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Contents: April 2008, Volume 190, Issue 8        Guest Commentaries        Meeting Review        Meeting Presentations        Genetics and Molecular Biology        Molecular Biology of Pathogens        Microbial Cell Biology        Plant Microbiology        Enzymes and Proteins        Genomics and Proteomics        Physiology and Metabolism        Gene Regulation        Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids        Genome Announcement

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Guest Commentaries:

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Limiting Too Much of a Good Thing: a Negative Feedback Mechanism Prevents Unregulated Translocation of Type III Effector Proteins Mark L. Urbanowski and Timothy L. Yahr J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2643-2644; published ahead of print December 14, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01905-07 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Essentiality, Bypass, and Targeting of the YycFG (VicRK) Two-Component Regulatory System in Gram-Positive Bacteria Malcolm E. Winkler and James A. Hoch J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2645-2648; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01682-07 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Meeting Review:

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Pseudomonas 2007 Joanna B. Goldberg, Robert E. W. Hancock, Rebecca E. Parales, Joyce Loper, and Pierre Cornelis J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2649-2662; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01950-07 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Meeting Presentations:

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Unusual Properties of Catalase A (KatA) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 Are Associated with Its Biofilm Peroxide Resistance Dong-Ho Shin, Young-Seok Choi, and You-Hee Cho J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2663-2670; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01580-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Swarming of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Is a Complex Adaptation Leading to Increased Production of Virulence Factors and Antibiotic Resistance Joerg Overhage, Manjeet Bains, Michelle D. Brazas, and Robert E. W. Hancock J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2671-2679; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01659-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interplay of Different Transporters in the Mediation of Divalent Heavy Metal Resistance in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 Anu Leedjärv, Angela Ivask, and Marko Virta J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2680-2689; published ahead of print December 7, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01494-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Two Gene Clusters and a Transcriptional Regulator Required for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Glycine Betaine Catabolism Matthew J. Wargo, Benjamin S. Szwergold, and Deborah A. Hogan J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2690-2699; published ahead of print October 19, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01393-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exhibits Sliding Motility in the Absence of Type IV Pili and Flagella Thomas S. Murray and Barbara I. Kazmierczak J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2700-2708; published ahead of print December 7, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01620-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lipopolysaccharide O-Antigen Chain Length Regulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Serogroup O11 Strain PA103 Erica Kintz, Jennifer M. Scarff, Antonio DiGiandomenico, and Joanna B. Goldberg J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2709-2716; published ahead of print December 7, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01646-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pseudomonas syringae BetT Is a Low-Affinity Choline Transporter That Is Responsible for Superior Osmoprotection by Choline over Glycine Betaine Chiliang Chen and Gwyn A. Beattie J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2717-2725; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01585-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ExoS Controls the Cell Contact-Mediated Switch to Effector Secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Michelle Cisz, Pei-Chung Lee, and Arne Rietsch J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2726-2738; published ahead of print November 26, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01553-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proteomic, Microarray, and Signature-Tagged Mutagenesis Analyses of Anaerobic Pseudomonas aeruginosa at pH 6.5, Likely Representing Chronic, Late-Stage Cystic Fibrosis Airway Conditions Mark D. Platt, Michael J. Schurr, Karin Sauer, Gustavo Vazquez, Irena Kukavica-Ibrulj, Eric Potvin, Roger C. Levesque, Amber Fedynak, Fiona S. L. Brinkman, Jill Schurr, Sung-Hei Hwang, Gee W. Lau, Patrick A. Limbach, John J. Rowe, Michael A. Lieberman, Nicolas Barraud, Jeremy Webb, Staffan Kjelleberg, Donald F. Hunt, and Daniel J. Hassett J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2739-2758; published ahead of print January 18, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01683-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Altering the Ratio of Phenazines in Pseudomonas chlororaphis (aureofaciens) Strain 30-84: Effects on Biofilm Formation and Pathogen Inhibition V. S. R. K. Maddula, E. A. Pierson, and L. S. Pierson, III J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2759-2766; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01587-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Situ Growth Rates and Biofilm Development of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Populations in Chronic Lung Infections Lei Yang, Janus A. J. Haagensen, Lars Jelsbak, Helle Krogh Johansen, Claus Sternberg, Niels Høiby, and Søren Molin J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2767-2776; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01581-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Massetolide A Biosynthesis in Pseudomonas fluorescens I. de Bruijn, M. J. D. de Kock, P. de Waard, T. A. van Beek, and J. M. Raaijmakers J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2777-2789; published ahead of print November 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01563-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genome-Scale Metabolic Network Analysis of the Opportunistic Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Matthew A. Oberhardt, Jacek Puchalka, Kimberly E. Fryer, Vítor A. P. Martins dos Santos, and Jason A. Papin J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2790-2803; published ahead of print January 11, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01583-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains PAO1 and PA14 and the Hypervirulent Strain LESB58 in a Rat Model of Chronic Lung Infection Irena Kukavica-Ibrulj, Alessandra Bragonzi, Moira Paroni, Craig Winstanley, François Sanschagrin, George A. O'Toole, and Roger C. Levesque J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2804-2813; published ahead of print December 14, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01572-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Type III Toxins of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Disrupt Epithelial Barrier Function Grace Soong, Dane Parker, Mariah Magargee, and Alice S. Prince J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2814-2821; published ahead of print December 28, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01567-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Transcriptome Analysis of a Phenol-Producing Pseudomonas putida S12 Construct: Genetic and Physiological Basis for Improved Production Nick J. P. Wierckx, Hendrik Ballerstedt, Jan A. M. de Bont, Johannes H. de Winde, Harald J. Ruijssenaars, and Jan Wery J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2822-2830; published ahead of print November 9, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01379-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

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Determination of Molecular Phylogenetics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strains by Multilocus Sequence Typing Narjol González-Escalona, Jaime Martinez-Urtaza, Jaime Romero, Romilio T. Espejo, Lee-Ann Jaykus, and Angelo DePaola J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2831-2840; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01808-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two RecA Protein Types That Mediate Different Modes of Hyperrecombination Dmitry M. Baitin, Irina V. Bakhlanova, Darya V. Chervyakova, Yury V. Kil, Vladislav A. Lanzov, and Michael M. Cox J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 3036-3045; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01006-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lineage-Specific Amino Acid Substitutions in Region 2 of the RNA Polymerase Subunit Affect the Temperature of Promoter Opening N. Barinova, E. Zhilina, I. Bass, V. Nikiforov, and A. Kulbachinskiy J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 3088-3092; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00008-08 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

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Secretome Analysis Uncovers an Hcp-Family Protein Secreted via a Type VI Secretion System in Agrobacterium tumefaciens Hung-Yi Wu, Pei-Che Chung, Hsiao-Wei Shih, Sy-Ray Wen, and Erh-Min Lai J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2841-2850; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01775-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Global Responses of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Physiological Levels of Copper Sarah K. Ward, Elizabeth A. Hoye, and Adel M. Talaat J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2939-2946; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01847-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interactions between CdsD, CdsQ, and CdsL, Three Putative Chlamydophila pneumoniae Type III Secretion Proteins Dustin L. Johnson, Chris B. Stone, and James B. Mahony J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2972-2980; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01997-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Nitrate Enhances the Survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during Inhibition of Respiration Charles D. Sohaskey J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2981-2986; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01857-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lgt: a Family of Cytotoxic Glucosyltransferases Produced by Legionella pneumophila Yury Belyi, Irina Tabakova, Michael Stahl, and Klaus Aktories J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 3026-3035; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01798-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Microbial Cell Biology:

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SprB Is a Cell Surface Component of the Flavobacterium johnsoniae Gliding Motility Machinery Shawn S. Nelson, Sreelekha Bollampalli, and Mark J. McBride J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2851-2857; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01904-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Binding of the Major Phasin, PhaP1, from Ralstonia eutropha H16 to Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) Granules Liv Neumann, Francesco Spinozzi, Raffaele Sinibaldi, Franco Rustichelli, Markus Pötter, and Alexander Steinbüchel J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2911-2919; published ahead of print January 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01486-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Second Lipopolysaccharide in Porphyromonas gingivalis W50 Minnie Rangarajan, Joseph Aduse-Opoku, Nikolay Paramonov, Ahmed Hashim, Nagihan Bostanci, Owen P. Fraser, Edward Tarelli, and Michael A. Curtis J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2920-2932; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01868-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sinorhizobium meliloti Mutants Lacking Phosphotransferase System Enzyme HPr or EIIA Are Altered in Diverse Processes, Including Carbon Metabolism, Cobalt Requirements, and Succinoglycan Production Catalina Arango Pinedo, Ryan M. Bringhurst, and Daniel J. Gage J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2947-2956; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01917-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Late-Stage Polyribitol Phosphate Wall Teichoic Acid Biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus Timothy C. Meredith, Jonathan G. Swoboda, and Suzanne Walker J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 3046-3056; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01880-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Plant Microbiology:

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Naturally Occurring Nonpathogenic Isolates of the Plant Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae Lack a Type III Secretion System and Effector Gene Orthologues Toni J. Mohr, Haijie Liu, Shuangchun Yan, Cindy E. Morris, José A. Castillo, Joanna Jelenska, and Boris A. Vinatzer J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2858-2870; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01757-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

The HopZ Family of Pseudomonas syringae Type III Effectors Require Myristoylation for Virulence and Avirulence Functions in Arabidopsis thaliana Jennifer D. Lewis, Wasan Abada, Wenbo Ma, David S. Guttman, and Darrell Desveaux J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2880-2891; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01702-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Enzymes and Proteins:

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An Extracellular Glycoprotein Is Implicated in Cell-Cell Contacts in the Toxic Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806 Yvonne Zilliges, Jan-Christoph Kehr, Stefan Mikkat, Christiane Bouchier, Nicole Tandeau de Marsac, Thomas Börner, and Elke Dittmann J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2871-2879; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01867-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

RhaU of Rhizobium leguminosarum Is a Rhamnose Mutarotase Jason S. Richardson, Xavi Carpena, Jack Switala, Rosa Perez-Luque, Lynda J. Donald, Peter C. Loewen, and Ivan J. Oresnik J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2903-2910; published ahead of print December 21, 2007, doi:10.1128/JB.01120-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hjm/Hel308A DNA Helicase from Sulfolobus tokodaii Promotes Replication Fork Regression and Interacts with Hjc Endonuclease In Vitro Zhuo Li, Shuhong Lu, Guihua Hou, Xiaoqing Ma, Duohong Sheng, Jinfeng Ni, and Yulong Shen J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 3006-3017; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01662-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Basis of Arginine Sensitivity of Microbial N-Acetyl-L-Glutamate Kinases: Mutagenesis and Protein Engineering Study with the Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli Enzymes M. Leonor Fernández-Murga and Vicente Rubio J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 3018-3025; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01831-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Novel Chromate Reductase from Thermus scotoductus SA-01 Related to Old Yellow Enzyme Diederik Johannes Opperman, Lizelle Ann Piater, and Esta van Heerden J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 3076-3082; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01766-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genomics and Proteomics:

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Complete Genome Sequence of the Mosquitocidal Bacterium Bacillus sphaericus C3-41 and Comparison with Those of Closely Related Bacillus Species Xiaomin Hu, Wei Fan, Bei Han, Haizhou Liu, Dasheng Zheng, Qibin Li, Wei Dong, Jianping Yan, Meiying Gao, Colin Berry, and Zhiming Yuan J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2892-2902; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01652-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genome Sequence of Thermofilum pendens Reveals an Exceptional Loss of Biosynthetic Pathways without Genome Reduction Iain Anderson, Jason Rodriguez, Dwi Susanti, Iris Porat, Claudia Reich, Luke E. Ulrich, James G. Elkins, Kostas Mavromatis, Athanasios Lykidis, Edwin Kim, Linda S. Thompson, Matt Nolan, Miriam Land, Alex Copeland, Alla Lapidus, Susan Lucas, Chris Detter, Igor B. Zhulin, Gary J. Olsen, William Whitman, Biswarup Mukhopadhyay, James Bristow, and Nikos Kyrpides J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2957-2965; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01949-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Physiology and Metabolism:

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Evidence for Involvement of Copper Ions and Redox State in Regulation of Butane Monooxygenase in Pseudomonas butanovora D. M. Doughty, E. G. Kurth, L. A. Sayavedra-Soto, D. J. Arp, and P. J. Bottomley J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2933-2938; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01409-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Microcompartments for B12-Dependent 1,2-Propanediol Degradation Provide Protection from DNA and Cellular Damage by a Reactive Metabolic Intermediate Edith M. Sampson and Thomas A. Bobik J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2966-2971; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01925-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Acetamido Sugar Biosynthesis in the Euryarchaea Seema C. Namboori and David E. Graham J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2987-2996; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01970-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

YjgF Is Required for Isoleucine Biosynthesis when Salmonella enterica Is Grown on Pyruvate Medium Melissa R. Christopherson, G. E. Schmitz, and Diana M. Downs J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 3057-3062; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01700-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Gene Regulation:

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Dual Role of LldR in Regulation of the lldPRD Operon, Involved in L-Lactate Metabolism in Escherichia coli Laura Aguilera, Evangelina Campos, Rosa Giménez, Josefa Badía, Juan Aguilar, and Laura Baldoma J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 2997-3005; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.02013-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Iron-Responsive Fur Regulon in Yersinia pestis He Gao, Dongsheng Zhou, Yingli Li, Zhaobiao Guo, Yanping Han, Yajun Song, Junhui Zhai, Zongmin Du, Xiaoyi Wang, Jingmei Lu, and Ruifu Yang J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 3063-3075; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01910-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

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Plasmid Transfer via Transduction from Streptococcus thermophilus to Lactococcus lactis Andreas Ammann, Horst Neve, Arnold Geis, and Knut J. Heller J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 3083-3087; published ahead of print February 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01448-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Genome Announcement:

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Complete Genome Sequence of Leuconostoc citreum KM20 Jihyun F. Kim, Haeyoung Jeong, Jung-Sook Lee, Sang-Haeng Choi, Misook Ha, Cheol-Goo Hur, Ji-Sun Kim, Soohyun Lee, Hong-Seog Park, Yong-Ha Park, and Tae Kwang Oh J. Bacteriol. April 2008 190: 3093-3094; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01862-07 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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