes D. A. Diavatopoulos, C. A. Cummings, H. G. J. van der Heide, M. van Gent, S. Liew, D. A. Relman, and F. R. Mooi J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8385-8394; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01081-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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4-Chlorobenzoate Uptake in Comamonas sp. Strain DJ-12 Is Mediated by a Tripartite ATP-Independent Periplasmic Transporter Jong-Chan Chae and Gerben J. Zylstra J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8407-8412; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.00880-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The UreEF Fusion Protein Provides a Soluble and Functional Form of the UreF Urease Accessory Protein Jong Kyong Kim, Scott B. Mulrooney, and Robert P. Hausinger J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8413-8420; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01265-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

N-Acetylanthranilate Amidase from Arthrobacter nitroguajacolicus Rü61a, an /ß-Hydrolase-Fold Protein Active towards Aryl-Acylamides and -Esters, and Properties of Its Cysteine-Deficient Variant Stephan Kolkenbrock, Katja Parschat, Bernd Beermann, Hans-Jürgen Hinz, and Susanne Fetzner J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8430-8440; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01085-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Analysis of AtlA, the Major N-Acetylglucosaminidase of Enterococcus faecalis Catherine Eckert, Maxime Lecerf, Lionel Dubost, Michel Arthur, and Stéphane Mesnage J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8513-8519; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01145-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Malonyl-Coenzyme A Reductase in the Modified 3-Hydroxypropionate Cycle for Autotrophic Carbon Fixation in Archaeal Metallosphaera and Sulfolobus spp. Birgit Alber, Marc Olinger, Annika Rieder, Daniel Kockelkorn, Björn Jobst, Michael Hügler, and Georg Fuchs J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8551-8559; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.00987-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of XynC from Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis Strain 168 and Analysis of Its Role in Depolymerization of Glucuronoxylan Franz J. St. John, John D. Rice, and James F. Preston J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8617-8626; published ahead of print October 6, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01283-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical and Structural Characterization of the Secreted Chorismate Mutase (Rv1885c) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv: an *AroQ Enzyme Not Regulated by the Aromatic Amino Acids Sook-Kyung Kim, Sathyavelu K. Reddy, Bryant C. Nelson, Gregory B. Vasquez, Andrew Davis, Andrew J. Howard, Sean Patterson, Gary L. Gilliland, Jane E. Ladner, and Prasad T. Reddy J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8638-8648; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Overlapping and Specialized Functions of the Molybdenum-Dependent Regulators MopA and MopB in Rhodobacter capsulatus Jessica Wiethaus, Andrea Wirsing, Franz Narberhaus, and Bernd Masepohl J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8441-8451; published ahead of print October 6, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01188-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mycobacterium tuberculosis SigM Positively Regulates Esx Secreted Protein and Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Genes and Down Regulates Virulence-Associated Surface Lipid Synthesis Sahadevan Raman, Xiaoling Puyang, Tan-Yun Cheng, David C. Young, D. Branch Moody, and Robert N. Husson J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8460-8468; published ahead of print October 6, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01212-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a nisI Promoter within the nisABCTIP Operon That May Enable Establishment of Nisin Immunity Prior to Induction of the Operon via Signal Transduction Haiping Li and Daniel J. O'Sullivan J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8496-8503; published ahead of print September 29, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.00946-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

NrrA Directly Regulates Expression of hetR during Heterocyst Differentiation in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 Shigeki Ehira and Masayuki Ohmori J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8520-8525; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01314-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RhlR Expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Is Modulated by the Pseudomonas Quinolone Signal via PhoB-Dependent and -Independent Pathways Vanessa Jensen, Dagmar Löns, Caroline Zaoui, Florian Bredenbruch, Andree Meissner, Guido Dieterich, Richard Münch, and Susanne Häussler J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8601-8606; published ahead of print October 6, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01378-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of the pyr Operon of Lactobacillus plantarum Is Regulated by Inorganic Carbon Availability through a Second Regulator, PyrR2, Homologous to the Pyrimidine-Dependent Regulator PyrR1 Florence Arsène-Ploetze, Valérie Kugler, Jan Martinussen, and Françoise Bringel J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8607-8616; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.00985-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

nalD Encodes a Second Repressor of the mexAB-oprM Multidrug Efflux Operon of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Yuji Morita, Lily Cao, Virginia C. Gould, Matthew B. Avison, and Keith Poole J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8649-8654; published ahead of print October 6, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01342-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Iron Starvation Triggers the Stringent Response and Induces Amino Acid Biosynthesis for Bacillibactin Production in Bacillus subtilis Marcus Miethke, Helga Westers, Evert-Jan Blom, Oscar P. Kuipers, and Mohamed A. Marahiel J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8655-8657; published ahead of print September 29, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01049-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

BadM Is a Transcriptional Repressor and One of Three Regulators That Control Benzoyl Coenzyme A Reductase Gene Expression in Rhodopseudomonas palustris Caroline M. Peres and Caroline S. Harwood J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8662-8665; published ahead of print October 13, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.01312-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Effect of Site-Specific Mutations in Different Phosphotransfer Domains of the Chemosensory Protein ChpA on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Motility Andrew J. Leech and John S. Mattick J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8479-8486; published ahead of print September 29, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.00157-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Rapid Evolution of Diminished Transformability in Acinetobacter baylyi Jamie M. Bacher, David Metzgar, and Valérie de Crécy-Lagard J. Bacteriol. December 2006 188: 8534-8542; published ahead of print October 6, 2006, doi:10.1128/JB.00846-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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