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Minireviews:

S. Furukawa, S. L. Kuchma, and G. A. O'Toole

Keeping Their Options Open: Acute versus Persistent Infections
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1211-1217. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gene Regulation:

Markus Broich, Kerstin Rydzewski, Tamara L. McNealy, Reinhard Marre, and Antje Flieger

The Global Regulatory Proteins LetA and RpoS Control Phospholipase A, Lysophospholipase A, Acyltransferase, and Other Hydrolytic Activities of Legionella pneumophila JR32
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1218-1226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ankita Puri-Taneja, Salbi Paul, Yinghua Chen, and F. Marion Hulett

CcpA Causes Repression of the phoPR Promoter through a Novel Transcription Start Site, P_A6
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1266-1278. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Deborah M. Hinton, Srilatha Vuthoori, and Rebecca Mulamba

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
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1279-1285. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Warunya Panmanee, Paiboon Vattanaviboon, Leslie B. Poole, and Skorn Mongkolsuk

Novel Organic Hydroperoxide-Sensing and Responding Mechanisms for OhrR, a Major Bacterial Sensor and Regulator of Organic Hydroperoxide Stress
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1389-1395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guangnan Chen, Amrita Kumar, Travis H. Wyman, and Charles P. Moran, Jr.

Spo0A-Dependent Activation of an Extended –10 Region Promoter in Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1411-1418. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James L. Smart and Carl E. Bauer

Tetrapyrrole Biosynthesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus Is Transcriptionally Regulated by the Heme-Binding Regulatory Protein, HbrL
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1567-1576. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Valérie Haine, Marie Dozot, Jacques Dornand, Jean-Jacques Letesson, and Xavier De Bolle

NnrA Is Required for Full Virulence and Regulates Several Brucella melitensis Denitrification Genes
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1615-1619. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Navasona Krishnan and Donald F. Becker

Oxygen Reactivity of PutA from Helicobacter Species and Proline-Linked Oxidative Stress
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1227-1235. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Takashi Kawasaki, Yutaka Hayashi, Tomohisa Kuzuyama, Kazuo Furihata, Nobuya Itoh, Haruo Seto, and Tohru Dairi

Biosynthesis of a Natural Polyketide-Isoprenoid Hybrid Compound, Furaquinocin A: Identification and Heterologous Expression of the Gene Cluster
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1236-1244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stephan Parche, Manfred Beleut, Enea Rezzonico, Doris Jacobs, Fabrizio Arigoni, Fritz Titgemeyer, and Ivana Jankovic

Lactose-over-Glucose Preference in Bifidobacterium longum NCC2705: glcP, Encoding a Glucose Transporter, Is Subject to Lactose Repression
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1260-1265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Galyna I. Kufryk and Wim F. J. Vermaas

Sll1717 Affects the Redox State of the Plastoquinone Pool by Modulating Quinol Oxidase Activity in Thylakoids
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1286-1294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Disruption of the Operon Encoding Ehb Hydrogenase Limits Anabolic CO₂ Assimilation in the Archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1373-1380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rita M. Cornish, John R. Roth, and C. Dale Poulter

Lethal Mutations in the Isoprenoid Pathway of Salmonella enterica
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1444-1450. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Des R. Kashyap, Lina M. Botero, Corinne Lehr, Daniel J. Hassett, and Timothy R. McDermott

A Na⁺:H⁺ Antiporter and a Molybdate Transporter Are Essential for Arsenite Oxidation in Agrobacterium tumefaciens
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1577-1584. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tsuyoshi Uehara, Kyoko Suefuji, Tina Jaeger, Christoph Mayer, and James T. Park

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
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1660-1662. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Lutz Wolfram, Elvira Haas, and Peter Bauerfeind

Nickel Represses the Synthesis of the Nickel Permease NixA of Helicobacter pylori
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1245-1250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael L. Hornback and R. Martin Roop, II

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
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1295-1300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nathan Fisher, Lynne Shetron-Rama, Amy Herring-Palmer, Brian Heffernan, Nicholas Bergman, and Philip Hanna

The dltABCD Operon of Bacillus anthracis Sterne Is Required for Virulence and Resistance to Peptide, Enzymatic, and Cellular Mediators of Innate Immunity
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1301-1309. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James E. Posey, Thomas M. Shinnick, and Frederick D. Quinn

Characterization of the Twin-Arginine Translocase Secretion System of Mycobacterium smegmatis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1332-1340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Kimberly A. Allard, V. K. Viswanathan, and Nicholas P. Cianciotto

lbtA and lbtB Are Required for Production of the Legionella pneumophila Siderophore Legiobactin
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1351-1363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yaswant K. Dayaram, Meliza T. Talaue, Nancy D. Connell, and Vishwanath Venketaraman

Characterization of a Glutathione Metabolic Mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Its Resistance to Glutathione and Nitrosoglutathione
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1364-1372. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Roberto Rebeil, Robert K. Ernst, Clayton O. Jarrett, Kristin N. Adams, Samuel I. Miller, and B. Joseph Hinnebusch

Characterization of Late Acyltransferase Genes of Yersinia pestis and Their Role in Temperature-Dependent Lipid A Variation
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1381-1388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steve Atkinson, Chien-Yi Chang, R. Elizabeth Sockett, Miguel Cámara, and Paul Williams

Quorum Sensing in Yersinia enterocolitica Controls Swimming and Swarming Motility
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1451-1461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alejandro F. Alice, Claudia S. López, Carolyn A. Lowe, Maria A. Ledesma, and Jorge H. Crosa

Genetic and Transcriptional Analysis of the Siderophore Malleobactin Biosynthesis and Transport Genes in the Human Pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei K96243
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1551-1566. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Santapaola, F. Del Chierico, A. Petrucca, S. Uzzau, M. Casalino, B. Colonna, R. Sessa, F. Berlutti, and M. Nicoletti

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
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1620-1627. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

Nicholas J. Hand, Reinhard Klein, Anke Laskewitz, and Mechthild Pohlschröder

Archaeal and Bacterial SecD and SecF Homologs Exhibit Striking Structural and Functional Conservation
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1251-1259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Samer Sakr, Robert Jeanjean, Cheng-Cai Zhang, and Tania Arcondeguy

Inhibition of Cell Division Suppresses Heterocyst Development in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1396-1404. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Toshiharu Yakushi, Junghoon Yang, Hajime Fukuoka, Michio Homma, and David F. Blair

Roles of Charged Residues of Rotor and Stator in Flagellar Rotation: Comparative Study using H⁺-Driven and Na⁺-Driven Motors in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1466-1472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sherry C. E. Wang, Lisandra West, and Lucy Shapiro

The Bifunctional FtsK Protein Mediates Chromosome Partitioning and Cell Division in Caulobacter
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1497-1508. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew H. Gaspar and Hung Ton-That

Assembly of Distinct Pilus Structures on the Surface of Corynebacterium diphtheriae
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1526-1533. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Haitham Hussain, Pavel Branny, and Elaine Allan

A Eukaryotic-Type Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase Is Required for Biofilm Formation, Genetic Competence, and Acid Resistance in Streptococcus mutans
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1628-1632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Willem J. B. van Wamel, Suzan H. M. Rooijakkers, Maartje Ruyken, Kok P. M. van Kessel, and Jos A. G. van Strijp

The Innate Immune Modulators Staphylococcal Complement Inhibitor and Chemotaxis Inhibitory Protein of Staphylococcus aureus Are Located on ß-Hemolysin-Converting Bacteriophages
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1310-1315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kazuaki Miyamoto, Derek J. Fisher, Jihong Li, Sameera Sayeed, Shigeru Akimoto, and Bruce A. McClane

Complete Sequencing and Diversity Analysis of the Enterotoxin-Encoding Plasmids in Clostridium perfringens Type A Non-Food-Borne Human Gastrointestinal Disease Isolates
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1585-1598. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Richard Odegrip, Anders S. Nilsson, and Elisabeth Haggård-Ljungquist

Identification of a Gene Encoding a Functional Reverse Transcriptase within a Highly Variable Locus in the P2-Like Coliphages
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1643-1647. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Szilamér Ferenczi, László Orosz, and Péter P. Papp

Repressor of Phage 16-3 with Altered Binding Specificity Indicates Spatial Differences in Repressor-Operator Complexes
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1663-1666. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Christophe Beloin, Kai Michaelis, Karin Lindner, Paolo Landini, Jörg Hacker, Jean-Marc Ghigo, and Ulrich Dobrindt

The Transcriptional Antiterminator RfaH Represses Biofilm Formation in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1316-1331. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ernst Weber and Ralf Koebnik

Positive Selection of the Hrp Pilin HrpE of the Plant Pathogen Xanthomonas
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1405-1410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nelly Dubarry, Franck Pasta, and David Lane

ParABS Systems of the Four Replicons of Burkholderia cenocepacia: New Chromosome Centromeres Confer Partition Specificity
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1489-1496. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Jenny Thirlway and Panos Soultanas

In the Bacillus stearothermophilus DnaB-DnaG Complex, the Activities of the Two Proteins Are Modulated by Distinct but Overlapping Networks of Residues
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1534-1539. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ricardo Del Sol, Jonathan G. L. Mullins, Nina Grantcharova, Klas Flärdh, and Paul Dyson

Influence of CrgA on Assembly of the Cell Division Protein FtsZ during Development of Streptomyces coelicolor
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1540-1550. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Mark E. Schreiner, Christian Riedel, Jiri Holátko, Miroslav Pátek, and Bernhard J. Eikmanns

Pyruvate:Quinone Oxidoreductase in Corynebacterium glutamicum: Molecular Analysis of the pqo Gene, Significance of the Enzyme, and Phylogenetic Aspects
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1341-1350. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zalán Szabó, Sonja-Verena Albers, and Arnold J. M. Driessen

Active-Site Residues in the Type IV Prepilin Peptidase Homologue PibD from the Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1437-1443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshitaka Nakajima, Kiyoshi Ito, Makoto Sakata, Yue Xu, Kanako Nakashima, Futoshi Matsubara, Susumi Hatakeyama, and Tadashi Yoshimoto

Unusual Extra Space at the Active Site and High Activity for Acetylated Hydroxyproline of Prolyl Aminopeptidase from Serratia marcescens
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1599-1606. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

Andreas Wietzorrek, Heinz Schwarz, Christina Herrmann, and Volkmar Braun

The Genome of the Novel Phage Rtp, with a Rosette-Like Tail Tip, Is Homologous to the Genome of Phage T1
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1419-1436. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

The Genome Sequence of the Obligately Chemolithoautotrophic, Facultatively Anaerobic Bacterium Thiobacillus denitrificans
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1473-1488. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Transcriptome Profiling of Shewanella oneidensis Gene Expression following Exposure to Acidic and Alkaline pH
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1633-1642. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Wook Chang, David A. Small, Freshteh Toghrol, and William E. Bentley

Global Transcriptome Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus Response to Hydrogen Peroxide
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1648-1659. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Population Genetics and Evolution:

Markus Hilty, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Daniel Boakye, Ernestina Mensah-Quainoo, Simona Rondini, Esther Schelling, David Ofori-Adjei, Françoise Portaels, Jakob Zinsstag, and Gerd Pluschke

Genetic Diversity in Mycobacterium ulcerans Isolates from Ghana Revealed by a Newly Identified Locus Containing a Variable Number of Tandem Repeats
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1462-1465. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Structural Biology:

Huimin Xu, Bin Xia, and Changwen Jin

Solution Structure of a Low-Molecular-Weight Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase from Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1509-1517. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brenda Kostelecky, Ehmke Pohl, Andreas Vogel, Oliver Schilling, and Wolfram Meyer-Klaucke

The Crystal Structure of the Zinc Phosphodiesterase from Escherichia coli Provides Insight into Function and Cooperativity of tRNase Z-Family Proteins
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1607-1614. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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

A Mobile Quorum-Sensing System in Serratia marcescens
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 1518-1525. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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