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Contents: July 2008, Volume 190, Issue 14

       Guest Commentaries

       Gene Regulation

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

       Physiology and Metabolism

       Molecular Biology of Pathogens

       Genomics and Proteomics

       Microbial Communities and Interactions

       Enzymes and Proteins

       Microbial Cell Biology

       Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids

       Plant Microbiology

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Guest Commentaries:

The Ribosome: a Metabolite-Responsive Transcription Regulator
Valley Stewart
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4787-4790; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00604-08
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Gene Regulation:

Conserved Residues Asp16 and Pro24 of TnaC-tRNA^Pro Participate in Tryptophan Induction of tna Operon Expression
Luis R. Cruz-Vera and Charles Yanofsky
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4791-4797; published ahead of print April 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00290-08
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Role of Cell Surface Signaling in Proteolysis of an Alternative Sigma Factor in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Matthew R. Spencer, Paul A. Beare, and Iain L. Lamont
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4865-4869; published ahead of print May 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01998-07
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Nitric Oxide Stress Induces Different Responses but Mediates Comparable Protein Thiol Protection in Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus
Falko Hochgräfe, Carmen Wolf, Stephan Fuchs, Manuel Liebeke, Michael Lalk, Susanne Engelmann, and Michael Hecker
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4997-5008; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01846-07
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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Role of Dipicolinic Acid in the Germination, Stability, and Viability of Spores of Bacillus subtilis
Anil Magge, Amanda C. Granger, Paul G. Wahome, Barbara Setlow, Venkata R. Vepachedu, Charles A. Loshon, Lixin Peng, De Chen, Yong-qing Li, and Peter Setlow
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4798-4807; published ahead of print May 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00477-08
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CpcM Posttranslationally Methylates Asparagine-71/72 of Phycobiliprotein Beta Subunits in Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7002 and Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803
Gaozhong Shen, Heidi S. Leonard, Wendy M. Schluchter, and Donald A. Bryant
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4808-4817; published ahead of print May 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00436-08
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NrdI Essentiality for Class Ib Ribonucleotide Reduction in Streptococcus pyogenes
Ignasi Roca, Eduard Torrents, Margareta Sahlin, Isidre Gibert, and Britt-Marie Sjöberg
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4849-4858; published ahead of print May 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00185-08
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Functional Analysis of GlnE, an Essential Adenylyl Transferase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Paul Carroll, Carey A. Pashley, and Tanya Parish
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4894-4902; published ahead of print May 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00166-08
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Impact of Aeration and Heme-Activated Respiration on Lactococcus lactis Gene Expression: Identification of a Heme-Responsive Operon
Martin Bastian Pedersen, Christel Garrigues, Karine Tuphile, Célia Brun, Karin Vido, Mads Bennedsen, Henrik Møllgaard, Philippe Gaudu, and Alexandra Gruss
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4903-4911; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00447-08
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mgtA Expression Is Induced by Rob Overexpression and Mediates a Salmonella enterica Resistance Phenotype
Julieta Barchiesi, María E. Castelli, Fernando C. Soncini, and Eleonora García Véscovi
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4951-4958; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00195-08
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A Family of Insertion Sequences That Impacts Integrons by Specific Targeting of Gene Cassette Recombination Sites, the IS1111-attC Group
Sasha G. Tetu and Andrew J. Holmes
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4959-4970; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00229-08
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An OmpA Family Protein, a Target of the GinI/GinR Quorum-Sensing System in Gluconacetobacter intermedius, Controls Acetic Acid Fermentation
Aya Iida, Yasuo Ohnishi, and Sueharu Horinouchi
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 5009-5019; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00378-08
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Impact of Individual Mutations on Increased Fitness in Adaptively Evolved Strains of Escherichia coli
M. Kenyon Applebee, Markus J. Herrgård, and Bernhard Ø. Palsson
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 5087-5094; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01976-07
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The Evolution of Class 1 Integrons and the Rise of Antibiotic Resistance
Michael Gillings, Yan Boucher, Maurizio Labbate, Andrew Holmes, Samyuktha Krishnan, Marita Holley, and H. W. Stokes
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 5095-5100; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00152-08
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The c-Type Cytochrome OmcA Localizes to the Outer Membrane upon Heterologous Expression in Escherichia coli
James W. Donald, Matthew G. Hicks, David J. Richardson, and Tracy Palmer
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 5127-5131; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00395-08
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Physiology and Metabolism:

Roles of Coenzyme F₄₂₀-Reducing Hydrogenases and Hydrogen- and F₄₂₀-Dependent Methylenetetrahydromethanopterin Dehydrogenases in Reduction of F₄₂₀ and Production of Hydrogen during Methanogenesis
Erik L. Hendrickson and John A. Leigh
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4818-4821; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00255-08
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Genes and Enzymes of Azetidine-2-Carboxylate Metabolism: Detoxification and Assimilation of an Antibiotic
Carol Gross, Roderick Felsheim, and Lawrence P. Wackett
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4859-4864; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.02022-07
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Redox-State Dynamics of Ubiquinone-10 Imply Cooperative Regulation of Photosynthetic Membrane Expression in Rhodospirillum rubrum
Hartmut Grammel and Robin Ghosh
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4912-4921; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00423-08
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A Specialized Citric Acid Cycle Requiring Succinyl-Coenzyme A (CoA):Acetate CoA-Transferase (AarC) Confers Acetic Acid Resistance on the Acidophile Acetobacter aceti
Elwood A. Mullins, Julie A. Francois, and T. Joseph Kappock
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4933-4940; published ahead of print May 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00405-08
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Formate as the Main Branch Point for Methylotrophic Metabolism in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1
Gregory J. Crowther, George Kosály, and Mary E. Lidstrom
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 5057-5062; published ahead of print May 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00228-08
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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

Transcription of the ehx Enterohemolysin Gene Is Positively Regulated by GrlA, a Global Regulator Encoded within the Locus of Enterocyte Effacement in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
Takehito Saitoh, Sunao Iyoda, Shouji Yamamoto, Yan Lu, Ken Shimuta, Makoto Ohnishi, Jun Terajima, and Haruo Watanabe
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4822-4830; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00231-08
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Genetic and Functional Characterization of the Type IV Secretion System in Wolbachia
Edwige Rancès, Denis Voronin, Van Tran-Van, and Patrick Mavingui
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 5020-5030; published ahead of print May 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00377-08
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Contribution of Trimeric Autotransporter C-Terminal Domains of Oligomeric Coiled-Coil Adhesin (Oca) Family Members YadA, UspA1, EibA, and Hia to Translocation of the YadA Passenger Domain and Virulence of Yersinia enterocolitica
Nikolaus Ackermann, Maximilian Tiller, Gisela Anding, Andreas Roggenkamp, and Jürgen Heesemann
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 5031-5043; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00161-08
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Type II Secretory Pathway for Surface Secretion of DraD Invasin from the Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Dr⁺ Strain
Beata Zalewska-Piatek, Katarzyna Bury, Rafal Piatek, Piotr Bruzdziak, and Józef Kur
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 5044-5056; published ahead of print May 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00224-08
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Transient Shielding of Intimin and the Type III Secretion System of Enterohemorrhagic and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli by a Group 4 Capsule
Yulia Shifrin, Adi Peleg, Ophir Ilan, Chen Nadler, Simi Kobi, Kobi Baruch, Gal Yerushalmi, Tatiana Berdichevsky, Shoshy Altuvia, Maya Elgrably-Weiss, Cecilia Abe, Stuart Knutton, Chihiro Sasakawa, Jennifer M. Ritchie, Matthew K. Waldor, and Ilan Rosenshine
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 5063-5074; published ahead of print May 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00440-08
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Genomics and Proteomics:

Role of the Global Transcriptional Regulator PrrA in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1: Combined Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis
Jesus M. Eraso, Jung Hyeob Roh, Xiaohua Zeng, Stephen J. Callister, Mary S. Lipton, and Samuel Kaplan
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4831-4848; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00301-08
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Functional Characterization and Localization of the TcpH Conjugation Protein from Clostridium perfringens
Wee Lin Teng, Trudi L. Bannam, Jennifer A. Parsons, and Julian I. Rood
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 5075-5086; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00386-08
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The Membrane-Bound Transcriptional Regulator CadC Is Activated by Proteolytic Cleavage in Response to Acid Stress
Yong Heon Lee, Ji Hye Kim, Iel Soo Bang, and Yong Keun Park
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 5120-5126; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00012-08
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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

Xenorhabdus nematophila lrhA Is Necessary for Motility, Lipase Activity, Toxin Expression, and Virulence in Manduca sexta Insects
Gregory R. Richards, Erin E. Herbert, Youngjin Park, and Heidi Goodrich-Blair
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4870-4879; published ahead of print May 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00358-08
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The Putative Hybrid Sensor Kinase SypF Coordinates Biofilm Formation in Vibrio fischeri by Acting Upstream of Two Response Regulators, SypG and VpsR
Cynthia L. Darnell, Elizabeth A. Hussa, and Karen L. Visick
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4941-4950; published ahead of print May 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00197-08
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The Burkholderia mallei BmaR3-BmaI3 Quorum-Sensing System Produces and Responds to N-3-Hydroxy-Octanoyl Homoserine Lactone
Breck A. Duerkop, Jake P. Herman, Ricky L. Ulrich, Mair E. A. Churchill, and E. Peter Greenberg
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 5137-5141; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00246-08
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Enzymes and Proteins:

ATPase Activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis SecA1 and SecA2 Proteins and Its Importance for SecA2 Function in Macrophages
Jie M. Hou, Nadia G. D'Lima, Nathan W. Rigel, Henry S. Gibbons, Jessica R. McCann, Miriam Braunstein, and Carolyn M. Teschke
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4880-4887; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00412-08
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Substrate Specificity of the 3-Methylcrotonyl Coenzyme A (CoA) and Geranyl-CoA Carboxylases from Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. A. Aguilar, C. Díaz-Pérez, A. L. Díaz-Pérez, J. S. Rodríguez-Zavala, B. J. Nikolau, and J. Campos-García
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4888-4893; published ahead of print May 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00454-08
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Characterization of Two β-1,3-Glucosyltransferases from Escherichia coli Serotypes O56 and O152
Inka Brockhausen, Bo Hu, Bin Liu, Kenneth Lau, Walter A. Szarek, Lei Wang, and Lu Feng
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4922-4932; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00160-08
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Biochemical and Mutational Analyses of AcuA, the Acetyltransferase Enzyme That Controls the Activity of the Acetyl Coenzyme A Synthetase (AcsA) in Bacillus subtilis
Jeffrey G. Gardner and Jorge C. Escalante-Semerena
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 5132-5136; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00340-08
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Microbial Cell Biology:

A Cellulose Synthase-Like Protein Involved in Hyphal Tip Growth and Morphological Differentiation in Streptomyces
Hongbin Xu, Keith F. Chater, Zixin Deng, and Meifeng Tao
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4971-4978; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01849-07
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FliZ Is a Posttranslational Activator of FlhD₄C₂-Dependent Flagellar Gene Expression
Supreet Saini, Jonathon D. Brown, Phillip D. Aldridge, and Christopher V. Rao
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4979-4988; published ahead of print May 9, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01996-07
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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Phage SPP1 Reversible Adsorption to Bacillus subtilis Cell Wall Teichoic Acids Accelerates Virus Recognition of Membrane Receptor YueB
Catarina Baptista, Mário A. Santos, and Carlos São-José
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 4989-4996; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00349-08
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Population Heterogeneity in Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 Caused by Prophage CGP3
Julia Frunzke, Marc Bramkamp, Jens-Eric Schweitzer, and Michael Bott
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 5111-5119; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00310-08
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Plant Microbiology:

Symbiosis-Promoting and Deleterious Effects of NopT, a Novel Type 3 Effector of Rhizobium sp. Strain NGR234
Wei-Jun Dai, Yong Zeng, Zhi-Ping Xie, and Christian Staehelin
J. Bacteriol. July 2008 190: 5101-5110; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00306-08
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