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Contents: March 2008, Volume 190, Issue 5        Guest Commentaries        Gene Regulation        Microbial Cell Biology        Plant Microbiology        Enzymes and Proteins        Physiology and Metabolism        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Signal Transduction        Structural Biology        Genomics and Proteomics        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Errata

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Guest Commentaries:

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Why Spherical Escherichia coli Dies: the Inside Story Kevin D. Young J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1497-1498; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01975-07 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Transcriptional Regulation of the Clostridium cellulolyticum cip-cel Operon: a Complex Mechanism Involving a Catabolite-Responsive Element Laetitia Abdou, Céline Boileau, Pascale de Philip, Sandrine Pagès, Henri-Pierre Fiérobe, and Chantal Tardif J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1499-1506; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01160-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Target for the Pseudomonas putida Crc Global Regulator in the Benzoate Degradation Pathway Is the BenR Transcriptional Regulator Renata Moreno and Fernando Rojo J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1539-1545; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01604-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The LysR-Type Transcriptional Regulator LeuO Controls Expression of Several Genes in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi I. Hernández-Lucas, A. L. Gallego-Hernández, S. Encarnación, M. Fernández-Mora, A. G. Martínez-Batallar, H. Salgado, R. Oropeza, and E. Calva J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1658-1670; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01649-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulation of Circadian Clock Gene Expression by Phosphorylation States of KaiC in Cyanobacteria Yoriko Murayama, Tokitaka Oyama, and Takao Kondo J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1691-1698; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01693-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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Analysis of YfgL and YaeT Interactions through Bioinformatics, Mutagenesis, and Biochemistry Phu Vuong, Drew Bennion, Jeremy Mantei, Danielle Frost, and Rajeev Misra J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1507-1517; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01477-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

PflI, a Protein Involved in Flagellar Positioning in Caulobacter crescentus Pamela L. Obuchowski and Christine Jacobs-Wagner J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1718-1729; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01706-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [HTML Page - index.htslp] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nanoarchaeum equitans and Ignicoccus hospitalis: New Insights into a Unique, Intimate Association of Two Archaea Ulrike Jahn, Martin Gallenberger, Walter Paper, Benjamin Junglas, Wolfgang Eisenreich, Karl O. Stetter, Reinhard Rachel, and Harald Huber J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1743-1750; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01731-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Conditional Lethality, Division Defects, Membrane Involution, and Endocytosis in mre and mrd Shape Mutants of Escherichia coli Felipe O. Bendezú and Piet A. J. de Boer J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1792-1811; published ahead of print November 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01322-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Localization and Interactions of Teichoic Acid Synthetic Enzymes in Bacillus subtilis Alex Formstone, Rut Carballido-López, Philippe Noirot, Jeffery Errington, and Dirk-Jan Scheffers J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1812-1821; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01394-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Differential Role of Ferritins in Iron Metabolism and Virulence of the Plant-Pathogenic Bacterium Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937 Aïda Boughammoura, Berthold F. Matzanke, Lars Böttger, Sylvie Reverchon, Emmanuel Lesuisse, Dominique Expert, and Thierry Franza J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1518-1530; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01640-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Type IV Secretion System Component VirB5 Binds to the trans-Zeatin Biosynthetic Enzyme Tzs and Enables Its Translocation to the Cell Surface of Agrobacterium tumefaciens Khaled Ahmed Aly, Lilian Krall, Friedrich Lottspeich, and Christian Baron J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1595-1604; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01718-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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LuxG Is a Functioning Flavin Reductase for Bacterial Luminescence Sarayut Nijvipakul, Janewit Wongratana, Chutintorn Suadee, Barrie Entsch, David P. Ballou, and Pimchai Chaiyen J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1531-1538; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01660-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Bifunctional Flavokinase/Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide Synthetase from Streptomyces davawensis Produces Inactive Flavin Cofactors and Is Not Involved in Resistance to the Antibiotic Roseoflavin Simon Grill, Simone Busenbender, Matthias Pfeiffer, Uwe Köhler, and Matthias Mack J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1546-1553; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01586-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Reinvestigation of the Steady-State Kinetics and Physiological Function of the Soluble NiFe-Hydrogenase I of Pyrococcus furiosus Daan J. van Haaster, Pedro J. Silva, Peter-Leon Hagedoorn, Jaap A. Jongejan, and Wilfred R. Hagen J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1584-1587; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01562-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Functions of Flavin Reductase and Quinone Reductase in 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol Degradation by Cupriavidus necator JMP134 Sara Mae Belchik and Luying Xun J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1615-1619; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01697-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

lfnA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa O12 and wbuX from Escherichia coli O145 Encode Membrane-Associated Proteins and Are Required for Expression of 2,6-Dideoxy-2-Acetamidino-L-Galactose in Lipopolysaccharide O Antigen Jerry D. King, Erin F. Mulrooney, Evgeny Vinogradov, Bernd Kneidinger, Kristen Mead, and Joseph S. Lam J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1671-1679; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01708-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Glycerate 2-Kinase of Thermotoga maritima and Genomic Reconstruction of Related Metabolic Pathways Chen Yang, Dmitry A. Rodionov, Irina A. Rodionova, Xiaoqing Li, and Andrei L. Osterman J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1773-1782; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01469-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [HTML Page - index.htslp] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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-Tocopherol Is Essential for Acquired Chill-Light Tolerance in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 Yang Yang, Chuntao Yin, Weizhi Li, and Xudong Xu J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1554-1560; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01577-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distinct Roles for Two CYP226 Family Cytochromes P450 in Abietane Diterpenoid Catabolism by Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 Daryl J. Smith, Marianna A. Patrauchan, Christine Florizone, Lindsay D. Eltis, and William W. Mohn J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1575-1583; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01530-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anaerobic Metabolism of Catechol by the Denitrifying Bacterium Thauera aromatica—a Result of Promiscuous Enzymes and Regulators? Bin Ding, Sirko Schmeling, and Georg Fuchs J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1620-1630; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01221-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Large-Scale Transposon Mutagenesis of Photobacterium profundum SS9 Reveals New Genetic Loci Important for Growth at Low Temperature and High Pressure Federico M. Lauro, Khiem Tran, Alessandro Vezzi, Nicola Vitulo, Giorgio Valle, and Douglas H. Bartlett J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1699-1709; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01176-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Genetic Evidence for the Actin Homolog Gene mreBH and the Bacitracin Resistance Gene bcrC as Targets of the Alternative Sigma Factor SigI of Bacillus subtilis Chi-Ling Tseng and Gwo-Chyuan Shaw J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1561-1567; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01497-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Role of Accessory DNA Polymerases in DNA Replication in Escherichia coli: Analysis of the dnaX36 Mutator Mutant Damian Gawel, Phuong T. Pham, Iwona J. Fijalkowska, Piotr Jonczyk, and Roel M. Schaaper J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1730-1742; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01463-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutation at Different Sites in the Nostoc punctiforme cyaC Gene, Encoding the Multiple-Domain Enzyme Adenylate Cyclase, Results in Different Levels of Infection of the Host Plant Blasia pusilla Karen E. Chapman, Paula S. Duggan, Natalie A. Billington, née, and David G. Adams J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1843-1847; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01321-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Genetic Analysis of Lipooligosaccharide Core Biosynthesis in Campylobacter jejuni 81-176 Margaret I. Kanipes, Xuan Tan, Aurel Akelaitis, Jiajun Li, David Rockabrand, Patricia Guerry, and Mario A. Monteiro J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1568-1574; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01696-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interstrain Gene Transfer in Chlamydia trachomatis In Vitro: Mechanism and Significance Robert DeMars and Jason Weinfurter J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1605-1614; published ahead of print December 14, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01592-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Intracellular Pathogen Rhodococcus equi Produces a Catecholate Siderophore Required for Saprophytic Growth Raúl Miranda-CasoLuengo, John F. Prescott, José A. Vázquez-Boland, and Wim G. Meijer J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1631-1637; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01570-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Common Virulence Plasmid in Biotype 2 Vibrio vulnificus and Its Dissemination Aided by a Conjugal Plasmid Chung-Te Lee, Carmen Amaro, Keh-Ming Wu, Esmeralda Valiente, Yi-Feng Chang, Shih-Feng Tsai, Chuan-Hsiung Chang, and Lien-I Hor J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1638-1648; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01484-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [HTML Page - index.htslp] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bioinformatic and Biochemical Evidence for the Identification of the Type III Secretion System Needle Protein of Chlamydia trachomatis H. J. Betts, L. E. Twiggs, M. S. Sal, P. B. Wyrick, and K. A. Fields J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1680-1690; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01671-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Altered Utilization of N-Acetyl-D-Galactosamine by Escherichia coli O157:H7 from the 2006 Spinach Outbreak Amit Mukherjee, Mark K. Mammel, J. Eugene LeClerc, and Thomas A. Cebula J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1710-1717; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01737-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Function of a Mycobacterial Major Facilitator Superfamily Pump Requires a Membrane-Associated Lipoprotein Mary F. Farrow and Eric J. Rubin J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1783-1791; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01046-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Monofunctional Glycosyltransferase of Escherichia coli Localizes to the Cell Division Site and Interacts with Penicillin-Binding Protein 3, FtsW, and FtsN Adeline Derouaux, Benoît Wolf, Claudine Fraipont, Eefjan Breukink, Martine Nguyen-Distèche, and Mohammed Terrak J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1831-1834; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01377-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Precise Region and the Character of the Pathogenicity Island in Clinical Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strains Tomohiko Sugiyama, Tetsuya Iida, Kaori Izutsu, Kwon-Sam Park, and Takeshi Honda J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1835-1837; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01293-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The AraC-Like Transcriptional Regulator DhbR Is Required for Maximum Expression of the 2,3-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid Biosynthesis Genes in Brucella abortus 2308 in Response to Iron Deprivation Eric S. Anderson, James T. Paulley, and R. Martin Roop, II J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1838-1842; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01551-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Signal Transduction:

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Ammonia-Induced Formation of an AmtB-GlnK Complex Is Not Sufficient for Nitrogenase Regulation in the Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus Pier-Luc Tremblay and Patrick C. Hallenbeck J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1588-1594; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01643-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Structural Biology:

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Structural and Biological Characterization of a Capsular Polysaccharide Produced by Staphylococcus haemolyticus Sigrid Flahaut, Evgeny Vinogradov, Kathryn A. Kelley, Shannon Brennan, Keiichi Hiramatsu, and Jean C. Lee J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1649-1657; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01648-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Transcriptome Analysis of Sorbic Acid-Stressed Bacillus subtilis Reveals a Nutrient Limitation Response and Indicates Plasma Membrane Remodeling Alex Ter Beek, Bart J. F. Keijser, Andre Boorsma, Anna Zakrzewska, Rick Orij, Gertien J. Smits, and Stanley Brul J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1751-1761; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01516-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Competitive Inhibition of Amino Acid Uptake Suppresses Chlamydial Growth: Involvement of the Chlamydial Amino Acid Transporter BrnQ Peter R. Braun, Hesham Al-Younes, Joscha Gussmann, Jeannette Klein, Erwin Schneider, and Thomas F. Meyer J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1822-1830; published ahead of print November 16, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01240-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Ma-LMM01 Infecting Toxic Microcystis aeruginosa Illuminates Diverse Cyanophage Genome Strategies Takashi Yoshida, Keizo Nagasaki, Yukari Takashima, Yoko Shirai, Yuji Tomaru, Yoshitake Takao, Shigetaka Sakamoto, Shingo Hiroishi, and Hiroyuki Ogata J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1762-1772; published ahead of print December 7, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01534-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Identification and Characterization of the dps Promoter of Mycobacterium smegmatis: Promoter Recognition by Stress-Specific Extracytoplasmic Function Sigma Factors H and F Rakhi Pait Chowdhury, Surbhi Gupta, and Dipankar Chatterji J. Bacteriol. March 2008 190: 1848 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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