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Contents: April 2007, Volume 189, Issue 7        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Enzymes and Proteins        Gene Regulation        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Microbial Cell Biology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Physiology and Metabolism        Plant Microbiology        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Genomics and Proteomics

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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The W-Beijing Lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Overproduces Triglycerides and Has the DosR Dormancy Regulon Constitutively Upregulated Michael B. Reed, Sebastien Gagneux, Kathryn DeRiemer, Peter M. Small, and Clifton E. Barry, III J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2583-2589; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01670-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulatory Role of PopN and Its Interacting Partners in Type III Secretion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Hongjing Yang, Zhiying Shan, Jaewha Kim, Weihui Wu, Wei Lian, Lin Zeng, Laijun Xing, and Shouguang Jin J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2599-2609; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01680-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

MalE of Group A Streptococcus Participates in the Rapid Transport of Maltotriose and Longer Maltodextrins Samuel A. Shelburne, III, Han Fang, Nnaja Okorafor, Paul Sumby, Izabela Sitkiewicz, David Keith, Payal Patel, Celest Austin, Edward A. Graviss, James M. Musser, and Dar-Chone Chow J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2610-2617; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01539-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Negative Regulation of Bacillus anthracis Sporulation by the Spo0E Family of Phosphatases Cristina Bongiorni, Ricarda Stoessel, and Marta Perego J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2637-2645; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01798-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulators of Expression of the Oligopeptide Permease A Proteins of Borrelia burgdorferi Melisa S. Medrano, Yanpeng Ding, Xing-Guo Wang, Peng Lu, Jenifer Coburn, and Linden T. Hu J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2653-2659; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01760-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conditional Mutation of an Essential Putative Glycoprotease Eliminates Autolysis in Staphylococcus aureus Li Zheng, Chuanxin Yu, Kenneth Bayles, Iñigo Lasa, and Yinduo Ji J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2734-2742; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01806-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Localized Tufts of Fibrils on Staphylococcus epidermidis NCTC 11047 Are Comprised of the Accumulation-Associated Protein Miriam A. Banner, John G. Cunniffe, Robin L. Macintosh, Timothy J. Foster, Holger Rohde, Dietrich Mack, Emmy Hoyes, Jeremy Derrick, Mathew Upton, and Pauline S. Handley J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2793-2804; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00952-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

SOS Regulation of the Type III Secretion System of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Jay L. Mellies, Kenneth R. Haack, and Derek C. Galligan J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2863-2872; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01859-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DRS Is Far Less Divergent than Streptococcal Inhibitor of Complement of Group A Streptococcus Vivek Sagar, Rajesh Kumar, Nirmal K. Ganguly, Thangam Menon, and Anuradha Chakraborti J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2933-2935; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01619-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enhanced Post-Stationary-Phase Survival of a Clinical Thymidine-Dependent Small-Colony Variant of Staphylococcus aureus Results from Lack of a Functional Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Indranil Chatterjee, Mathias Herrmann, Richard A. Proctor, Georg Peters, and Barbara C. Kahl J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2936-2940; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01444-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Functional Characterization of the Initiation Enzyme of S-Layer Glycoprotein Glycan Biosynthesis in Geobacillus stearothermophilus NRS 2004/3a Kerstin Steiner, René Novotny, Kinnari Patel, Evgenij Vinogradov, Chris Whitfield, Miguel A. Valvano, Paul Messner, and Christina Schäffer J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2590-2598; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01592-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Characterization and Membrane Topology of Escherichia coli WecA, a Sugar-Phosphate Transferase Initiating the Biosynthesis of Enterobacterial Common Antigen and O-Antigen Lipopolysaccharide Jason Lehrer, Karen A. Vigeant, Laura D. Tatar, and Miguel A. Valvano J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2618-2628; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01905-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of 1-Naphthol-2-Hydroxylase from Carbaryl-Degrading Pseudomonas Strain C4 Vandana P. Swetha, Aditya Basu, and Prashant S. Phale J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2660-2666; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01418-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Deaminase Involved in Chloronitrobenzene and Nitrobenzene Degradation with Comamonas sp. Strain CNB-1 Lei Liu, Jian-Feng Wu, Ying-Fei Ma, Sheng-Yue Wang, Guo-Ping Zhao, and Shuang-Jiang Liu J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2677-2682; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01762-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Ferredoxin-Dependent Glutamate Synthase from the Hydrogen-Oxidizing Chemoautotrophic Bacterium Hydrogenobacter thermophilus TK-6 Masafumi Kameya, Takeshi Ikeda, Miyuki Nakamura, Hiroyuki Arai, Masaharu Ishii, and Yasuo Igarashi J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2805-2812; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01360-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

His20 Provides the Sole Functionally Significant Side Chain in the Essential TonB Transmembrane Domain Ray A. Larsen, Gail E. Deckert, Kyle A. Kastead, Surendranathan Devanathan, Kimberly L. Keller, and Kathleen Postle J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2825-2833; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01925-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Positive Regulation of fur Gene Expression via Direct Interaction of Fur in a Pathogenic Bacterium, Vibrio vulnificus Hyun-Jung Lee, So Hyun Bang, Kyu-Ho Lee, and Soon-Jung Park J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2629-2636; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01791-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The IclR-Type Transcriptional Repressor LtbR Regulates the Expression of Leucine and Tryptophan Biosynthesis Genes in the Amino Acid Producer Corynebacterium glutamicum Iris Brune, Nina Jochmann, Karina Brinkrolf, Andrea T. Hüser, Robert Gerstmeir, Bernhard J. Eikmanns, Jörn Kalinowski, Alfred Pühler, and Andreas Tauch J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2720-2733; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01876-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of the Signaling Domain of the NO-Responsive Regulator NorR from Ralstonia eutropha H16 by Site-Directed Mutagenesis Andrea Klink, Bettina Elsner, Katja Strube, and Rainer Cramm J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2743-2749; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01865-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Coordinated High-Light Response of Genes Encoding Subunits of Photosystem I Is Achieved by AT-Rich Upstream Sequences in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Masayuki Muramatsu and Yukako Hihara J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2750-2758; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01903-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Demonstration of FNR Dimers in Response to Lower O2 Availability Adrian J. Jervis and Jeffrey Green J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2930-2932; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01921-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Phage 3396 from a Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis Pathovar May Have Its Origins in Streptococcus pyogenes Mark R. Davies, David J. McMillan, Gary H. Van Domselaar, Malcolm K. Jones, and Kadaba S. Sriprakash J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2646-2652; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01590-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

IntDOT Interactions with Core- and Arm-Type Sites of the Conjugative Transposon CTnDOT Jeanne M. DiChiara, Aras N. Mattis, and Jeffrey F. Gardner J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2692-2701; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01796-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Interactions between Coexisting Toxin-Antitoxin Systems of the ccd Family in Escherichia coli O157:H7 Myriam Wilbaux, Natacha Mine, Anne-Marie Guérout, Didier Mazel, and Laurence Van Melderen J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2712-2719; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01679-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cysteine Residues in the Transmembrane Regions of M13 Procoat Protein Suggest that Oligomeric Coat Proteins Assemble onto Phage Progeny Christof Nagler, Gisela Nagler, and Andreas Kuhn J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2897-2905; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01551-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Possible Heterodimeric Prophage-Like Element in the Genome of the Insect Endosymbiont Sodalis glossinidius Alvin J. Clark, Mauricio Pontes, Tait Jones, and Colin Dale J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2949-2951; published ahead of print January 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.00913-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Initial Steps of Colicin E1 Import across the Outer Membrane of Escherichia coli Muriel Masi, Phu Vuong, Matthew Humbard, Karen Malone, and Rajeev Misra J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2667-2676; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01448-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Translocation of -Synuclein Expressed in Escherichia coli Guoping Ren, Xi Wang, Shufeng Hao, Hongyu Hu, and Chih-chen Wang J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2777-2786; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01406-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Quorum-Sensing Hybrid Histidine Kinase LuxN of Vibrio harveyi Contains a Periplasmically Located N Terminus Kirsten Jung, Tina Odenbach, and Melanie Timmen J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2945-2948; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01723-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Disruption of a Sugar Transporter Gene Cluster in a Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Using a Host-Marker System Based on Antibiotic Resistance Rie Matsumi, Kenji Manabe, Toshiaki Fukui, Haruyuki Atomi, and Tadayuki Imanaka J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2683-2691; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01692-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quorum-Sensing Regulation of Adhesion in Serratia marcescens MG1 Is Surface Dependent Maurizio Labbate, Hua Zhu, Leena Thung, Rani Bandara, Martin R. Larsen, Mark D. P. Willcox, Michael Givskov, Scott A. Rice, and Staffan Kjelleberg J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2702-2711; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01582-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutational Analysis of the Escherichia coli DEAD Box Protein CsdA Anne-Marie W. Turner, Cheraton F. Love, Rebecca W. Alexander, and Pamela G. Jones J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2769-2776; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01509-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Essentiality of Ribosomal and Transcription Antitermination Proteins Analyzed by Systematic Gene Replacement in Escherichia coli Mikhail Bubunenko, Teresa Baker, and Donald L. Court J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2844-2853; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01713-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Unusual Response Regulator Influences Sporulation at Early and Late Stages in Streptomyces coelicolor Yuqing Tian, Kay Fowler, Kim Findlay, Huarong Tan, and Keith F. Chater J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2873-2885; published ahead of print January 12, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01615-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

UvrD Limits the Number and Intensities of RecA-Green Fluorescent Protein Structures in Escherichia coli K-12 Richard C. Centore and Steven J. Sandler J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2915-2920; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01777-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Essential GTPase YqeH Is Required for Proper Ribosome Assembly in Bacillus subtilis William C. Uicker, Laura Schaefer, Mark Koenigsknecht, and Robert A. Britton J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2926-2929; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01654-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Products of the Escherichia coli Acid Fitness Island Attenuate Metabolite Stress at Extremely Low pH and Mediate a Cell Density-Dependent Acid Resistance Aaron K. Mates, Atef K. Sayed, and John W. Foster J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2759-2768; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01490-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the Initial Steps in D-Lysine Catabolism in Pseudomonas putida Olga Revelles, Rolf-Michael Wittich, and Juan L. Ramos J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2787-2792; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01538-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Redox Regulator Fnr Is Required for Fermentative Growth and Enterotoxin Synthesis in Bacillus cereus F4430/73 Assia Zigha, Eric Rosenfeld, Philippe Schmitt, and Catherine Duport J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2813-2824; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01701-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Controlled Expression of nif and isc Iron-Sulfur Protein Maturation Components Reveals Target Specificity and Limited Functional Replacement between the Two Systems Patricia C. Dos Santos, Deborah C. Johnson, Brook E. Ragle, Mihaela-Carmen Unciuleac, and Dennis R. Dean J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2854-2862; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01734-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Properties of R-Citramalyl-Coenzyme A Lyase and Its Role in the Autotrophic 3-Hydroxypropionate Cycle of Chloroflexus aurantiacus Silke Friedmann, Birgit E. Alber, and Georg Fuchs J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2906-2914; published ahead of print January 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01620-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biosynthesis of the Thioquinolobactin Siderophore: an Interesting Variation on Sulfur Transfer Amy M. Godert, Mi Jin, Fred W. McLafferty, and Tadhg P. Begley J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2941-2944; published ahead of print January 5, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01200-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Functional Characterization of the Gene Cluster from Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola NPS3121 Involved in Synthesis of Phaseolotoxin Selene Aguilera, Karina López-López, Yudith Nieto, Rogelio Garcidueñas-Piña, Gustavo Hernández-Guzmán, José Luis Hernández-Flores, Jesús Murillo, and Ariel Alvarez-Morales J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2834-2843; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01845-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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B Regulates IS256-Mediated Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Phenotypic Variation Jaione Valle, Marta Vergara-Irigaray, Nekane Merino, José R. Penadés, and Iñigo Lasa J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2886-2896; published ahead of print February 2, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01767-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Precise Excision and Self-Integration of a Composite Transposon as a Model for Spontaneous Large-Scale Chromosome Inversion/Deletion of the Staphylococcus haemolyticus Clinical Strain JCSC1435 Shinya Watanabe, Teruyo Ito, Yuh Morimoto, Fumihiko Takeuchi, and Keiichi Hiramatsu J. Bacteriol. April 2007 189: 2921-2925; published ahead of print January 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01485-06 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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