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Contents: February 2006, Volume 188, Issue 4        Minireviews        Gene Regulation        Physiology and Metabolism        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Microbial Cell Biology        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Enzymes and Proteins        Genomics and Proteomics        Population Genetics and Evolution        Structural Biology        Microbial Communities and Interactions

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Minireviews:

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Keeping Their Options Open: Acute versus Persistent Infections S. Furukawa, S. L. Kuchma, and G. A. O'Toole J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1211-1217; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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The Global Regulatory Proteins LetA and RpoS Control Phospholipase A, Lysophospholipase A, Acyltransferase, and Other Hydrolytic Activities of Legionella pneumophila JR32 Markus Broich, Kerstin Rydzewski, Tamara L. McNealy, Reinhard Marre, and Antje Flieger J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1218-1226; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

CcpA Causes Repression of the phoPR Promoter through a Novel Transcription Start Site, PA6 Ankita Puri-Taneja, Salbi Paul, Yinghua Chen, and F. Marion Hulett J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1266-1278; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Bacteriophage T4 Inhibitor and Coactivator AsiA Inhibits Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase More Rapidly in the Absence of 70 Region 1.1: Evidence that Region 1.1 Stabilizes the Interaction between 70 and Core Deborah M. Hinton, Srilatha Vuthoori, and Rebecca Mulamba J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1279-1285; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Organic Hydroperoxide-Sensing and Responding Mechanisms for OhrR, a Major Bacterial Sensor and Regulator of Organic Hydroperoxide Stress Warunya Panmanee, Paiboon Vattanaviboon, Leslie B. Poole, and Skorn Mongkolsuk J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1389-1395; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spo0A-Dependent Activation of an Extended –10 Region Promoter in Bacillus subtilis Guangnan Chen, Amrita Kumar, Travis H. Wyman, and Charles P. Moran, Jr. J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1411-1418; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tetrapyrrole Biosynthesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus Is Transcriptionally Regulated by the Heme-Binding Regulatory Protein, HbrL James L. Smart and Carl E. Bauer J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1567-1576; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

NnrA Is Required for Full Virulence and Regulates Several Brucella melitensis Denitrification Genes Valérie Haine, Marie Dozot, Jacques Dornand, Jean-Jacques Letesson, and Xavier De Bolle J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1615-1619; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Oxygen Reactivity of PutA from Helicobacter Species and Proline-Linked Oxidative Stress Navasona Krishnan and Donald F. Becker J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1227-1235; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biosynthesis of a Natural Polyketide-Isoprenoid Hybrid Compound, Furaquinocin A: Identification and Heterologous Expression of the Gene Cluster Takashi Kawasaki, Yutaka Hayashi, Tomohisa Kuzuyama, Kazuo Furihata, Nobuya Itoh, Haruo Seto, and Tohru Dairi J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1236-1244; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lactose-over-Glucose Preference in Bifidobacterium longum NCC2705: glcP, Encoding a Glucose Transporter, Is Subject to Lactose Repression Stephan Parche, Manfred Beleut, Enea Rezzonico, Doris Jacobs, Fabrizio Arigoni, Fritz Titgemeyer, and Ivana Jankovic J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1260-1265; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sll1717 Affects the Redox State of the Plastoquinone Pool by Modulating Quinol Oxidase Activity in Thylakoids Galyna I. Kufryk and Wim F. J. Vermaas J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1286-1294; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Disruption of the Operon Encoding Ehb Hydrogenase Limits Anabolic CO2 Assimilation in the Archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis Iris Porat, Wonduck Kim, Erik L. Hendrickson, Qiangwei Xia, Yi Zhang, Tiansong Wang, Fred Taub, Brian C. Moore, Iain J. Anderson, Murray Hackett, John A. Leigh, and William B. Whitman J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1373-1380; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lethal Mutations in the Isoprenoid Pathway of Salmonella enterica Rita M. Cornish, John R. Roth, and C. Dale Poulter J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1444-1450; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Na+:H+ Antiporter and a Molybdate Transporter Are Essential for Arsenite Oxidation in Agrobacterium tumefaciens Des R. Kashyap, Lina M. Botero, Corinne Lehr, Daniel J. Hassett, and Timothy R. McDermott J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1577-1584; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

MurQ Etherase Is Required by Escherichia coli in Order To Metabolize Anhydro-N-Acetylmuramic Acid Obtained either from the Environment or from Its Own Cell Wall Tsuyoshi Uehara, Kyoko Suefuji, Tina Jaeger, Christoph Mayer, and James T. Park J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1660-1662; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Nickel Represses the Synthesis of the Nickel Permease NixA of Helicobacter pylori Lutz Wolfram, Elvira Haas, and Peter Bauerfeind J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1245-1250; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Brucella abortus xthA-1 Gene Product Participates in Base Excision Repair and Resistance to Oxidative Killing but Is Not Required for Wild-Type Virulence in the Mouse Model Michael L. Hornback and R. Martin Roop, II J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1295-1300; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The dltABCD Operon of Bacillus anthracis Sterne Is Required for Virulence and Resistance to Peptide, Enzymatic, and Cellular Mediators of Innate Immunity Nathan Fisher, Lynne Shetron-Rama, Amy Herring-Palmer, Brian Heffernan, Nicholas Bergman, and Philip Hanna J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1301-1309; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Twin-Arginine Translocase Secretion System of Mycobacterium smegmatis James E. Posey, Thomas M. Shinnick, and Frederick D. Quinn J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1332-1340; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

lbtA and lbtB Are Required for Production of the Legionella pneumophila Siderophore Legiobactin Kimberly A. Allard, V. K. Viswanathan, and Nicholas P. Cianciotto J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1351-1363; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of a Glutathione Metabolic Mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Its Resistance to Glutathione and Nitrosoglutathione Yaswant K. Dayaram, Meliza T. Talaue, Nancy D. Connell, and Vishwanath Venketaraman J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1364-1372; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Late Acyltransferase Genes of Yersinia pestis and Their Role in Temperature-Dependent Lipid A Variation Roberto Rebeil, Robert K. Ernst, Clayton O. Jarrett, Kristin N. Adams, Samuel I. Miller, and B. Joseph Hinnebusch J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1381-1388; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quorum Sensing in Yersinia enterocolitica Controls Swimming and Swarming Motility Steve Atkinson, Chien-Yi Chang, R. Elizabeth Sockett, Miguel Cámara, and Paul Williams J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1451-1461; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic and Transcriptional Analysis of the Siderophore Malleobactin Biosynthesis and Transport Genes in the Human Pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei K96243 Alejandro F. Alice, Claudia S. López, Carolyn A. Lowe, Maria A. Ledesma, and Jorge H. Crosa J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1551-1566; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Apyrase, the Product of the Virulence Plasmid-Encoded phoN2 (apy) Gene of Shigella flexneri, Is Necessary for Proper Unipolar IcsA Localization and for Efficient Intercellular Spread D. Santapaola, F. Del Chierico, A. Petrucca, S. Uzzau, M. Casalino, B. Colonna, R. Sessa, F. Berlutti, and M. Nicoletti J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1620-1627; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Archaeal and Bacterial SecD and SecF Homologs Exhibit Striking Structural and Functional Conservation Nicholas J. Hand, Reinhard Klein, Anke Laskewitz, and Mechthild Pohlschröder J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1251-1259; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Cell Division Suppresses Heterocyst Development in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 Samer Sakr, Robert Jeanjean, Cheng-Cai Zhang, and Tania Arcondeguy J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1396-1404; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roles of Charged Residues of Rotor and Stator in Flagellar Rotation: Comparative Study using H+-Driven and Na+-Driven Motors in Escherichia coli Toshiharu Yakushi, Junghoon Yang, Hajime Fukuoka, Michio Homma, and David F. Blair J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1466-1472; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Bifunctional FtsK Protein Mediates Chromosome Partitioning and Cell Division in Caulobacter Sherry C. E. Wang, Lisandra West, and Lucy Shapiro J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1497-1508; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Assembly of Distinct Pilus Structures on the Surface of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Andrew H. Gaspar and Hung Ton-That J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1526-1533; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Eukaryotic-Type Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase Is Required for Biofilm Formation, Genetic Competence, and Acid Resistance in Streptococcus mutans Haitham Hussain, Pavel Branny, and Elaine Allan J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1628-1632; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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The Innate Immune Modulators Staphylococcal Complement Inhibitor and Chemotaxis Inhibitory Protein of Staphylococcus aureus Are Located on ß-Hemolysin-Converting Bacteriophages Willem J. B. van Wamel, Suzan H. M. Rooijakkers, Maartje Ruyken, Kok P. M. van Kessel, and Jos A. G. van Strijp J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1310-1315; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complete Sequencing and Diversity Analysis of the Enterotoxin-Encoding Plasmids in Clostridium perfringens Type A Non-Food-Borne Human Gastrointestinal Disease Isolates Kazuaki Miyamoto, Derek J. Fisher, Jihong Li, Sameera Sayeed, Shigeru Akimoto, and Bruce A. McClane J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1585-1598; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Gene Encoding a Functional Reverse Transcriptase within a Highly Variable Locus in the P2-Like Coliphages Richard Odegrip, Anders S. Nilsson, and Elisabeth Haggård-Ljungquist J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1643-1647; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Repressor of Phage 16-3 with Altered Binding Specificity Indicates Spatial Differences in Repressor-Operator Complexes Szilamér Ferenczi, László Orosz, and Péter P. Papp J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1663-1666; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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The Transcriptional Antiterminator RfaH Represses Biofilm Formation in Escherichia coli Christophe Beloin, Kai Michaelis, Karin Lindner, Paolo Landini, Jörg Hacker, Jean-Marc Ghigo, and Ulrich Dobrindt J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1316-1331; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Positive Selection of the Hrp Pilin HrpE of the Plant Pathogen Xanthomonas Ernst Weber and Ralf Koebnik J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1405-1410; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ParABS Systems of the Four Replicons of Burkholderia cenocepacia: New Chromosome Centromeres Confer Partition Specificity Nelly Dubarry, Franck Pasta, and David Lane J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1489-1496; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

In the Bacillus stearothermophilus DnaB-DnaG Complex, the Activities of the Two Proteins Are Modulated by Distinct but Overlapping Networks of Residues Jenny Thirlway and Panos Soultanas J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1534-1539; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of CrgA on Assembly of the Cell Division Protein FtsZ during Development of Streptomyces coelicolor Ricardo Del Sol, Jonathan G. L. Mullins, Nina Grantcharova, Klas Flärdh, and Paul Dyson J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1540-1550; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Pyruvate:Quinone Oxidoreductase in Corynebacterium glutamicum: Molecular Analysis of the pqo Gene, Significance of the Enzyme, and Phylogenetic Aspects Mark E. Schreiner, Christian Riedel, Jiri Holátko, Miroslav Pátek, and Bernhard J. Eikmanns J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1341-1350; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Active-Site Residues in the Type IV Prepilin Peptidase Homologue PibD from the Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus Zalán Szabó, Sonja-Verena Albers, and Arnold J. M. Driessen J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1437-1443; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Unusual Extra Space at the Active Site and High Activity for Acetylated Hydroxyproline of Prolyl Aminopeptidase from Serratia marcescens Yoshitaka Nakajima, Kiyoshi Ito, Makoto Sakata, Yue Xu, Kanako Nakashima, Futoshi Matsubara, Susumi Hatakeyama, and Tadashi Yoshimoto J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1599-1606; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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The Genome of the Novel Phage Rtp, with a Rosette-Like Tail Tip, Is Homologous to the Genome of Phage T1 Andreas Wietzorrek, Heinz Schwarz, Christina Herrmann, and Volkmar Braun J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1419-1436; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Genome Sequence of the Obligately Chemolithoautotrophic, Facultatively Anaerobic Bacterium Thiobacillus denitrificans Harry R. Beller, Patrick S. G. Chain, Tracy E. Letain, Anu Chakicherla, Frank W. Larimer, Paul M. Richardson, Matthew A. Coleman, Ann P. Wood, and Donovan P. Kelly J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1473-1488; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptome Profiling of Shewanella oneidensis Gene Expression following Exposure to Acidic and Alkaline pH Adam B. Leaphart, Dorothea K. Thompson, Katherine Huang, Eric Alm, Xiu-Feng Wan, Adam Arkin, Steven D. Brown, Liyou Wu, Tingfen Yan, Xueduan Liu, Gene S. Wickham, and Jizhong Zhou J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1633-1642; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Transcriptome Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus Response to Hydrogen Peroxide Wook Chang, David A. Small, Freshteh Toghrol, and William E. Bentley J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1648-1659; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Genetic Diversity in Mycobacterium ulcerans Isolates from Ghana Revealed by a Newly Identified Locus Containing a Variable Number of Tandem Repeats Markus Hilty, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Daniel Boakye, Ernestina Mensah-Quainoo, Simona Rondini, Esther Schelling, David Ofori-Adjei, Françoise Portaels, Jakob Zinsstag, and Gerd Pluschke J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1462-1465; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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Solution Structure of a Low-Molecular-Weight Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase from Bacillus subtilis Huimin Xu, Bin Xia, and Changwen Jin J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1509-1517; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Crystal Structure of the Zinc Phosphodiesterase from Escherichia coli Provides Insight into Function and Cooperativity of tRNase Z-Family Proteins Brenda Kostelecky, Ehmke Pohl, Andreas Vogel, Oliver Schilling, and Wolfram Meyer-Klaucke J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1607-1614; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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A Mobile Quorum-Sensing System in Serratia marcescens Jun-Rong Wei, Yu-Huan Tsai, Yu-Tze Horng, Po-Chi Soo, Shang-Chen Hsieh, Po-Ren Hsueh, Jim-Tong Horng, Paul Williams, and Hsin-Chih Lai J. Bacteriol. February 2006 188: 1518-1525; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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