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Contents: September 2007, Volume 189, Issue 17        Guest Commentaries        Meeting Review        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Enzymes and Proteins        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Population Genetics and Evolution        Physiology and Metabolism        Plant Microbiology        Genomics and Proteomics        Gene Regulation        Structural Biology        Microbial Cell Biology        Errata

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Guest Commentaries:

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Hypothetical Functions of Toxin-Antitoxin Systems Roy David Magnuson J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6089-6092; published ahead of print July 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00958-07 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Meeting Review:

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Recent Advances in the Expression, Evolution, and Dynamics of Prokaryotic Genomes Cecilia M. Arraiano, Jaana Bamford, Harald Brüssow, Agamemnon J. Carpousis, Vladimir Pelicic, Katharina Pflüger, Patrice Polard, and Jörg Vogel J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6093-6100; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00612-07 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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What Is the Benefit to Escherichia coli of Having Multiple Toxin-Antitoxin Systems in Its Genome? Virginie Tsilibaris, Geneviève Maenhaut-Michel, Natacha Mine, and Laurence Van Melderen J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6101-6108; published ahead of print May 18, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00527-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ClpP Modulates the Activity of the Bacillus subtilis Stress Response Transcription Factor, B Adam Reeves, Ulf Gerth, Uwe Völker, and W. G. Haldenwang J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6168-6175; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00756-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Deleterious Effect of an Insertion Sequence Removing the Last Twenty Percent of the Essential Escherichia coli rpsA Gene Is Due to mRNA Destabilization, Not Protein Truncation Patricia Skorski, Florence Proux, Chainez Cheraiti, Marc Dreyfus, and Sylvie Hermann-Le Denmat J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6205-6212; published ahead of print July 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00445-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Class 3 Integrons from Delftia spp. Hai Xu, Julian Davies, and Vivian Miao J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6276-6283; published ahead of print June 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00348-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Oxygen on Biofilm Formation and the AtlA Autolysin of Streptococcus mutans Sang-Joon Ahn and Robert A. Burne J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6293-6302; published ahead of print July 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00546-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Biosynthetic Gene Cluster and the Six Associated Lipopeptides Involved in Swarming Motility of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 Andrew D. Berti, Nathan J. Greve, Quin H. Christensen, and Michael G. Thomas J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6312-6323; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00725-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Major Protein Component of the Pneumococcal Eclipse Complex Donald A. Morrison, Isabelle Mortier-Barrière, Laetitia Attaiech, and Jean-Pierre Claverys J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6497-6500; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00687-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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The Quorum-Sensing Molecule Autoinducer 2 Regulates Motility and Flagellar Morphogenesis in Helicobacter pylori Bethany A. Rader, Shawn R. Campagna, Martin F. Semmelhack, Bonnie L. Bassler, and Karen Guillemin J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6109-6117; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00246-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of the -Crystallin Gene acr2 by the MprAB Two-Component System of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Xiuhua Pang and Susan T. Howard J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6213-6221; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00492-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of pyr Gene Expression in Mycobacterium smegmatis by PyrR-Dependent Translational Repression Christopher J. Fields and Robert L. Switzer J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6236-6245; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00803-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conjugal Transfer of Chromosomal DNA Contributes to Genetic Variation in the Oral Pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis Gena D. Tribble, Gwyneth J. Lamont, Ann Progulske-Fox, and Richard J. Lamont J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6382-6388; published ahead of print June 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00460-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Exclusion Mechanism for Carbon Resource Partitioning in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Stacie A. Brown and Marvin Whiteley J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6407-6414; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00554-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sortase C-Mediated Anchoring of BasI to the Cell Wall Envelope of Bacillus anthracis Luciano A. Marraffini and Olaf Schneewind J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6425-6436; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00702-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Structure of the nadA and nadB Antivirulence Loci in Shigella spp. Anne-Laure Prunier, Raymond Schuch, Reinaldo E. Fernández, and Anthony T. Maurelli J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6482-6486; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00525-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

EbpR Is Important for Biofilm Formation by Activating Expression of the Endocarditis and Biofilm-Associated Pilus Operon (ebpABC) of Enterococcus faecalis OG1RF Agathe Bourgogne, Kavindra V. Singh, Kristina A. Fox, Kathryn J. Pflughoeft, Barbara E. Murray, and Danielle A. Garsin J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6490-6493; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00594-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Assembly of the MexAB-OprM Multidrug Pump of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Component Interactions Defined by the Study of Pump Mutant Suppressors Dominic Nehme and Keith Poole J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6118-6127; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00718-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

G-Protein Control of the Ribosome-Associated Stress Response Protein SpoT Mengxi Jiang, Susan M. Sullivan, Patrice K. Wout, and Janine R. Maddock J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6140-6147; published ahead of print July 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00315-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Structural and Functional Analyses of the Major Outer Membrane Protein of Chlamydia trachomatis Guifeng Sun, Sukumar Pal, Annahita K. Sarcon, Soyoun Kim, Etsuko Sugawara, Hiroshi Nikaido, Melanie J. Cocco, Ellena M. Peterson, and Luis M. de la Maza J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6222-6235; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00552-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The N-Terminal Domain of OmpATb Is Required for Membrane Translocation and Pore-Forming Activity in Mycobacteria Anuradha Alahari, Nathalie Saint, Sylvie Campagna, Virginie Molle, Gérard Molle, and Laurent Kremer J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6351-6358; published ahead of print June 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00509-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopy Structure of the Neisseria meningitidis Type IV Pilus Biogenesis Protein PilG Richard F. Collins, Muhammad Saleem, and Jeremy P. Derrick J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6389-6396; published ahead of print July 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00648-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cyclic AMP Directly Activates NasP, an N-Acyl Amino Acid Antibiotic Biosynthetic Enzyme Cloned from an Uncultured ß-Proteobacterium Jon Clardy and Sean F. Brady J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6487-6489; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00457-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Distribution of Megaplasmids in Lactobacillus salivarius and Other Lactobacilli Yin Li, Carlos Canchaya, Fang Fang, Emma Raftis, Kieran A. Ryan, Jan-Peter van Pijkeren, Douwe van Sinderen, and Paul W. O'Toole J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6128-6139; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00447-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of the Gifsy-1 Xis Protein with the Gifsy-1 attP Sequence Asa Flanigan and Jeffrey F. Gardner J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6303-6311; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00577-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Antirepressor Needed for Induction of Linear Plasmid-Prophage N15 Belongs to the SOS Regulon Andrey V. Mardanov and Nikolai V. Ravin J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6333-6338; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00599-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Escherichia coli K1-Specific Bacteriophage CUS-3 Distribution and Function in Phase-Variable Capsular Polysialic Acid O Acetylation Michael R. King, Ross P. Vimr, Susan M. Steenbergen, Lodewijk Spanjaard, Guy Plunkett, III, Frederick R. Blattner, and Eric R. Vimr J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6447-6456; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00657-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Determinants of Entry Exclusion within Eex and TraG Are Cytoplasmic Joeli Marrero and Matthew K. Waldor J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6469-6473; published ahead of print June 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00522-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Natural Merodiploidy of the lux-rib Operon of Photobacterium leiognathi from Coastal Waters of Honshu, Japan Jennifer C. Ast, Henryk Urbanczyk, and Paul V. Dunlap J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6148-6158; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00672-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Code Ambiguity Confers a Selective Advantage on Acinetobacter baylyi Jamie M. Bacher, William F. Waas, David Metzgar, Valérie de Crécy-Lagard, and Paul Schimmel J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6494-6496; published ahead of print July 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00622-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Function of Periplasmic Hydrogenases in the Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough Sean M. Caffrey, Hyung-Soo Park, Johanna K. Voordouw, Zhili He, Jizhong Zhou, and Gerrit Voordouw J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6159-6167; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00747-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bacteriochlorophyllide c C-82 and C-121 Methyltransferases Are Essential for Adaptation to Low Light in Chlorobaculum tepidum Aline Gomez Maqueo Chew, Niels-Ulrik Frigaard, and Donald A. Bryant J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6176-6184; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00519-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Large Gene Cluster in Burkholderia xenovorans Encoding Abietane Diterpenoid Catabolism Daryl J. Smith, Joonhong Park, James M. Tiedje, and William W. Mohn J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6195-6204; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00179-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Control of DegP-Dependent Degradation of c-Type Cytochromes by Heme and the Cytochrome c Maturation System in Escherichia coli Tao Gao and Mark R. O'Brian J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6253-6259; published ahead of print July 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00656-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pyocyanin Alters Redox Homeostasis and Carbon Flux through Central Metabolic Pathways in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 Alexa Price-Whelan, Lars E. P. Dietrich, and Dianne K. Newman J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6372-6381; published ahead of print May 25, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00505-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Physiological and Expression Analyses of Agrobacterium tumefaciens trxA, Encoding Thioredoxin Paiboon Vattanaviboon, Weerachai Tanboon, and Skorn Mongkolsuk J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6477-6481; published ahead of print June 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00623-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Artificial Control of Nitrate Respiration through the lac Promoter Permits the Assessment of Oxygen-Mediated Posttranslational Regulation of the nar Operon in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Chris E. Noriega, Vandana Sharma, and John J. Rowe J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6501-6505; published ahead of print July 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00491-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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BigR, a Transcriptional Repressor from Plant-Associated Bacteria, Regulates an Operon Implicated in Biofilm Growth Rosicler L. Barbosa and Celso E. Benedetti J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6185-6194; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00331-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Genes in Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria Induced during Its Interaction with Tomato Dafna Tamir-Ariel, Naama Navon, and Saul Burdman J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6359-6371; published ahead of print June 15, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00320-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Plant Pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum Needs Aerotaxis for Normal Biofilm Formation and Interactions with Its Tomato Host Jian Yao and Caitilyn Allen J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6415-6424; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00398-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Functional Characterization by Genetic Complementation of aroB-Encoded Dehydroquinate Synthase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and Its Heterologous Expression and Purification Jordana Dutra de Mendonça, Fernanda Ely, Mario Sergio Palma, Jeverson Frazzon, Luiz Augusto Basso, and Diógenes Santiago Santos J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6246-6252; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00425-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proteomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Extracellular Proteins and mRNA Levels in Thermobifida fusca Grown on Cellobiose and Glucose Shaolin Chen and David B. Wilson J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6260-6265; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00584-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DNA Diversification in Two Sinorhizobium Species Xianwu Guo, Margarita Flores, Lucía Morales, Delfino García, Patricia Bustos, Víctor González, Rafael Palacios, and Guillermo Dávila J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6474-6476; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00384-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Expression of hurP, a Gene Encoding a Prospective Site 2 Protease, Is Essential for Heme-Dependent Induction of bhuR in Bordetella bronchiseptica Natalie D. King-Lyons, Kelsy F. Smith, and Terry D. Connell J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6266-6275; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00629-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dual Role of OhrR as a Repressor and an Activator in Response to Organic Hydroperoxides in Streptomyces coelicolor So-Young Oh, Jung-Ho Shin, and Jung-Hye Roe J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6284-6292; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00632-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interactions of the Antizyme AtoC with Regulatory Elements of the Escherichia coli atoDAEB Operon Meropi K. Matta, Efthimia E. Lioliou, Cynthia H. Panagiotidis, Dimitrios A. Kyriakidis, and Christos A. Panagiotidis J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6324-6332; published ahead of print July 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00214-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptional Analysis of the Genetic Element pSSVx: Differential and Temporal Regulation of Gene Expression Reveals Correlation between Transcription and Replication Patrizia Contursi, Raffaele Cannio, Santina Prato, Qunxin She, Mosè Rossi, and Simonetta Bartolucci J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6339-6350; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00638-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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Structural Characterization of the Ribosome Maturation Protein, RimM Sakura Suzuki, Ayako Tatsuguchi, Eiko Matsumoto, Masahito Kawazoe, Tatsuya Kaminishi, Mikako Shirouzu, Yutaka Muto, Chie Takemoto, and Shigeyuki Yokoyama J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6397-6406; published ahead of print July 6, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00024-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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The Acidic Repetitive Domain of the Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense MamJ Protein Displays Hypervariability but Is Not Required for Magnetosome Chain Assembly André Scheffel and Dirk Schüler J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6437-6446; published ahead of print June 29, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00421-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spore Coat Architecture of Clostridium novyi NT Spores Marco Plomp, J. Michael McCaffery, Ian Cheong, Xin Huang, Chetan Bettegowda, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Shibin Zhou, Bert Vogelstein, and Alexander J. Malkin J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6457-6468; published ahead of print June 22, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00757-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Clocking Out: Modeling Phage-Induced Lysis of Escherichia coli Gillian L. Ryan and Andrew D. Rutenberg J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6506 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Predation by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100 Requires Type IV Pili Katy J. Evans, Carey Lambert, and R. Elizabeth Sockett J. Bacteriol. September 2007 189: 6507 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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