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Contents: March 2006, Volume 188, Issue 5

       Minireviews

       Meeting Presentations

       Signal Transduction

       Molecular Biology of Pathogens

       Microbial Cell Biology

       Genomics and Proteomics

       Physiology and Metabolism

       Enzymes and Proteins

       Gene Regulation

       Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

       Plant Microbiology

       Errata

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Minireviews:

Use of Thymine Limitation and Thymine Starvation To Study Bacterial Physiology and Cytology
Arieh Zaritsky, Conrad L. Woldringh, Monica Einav, and Svetlana Alexeeva
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1667-1679;
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Meeting Presentations:

Trapping of a Spiral-Like Intermediate of the Bacterial Cytokinetic Protein FtsZ
Katherine A. Michie, Leigh G. Monahan, Peter L. Beech, and Elizabeth J. Harry
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1680-1690;
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Differential Localization of Mre Proteins with PBP2 in Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Peter M. Slovak, Steven L. Porter, and Judith P. Armitage
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1691-1700;
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Integration into the Phage Attachment Site, attB, Impairs Multicellular Differentiation in Stigmatella aurantiaca
Susanne Müller, Hui Shen, Diana Hofmann, Hans Ulrich Schairer, and John R. Kirby
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1701-1709;
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Developmental Control of a parAB Promoter Leads to Formation of Sporulation-Associated ParB Complexes in Streptomyces coelicolor
Dagmara Jakimowicz, Sebastien Mouz, Jolanta Zakrzewska-Czerwinska, and Keith F. Chater
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1710-1720;
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Localization of the Bacillus subtilis murB Gene within the dcw Cluster Is Important for Growth and Sporulation
Gonçalo Real and Adriano O. Henriques
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1721-1732;
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Nla18, a Key Regulatory Protein Required for Normal Growth and Development of Myxococcus xanthus
Michelle E. Diodati, Faisury Ossa, Nora B. Caberoy, Ivy R. Jose, Wataru Hiraiwa, Michele M. Igo, Mitchell Singer, and Anthony G. Garza
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1733-1743;
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Signal Transduction:

A Hydrophobic Patch in the Competence-Stimulating Peptide, a Pneumococcal Competence Pheromone, Is Essential for Specificity and Biological Activity
Ola Johnsborg, Per Eugen Kristiansen, Trinelise Blomqvist, and Leiv Sigve Håvarstein
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1744-1749;
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The Cytoplasmic C-Terminal Domain of the Escherichia coli KdpD Protein Functions as a K⁺ Sensor
Marina C. Rothenbücher, Sandra J. Facey, Dorothee Kiefer, Marina Kossmann, and Andreas Kuhn
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1950-1958;
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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

Involvement of the HP0165-HP0166 Two-Component System in Expression of Some Acidic-pH-Upregulated Genes of Helicobacter pylori
Yi Wen, Jing Feng, David R. Scott, Elizabeth A. Marcus, and George Sachs
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1750-1761;
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Transcription Profiling of the mgrA Regulon in Staphylococcus aureus
Thanh T. Luong, Paul M. Dunman, Ellen Murphy, Steven J. Projan, and Chia Y. Lee
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1899-1910;
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Brucella abortus Synthesizes Phosphatidylcholine from Choline Provided by the Host
Diego J. Comerci, Silvia Altabe, Diego de Mendoza, and Rodolfo A. Ugalde
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1929-1934;
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The CiaRH System of Streptococcus pneumoniae Prevents Lysis during Stress Induced by Treatment with Cell Wall Inhibitors and by Mutations in pbp2x Involved in ß-Lactam Resistance
Thorsten Mascher, Manuel Heintz, Dorothea Zähner, Michelle Merai, and Regine Hakenbeck
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1959-1968;
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Borrelia burgdorferi ftsZ Plays a Role in Cell Division
Lydia Dubytska, Henry P. Godfrey, and Felipe C. Cabello
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1969-1978;
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Genetic Variation in the Vibrio vulnificus Group 1 Capsular Polysaccharide Operon
Maria Chatzidaki-Livanis, Melissa K. Jones, and Anita C. Wright
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1987-1998;
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Microbial Cell Biology:

Role of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa PlcH Tat Signal Peptide in Protein Secretion, Transcription, and Cross-Species Tat Secretion System Compatibility
Aleksandra Snyder, Adriana I. Vasil, Sheryl L. Zajdowicz, Zachary R. Wilson, and Michael L. Vasil
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1762-1774;
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cells Growing in Macrophages Are Filamentous and Deficient in FtsZ Rings
Ashwini Chauhan, Murty V. V. S. Madiraju, Marek Fol, Hava Lofton, Erin Maloney, Robert Reynolds, and Malini Rajagopalan
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1856-1865;
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Genomics and Proteomics:

Species- and Strain-Specific Control of a Complex, Flexible Regulon by Bordetella BvgAS
C. A. Cummings, H. J. Bootsma, D. A. Relman, and J. F. Miller
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1775-1785;
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Global Analysis of Heat Shock Response in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough
S. R. Chhabra, Q. He, K. H. Huang, S. P. Gaucher, E. J. Alm, Z. He, M. Z. Hadi, T. C. Hazen, J. D. Wall, J. Zhou, A. P. Arkin, and A. K. Singh
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1817-1828;
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Physiology and Metabolism:

Gene Products Required for De Novo Synthesis of Polysialic Acid in Escherichia coli K1
Ekaterina N. Andreishcheva and Willie F. Vann
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1786-1797;
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Overexpression of tnaC of Escherichia coli Inhibits Growth by Depleting tRNA₂^Pro Availability
Ming Gong, Feng Gong, and Charles Yanofsky
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1892-1898;
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Mechanism of Growth Inhibition by Free Bile Acids in Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria
Peter Kurdi, Koji Kawanishi, Kanako Mizutani, and Atsushi Yokota
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1979-1986;
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Enzymes and Proteins:

Glycosylation of the Self-Recognizing Escherichia coli Ag43 Autotransporter Protein
Orla Sherlock, Ulrich Dobrindt, Jeppe B. Jensen, Rebecca Munk Vejborg, and Per Klemm
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1798-1807;
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Characterization of the Bifunctional Glycosyltransferase/Acyltransferase Penicillin-Binding Protein 4 of Listeria monocytogenes
Joanna Zawadzka-Skomial, Zdzislaw Markiewicz, Martine Nguyen-Distèche, Bart Devreese, Jean-Marie Frère, and Mohammed Terrak
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1875-1881;
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Cloning, Expression, and Purification of Functional Sec11a and Sec11b, Type I Signal Peptidases of the Archaeon Haloferax volcanii
Amir Fine, Vered Irihimovitch, Idit Dahan, Zvia Konrad, and Jerry Eichler
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1911-1919;
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Mutational Analysis of an Extracytoplasmic-Function Sigma Factor To Investigate Its Interactions with RNA Polymerase and DNA
Megan J. Wilson and Iain L. Lamont
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1935-1942;
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Identification and Characterization of an ATP-Dependent Hexokinase with Broad Substrate Specificity from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus tokodaii
Hiroshi Nishimasu, Shinya Fushinobu, Hirofumi Shoun, and Takayoshi Wakagi
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2014-2019;
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Gene Regulation:

Epistasis Analysis of Four Genes from Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 Suggests a Connection between PatA and PatS in Heterocyst Pattern Formation
Christine C. Orozco, Douglas D. Risser, and Sean M. Callahan
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1808-1816;
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A Caulobacter crescentus Extracytoplasmic Function Sigma Factor Mediating the Response to Oxidative Stress in Stationary Phase
Cristina E. Alvarez-Martinez, Regina L. Baldini, and Suely L. Gomes
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1835-1846;
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Antibiotic Inducibility of the MexXY Multidrug Efflux System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Involvement of the Antibiotic-Inducible PA5471 Gene Product
Yuji Morita, Mara L. Sobel, and Keith Poole
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1847-1855;
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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Chromosomal Integration Mechanism of Infecting Mu Virion DNA
T. K. Au, Pushpa Agrawal, and Rasika M. Harshey
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1829-1834;
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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Identification of Rhodospirillum rubrum GlnB Variants That Are Altered in Their Ability To Interact with Different Targets in Response to Nitrogen Status Signals
Yu Zhu, Mary C. Conrad, Yaoping Zhang, and Gary P. Roberts
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1866-1874;
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The Heterologous Siderophores Ferrioxamine B and Ferrichrome Activate Signaling Pathways in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
María A. Llamas, Marion Sparrius, Roy Kloet, Connie R. Jiménez, Christina Vandenbroucke-Grauls, and Wilbert Bitter
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1882-1891;
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Involvement of the LlaKR2I Methylase in Expression of the AbiR Bacteriophage Defense System in Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis biovar diacetylactis KR2
Julie M. Yang, Patricio J. DeUrraza, Nadya Matvienko, and Daniel J. O'Sullivan
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1920-1928;
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The clc Element of Pseudomonas sp. Strain B13, a Genomic Island with Various Catabolic Properties
Muriel Gaillard, Tatiana Vallaeys, Frank Jörg Vorhölter, Marco Minoia, Christoph Werlen, Vladimir Sentchilo, Alfred Pühler, and Jan Roelof van der Meer
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1999-2013;
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Effects of Streptomycin Resistance Mutations on Posttranslational Modification of Ribosomal Protein S12
Jennifer F. Carr, Daisy-Malloy Hamburg, Steven T. Gregory, Patrick A. Limbach, and Albert E. Dahlberg
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2020-2023;
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Plant Microbiology:

A LuxR/LuxI-Type Quorum-Sensing System in a Plant Bacterium, Mesorhizobium tianshanense, Controls Symbiotic Nodulation
Huiming Zheng, Zengtao Zhong, Xin Lai, Wen-Xin Chen, Shunpeng Li, and Jun Zhu
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 1943-1949;
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Errata:

Phenotypic Convergence Mediated by GGDEF-Domain-Containing Proteins
Roger Simm, Jacqueline D. Fetherston, Abdul Kader, Ute Römling, and Robert D. Perry
J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2024
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