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Contents: March 2006, Volume 188, Issue 6        Guest Commentaries        Gene Regulation        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Microbial Cell Biology        Enzymes and Proteins        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Plant Microbiology        Signal Transduction        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Genomics and Proteomics        Errata        Author's Correction

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Guest Commentaries:

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Increased Chatter: Cyclic Dipeptides as Molecules of Chemical Communication in Vibrio spp. Karl E. Klose J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2025-2026; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Gene Expression Regulation by the Curli Activator CsgD Protein: Modulation of Cellulose Biosynthesis and Control of Negative Determinants for Microbial Adhesion Eva Brombacher, Andrea Baratto, Corinne Dorel, and Paolo Landini J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2027-2037; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

MprAB Is a Stress-Responsive Two-Component System That Directly Regulates Expression of Sigma Factors SigB and SigE in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Hongjun He, Raymond Hovey, Jason Kane, Vineet Singh, and Thomas C. Zahrt J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2134-2143; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Control of Cysteine Metabolism by CymR in Bacillus subtilis Sergine Even, Pierre Burguière, Sandrine Auger, Olga Soutourina, Antoine Danchin, and Isabelle Martin-Verstraete J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2184-2197; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence that the Promoter Can Influence Assembly of Antitermination Complexes at Downstream RNA Sites Ying Zhou, Ting Shi, Mark A. Mozola, Eric R. Olson, Karla Henthorn, Susan Brown, Gary N. Gussin, and David I. Friedman J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2222-2232; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Gene Expression Analysis of Iron-Inducible Genes in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 Takeyuki Suzuki, Yoshiko Okamura, Ronie J. Calugay, Haruko Takeyama, and Tadashi Matsunaga J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2275-2279; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Mga Is Sufficient To Activate Transcription In Vitro of sof-sfbX and Other Mga-Regulated Virulence Genes in the Group A Streptococcus Audry C. Almengor, Matthew S. Walters, and Kevin S. McIver J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2038-2047; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Putative Surface Proteins Encoded within a Novel Transferable Locus Confer a High-Biofilm Phenotype to Enterococcus faecalis Preeti M. Tendolkar, Arto S. Baghdayan, and Nathan Shankar J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2063-2072; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Abundance of the Subunit of RNA Polymerase Is Linked to the Virulence of Streptococcus agalactiae Ravin Seepersaud, Rachel H. V. Needham, Cathy S. Kim, and Amanda L. Jones J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2096-2105; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Long-Chain N-Acyl-Homoserine Lactones in Agrobacterium vitis Guixia Hao and Thomas J. Burr J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2173-2183; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Requirement of Staphylococcus aureus ATP-Binding Cassette-ATPase FhuC for Iron-Restricted Growth and Evidence that It Functions with More than One Iron Transporter Craig D. Speziali, Suzanne E. Dale, James A. Henderson, Enrique D. Vinés, and David E. Heinrichs J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2048-2055; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Complete Lipopolysaccharide Inner Core Oligosaccharide Is Required for Resistance of Burkholderia cenocepacia to Antimicrobial Peptides and Bacterial Survival In Vivo Slade A. Loutet, Ronald S. Flannagan, Cora Kooi, Pamela A. Sokol, and Miguel A. Valvano J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2073-2080; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

MotD of Sinorhizobium meliloti and Related -Proteobacteria Is the Flagellar-Hook-Length Regulator and Therefore Reassigned as FliK Elke Eggenhofer, Reinhard Rachel, Martin Haslbeck, and Birgit Scharf J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2144-2153; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coordination between Chromosome Replication, Segregation, and Cell Division in Caulobacter crescentus Rasmus B. Jensen J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2244-2253; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Harpin Mediates Cell Aggregation in Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937 Mee-Ngan Yap, Clemencia M. Rojas, Ching-Hong Yang, and Amy O. Charkowski J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2280-2284; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Specificity of a Vibrio vulnificus Aminopeptidase toward Kinins and Other Peptidyl Substrates Gary P. Richards and Alberto Nuñez J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2056-2062; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Tra Domain of the Lactococcal CluA Surface Protein Is a Unique Domain That Contributes to Sex Factor DNA Transfer Régis Stentz, Mike Gasson, and Claire Shearman J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2106-2114; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional and Biochemical Analysis of Starch Metabolism in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus Han-Seung Lee, Keith R. Shockley, Gerrit J. Schut, Shannon B. Conners, Clemente I. Montero, Matthew R. Johnson, Chung-Jung Chou, Stephanie L. Bridger, Nathan Wigner, Scott D. Brehm, Francis E. Jenney, Jr., Donald A. Comfort, Robert M. Kelly, and Michael W. W. Adams J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2115-2125; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Studies of [FeFe] Hydrogenase Maturation in an Escherichia coli Biosynthetic System Paul W. King, Matthew C. Posewitz, Maria L. Ghirardi, and Michael Seibert J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2163-2172; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Mechanism of the Tyrosine Transporter TyrP Supports a Proton Motive Tyrosine Decarboxylation Pathway in Lactobacillus brevis Wout A. M. Wolken, Patrick M. Lucas, Aline Lonvaud-Funel, and Juke S. Lolkema J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2198-2206; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Common and Variable Contributions of Fis Residues to High-Affinity Binding at Different DNA Sequences Leah S. Feldman-Cohen, Yongping Shao, Derrick Meinhold, Charmi Miller, Wilfredo Colón, and Robert Osuna J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2081-2095; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Photorhabdus Virulence Cassettes Confer Injectable Insecticidal Activity against the Wax Moth G. Yang, A. J. Dowling, U. Gerike, R. H. ffrench-Constant, and N. R. Waterfield J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2254-2261; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

YtkD and MutT Protect Vegetative Cells but Not Spores of Bacillus subtilis from Oxidative Stress Francisco X. Castellanos-Juárez, Carlos Álvarez-Álvarez, Ronald E. Yasbin, Barbara Setlow, Peter Setlow, and Mario Pedraza-Reyes J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2285-2289; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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The Pea Nodule Environment Restores the Ability of a Rhizobium leguminosarum Lipopolysaccharide acpXL Mutant To Add 27-Hydroxyoctacosanoic Acid to Its Lipid A Vinata Vedam, Elmar Kannenberg, Anup Datta, Dusty Brown, Janine G. Haynes-Gann, D. Janine Sherrier, and Russell W. Carlson J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2126-2133; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Function of the N-Terminal Cap of the PAS Domain in Signaling by the Aerotaxis Receptor Aer Kylie J. Watts, Kirsten Sommer, Sheena L. Fry, Mark S. Johnson, and Barry L. Taylor J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2154-2162; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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The Integrase of the Conjugative Transposon Tn916 Directs Strand- and Sequence-Specific Cleavage of the Origin of Conjugal Transfer, oriT, by the Endonuclease Orf20 Jennifer M. Rocco and Gordon Churchward J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2207-2213; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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Cyclo(Phe-Pro) Modulates the Expression of ompU in Vibrio spp. Dae-Kyun Park, Ko-Eun Lee, Chang-Ho Baek, In Hwang Kim, Ji-Hyoun Kwon, Won Koo Lee, Kyu-Ho Lee, Byung-Soo Kim, Sang-Ho Choi, and Kun-Soo Kim J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2214-2221; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Identification of New Flagellar Genes of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Jonathan Frye, Joyce E. Karlinsey, Heather R. Felise, Bruz Marzolf, Naeem Dowidar, Michael McClelland, and Kelly T. Hughes J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2233-2243; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complete Genome Sequence of the Dehalorespiring Bacterium Desulfitobacterium hafniense Y51 and Comparison with Dehalococcoides ethenogenes 195 Hiroshi Nonaka, Gabor Keresztes, Yoshifumi Shinoda, Yuko Ikenaga, Miyuki Abe, Kae Naito, Kenichi Inatomi, Kensuke Furukawa, Masayuki Inui, and Hideaki Yukawa J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2262-2274; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genomic Comparison of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis Sheep and Cattle Strains by Microarray Hybridization Ian B. Marsh, John P. Bannantine, Michael L. Paustian, Mark L. Tizard, Vivek Kapur, and Richard J. Whittington J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2290-2293; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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The Iron Control Element, Acting in Positive and Negative Control of Iron-Regulated Bradyrhizobium japonicum Genes, Is a Target for the Irr Protein Gesine Rudolph, Geo Semini, Felix Hauser, Andrea Lindemann, Markus Friberg, Hauke Hennecke, and Hans-Martin Fischer J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2294 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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The Usher N Terminus Is the Initial Targeting Site for Chaperone-Subunit Complexes and Participates in Subsequent Pilus Biogenesis Events Tony W. Ng, Leyla Akman, Mary Osisami, and David G. Thanassi J. Bacteriol. March 2006 188: 2295 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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