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Guest Commentaries:

William M. Shafer and Jason P. Folster

Towards an Understanding of Chromosomally Mediated Penicillin Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Evidence for a Porin-Efflux Pump Collaboration
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2297-2299. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Melanie Olesky, Shuqing Zhao, Robert L. Rosenberg, and Robert A. Nicholas

Porin-Mediated Antibiotic Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Ion, Solute, and Antibiotic Permeation through PIB Proteins with penB Mutations
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2300-2308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Isabel Delany, Renata Grifantini, Erika Bartolini, Rino Rappuoli, and Vincenzo Scarlato

Effect of Neisseria meningitidis Fur Mutations on Global Control of Gene Transcription
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2483-2492. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Corbette Roberts, Kelsi L. Anderson, Ellen Murphy, Steven J. Projan, William Mounts, Barry Hurlburt, Mark Smeltzer, Ross Overbeek, Terrence Disz, and Paul M. Dunman

Characterizing the Effect of the Staphylococcus aureus Virulence Factor Regulator, SarA, on Log-Phase mRNA Half-Lives
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2593-2603. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Matthew A. Croxen, Gary Sisson, Roberto Melano, and Paul S. Hoffman

The Helicobacter pylori Chemotaxis Receptor TlpB (HP0103) Is Required for pH Taxis and for Colonization of the Gastric Mucosa
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2656-2665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Eileen Pagán-Ramos, Sharon S. Master, Christopher L. Pritchett, Renate Reimschuessel, Michele Trucksis, Graham S. Timmins, and Vojo Deretic

Molecular and Physiological Effects of Mycobacterial oxyR Inactivation
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2674-2680. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Pauline Yoong, Raymond Schuch, Daniel Nelson, and Vincent A. Fischetti

PlyPH, a Bacteriolytic Enzyme with a Broad pH Range of Activity and Lytic Action against Bacillus anthracis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2711-2714. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Elisa Maiques, Carles Úbeda, Susana Campoy, Noelia Salvador, Íñigo Lasa, Richard P. Novick, Jordi Barbé, and José R. Penadés

ß-Lactam Antibiotics Induce the SOS Response and Horizontal Transfer of Virulence Factors in Staphylococcus aureus
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2726-2729. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gerald L. Murray, Stephen R. Attridge, and Renato Morona

Altering the Length of the Lipopolysaccharide O Antigen Has an Impact on the Interaction of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium with Macrophages and Complement
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2735-2739. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

Paul A. Beare, James E. Samuel, Dale Howe, Kimmo Virtaneva, Stephen F. Porcella, and Robert A. Heinzen

Genetic Diversity of the Q Fever Agent, Coxiella burnetii, Assessed by Microarray-Based Whole-Genome Comparisons
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2309-2324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Robert T. DeBoy, Emmanuel F. Mongodin, Joanne B. Emerson, and Karen E. Nelson

Chromosome Evolution in the Thermotogales: Large-Scale Inversions and Strain Diversification of CRISPR Sequences
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2364-2374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sangita Phadtare, Vasisht Tadigotla, Weon-Hye Shin, Anirvan Sengupta, and Konstantin Severinov

Analysis of Escherichia coli Global Gene Expression Profiles in Response to Overexpression and Deletion of CspC and CspE
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2521-2527. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Roger Frutos, Alain Viari, Conchita Ferraz, Anne Morgat, Sophie Eychenié, Yane Kandassamy, Isabelle Chantal, Albert Bensaid, Eric Coissac, Nathalie Vachiery, Jacques Demaille, and Dominique Martinez

Comparative Genomic Analysis of Three Strains of Ehrlichia ruminantium Reveals an Active Process of Genome Size Plasticity
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2533-2542. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Arden Aspedon, Kelli Palmer, and Marvin Whiteley

Microarray Analysis of the Osmotic Stress Response in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2721-2725. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Communities and Interactions:

Magee Allegrucci, F. Z. Hu, K. Shen, J. Hayes, Garth D. Ehrlich, J. Christopher Post, and Karin Sauer

Phenotypic Characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae Biofilm Development
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2325-2335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Annet E. J. van Merode, Henny C. van der Mei, Henk J. Busscher, and Bastiaan P. Krom

Influence of Culture Heterogeneity in Cell Surface Charge on Adhesion and Biofilm Formation by Enterococcus faecalis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2421-2426. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kai M. Thormann, Stefanie Duttler, Renee M. Saville, Mamoru Hyodo, Soni Shukla, Yoshihiro Hayakawa, and Alfred M. Spormann

Control of Formation and Cellular Detachment from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Biofilms by Cyclic di-GMP
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2681-2691. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nguyen K. M. Tam, Nguyen Q. Uyen, Huynh A. Hong, Le H. Duc, Tran T. Hoa, Claudia R. Serra, Adriano O. Henriques, and Simon M. Cutting

The Intestinal Life Cycle of Bacillus subtilis and Close Relatives
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2692-2700. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Megan N. Hersh, Liza D. Morales, Kimberly J. Ross, and Susan M. Rosenberg

Single-Strand-Specific Exonucleases Prevent Frameshift Mutagenesis by Suppressing SOS Induction and the Action of DinB/DNA Polymerase IV in Growing Cells
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2336-2342. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chao Wang, Hai-Bao Zhang, Guozhou Chen, Lingling Chen, and Lian-Hui Zhang

Dual Control of Quorum Sensing by Two TraM-Type Antiactivators in Agrobacterium tumefaciens Octopine Strain A6
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2435-2445. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Zhi Liu, Ansel Hsiao, Adam Joelsson, and Jun Zhu

The Transcriptional Regulator VqmA Increases Expression of the Quorum-Sensing Activator HapR in Vibrio cholerae
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2446-2453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Deanne L. Pierce, Danielle S. O'Donnol, Rebecca C. Allen, June W. Javens, Ellen M. Quardokus, and Yves V. Brun

Mutations in DivL and CckA Rescue a divJ Null Mutant of Caulobacter crescentus by Reducing the Activity of CtrA
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2473-2482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patricia Lucas-Elío, Daniel Gómez, Francisco Solano, and Antonio Sanchez-Amat

The Antimicrobial Activity of Marinocine, Synthesized by Marinomonas mediterranea, Is Due to Hydrogen Peroxide Generated by Its Lysine Oxidase Activity
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2493-2501. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Annette Cramer, Robert Gerstmeir, Steffen Schaffer, Michael Bott, and Bernhard J. Eikmanns

Identification of RamA, a Novel LuxR-Type Transcriptional Regulator of Genes Involved in Acetate Metabolism of Corynebacterium glutamicum
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2554-2567. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Martin Berner, Daniel Krug, Corina Bihlmaier, Andreas Vente, Rolf Müller, and Andreas Bechthold

Genes and Enzymes Involved in Caffeic Acid Biosynthesis in the Actinomycete Saccharothrix espanaensis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2666-2673. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Goetsch, H. Owen, B. Goldman, and S. Forst

Analysis of the PixA Inclusion Body Protein of Xenorhabdus nematophila
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2706-2710. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Genki Akanuma, Hideaki Nanamiya, Yousuke Natori, Naofumi Nomura, and Fujio Kawamura

Liberation of Zinc-Containing L31 (RpmE) from Ribosomes by Its Paralogous Gene Product, YtiA, in Bacillus subtilis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2715-2720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gene Regulation:

Gonzalo Durante-Rodríguez, María Teresa Zamarro, José Luis García, Eduardo Díaz, and Manuel Carmona

Oxygen-Dependent Regulation of the Central Pathway for the Anaerobic Catabolism of Aromatic Compounds in Azoarcus sp. Strain CIB
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2343-2354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patricia I. Diaz, Nada Slakeski, Eric C. Reynolds, Renato Morona, Anthony H. Rogers, and Paul E. Kolenbrander

Role of oxyR in the Oral Anaerobe Porphyromonas gingivalis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2454-2462. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ilya Borovok, Batia Gorovitz, Rachel Schreiber, Yair Aharonowitz, and Gerald Cohen

Coenzyme B12 Controls Transcription of the Streptomyces Class Ia Ribonucleotide Reductase nrdABS Operon via a Riboswitch Mechanism
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2512-2520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jill M. Zalieckas, Lewis V. Wray, Jr., and Susan H. Fisher

Cross-Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis glnRA and tnrA Genes Provides Evidence for DNA Binding Site Discrimination by GlnR and TnrA
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2578-2585. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Krisztina Gábor, Carla S. Veríssimo, Barbara C. Cyran, Paul ter Horst, Nienke P. Meijer, Hauke Smidt, Willem M. de Vos, and John van der Oost

Characterization of CprK1, a CRP/FNR-Type Transcriptional Regulator of Halorespiration from Desulfitobacterium hafniense
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2604-2613. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hédia Maamar, Laetitia Abdou, Céline Boileau, Odile Valette, and Chantal Tardif

Transcriptional Analysis of the cip-cel Gene Cluster from Clostridium cellulolyticum
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2614-2624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Cell Biology:

Chandra N. Patel, Brian W. Wortham, J. Louise Lines, Jacqueline D. Fetherston, Robert D. Perry, and Marcos A. Oliveira

Polyamines Are Essential for the Formation of Plague Biofilm
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2355-2363. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Wendy Higashide and Daoguo Zhou

The First 45 Amino Acids of SopA Are Necessary for InvB Binding and SPI-1 Secretion
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2411-2420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

John Kelly, Harold Jarrell, Lorna Millar, Luc Tessier, Laura M. Fiori, Peter C. Lau, Brenda Allan, and Christine M. Szymanski

Biosynthesis of the N-Linked Glycan in Campylobacter jejuni and Addition onto Protein through Block Transfer
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2427-2434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Angelika Gründling and Olaf Schneewind

Cross-Linked Peptidoglycan Mediates Lysostaphin Binding to the Cell Wall Envelope of Staphylococcus aureus
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2463-2472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Koushik Paul and David F. Blair

Organization of FliN Subunits in the Flagellar Motor of Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2502-2511. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sandford Jaques and Linda L. McCarter

Three New Regulators of Swarming in Vibrio parahaemolyticus
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2625-2635. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Naoya Terahara, Makoto Fujisawa, Benjamin Powers, Tina M. Henkin, Terry A. Krulwich, and Masahiro Ito

An Intergenic Stem-Loop Mutation in the Bacillus subtilis ccpA-motPS Operon Increases motPS Transcription and the MotPS Contribution to Motility
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2701-2705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Population Genetics and Evolution:

Mary M. Brinig, Craig A. Cummings, Gary N. Sanden, Paola Stefanelli, Andrew Lawrence, and David A. Relman

Significant Gene Order and Expression Differences in Bordetella pertussis Despite Limited Gene Content Variation
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2375-2382. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

Xiangxue Guo, Robert W. Harrison, and Phang C. Tai

Nucleotide-Dependent Dimerization of the C-Terminal Domain of the ABC Transporter CvaB in Colicin V Secretion
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2383-2391. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Stan J. J. Brouns, Nicole Smits, Hao Wu, Ambrosius P. L. Snijders, Phillip C. Wright, Willem M. de Vos, and John van der Oost

Identification of a Novel -Galactosidase from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2392-2399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mohammed Terrak and Martine Nguyen-Distèche

Kinetic Characterization of the Monofunctional Glycosyltransferase from Staphylococcus aureus
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2528-2532. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Silke Friedmann, Astrid Steindorf, Birgit E. Alber, and Georg Fuchs

Properties of Succinyl-Coenzyme A:L-Malate Coenzyme A Transferase and Its Role in the Autotrophic 3-Hydroxypropionate Cycle of Chloroflexus aurantiacus
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2646-2655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carmen L. Zayas, Jesse D. Woodson, and Jorge C. Escalante-Semerena

The cobZ Gene of Methanosarcina mazei Gö1 Encodes the Nonorthologous Replacement of the -Ribazole-5'-Phosphate Phosphatase (CobC) Enzyme of Salmonella enterica
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2740-2743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Denise M. Tremblay, Mariella Tegoni, Silvia Spinelli, Valérie Campanacci, Stéphanie Blangy, Céline Huyghe, Aline Desmyter, Steve Labrie, Sylvain Moineau, and Christian Cambillau

Receptor-Binding Protein of Lactococcus lactis Phages: Identification and Characterization of the Saccharide Receptor-Binding Site
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2400-2410. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Revathi Govind, Joe A. Fralick, and Rial D. Rolfe

Genomic Organization and Molecular Characterization of Clostridium difficile Bacteriophage CD119
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2568-2577. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

R. G. Sobral, A. M. Ludovice, H. de Lencastre, and A. Tomasz

Role of murF in Cell Wall Biosynthesis: Isolation and Characterization of a murF Conditional Mutant of Staphylococcus aureus
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2543-2553. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D. M. Doughty, L. A. Sayavedra-Soto, D. J. Arp, and P. J. Bottomley

Product Repression of Alkane Monooxygenase Expression in Pseudomonas butanovora
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2586-2592. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mani Maheswaran, Karl Ziegler, Wolfgang Lockau, Martin Hagemann, and Karl Forchhammer

P_II-Regulated Arginine Synthesis Controls Accumulation of Cyanophycin in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2730-2734. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Signal Transduction:

Cécile Muller, Yoann Le Breton, Thierry Morin, Abdellah Benachour, Yanick Auffray, and Alain Rincé

The Response Regulator CroR Modulates Expression of the Secreted Stress-Induced SalB Protein in Enterococcus faecalis
J. Bacteriol. 2006 188: 2636-2645. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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