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Guest Commentaries:

Fitnat H. Yildiz

Cyclic Dimeric GMP Signaling and Regulation of Surface-Associated Developmental Programs
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 781-783. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Minireviews:

Gloria Herrmann, Elamparithi Jayamani, Galina Mai, and Wolfgang Buckel

Energy Conservation via Electron-Transferring Flavoprotein in Anaerobic Bacteria
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 784-791. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Meeting Review:

Robert A. Bender, Diana Downs, Patricia Kiley, Robert A. LaRossa, Abraham L. Sonenshein, and Gisela Storz

Bridges and Chasms: Summary of the IMAGE 2 Meeting in Montreal, Canada, 30 April to 3 May 2007
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 792-797. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Meeting Presentations:

Luke D. Handke, Robert P. Shivers, and Abraham L. Sonenshein

Interaction of Bacillus subtilis CodY with GTP
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 798-806. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Amy E. Perkins and Wayne L. Nicholson

Uncovering New Metabolic Capabilities of Bacillus subtilis Using Phenotype Profiling of Rifampin-Resistant rpoB Mutants
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 807-814. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Itzel Ramos, E. I. Vivas, and D. M. Downs

Mutations in the Tryptophan Operon Allow PurF-Independent Thiamine Synthesis by Altering Flux In Vivo
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 815-822. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jerneja Tomsic, Brooke A. McDaniel, Frank J. Grundy, and Tina M. Henkin

Natural Variability in S-Adenosylmethionine (SAM)-Dependent Riboswitches: S-Box Elements in Bacillus subtilis Exhibit Differential Sensitivity to SAM In Vivo and In Vitro
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 823-833. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Indranil Chatterjee, Andre Kriegeskorte, Andreas Fischer, Susanne Deiwick, Nadine Theimann, Richard A. Proctor, Georg Peters, Mathias Herrmann, and Barbara C. Kahl

In Vivo Mutations of Thymidylate Synthase (Encoded by thyA) Are Responsible for Thymidine Dependency in Clinical Small-Colony Variants of Staphylococcus aureus
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 834-842. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Physiology and Metabolism:

Fuli Li, Julia Hinderberger, Henning Seedorf, Jin Zhang, Wolfgang Buckel, and Rudolf K. Thauer

Coupled Ferredoxin and Crotonyl Coenzyme A (CoA) Reduction with NADH Catalyzed by the Butyryl-CoA Dehydrogenase/Etf Complex from Clostridium kluyveri
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 843-850. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yin-Ru Chiang, Wael Ismail, Dimitri Heintz, Christine Schaeffer, Alain Van Dorsselaer, and Georg Fuchs

Study of Anoxic and Oxic Cholesterol Metabolism by Sterolibacterium denitrificans
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 905-914. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Swan S.-W. Cot, Anthony K.-C. So, and George S. Espie

A Multiprotein Bicarbonate Dehydration Complex Essential to Carboxysome Function in Cyanobacteria
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 936-945. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

James R. Sandercock and William J. Page

RpoS Expression and the General Stress Response in Azotobacter vinelandii during Carbon and Nitrogen Diauxic Shifts
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 946-953. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Maria Chatzidaki-Livanis, Michael J. Coyne, Hazeline Roche-Hakansson, and Laurie E. Comstock

Expression of a Uniquely Regulated Extracellular Polysaccharide Confers a Large-Capsule Phenotype to Bacteroides fragilis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1020-1026. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Microbial Communities and Interactions:

Rosana B. R. Ferreira, Luis Caetano M. Antunes, E. Peter Greenberg, and Linda L. McCarter

Vibrio parahaemolyticus ScrC Modulates Cyclic Dimeric GMP Regulation of Gene Expression Relevant to Growth on Surfaces
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 851-860. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Thomas W. Loehfelm, Nicole R. Luke, and Anthony A. Campagnari

Identification and Characterization of an Acinetobacter baumannii Biofilm-Associated Protein
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1036-1044. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Meghan K. McLennan, Danielle D. Ringoir, Emilisa Frirdich, Sarah L. Svensson, Derek H. Wells, Harold Jarrell, Christine M. Szymanski, and Erin C. Gaynor

Campylobacter jejuni Biofilms Up-Regulated in the Absence of the Stringent Response Utilize a Calcofluor White-Reactive Polysaccharide
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1097-1107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Hanh H. Hoang, Nataliya Gurich, and Juan E. González

Regulation of Motility by the ExpR/Sin Quorum-Sensing System in Sinorhizobium meliloti
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 861-871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kyohei Higashi, Hiroyuki Ishigure, Risa Demizu, Takeshi Uemura, Kunihiko Nishino, Akihito Yamaguchi, Keiko Kashiwagi, and Kazuei Igarashi

Identification of a Spermidine Excretion Protein Complex (MdtJI) in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 872-878. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Enzymes and Proteins:

F. Reinhart, S. Achebach, T. Koch, and G. Unden

Reduced Apo-Fumarate Nitrate Reductase Regulator (ApoFNR) as the Major Form of FNR in Aerobically Growing Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 879-886. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dilan R. Weerakoon and Jonathan W. Olson

The Campylobacter jejuni NADH:Ubiquinone Oxidoreductase (Complex I) Utilizes Flavodoxin Rather than NADH
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 915-925. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

James R. Sandercock and William J. Page

Identification of Two Catalases in Azotobacter vinelandii: a KatG Homologue and a Novel Bacterial Cytochrome c Catalase, CCC_Av
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 954-962. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Paulo Oliveira and Peter Lindblad

An AbrB-Like Protein Regulates the Expression of the Bidirectional Hydrogenase in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1011-1019. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Melanie A. Adams, Yan Luo, Bjarne Hove-Jensen, Shu-Mei He, Laura M. van Staalduinen, David L. Zechel, and Zongchao Jia

Crystal Structure of PhnH: an Essential Component of Carbon-Phosphorus Lyase in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1072-1083. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Taisuke Wakamatsu, Noriko Nakagawa, Seiki Kuramitsu, and Ryoji Masui

Structural Basis for Different Substrate Specificities of Two ADP-Ribose Pyrophosphatases from Thermus thermophilus HB8
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1108-1117. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ralf Moeller, Peter Setlow, Gerda Horneck, Thomas Berger, Günther Reitz, Petra Rettberg, Aidan J. Doherty, Ryuichi Okayasu, and Wayne L. Nicholson

Roles of the Major, Small, Acid-Soluble Spore Proteins and Spore-Specific and Universal DNA Repair Mechanisms in Resistance of Bacillus subtilis Spores to Ionizing Radiation from X Rays and High-Energy Charged-Particle Bombardment
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1134-1140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Martina Belánová, Petronela Dianisková, Patrick J. Brennan, Gladys C. Completo, Natisha L. Rose, Todd L. Lowary, and Katarína Mikusová

Galactosyl Transferases in Mycobacterial Cell Wall Synthesis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1141-1145. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Genomics and Proteomics:

Etienne Maisonneuve, Laetitia Fraysse, Danielle Moinier, and Sam Dukan

Existence of Abnormal Protein Aggregates in Healthy Escherichia coli Cells
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 887-893. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Noboru Nakata, Nagatoshi Fujiwara, Takashi Naka, Ikuya Yano, Kazuo Kobayashi, and Shinji Maeda

Identification and Characterization of Two Novel Methyltransferase Genes That Determine the Serotype 12-Specific Structure of Glycopeptidolipids of Mycobacterium intracellulare
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1064-1071. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tim Durfee, Anne-Marie Hansen, Huijun Zhi, Frederick R. Blattner, and Ding Jun Jin

Transcription Profiling of the Stringent Response in Escherichia coli
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1084-1096. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gene Regulation:

Nadria D. Gordon, Geri L. Ottaviano, Sarah E. Connell, Gregory V. Tobkin, Crystal H. Son, Sebastian Shterental, and Amy M. Gehring

Secreted-Protein Response to ^U Activity in Streptomyces coelicolor
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 894-904. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Thomas Stratmann, S. Madhusudan, and Karin Schnetz

Regulation of the yjjQ-bglJ Operon, Encoding LuxR-Type Transcription Factors, and the Divergent yjjP Gene by H-NS and LeuO
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 926-935. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tobias Georgi, Verena Engels, and Volker F. Wendisch

Regulation of L-Lactate Utilization by the FadR-Type Regulator LldR of Corynebacterium glutamicum
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 963-971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Benjamin Gourion, Anne Francez-Charlot, and Julia A. Vorholt

PhyR Is Involved in the General Stress Response of Methylobacterium extorquens AM1
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1027-1035. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Aitziber Vivero, Rosa C. Baños, Javier F. Mariscotti, Juan Carlos Oliveros, Francisco García-del Portillo, Antonio Juárez, and Cristina Madrid

Modulation of Horizontally Acquired Genes by the Hha-YdgT Proteins in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1152-1156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Signal Transduction:

Xianxian Liu and Rebecca E. Parales

Chemotaxis of Escherichia coli to Pyrimidines: a New Role for the Signal Transducer Tap
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 972-979. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Molecular Biology Of Pathogens:

Sarah A. Clock, Paul J. Planet, Brenda A. Perez, and David H. Figurski

Outer Membrane Components of the Tad (Tight Adherence) Secreton of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 980-990. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Cheryl-Lynn Y. Ong, Glen C. Ulett, Amanda N. Mabbett, Scott A. Beatson, Richard I. Webb, Wayne Monaghan, Graeme R. Nimmo, David F. Looke, Alastair G. McEwan, and Mark A. Schembri

Identification of Type 3 Fimbriae in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Reveals a Role in Biofilm Formation
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1054-1063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jong-Hee Lee, Deborah E. Geiman, and William R. Bishai

Role of Stress Response Sigma Factor SigG in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1128-1133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mohammed Rizwan, Ayesha Alvi, and Niyaz Ahmed

Novel Protein Antigen (JHP940) from the Genomic Plasticity Region of Helicobacter pylori Induces Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Interleukin-8 Secretion by Human Macrophages
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1146-1151. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Jens A. Hammerl, Iris Klein, Erich Lanka, Bernd Appel, and Stefan Hertwig

Genetic and Functional Properties of the Self-Transmissible Yersinia enterocolitica Plasmid pYE854, Which Mobilizes the Virulence Plasmid pYV
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 991-1010. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Plant Microbiology:

Mumtaz B. B. M. Hussain, Hai-Bao Zhang, Jin-Ling Xu, Qiongguang Liu, Zide Jiang, and Lian-Hui Zhang

The Acyl-Homoserine Lactone-Type Quorum-Sensing System Modulates Cell Motility and Virulence of Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1045-1053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bryan W. Davies and Graham C. Walker

A Highly Conserved Protein of Unknown Function Is Required by Sinorhizobium meliloti for Symbiosis and Environmental Stress Protection
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1118-1123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Population Genetics and Evolution:

Gregory P. Fournier and J. Peter Gogarten

Evolution of Acetoclastic Methanogenesis in Methanosarcina via Horizontal Gene Transfer from Cellulolytic Clostridia
J. Bacteriol. 2008 190: 1124-1127. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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