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Minireviews:

Robert P. Ryan, Yvonne Fouhy, Jean F. Lucey, and J. Maxwell Dow

Cyclic Di-GMP Signaling in Bacteria: Recent Advances and New Puzzles
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8327-8334. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Xunde Wang, Partha Mukhopadhyay, Matthew J. Wood, F. Wayne Outten, Jason A. Opdyke, and Gisela Storz

Mutational Analysis To Define an Activating Region on the Redox-Sensitive Transcriptional Regulator OxyR
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8335-8342. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

India Hook-Barnard, Xanthia B. Johnson, and Deborah M. Hinton

Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase Recognition of a ⁷⁰-Dependent Promoter Requiring a –35 DNA Element and an Extended –10 TGn Motif
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8352-8359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. P. White and M. G. Surette

Comparative Genetics of the rdar Morphotype in Salmonella
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8395-8406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Madhavi Avadhani, Roland Geyer, David C. White, and Lawrence J. Shimkets

Lysophosphatidylethanolamine Is a Substrate for the Short-Chain Alcohol Dehydrogenase SocA from Myxococcus xanthus
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8543-8550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurie H. Sanders, Andrea Rockel, Haiping Lu, Daniel J. Wozniak, and Mark D. Sutton

Role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa dinB-Encoded DNA Polymerase IV in Mutagenesis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8573-8585. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Ellen B. Duffy and Blanca Barquera

Membrane Topology Mapping of the Na⁺-Pumping NADH: Quinone Oxidoreductase from Vibrio cholerae by PhoA- Green Fluorescent Protein Fusion Analysis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8343-8351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Victor J. Torres, Gleb Pishchany, Munir Humayun, Olaf Schneewind, and Eric P. Skaar

Staphylococcus aureus IsdB Is a Hemoglobin Receptor Required for Heme Iron Utilization
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8421-8429. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marie-Ève Charbonneau, Frédéric Berthiaume, and Michael Mourez

Proteolytic Processing Is Not Essential for Multiple Functions of the Escherichia coli Autotransporter Adhesin Involved in Diffuse Adherence (AIDA-I)
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8504-8512. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jan Oscarsson, Anna Kanth, Karin Tegmark-Wisell, and Staffan Arvidson

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
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8526-8533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ju-Sim Kim, Sang Ho Choi, and Jeong K. Lee

Lysine Decarboxylase Expression by Vibrio vulnificus Is Induced by SoxR in Response to Superoxide Stress
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8586-8592. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Raul Burgos, Oscar Q. Pich, Mario Ferrer-Navarro, Joel B. Baseman, Enrique Querol, and Jaume Piñol

Mycoplasma genitalium P140 and P110 Cytadhesins Are Reciprocally Stabilized and Required for Cell Adhesion and Terminal-Organelle Development
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8627-8637. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nataliya V. Balashova, Roger Diaz, Sergey V. Balashov, Juan A. Crosby, and Scott C. Kachlany

Regulation of Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus) actinomycetemcomitans Leukotoxin Secretion by Iron
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8658-8661. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

Frederick F. Correia, Anthony D'Onofrio, Tomas Rejtar, Lingyun Li, Barry L. Karger, Kira Makarova, Eugene V. Koonin, and Kim Lewis

Kinase Activity of Overexpressed HipA Is Required for Growth Arrest and Multidrug Tolerance in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8360-8367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Denis Duché, Aurélie Frenkian, Valérie Prima, and Roland Lloubès

Release of Immunity Protein Requires Functional Endonuclease Colicin Import Machinery
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8593-8600. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Wencheng Li, Xin Ying, Yuzheng Guo, Zhen Yu, Xiufen Zhou, Zixin Deng, Helen Kieser, Keith F. Chater, and Meifeng Tao

Identification of a Gene Negatively Affecting Antibiotic Production and Morphological Differentiation in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8368-8375. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Julia S. Sabirova, Manuel Ferrer, Heinrich Lünsdorf, Victor Wray, Rainer Kalscheuer, Alexander Steinbüchel, Kenneth N. Timmis, and Peter N. Golyshin

Mutation in a "tesB-Like" Hydroxyacyl-Coenzyme A-Specific Thioesterase Gene Causes Hyperproduction of Extracellular Polyhydroxyalkanoates by Alcanivorax borkumensis SK2
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8452-8459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurie N. DiDonato, Sara A. Sullivan, Barbara A. Methé, Kelly P. Nevin, Reg England, and Derek R. Lovley

Role of Rel_Gsu in Stress Response and Fe(III) Reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducens
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8469-8478. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Sarah Jackson, Mary Calos, Andrew Myers, and William T. Self

Analysis of Proline Reduction in the Nosocomial Pathogen Clostridium difficile
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8487-8495. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bärbel Buchenau, Jörg Kahnt, Ilka U. Heinemann, Dieter Jahn, and Rudolf K. Thauer

Heme Biosynthesis in Methanosarcina barkeri via a Pathway Involving Two Methylation Reactions
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8666-8668. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Warawan Eiamphungporn, Nisanart Charoenlap, Paiboon Vattanaviboon, and Skorn Mongkolsuk

Agrobacterium tumefaciens soxR Is Involved in Superoxide Stress Protection and Also Directly Regulates Superoxide-Inducible Expression of Itself and a Target Gene
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8669-8673. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Plant Microbiology:

Fumiko Taguchi, Yujiro Ogawa, Kasumi Takeuchi, Tomoko Suzuki, Kazuhiro Toyoda, Tomonori Shiraishi, and Yuki Ichinose

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
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8376-8384. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guy E. Townsend, II, Lennart S. Forsberg, and David H. Keating

Mesorhizobium loti Produces nodPQ-Dependent Sulfated Cell Surface Polysaccharides
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8560-8572. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

D. A. Diavatopoulos, C. A. Cummings, H. G. J. van der Heide, M. van Gent, S. Liew, D. A. Relman, and F. R. Mooi

Characterization of a Highly Conserved Island in the Otherwise Divergent Bordetella holmesii and Bordetella pertussis Genomes
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8385-8394. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Jong-Chan Chae and Gerben J. Zylstra

4-Chlorobenzoate Uptake in Comamonas sp. Strain DJ-12 Is Mediated by a Tripartite ATP-Independent Periplasmic Transporter
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8407-8412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jong Kyong Kim, Scott B. Mulrooney, and Robert P. Hausinger

The UreEF Fusion Protein Provides a Soluble and Functional Form of the UreF Urease Accessory Protein
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8413-8420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Stephan Kolkenbrock, Katja Parschat, Bernd Beermann, Hans-Jürgen Hinz, and Susanne Fetzner

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
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8430-8440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Catherine Eckert, Maxime Lecerf, Lionel Dubost, Michel Arthur, and Stéphane Mesnage

Functional Analysis of AtlA, the Major N-Acetylglucosaminidase of Enterococcus faecalis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8513-8519. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Birgit Alber, Marc Olinger, Annika Rieder, Daniel Kockelkorn, Björn Jobst, Michael Hügler, and Georg Fuchs

Malonyl-Coenzyme A Reductase in the Modified 3-Hydroxypropionate Cycle for Autotrophic Carbon Fixation in Archaeal Metallosphaera and Sulfolobus spp.
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8551-8559. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Franz J. St. John, John D. Rice, and James F. Preston

Characterization of XynC from Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis Strain 168 and Analysis of Its Role in Depolymerization of Glucuronoxylan
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8617-8626. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Biochemical and Structural Characterization of the Secreted Chorismate Mutase (Rv1885c) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H₃₇R_v: an *AroQ Enzyme Not Regulated by the Aromatic Amino Acids
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8638-8648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gene Regulation:

Jessica Wiethaus, Andrea Wirsing, Franz Narberhaus, and Bernd Masepohl

Overlapping and Specialized Functions of the Molybdenum-Dependent Regulators MopA and MopB in Rhodobacter capsulatus
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8441-8451. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sahadevan Raman, Xiaoling Puyang, Tan-Yun Cheng, David C. Young, D. Branch Moody, and Robert N. Husson

Mycobacterium tuberculosis SigM Positively Regulates Esx Secreted Protein and Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Genes and Down Regulates Virulence-Associated Surface Lipid Synthesis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8460-8468. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Haiping Li and Daniel J. O'Sullivan

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
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8496-8503. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shigeki Ehira and Masayuki Ohmori

NrrA Directly Regulates Expression of hetR during Heterocyst Differentiation in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8520-8525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vanessa Jensen, Dagmar Löns, Caroline Zaoui, Florian Bredenbruch, Andree Meissner, Guido Dieterich, Richard Münch, and Susanne Häussler

RhlR Expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Is Modulated by the Pseudomonas Quinolone Signal via PhoB-Dependent and -Independent Pathways
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8601-8606. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Florence Arsène-Ploetze, Valérie Kugler, Jan Martinussen, and Françoise Bringel

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
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8607-8616. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuji Morita, Lily Cao, Virginia C. Gould, Matthew B. Avison, and Keith Poole

nalD Encodes a Second Repressor of the mexAB-oprM Multidrug Efflux Operon of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8649-8654. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marcus Miethke, Helga Westers, Evert-Jan Blom, Oscar P. Kuipers, and Mohamed A. Marahiel

Iron Starvation Triggers the Stringent Response and Induces Amino Acid Biosynthesis for Bacillibactin Production in Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8655-8657. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Caroline M. Peres and Caroline S. Harwood

BadM Is a Transcriptional Repressor and One of Three Regulators That Control Benzoyl Coenzyme A Reductase Gene Expression in Rhodopseudomonas palustris
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8662-8665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Signal Transduction:

Andrew J. Leech and John S. Mattick

Effect of Site-Specific Mutations in Different Phosphotransfer Domains of the Chemosensory Protein ChpA on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Motility
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8479-8486. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Population Genetics and Evolution:

Jamie M. Bacher, David Metzgar, and Valérie de Crécy-Lagard

Rapid Evolution of Diminished Transformability in Acinetobacter baylyi
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 8534-8542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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