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Contents: July 2008, Volume 190, Issue 13        Guest Commentaries        Meeting Review        Meeting Presentations        Signal Transduction        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Microbial Cell Biology        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Gene Regulation        Genomics and Proteomics        Physiology and Metabolism        Enzymes and Proteins        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Plant Microbiology        Structural Biology

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Guest Commentaries:

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Bacterial Development in the Fast Lane Lee Kroos J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4373-4376; published ahead of print May 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00580-08 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Meeting Review:

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Cell-Cell Communication in Bacteria: United We Stand Susanne B. von Bodman, Joanne M. Willey, and Stephen P. Diggle J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4377-4391; published ahead of print May 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00486-08 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Meeting Presentations:

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A Mutational Analysis Defines Vibrio fischeri LuxR Binding Sites Luis Caetano M. Antunes, Rosana B. R. Ferreira, C. Phoebe Lostroh, and E. Peter Greenberg J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4392-4397; published ahead of print December 14, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01443-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction and Loss of Ti Plasmid Conjugative Competence in Response to the Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Quorum-Sensing Signal Shengchang Su, Sharik R. Khan, and Stephen K. Farrand J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4398-4407; published ahead of print January 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01684-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors Mediate Host Cell Proinflammatory Responses to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Autoinducer Aruna Jahoor, Rashila Patel, Amanda Bryan, Catherine Do, Jay Krier, Chase Watters, Walter Wahli, Guigen Li, Simon C. Williams, and Kendra P. Rumbaugh J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4408-4415; published ahead of print January 4, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01444-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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EspA, an Orphan Hybrid Histidine Protein Kinase, Regulates the Timing of Expression of Key Developmental Proteins of Myxococcus xanthus Penelope I. Higgs, Sakthimala Jagadeesan, Petra Mann, and David R. Zusman J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4416-4426; published ahead of print April 4, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00265-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Hybrid Sensor Kinase RscS Integrates Positive and Negative Signals To Modulate Biofilm Formation in Vibrio fischeri Kati Geszvain and Karen L. Visick J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4437-4446; published ahead of print April 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00055-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RscS Functions Upstream of SypG To Control the syp Locus and Biofilm Formation in Vibrio fischeri Elizabeth A. Hussa, Cynthia L. Darnell, and Karen L. Visick J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4576-4583; published ahead of print April 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00130-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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VirB3 to VirB6 and VirB8 to VirB11, but Not VirB7, Are Essential for Mediating Persistence of Brucella in the Reticuloendothelial System Andreas B. den Hartigh, Hortensia G. Rolán, Maarten F. de Jong, and Renée M. Tsolis J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4427-4436; published ahead of print May 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00406-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Growth Temperature on Crl-Dependent Regulation of S Activity in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Véronique Robbe-Saule, Ingrid Carreira, Annie Kolb, and Françoise Norel J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4453-4459; published ahead of print May 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00154-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Modulation of covR Expression in Streptococcus mutans UA159 Patrick Chong, Laura Drake, and Indranil Biswas J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4478-4488; published ahead of print May 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01961-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of the DksA-Like Protein in the Pathogenesis and Diverse Metabolic Activity of Campylobacter jejuni Jiae Yun, Byeonghwa Jeon, Yi-Wen Barton, Paul Plummer, Qijing Zhang, and Sangryeol Ryu J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4512-4520; published ahead of print May 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00105-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cortex Peptidoglycan Lytic Activity in Germinating Bacillus anthracis Spores Melissa M. Dowd, Benjamin Orsburn, and David L. Popham J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4541-4548; published ahead of print May 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00249-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Francisella Pathogenicity Island Protein PdpD Is Required for Full Virulence and Associates with Homologues of the Type VI Secretion System Jagjit S. Ludu, Olle M. de Bruin, Barry N. Duplantis, Crystal L. Schmerk, Alicia Y. Chou, Karen L. Elkins, and Francis E. Nano J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4584-4595; published ahead of print May 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00198-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Signal Pathway in Salt-Activated Expression of the Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 Type III Secretion System in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Hideaki Mizusaki, Akiko Takaya, Tomoko Yamamoto, and Shin-Ichi Aizawa J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4624-4631; published ahead of print April 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01957-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lipoprotein Signal Peptides Are Processed by Lsp and Eep of Streptococcus uberis E. L. Denham, P. N. Ward, and J. A. Leigh J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4641-4647; published ahead of print May 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00287-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutagenesis of the Shigella flexneri Autotransporter IcsA Reveals Novel Functional Regions Involved in IcsA Biogenesis and Recruitment of Host Neural Wiscott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein Kerrie L. May and Renato Morona J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4666-4676; published ahead of print May 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00093-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The CI Repressors of Shiga Toxin-Converting Prophages Are Involved in Coinfection of Escherichia coli Strains, Which Causes a Down Regulation in the Production of Shiga Toxin 2 R. Serra-Moreno, J. Jofre, and M. Muniesa J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4722-4735; published ahead of print May 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00069-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Integration Host Factor Positively Regulates Virulence Gene Expression in Vibrio cholerae Emily Stonehouse, Gabriela Kovacikova, Ronald K. Taylor, and Karen Skorupski J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4736-4748; published ahead of print May 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00089-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Two-Component System CesRK Controls the Transcriptional Induction of Cell Envelope-Related Genes in Listeria monocytogenes in Response to Cell Wall-Acting Antibiotics Sanne Gottschalk, Iver Bygebjerg-Hove, Mette Bonde, Pia Kiil Nielsen, Thanh Ha Nguyen, Anne Gravesen, and Birgitte H. Kallipolitis J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4772-4776; published ahead of print May 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00015-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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Involvement of a Novel Efflux System in Biofilm-Specific Resistance to Antibiotics Li Zhang and Thien-Fah Mah J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4447-4452; published ahead of print May 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01655-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Streptococcal Antagonism in Oral Biofilms: Streptococcus sanguinis and Streptococcus gordonii Interference with Streptococcus mutans Jens Kreth, Yongshu Zhang, and Mark C. Herzberg J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4632-4640; published ahead of print April 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00276-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

SO-LAAO, a Novel L-Amino Acid Oxidase That Enables Streptococcus oligofermentans To Outcompete Streptococcus mutans by Generating H2O2 from Peptone Huichun Tong, Wei Chen, Wenyuan Shi, Fengxia Qi, and Xiuzhu Dong J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4716-4721; published ahead of print May 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00363-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Functional Analysis of the Protein Machinery Required for Transport of Lipopolysaccharide to the Outer Membrane of Escherichia coli Paola Sperandeo, Fion K. Lau, Andrea Carpentieri, Cristina De Castro, Antonio Molinaro, Gianni Dehò, Thomas J. Silhavy, and Alessandra Polissi J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4460-4469; published ahead of print April 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00270-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Temperature Sensitivity and Cell Division Defects in an Escherichia coli Strain with Mutations in yghB and yqjA, Encoding Related and Conserved Inner Membrane Proteins Kandi Thompkins, Ballari Chattopadhyay, Ying Xiao, Margaret C. Henk, and William T. Doerrler J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4489-4500; published ahead of print May 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00414-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roles of Pneumococcal DivIB in Cell Division Audrey Le Gouëllec, Laure Roux, Daniela Fadda, Orietta Massidda, Thierry Vernet, and André Zapun J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4501-4511; published ahead of print April 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00376-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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A Genomic Islet Mediates Flagellar Phase Variation in Escherichia coli Strains Carrying the Flagellin-Specifying Locus flk Lu Feng, Bin Liu, Yanqun Liu, Yuli A. Ratiner, Bo Hu, Dan Li, Xiaolin Zong, Wei Xiong, and Lei Wang J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4470-4477; published ahead of print April 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01937-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two-State Allosteric Modeling Suggests Protein Equilibrium as an Integral Component for Cyclic AMP (cAMP) Specificity in the cAMP Receptor Protein of Escherichia coli Hwan Youn, Junseock Koh, and Gary P. Roberts J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4532-4540; published ahead of print May 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00074-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of Clostridium perfringens Spores That Lack SpoVA Proteins and Dipicolinic Acid Daniel Paredes-Sabja, Barbara Setlow, Peter Setlow, and Mahfuzur R. Sarker J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4648-4659; published ahead of print May 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00325-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Spontaneous Amplification of the Actinorhodin Gene Cluster in Streptomyces coelicolor Involving Native Insertion Sequence IS466 E. M. Widenbrant, Hsiu-Hui Tsai, Carton W. Chen, and C. M. Kao J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4754-4758; published ahead of print April 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00131-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Release of Small Molecules during Germination of Spores of Bacillus Species Barbara Setlow, Paul G. Wahome, and Peter Setlow J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4759-4763; published ahead of print May 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00399-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functional Analysis of the Essential GTP-Binding-Protein-Coding Gene cgtA of Vibrio cholerae Sangita Shah, Bhabatosh Das, and Rupak K. Bhadra J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4764-4771; published ahead of print May 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.02021-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Transcription Factors CysB and SfnR Constitute the Hierarchical Regulatory System for the Sulfate Starvation Response in Pseudomonas putida Atsushi Kouzuma, Takayuki Endoh, Toshio Omori, Hideaki Nojiri, Hisakazu Yamane, and Hiroshi Habe J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4521-4531; published ahead of print May 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00217-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulatory Network Controlling Extracellular Proteins in Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora: FlhDC, the Master Regulator of Flagellar Genes, Activates rsmB Regulatory RNA Production by Affecting gacA and hexA (lrhA) Expression Yaya Cui, Asita Chatterjee, Hailian Yang, and Arun K. Chatterjee J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4610-4623; published ahead of print April 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01828-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Switching Control of Expression of ptsG from the Mlc Regulon to the NagC Regulon Samir El Qaidi and Jacqueline Plumbridge J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4677-4686; published ahead of print May 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00315-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Response Regulator DegU of Listeria monocytogenes Controls Temperature-Responsive Flagellar Gene Expression in Its Unphosphorylated State Norman Mauder, Tatjana Williams, Frederike Fritsch, Michael Kuhn, and Dagmar Beier J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4777-4781; published ahead of print April 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00258-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Acyl Chain Specificity of the Acyltransferases LpxA and LpxD and Substrate Availability Contribute to Lipid A Fatty Acid Heterogeneity in Porphyromonas gingivalis Brian W. Bainbridge, Lisa Karimi-Naser, Robert Reife, Fleur Blethen, Robert K. Ernst, and Richard P. Darveau J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4549-4558; published ahead of print May 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00234-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Genome of Heliobacterium modesticaldum, a Phototrophic Representative of the Firmicutes Containing the Simplest Photosynthetic Apparatus W. Matthew Sattley, Michael T. Madigan, Wesley D. Swingley, Patricia C. Cheung, Kate M. Clocksin, Amber L. Conrad, Liza C. Dejesa, Barbara M. Honchak, Deborah O. Jung, Lauren E. Karbach, Ahmet Kurdoglu, Surobhi Lahiri, Stephen D. Mastrian, Lawrence E. Page, Heather L. Taylor, Zi T. Wang, Jason Raymond, Min Chen, Robert E. Blankenship, and Jeffrey W. Touchman J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4687-4696; published ahead of print April 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00299-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of the L,D-Transpeptidases for Peptidoglycan Cross-Linking in Escherichia coli Sophie Magnet, Lionel Dubost, Arul Marie, Michel Arthur, and Laurent Gutmann J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4782-4785; published ahead of print May 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00025-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 20016 Produces Cobalamin-Dependent Diol Dehydratase in Metabolosomes and Metabolizes 1,2-Propanediol by Disproportionation Dinesh Diraviam Sriramulu, Mingzhi Liang, Diana Hernandez-Romero, Evelyne Raux-Deery, Heinrich Lünsdorf, Joshua B. Parsons, Martin J. Warren, and Michael B. Prentice J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4559-4567; published ahead of print May 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01535-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella enterica Requires ApbC Function for Growth on Tricarballylate: Evidence of Functional Redundancy between ApbC and IscU Jeffrey M. Boyd, Jeffrey A. Lewis, Jorge C. Escalante-Semerena, and Diana M. Downs J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4596-4602; published ahead of print April 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00262-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Extracytoplasmic Processes Impaired by Inactivation of trxA (Thioredoxin Gene) in Bacillus subtilis Mirja Carlsson Möller and Lars Hederstedt J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4660-4665; published ahead of print May 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00252-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Omp85Tt from Thermus thermophilus HB27: an Ancestral Type of the Omp85 Protein Family Jutta Nesper, Alexander Brosig, Philippe Ringler, Geetika J. Patel, Shirley A. Müller, Jörg H. Kleinschmidt, Winfried Boos, Kay Diederichs, and Wolfram Welte J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4568-4575; published ahead of print May 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00369-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Active-Site Cysteinyls and Hydrophobic Cavity Residues of ResA Are Important for Cytochrome c Maturation in Bacillus subtilis Christopher T. C. Hodson, Allison Lewin, Lars Hederstedt, and Nick E. Le Brun J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4697-4705; published ahead of print May 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00145-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Chromosomal Toxin-Antitoxin Systems May Act as Antiaddiction Modules Manuel Saavedra De Bast, Natacha Mine, and Laurence Van Melderen J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4603-4609; published ahead of print April 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00357-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Glucomannan-Mediated Attachment of Rhizobium leguminosarum to Pea Root Hairs Is Required for Competitive Nodule Infection Alan Williams, Adam Wilkinson, Martin Krehenbrink, Daniela M. Russo, Angeles Zorreguieta, and J. Allan Downie J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4706-4715; published ahead of print April 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01694-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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Evidence for an Elongated Dimeric Structure of Heparin-Binding Hemagglutinin from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Carla Esposito, Maxim V. Pethoukov, Dmitri I. Svergun, Alessia Ruggiero, Carlo Pedone, Emilia Pedone, and Rita Berisio J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4749-4753; published ahead of print April 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01988-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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