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Contents: May 2006, Volume 188, Issue 9        Guest Commentaries        Gene Regulation        Physiology and Metabolism        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Enzymes and Proteins        Plant Microbiology        Signal Transduction        Microbial Cell Biology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Genomics and Proteomics        Structural Biology        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Errata        Retraction

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Guest Commentaries:

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The QscR Quorum-Sensing Regulon of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: an Orphan Claims Its Identity Clay Fuqua J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3169-3171; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Iron Gate: the Translocation System María A. Llamas and Wilbert Bitter J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3172-3174; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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LrhA Regulates rpoS Translation in Response to the Rcs Phosphorelay System in Escherichia coli Celeste N. Peterson, Valerie J. Carabetta, Tahmeena Chowdhury, and Thomas J. Silhavy J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3175-3181; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutational Analysis of the Escherichia coli melR Gene Suggests a Two-State Concerted Model To Explain Transcriptional Activation and Repression in the Melibiose Operon Christina Kahramanoglou, Christine L. Webster, Mohamed Samir el-Robh, Tamara A. Belyaeva, and Stephen J. W. Busby J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3199-3207; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro and In Vivo Analysis of the Role of PrrA in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 hemA Gene Expression Britton Ranson-Olson, Denise F. Jones, Timothy J. Donohue, and Jill H. Zeilstra-Ryalls J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3208-3218; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Selenium Is Involved in Regulation of Periplasmic Hydrogenase Gene Expression in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough Filipa M. A. Valente, Cláudia C. Almeida, Isabel Pacheco, João Carita, Lígia M. Saraiva, and Inês A. C. Pereira J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3228-3235; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutational Analysis of Intervening Sequences Connecting the Binding Sites for Integration Host Factor, PepA, PurR, and RNA Polymerase in the Control Region of the Escherichia coli carAB Operon, Encoding Carbamoylphosphate Synthase Neel Devroede, Nadine Huysveld, and Daniel Charlier J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3236-3245; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of D in Regulating Genes and Signals during Myxococcus xanthus Development Poorna Viswanathan, Mitchell Singer, and Lee Kroos J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3246-3256; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of RraA, a Protein Inhibitor of RNase E-Mediated RNA Decay Meng Zhao, Li Zhou, Yasuaki Kawarasaki, and George Georgiou J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3257-3263; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Posttranscriptional Control of the Salmonella enterica Flagellar Hook Protein FlgE Hee Jung Lee and Kelly T. Hughes J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3308-3316; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Regulatory Roles for IscA and SufA in Iron Homeostasis and Redox Stress Responses in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7002 Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian, Gaozhong Shen, Donald A. Bryant, and John H. Golbeck J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3182-3191; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Methanocaldococcus jannaschii Uses a Modified Mevalonate Pathway for Biosynthesis of Isopentenyl Diphosphate Laura L. Grochowski, Huimin Xu, and Robert H. White J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3192-3198; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification and Functional Characterization of the Lactococcus lactis CodY-Regulated Branched-Chain Amino Acid Permease BcaP (CtrA) Chris D. den Hengst, Maarten Groeneveld, Oscar P. Kuipers, and Jan Kok J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3280-3289; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biochemical Bases of Type IV Chromatic Adaptation in Marine Synechococcus spp. Craig Everroad, Christophe Six, Frédéric Partensky, Jean-Claude Thomas, Julia Holtzendorff, and A. Michelle Wood J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3345-3356; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Chromate Stress on Escherichia coli K-12 D. F. Ackerley, Y. Barak, S. V. Lynch, J. Curtin, and A. Matin J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3371-3381; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Thin Aggregative Fimbriae and Cellulose Enhance Long-Term Survival and Persistence of Salmonella A. P. White, D. L. Gibson, W. Kim, W. W. Kay, and M. G. Surette J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3219-3227; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutation of waaC, Encoding Heptosyltransferase I in Campylobacter jejuni 81-176, Affects the Structure of both Lipooligosaccharide and Capsular Carbohydrate Margaret I. Kanipes, Erzsebet Papp-Szabo, Patricia Guerry, and Mario A. Monteiro J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3273-3279; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Protein Splicing of SufB Is Crucial for the Functionality of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis SUF Machinery Gaëlle Huet, Jean-Philippe Castaing, Didier Fournier, Mamadou Daffé, and Isabelle Saves J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3412-3414; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Specific Modification of a Na+ Binding Site in NADH:Quinone Oxidoreductase from Klebsiella pneumoniae with Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide Irini Vgenopoulou, Anja C. Gemperli, and Julia Steuber J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3264-3272; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Hydantoin Transport Protein from Microbacterium liquefaciens Shun'ichi Suzuki and Peter J. F. Henderson J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3329-3336; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sll0254 (CrtLdiox) Is a Bifunctional Lycopene Cyclase/Dioxygenase in Cyanobacteria Producing Myxoxanthophyll Hatem E. Mohamed and Wim F. J. Vermaas J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3337-3344; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Characterization of the Transcriptional Activators SalA and SyrF, Which Are Required for Syringomycin and Syringopeptin Production by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Nian Wang, Shi-En Lu, Angela R. Records, and Dennis C. Gross J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3290-3298; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Positive Selection Acting on a Surface Membrane Protein of the Plant-Pathogenic Phytoplasmas Shigeyuki Kakizawa, Kenro Oshima, Hee-Young Jung, Shiho Suzuki, Hisashi Nishigawa, Ryo Arashida, Shin-ichi Miyata, Masashi Ugaki, Hirohisa Kishino, and Shigetou Namba J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3424-3428; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Mutational Analysis of the Chemoreceptor-Coupling Domain of the Escherichia coli Chemotaxis Signaling Kinase CheA Jinshi Zhao and John S. Parkinson J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3299-3307; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heme and a Five-Amino-Acid Hemophore Region Form the Bipartite Stimulus Triggering the has Signaling Cascade Hélène Cwerman, Cécile Wandersman, and Francis Biville J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3357-3364; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Pyoverdine-Mediated Iron Uptake in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: the Tat System Is Required for PvdN but Not for FpvA Transport Romé Voulhoux, Alain Filloux, and Isabelle J. Schalk J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3317-3323; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Characterization of Escherichia coli GlpG and Additional Rhomboid Proteins Using an aarA Mutant of Providencia stuartii Katy M. Clemmer, Gwen M. Sturgill, Alexander Veenstra, and Philip N. Rather J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3415-3419; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Microcin J25 Uptake: His5 of the MccJ25 Lariat Ring Is Involved in Interaction with the Inner Membrane MccJ25 Transporter Protein SbmA Ricardo E. de Cristóbal, Jose O. Solbiati, Ana M. Zenoff, Paula A. Vincent, Raul A. Salomón, Julia Yuzenkova, Konstantin Severinov, and Ricardo N. Farías J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3324-3328; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of Escherichia coli Chromosomal mazEF by Stressful Conditions Causes an Irreversible Loss of Viability Ilana Kolodkin-Gal and Hanna Engelberg-Kulka J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3420-3423; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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A Distinct QscR Regulon in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quorum-Sensing Circuit Yannick Lequette, Joon-Hee Lee, Fouzia Ledgham, Andrée Lazdunski, and E. Peter Greenberg J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3365-3370; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Pathogenomic Sequence Analysis of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis Isolates Closely Related to Bacillus anthracis Cliff S. Han, Gary Xie, Jean F. Challacombe, Michael R. Altherr, Smriti S. Bhotika, David Bruce, Connie S. Campbell, Mary L. Campbell, Jin Chen, Olga Chertkov, Cathy Cleland, Mira Dimitrijevic, Norman A. Doggett, John J. Fawcett, Tijana Glavina, Lynne A. Goodwin, Karen K. Hill, Penny Hitchcock, Paul J. Jackson, Paul Keim, Avinash Ramesh Kewalramani, Jon Longmire, Susan Lucas, Stephanie Malfatti, Kim McMurry, Linda J. Meincke, Monica Misra, Bernice L. Moseman, Mark Mundt, A. Christine Munk, Richard T. Okinaka, B. Parson-Quintana, Lee Philip Reilly, Paul Richardson, Donna L. Robinson, Eddy Rubin, Elizabeth Saunders, Roxanne Tapia, Judith G. Tesmer, Nina Thayer, Linda S. Thompson, Hope Tice, Lawrence O. Ticknor, Patti L. Wills, Thomas S. Brettin, and Paul Gilna J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3382-3390; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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Structure of the Functional Form of the Mosquito Larvicidal Cry4Aa Toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis at a 2.8-Angstrom Resolution Panadda Boonserm, Min Mo, Chanan Angsuthanasombat, and Julien Lescar J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3391-3401; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Sequencing Bacillus anthracis Typing Phages Gamma and Cherry Reveals a Common Ancestry Derrick E. Fouts, David A. Rasko, Regina Z. Cer, Lingxia Jiang, Nadia B. Fedorova, Alla Shvartsbeyn, Jessica J. Vamathevan, Luke Tallon, Ryan Althoff, Tamara S. Arbogast, Douglas W. Fadrosh, Timothy D. Read, and Steven R. Gill J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3402-3408; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Secondary Attachment Sites in Changing the Specificity of Site-Specific Recombination Edit Rutkai, Andrea György, László Dorgai, and Robert A. Weisberg J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3409-3411; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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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. May 2006 188: 3429 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Retraction:

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Borrelia burgdorferi ftsZ Plays a Role in Cell Division Lydia Dubytska, Henry P. Godfrey, and Felipe C. Cabello J. Bacteriol. May 2006 188: 3430 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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