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Contents: September 2008, Volume 190, Issue 17        Guest Commentaries        Enzymes and Proteins        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Physiology and Metabolism        Population Genetics and Evolution        Gene Regulation        Plant Microbiology        Microbial Communities and Interactions        Genome Announcement        Author's Correction

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Guest Commentaries:

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Quorum Sensing "Flips" the Acetate Switch Alan J. Wolfe J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5735-5737; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00825-08 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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Conversion of Bacillus subtilis OhrR from a 1-Cys to a 2-Cys Peroxide Sensor Sumarin Soonsanga, Jin-Won Lee, and John D. Helmann J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5738-5745; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00576-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Critical Residues for Cofactor Binding and Catalytic Activity in the Aminoglycoside Resistance Methyltransferase Sgm Miloje Savic, Tatjana Ilic-Tomic, Rachel Macmaster, Branka Vasiljevic, and Graeme L. Conn J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5855-5861; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00076-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium BipA Exhibits Two Distinct Ribosome Binding Modes Megan A. deLivron and Victoria L. Robinson J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5944-5952; published ahead of print July 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00763-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Lawsonia intracellularis Contains a Gene Encoding a Functional Rickettsia-Like ATP/ADP Translocase for Host Exploitation Stephan Schmitz-Esser, Ilka Haferkamp, Silvia Knab, Thomas Penz, Michelle Ast, Christian Kohl, Michael Wagner, and Matthias Horn J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5746-5752; published ahead of print July 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00391-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Engineering of Functional Replication Protein A Homologs Based on Insights into the Evolution of Oligonucleotide/ Oligosaccharide-Binding Folds Yuyen Lin, Li-Jung Lin, Palita Sriratana, Kelli Coleman, Taekjip Ha, Maria Spies, and Isaac K. O. Cann J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5766-5780; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01930-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Synthetic Lethality with the dut Defect in Escherichia coli Reveals Layers of DNA Damage of Increasing Complexity Due to Uracil Incorporation Helen Ting, Elena A. Kouzminova, and Andrei Kuzminov J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5841-5854; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00711-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects on Translation Pausing of Alterations in Protein and RNA Components of the Ribosome Exit Tunnel Marlon G. Lawrence, Lasse Lindahl, and Janice M. Zengel J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5862-5869; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00632-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Excess SeqA Leads to Replication Arrest and a Cell Division Defect in Vibrio cholerae Djenann Saint-Dic, Jason Kehrl, Brian Frushour, and Lyn Sue Kahng J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5870-5878; published ahead of print July 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00479-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Function and Redundancy of the Chaplin Cell Surface Proteins in Aerial Hypha Formation, Rodlet Assembly, and Viability in Streptomyces coelicolor Christina Di Berardo, David S. Capstick, Maureen J. Bibb, Kim C. Findlay, Mark J. Buttner, and Marie A. Elliot J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5879-5889; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00685-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

RNase Activity of Polynucleotide Phosphorylase Is Critical at Low Temperature in Escherichia coli and Is Complemented by RNase II Naoki Awano, Masayori Inouye, and Sangita Phadtare J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5924-5933; published ahead of print July 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00500-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Determination of Antibiotic Hypersensitivity among 4,000 Single-Gene-Knockout Mutants of Escherichia coli Cindy Tamae, Anne Liu, Katherine Kim, Daniel Sitz, Jeeyoon Hong, Elinne Becket, Ann Bui, Parrisa Solaimani, Katherine P. Tran, Hanjing Yang, and Jeffrey H. Miller J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5981-5988; published ahead of print July 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01982-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

UvrD and UvrD252 Counteract RecQ, RecJ, and RecFOR in a rep Mutant of Escherichia coli Roxane Lestini and Bénédicte Michel J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5995-6001; published ahead of print June 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00620-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Roles of the Sortases of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Assembly of the RlrA Pilus Julianna LeMieux, Shauna Woody, and Andrew Camilli J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 6002-6013; published ahead of print July 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00379-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Characterization of the Tetrocarcin A Gene Cluster from Micromonospora chalcea NRRL 11289 Reveals a Highly Conserved Strategy for Tetronate Biosynthesis in Spirotetronate Antibiotics Jie Fang, Yiping Zhang, Lijuan Huang, Xinying Jia, Qi Zhang, Xu Zhang, Gongli Tang, and Wen Liu J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 6014-6025; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00533-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Striking Case of Tryptophan Provision in the Cedar Aphid Cinara cedri María José Gosalbes, Araceli Lamelas, Andrés Moya, and Amparo Latorre J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 6026-6029; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00525-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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The Terminally Redundant, Nonpermuted Genome of Listeria Bacteriophage A511: a Model for the SPO1-Like Myoviruses of Gram-Positive Bacteria Jochen Klumpp, Julia Dorscht, Rudi Lurz, Regula Bielmann, Matthias Wieland, Markus Zimmer, Richard Calendar, and Martin J. Loessner J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5753-5765; published ahead of print June 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00461-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Purification and Characterization of Bacteriophage P22 Xis Protein Aras N. Mattis, Richard I. Gumport, and Jeffrey F. Gardner J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5781-5796; published ahead of print May 23, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00170-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Role of Prophage for Genome Diversification within a Clonal Lineage of Lactobacillus johnsonii: Characterization of the Defective Prophage LJ771 Emmanuel Denou, Raymond David Pridmore, Marco Ventura, Anne-Cécile Pittet, Marie-Camille Zwahlen, Bernard Berger, Caroline Barretto, Jean-Michel Panoff, and Harald Brüssow J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5806-5813; published ahead of print May 30, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01802-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Evolution of the Rhodococcus equi vap Pathogenicity Island Seen through Comparison of Host-Associated vapA and vapB Virulence Plasmids Michal Letek, Alain A. Ocampo-Sosa, Mandy Sanders, Ursula Fogarty, Tom Buckley, Desmond P. Leadon, Patricia González, Mariela Scortti, Wim G. Meijer, Julian Parkhill, Stephen Bentley, and José A. Vázquez-Boland J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5797-5805; published ahead of print July 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00468-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Different Pathways of Choline Metabolism in Two Choline-Independent Strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Their Impact on Virulence Arun S. Kharat, Dalia Denapaite, Florian Gehre, Reinhold Brückner, Waldemar Vollmer, Regine Hakenbeck, and Alexander Tomasz J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5907-5914; published ahead of print July 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00628-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Toxic Introns and Parasitic Intein in Coxiella burnetii: Legacies of a Promiscuous Past Rahul Raghavan, Linda D. Hicks, and Michael F. Minnick J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5934-5943; published ahead of print July 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00602-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vibrio cholerae VciB Promotes Iron Uptake via Ferrous Iron Transporters Alexandra R. Mey, Elizabeth E. Wyckoff, Lindsey A. Hoover, Carolyn R. Fisher, and Shelley M. Payne J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5953-5962; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00569-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evidence of Complex Transcriptional, Translational, and Posttranslational Regulation of the Extracytoplasmic Function Sigma Factor E in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Valentina Donà, Sébastien Rodrigue, Elisa Dainese, Giorgio Palù, Luc Gaudreau, Riccardo Manganelli, and Roberta Provvedi J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5963-5971; published ahead of print July 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00622-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Membrane Morphology and Leukotoxin Secretion Are Associated with a Novel Membrane Protein of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Claude V. Gallant, Maja Sedic, Erin A. Chicoine, Teresa Ruiz, and Keith P. Mintz J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5972-5980; published ahead of print July 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00548-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Neisseria gonorrhoeae Uses Two Lytic Transglycosylases To Produce Cytotoxic Peptidoglycan Monomers Karen A. Cloud-Hansen, Kathleen T. Hackett, Daniel L. Garcia, and Joseph P. Dillard J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5989-5994; published ahead of print June 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00506-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Genetic Analysis of Trimethylamine N-Oxide Reductases in the Light Organ Symbiont Vibrio fischeri ES114 Anne K. Dunn and Eric V. Stabb J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5814-5823; published ahead of print July 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00227-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Control of Peripheral Light-Harvesting Complex Synthesis by a Bacteriophytochrome in the Aerobic Photosynthetic Bacterium Bradyrhizobium Strain BTAi1 Marianne Jaubert, Laurie Vuillet, Laure Hannibal, Jean-Marc Adriano, Joël Fardoux, Pierre Bouyer, Katia Bonaldi, Darrell Fleischman, Eric Giraud, and André Verméglio J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5824-5831; published ahead of print July 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00524-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Population Genetics and Evolution:

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Genomic O Island 122, Locus for Enterocyte Effacement, and the Evolution of Virulent Verocytotoxin-Producing Escherichia coli Paulina Konczy, Kim Ziebell, Mariola Mascarenhas, Aileen Choi, Corinne Michaud, Andrew M. Kropinski, Thomas S. Whittam, Mark Wickham, Brett Finlay, and Mohamed A. Karmali J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5832-5840; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00480-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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The Uncharacterized Transcription Factor YdhM Is the Regulator of the nemA Gene, Encoding N-Ethylmaleimide Reductase Yoshimasa Umezawa, Tomohiro Shimada, Ayako Kori, Kayoko Yamada, and Akira Ishihama J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5890-5897; published ahead of print June 20, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00459-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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The Plant-Associated Bacterium Stenotrophomonas rhizophila Expresses a New Enzyme for the Synthesis of the Compatible Solute Glucosylglycerol Martin Hagemann, Kathrin Ribbeck-Busch, Stephan Klähn, Dirk Hasse, Robert Steinbruch, and Gabriele Berg J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5898-5906; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00643-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

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AinS Quorum Sensing Regulates the Vibrio fischeri Acetate Switch Sarah V. Studer, Mark J. Mandel, and Edward G. Ruby J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 5915-5923; published ahead of print May 16, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00148-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Loss of Flagellum-Based Motility by Listeria monocytogenes Results in Formation of Hyperbiofilms Tatsaporn Todhanakasem and Glenn M. Young J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 6030-6034; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00155-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genome Announcement:

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Complete Genome Sequence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae NCCP11945 Gyung Tae Chung, Jeong Sik Yoo, Hee Bok Oh, Yeong Seon Lee, Sun Ho Cha, Sang Jun Kim, and Cheon Kwon Yoo J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 6035-6036; published ahead of print June 27, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00566-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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The E Cell Envelope Stress Response of Streptomyces coelicolor Is Influenced by a Novel Lipoprotein, CseA Matthew I. Hutchings, Hee-Jeon Hong, Emmanuelle Leibovitz, Iain C. Sutcliffe, and Mark J. Buttner J. Bacteriol. September 2008 190: 6037 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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