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Contents: May 2008, Volume 190, Issue 9

       Guest Commentaries

       Molecular Biology of Pathogens

       Genetics and Molecular Biology

       Gene Regulation

       Enzymes and Proteins

       Genomics and Proteomics

       Microbial Communities and Interactions

       Population Genetics and Evolution

       Physiology and Metabolism

       Microbial Cell Biology

       Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids

       Errata

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Guest Commentaries:

A Sense of Self-Worth: Energy Taxis Provides Insight into How Helicobacter pylori Navigates through Its Environment
Gladys Alexandre
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3095-3097; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00253-08
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Molecular Biology of Pathogens:

Functional Mapping of an Oligomeric Autotransporter Adhesin of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
Chunxiao Yu, Teresa Ruiz, Christopher Lenox, and Keith P. Mintz
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3098-3109; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01709-07
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Molecular Analysis of Three Aeromonas hydrophila AH-3 (Serotype O34) Lipopolysaccharide Core Biosynthesis Gene Clusters
Natalia Jimenez, Rocío Canals, Anna Lacasta, Anna N. Kondakova, Buko Lindner, Yuriy A. Knirel, Susana Merino, Miguel Regué, and Juan M. Tomás
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3176-3184; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01874-07
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Deficiency of the Rgg Regulator Promotes H₂O₂ Resistance, AhpCF-Mediated H₂O₂ Decomposition, and Virulence in Streptococcus pyogenes
Arto Tapio Pulliainen, Jukka Hytönen, Sauli Haataja, and Jukka Finne
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3225-3235; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01843-07
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Functional Characterization and Mutagenesis of the Proposed Behavioral Sensor TlpD of Helicobacter pylori
Tobias Schweinitzer, Tomoko Mizote, Naohiro Ishikawa, Alexey Dudnik, Sakiko Inatsu, Sören Schreiber, Sebastian Suerbaum, Shin-Ichi Aizawa, and Christine Josenhans
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3244-3255; published ahead of print February 1, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01940-07
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Putative Quorum-Sensing Regulator BlxR of Brucella melitensis Regulates Virulence Factors Including the Type IV Secretion System and Flagella
Amy A. Rambow-Larsen, Gireesh Rajashekara, Erik Petersen, and Gary Splitter
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3274-3282; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01915-07
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Twitching Motility Is Essential for Virulence in Dichelobacter nodosus
Xiaoyan Han, Ruth M. Kennan, John K. Davies, Leslie A. Reddacliff, Om P. Dhungyel, Richard J. Whittington, Lynne Turnbull, Cynthia B. Whitchurch, and Julian I. Rood
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3323-3335; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01807-07
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Identification of Novel Genes and Pathways Affecting Salmonella Type III Secretion System 1 Using a Contact-Dependent Hemolysis Assay
Terry R. Field, Abigail N. Layton, Jennie Bispham, Mark P. Stevens, and Edouard E. Galyov
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3393-3398; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01189-07
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Genetics and Molecular Biology:

Promoter Activation by Repositioning of RNA Polymerase
Amrita Kumar and Charles P. Moran, Jr.
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3110-3117; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00096-08
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Novel Arrangement of Enhancer Sequences for NifA-Dependent Activation of the Hydrogenase Gene Promoter in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae
Marta Martínez, Maria-Victoria Colombo, Jose-Manuel Palacios, Juan Imperial, and Tomás Ruiz-Argüeso
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3185-3191; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00107-08
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RelA Functionally Suppresses the Growth Defect Caused by a Mutation in the G Domain of the Essential Der Protein
Jihwan Hwang and Masayori Inouye
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3236-3243; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01758-07
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Regulation of the Synthesis of the Angucyclinone Antibiotic Alpomycin in Streptomyces ambofaciens by the Autoregulator Receptor AlpZ and Its Specific Ligand
Robert Bunet, Marta V. Mendes, Nicolas Rouhier, Xiuhua Pang, Laurence Hotel, Pierre Leblond, and Bertrand Aigle
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3293-3305; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01989-07
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RcoM: A New Single-Component Transcriptional Regulator of CO Metabolism in Bacteria
Robert L. Kerby, Hwan Youn, and Gary P. Roberts
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3336-3343; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00033-08
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Protein Folding by Domain V of Escherichia coli 23S rRNA: Specificity of RNA-Protein Interactions
Dibyendu Samanta, Debashis Mukhopadhyay, Saheli Chowdhury, Jaydip Ghosh, Saumen Pal, Arunima Basu, Arpita Bhattacharya, Anindita Das, Debasis Das, and Chanchal DasGupta
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3344-3352; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01800-07
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SOS Induction by Stabilized Topoisomerase IA Cleavage Complex Occurs via the RecBCD Pathway
Jeanette H. Sutherland, Bokun Cheng, I-Fen Liu, and Yuk-Ching Tse-Dinh
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3399-3403; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01674-07
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Gene Regulation:

Roles of Effectors in XylS-Dependent Transcription Activation: Intramolecular Domain Derepression and DNA Binding
Patricia Domínguez-Cuevas, Patricia Marín, Stephen Busby, Juan L. Ramos, and Silvia Marqués
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3118-3128; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01784-07
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Expression of the Gonococcal Global Regulatory Protein Fur and Genes Encompassing the Fur and Iron Regulon during In Vitro and In Vivo Infection in Women
Sarika Agarwal, Shite Sebastian, Borys Szmigielski, Peter A. Rice, and Caroline A. Genco
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3129-3139; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01830-07
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Phenolic Acid-Mediated Regulation of the padC Gene, Encoding the Phenolic Acid Decarboxylase of Bacillus subtilis
Ngoc Phuong Tran, Jerôme Gury, Véronique Dartois, Thi Kim Chi Nguyen, Hélène Seraut, Lise Barthelmebs, Patrick Gervais, and Jean-François Cavin
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3213-3224; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01936-07
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ArnR, a Novel Transcriptional Regulator, Represses Expression of the narKGHJI Operon in Corynebacterium glutamicum
Taku Nishimura, Haruhiko Teramoto, Alain A. Vertès, Masayuki Inui, and Hideaki Yukawa
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3264-3273; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01801-07
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Enzymes and Proteins:

Identification of AglE, a Second Glycosyltransferase Involved in N Glycosylation of the Haloferax volcanii S-Layer Glycoprotein
Mehtap Abu-Qarn, Assunta Giordano, Francesca Battaglia, Andrej Trauner, Paul G. Hitchen, Howard R. Morris, Anne Dell, and Jerry Eichler
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3140-3146; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00056-08
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RhlA Converts β-Hydroxyacyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Intermediates in Fatty Acid Synthesis to the β-Hydroxydecanoyl-β-Hydroxydecanoate Component of Rhamnolipids in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Kun Zhu and Charles O. Rock
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3147-3154; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00080-08
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Genomics and Proteomics:

aro Mutations in Salmonella enterica Cause Defects in Cell Wall and Outer Membrane Integrity
Alena Sebkova, Daniela Karasova, Magdalena Crhanova, Eva Budinska, and Ivan Rychlik
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3155-3160; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00053-08
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Identification of Genes Associated with the Long-Gut-Persistence Phenotype of the Probiotic Lactobacillus johnsonii Strain NCC533 Using a Combination of Genomics and Transcriptome Analysis
Emmanuel Denou, Raymond David Pridmore, Bernard Berger, Jean-Michel Panoff, Fabrizio Arigoni, and Harald Brüssow
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3161-3168; published ahead of print January 25, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01637-07
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Microbial Communities and Interactions:

The Extracellular Death Factor: Physiological and Genetic Factors Influencing Its Production and Response in Escherichia coli
Ilana Kolodkin-Gal and Hanna Engelberg-Kulka
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3169-3175; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01918-07
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Isolation and Characterization of an Autoinducer Synthase from Acinetobacter baumannii
Chen Niu, Katy M. Clemmer, Robert A. Bonomo, and Philip N. Rather
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3386-3392; published ahead of print February 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01929-07
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Population Genetics and Evolution:

Characterization and Evolution of Cell Division and Cell Wall Synthesis Genes in the Bacterial Phyla Verrucomicrobia, Lentisphaerae, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes and Phylogenetic Comparison with rRNA Genes
Martin Pilhofer, Kristina Rappl, Christina Eckl, Andreas Peter Bauer, Wolfgang Ludwig, Karl-Heinz Schleifer, and Giulio Petroni
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3192-3202; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01797-07
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Physiology and Metabolism:

Sustained Axenic Metabolic Activity by the Obligate Intracellular Bacterium Coxiella burnetii
Anders Omsland, Diane C. Cockrell, Elizabeth R. Fischer, and Robert A. Heinzen
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3203-3212; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01911-07
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Biochemical and Phylogenetic Characterization of a Novel Diaminopimelate Biosynthesis Pathway in Prokaryotes Identifies a Diverged Form of LL-Diaminopimelate Aminotransferase
André O. Hudson, Charles Gilvarg, and Thomas Leustek
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3256-3263; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01381-07
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The sim Operon Facilitates the Transport and Metabolism of Sucrose Isomers in Lactobacillus casei ATCC 334
John Thompson, Nicholas Jakubovics, Bindu Abraham, Sonja Hess, and Andreas Pikis
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3362-3373; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.02008-07
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Evidence of In Vivo Cross Talk between the Nitrogen-Related and Fructose-Related Branches of the Carbohydrate Phosphotransferase System of Pseudomonas putida
Katharina Pflüger and Víctor de Lorenzo
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3374-3380; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.02002-07
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The Legacy of HfrH: Mutations in the Two-Component System CreBC Are Responsible for the Unusual Phenotype of an Escherichia coli arcA Mutant
Pablo I. Nikel, Alejandra de Almeida, M. Julia Pettinari, and Beatriz S. Méndez
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3404-3407; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00040-08
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Campylobacter jejuni CsrA Mediates Oxidative Stress Responses, Biofilm Formation, and Host Cell Invasion
Joshua A. Fields and Stuart A. Thompson
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3411-3416; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01928-07
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Microbial Cell Biology:

DivIVA Is Required for Polar Growth in the MreB-Lacking Rod-Shaped Actinomycete Corynebacterium glutamicum
Michal Letek, Efrén Ordóñez, José Vaquera, William Margolin, Klas Flärdh, Luis M. Mateos, and José A. Gil
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3283-3292; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01934-07
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Characterization of the Periplasmic Domain of MotB and Implications for Its Role in the Stator Assembly of the Bacterial Flagellar Motor
Seiji Kojima, Yukio Furukawa, Hideyuki Matsunami, Tohru Minamino, and Keiichi Namba
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3314-3322; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01710-07
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Biogenesis of the Fraction 1 Capsule and Analysis of the Ultrastructure of Yersinia pestis
Lisa M. Runco, Selina Myrczek, James B. Bliska, and David G. Thanassi
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3381-3385; published ahead of print February 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01840-07
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Bacteriophages, Transposons, and Plasmids:

Transposable Modules Generated by a Single Copy of Insertion Sequence ISPme1 and Their Influence on Structure and Evolution of Natural Plasmids of Paracoccus methylutens DM12
Dariusz Bartosik, Mateusz Putyrski, Lukasz Dziewit, Edyta Malewska, Michal Szymanik, Ewa Jagiello, Jacek Lukasik, and Jadwiga Baj
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3306-3313; published ahead of print February 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.01878-07
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Genomic and Functional Analysis of ICEPdaSpa1, a Fish-Pathogen-Derived SXT-Related Integrating Conjugative Element That Can Mobilize a Virulence Plasmid
Carlos R. Osorio, Joeli Marrero, Rachel A. F. Wozniak, Manuel L. Lemos, Vincent Burrus, and Matthew K. Waldor
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3353-3361; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00109-08
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IS6110, a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex-Specific Insertion Sequence, Is Also Present in the Genome of Mycobacterium smegmatis, Suggestive of Lateral Gene Transfer among Mycobacterial Species
Abbie Coros, Erin DeConno, and Keith M. Derbyshire
J. Bacteriol. May 2008 190: 3408-3410; published ahead of print March 7, 2008, doi:10.1128/JB.00009-08
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Errata:

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. May 2008 190: 3417
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